Behind him, he could still feel the biting chill of the sword light as it scraped past. Li Fan looked down at the vast crater where the mortal city had once stood, now utterly obliterated. His face twitched.

Thankfully, his reflexes were quick. If that sword light had struck him directly, not only would his physical body have been destroyed, but the very foundation of his grotto-heaven might have been damaged as well.

He was also lucky not to have been too close. If he'd been drenched in that Immortal-Mortal Miasma, he might have truly Returned to Truth on the spot!

I'm this far from the stone statue, yet the effect on my providence is already this strong? Li Fan's chest tightened. From his Xuan Bird Feather, he drew forth and replenished his devoured providence, then silently activated his Heaven's Will Domain...