He had made no progress.
However, what pleasantly surprised Li Fan was that as soon as he touched the bottleneck this time, he faintly sensed the location of his opportunity.
Moreover, the path ahead would undoubtedly be fraught with danger and full of surprises.
After some preparations, Li Fan was about to set off.
But before he could leave, a profound insight suddenly surged into his mind.
It was the Li Fan's clone who had been in seclusion for a long time, finally emerging.
With two pieces of good news in a row, everything seemed to be going well. It made Li Fan feel like the heavens and the earth were on his side.
After calming down, Li Fan carefully pondered the abilities that the clone had comprehended this time.
All things in the world were interconnected.
Linked in a chain from life to death, controlled by the butterfly effect.
What Li Fan had comprehended, the "Life and Death Chain," could be described as an upgraded version of the "Formless Killing Intent."
By selecting a predetermined individual as the target of "death", he could backtrack through countless connections and sense the weakest and most fatal "life" chain.
By severing this vital connection, he could subtly drive the predetermined target towards death, unnoticed by either gods or ghosts.
The "Formless Killing Intent" required the target to be locked onto.
The target's strength could not surpass Li Fan too much, or else he would suffer a backlash.
And there was also the risk of being detected by the target.
In contrast, the "Life and Death Chain" was different. It only required knowledge of the target's existence.
It could almost ignore the difference in cultivation realms between them.
With sufficient information, even in the Qi Condensation stage, Li Fan could eliminate a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Take the case of the Tian Yang Cave as an example.
If Li Fan wanted to assassinate a Nascent Soul True Lord, he wouldn't have to take action himself. He would only need to trigger the "Life and Death Chain" retrace back through all possibilities of connections between him and the Tian Yang Cave.
From there, he would find the most suitable path.
He would subtly influence the Nascent Soul True Lord to have the idea of exploring the Tian Yang Cave.
As a result, the True Lord would perish within the cave.
While the "Life and Death Chain" was powerful, it also had certain conditions for activation.
It was necessary to determine the "death" chain in advance.
This meant that Li Fan needed to determine how the target would die before he could backtrack.
Moreover, this "method of death" had to be effective.
For example, if Li Fan decided that the Nascent Soul True Lord would accidentally lose control of his spiritual energy and fall from the sky during flight, leading to his death.
Indeed, such an outcome was possible.
However, the complexity of the required reverse derivation to bring about this result was beyond Li Fan's current capabilities.
As a result, the "Life and Death Chain" could not be activated.