Chapter 1102: All Essences Gathered in One Body |
The research on darkness power by the people of the Heavenly Mechanism Realm was not as smooth as imagined.
It made sense, after all; this was a power level comparable to the source power essence. No matter how genius they were, completing research from nothing would inevitably require a vast amount of time.
Fortunately, Master Qiaogong and the others were all research fanatics; since starting the study, they had been utterly focused and completely immersed in it. All Li Fan needed to do was wait patiently and then reap the benefits.
During this period, Li Fan had already quietly begun plotting against the two Immortals.
In the Spiritwood Realm, within an underground secret chamber. Over a hundred puppets of bizarre designs stood silently motionless.
Li Fan, with a serious expression, personally inscribed formations onto them.
"Bait puppets: every two form a pair, totaling seventy-two pairs. In each pair, one flies into the Immortal Ruins, while the other is placed in various corners of the Xuanhuang Realm's earth veins. When the seventy-two bait puppets head toward the Immortal Ruins, the grand formation on them will activate, drawing the attention of the Immortal Ruins Immortal."
"This formation, derived from the Final Dissociation Disc, is infinitely close to Immortal-grade grand formation level. It is named [Bewildering Haze, Disordered Blossoms Gradually Enchanting]. Suddenly sensing a threat during seclusion would surely provoke an instinctive reaction, tracing back to the Xuanhuang Realm."
"As for the bait puppets left in the Xuanhuang Realm, I will use the Faceless True Immortal's source power essense to set up a warning net around them. Once the Immortal Ruins Immortal's power triggers it, it will draw the Faceless True Immortal's gaze."
In his mind, the Dao Deviation Stone emitted flashing blue light. The sublimated Dao Deviation Stone's derivation ability had been greatly enhanced. This act of driving away the wolf only to invite the tiger involved countless facets. Even with myriad threads and frequent variables, the Dao Deviation Stone bore no significant burden.
Of course, this was merely because, in the derivation, the Faceless True Immortal and the Immortal Ruins Immortal only possessed the abilities Li Fan had preset in advance.
Li Fan was well aware of his limitations; with his current strength, attempting to derive a True Immortal would be nothing short of a fool's dream. What he could do was seek a slim chance of victory based on the realities he had already experienced.
"The Immortal Ruins Immortal shakes the True Immortal's web."
"I then seize the moment to activate [Truth] and break free in one stroke."
"Of course, this is the ideal scenario. As the saying goes, plan for defeat before victory; I must also consider if my plan fails, and the gap in strength between the Immortal Ruins Immortal and the Faceless True Immortal is too vast, insufficient to shake the True Immortal's web's bindings..."
"Then I must immediately return to the depths of the Dark Realm, activate [Truth], and escape the crisis."
"Now, I have grasped a few things that can at least slightly influence a True Immortal; delaying for a moment is still feasible."
Li Fan examined the state outside his divine soul.
The silver glow protection gifted by the Heavenly Doctor, the golden essence of source power, and the seven-colored divine light wrapped around the gray mold spots... Various powers maintained a delicate balance.
Probably only someone like Li Fan could remain fully composed, even feeling a subtle sense of security, in such a state.
"Using force against force, maneuvering through alliances and rifts. At its root, it is still because my own strength is too weak. Yet the threshold to Immortality, how could it be so easily crossed?"
"Genius figures like the Xuantian King, the Immortal Ancestor, and the Heavenly Doctor are all barred outside, unable to advance an inch."
"How much more so for me? If not for possessing [Truth], I would likely have long abandoned this seemingly impractical fantasy," Li Fan said with a slight self-mocking smile.
"But since I have the fortune to encounter the wondrous object [Truth], no one can stop my path to ascension..." A chill flashed in his eyes.
Li Fan knew that whether [Chaos], [Hunger], or [Nothingness], what he had seen were not the original versions. But clumsy imitations by later generations.
Thus, Li Fan had never given up on his in-depth research into these three True Immortal characters script. Even a copy of a copy, the more closely it imitates, the stronger its power becomes.
Even Immortals can comprehend the Dao through one of its characters. It can be said that any one of these three, for Li Fan, would take a lifetime of effort to fully comprehend.
Li Fan's comprehension is limited. But he can borrow from external sources.
Besides the unparalleled talent of his clone Li Qing, in the [Mountain River Pavilion], the Xuanhuang Realm prodigies who had recently been successively coaxed and turned over also became Li Fan's resources.
The Xuantian Sect technique obtained from Senior Sister Zhao, The Heaven and Earth Converging Manual, can equalize talent and comprehension with any target.
After achieving minor success with it, clone Li Qing began selecting suitable targets. Outwardly proclaimed as sending them out to execute secret missions of the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion, but in reality, they had already been secretly controlled, their talents extracted.
Of course, due to the convergence and equalization, these prodigies also received half of Li Qing's talent enhancement.
Li Qing's talent was no weaker than theirs, so the Mountain River Pavilion prodigies, including Shang Tianci, noticed no abnormalities. They only marveled at the wondrous nature of the [Foundation Establishment Through Oneself] method.
With the talent enhancement from over ten prodigies, clone Li Qing's comprehension had reached a shocking, unprecedented level. He even sensed that the main body Li Fan had excised part of his memories.
But after all, he was merely a clone; there was no distinction of you and me between him and the main body. He steadfastly carried out the task of comprehending the True Immortal script characters.
The three True Immortal script characters continually floated in his mind, as if alive. Before Li Qing's eyes, it was as if he saw a blurry figure, the act of transforming the Dao into characters.
"Inscribing the Dao..."
"A being even more tyrannical than the Faceless True Immortal. Perhaps that is my ultimate goal."
...
While Li Fan secretly prepared for the final grand plan of this world.
The Heavenly Sovereign of Reversing Life and Death, who had previously appeared out of nowhere, finally demonstrated his influence on the Xuanhuang Realm.
Because people discovered that, ever since this Heavenly Sovereign descended, no new offspring had been born among the Xuanhuang Realm cultivators.
Or rather, the entire human race was the same.
At first, people could not be certain it was this Heavenly Sovereign's influence. But when a previously fallen cultivator returned in a way no one had ever imagined, everyone instantly connected everything.
The Lancang River, the largest river in the southwestern frontier of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
One day, a cultivator named Changji suddenly emerged naked from the river water. This bizarre scene naturally drew onlookers from the surroundings.
But Changji paid no heed; instead, he looked at his body with ecstasy and disbelief, muttering to himself: "Am I alive again?"
"Reversing life and death, reversing life and death; the Heavenly Sovereign did not deceive me!"
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