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If the Celestial Dharma Bearer had a clone suppressing Xuanhuang, there would be absolutely no possibility of large-scale warfare between the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and the Five Elders Organization.
Perhaps, the Five Elders Organization is a deliberately indulged tool of the Celestial Dharma Bearer to maintain the delicate balance of Xuanhuang World. He might not actually care about the wars between them and might even be pleased to see them.
But too many demons and ghosts are hidden in Xuanhuang World, and the Immortal Ruins are still far away in the distance.
Under the circumstance that words alone could destroy Xuanhuang World, it is undoubtedly more prudent to leave a clone there.
Yet the Celestial Dharma Bearer, who regards Xuanhuang World as a treasure, did not do so.
During the two experiences of Li Fan destroying the world, once the Celestial Dharma Bearer arrived too late from beyond the heavens, letting out an impotent roar.
The other time he simply did not appear at all, only the Supreme Heavenly Physician showed up.
This appeared to be quite peculiar.
Is creating a clone very difficult for the Celestial Dharma Bearer?
Clone Techniques, though rare in Xuanhuang World, had been repeatedly used by Li Fan to stir up trouble.
What about the founder of the New Method?
Obviously, he could easily do it, yet he just did not...
In fact, Cultivators from Xuanhuang World have privately speculated extensively about why the Celestial Dharma Bearer did not leave a clone to suppress the world, even though they dared not discuss it openly.
It’s nothing more than the Celestial Dharma Bearer having achieved Transcendence and no longer caring much about everything in Xuanhuang World.
Obviously, they neither understand Xuanhuang World nor the Celestial Dharma Bearer.
And in Li Fan’s view, if the Celestial Dharma Bearer himself is a clone...
Then everything would make perfect sense.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to, he really can’t!
In the 119th lifetime, the strength of the clone Li Qing had approached infinitely close to the original, reaching the Peak of Nascent Soul.
Only one step away from surpassing the original.
At that time, Li Fan had the question in his mind whether a clone’s strength could surpass that of the original.
Late on, after accessing various texts with the authority of the origin of the Tianxuan Mirror, Li Fan had some enlightenment.
The clone surpassing the original in strength, and a clone creating another clone.
The latter must be slightly more difficult to achieve.
Because if a clone could create its own clones, then it could be extended infinitely. The ultimate outcome would be a world where only one person remains.
It’s not absolutely impossible, but it exceeds the limit of mortal laws.
By comparison, it’s slightly easier for the clone to surpass the original in strength.
"Celestial Doctor, Celestial Dharma..."
Two faces successively appeared in Li Fan’s Spirit Consciousness, and he suddenly remembered the first time he entered the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters, he saw the illusion of the Statue of Dharma Transmission.
At that time, his body instinctively gave a premonition of warning, due to some sense of familiarity.
Before that, the only person he had seen from Xuanhuang World who was above the Unity-Path was the Supreme Heavenly Physician.
"Although their appearances are not the same, there is a subtle resemblance between them."
"There is a hint of the Celestial Dharma Bearer’s aura remaining in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters. First-time Cultivators going there will feel it and have illusions. What my original self saw was the Statue of Dharma Transmission, while the clone Li Qing saw..."
The Stone of Transformation emitted a faint white light, faithfully reproducing the recorded images of that time.
Several figures stood tall within a blurred sphere of light.
Intermittent voices came from it.
"Going there, how confident are you?"
"Just do what I can and listen to Destiny."
"That doesn’t sound like something you’d say."
"With the great disparity in strength, there’s nothing left but to make a desperate fight."
"Enough, go then. It’s unknown whether it’s fortune or misfortune."
...
Li Fan also remembered the scene he saw in his chaotic consciousness while healing the Hanhai during the 119th lifetime.
"The Supreme Heavenly Physician has been missing for a long time, and it’s uncertain if the task can be accomplished."
The Hanhai sat in the Sect Main Hall, with the Turtle-Snake Taiyi, the size of an ordinary turtle, sitting quietly below him, mumbling to itself.
"The Supreme Heavenly Physician said before leaving that there was at least a ninety percent certainty. You and I should still have some faith in Him," consoled the Hanhai with a relaxed smile, contrasting with the Turtle-Snake Taiyi’s worried expression.
...
Li Fan stroked his chin.
With the hypothesis "the Celestial Dharma Bearer is a clone of the Supreme Heavenly Physician," all the fragmented clues he had gathered from the past suddenly connected.
Li Fan revisited his past memories.
Indeed, he found even more traces.
...
Yin Ying Island.
Yin Shangren pointed to two human skeletal treasures he had collected, leaned in close to Li Fan, and whispered very softly, "These two people are not the same kind of people."
"Not the same kind?" Li Fan was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
Yin Shangren gestured with his hands, pondering for a while, seemingly unable to find the right words to describe it.
After struggling for a long time, he suddenly clenched his fists, his face full of confusion: "It’s just a feeling, you understand? Even though they are both human, these two humans lived in different eras, in different regions. Perhaps they look similar, and I dug both up from the bottom of the Misthaven Ocean, but there’s a very special boundary marking the difference between these two sets of bones..."
Yin Shangren spoke mysteriously and talked for a long time without really explaining anything concrete.
...
During the second Mimicry process of Tianyang’s Eternal Memento.
To get rid of the weak body of Tianyang and wake up from unconsciousness as quickly as possible, Li Fan studied "The Immortal Scripture of the Heavenly Physician," prescribed a medicine for himself and instructed his senior brother to concoct it.
It indeed worked, but when he woke up later, his second senior brother Ling Xiao said this to him.
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