"The Thousand Mysteries Jade Golden Seal, a Nascent Soul realm cultivation technique, current practitioners: 0."
Li Fan picked up the jade slip, and a stream of information naturally appeared in his mind.
"Nascent Soul realm..." Li Fan yearned in his heart, but unfortunately, he was still just a mere mortal, without even a trace of divine sense. Although he could simply use a storage ring, he was powerless against this Nascent Soul true technique, only able to gaze at it longingly, unable to discern its specific content.
Possessing a treasure mountain but unable to enjoy it, Li Fan could only greedily glance at it a few more times before reluctantly putting it down.
Then, Li Fan turned his gaze to a rusty iron sword beside him.
It was Dao Xuanzi's Foundation Establishment wonder, the Rusted Sword Dao Xuan.
According to Kou Hong, for a qi refining cultivator to break through, they needed to use various heavenly wonders as a foundation to forge their dao foundation.
Each heavenly wonder had its own mystical properties, and only those with fate could find them.
Once a cultivator forged their dao foundation with a wonder, it became intimately connected with them.
If the cultivator perished, the wonder would lose its miraculous nature with the cultivator's demise, turning into an ordinary item.
Li Fan stroked the ordinary iron sword before him, his attention focused on the information that suddenly emerged from [Return to Origin].
"Discovered a chargeable item: Rusted Sword Dao Xuan (Fragment)."
"Proceed with charging?"
Li Fan pondered for a moment and chose yes.
The rusted sword in his hand silently vanished, and a line of small text appeared in Li Fan's mind.
"Current anchor charging progress: 1%"
"Current number of anchor points: 1"
Li Fan's heart stirred slightly. According to the feedback from [Return to Origin], once the anchor charging progress reached one hundred percent, the second anchor point would be activated.
In the future, when everything is virtualized, upon choosing to return, one could start anew from any anchor point.
"If I can truly activate the second anchor point, it would be much more convenient." Li Fan mused for a while, quite expectant.
For instance, in his several lifetimes of repeated reincarnation, he was trying to obtain the method of immortal cultivation from Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi. The past fifty years were actually a repetitive torment for him, not to mention the occasional uncontrollable variables.
If he could directly start reincarnation from when he became the Grand Tutor and controlled the world, the efficiency of his attempts would greatly increase.
Thinking further, now as a mere mortal, each reincarnation only spanned fifty years. Although somewhat lengthy, Li Fan could barely accept it. But once he embarked on the path of immortal cultivation, with lifespans spanning hundreds or thousands of years, if he failed and wanted to start over, it would mean starting from scratch again, a thought that made Li Fan's scalp tingle.
Moreover, if he could activate more anchor points, Li Fan would have plenty of opportunities to trial and error. Step by step, continuously trying, it might not be impossible to carve out a perfect path to immortality.
As for the initial anchor point, it could serve as the final insurance.
"Although heavenly wonders are rare, the immortal cultivation world is vast and boundless, with wonders emerging endlessly. As long as I can leave this Immortal-Forsaken Land and break free from the shackles..." With these thoughts, Li Fan's desire to leave this place grew even stronger.
After absorbing the Rusted Sword Dao Xuan, Li Fan paid little attention to the other items in the storage ring.
They were nothing more than some standard spirit stones and low-grade magical artifacts.
Standard spirit stones were spirit stones jointly manufactured by the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals and the Five Elders Council, with different grades, equivalent to the legal currency of the immortal cultivation world. Each spirit stone had a unique anti-counterfeiting restriction, making it impossible for others to forge.
In fact, the reason standard spirit stones held value was because they were recognized by the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals and the Five Elders Council, allowing them to be exchanged for cultivation techniques. Those inferior spirit stones privately made or natural spirit stones mined from various spirit mines were worthless.
Ultimately, in the current immortal cultivation world, what constrained cultivators was not spiritual energy or spirit stones, but cultivation techniques. Techniques for each realm.
The Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals and the Five Elders Council, by controlling the vast majority of cultivation techniques, became colossal entities spanning the entire immortal cultivation world.
As for those low-grade magical artifacts, they were mostly used for consumption in battles. Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi were not particularly wealthy. Thus, the magical artifacts they possessed were ordinary and held little value.
After putting away the items before him, including the Nascent Soul realm cultivation technique, back into the storage ring, Li Fan was already panting.
This body was already so aged, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to extinguish at any moment.
Taking a deep breath, Li Fan closed his eyes, as if to engrave his current weakness deeply in his heart.
Then, without hesitation, Li Fan summoned [Return to Origin] and ended this lifetime.
...
In the darkness, scenes flashed by rapidly, and finally, several familiar lines of text appeared in his vision.
[This simulation ends]
[You may choose one of the following options to retain:
1. An item possessed in this simulation.
2. The cultivation realm achieved in this simulation.
3. The simulated memory of a person closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by that person.
4. Forego the above choices to accelerate charging progress.]
This time, Li Fan chose the first option.
Unfortunately, his attempt to be clever by placing all items into the storage ring at the end of his previous life did not succeed.
The storage ring, Nascent Soul technique, spirit stones, magical artifacts, and other items floated in Li Fan's mind.
Naturally, Li Fan chose the Nascent Soul technique.
To his delight, upon choosing this technique, he could retrieve and store it from [Return to Origin] at any time. Moreover, the technique had established a binding relationship with him in a certain sense.
This technique now completely belonged to him, and even if he did not choose to bring it back in the next simulation, it would permanently exist within [Return to Origin].
"In this way, I have more room for planning..." Li Fan took out the golden jade slip, playing with it in his hand while contemplating his action plan for this life.
"The Great Migration Era has passed for thousands of years, and related clues are deeply buried underground. Excavating ancient tombs on a large scale is too shocking, and even with the strong control I had over the court in my previous life, it stirred considerable opposition. If the court were to undertake such actions just after being established, it would surely be unsustainable."
"However, if I start laying the groundwork now and spend twenty years, it might not be impossible to change the mindset of the people..."
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Mortal
Biological Age: 20/86
Mental Age: 282/1109↑
Void Energy Charge Progress: 0%
Anchor Charging Progress: 1%
Current Number of Anchor Points: 1
Bound Item: The Thousand Mysteries Jade Golden Seal
...
As time flowed, Li Fan's sixth life began.
Everything proceeded along the predetermined trajectory, but under Li Fan's subtle influence, many subtle changes occurred in the world.
Three years after anchoring, rumors of immortals descending to various parts of the Great Xuan Kingdom began to spread.
Five years after anchoring, the Ancient Studies School emerged out of nowhere. This school brought several volumes of ancient texts to the capital to present to the emperor. Due to the unparalleled brilliance and rarity of these texts, they shook the world.
The ancient texts were named: Yi, Dao De, Nan Hua, Analects, Great Learning...
(End of Chapter)