Chapter 1: Where Does the Immortal Come From

Great Xuan, Xuan Capital, Grand Preceptors Mansion.

Li Fan held his wine cup, looking at the civil and military officials who had come to wish him a long life. Even though he was already in his seventies, he could not help but feel secretly proud in his heart.

One must know that today, inside the Grand Preceptors Mansion, eight or nine out of ten court officials were present! What a display of power!

Thinking back to when he, Li Fan, had just Transmigration to this world, he was merely a poor scholar.

Over the past fifty years, he had gone from having nothing to being the Grand Preceptor, with power that shook the world. This journey alone was enough to write a novel of millions of words.

With a life like this, what more could one ask for!

Li Fan stroked his beard and drained the fine wine in his cup in one gulp.

"A long life to the Grand Preceptor!"

The gathered officials shouted in unison.

Li Fan felt even more smug.

Just then, discordant exclamations suddenly came from outside.

"Look! What is that!"

"Falling fire from the sky, this is an auspicious omen, an auspicious omen! Quickly, tell the Grand Preceptor!"

"Why does it seem to be flying towards our Grand Preceptors Mansion!"

…

Hearing the commotion outside, Li Fan frowned.

The lively hall suddenly fell silent.

Li Fan stood up and walked out first.

However, before he could scold his servants or express his dissatisfaction, he was captivated by the sight in the sky.

Far away on the horizon, two silver rays of light, one after the other, were speeding towards this place like meteors.

"This is…" Li Fan was stunned.

In the blink of an eye, the two meteors arrived above Mystic Capital City, but suddenly stopped.

At the same time, a voice like thunder descended from the sky, exploding in everyone's ears.

"Dao Xuanzi! Do not go too far!"

…

The people present were all inexplicably horrified. Some even called out "Immortal Master" and bowed down to the ground.

And a term, buried deep in his memory and almost forgotten, suddenly popped out of Li Fan's mind.

"Immortal… Immortal Cultivator!" Li Fan was stunned, muttering to himself, "How is this possible…"

The two Immortal Cultivators in the sky obviously did not care about the thoughts of the Mortals below.

Another voice rang out: "Kou Hong! Do you think that just because you fled to this Immortal Extinction Land, I would let you go? Hand over the Cultivation Technique you obtained that day, otherwise, I will fight you to the death!"

"What a joke. It is precisely because I lacked the Core Formation Technique that I have been trapped at the Foundation Establishment Stage for nearly a hundred years, and with my lifespan nearing its end, I was about to turn into dry bones. Now that I have obtained this Core Formation Technique, how could I possibly hand it over to others!" Kou Hong sneered, his tone full of disdain.

"That is true!" Dao Xuanzi sighed, "The Golden Core Dao has room for me but not for others. Although there are many Core Formation Techniques in this world, there are even more Cultivators trapped at the Foundation Establishment Stage!"

Dao Xuanzi's tone suddenly turned fierce: "Since that is the case, now that the path to longevity is before me, how could I let you go, and how could I not go too far!"

Kou Hong laughed: "It is just a matter of fighting! It is laughable that you and I were brothers for a hundred years, yet now we draw swords against each other for a chance at survival!"

Dao Xuanzi sneered and did not answer.

Kou Hong suddenly said: "I know I am no match for you, and I will likely not escape this disaster today. But there are so many Mortals here, I wonder if you can withstand such a high concentration of Immortal-Mortal Miasma!"

Dao Xuanzi's expression changed instantly: "Kou Hong! What are you trying to do!"

Kou Hong laughed crazily: "It is just seeking a chance at survival!"

Listening to the conversation of the two Immortal Cultivators above his head, Li Fan felt a sense of foreboding. However, before he could react, he saw a crimson flame explode above Mystic Capital City.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

Huge roars erupted continuously in Li Fan's ears, and his vision instantly turned blood-red. After only a moment, he passed out.

…

He did not know how much time had passed before Li Fan woke up.

At first, he was a bit dazed. It took a long time for him to remember what had happened.

Li Fan coughed, spat out some blood, crawled up shakily, and looked around.

It was still night, and the once-luxurious Grand Preceptors Mansion had already turned into ruins.

The surrounding air was filled with the foul smell of charred corpses.

The civil and military officials from a moment ago were all dead without a whole corpse, their souls returned to the West.

And Li Fan's wives and concubines, and his five sons, had not been spared either.

There was no expression left on Li Fan's aged face. His eyes were somewhat dull.

He stood there for a long time before dragging his weak body out of the Grand Preceptors Mansion.

The Mystic Capital City, which was incredibly prosperous and lively just a moment ago, had now become a Hell of blood and fire. Everywhere he looked, there were broken bodies and collapsed buildings.

Presumably, out of the commoners who could survive such a disaster, not one in a hundred remained.

All of this, everything, was because of the two "Immortal Masters" who had suddenly descended, the two Immortal Cultivators.

Li Fan had no strength left and sat slumped in a broken corner.

His hearing had already been destroyed in the violent explosion just now. However, that did not matter anymore.

At this moment, he just wanted to laugh.

How could there be Immortal Cultivators in this world?

Ever since he became an official, he had used his power to search for traces of the existence of the Dao of Immortality.

After he became the Imperial Tutor and stood above ten thousand people, he had searched the entire world!

North to the Ice Sea, South to the Ocean, East to the Void Abyss, West to Lianshan.

In the entire Great Xuan, there was not a single trace of the existence of Immortals!

But today, years after he had become old and had completely given up, two Immortal Cultivators had descended from the sky, appeared before him, and without a word, smashed everything he possessed to pieces.

Is this what an Immortal is?

And where do Immortals come from?

His overflowing anger and unwillingness finally turned into endless bewilderment.

Heaven's will plays with people!

At the same time, Li Fan felt incredibly fortunate.

Fortunate that before he died, he had finally confirmed the existence of Immortals!

Otherwise, after he started his next life, would he not have wasted another fifty years in vain?!

That's right! He, Li Fan, a mere Mortal, could go from being a small scholar to the Imperial Tutor of the world—how could he not have something to rely on?

This was also the reason he had survived against the odds from the hands of the Immortals.

"Huan Zhen!"

Li Fan muttered in his heart, and immediately, the surrounding scenery suddenly dimmed. It was as if there was a thick water curtain, illusory and somewhat unclear.

"False is Also True"

Seven large characters lit up in the darkness, then suddenly dispersed, turning into a screen of light.

"Charging complete."

"Whether to virtualize the current scene and return to the initial anchor point."

Two lines of small text appeared one after another.

At the same time, images appeared one by one, rapidly filling the entire light screen.

That was Li Fan's life of fifty years in this world.

Li Fan looked at himself in the various scenes and was stunned for a long time.

[Huan Zhen]

This was the name Li Fan had given to this strange treasure he carried with him.

It had only one function: to turn the true into the false, to turn the real into the void!

The so-called turning the real into the void meant turning everything Li Fan had truly experienced into a simulated, illusory experience, allowing Li Fan to return to the initial anchor point, which was when he had just Transmigration to this world.

In fact, this life was already Li Fan's second life.

In his first life, although Li Fan had great ambitions, he was merely an ordinary person. He failed the exams repeatedly, and after the age of thirty, he finally gave up the idea of studying to become an official. He started a small business, became an ordinary wealthy man, and then married and had children, living out his ordinary life. It was only when he was old and dying of illness that he finally Awakening [Huan Zhen].

That was how the second life of Li Fan had risen with the wind, unstoppable.

It was just a pity that, looking at it now, it had been used in the wrong place.

After pondering for a while, Li Fan did not choose to end this life immediately. Before that, there were a few things he had to do.

Closing the light screen and returning to reality, Li Fan gathered his strength and handled the aftermath of Mystic Capital City being severely damaged by the Immortals.

After searching for some survivors, Li Fan, relying on his prestige over the years, finally managed to stabilize the people's hearts slightly.

Even though Li Fan could not hear, he could still find paper and pen; although communication was a bit troublesome, it did not hinder Li Fan's orders from being passed down one by one.

First, Li Fan ordered the elite garrison camp stationed outside the city to rush to Mystic Capital City to maintain order after the disaster. Then he ordered surrounding cities to mobilize grain, provisions, and officials to come to Mystic Capital City.

Most of Mystic Capital City's buildings were destroyed in one fell swoop. After the garrison camp took over Mystic Capital City, Li Fan simply stayed in the military camp to preside over the aftermath work.

And with Li Fan's administrative orders, supplies and talents from surrounding cities were continuously transported towards Mystic Capital City.

A month later, the ruined Mystic Capital City finally regained some signs of life.

After the Great Xuan finally recovered from the Immortal's strike, Li Fan began to order various places to collect intelligence about the two Immortals who appeared that night.

Including where the two originally came from, where they went afterward, whether the two had had any other conversations on the way, and so on.

Unfortunately, after months of investigation, apart from knowing that these two Immortal Cultivators seemed to have appeared from the direction of the Void Abyss in the east, nothing else was gained.

The mutual destruction of the two Immortals that Li Fan had hoped for did not happen.

"I should not have had any expectations for such things in the first place." Li Fan sighed inwardly. "Since that is the case, I have nothing to be attached to in this life."

Standing in the newly built Grand Preceptors Mansion, Li Fan activated [Huan Zhen] again.

"Whether to virtualize the current scene and return to the initial anchor point."

Li Fan did not hesitate anymore and chose yes.

On the light screen, countless vivid images froze simultaneously. Then, the dominance and glory of this life shattered and exploded like dreams and bubbles, turning into streams of light that flew into Li Fan's mind.

Scene after scene flashed before Li Fan's eyes like a revolving lantern, and finally, the image fixed on the scene of the two Immortal Cultivators confronting each other high above the Grand Preceptors Mansion.

"Dao Xuanzi, Kou Hong." Li Fan recited their names softly. "Fifty years later, I will still be waiting for you in this Mystic Capital City."

"Wealth and glory are all floating clouds to me." Li Fan's consciousness gradually became blurred, but his will and goal had become unprecedentedly firm.

"In the next life, I will hunt Immortals!"

The brilliance in his mind gradually disappeared, and Li Fan slowly fell into a deep sleep.