Chapter 577: After Sitting on the Mountain, What's Next

Of course, they only looked identical on the surface.

The restrictions carved on the spirit stones by the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Council of Five Elders were, for now, beyond Li Fan's ability to replicate.

"Currently, my creation ability is limited to simple objects like spirit stones, which are purely composed of spiritual energy."

"Anything with a slightly more complex structure is beyond my capabilities."

Despite this limitation, Li Fan was overjoyed.

It signified a promising beginning.

As his cultivation level continued to rise and his skills advanced, creating objects out of thin air in the future wouldn't be impossible.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage marked a significant leap in his power.

However, one pressing matter now stood before Li Fan, demanding his immediate attention.

He had no cultivation method to practice.

The "Mountain Sitting Manual," which he had secretly learned from He Zhenghao, was only a Core Formation stage cultivation method.

After he entered the Nascent Soul stage, the previously discernible trickles of feedback cultivation became almost imperceptible.

Clearly, it offered him no further assistance.

Although the accumulated tribulations from his previous body had completely stabilized his newly broken-through realm, and he wasn't in a hurry to cultivate for the time being.

However, he couldn't put it off for too long. The sooner this issue was resolved, the better.

However, Li Fan had already prepared countermeasures.

His moderate plan was, of course, to use the Immortal Venerable Jicheng's bounty to gain access to the Derivation Jade and deduce the subsequent parts of the "Mountain Sitting Manual."

In his previous life, Immortal Venerable Jicheng was ambushed by Integration stage cultivators from the Council of Five Elders during the Myriad Immortals Alliance's "Illusory and Real Heavenly Venerable" scheme to uncover hidden spies, which led to his impending demise.

In this life, Li Fan couldn't guarantee that this event would happen exactly as before.

Thus, he also prepared a fallback plan.

The Law-Seeking Jade Tablet, though extremely precious, was only awarded to cultivators who had rendered great service to the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

However, it was not a unique or priceless item.

Given Li Fan's current wealth, he could acquire one if he were willing to spend a huge amount of contribution points.

However, doing so would be somewhat ostentatious and could easily expose his identity, drawing unwanted attention.

He might indeed have to make a run for it once he acquired the cultivation method.

Therefore, it was a last resort option.

The aforementioned were his moderate and fallback plans.

As for his best plan...

That would depend entirely on serendipity.

It involved Li Fan comprehending it himself.

Having cultivated the "Mountain Sitting Manual" for several lifetimes, if there was anyone in the world who understood this cultivation method, Li Fan could claim to be second, and no one would dare claim to be first.

During his cultivation, specks of insight emerged in Li Fan's mind at every moment he received feedback cultivation.

Accumulating over time, Li Fan had developed his own unique understanding of how to "sit on the mountain and enjoy its fruits."

With the foundation he had amassed, spending some time, he might well be able to independently deduce the subsequent parts of the "Mountain Sitting Manual."

Ultimately, the Derivation Jade could deduce cultivation methods for individuals based on infinite possibilities of deduction.

Perhaps it could analyze and create cultivation methods with extreme thoroughness and unparalleled insight.

However, it couldn't fully comprehend Li Fan himself.

Li Fan himself certainly wouldn't expose all his secrets clearly to a peculiar artifact that was still subtly controlled by the Heavenly Venerable of Transmission, constantly deducing methods daily, and barely able to protect itself.

"Exactly how things will unfold depends on future developments."

"During this process, I might be able to give it another push. The Myriad Immortals Alliance is looking for an internal spy, aren't they? This is the perfect opportunity..."

Li Fan's eyes narrowed as he began to calculate in his mind.

After a long while, he slowly stood up.

He had finished examining the changes in his body after his breakthrough.

As for the doubling of both his physiological and psychological age limits displayed on the "Reversion" panel, it was a trivial matter in Li Fan's eyes now.

As long as his cultivation continued to advance, these limits would naturally increase, so Li Fan had no need to worry about them.

Perhaps only when he faced the chasm between the Integration and Eternal Heavenly Venerable realms would he pay attention to them again.

Compared to the age limit numbers, Li Fan was more interested in the two characters "Heaven's Wrath" (天憎) marked beside them.

Upon sensing it, and according to "Reversion's" explanation, Li Fan learned that the theoretical physiological age limit was 999 years.

However, due to the hatred of this world's will, the actual lifespan of cultivators was far less than that number.

This aligned with the current state of cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm, as Li Fan understood it.

However, he wasn't concerned about this.

Given his disruptive style of action, he would likely never live to the average lifespan of cultivators in any of his lifetimes.

His true lifespan was, in fact, his psychological age.

Therefore, for Li Fan, the most suitable approach was to utilize the time in each life as efficiently as possible.

"Heaven's Wrath..."

Li Fan scoffed inwardly.

Without further thought, he slightly opened his mouth.

Li Fan transferred all items from his storage ring into his personal Grotto-Heaven.

He left only ordinary items in the ring as a cover, then quietly departed the underground chamber.

Instead of rushing back to Congyun, he remained in Tianling State, inquiring about the Zhang Debiao he had previously heard about.

Indeed, Li Fan had taken an interest in the damaged bodies of cultivators on the Tianling State battlefield.

It wasn't due to any peculiar habits of his, but rather to unlock new "Reversion" anchors.

Li Fan had previously used fragments of Golden Cores to charge the previous anchor.

However, despite all subsequent attempts, "Reversion" seemed to disdain the quality of the Golden Cores, remaining indifferent to the fragments purchased from the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

Li Fan speculated that perhaps the next anchoring required complete Golden Cores to unlock.

But what Core Formation cultivator would be willing to sell their own Golden Core?

Neither the Heavenly Profound Mirror nor the private market listed such an item for trade.

Thus, Li Fan had never had the opportunity to unlock a new anchor.

Now, however, might be a good time.

Countless cultivators had perished in the Battle of Tianling State.

Even if they weren't the main force of the war, the number of deceased Core Formation cultivators was certainly substantial.

Unlike Nascent Soul cultivators, who had Grotto-Heaven Dharma Domains supporting them and could reconstruct their bodies, Core Formation cultivators could not.

If vital body parts, such as the head or heart, were suddenly injured and they couldn't react in time to maintain their vitality with spiritual energy or receive timely treatment, they would still die.

Therefore, there was a good chance that complete Golden Cores remained within those corpses.

Zhang Debiao, who profited from the dead, was clearly someone consumed by greed.

Buying some Golden Cores from him shouldn't be difficult.

Li Fan's calculations were well-made, but to his surprise, he encountered difficulty at the very first step.

He searched all over Tianling State but couldn't find Zhang Debiao.

It was said that he had been in Tianling City a few days prior.

But these past few days, no one had seen him, and his whereabouts were unknown.

According to unconfirmed reports, Zhang Debiao had boasted to his confidants earlier about securing a large order.

It was unclear if he had gone to handle this significant business.