Chapter 632: Thousand Lifetimes of Unchanging Intent

From “refining” to “immortal”—a single character’s difference, yet a chasm lies between them.

The path forward in the Xuanhuang Realm has been severed for countless years. Immortality has become an unattainable goal, existing only in ancient texts, for cultivators to yearn for and imagine.

Yet now, Li Fan had seen a cultivation technique potentially related to a “True Immortal”!

“A True Immortal’s legacy?” The mere thought sent waves through Li Fan’s heart. He had only experienced such excitement and turmoil once before: when he first met Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi, finally confirming the existence of cultivators in the world.

“No wonder this Xuanhuang Incantation has always been at the forefront of all my cultivation techniques. Even Qin Tang’s Cloud-Water Illusory Dream Technique, a Dao Integration stage art, couldn’t surpass it! It turns out to be a true immortal inheritance!”

“The immortal path is not broken, the immortal path continues!”

An unnamable surge of emotion stirred within Li Fan, and for a long time, he could not calm down.

Even with his current level of mental cultivation, it still took a good while for him to gradually settle.

After carefully comprehending this so-called “Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation,” he found that perhaps because it was still an incomplete text, there wasn’t much change compared to the previous Refined Heart Incantation.

Alternatively, Li Fan’s current level might not be sufficient to discern the difference between the two.

Li Fan carefully recalled the origin of the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation.

Its earliest origin was the Xuanhuang Clear Heart Incantation, a widely circulated and almost ubiquitous method in the Xuanhuang Realm used to dispel miasma from the body. Since the Clear Heart Incantation offered no other benefits to cultivators apart from removing the Immortal-Mortal Miasma, very few practitioners continued cultivating it after drawing Qi into their bodies.

However, due to his limited aptitude at the time, Li Fan was slow to remove the miasma from his body. Thus, while awaiting the opportunity to enter the Body Purification Spirit Pool, he diligently cultivated the Xuanhuang Clear Heart Incantation day and night. Furthermore, with the True Reflection Panel, he could clearly perceive even the slightest changes in himself, leading him to firmly believe that the Xuanhuang Clear Heart Incantation was indeed effective. Therefore, he never gave up.

In the Body Purification Spirit Pool, during the extremely painful process of forcibly removing the Immortal-Mortal Miasma from his body, even when he almost lost consciousness and fainted, Li Fan’s determination to seek the Dao remained unwavering and consistent. The confidence granted by the True Reflection Panel, allowing him to endlessly reincarnate and restart, also freed Li Fan from worries and fears, making him unafraid of life or death. Ultimately, when Li Fan successfully transformed from a mortal into a Qi Refining stage cultivator, the Xuanhuang Clear Heart Incantation also evolved into the Xuanhuang Refined Heart Incantation.

On his cultivation path through a hundred reincarnations, Li Fan, through continuous exploration and experimentation, gradually discovered the true method of cultivating the Xuanhuang Refined Heart Incantation: reverse cultivation of the Dao Heart. Like a massive millstone, it would grind all his obsessions into fragments, transforming them into nourishment for his spiritual soul. Its mystical profoundness was far beyond what any cultivation technique currently circulating in the Myriad Immortals Alliance could compare to.

Originally, Li Fan believed this was the limit of the Xuanhuang Incantation. However, he never expected that after coincidentally using the Chaos Character Art in this life, when faced with the “Phantom Glimpse of a Myriad Lifetimes” backlash from the art, the Refined Heart Incantation automatically activated, finally shedding its disguise and revealing its true form.

“Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation…” Li Fan kept muttering the name repeatedly in his mind.

Undoubtedly, this was an unimaginably powerful cultivation technique.

As the saying goes, “Mortal affairs can corrupt even immortals and deities.” No matter how powerful a cultivator, once they fall into the mundane world, their Dao Heart is bound to suffer damage.

The Phantom Glimpse of a Myriad Lifetimes was almost like genuinely experiencing thousands of reincarnations. Countless images and emotions simultaneously erupted in his mind. If Li Fan hadn’t already undergone a hundred reincarnations himself, possessing a mental fortitude far beyond ordinary people, he would likely have suffered a mental breakdown on the spot, becoming insane.

Without the assistance of the Immortal Heart Incantation, even with Li Fan’s extraordinary willpower, it would probably have taken him decades to recover from the effects of the Phantom Glimpse of a Myriad Lifetimes on his own.

But with the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation, the outcome was entirely different. Almost in an instant, those genuine emotions and vivid memory images were all dissolved and absorbed.

“Experiencing a myriad of reincarnations in an instant, yet the immortal heart remains unchanged…”

“Is this the might of an immortal?” Li Fan couldn’t help but feel a surge of longing.

“With such an immortal technique, I might be able to easily dismiss all the illusions present in this Xuanhuang Realm.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.

He immediately thought of the time Senior Sister Zhao pulled him into the Great Dao Sect.

“Wielding the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation, I might be able to maintain my original self in that true illusion. With my ego-consciousness intact and proactive agency, perhaps I could steal even more secrets.”

“I can try it in the next life.”

After pondering for a long time, Li Fan focused his attention on the character “incomplete” that followed “Immortal Heart Incantation.”

“This immortal technique is currently incomplete, and to complete it, one needs to use the experiences and memories of thousands of lifetimes as raw material. Originally, using the Chaos Character Art and leveraging its mental backlash was the best method.”

“But…”

Li Fan’s brows furrowed slightly.

He remained wary of the powerful divine sense that had appeared later. His intuition told him that the owner of this divine sense had likely marked the Chaos Character Art. If he were to use it again, he feared he would be instantly discovered.

“The reason I escaped earlier might also be because the Chaos Character Art hasn’t been seen in the world for many years.”

“Can it only be done once and not again…”

“No matter,” Li Fan smiled slightly, thinking of the exotic treasure he carried.

“Even if there’s only one unexpected opportunity in each life, for me, it’s equivalent to an inexhaustible supply!”

“Perhaps neither the one who deliberately hid the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation nor that powerful divine sense so concerned about the Chaos Character Art would ever imagine that an anomaly like me exists in this world!”

Recalling his past experiences, Li Fan clearly understood just how difficult it was to transform the Xuanhuang Clear Heart Incantation, step by step, back into the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Incantation.

Moreover, there were powerful individuals constantly lurking, observing.

Even if a lucky few managed to fortuitously replicate it, they couldn’t possibly remain in the blind spot of those powerful figures, undetected, like Li Fan.

“Among countless futures, as long as a sliver of hope exists, I can find it and turn the impossible into possible.”

Li Fan once again deeply perceived the terrifying aspect of the True Reflection Panel.

At the same time, he felt fortunate.

If he didn’t possess such an exotic treasure, no matter how talented he was, he probably wouldn’t be able to achieve transcendence in this Xuanhuang Realm.

Amidst his reflections, Li Fan began searching for slivers of information about the Xuanhuang Refined Heart Incantation in the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

“It makes sense,” he thought. “The Immortal-Mortal Miasma is formed against the laws of heaven and earth; how could a method capable of dispelling it be simple?”

A flash of realization crossed Li Fan’s mind.

With Li Fan’s current authority level, he could access much information that ordinary cultivators could not.

However, regarding the origin of the Xuanhuang Refined Heart Incantation, there were many differing opinions, with no definitive explanation.