Chapter 731: A True Immortal Has No Name

Li Fan's true self finally snapped back to attention. He nodded slightly, his expression grave. "The Tianxuan Mirror, that supreme artifact of the Immortal Alliance, is indeed connected to the Xuantian Sect."

He described the scene his avatar had perceived using the secret technique, Execute Xuan.

Jiang Yushan frowned. "Three chimes? That is the highest warning level within the Xuantian Sect. It seems this so-called Tianxuan Mirror is actually the Xuantian Mirror of that era."

Liu San, however, looked confused. "It's just swapping the characters in the name. What's the point? If they wanted to hide its origins, they could have chosen a completely unrelated name. Besides, the Xuantian Sect's mortal enemies, the Ten Immortal Dao Sects, have long since turned to ash and dust. There's no need to hide it from anyone, is there?"

Jiang Yushan shook her head. "It's not as simple as just changing the name. I heard that the Xuantian Treasure Mirror has a mysterious origin. It reflects the myriad phenomena of the world and wields supreme, boundless power. Back then, the Ten Immortal Dao Sects speculated that this mirror might not be native to the Xuanhuang World at all, but could have come from the Immortal Realm itself."

Li Fan's gaze sharpened.

Fang Zaiji, who had been staring at the Final Stone Disc in a daze, jerked his head up at Jiang Yushan. "The Immortal Realm?!" he exclaimed, his voice unsteady.

Jiang Yushan continued calmly, "It isn't hard to work out. Before his Ascension, the master of the Xuantian Sect, the half-step True Immortal known as the Xuantian Heavenly King, had no mirror-like artifact to his name. But after he returned through the Ascension Passage, he carried this treasure with him. The Xuantian Treasure Mirror played a crucial role throughout his conquest of the Xuanhuang World as a half-Immortal, when he founded the Xuantian Sect.

"Otherwise, even after the Xuantian Sect's destruction, the Ten Immortal Dao Sects would not have gone on coveting and fearing it so much, even offering a Fruit of Eternal Life for it.

"And once a cultivator's power reaches the realm of True Immortal, their very name becomes a kind of power in itself."

Something seemed to cross her mind, and Jiang Yushan fell silent for a moment.

Li Fan chose the moment to ask, "Elder Jiang, what do you mean by that?"

"Before the Immortal Path was severed, the history of the Xuanhuang World was full of cultivators who weathered their tribulations and Ascended. Some were even senior elders of the Ten Immortal Dao Sects. But when those who came later tried to trace and consult records about these True Immortals...

"They found that all writings about them had vanished on their own.

"Not only are the deeds of their time completely untraceable, but even their names could not be preserved.

"A True Immortal has no name. Or rather, once they complete their transformation into True Immortals, they become beings we are utterly incapable of understanding."

Liu San and Fang Zaiji, both cultivators at the Dao Unity realm, were left utterly stunned.

"No wonder, when I traveled the length and breadth of the Xuanhuang World, I only ever heard that there were Immortals in ancient times, but never knew their names," Fang Zaiji said, realization crossing his face.

Jiang Yushan continued, "It is the same for True Immortals as it is for their artifacts. Artifacts aren't like True Immortals, whose true names are hidden from the world, but they still obey certain rules. The shift from 'Xuantian' to 'Tianxuan' must represent some unknown, wondrous transformation."

When she finished, the other three fell silent, awed by the power of the True Immortals of legend.

Fang Zaiji recovered first. "If the Tianxuan Mirror is a True Immortal artifact, then its secondary entity is practically half an Immortal weapon!"

His face flushed crimson with excitement. He clutched the Final Stone Disc and vanished in a flash.

"Sect leader, rest assured! I'm going into seclusion right now to study this thing thoroughly! If I don't get any results, I'll never come out!"

His figure had disappeared, but his voice still echoed through the air.

Li Fan shook his head slightly, then turned to Jiang Yushan with a look of gratitude. "Elder Jiang, your knowledge truly befits a true disciple from one of the Ten Immortal Dao Sects. I have never known such secrets of the True Immortals before."

Liu San sighed as well. "And to think, our Medicine King Sect was considered a mid-tier sect. Yet we know so little of such matters."

Jiang Yushan, however, seemed unmoved. She spoke in her usual grating voice, "It's just idle talk for passing the time. The Immortal Path has been severed for so long now. Immortals are like the myths and legends in mortal stories, unreachable."

She gazed in the direction Fang Zaiji had vanished, then spoke abruptly. "I'd better go keep an eye on him. Otherwise, by the time he has any results, a hundred years might have passed."

"Heh, surely it won't come to that. Old Fang is still fairly reliable..." Liu San began, only to find that Jiang Yushan had already turned into a streak of black, receding into the distance.

Panic flashed through him. "Yushan, wait for me!"

Without even a farewell to Li Fan, he chased after her.

In the blink of an eye, only Li Fan remained.

A True Immortal has no name... Ignoring the three who had left, Li Fan dwelt on Jiang Yushan's words, lost in thought.

He did not know how long had passed before he finally snapped out of it.

The exploration of the White Mist has nearly come to an end. The Tianxuan Mirror will complete its transformation soon...

The Myriad Immortals Alliance is at a critical juncture. It's not a good time to go out. I'll just wait quietly in this Longevity Valley for the changes to occur.

The restrictions on entering the Fallen Immortal Realm were lifted long ago, but I was exploring the Lost Domains before this, so I never had time to enter again.

I might as well take this opportunity to visit the Heavenly Sword Sect once more.

After a moment's thought, Li Fan made up his mind.

But before entering the Fallen Immortal Realm, he quietly toured Longevity Valley and the Beastkin World.

Most of the Medicine King Sect disciples who had awakened had already left Longevity Valley. Only key positions of the Valley were still guarded by disciples.

In the Beastkin World, Li Fan spotted several familiar figures.

They were Xiao Fan, Su Changyu, and Su Xiaomei from the Li World.

His divine sense swept over them without their knowledge, and Li Fan discovered something strange.

In this life, he hadn't managed them much, but he'd still granted them cultivation methods and placed few restrictions on them.

More than a decade had passed now. Based on the talent they had shown in previous lifetimes, at least one of them should have broken through to the Golden Core realm by now.

But their progress was underwhelming.

Ye Feipeng, who practiced all three methods—technique, body refinement, and Beast Soul Pearl—had the highest cultivation level of the group, yet he had barely reached the mid-stage Foundation Establishment realm.

Su Xiaomei and Su Changyu, who cultivated the technique method, had only recently broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm. The Curios of heaven and earth they used were, naturally, all provided by the Medicine King Sect. After three years of selling Longevity Pills, the Medicine King Sect's treasury had grown increasingly full.

As for Xiao Heng, who hadn't chosen a cultivation method but instead decided to commune with the Empire's Beast Soul Pearl, he'd completely given up. All ambition had drained from him. Every day, he simply donned the Divine Beast Armor and lorded it over the Beastkin World.

Their cultivation speed far outstrips mine; this isn't the pace they should be capable of.

Is the spiritual qi fading?

Li Fan sank into thought.

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