Chapter 1919: Chapter 1516: Becoming One with Mountain Sea

Although the feeling of unease was gone, occasionally his heart would still tremble for no reason.

“Mastering the Mountain Sea Path doesn’t necessarily correlate with actual combat strength. For example, even if I hold the Supreme Treasure [Huanzhen], my strength is still inferior to that of a Transcendent Immortal before fully comprehending the True and False Changes.”

“Lord Guardian Hill, though possessing Longevity, has not reached the point where he can rival the Mountain and Sea. Judging from Zi Yi’s previous rhetoric, their strengths should be roughly equivalent…”

Li Fan pondered, looking at the Sea of the Northern Stars – the High Wall Starry Sky that was vastly different from a century ago, and ultimately chose not to take risks.

“If I delve deeper into the Eternal Life Path, I can reach Huanzhen.”

“In this life, I’ve reaped too much and have faintly touched upon a bottleneck. How to proceed must be carefully planned.”

With the benefit of Huanzhen, Li Fan had already reached the end of the Eternal Life Path.

However, in the next life, Li Fan did not intend to inherit this life’s cultivation base. Anchoring to a year, it’s uncertain where Lord Guardian Hill resides or whether he is within the Mountain and Sea World. Should he detect Li Fan, an abrupt guest on the Eternal Life Path, suddenly descending…

Huanzhen, with Li Fan still in cooldown, was no different from a turtle in a jar.

“The arbitrary cultivation connection created by Huanzhen is naturally undetectable to the Faceless Immortal, the Grand Master, and others, but with Lord Guardian Hill also mastering the Mountain Sea Path, it’s uncertain.”

“There’s no need to take this risk.”

“After all, the foundation of my strength increase in this life mostly lies in the insight into the Tao. Even if I return to the Semi-Immortal starting point, I can swiftly restore battle strength.”

Even with the decision not to inherit the cultivation base, Li Fan still needed to comprehend the Eternal Life Path in the remaining time. Returning to the starting point of understanding [Longevity], he walked again, savoring the experience.

This was because Li Fan was paving the way for the next life.

Activating Huanzhen, after anchoring to a year, if choosing not to inherit the cultivation base, it would be equivalent to severing the connection with the Eternal Life Path.

But perhaps Li Fan could walk out his own Road to Immortality, relying on the mark left in this life.

It is neither the Path of Guardian Hill’s Mountain and Sea, nor does Li Fan intend to seek instant success. Just a slight touch of Longevity’s nature would suffice.

“Lord Guardian Hill’s Road to Immortality is enough to disregard the Path-obliterating Calamity. My Road to Immortality simply seeks to traverse Mountains and Seas.”

“Of course, this is merely the first step I’ve taken. In the future, it might be integrated into the True and False Changes.”

After realizing the inexplicable connections among Mountain, Sea, Star, Mountain Sea, Longevity, and Huanzhen, Li Fan once speculated what might happen if all these divine techniques were complete.

“Ascending to the Realm of True Immortality, empowered by Mountain and Sea, comprehending True and False Changes, wielding Huanzhen’s supreme might. If simultaneously embarking on the Road to Immortality…”

Currently, to some extent, Li Fan was already a fusion of these three aspects.

Yet each was rather diluted.

Reality was still at the Semi-Immortal Stage, the link to the Mountain and Sea relied on a half-self. True and False Changes were but a superficial understanding. The Eternal Life Path was merely a fleeting observation, without grasping the essence.

But even so, Li Fan could still distinctly perceive some inexplicable and indescribable changes occurring within him.

The most specific was the Taoist Echo Pearl. Without comprehending the Eternal Life Path, even borrowing the insights of the creatures of the Countless Starry Sea to analyze it wasn’t extremely difficult, but it definitely required some thought.

But now…

He could observe and understand it, comprehend and know it intuitively.

It seemed that the infinite divine techniques in these possibilities had been seen and practiced countless times by him before. Now it was merely an old experience revisited, no need to retrace, only recall.

Moreover, this process of the body proactively aligning with All Heavens’ Great Dao was accelerating.

So much so that in the end, there was no longer a need to rely on the creatures of the Star Sea to help comprehend. That Taoist Echo Pearl, like countless fine threads tangled together, could be clearly seen by Li Fan with a gentle glance, understanding the trajectory and specifics of each thread.

Even unraveling it, reflecting it like a clear mirror, became commonplace.

What is talent?

This is it.

Even causing Li Fan himself to feel somewhat frightened.

He did not feel joy over the physical changes, only sensing that he seemed to be gradually being devoured by the Mountain and Sea.

Taking advantage of Bearing the Dao’s inattention, Li Fan also drew some Power of Dao Manifestation at the Starry Sea Frontier for probing.

Though not truly involved, standing near the surge of Dao Yan, the past deadly sense of crisis within Li Fan’s heart was gone.

If the previous feeling was like standing at the edge of a ten-thousand-foot Abyss, where a slight misstep would lead to a complete destruction, now it felt like standing at the edge of an endless lake.

Even if accidentally falling into the lake, he could barely struggle and return to the shore. As long as he didn’t take unnecessary risks by venturing into the middle of the lake, there was no threat to his life.

“In fact, as time progresses, my swimming skills are becoming even better.”

“Even if I do nothing, just keep living like this, eventually I might sail across Mountains and Seas on my own.”

If an ordinary person obtained such great Creation, they would have been ecstatic. However, Li Fan felt only endless unease.

The most strange is that Regarding the changes happening within Li Fan’s body, Huanzhen seemed completely unaware. It even seemed to welcome these changes, maintaining silence, only previously showing slight differences.