My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2367 - 1763: Master of Slaying Destiny

Having great ambitions is good, but things don’t always go as smoothly as one might think.

Those who can rise from obscurity with "Hai Zhen" are not easy opponents.

Zhang Fan was able to successfully kill Lin Fan, all relying on the advantage of Divine Technique. But in a life and death struggle, whether one wins or loses, Divine Technique is just one deciding factor, not the whole.

Ever since a chance encounter where the opponent unexpectedly escaped. The ultimate skill he acquired from the Protected World spread rapidly, becoming well-known throughout the Mountain Sea.

Now everyone knows he possesses Great Divine Powers like [Baited Will], [Life and Death Leave], and [Devour Heaven’s Fortune]. They become wary from afar and often form groups to attack him.

Conversely, Zhang Fan often knew nothing about other "Hai Zhen" bearers.

This put him at a significant disadvantage.

"Damn it, I should have been more ruthless back then!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan regretted it, but he couldn’t completely blame himself.

After all, that person named Zhou Fan was astonishingly similar to him, even to the point of perceiving a faint sense of each other’s thoughts at close proximity. Virtually identical.

When the opponent’s Divine Soul was about to be obliterated, Zhang Fan almost empathized.

In shock and horror, a sympathetic "pity for oneself" arose.

Zhang Fan’s spirit consciousness was shaken, halting his exterminating action. Zhou Fan took advantage of his momentary daze to break free and flee at light speed.

"Wait and see! This grudge will be avenged!"

The disgruntled voice was still ringing in the ears; back then, Zhang Fan would never have thought that this person, fleeing in chaos, would bring him so much trouble later on.

"Luckily, I have a trump card [Reincarnation Extinction] that I have never used, which could serve as a last-ditch effort."

"However, no matter how strong, it can’t withstand continuous wheel battles like this, I have to hide for now."

"But hiding this way isn’t a solution either. Sooner or later, others will discover me."

The methods of transformation and concealment might work for other cultivators, but for Heavenly Destiny Children like them who also possess "Hai Zhen", they are virtually ineffective.

Heavenly Destiny Child is the collective name for all cultivators who bear "Hai Zhen". It’s unknown who originally called it that, but with the True and False Dao in them, they indeed deserve the title of Heavenly Destiny Child. Everyone was satisfied, so they got used to this term.

The very moment Heavenly Destiny Children encounter each other, even across a vast distance, the similarity of "Hai Zhen" and Divine Soul makes them instantly aware of each other’s presence.

What frustrated Zhang Fan the most was that Zhou Fan somehow revealed "Zhang Fan’s" identity to all the Heavenly Destiny Children.

No matter if they had met or heard of Zhang Fan before, shortly after encountering him, they would spontaneously recall all information about him in their spirit consciousness.

This perception seems to be shared among everyone and constantly updated.

At first, Zhang Fan didn’t realize this. In a desperate battle, his Divine Techniques [Baited Will] and [Life and Death Leave] were successively broken by the opponent, putting him at a disadvantage. Then, he relied on using [Devour Heaven’s Fortune] for the first time to reverse the critical situation and killed the opponent. Zhang Fan was confident he had thoroughly destroyed the corpse and cleaned up all possibilities around, without any witnesses.

But later, when encountering other Heavenly Destiny Children, they were still wary of [Devour Heaven’s Fortune], carrying unclean items to taint their own Qi Destiny, countering Zhang Fan’s Divine Technique.

This caused Zhang Fan great loss, and his injuries have yet to recover.

Currently, he can only temporarily retract into an ordinary mortal transition, absorbing living beings’ Qi Destiny to slowly recover.

"The perception disclosure must be Zhou Fan’s doing."

"This perception only exists among the Heavenly Destiny Child group and doesn’t affect other cultivators." Zhang Fan has confirmed this through extensive Soul Searches.

"It probably utilizes some similarity trait of ours. That trait might be the fundamental reason we all bear Hai Zhen. It might even involve some underlying conspiracy behind it all..."

Realizing this, Zhang Fan was shocked at how little he understood about himself.

"Where did Hai Zhen come from? Where did I come from?"

Zhang Fan forgot his previous ambitions and ignored the external crises lurking around. He solely immersed himself within, seeking answers to this question.

Seeing the heart, understanding the nature, introspecting oneself.

To others, it might be extremely difficult, but for Zhang Fan, it was inexplicably easy.

Zhang Fan vaguely sensed it might be related to his years living in the Protected World.

"There, Heaven and Earth naturally grow infinitely, Wanspirits without the worry of aging. Surely secretly protected by the Tao of Longevity."

"Also, living there for a long time, I almost never encountered strife or slaughter. Must be some Tao power subtly changing and nurturing all living beings’ disposition."

Though it hasn’t been long since leaving, having been through several life-and-death struggles, Zhang Fan had already transformed. Many things he took for granted in the past felt off in retrospect.

The longing for the novice village only lingered in his spirit consciousness for a moment.

Zhang Fan’s thoughts immersed, seemingly confronting his own Divine Soul directly.

Jade-like and translucent, seemingly gathering the world’s wonders. Yet it seemed to bear no essential difference from the countless beings of Mountain Sea.

"Where is the connection?"

Zhang Fan tried to scrutinize himself from an outsider’s perspective.

In a flash, as if split in two.

One returned to his body, the other drifted a bit further, observing from a distance.

Gradually, some understanding formed in Zhang Fan’s heart.

"Faan, Zhang Faan. All belong to you."

"Faan, I am. All belong to me."

With this unexplainable utterance, it was as if a transparent white light floated out from the observing him.

Returning to the seated "Zhang Fan" body.

At this moment, Zhang Fan seemingly escaped the fate of Heavenly Destiny Children, gaining an outsider-like view to observe himself.

A fine line, or countless lines representing fate, extended from his body.

Connecting to countless different corners of the Mountain Sea.

And beyond the Mountain Sea...

In that unknowable place, all lines converged into one!

Bang!

The peep lasted just a moment before Zhang Fan was pulled back by a strong attraction from his main body.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Tampering with original Divine Soul, this injury was far more severe than Zhang Fan had estimated. Even the Transcendence Realm was nearly lost, almost falling to the Nameless Realm.

Fortunately, it was all worth it.

In that instant glimpse, Zhang Fan not only saw the way to avoid [Common Knowledge] but also glimpsed the mastermind behind all Heavenly Destiny Children!

"Sadly, I only know the method to break [Common Knowledge], yet I don’t know how to apply this Divine Technique. Otherwise, I would’ve directly revealed that hidden place to everyone, and we’d all strike together..."

Zhang Fan’s expression kept changing.

He didn’t realize, his thoughts suddenly froze at this moment.