Chapter 839: Everyone is a Child of Destiny

Li Fan held the dazzling sphere. He split off a wisp of his divine sense and sent it into it.

The next moment, his vision dramatically changed.

His connection with his main body was severed.

The wisp of divine sense he had sent out entered a body.

At the same time, countless pieces of information flooded in like a tide.

The body he possessed was merely that of a mortal.

It took him several days, enduring throbbing headaches, to fully absorb all the information.

A strange expression appeared on Li Fan's face.

Inside this dazzling sphere was, surprisingly, a fictional time and space.

It was the late period of a dynasty, with corrupt officials and people struggling to survive.

Disasters were rampant, and corpses of the starved lay everywhere.

The common people only wished for a full stomach, but even that was a luxury.

So, in despair, they rose up in rebellion.

Currently, rebellions were erupting everywhere, and the body Li Fan possessed belonged to an insignificant figure in one of these uprising armies.

Because he was processing the information, he appeared dazed and was thought to have contracted a strange illness.

He was sent to the military medical station for treatment.

This military doctor seemed quite skilled; with just a glance, he prescribed a calming remedy.

Li Fan came to his senses and was about to leave when...

...a prompt suddenly appeared before his eyes: "Discovered a talent fit for a king's advisor: Bai Muxiu."

"Current favorability: 1."

Li Fan's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat strange.

"What on earth is the Myriad Immortals Alliance up to?"

Without interacting much with the military doctor Bai Muxiu for now, Li Fan instead took a stroll around the uprising army's main camp.

In just three or four days, he discovered one "peerless general" and two "ancient divine weapons."

As for other promising talents, they were countless.

Some only had rough favorability prompts, but others even came with strategy guides.

He could know the target's hobbies, temperament, and weaknesses clearly.

Li Fan became interested.

Following the prompts, he approached each target and catered to their preferences.

Soon, he transitioned from being unknown within the uprising army to gaining some renown.

More than ten days later, he even received a warning that the government army was about to launch a night raid.

However, he did not voice the warning, choosing instead to gather a group of trusted subordinates and prepare in secret.

The uprising army, caught by the night raid, instantly crumbled.

Li Fan, with his group, managed to escape by sheer luck.

As the leader who brought everyone to survival, Li Fan gradually established his prestige.

Then, following new prompts that appeared before him, with a force of just over a hundred men, he marched a long distance and captured a small, internally vulnerable city whose army had departed for bandit suppression.

He had found his own foothold.

Using this as a starting point, he slowly annexed surrounding forces.

In just five years, he swept across the land, overthrew the corrupt dynastic rule, and became a founding emperor.

The scene before his eyes shattered layer by layer.

Everything returned to nothingness.

Just as Li Fan was pondering the purpose of this illusory scenario...

...the scene before him changed once again.

It was another illusory time and space.

This time, it was a fictional world of cultivation.

The body he possessed was that of a mortal youth who had been rejected by the Grand Beginning Sect because he lacked a spiritual root.

The youth pleaded bitterly, only then managing to gain the status of an odd-job disciple.

He had originally thought he would live a difficult life.

But he never expected that he would coincidentally pick up a stone bead in the back mountain one day.

This stone bead had the heaven-defying effect of devouring other objects, feeding back spiritual liquid, and improving one's aptitude.

It was precisely by relying on this treasure that Li Fan officially transformed from a mortal into a cultivator.

And then, step by step, he became Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...

In this process, he not only gained three exceptionally beautiful Dao companions but also an ancient divine beast as a mount.

Moreover, he had continuous fortuitous encounters, discovering the tomb of an immortal and obtaining a unique immortal artifact in the cultivation world.

He ventured through the cultivation world for a hundred years, ultimately becoming the strongest person of his era.

He then departed, soaring into the void with his beautiful companions.

The scene shattered once more.

Returning from the illusion this time, Li Fan subtly sensed that his mindset had undergone some changes.

However, before he could analyze it, he was once again drawn into a Samsara illusion.

Subsequently, Li Fan experienced ninety-seven more cycles of reincarnation.

The experiences were largely similar.

They were mostly cliché stories of humble origins, accidental fortuitous encounters, and then a journey of counter-attacking to become the strongest in the world.

After all the cycles of reincarnation concluded, the dazzling sphere in Li Fan's hand completely dimmed and vanished.

Although the experiences of ninety-nine reincarnations were illusions...

...they were exceedingly real.

They were strikingly similar to what he had experienced with Senior Sister Zhao, where illusions felt like reality.

After so many reincarnations, even with Li Fan's current mental fortitude, he couldn't help but be somewhat affected.

He slowly circulated the Profound Yellow Immortal Heart Chant, gradually fading these experiences.

"The Myriad Immortals Alliance's move is quite interesting, indeed."

Li Fan's expression was unreadable.

These dazzling spheres had recently descended like heavy rain upon some territories of the Five Elders' Council.

Countless cultivators and mortals within those territories, driven by curiosity, had their minds drawn into these spheres.

They fell into a cycle of ninety-nine reincarnations.

When they slowly awoke, although their bodies were unharmed...

...their mindsets had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Namely...

...influenced by the illusions, those who were originally unremarkable individuals, upon awakening, inexplicably believed themselves to be "Children of Destiny."

If it were merely a unilateral belief, it wouldn't be a big deal.

But they all realized they were living in a world forcibly altered by the five Longevity Heavenly Venerates, against the principles of heaven and earth.

Thus, they all made grand vows to overthrow the rule of the Five Elders' Council.

And to rescue the cultivators of the world from their miserable lives.

Furthermore, after the baptism of ninety-nine reincarnations, these individuals had indeed become somewhat different.

They didn't choose direct confrontation but opted to lie low.

First, cultivate, then cause disruption.

Although not explicitly stated, judging from the tone from the Five Elders' Council, the impact of these dazzling white spheres...

...was indeed causing them quite a headache.

Li Fan mused, "Besides subtly awakening cultivators, there's also some kind of spiritual imprint."

"'How can a so-called Child of Destiny be subordinate to others!'"

"It can even implant the idea of overthrowing the Five Elders' Council's rule, despite the influence of the Five Heavenly Venerates."

"Good stuff!"

Li Fan, naturally, was not affected by these dazzling spheres.

In fact, even if he *had* been affected...

...it wouldn't be a big problem.

After all, unlike others...

...with the true power still in his hands, he could be considered a genuine Child of Destiny!

Li Fan looked at the storage ring sent by the Five Elders' Council, packed densely with what he estimated to be no less than a thousand dazzling spheres...

He rubbed his chin.

"The cost of this item doesn't seem high. Otherwise, it wouldn't be distributed on such a large scale."

He took out another one to study it.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Disintegration Disk emitted a faint light, analyzing it.

"There are traces of an illusion array."

"But more so..."

Li Fan frowned slightly; he sensed a familiar aura.

"Xinyuanyima?"

A moment later, he found similar elements from his past experiences.