Chapter 60: Review and Planning

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[This simulation has ended]

[You can choose one of the following options to retain:

1. An item you possessed in this simulation.

2. Your cultivation Realm from this simulation.

3. The simulated memories of a person closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by that person.

4. Abandon the above choices to accelerate charging progress.]

Slowly regaining consciousness, Li Fan felt his twenty-year-old youthful body and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings. It took him a long time to fully come to his senses.

In his perception, the previous life of just forty-eight years felt longer than the combined total of the previous nine lives.

Apart from the fact that the experiences in the Cultivation World were far more exciting and complex than the Mortal life in Great Xuan, a key reason was the assimilation he underwent when he sensed the celestial and earthly mechanisms through the will of the Azure Sea Pearl.

Of course, his gains from his first foray into the Cultivation World were also extraordinary.

Li Fan looked at the first option, the selectable item.

The Storage Ring purchased from the Tianxuan Mirror and various texts were naturally not worth mentioning, but Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects like the zhibu remnant stele and the Azure Sea Pearl were also prominently listed.

Li Fan focused his mind on the Azure Sea Pearl and understood that if he chose it, what he would receive would be the Azure Sea Pearl, which had mostly taken shape when his Lifespan was nearly exhausted in the previous life.

Having been spiritually attuned to the Azure Sea Pearl for over a decade, Li Fan was extremely clear about its power.

Although tempted, Li Fan resolutely chose the second option: retaining his cultivation Realm.

After all, cultivation base is the foundation. A mere Mortal holding a treasure is merely inviting disaster.

Moreover, Li Fan knew that the Azure Sea Pearl was still on Flowing Cloud Island at this time; he could simply go and retrieve it then.

As Li Fan made his decision, two familiar streams of Spiritual Qi appeared out of nowhere in his Dantian.

At the same time, Li Fan's expression changed.

Because he suddenly realized that at this moment, he was still a mere Mortal.

His body was still filled with the Immortal-Mortal Miasma. If this sudden Spiritual Qi clashed with it, his situation would be extremely dire.

Fortunately, what Li Fan feared did not happen.

An inexplicable fluctuation descended upon Li Fan. In an instant, the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian surged forth like river water, sweeping through his entire body, transforming it, and elevating his Realm.

Early Qi Refining Stage, Middle Qi Refining Stage, Late Qi Refining Stage!

In the span of a single breath, he achieved the Realm he had painstakingly strived for and exhausted his life to reach in the previous life.

Li Fan's aura gradually stabilized.

Yet his face showed an indescribable shock.

Not because he had instantly reached the Late Qi Refining Stage, but because of that inexplicable fluctuation that had descended!

Li Fan clearly sensed that from the moment that fluctuation descended, the Immortal-Mortal Miasma within him vanished in an instant, disappearing completely and utterly!

The effect far surpassed the forced expulsion through the Net Body Spiritual Pool formation in the previous life.

"This fluctuation…" Li Fan carefully recalled the fleeting fluctuation, vaguely feeling it was familiar.

"It's the will of Heaven and Earth, the power of Laws!" Li Fan suddenly realized.

In the previous life, through the Azure Sea Pearl, he had observed the circulation of celestial and earthly mechanisms for over a decade. Although he was far from being able to refine and control them, he could still recognize them when he saw them.

"If the Immortal-Mortal Miasma is the will of Heaven and Earth that separates Immortals and Mortals forever, then that fluctuation just now was completely the opposite."

"The Immortal-Mortal Miasma, which had plagued the Cultivation World for over a thousand years, was eliminated so easily."

"Huan Zhen, truly incredible."

"If I could master this method of purifying the Immortal-Mortal Miasma…" Li Fan's thoughts surged for a moment.

It took him a long time to gradually calm down.

A nine-story platform starts from a pile of earth. With a Qi Refining Stage cultivation, trying to replicate the Law power just now was nothing short of a fool's dream.

He still had to take it step by step.

Li Fan opened the Huan Zhen panel and reviewed the previous life.

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Late Qi Refining Stage

Physiological Age: 20/199

Mental Age: 531/2300↑

Virtualization Charging Progress: 0%

Anchor Charging Progress: 51%

Current Anchor Count: 1

Bound Items: Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter, Taiyan Boat, zhibu remnant stele (damaged)

Cultivation Techniques: Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, Small衍Water Decisive, Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter

"The path of cultivation is extremely difficult. Especially in this world, where Cultivators plunder heaven and earth, and the world is filled with deadly traps."

"In the previous life, I had just entered the Cultivation World and met that Su Changyu. I thought he had an extraordinary will and was wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao, so he would surely achieve something. Who would have thought that within a few days, he would die inexplicably."

"On the other hand, that unremarkable Xiao Heng by his side was a genius of unparalleled talent. In just a few years, he was on the verge of establishing his Dao foundation."

"He Zhenghao and I both believed he would surely achieve the Golden Core Dao in his lifetime. But who would have thought…"

"Heaven and Earth had already laid down deadly traps. The countless beings in the Congyun Sea, whether momentarily triumphant or disappointed, whether Cultivators or Mortals, were already doomed to die."

"Only that ordinary fisherman, Zhang Haobo, after escaping disaster, had another fortuitous encounter and became a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"The unpredictability of the world is never more evident than this."

Recalling the previous life, Li Fan was filled with infinite emotion.

Then, a trace of doubt arose in his heart.

"As I said to Xiao Heng before, if the authorities want to surround and kill bandits, they won't let the bandits know in advance. This world and the Cultivators are just like the authorities and the bandits."

"So when Heaven unleashes deadly intent to kill Cultivators, Cultivators naturally cannot perceive it. This is also why when I asked the Tianxuan Mirror if there was any calamity, it answered no. It was just that the celestial mechanism was obscured."

"Then why did the Wanhua Merchant Guild seem to have sensed it early and ordered all their people to withdraw from the Congyun Sea?"

"And why didn't they warn the Myriad Immortals Alliance, sitting idly by while countless lives were lost?"

"There must be something fishy about this. In this life, if I have the chance, I will get to the bottom of it."

After thinking carefully for a long time, Li Fan made plans for this life.

"The Cultivation World is extremely dangerous. Before the Virtualization charging is complete, it's better not to venture in recklessly."

"Now that I Cultivate the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, the charging speed is greatly accelerated. Unlike before, when it took twenty years to complete charging, it should reach 100% within ten years."

"In that case, I should arrive in the Cultivation World about a decade earlier than in the previous life."

"I recall that during these ten-plus years, some major event seemed to have occurred in the Congyun Sea. I can plan ahead for it."

"Also, after the Congyun Sea dried up in the previous life, I saw the secret treasures hidden on various islands. Now, no one knows about them. If I have the chance, I should retrieve them one by one."

"The Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra helped me overcome difficulties many times in the previous life. This technique is truly extraordinary, and there seems to be more to it. I need to Cultivate it diligently and not slack off."

"As for that Crimson Flame Burning the Sea, should I choose to escape alone or make it public…"

"I'll have to adapt to the circumstances when the time comes…"

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In the previous life, Li Fan plunged headfirst into the unfamiliar Cultivation World, only cultivated to the Late Qi Refining Stage, and after forty-eight years, he died and his Dao was extinguished.

In this life, with foreknowledge, Li Fan believed he could go much further.

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