In fact, the moment Li Fan saw his own face reflected in the waters of the Fishing Pond, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

'Could this body that I transmigrated into and possessed actually be the reincarnation of that True Immortal who descended to the lower realm back then?'

'Could it be that I did not awaken [Truth] because of [Transmigration], but because I possessed this original body and took the treasure that belonged to it?'

The thought spread uncontrollably through Li Fan's mind.

But...

It seemed to have sensed Li Fan's thoughts. [Truth] actually seemed to let out a faint trace of mockery.

Li Fan was slightly stunned, then suddenly came to his senses.

'No. The original body I replaced was far too ordinary. How could there have been even the slightest hint of a True Immortal's bearing?'

'Without my intervention, he probably would not even have been able to pass the imperial examinations in his entire life. He would have remained nothing more than a weak, powerless scholar until his death.'

'And even I, if I had not possessed [Truth]...'

Li Fan recalled the end of his first life after transmigrating.

'Although I had children and grandchildren filling the household, I was ultimately still just an ordinary mortal who lived a mediocre life and died.'

'I was able to use a portion of [Truth] to establish my Foundation, and after so many reincarnations, there has been so much interaction and resonance between me and it...'

'It is absolutely impossible that I am the reincarnation of a True Immortal, nor was [Truth] some contingency left behind by a True Immortal.'

'That leaves only one possibility...'

'Could it be that even in my memories, the Fishing Pond reflected my original appearance?'

After eliminating the answer that would have been truly horrifying, Li Fan did not feel relieved. Instead, his heart grew even colder.

He abruptly raised his head and looked toward the Fishing Pond in reality.

'Proving the Dao without a name, becoming one with the Dao. No matter when or where the Fishing Pond exists, it represents that True Immortal.'

'Could what happened just now mean that the Nameless True Immortal also saw me through the waters of the Fishing Pond?'

Li Fan's heart jolted.

The more he thought about it, the more horrified he became.

For example, could this have been a scheme set up by that True Immortal from back then together with the Nameless, meaning that the fact that he possessed [Truth] had already been exposed?

Even worse, [Truth] had not finished charging yet and could not be activated. If that Nameless True Immortal came after him, then even with his supreme movement techniques, he would probably be unable to escape this calamity.

Li Fan could not help but curse inwardly.

He had originally thought that he had basically figured out the Star Sea within the High Wall. As long as he did not deliberately provoke those few existences, he should not encounter any danger.

Yet he had never expected that merely studying True Immortal flesh and blood would inexplicably lead to so many complications.

Although the events of his previous life seemed to indicate that even if Li Fan died, [Truth] could still activate on its own...

But first, Li Fan had never truly died and experienced [Truth] activating on its own. Second, he had no idea whether [Truth]'s autonomous activation would still work when its charge had not yet reached one hundred percent.

Cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

It seemed that he was facing the greatest crisis in his history, yet Li Fan did not choose to sit and await death.

In the blink of an eye, Li Fan thought of numerous possible ways to salvage the situation.

'Head toward the center of the Star Sea and using the momentum of ascending to descending to trigger the black qi of the Dao Annihilation Calamity.'

'Go to a weak point in the High Wall and attack it, drawing the attention of the existence beyond the High Wall.'

'If I am captured into the Fishing Pond, find a way to locate Cat Treasure.'

...

But no matter which method he chose, before the realm of the Nameless True Immortal, they all seemed to be nothing more than futile struggles.

'If it were merely a True Immortal, these clever tricks might still work.'

'But the Nameless Realm.'

Recalling the fear and reverence toward the Nameless in the memories of that True Immortal who had descended to the lower realm, Li Fan felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

'In the end, I can only rely on [Truth].'

Li Fan ultimately did only one thing. The phantom of the Wooden Sword emerged from its sheath, and he flew toward the Xuan Immortal Ark at the frontier of the Star Sea.

Silently infiltrating the ark, he retrieved the figurine hidden on the first layer of the Treasury.

In his previous life, he had assisted in rebuilding the Immortal Ark's entire defensive system. Thus, he entered as if no one were there, successfully retrieving one of Sun Piaomiao's relics, the figurine, without alerting anyone on the ark.

To Li Fan's surprise, even though it had already devoured it once before, [Truth] still felt a desire to consume the figurine.

He impatiently fed it to [Truth]. Watching the charging progress increase to one hundred and fifty percent, Li Fan could not help but let out a long sigh of relief.

'The effect has diminished, but judging from [Truth]'s reaction, it can actually consume it one more time.'

'If that is the case, perhaps the Three-Pronged Tree is the same.'

'An item that can continuously allow [Truth] to devour it three times...'

'Just what is the origin of these things left behind by Sun Piaomiao?'

Li Fan's brows furrowed tightly.

Suddenly, an idea emerged in his mind.

'The Three-Pronged Tree can inexplicably give [Truth] one additional simulation.'

'And perhaps this figurine is also related to the power of simulation.'

The scene of the Immortal Realm that he had glimpsed not long ago once again appeared before Li Fan's eyes.

'Before I transmigrated, I once heard that if the scale of time were extended to an unimaginably long span, the smallest particles composing everything in existence, after undergoing countless combinations and rearrangements, would eventually reproduce everything that had once existed. This is [Truth], and it is also fate.'

'True is false, and false is true. Every simulation of [Truth] can be regarded as another [Truth] of all things.'

'The infinity of the timescale means the infinity of energy...'

Li Fan's thoughts once again drifted toward the unfathomable unknown beneath the floating ocean of the Immortal Realm.

'Perhaps this figurine is the key to prying open that infinite power.'

'Or perhaps it is a projection of the Great Dao related to infinite power.'

At this moment, Li Fan became completely immersed in his thoughts, unable to extricate himself.

It was not that he had forgotten the fatal crisis of being pursued by the Nameless True Immortal.

Rather, if Li Fan had flown all the way to the Xuan Immortal Ark and the Nameless True Immortal still had not descended...

Then it would not come again.

It had merely been a false alarm. Nothing had happened.

When Li Fan slowly returned to his senses from his contemplation, however, he did not feel much relief at having survived the calamity.

'Wherever the power of a True Immortal reaches, it is as if the True Immortal itself has personally arrived.'

'The Nameless Realm should be even more so.'

'In the memories of that True Immortal who descended to the lower realm, it looked directly at me, yet nothing happened.'

'Either even a Nameless True Immortal cannot see or perceive the [Truth] within my body.'

'Or perhaps...'

'The circumstances of that Nameless Immortal Fisher are not very good.'

At the end of the life before last, when Cat Treasure had appeared out of nowhere and effortlessly captured the Hunger Immortal, Li Fan had already developed two possibilities.

Either Cat Treasure was the work of the Nameless Fishing Immortal, created to capture True Immortals who were about to prove the Dao of Namelessness, thereby achieving some form of feeding.

Or perhaps, the fisherman could also become the fish. Cat Treasure had been deliberately placed into the Fishing Pond by an unknown force beyond the High Wall. Its purpose was to follow the trail and locate the Nameless Fishing Immortal the moment the latter revealed even the slightest trace.

Judging from everything happening now, it seemed that matters were indeed developing according to Li Fan's second speculation.

Even after Li Fan had exposed such a huge flaw, the Nameless Fishing Immortal still had not appeared. It was precisely the appearance of a person who treated every blade of grass and every tree as a potential enemy.

Li Fan took a deep breath.

In this short period of time, the blood of a True Immortal had brought too many things to light.

They were still far beyond the scope of what Li Fan could currently control.

Whether it was a True Immortal or a Nameless True Immortal, neither was an existence he could possibly contend with.

Li Fan's desire for Dao Integration grew even stronger.

'After merging with the Dao through the Celestial Spirit of Heaven and Earth, at the very least, I will go from being an ant completely incapable of resisting to becoming a vicious wolf capable of taking a savage bite.'

'Moreover, I have a feeling that once I touch the level of the Immortal, [Truth] will also undergo an unprecedented transformation.'

A sharp glint flashed through Li Fan's eyes.

This premonition was also a trace of reassurance that [Truth] seemed to have conveyed just now after sensing his wild thoughts. Or perhaps it was some form of encouragement and promise.

It made Li Fan feel considerably more at ease.

'It seems that in this life, I should still try my best not to create any more complications.'

'It is best to achieve Dao Integration as soon as possible.'

As he pondered, Li Fan had already made up his mind.

'The second layer of the hidden treasury has already been protected by Heavenly Star Light Lotuses. Since I have yet to find a way to break through them, I will not force my way in for now.'

'First, I will search through the first layer of the hidden treasury.'

There was an old saying that a thief never leaves empty handed.

Since he had already entered the hidden treasury of the Immortal Compendium of Hundred Tales, how could Li Fan possibly leave empty handed?

After carefully selecting once again, he moved away everything that could be useful.

Before the people of the Xuan Immortal Ark could discover him, he leisurely departed.

As for the Xuan Immortal Ark, which would soon discover that its hidden treasury had been inexplicably robbed and once again fall into turmoil, nearly resulting in a second internal split, that was another matter.

After returning with a full haul, the first thing Li Fan did was once again recreate his two Supreme combat puppets.

Arriving at the frontier of the Star Sea, Li Fan held the liquid long sword in his hand and performed the [Taijia Divine Art], which had been improved by the Elders of the Xuan Immortal Ark.

In this life, ten thousand years had already passed without any cultivator coming into contact with the consciousness of the Star Sea. With the goodwill accumulated by the Taijia Realm as his foundation, Li Fan's communication with the Star Sea was even smoother than in the previous life.

It did not feel the slightest anger at having its power siphoned away. Instead, it was even astonished that an ant like Li Fan could actually unleash such a divine ability.

At the same time, the Star Sea's Infinite Power infused this time was faintly different from that of the previous life.

Under the combined power of the Equal Art and the Shape of Living Beings.

A new Qiushui was slowly born.

'Thank you, Great Master, for granting me life!'

It was still the sword spirit, completely unclothed, kneeling gracefully in worship.

However, the Qiushui of this life possessed lively eyes and seemed much more like a true living being.

Li Fan nodded slightly. After bestowing upon him the name he had already decided upon, he immediately hurried back to the Xuanhuang Realm.

Eternal Remnant Will, True Immortal flesh and blood, black star stone, bronze-cast immortal crane...

Together with the battle memories of [Ancestor].

The key materials were now complete.

While refining Tianyang, Li Fan also had Qiushui continuously infuse him with the Star Sea's Infinite Power.

The puppet's aura surged violently. If Li Fan had not concealed it with an Immortal-grade formation, it would probably have alarmed the numerous powerful beings within the Xuanhuang Realm long ago.

After a great deal of effort, Supreme Tianyang once again emerged into the world.

In this life, although he no longer possessed the battle insights gained from fighting the Ancient Desolate Gods, he had instead received an endless infusion of Star Sea power.

Like the Qiushui Sword, Tianyang was now speckled with starlight, appearing incomparably sacred.

With this, his two Supreme Guardian Protectors were finally in place, and Li Fan could at last breathe a sigh of relief.

'Even if a True Immortal descends again, I will have nothing to fear.'

After watching Tianyang and Qiushui spar with each other, Li Fan thought this to himself.

Li Fan sat atop the Great Xuan Dao Lecture Platform.

One treasure after another obtained from the Xuan Immortal Ark's hidden treasury was arranged like stars filling the heavens.

'Some treasures possess the power to nourish worlds. They can be integrated into the small worlds.'

'When those small worlds return to the Xuanhuang Realm, they can serve as nourishment for Xuanhuang's ascension.'

'As for those divine weapons and sharp treasures, they can be distributed to the living beings exploring the Carefree Dreamscape. Most of them are World Artifact level treasures, which can greatly accelerate their exploration.'

...

As Li Fan's thoughts moved, streaks of starlight flew toward different small worlds.

Feeling the countless points of light within his sea of consciousness becoming increasingly brilliant, waves of insight surged into Li Fan's mind.

'The pill is the transformation of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Medicine is the cure for the ailments of all things beneath heaven. The Great Dao is formless, standing alone and unchanging, circulating endlessly without exhaustion. Through pills it is unified, through medicine it is manifested. Is Heaven and Earth itself merely a single pill formula...'

'The Dao Refining Medicine King Scripture truly is extraordinary!'

If in his previous life, Li Fan had pushed the ascension of Xuanhuang as though he were merely carrying out a step by step task.

Then now, Li Fan had begun to feel as if he were using the Heaven and Earth of Xuanhuang itself to refine an unparalleled supreme pill.

'First, use a gentle flame and slowly refine it.'

'The auxiliary materials are still somewhat lacking.'

As his eyes flickered, Li Fan once again resumed some preparations he had made in his previous life.

In addition, he secretly siphoned away a small amount of the vitality scattered throughout the ravines and depressions of the Star Sea.

By controlling the rate at which this immense vitality was infused, only a small number of people vaguely sensed the abnormally rapid transformation of the Xuanhuang Realm.

But how could they possibly discover the true culprit behind everything, Li Fan?

Of course, Li Fan had also not forgotten to plant seeds in advance before Xuanhuang's ascension.

For example, the ancient Immortal Mortal Miasma.

It was hidden within an underground cavern beneath Qiling Prefecture.

Li Fan had already verified in his previous life that, as part of the power of the Xuanhuang Realm's laws, the Immortal Mortal Miasma would continuously grow stronger as the power of the Xuanhuang Realm increased.

But in that life, because he had hurriedly returned to [Truth], he had hardly had the chance to witness Immortal-level Immortal Mortal Miasma.

Naturally, he intended to make up for that regret in this life.

Apart from the Immortal Mortal Miasma, Li Fan also extrapolated from this principle and collected various objects within the Xuanhuang Realm that could inflict tremendous damage upon cultivators, and even upon the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao itself.

For example, the Heaven-Rending Arrow, forged around a core of strange and mysterious power.

It had first appeared in the life when the Mysterious Net had replaced Heaven's authority. It could influence and distort the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao over a vast area.

Another example was the Myriad Xuanhuang World-Destruction Transformation.

Li Fan had already confirmed in his previous life that the World-Destruction Transformation was extraordinarily effective against Mo Sha.

This time, in order to hunt down Mo Sha as thoroughly as possible, he naturally had to prepare in advance.

Countless forces of Heaven and Earth's transformations were mixed together within a ball of light. Li Fan secretly integrated them into the Heaven and Earth of Xuanhuang, just like the other fragmented cultivation worlds that the Heavenly Doctor had transplanted.

According to common sense, the grafting and stitching together of such foreign objects would inevitably provoke rejection from the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao.

Various calamities would descend, and through the cycles of destruction and rebirth, the foreign objects would slowly merge together.

But the wonderful part was that the World-Destruction power of Xuanhuang that Li Fan had implanted originated from the Xuanhuang Realm itself.

Therefore, the Xuanhuang Realm would not notice this suddenly enlarged piece of 'flesh' that had appeared upon its own body.

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