Chapter 338: Gaining Divine Magic Through Derivative Methods

The Thousand Mechanism Jade Sphere Golden Tome was discovered by Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi in the ruins of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect within the Hundred Stone Grotto-Heaven on the border of Shilin Province. Although it is only a Nascent Soul cultivation method, it has the effect of discerning qi-mechanisms and understanding cause and effect. Li Fan's ability to comprehend the Formless Killing Intent owes much to the Jade Sphere Golden Tome.

Li Fan obtained The Heaven-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art from Sikong Yi, the successor of the Heaven-Stealing Sun-Shifting Sect. It can seize fate and create clones, truly living up to its name of "stealing heaven and shifting the sun."

As for the secret technique "Appearance Changes with Mind," it came from Zhou Qingang, a spy for the Council of Five Elders and the guardian of Taian Island. Combined with the natural wonder, the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart, it allows one to change their appearance, transform into others, and even deceive the tests of the Myriad Immortal Alliance's White Jade Heart-Questioning Platform.

Qi-mechanism, fate, and appearance.

Combining these three, theoretically, one could completely transform into another cultivator.

Li Fan had previously considered this possibility.

However, these are all profound and mysterious concepts. With Li Fan's current theoretical knowledge, he might sit for hundreds of years and still not be able to create a new technique based on them.

Now, with the opportunity to use the Derivation Jade Charm for deduction, and considering that the Heavenly Profound Spirit-Locking Array will soon become widespread, leaving cultivators with no privacy in the world.

For Li Fan, the ability to instantly assume another identity became crucial.

Therefore, Li Fan didn't hesitate. The contents of the two cultivation methods and one secret technique all appeared on the white paper.

Though it was just one page, as more characters appeared, they became increasingly smaller.

It could accommodate any amount of content.

In an instant, Li Fan stopped thinking. The white paper was covered by countless tiny, densely packed characters.

"Done?"

The little loli, still resting her chin in her hands and gazing blankly at the desktop, asked without raising her head.

"Alr—"

Li Fan nodded slightly. Before he could finish saying "alright," the white paper in his hand transformed into streaks of flowing light and drifted towards the desk where the little loli was resting.

Countless characters instantly appeared on the desktop.

Seeing this, the little loli immediately pouted, looking a bit displeased. "Your requirements are really high – completely transforming into someone else."

"You have the blueprint techniques for changing qi-mechanism, fate, and appearance, but what about flesh, divine sense, and soul?"

Hearing this, Li Fan wasn't embarrassed. He just spoke truthfully and helplessly said, "Gathering the current cultivation methods has already been my full effort. Methods for transforming flesh, divine sense, and soul are extremely rare, beyond my current capabilities."

"What, can't it be deduced?" Li Fan asked, looking at the little loli.

"It *can* be done, but I rarely get to rest. How annoying..." The little loli looked up, glared at Li Fan, and muttered softly.

Li Fan's heart stirred, but he pretended not to hear, his expression unchanged, and watched the Derivation Jade Charm's movements intently.

With her chubby hands, she patted the table. The countless characters on the desktop immediately flowed backward like water, flying towards the massive sphere overhead.

They joined the sequence of rapid transformation and deduction.

The characters flickered several times faster than when Li Fan first saw them.

Meanwhile, the little loli, who was resting on the desk, looked incredibly sleepy and kept nodding off.

Li Fan looked thoughtful and dared not make a sound to disturb her.

He quietly looked up, gazing at the sphere above, formed by shifting characters.

This place was clearly not a real space.

It was more like a world composed purely of consciousness.

Yet, Li Fan's clone had undoubtedly arrived here physically and was interacting with consciousness.

Besides the consciousness of the Derivation Jade Charm, Li Fan occasionally felt another gaze sweeping over him in this space.

The owner of the gaze did not conceal their presence, and the warning in their eyes was unmistakable.

So Li Fan behaved quite restrainedly.

As he fell silent, the little loli grew drowsy.

The space fell into complete silence.

Only the light from above, constantly changing with the characters, illuminated Li Fan's face.

Making his expression appear somewhat unfathomable.

"Derivation Jade Charm..."

With only these three words flashing through his mind, Li Fan suppressed all other thoughts and silently calculated the passage of time.

He thought of nothing else.

When more than two hours had passed since the Derivation Jade Charm began its deduction,

the massive sphere overhead erupted with a dazzling light.

At the same time, the little loli seemed to awaken from a dream.

Rubbing her eyes, she looked half-asleep and said weakly, "It's done."

Countless tiny characters immediately surged onto the desktop, forming a white paper that reappeared in Li Fan's hand.

Li Fan's eyes narrowed slightly as he read intently.

"Mysterious True Spirit Transformation."

"Using mysterious and unpredictable power, replicate all life fluctuations of a target and make corresponding transformations."

"If there is no target, transformations can also be generated randomly."

"When targeting a living being, the first transformation requires a small portion of the target's biological tissue."

"If there is no target, no materials are needed."

"It can only copy life imprints, not cultivation methods or realms."

"It can only target living beings at the Nascent Soul realm or below. And after transformation, regardless of the previous cultivation level, the transformed body will at most retain Nascent Soul cultivation."

Li Fan slowly committed the cultivation method's content to memory, and the characters on the white paper gradually faded away.

"As expected of the Derivation Jade Charm, the effects of this 'Mysterious True Spirit Transformation' are even better than I anticipated. I just wonder how it will perform in actual use." The more Li Fan read, the more delighted he became, unable to resist repeatedly pondering the technique's details.

Although it was only a Nascent Soul level cultivation method, its limitations only applied to the selection of transformation targets and the strength limitations after transformation.

The ability of "transformation" itself seemed to suffer little compromise.

Li Fan continued reading. Besides "transformation," once the method was mastered, it also granted the ability to "discern."

Since completely transforming into another person required a thorough understanding of the essence of life, upon mastery of the technique, one would naturally gain the ability to discern the authenticity of a living being.

Even more pleasantly surprising to Li Fan was that the True Spirit Transformation method also retained the clone-creation technique from the Heaven-Stealing Sun-Shifting Art.

When creating a clone, one could integrate the mysterious transformation power of the True Spirit Transformation.

Creating a perfect replica of the target.

Li Fan couldn't help but become immersed in this profound and unfathomable divine technique.

Although it was only at the Nascent Soul level, the "advanced feeling" of the technique's effects made Li Fan feel it surpassed even the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Art.

After a long while, seeing that Li Fan had not responded, the little loli mumbled, "Time is almost up. If there's anything you want to improve, you can tell me."

With that, she yawned and looked at Li Fan languidly.

Only then did Li Fan snap out of his reverie.

The white paper in his hand had completely vanished, and the technique's contents were firmly etched in his mind.

Li Fan bowed respectfully to the Derivation Jade Charm. "I am very satisfied."

"You've worked hard."