My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1430: Taking Corpses as Teachers

Originally, the vast, uniform surface of the Azure Firmament Pearl was divided by countless lines into numerous different regions.

Most of these regions had boundary lines that flickered indistinctly, making them difficult to see clearly.

Only the region displaying a bright mirror seemed to be truly "alive." Moreover, it emitted fluctuations vastly different from those of the Azure Firmament Pearl itself.

From the aura rising from it, Li Fan could vaguely see what seemed to be a complete Boundless Mirror.

"These different regions are the different immortal artifacts that the Azure Firmament Pearl once devoured?"

"But after the Azure Firmament Pearl was shattered, all of those functions became unusable. Only the newly opened Boundless Mirror region can barely be used..." A realization surfaced in Li Fan's heart.

Compared to the Azure Firmament Pearl itself, this region that had been developed into the Boundless Mirror was actually much easier to break through.

With great patience, Li Fan used the Boundless Mirror region as his point of entry. He finally succeeded in sending another strand of divine sense into the interior of the Azure Firmament Pearl, and this time, he was not easily expelled.

Instead, within the Boundless Mirror region, his divine sense took root and established itself.

Countless pale green formation patterns, almost identical in color to the Azure Firmament Pearl itself, took root and proliferated from within the Boundless Mirror region.

Li Fan attempted to completely refine and control this immortal treasure through the technique of "formation refinement."

With the Final Dissociation Disc taking action, the efficiency was naturally extraordinary.

In less than a day, an inexplicable connection was born between Li Fan and the Azure Firmament Pearl.

Li Fan let out a long breath and toyed with the Azure Firmament Pearl in his right hand.

There was no tangible sensation of physical contact. It was merely cold, smooth, soft, and extremely pleasant to the touch.

The Azure Firmament Pearl had been reborn from destruction, as though it had been reforged anew. All the shackles and restrictions that had once bound it seemed to have vanished without a trace.

At the very least, after Li Fan carefully inspected it from the inside out, he found no traces of any residual energy of unknown origin.

Even so, Li Fan was not completely at ease. The formation refinement continued without interruption.

Across the vast azure sky on the surface of the Azure Firmament Pearl, countless silver stars gradually appeared. They were traces revealed by the operation of the formations.

Li Fan first began studying the functions of the Boundless Mirror.

He had once infiltrated this damaged immortal artifact and remained inside it for some time, so he could be said to understand it extremely well.

"The many divine abilities of the Boundless Mirror are built upon the immortal-grade formation [Boundless, Primal Chaos Reveals in Form]. In theory, it can analyze all things in the world. Even things beyond its own level can be slowly analyzed through the perseverance of a fool moving a mountain."

"But the Boundless Mirror I encountered in the Xuanhuang Realm had suffered tremendous damage to its power. Let alone all things in the world, even the Tianxuan Mirror, which is also an immortal artifact, could only be secretly observed by taking advantage of fleeting opportunities."

"And now..."

Li Fan returned to the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance with the Azure Firmament Pearl in hand.

Within the space at the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters, the Azure Firmament Pearl in Li Fan's hand rippled with emerald light. Suddenly, it transformed into the appearance of the Tianxuan Mirror.

A faint, dim radiance spread outward in a circle.

Li Fan did not receive any warning of danger from the simulated artifact spirit of the Tianxuan Mirror.

However, he keenly sensed that a new functional region was being opened within the Azure Firmament Pearl.

It was another small mirror, but this one was an ancient bronze-green color, almost identical to the main body of the Tianxuan Mirror.

"The Boundless Mirror it devoured was merely a damaged and weakened version. Yet the Azure Firmament Pearl can use its own extraordinary properties to complete the functions of the Boundless Mirror!"

"Moreover, judging from the current situation, after devouring the Boundless Mirror, it can actually reproduce the various functions of other immortal artifacts merely through [analysis]?"

Li Fan was both shocked and delighted.

However, this delight did not last long.

Perhaps because it had been generated through the analysis of the Boundless Mirror, the Tianxuan Mirror functional region within the Azure Firmament Pearl was adjacent to the Boundless Mirror functional region. Moreover, the boundary between them was not particularly distinct.

The Tianxuan Mirror functional region existed independently for only the time it took to drink half a cup of tea before it was actually swallowed by the Boundless Mirror functional region.

Moreover, Li Fan was unable to control this merging.

After the fusion occurred, the small mirror image faintly visible on the surface of the Azure Firmament Pearl also changed accordingly.

The bronze-green color faded, and its shape became circular.

Within the mirror surface, there seemed to be a pair of eyes hidden inside, secretly observing everything outside.

Li Fan's heart stirred slightly, and the Azure Firmament Pearl changed according to his thoughts.

That illusory mirror appeared realistically in his hand.

The analysis had not yet been completed, but it already possessed many of the functions of both the Boundless Mirror and the Tianxuan Mirror.

Apart from conventional functions such as opening an internal space, storing items, deduction, and analysis, what Li Fan valued even more was the Tianxuan Mirror's ability to "split and produce secondary forms."

Unfortunately, this seemed to be an ability that the Tianxuan Mirror had comprehended later in its existence rather than an innate ability. The Azure Firmament Pearl's analysis function could not directly copy it onto itself.

The Boundless Immortal Formation should already possess a sufficiently high level. Judging from the Tianxuan Mirror information analyzed within the Azure Firmament Pearl, it is already almost exactly the same as what Li Fan read from the simulated artifact spirit of the Tianxuan Mirror.

"The only thing missing is the existence of an artifact spirit."

A trace of hesitation flashed through Li Fan's heart. In the end, he did not rush to use the method of nurturing intelligence from living beings to give the Azure Firmament Pearl consciousness. He did not even apply the method of constructing a simulated personality to the Azure Firmament Pearl.

From that fleeting glimpse of the scene in the Divine Shaman Realm, Li Fan had seen twelve statues standing high in the heavens. They had given him a faint sense of unease.

"For now, it is better to simply use it as a pure artifact."

After the analysis and fusion of the Boundless Mirror and Tianxuan Mirror were complete, Li Fan next began testing the Azure Firmament Pearl's ability to manifest cultivation techniques.

After Emperor Sanmo brought several corpses, Li Fan used the Azure Firmament Pearl to devour them.

As the corpses disappeared into the vast azure void, several unusual auras also emerged within the treasure pearl.

They were composed of countless tiny characters, forming one cultivation technique after another as they floated across the azure sky.

They corresponded exactly to the cultivation techniques these death row prisoners had practiced during their lifetimes.

Even though their cultivation techniques had long since been forcibly crippled, the Azure Firmament Pearl was still able to reveal them.

After comparing them, there was not the slightest discrepancy.

Li Fan reached out and drew one of them toward himself.

"Nine Refinements Wandering Spirit Art..."

Li Fan absorbed these characters into his body.

It was not merely the cultivation technique itself.

Even the corpse's understanding of the technique during its lifetime, along with the insights it had gained while cultivating, surfaced within Li Fan's mind.

"With the experience of the 'previous life,' cultivation becomes far too fast!"

"The only pity is that there are insights, but no memories."

Li Fan felt somewhat regretful, but he also knew that being able to accomplish this much already made it unquestionably an unparalleled treasure.

"Taking corpses as teachers. Its efficiency is absolutely beyond what ordinary instruction can compare with."

"After all, a corpse cannot conceal anything."

However, in the current Darkest Star Sea, there were very few people who could make Li Fan want to learn from or imitate them.

"I wonder if these can still be of use."

With this thought, Li Fan tentatively threw all the large amount of ash and powder left behind after Qin Zhuang was silenced outside the High Wall into the Azure Firmament Pearl.

The powder was slowly devoured by the azure light. Even after Qin Zhuang's soul had been scattered and destroyed, he continued to contribute his remaining light and heat.

A strong wind also seemed to rise within the Azure Firmament Pearl.

Li Fan stared at it intently, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.

The Azure Firmament Pearl was, after all, a supreme treasure worthy of the Xuantian King’s regard. Ordinary methods of erasing traces and destroying evidence seemed unable to withstand the Azure Firmament Pearl’s probing.

After a period of brewing, a strand of aura with a peculiar color emerged within the boundless azure.

It was extremely conspicuous.

It continuously shifted in a gradual transformation from black to white, passing through what seemed like every color that existed throughout time.

Li Fan drew this strand of aura toward himself.

“[Thirty Lectures on the Fundamentals of Dao Primal]...”

Sensing this name, Li Fan’s expression became somewhat strange. However, he soon immersed himself in Qin Zhuang’s cultivation and understanding of the Dao Primal symbols.

It was an experience completely incomparable to forcibly probing memories with an Immortal Formation.

Soul searching and memory extraction, especially with numerous restrictions still remaining within Qin Zhuang’s soul, could not provide such an immersive experience.

He could only sense what Qin Zhuang had once learned and how much time he had spent on it.

But through the Azure Firmament Pearl, all of Qin Zhuang’s thoughts and insights concerning these Dao Primal symbols during his lifetime suddenly replayed themselves in Li Fan’s mind.

It was as though Li Fan had assumed Qin Zhuang’s identity and experienced his life all over again.

By the time Li Fan’s consciousness returned to clarity, he had already mastered [Thirty Lectures on the Fundamentals of Dao Primal].

In fact, combined with Li Fan’s own understanding, he was even somewhat more proficient than Qin Zhuang, a member of the Immortal Hunters Organization.

This feeling of obtaining something without any effort was truly intoxicating. Li Fan could not help but smack his lips.

“With such a supreme treasure in hand, I almost wish I could immediately go outside the High Wall and sweep everything clean. It would surely be equivalent to hundreds of years of painstaking cultivation.”

A dangerous glint appeared in Li Fan’s eyes.

But in the end, he firmly suppressed it.

Risk was one consideration.

More importantly, Li Fan could not yet determine whether obtaining insights through this heaven-defying method using the Azure Firmament Pearl had any side effects.

The changes within Li Fan’s soul could still, to a certain extent, undergo [Truth] and be cleansed.

If the changes were few, they could perhaps be ignored.

But if they accumulated, and even one or two uses of [Truth] were unable to wash them away, then the situation would become extremely dangerous and completely not worth the cost.

“First, I should use a large number of test subjects to conduct safety verification.”

“Moreover, theoretically speaking, if it can capture the thoughts of a corpse from before its death, then it certainly cannot be limited to cultivation techniques alone.”

“I wonder if there is some method capable of restoring all the memories and thoughts a corpse possessed during its lifetime?”

“If that were truly possible, then even if I created or replicated a cultivator out of thin air, it could resemble the original even more closely.”

Li Fan toyed with the Azure Firmament Pearl, which had returned to its original appearance, his thoughts churning endlessly.

...

The remaining four Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereigns of the Five Elders Association arrived as summoned on time.

Without alerting anyone else, they were personally received by Emperor Sanmo and Qiao Sidao, who brought them into the Returning Ruins World where Dharma-Transmitter Jiang was located.

Because of the blockade of the Heaven-Communing Grand Formation, they naturally could not sense the presence of Dharma-Transmitter Jiang at the core of the formation.

However, Li Fan deliberately released a portion of Dharma-Transmitter Jiang’s insights and transmitted them to the four.

Thus, the moment they entered this small world, they became immersed in the wondrous state of enlightenment known as “The Great Dao Is Like Me.”

Especially Zhao Ruoxi.

“Eternal Sole Self” and “The Great Dao Is Like Me” were actually connected at their core.

However, “Eternal Sole Self” achieved ultimate unity with the Dao through continuous devouring.

“The Great Dao Is Like Me,” on the other hand, directly skipped the countless steps in between and reached the endpoint: I am the Dao, and the Dao is me.

Even though Li Fan had already thoroughly tempered Zhao Ruoxi, causing her mentality to undergo a transformation, she could not help but feel a sense of imbalance and jealousy at this moment.

The same was true of Zhao Ruoxi. The reactions of the other three Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereigns, as well as Emperor Sanmo, Qiao Sidao, and the others, were not much better.

“I originally thought that the [Taijia Divine Art] the senior used in the Immortal Alliance to inspire others, the one capable of communicating with the Star Sea, was already an art beyond imagination. I never expected that directly facing the Great Dao would actually be...” Qiao Sidao was so shocked that he became speechless, remaining silent for a long time.

With [Great Dao Is Like Me], one personally felt as though they had conversed with the Great Dao and comprehended many things. Yet once they left this state and returned to reality, it seemed as though nothing had happened at all. Not even the slightest trace of their comprehension of the Great Dao remained.

When Li Fan withdrew his merciful reward, the expressions on the faces of the several people immediately revealed their disappointment.

“How was it?”

At this moment, Li Fan appeared and asked.

The expressions of the several people became solemn. They first bowed respectfully, then one after another began praising it, their words overflowing with admiration.

“I intend to connect this comprehension of the Great Dao to your Dreamland Paradise.”

After everyone had finished speaking, Li Fan once again said calmly.

His words caused everyone's eyelids to twitch violently.

Especially Carefree.

After the initial, uncontrollable delight, what surged within Carefree’s heart was an overwhelming sense of fear.

Such an incredible stroke of luck falling from the heavens and landing on her...

Could this True Immortal have once again devised some new method of tormenting people?

Carefree had learned quite a lot from Zhao Ruoxi over the past few days.

Just as Carefree was at a loss for how to respond, Li Fan spoke again.

“Within dreams, there is neither life nor death.”

“Cultivators who are utterly unafraid of death are the most suitable vanguard to explore beyond the High Wall.”

“But there is also one drawback. Their strength is too weak, and their cultivation increases too slowly.”

Li Fan smiled.

“If they are too weak, then no matter how many ants there are, they will never amount to anything.”

“But if the ants become hyenas, that is different.”

“In Carefree’s dreams, strength is manifested solely on the level of consciousness. Through this method of directly facing the Great Dao, which is almost equivalent to an empowerment, ordinary mortal cultivators can be directly elevated to the Longevity Immortal realm within a short period of time.”

“Moreover, this can be quantitatively controlled.”

Li Fan spoke softly, but to the several people present, his words were no different from a thunderclap.

They still harbored faint doubts, but the various methods Li Fan had displayed recently made it impossible for them not to believe him.

“Take this divine soul as an example.”

Li Fan opened his palm. A point of light floated within it.

It was precisely a promising talent Li Fan had personally selected from the [Era].

With a thought, all the transformed insights of [Heaven-Communing, the Great Dao Is Like Me] were poured into this divine soul.

Although it remained incomparably weak, the divine soul’s theoretical understanding expanded at an unimaginably terrifying speed.

It was not merely the insights of Dharma-Transmitter Jiang himself.

There were also the thoughts and ideas Li Fan had accumulated over many years.

Everything except the Transformation Between Truth and Falsehood had been recorded within the Heaven-Communing Grand Formation.