Chapter 1918: Chapter 1515: Gaining Eternal Creation (Part 2)

Just having the thought of wanting to see it clearly in his spirit consciousness, Li Fan felt dizzy, as if he had been drinking for three days and three nights, causing his stomach and divine soul to be churned upside down.

Li Fan was forced to suppress his urge to explore further.

However, this discomfort wasn’t what startled Li Fan the most. What truly overwhelmed him was the instability of that green symbol, constantly changing its state.

Indeed, this green immortality symbol is not permanently or statically displayed on the Huanzhen panel, but alternates with the original age numbers.

Each one is true.

Yet, each one is also untrue.

“Could it be, this is because the true master of [Longevity] is not me, but Lord Guardian Hill. I am merely treading the path left by the Guardian Hill, which has allowed me to touch upon the threshold of immortality. Once Lord Guardian Hill decides to close this path, I will lose the ability of immortality as well.”

“It’s like the Original Bone once clandestinely followed me back to the anchor point. Although it also experienced the true and false changes, it was built on the premise that I controlled everything. In the next cycle, the Original Bone was refined into a Heavenly Pillar, but it did not truly obtain the power of [Huanzhen]…”

“Guardian Hill can freely share [Longevity] with others, while I cannot transmit the illusion as reality divine technique to anyone. This seems to imply that he has completely mastered the [Eternal Life Path], while I have not truly mastered Huanzhen.”

…

In an instant, a flood of thoughts surged into Li Fan’s spirit consciousness, completely occupying his mind.

So much so that he did not have the time to truly savor the taste of immortality.

Immediately afterward, a sense of crisis arose in Li Fan’s heart for no apparent reason.

The sensation of being watched by the Jingfen Great Saint reappeared. This time, although the feeling was fainter, the instinctive crisis that welled up in his heart was not any less than before.

Li Fan understood that after truly accessing the Eternal Life Path through the mystique left by Lord Guardian Hill, even with the protection of illusion as reality, he could not block the perception of the owner of the Eternal Life Path.

However, perhaps because Lord Guardian Hill is not currently in the Mountain and Sea World, although he sensed Li Fan, the sudden intruder, Lord Guardian Hill did not immediately descend.

Yet, Li Fan had a premonition. As soon as Lord Guardian Hill returns to the mountains and sea, the first thing he will probably do is to stand before Li Fan and scrutinize this sudden immortal in depth.

“It seems that I cannot stay long in this life,” Li Fan sighed inwardly.

From the moment he began to comprehend the poem of immortality in his cultivation, Li Fan already had a premonition that his actions would inevitably attract the attention of Lord Guardian Hill.

But he did it anyway.

After all, with the Eternal Life Path so close, how many people could resist its allure?

Moreover, Li Fan had Huanzhen to back him up, giving him the confidence to enjoy the experience and then immediately make his escape.

With Guardian Hill about to return at any moment, ready to descend, Li Fan felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Yet, he did not choose to leave immediately.

Instead, he grasped this final opportunity to savor the Eternal Life Path within himself meticulously.

“Upon deeper reflection, there’s really nothing extraordinary about it.”

“It’s just the word [Longevity]. But it is sacred by its simplicity. Just like [Huanzhen], amid the change between true and false, one can disregard all in the mortal world. These simple two characters of longevity equally allow one to disregard all the catastrophes of the world.”

“Although I do not possess the complete Eternal Life Technique, I am still confident that I can float undisturbed through the path-obliterating calamity without perishing. More so for the Master of Eternal Life, Lord Guardian Hill.”

In a certain sense, Li Fan, who received the Eternal Creation, already had the conditions to become a transcendent strongman. Yet, it came from the gift of another, not from his own cultivation.

If Guardian Hill retrieves the creation or closes the path, cutting off sharing with others, then Li Fan would instantly revert to his original self.

Even though he knew the Eternal Creation in his hand was temporary, Li Fan was unwilling to let it go in the short term.

Just as the older one gets, the more they fear death, the true owner dreads losing it even more.

Clutching a thousand-pound weight, he hesitated to cast it aside.

Li Fan, thirsty and ravenous, seized every last moment to comprehend the Eternal Life Path.

He appeared calm. However, his fellow Dao bearer, who transmitted the mystique to him, was not as composed.

As if his essence was drained, the Dao bearer gazed, bewildered, at the suddenly enlightened Li Fan, repeatedly trying to speak but stopping short.

He was utterly dejected.

Even the nourishment of the Eternal Creation could not dispel the aging malaise emanating from within him.

After a long while, the Dao bearer could no longer hold back and asked: “Junior Brother… Have you been enlightened?”

Li Fan nodded slightly: “Thanks to Senior Brother’s guidance, I indeed achieved some realization.”

His last shred of luck was utterly shattered. With faith in his Dao heart, the Dao bearer stood there dumbfounded, unable even to understand, descending into self-pity: “I have walked this road for unknown years, yet I only glimpsed the shadow of true longevity.”

“I thought Junior Brother’s recent restlessness was likely because you saw no hope of transcendence and were troubled by life’s anxieties. Hence, I transmitted the law to you.”

“Yet I never imagined…”

The Dao bearer shook his head with a bitter smile three times: “You, just getting started, have not only surpassed me in an instant but have already reached the end?”

He looked blankly Beyond the Heavens: “Master, is it your favoritism, or is it my stupidity?”

Although in this life, they played the roles of true and false brothers, the Dao bearer’s several acts left a quite favorable impression on Li Fan.

Seeing him lost at this moment, Li Fan, while comprehending the Eternal Life Path, did not forget to voice comfort.

“Senior Brother, you need not despair. In my view, speed on this path is not necessarily a good thing.”

“For some reason, this path and I are exceptionally compatible. I did not tread one step at a time but leaped directly from the start to the end. Fast as I was, I left no trace of my own. Should there come a day when the Master severs the path, I would instantaneously fall from the heavens. What little of the Eternal Creation I possess, not even a smidge might remain.”

“But you are different, Senior Brother.”

“Firstly, you have been cultivating the [Bearing the Dao] method. Carefully following in its footsteps is precisely in accord with your path. Secondly, you’ve slowly traversed this path through countless years. It is filled with your footprints. Even if one day, Master truly severs the road, with the footprints you left, you can still retain some of the power of the Eternal Creation to a certain degree. Not comparable to the Mountain and Sea, but easily rivaling transcendence.”

…

Li Fan counseled gently.

At this moment, it was as if their roles had swapped. Li Fan was the long-enlightened senior brother, while the Dao bearer was like the junior brother just starting on the path of cultivation.

The Dao bearer pondered for a long time before realizing Li Fan’s words were not false.

He felt much better instantly.

However, the melancholy in his heart was not something that could be dispelled quickly. He couldn’t help but voice self-deprecatingly: “If you ask me, Junior Brother, you are the true Guardian Disciple. And I, I’m just a lucky stone by the Mountain Sea’s edge.”

Li Fan, though amused, didn’t reply.

Despite his envy, the Dao bearer did not allow jealousy to take root in his heart because of it.

Now, their roles have reversed, with Li Fan often offering guidance, and the listener becoming the Dao bearer.

Li Fan felt no shame or displeasure because of it.

With Li Fan, who had reached the end as a forerunner, advising him closely, the Dao bearer’s understanding of the Eternal Creation began to deepen.

Li Fan was not enticed by the dazzling success of his sudden enlightenment.

He knew that the smoothness of his enlightenment was inseparable from Huanzhen.

“Maybe, it’s because of giving face to Huanzhen.”

“Or perhaps, it sensed the anomaly of me being the master of Huanzhen.”

“In any case, now I am in a very dangerous situation.”

Li Fan also glanced gently Beyond the Heavens.