Chapter 1614: Intuitive Leap into True Reincarnation

"True perfection..." the Faceless Immortal murmured, unable to conceal his longing.

"What you say is indeed reasonable, fellow Daoist. But currently, he is strong, and I am weak. If this so-called perfection truly requires us to merge again, I fear I would be the hunted one."

"Perhaps you've vaguely understood this truth in your heart all along, which is why you've been hiding," Li Fan said, cutting straight to the core of the matter.

"As for him being strong and you weak... there's no need to worry, fellow Daoist. With my help, that mere He Gan Immortal is nothing to fear."

The Faceless Immortal had a clear understanding of the specific strength of his other self. His communication with Li Fan, however, was merely through the Faceless Stone Statue from a distance.

Therefore, he still harbored a slight doubt about Li Fan's confident demeanor: "The True Immortal of Morality has long since transcended. What level of power do you possess, fellow Daoist, to have such confidence?"

Li Fan smiled. "I am merely a minor transcender. The reason I say he's nothing to fear isn't because of me, but because of you."

"Me?" The Faceless Immortal was slightly taken aback.

"It's about attacking what the enemy must defend. With you, I don't need to search the entire world for him. I just need to deliberately expose your whereabouts, set a trap, and wait for him to come. Using careful planning against an unprepared opponent, victory is naturally assured," Li Fan said calmly.

"Why do you choose to help me? Is it because you have a grudge against him, or is it due to King Xuantian?" The Faceless Immortal felt some confusion.

"Neither, neither. I simply wish to meet this True Immortal of Morality."

Li Fan's answer was somewhat unexpected for the Faceless Immortal, causing him to fall into a long period of silence.

"Although he lacks virtue and acts without reason, his own moral circulation is approaching perfection. He is extremely sensitive to all disharmonious malevolence from the outside world. To scheme against him... it will likely be exceedingly difficult."

"The more information you provide about him, the higher our chances of success."

Li Fan's words instantly rendered the Faceless Immortal speechless.

Without simply agreeing to Li Fan's proposal, the Faceless Immortal, after a period of silence, merely replied, "I need to consider it carefully."

"No matter, it was merely a whim of mine. When you've made up your mind, you can contact me again anytime through this statue."

"Oh, and one more thing..." Just as the energy fluctuations from the statue were about to cease, Li Fan suddenly asked.

"Back when the Xuantian Sect was destroyed and King Xuantian mysteriously disappeared, the head of your statue within the sect inexplicably cracked. Following that, the Heaven Beast sent a tracking message towards your location..."

"Do you know what exactly King Xuantian encountered back then? And what message did he convey to you?" Li Fan's gaze was profound.

His only response was a long silence.

"Indeed, when he faced a crisis back then, I did intervene to help. However, someone else truly protected him completely. As for what he told me..."

"That, I cannot tell you." After saying this, the energy within the Xuantian Stone Statue completely vanished.

Li Fan scoffed, "Truly the 'Virtue' among the True Immortals of Morality."

He casually put away the Faceless Stone Statue. There was no rush to end this current life yet. He would see if there was an opportunity to meet that True Immortal of Morality.

"He can't see me, he can't see me, he can't see me..." The Immeasurable Wall continued to frantically murmur to itself, praying for Li Fan's departure.

And as if its wish had come true, Li Fan's figure flickered slightly and disappeared.

The Immeasurable Wall, which moments ago hadn't dared to move, instantly wrapped around Bai Shuyue's corpse and desperately fled towards the high wall.

"I knew this old man would eventually turn misfortune into good fortune."

"But indeed, I've had a streak of bad luck recently, constantly encountering danger. It's best to find a safe place quickly and hide for a while."

"The moment one crosses the Star Sea Restriction, there's a dual redirection. Since the Outer Star Sea is impassable, I'll go to the other place..." Having made up its mind, the Immeasurable Wall was in a frantic hurry to escape.

Just as the high wall came into view, a figure flashed again in front, blocking its path.

It was Li Fan again!

The Immeasurable Wall's mind choked, and its movement abruptly ceased.

"Why is this fierce god back again?"

"He can't see me, he can't see me..."

Having no other way to react, the Immeasurable Wall could only brace itself and silently repeat the mantra.

However, this time, the incantation failed.

"I'm somewhat curious, why are you so good to her?"

"You don't seem like the type to give without expecting anything in return. Although her talent is indeed remarkable, with a chance at transcendence, that would certainly be many years from now. To consume all the treasures you've accumulated for years within your belly for such an uncertain future..."

"Could it be that you developed genuine feelings for her in such a short time?"

Li Fan slightly flexed his fingers, and the Immeasurable Wall fell into his palm.

The "she" in his words naturally referred to Bai Shuyue.

Although the Immeasurable Wall's own value was no longer of interest to Li Fan.

However, upon seeing the Immeasurable Wall attempt to flee while still carrying the aunt's corpse, Li Fan became interested in its motives.

He had long since seen through the Immeasurable Wall's true nature.

By common sense, it would never make such a huge sacrifice for Bai Shuyue, who was still a mortal. Yet, it did...

When something is out of the ordinary, there's always a reason.

Although he asked, Li Fan didn't expect the Immeasurable Wall to answer honestly on its own.

He squeezed slightly with his five fingers, and streaks of faint light permeated the Immeasurable Wall.

All of the Immeasurable Wall's thoughts transformed into flowing light, absorbed and comprehended by Li Fan.

"Help for one part, and there will be ten parts of reward in the future. This kind of intuition..." After reading the Immeasurable Wall's motives, Li Fan's eyebrows subtly raised.

As the manipulator behind the scenes, Li Fan naturally knew that the Immeasurable Wall's intuition was extremely accurate.

Li Fan, whose own intuitive warnings were equally precise, naturally became interested in this "intuition" of the Immeasurable Wall.

"One part given, ten parts returned. It is both accurate and incorrect. The aunt's current talent is not enough for her to reach transcendence in this lifetime. Therefore, the probability of her bringing substantial returns to the Immeasurable Wall in this life is infinitely close to zero."

"But the Immeasurable Wall's intuition is so strong."

"Could it be that the returns it intuitively foresaw do not point to this lifetime? But rather..."

"The dozens of lifetimes after constantly activating the 'Return to True'?"

Li Fan's eyes narrowed slightly.

His hands couldn't help but gently caress the surface of the Immeasurable Wall.

At first glance, this conjecture seemed absurd.

How could a mere tile used to build a Daoist palace possibly foresee the future after "Return to True"?

But...

Li Fan was able to think of this wild idea precisely because his own intuition guided him!

Li Fan trusted his own intuition immensely.

"Infinite spirituality is the fundamental reason why 'Return to True' is attached to me."

"And my own intuition is also extraordinarily unique. Yet, I've never found a reasonable explanation for it."

"This Immeasurable Wall might be the key to a breakthrough."

"Intuitive warnings, to this extent?" Li Fan continuously tapped his finger on the Immeasurable Wall, pondering secretly.

Such spiritual perception seemed exceedingly rare in the entire Shan Hai realm.

However, perhaps it was merely extremely difficult to detect under normal circumstances.

"Given the boundlessness of Shan Hai, flashes of insight often occur at critical moments. Those who rely on instinct to seek good fortune and avoid disaster are also not uncommon."

"Seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster, seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster..."

Li Fan suddenly recalled Yin Yuzhen, the manager of the Tianbao Pavilion on Glazed Island, whom he had met when he first began cultivating.

Although she was a mortal, she possessed the extraordinary ability to seek good fortune and avoid disaster.

It was precisely because she foresaw endless benefits from helping Li Fan in the future that she repeatedly bestowed gifts without hesitation.

"A mortal body naturally couldn't perceive that I carried 'Return to True'."

"But it could point to my future."

Li Fan also remembered later, when he established the Bright Moon Palace on Bright Moon Lake, extensively lending money to accumulate contribution points, which eventually led to the arrival of Dao Integration cultivators for a purge.

Yin Yuzhen also had a premonition of great fortune.

Indeed, later, the Dao Integration cultivators sensed Lan Yu's Soul Devouring Reincarnation Array and departed at the crucial moment, sparing everyone's lives.

At that time, Li Fan also thought that this great fortune corresponded to that event.

But...

"Although they narrowly escaped death, they still went through great danger. It certainly couldn't be called great fortune."

"The true great fortune refers to..."

Relying solely on his own deductions, he found it almost impossible to find an answer.

But if he followed his intuition and reasoned accordingly.

Li Fan once again arrived at a seemingly unimaginable conclusion.

"This great fortune also points to me!"

"Before this, the Yin sisters were always under my control, exploited by me. They were busy with Bright Moon Palace affairs all day, and although they gradually showed cultivation talent, they ultimately couldn't advance further."

"But after this narrow escape from death..."

"I then encountered that Nascent Soul cultivator. Although I, with a Foundation Establishment body, managed to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator, it ultimately ended in a mutual destruction, ending that life."

"My death, however, was a great fortune for Yin Yuzhen."

"This makes perfect sense. It's like a bird escaping its cage or a tiger returning to its mountain. From then on, the sisters were no longer oppressed or enslaved by me."

"But..."

Li Fan paused slightly: "After my 'Return to True,' everything in Shan Hai is reset. Everything goes back to the beginning."

"So where does the 'great fortune' come from?"

"Am I overthinking this, or..."

As if he had touched upon the secret of "Return to True," Li Fan's heart inexplicably pounded a few times.

He reorganized his thoughts from beginning to end, not relying on ordinary rational deduction, but rather on his keen inner intuition.

Li Fan once again reached an astonishing conclusion.

After he performed "Return to True," the original possibilities seemed to still exist and would continue to develop along the flow of the river of time.

However, this deduction was full of contradictions with Li Fan's own experiences.

"Why is this the case?"

"Does 'Return to True' truly reset Shan Hai?"

Before this, Li Fan had no doubts about this point.

After all, those powerful beings who transcended possibilities and wandered between Shan Hai also returned to their initial anchor points with each of his "Return to True" commands.

But when his own intuition pointed to a completely contradictory conclusion.

Li Fan was somewhat bewildered.

With his current understanding of "intuition," it seemed completely impossible to explain such a contradiction.

"Fortunately, I have discovered the unusual aspect of it."

"It's a pity that the Xuanhuang Realm has been destroyed in this lifetime; otherwise, I might have been able to capture Yin Yuzhen and study her carefully."

"Currently, this Immeasurable Wall is also an object worth paying attention to."

In Li Fan's past cycles of reincarnation, beings with extremely sharp intuition like him were rare.

The Immeasurable Wall's inherent properties were ordinary in value. But its intuition was likely rare in Shan Hai.

"Do Yin Yuzhen and the Immeasurable Wall in other possibilities also possess such intuition?"

"Or perhaps..."

Li Fan's gaze suddenly sharpened.

He had once traversed one percent of Shan Hai, where countless possibilities existed, with Xuanhuang Realms under different circumstances.

"Perhaps, in these Xuanhuang Realms, no other Yin Yuzhen exists."

"Just like me."

"The Li Fans in other possibilities are not *the* Li Fan."

"Intuition, originating from being unique to Shan Hai?"

Li Fan's heart stirred slightly.

"The current Shan Hai is not the complete Shan Hai, nor truly infinite in meaning. Instead, it is a tattered remnant, eroded by Dao Annihilation."

"Theoretically speaking, there are indeed some beings that would be unique to Shan Hai."

"This uniqueness to Shan Hai is similar to the perfected transcendence realm of 'All Selves Return to One,' yet fundamentally different."

"Perfected transcendence is strong because of uniqueness to Shan Hai."

"Whereas these special beings are weak because of their uniqueness to Shan Hai."

"Of course, I am not among them."

"These beings, although destined to have no connection with the path of transcendence, have nonetheless gained a blessing in disguise, awakening extremely unique divine abilities. Perhaps every perfected transcender possesses such an ability?" Li Fan wondered.

Most critically, this peculiar intuition perceived anomalies within the "Return to True" cycle.

"It seems the operating mechanism of 'Return to True' is not as simple as I imagined."

"When the real acts as false, the false is also real..."

Li Fan repeated these seven words internally, secretly concealed his figure, and released the Immeasurable Wall from his fingers.

As if startled awake from a deep slumber, the Immeasurable Wall stood stunned for a long time before finally regaining consciousness.

"I'm actually fine? That villain actually let me go?"

The Immeasurable Wall was dumbfounded, then overjoyed: "As expected, good fortune favors this old man!"

It scanned its surroundings and found Bai Shuyue's corpse was still there.

It paused, feeling a conflict within.

Ultimately, it followed its instinct, wrapping around the corpse and continuing its escape towards the high wall.

"It should still be salvageable."

Soon, the Immeasurable Wall, carrying Bai Shuyue, once again crossed the high wall.

This time, streaks of green light emanated from the Immeasurable Wall.

After revealing its foundation as an immortal artifact, it teleported into the abandoned Lan Ke Daoist Temple!

"Where is this?"

The Immeasurable Wall scanned left and right, feeling some surprise and uncertainty.

"Somewhat familiar..."

"Fortunately, there seems to be no threat."

Muttering to itself, the Immeasurable Wall ventured deeper into the Lan Ke Daoist Temple.

It arrived at the Daoist temple's control center.

Looking at the various objects scattered across the ground, the Immeasurable Wall carefully identified them and then was overjoyed: "The facilities are actually still quite intact."

A wave of deep green light swept across the surrounding space.

The previously still, inanimate objects suddenly seemed to come alive.

They displayed phantoms of themselves from the past.

"Like this, and like that."

The Immeasurable Wall memorized the manipulation methods for each object, feeling incredibly pleased with itself.

"How could I, chosen by the Saint Lord, not have a trick or two up my sleeve!"