Thump-thump! Thump-thump!

Li Fan’s heart suddenly began beating wildly, completely beyond his control.

It was as if he was witnessing a vision of his own gruesome death moments from now.

Instinctively, Li Fan prepared to silently recite Return to Truth in his mind and return to the anchor point.

But in that split second, he faintly sensed something amiss and forcibly stopped himself.

The Xuanhuang Heart Refinement Sutra slowly ground down the fear welling up in his heart, transforming it into nourishment for his mind while buying him a precious sliver of calm to think.

Could Zhang Zhiliang have discovered something, prompting him to deliberately harm me this way?

No… He should have already advanced...