NOVPUB[Simulation Ended]
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...
Even True’s prompt materialized before Li Fan’s "eyes," but he was in no state of mind to make a choice just yet.
Instead, he felt the strange transformation occurring within himself.
Just as before when he encountered the celestial immortal force from the Deserted Dao Immortal, despite Even True’s subsequent attempts, he still felt an overwhelming hunger.
This time, basking in the radiant immortal power of the Faceless True Immortal, the clumsily restored Li Fan still couldn’t completely rid himself of the True Immortal Power’s erosion after only one Even True attempt.
"The side effect brought by the Deserted Dao Immortal is a hunger that wants to engulf everything around. And the Faceless True Immortal..."
Li Fan cautiously felt his own face.
It was as if a layer of skin had been applied, obscuring all of his facial features.
Only the sense of touch remained.
Although his divine sense assisted in perception, not affecting normal activities and life,
it still made Li Fan’s heart feel slightly cold.
"It’s not just my face that’s disappeared, but also..."
Li Fan "looked" at his own body through divine sense.
At times, it would appear almost transparent, like a spectre.
"My [existence] is also vanishing."
Having just returned to the Anchor Point for one year, Even True was still recharging. If he were to die now, it would be a true death, with no chance of a redo.
Faced with such a dire situation, Li Fan didn’t lose his composure.
Instead, he thought things through at great speed.
His previous experiences of thoroughly mitigating the influence of the Celestial Immortal Force through several attempts of Even True made Li Fan realize that the effect the Faceless True Immortal had on him could likely be undone through multiple applications of Even True.
This was not to say that facing True Immortal, Even True’s power was beginning to be stretched thin. Rather, it was Li Fan himself who was too weak.
However, several key issues were now before Li Fan.
"First, Even True needs recharging. And before that happens, if I don’t do something, I’m afraid I won’t last that long."
"Second, under the influence of the Faceless True Immortal’s radiant immortal power, I’ve become like this. Compared to my previous life as an envoy of the True Immortal, the influence on me now is even deeper. That is to say..."
"From the beginning of this life, I had already fallen into the True Immortal’s Net. Based on the experience of my last life, even if I cause a great upheaval with the power of Xuan Huang, it might not attract the attention of the Faceless True Immortal. But once I activate Even True, I will definitely draw Its attention."
...
Li Fan stepped out of the wooden house at the mountain peak and came to the edge of the boundless Cloud Sea.
Watching the sunrise at the edge of the sky, under the sun’s rays, Li Fan didn’t feel the slightest warmth.
Instead, an uncontrollable chill surfaced in his heart.
Li Fan sat quietly at the edge of the cliff, pondering seriously.
At the same time, he seemed to be waiting for something.
By the time the sun reached its zenith, after half a day had passed, Da Xuan Dissolution Mountain remained serene and untroubled.
No accidents had occurred.
Only then did Li Fan let out a long sigh of relief, a sense of having dodged a bullet rising in his heart.
"The Faceless True Immortal didn’t come," he said to himself.
He got up and patted the dust off his clothes.
Feeling his body becoming ever more ethereal, Li Fan looked at the "Real" prompt still flickering on the screen before his "eyes."
He still hadn’t made any choice, instead choosing to temporarily ignore it.
Returning to the wooden house at the mountain’s summit, he lay in bed and pondered.
"What is the essence of ’Real’?"
"When True Becomes False, False Becomes True," he repeated to himself.
"For me, an insect without any warning signs, suddenly appearing in the network of a True Immortal, the Faceless True Immortal chooses to ignore it. Either this means that He can’t detect the specific circumstances within the Small World of the Xuanhuang World. Or..."
"Before this, the world did not exist. The moment I returned, time began to flow, and everything truly gained significance. From my perspective, I appeared in the net of the True Immortal due to the causality of my previous life. But for that Faceless True Immortal, I have always existed on the net of the True Immortal. So, there’s nothing abnormal after all. This is also the reason He did not come."
Countless thoughts churned in Li Fan’s Spirit Consciousness.
"If it were a reversal of time, then the Faceless True Immortal at this moment in time should be able to keenly sense the changes occurring within Himself. For a True Immortal, the occurrence of something beyond His own control is definitely something He would not ignore. He would definitely trace the abnormality along its trajectory to seek it out."
"But none of this happened."
Li Fan repeated the seven characters that appeared each time "Real" manifested, once again in his mind.
"When True Becomes False, False Becomes True."
"Turning illusory into reality, reconstituting everything. To have such a Divine Object by my side, yet to be in such a sorry state, it’s indeed a bit embarrassing," Li Fan said with self-deprecation as he shook his head.
In the end, he had underestimated the power of the True Immortal.
He hadn’t expected that even after triggering ’Real,’ that resplendent immortal power could still trace back to its source.
Moreover, it seemed that the more powerful the being, the more sensitive they were to the power of ’Real.’
The Faceless True Immortal’s sudden eruption of power, suppressing the Celestial Immortal Force and rushing over urgently, clearly indicated some knowledge about ’Real.’
"The manifestation of ’Real’ is closely related to my strength. I should not provoke Them before ascending to the Immortal Realm," Li Fan concluded.
After making a phased speculation and summary about the True Immortal and ’Real,’ Li Fan finally began to consider how to solve the current predicament he faced.
"I am now at the third Anchor Point, where ’Real’ serves as the Foundation Establishment Strange Object, at the Final Stage Foundation Establishment. If I choose to inherit the cultivation base of my previous life, then I would instantly complete the transformation from Foundation Establishment Phase to Incarnation Stage."
"But I am now in the net of the True Immortal. I have not attracted the attention of the Faceless True Immortal because my current strength is negligible. But if a Foundation Establishment ant suddenly transforms into an Incarnation Stage ant, it might catch His eye..."
"So the method to solve the crisis of this world is clear. Dive into the Ghost Realm, and at the moment of choosing to inherit the cultivation base of my previous life, trigger ’Real’ again. Avoid the Faceless True Immortal’s further erosion while using ’Real’ to cleanse the marks He has left on me. Repeat this process."
"But before that..."
Li Fan reached out, attempting to pick up a tea cup that was placed in the wooden house.
At first there was no problem, but as his body became somewhat transparent, the tea cup slipped through his hands and fell directly to the ground.
"Is this the power of the Faceless True Immortal? Existence being stripped away..."
The first thing Li Fan needed to solve was to find a way to stabilize his existence before ’Real’ was fully charged.
Otherwise, all would be in vain.
And judging from his current physical condition, Li Fan didn’t have much time left.
