Chapter 922: Mysterious Celestial Immortal Technique

It took my main body and clone over a month just to read through everything in the secret chamber of the Spiritwood Realm.

Among these, several cultivation methods, such as the "Heaven and Earth Conquering Ode" and the "Eternally Unique Art," were almost entirely consistent with what Li Fan had learned in the illusion. In fact, the descriptions in the illusion were somewhat rudimentary.

For example, the "Heaven and Earth Conquering Ode" was merely a dual cultivation method in the illusion. When the great tribulation, which prevented the simultaneous cultivation of different laws, arrived, its effect of rapidly enhancing cultivation was nullified. However, in reality, beyond dual cultivation, this method possessed other, more significant and enigmatic applications. Specifically, it could lock onto a target and forcibly equalize personal attributes such as luck, cultivation speed, and even comprehension with them. This concept is known as "co-existing with Heaven and Earth."

For true peerless prodigies, this method would naturally be incredibly impractical. Yet, for someone like Li Fan, it was an absolutely profound art. This was merely a divine ability available at the initial stage of the "Heaven and Earth Conquering Ode." When cultivated to advanced levels, true to the method's name, the locked target could even extend from a person to heaven and earth itself.

"To equalize the authority of Heaven and Earth with a mortal body...""As expected of a true immortal legacy."

The "Heaven and Earth Conquering Ode" has an incredibly high potential, even vaguely mentioning its usability after ascending to the Immortal Realm. The sole fatal flaw, however, was that the locked target would be able to sense the practitioner of the method. This is precisely what "Jiao Zheng" (mutual contention/conquest) signifies.

This single aspect significantly diminished the method's importance in Li Fan's estimation. For Li Fan, who prefers to plan thoroughly before acting and to scheme from the shadows, constantly exposing himself to another person was certainly not a wise move. The only significant use he could currently conceive was to capture a peerless prodigy and cultivate them for this purpose. He would then forcibly equalize himself with them to enhance his own comprehension, aptitude, luck, and other attributes.

After reviewing the "Heaven and Earth Conquering Ode," Li Fan briefly skimmed the "Eternally Unique Art."

"Senior Sister Zhao actually felt comfortable entrusting me with this path-to-enlightenment method..."

After a moment of thought, Li Fan suddenly understood. It could be said that among all these cultivation methods, the "Eternally Unique Art" was the least valuable. This was because the principle of "all hearts as one" had already been claimed by Zhao Ruoxi. There was no path forward, and furthermore, throughout the cultivation process, he might be completely perceived by Senior Sister Zhao... Li Fan decisively sealed it and set it aside.

After quickly skimming through a few methods, Li Fan then focused his attention on the two he was encountering for the first time. These were "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" and "The Record of the Three Perils: Ghosts and Gods of the Netherworld."

"The previous few methods came from Sikong Lin, the giant among the Twelve Dharma Kings.""As for these methods..."

The faces of the twelve unique cultivators from the Xuantian Sect flashed one by one through Li Fan's mind. Soon, Li Fan identified the probable source based on the methods' distinct styles.

"Sun Xingwang."

This was because the aura emanating from these two methods was simply too unique. Taking "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" as an example, this method bore some similarity to the abilities of the former Xuantian King. Both possessed divine power akin to "words becoming law." The difference was that Xuantian King Xuanyuan Hong's "words" affected himself. For instance, gaining immense strength or embodying the Heavenly Dao. In contrast, "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" acted upon everything else in the external world.

When cultivated to a profound level, one could even, through murmured incantations of the method, reshape the entire world according to their desires. For example, the method provided an illustration. The hallmark of achieving minor completion of "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" was to murmur and conjure a non-existent person out of thin air. As the details for this conjured person became more elaborate, the character would truly come into being. Furthermore, they would act according to predetermined rules. Moreover, they would not sense their creator.

The peculiarity of "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" made Li Fan marvel repeatedly. However, just like the "Heaven and Earth Conquering Ode," "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" also came with a formidable side effect. Namely, every hundred years, the practitioner would lose all memories except for the content of "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion." Furthermore, they would actively ignore any previous written records or hints they had left for themselves.

This meant that even if "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion" was cultivated to its highest realm, the entire world might be his creation. Yet the practitioner themselves would remain completely unaware. They would forever begin a new life every hundred years.

"Whoever created this 'Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion' must have been a truly world-shaking talent," Li Fan mused.

Li Fan sighed faintly, then turned his attention to the final method. This was "The Record of the Three Perils: Ghosts and Gods of the Netherworld."

This method was the most peculiar. It was a summoning method. What it summoned was not some otherworldly entity, but rather the ghosts and gods residing within one's own body. According to the method's description, every person is born with an endless stream of thoughts. These thoughts were like ripples on the ocean. Most of them were fleeting. However, it was these very ripples that formed the vast ocean of a human being.

If every single thought that arose were preserved, meticulously nurtured day and night, and allowed to grow strong, then billions of refined thoughts would be born within one's sea of consciousness. These would take shape as ghosts or gods, each according to the nature and content of the thought itself. The "Three Perils" refer to these three: human, ghost, and god.

Since these ghosts and gods all originated from oneself, the three were entirely interconnected. Moreover, as one's strength continuously grew, the power of these ghosts and gods would also expand a thousandfold. Releasing a single thought was akin to the netherworld reappearing in the human realm. Darkness would envelop, and souls would rampage. Under deliberate indulgence, destroying the entire world with a single thought and transforming all other living beings into one's own ghosts and gods would not be difficult.

This "Record of the Three Perils: Ghosts and Gods of the Netherworld" did not appear to have any particularly strong side effects. If anything, the ceaseless, ever-present whispers of billions of ghosts and gods within one's body were probably the only negative aspect. If one's mental fortitude wasn't firm, there was a real possibility of being driven insane. Furthermore, no matter how strong one's will, facing the ceaseless murmuring of billions of ghosts and gods day and night, there would eventually come a day when it became unbearable. At that point, the practitioner of this method would go berserk, releasing billions of ghosts and gods to wreak havoc upon the world.

However, when combined with "The Secret Manual of Sitting in Oblivion," "The Record of the Three Perils: Ghosts and Gods of the Netherworld" produced an unexpected effect. The memory deletion that occurred every hundred years would clear away the accumulated negative emotions brought about by billions of ghosts and gods. However, the billions of ghosts and gods themselves would not disappear. Even if the practitioner no longer remembered the "Record of the Three Perils: Ghosts and Gods of the Netherworld," the act of cultivating ghost and god thoughts would have already become a bodily instinct. Thus, as time passed, their own strength would continuously increase.

"However," Li Fan recalled, "Sun Xingwang once mentioned that cultivating these two methods together also had other unexpected points of repulsion.""It's not as perfect as it might seem."