Chapter 1296: The Change Between Immortals and Mortals

The primary task in this life is to integrate with the Heaven and Earth Immortal Soul of the Super Xuanhuang Realm. Before achieving this goal, it's better to avoid these two individuals for now.

"The Art of Soul Sealing and World Substitution is also mentioned in the Heavenly Doctor's Sky-Mending Record."

"A world is like a person. Just as a person can seize a body, so too can a world."

"However, to successfully substitute a world, there are two prerequisites. First, the divine consciousness serving as the world soul must be exceedingly powerful. At the very least, it cannot be much weaker than the world's Heavenly Dao origin consciousness. Otherwise, during the brief process of substitution, the world itself will collapse from within, a disaster comparable to the end of the world."

A transparent figure within the Transmission Body flashed before Li Fan's eyes, and his gaze shifted slightly.

"Second, the practitioner must achieve complete suppression of the world. The world consciousness must be forced into a deep slumber. If two consciousnesses coexist simultaneously, it could very likely lead to the world's fragmentation..."

"The Heavenly Doctor, the Transmitter, and the five Heavenly Venerables of the Five Elders Council, working together, could indeed achieve this."

As Li Fan combined the content from the Sky-Mending Record and reminisced about the Heavenly Doctor's textbook-like practical operations, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.

"Soul Sealing and World Substitution, Soul Sealing and World Substitution..."

"Now that the consciousness of the Great Xuan Minor World's Heavenly Dao has just been born, it's the perfect opportunity for me to practice."

Li Fan looked up, his eyes piercing through the earth, directly reaching the sky of Great Xuan.

As if pierced by an arrow, a seven-colored vortex appeared in the sky. No living being in Great Xuan, except Li Fan, could perceive it.

Within this seven-colored vortex, the world consciousness, like an infant, was sleeping.

Fearing that rough movements would disturb it, Li Fan very carefully divided a wisp of his divine consciousness, infiltrating and approaching.

Then he carefully perceived.

In an instant, all the various phenomena of the world—the wind rising and clouds surging, the ebb and flow of tides, flowers falling and blooming—appeared one by one before Li Fan's eyes within the Great Xuan World.

It was as if these changes were happening to himself.

As his perception deepened, in addition to the natural phenomena, the joys, angers, sorrows, and fears, and the birth, aging, sickness, and death of Great Xuan's living beings, also began to appear in Li Fan's mind.

He empathized with the Heavenly Dao.

For most cultivators in the world, this would be a rare opportunity. Immersing oneself in it and quietly comprehending, it would certainly not be difficult to grasp a powerful, earth-shattering divine ability.

However, Li Fan voluntarily disengaged from this state of enlightenment.

He maintained a state of semi-awareness, semi-enlightenment.

"Simulation, Myriad Forms of Sentient Beings!"

With a thought, a semi-transparent figure of Li Fan immediately appeared within the starry vortex of the Great Xuan sky.

He infused all the insights gained from the Great Xuan Heavenly Dao into it.

The semi-transparent figure gradually transformed, as if reverting to childhood, changing from a middle-aged appearance to a newly born, crying infant!

The infant's manner of action, however, was still as seasoned as an adult's.

Approaching the deeply sleeping Great Xuan Heavenly Dao consciousness, it pressed forward and suddenly covered it...

Replacing it!

The Great Xuan Minor World instantly plunged into violent tremors.

The earth shook and mountains swayed, and scar-like cracks spread across the sky from the central starry vortex.

"Disintegration Disk! Derivation!"

In Li Fan's sea of consciousness, the Terminal Disintegration Disk temporarily halted its derivation task regarding the downgrade of immortal arrays, and instead fully calculated the compatibility of the Great Xuan simulated personality.

Through continuous refinement of the Simulation, Myriad Forms of Sentient Beings Grand Array, the transparent infant, flickering on and off, finally stabilized.

"World Substitution!"

Li Fan, deep underground, gathered a golden needle in his hand. Then, he shot it rapidly towards the simulated Great Xuan Heavenly Dao in the sky.

It hit precisely between its eyebrows, at the Yintang acupoint.

The semi-transparent infant instinctively let out a soft cry. Heaven and earth resonated for the first time, yet the Grand Dao remained silent. No one in the world could hear it, yet it instantly spread throughout the entire Great Xuan Minor World.

From weak to strong, it grew increasingly high-pitched. Finally, it became inaudible.

Amidst the cry of this simulated Great Xuan personality, the worldly anomalies gradually disappeared, returning to their initial tranquility.

The wounds and vortex in the sky healed, but Li Fan could sense the simulated personality that had replaced Great Xuan's nascent Heavenly Dao.

Or, perhaps, "simulated Heavenly Aspect" would be a more accurate description.

The nascent Heavenly Dao consciousness of Great Xuan was not destroyed by Li Fan; it was forcibly suppressed and sealed into slumber.

All the gradual growth of the Heavenly Dao consciousness would be absorbed and synchronized with the simulated Heavenly Aspect, ensuring the correct operation of the Great Xuan Heavenly Dao.

Like nourishment to cultivate and strengthen the simulated Heavenly Aspect, once the simulated Heavenly Aspect could fully handle the operation of the Great Xuan Minor World's Heavenly Dao, it would completely devour the Heavenly Dao consciousness that had been slumbering since its birth.

Completing a true metamorphosis.

Li Fan carefully sensed the operational status of the Great Xuan simulated Heavenly Aspect.

The simulated Heavenly Aspect was his creation; thus, he could naturally sense all the information it received. The situation at this moment was as if he had a Heavenly Dao clone constantly helping him comprehend the Dao.

Although it was only a minor world's Heavenly Dao, its advantage lay in its continuous and cumulative nature.

Furthermore...

"This first attempt was a bit crude. If not for the timely adjustments of the Terminal Disintegration Disk, the Great Xuan World might have been destroyed by my hand." Li Fan looked at the great rift valley on the surface of Great Xuan, caused by the anomalous movements of heaven and earth, and slightly shook his head.

"However, with this experience, the subsequent Soul Sealing and World Substitution for other minor worlds will likely be much smoother."

Compared to the traditional World Substitution Art in the Heavenly Doctor's Sky-Mending Record, Li Fan's improved version uses a simulated Heavenly Aspect.

Derived from insights into "False is True" and the Nine-Star Red Pearl of Great Xuan's ancient world-protecting immortal array, this simulation technique is likely only performable by Li Fan in the world.

The simulated Heavenly Aspect does not truly possess its own thoughts; it merely operates mechanically, completely obeying its creator. This makes it much easier to control.

More importantly, there are thousands of minor worlds in the Xuanhuang Realm. If using the original Soul Sealing and World Substitution Art, just finding cultivator souls comparable to the Heavenly Dao consciousnesses of these worlds would take considerable effort. But now, Li Fan can solve this problem by himself.

Moreover, even if he controls a large number of minor worlds, there's no need to worry about losing control.

"After all worlds return to Xuanhuang, the minor world Heavenly Daos will also merge with the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao. Although their scales are not proportional, a multitude of ants can still kill an elephant. And then, combined with my other methods..."

A brilliant and sinister plan instantly formed in Li Fan's mind.

"Currently, due to my limited strength, I can only create simulated Heavenly Aspects on the scale of minor worlds. After I advance, I might even be able to create a simulated Xuanhuang, or even a simulated Star Sea..."

As he gradually tasted the sweetness of comprehending "False is True", Li Fan increasingly felt that this transformation between true and false, even more so than specific cultivation methods, was his fundamental source of power.

"It's a pity that this Dao is too profound. Even after countless reincarnations, I have only comprehended a small part of it. Moreover, this Dao of 'False is True' can only be comprehended by me, who possesses the 'Return to True' ability; others cannot learn from it."

Li Fan also vaguely perceived that for the comprehension of "False is True," the so-called talents and comprehension abilities discussed in the ordinary cultivation world were useless.

To delve deeper into its true profundity, the most important factor was actually...

opportunities.

Or, to put it more simply, it depended on the mood of "Return to True."

In the previous life, after "Return to True" came into contact with what was called a new interference variable, Li Fan found that his comprehension of the "False is True" transformation became significantly easier.

Although his natural talent and comprehension had not changed, it was as if he was closer and could touch it more easily. Such was its profound mystery.

"The Call of the Dao, Projection..." Li Fan recalled the various pronouncements of the Sacred Emperor's Dao transmission in the previous life and those of the little loli from the Dharma Derivation Jade. His eyes narrowed slightly, and countless conjectures flooded his mind.

The anomaly between heaven and earth in Great Xuan did not greatly affect the living beings within it. Soon, people once again focused their attention on the continually transmitting Sacred Teacher.

For five years, the Sacred Teacher's transmission of the Dao never ceased.

In a blink of an eye, it was already Anchor Year 8. The preaching platform had expanded from its initial size to an area of five hundred miles. Even so, people from all over the world flocked continuously to seek the Dao and find a teacher.

On this day, the Sacred Teacher's illusory figure, holding a whisk, gently waved it.

The preaching platform, covering an area of a hundred miles, under the gaze of countless people, unexpectedly became like the center of the world. The surrounding mountains, plains, rivers, and seas all rotated and flowed around the preaching platform.

All the living beings on the preaching platform sat still, yet traveled a thousand miles a day.

In less than half a day, the preaching platform, carrying millions of disciples, became the center of the Great Xuan World.

And at this moment, the highest tier of the preaching platform already represented the complete Golden Core realm.

On that platform, three individuals sat, looking down at the living beings of Great Xuan, who were gradually moving further away from them.

These were Sun Erlang, Wang Xuanba, and Yue Zhenwei.

Yue Zhenwei surpassed them later, demonstrating his extraordinary talent.

All three were disciples of the Sacred Teacher, addressing each other as senior and junior brothers.

"Senior Brother Sun, the next Nascent Soul realm requires devouring Heaven and Earth Grotto-Heavens. It seems we will