Li Fan found it increasingly incomprehensible.
After all, [Mo Sha] was the "answer" hoped for by the people of the Immortal World to counter the Great Calamity of the Mountain and Sea ld. Ever since Li Fan coincidentally manifested the power of the Ink-Killing Immortal Soul, it had almost always succeeded, undefeated in every battle.
Yet now, the skeleton hidden within the rchant Immortal Boat could completely ignore the erosion of Mo Sha!
If Mo Sha had been resisted in a stalemate, Li Fan might be able to reluctantly accept it. But such an overwhelmingly one-sided control defied his comprehension.
"Either this path is not within the mortal world, but above the mountains and seas."
"Or..."
The clouds of Mo Sha roiled, like furious hounds, vowing to devour the Immortal Corpse. However, the actions of Mo Sha were dood to be in vain.
Swallowed by the dense clouds, disappearing, only to quietly reappear shortly after.
The cycle of reincarnation repeated.
Li Fan temporarily suppressed his inner doubts, patiently continuing to observe.
This skeleton contained Taoist Principles, though its rank was high, it definitely could not transcend the mountains and seas.
Having practiced cultivation through reincarnation till now, Li Fan was confident he still possessed this insight.
So why exactly, was it able to resist the corrosion of Mo Sha?
Catching glimpses of the scenes of reincarnation unfolding before him, Li Fan imrsed himself deeply, losing track of ti, until a thought flashed in his mind.
Staring at the turbulent Ink Sea in front of him, he mused, "The things that Mo Sha cannot devour, besides those beyond its capabilities..."
"The rest, is itself."
"Could it be..."
Li Fan’s thoughts returned to when he first t the Tiandu Grandmaster.
With the help of the countless illusions within the Grandmaster, Li Fan ca to understand the two cornerstones of Mo Sha: Taiyi and Eternal.
It was precisely the intertwining of these two sacred forces, change and permanence, that forged a power capable of contending with the Mountain and Sea ld.
"At that ti, I tried to use Mo Sha to suppress the Grandmaster, but he dispelled it with two simple sentences."
"Master, please disperse; Master Uncle, please disperse."
"Taiyi is the master of Limitless; while Eternal, is the Master Uncle of Limitless."
"Uncle represents longevity. Although Eternal is not one of the Three Saints, for soone to be addressed as Master Uncle by Limitless, their strength and status could not be low."
"The Dao contained in this skeleton before my eyes is not [Taiyi]."
A thousand thoughts raced through Li Fan’s mind as he recalled the scene where the rchant Immortal Boat had been thoroughly destroyed only to be instantly restored under the hollow gaze of the skull.
Finally, he had the answer.
"Eternal Path..."
Before identifying it, no matter how he observed, it was difficult to discern its subtlety. But once recognized, it seed as though the layers of disguise shrouding the skeleton were lifted.
No longer did the sight appear as re bones.
Instead, it manifested in its original form, a middle-aged man with a round face, smiling gently and appearing warm and kind!
However, he seed to be asleep, with closed eyes, seemingly indifferent to everything around him.
"I once encountered the Taiyi and Eternal paths with the Grandmaster’s help and thought I had so insight. But it was rely sothing I thought I understood. Like mistaking Taiyi as Illusionary Life, I realized my understanding of [Eternal] was also flawed. Thus, faced with Eternity, I failed to recognize it."
Looking at the round-faced middle-aged man not far away, Li Fan seed to see an existence that had always been constant throughout history. He sat quietly, as though condensing ti and space. Although the surrounding ti flowed, he remained unchanged.
The Eternal Path, absolutely one of the most supre paths from primordial tis. Just by watching, countless insights rushed into Li Fan’s mind.
Li Fan’s understanding was not weak, and with the addition of the Net of the Infinite Aspects and the Tai Shang Dao Book, he had an innate advantage for enlightennt with all primordial Daos.
But now, in the process of observing [Eternal], although he continually experienced countless insights, these insights were as fragile as bubbles, bursting quietly after a brief mont, ceasing to exist.
No matter how hard Li Fan tried, the outco remained unchanged.
The slight smile on the middle-aged man’s round face seed to quietly remind Li Fan that the path of Eternity belongs, and forever will only belong, to him alone.
Finally realizing this, Li Fan was not one to push against the current; he decisively halted his attempts at enlightennt.
With a wave, he stored Mo Sha away but did not retreat from the space.
After further observation, he beca even more certain of his earlier judgnt.
"Though Eternal is still alive, its state seems rather strange."
Squinting, Li Fan continued to observe for half a day, starting to grasp the oddness.
"The Eternal Path remains ongoing. But the True Immortal who attains eternal enlightennt..."
"It seems that their consciousness has already dispersed. What maintains his actions is rely instinct."
"What is before , rather than [Eternal True Immortal], it is more apt to call it [Eternal Path] itself. However, different from the original Eternal Path, it is now a version altered or integrated by the True Immortal."
Although it was not fully clear what causes this strange scenario, Li Fan had so guesses.
"I guess it still ties back to [Eternal] itself."
"If there were fluctuations in self-awareness, it would be difficult to maintain a truly eternal state. Only by completely rging one’s will with the purest path can the premise for the continuity of eternity be established. In so Immortal Cultivation Worlds, the highest realm for cultivators is not ascension but unity with the world’s Heavenly Dao."
"This kind of ’Unity-Path’, although allowing a cultivator to complete self-transcendence and beco as powerful as the world, would extinguish one’s will, turning them into a chanism for maintaining Heaven’s Dao Operation."
"Eternal’s current scenario is sowhat similar to this Unity-Path."
After observing carefully for a long while, through several experints, Li Fan managed to sowhat verify his judgnt.
"It possesses no autonomous aggressiveness but maintains its own Taoist Principle characteristics."
"It will also respond appropriately to external stimuli. Without a doubt."
Thus, the sight of the unexpectedly manifesting Eternal Path, which initially startled Li Fan, now caused his heart to stir once more.
In a certain sense, the [Eternal] before him is the concretization of Taoist Principles. Moreover, these principles are highly independent and powerful, unable to be comprehended by others.
"But it can be activated and used." Recalling how Eternal restored the decimated rchant Immortal Boat, Li Fan’s eyes glead.
"With this, it’s like having a protective shield of Hai Zhen. It’s no wonder the rchant Immortal Boat could survive the Great Calamity of Immortal World’s destruction and repeatedly stay ahead of everyone else. Escape the High Walls, escape Primordial. It is because of Eternal’s backing that it has the confidence to attempt various seemingly suicidal and irrational actions."
Although Li Fan harbored ulterior motives toward [Eternal] Path, successfully activating Eternal’s power like the rchant Immortal Boat did is not an easy feat.
The rchant Immortal Boat has had Eternal for who knows how many years, and currently, all it can do is make Eternal open its eyes to restore the rchant Immortal Boat.
For a newcor like Li Fan, due to Eternal’s characteristics preventing comprehension, thinking he could quickly reach the level of the rchant Immortal Boat seed like wishful thinking.
After trying various thods, none had any actual effect.
Thus, Li Fan changed his approach.
The Eternal Immortal Corpse stood aloof, self-contained, neither decaying nor vanishing.
However, since the rchant Immortal Boat managed to utilize Eternal’s power to reconstruct the destroyed Immortal Boat, it ant there was so connection between the space below the rchant Immortal Boat and the Eternal Immortal Corpse in front of him.
"If independent research doesn’t work, then I will learn from it by stealing."
While unable to gain insight into the Eternal Path, Li Fan was confident he could break through the inexplicable connection created by the rchant Immortal Boat.
With a slight shift in thought, the Net of the Infinite Aspects led by Mo Sha reappeared. But this ti, the target was not the Eternal Immortal Corpse.
Rather, it was everything in this space, besides the Eternal Immortal Corpse.
The ink tide surged, sweeping inch by inch, ensuring nothing was missed.
Like sifting through sand by the great waves, under the roiling clouds, everything hidden in this space was revealed.
Because of that, Li Fan could see the ans of the rchant Immortal Boat.
What to forcibly connect with the now "Daoized" Eternal, allowing the rchant Immortal Boat to draw the attention of the Eternal Immortal Corpse.
Turned out to be a ditation cushion!
The cushion looked unremarkable, seemingly woven from purple bamboo.
"Huh? This cushion seems a bit familiar?"
Montarily dazed, Li Fan quickly recalled its origin from mory.
It was beneath the Taiyi Saint Lord in the depiction of the Tiandu Grandmaster!
Compared to the imagery in the Grandmaster’s mory, the cushion seed to have suffered nurous tribulations, becoming much worn. However, its unique rhythm remained unchanged.
Watching intently for a long ti, Li Fan unexpectedly saw the vague figure of [Taiyi] on this cushion!
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