This vast and immaculate presence flowed over him like clear water, cleansing his very soul.
Li Fan slowly surrendered himself to it.
The lingering shadows left by the entity above Yuandao Province and the Heavenly Physician quietly dissolved.
Even the weariness and scars accumulated over three thousand years of embodiment were gradually washed away.
***
Anchor Year 3.
Li Fan halted the divine ability, feeling his mind clear and his body light.
The secret inheritances of the Purple Firmament Sect art are truly extraordinary.
Li Fan nodded in satisfaction.
Casually glancing at Return to Truth’s panel, he was pleasantly surprised.
The charging speed of Return to Truth was much faster than before.
Originally, it would have taken nearly nine years. Now, it only needs a little over seven years to charge fully.
It seems that inversely refining the Dao Heart and strengthening the soul with the Xuanhuang Heart Refinement Sutra are indeed useful.
The faster charging means I can leave Great Xuan for the Xuanhuang World earlier, in Anchor Year 8.
Just in time for the Myriad Immortals Alliance's once-a-decade recruitment examination.
Li Fan smiled slightly, thought for a moment, and made a minor adjustment to his plan.
Then, as usual, he descended the mountain and visited Yi Xing's tomb.
He retrieved the Dao Transformation Stone, slowly absorbing it while waiting for Return to Truth to finish charging.
Soon, Anchor Year 8 arrived.
Before setting off, Li Fan opened Return to Truth’s panel.
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Mid-stage Golden Core realm
Biological Age: 27/599
Psychological Age: 1326/4200
Virtualization Charging Progress: 100%
Charging Progress of Next Anchor Point: 0%
Anchor Points In Use: 3
Available Anchor Points: 1
Bound Items: Thousand Mechanisms Jade Cosmos Scripture, Taiyan Boat, Halt Stele Fragment (Damaged), Myriad Mortal Essence Blood, Dao Transformation Stone
Techniques: Xuanhuang Heart Refinement Sutra, Cloudwater Dream Illusion Art, Embodiment Transformation Dao Sect, Arcana True Spirit Transformation, Furnace of Myriad Forms, Creation Forge Technique, Mountain-Sitting Art
Divine Abilities: “Chaos,” Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword, Interlocking Chains of Life and Death, Formless Killing Mechanism, Insect Binding, One Congyun Sword Strike, Heaven-Overturning Palm
Even after embodying an object for three thousand years, my psychological age only increased by a little over a century. It seems there's no need for concern on that front, at least for now.
As for that divine ability, “Chaos”...
Li Fan recalled the terrifying side effects of activating it and gave a slight shake of his head. Even a puppet vessel forged through much tempering had completely disintegrated.
The power is immense, but employing it now is still far too taxing.
He closed Return to Truth’s panel. In this lifetime, he would neither disperse his cultivation of the Mountain-Sitting Art nor return to the Great Xuan Empire to plunder its treasury.
Instead, he shifted form, taking on the appearance of that black-feathered, crimson-tailed bird, and shot like an arrow toward the eastern Abyssal Chasm and the Immortal-Severing Grand Array.