In the hollow eye sockets of the skull, a faint black light flickered.
It seemed to pierce through layers of barriers, locking eyes with the Holy Embryo Li Fan.
Yet Li Fan felt no trace of chill or fear; instead, he sensed a faint familiarity and warmth.
It was as if...
He had once known the owner of this skull.
"Strange, this feeling..."
The Holy Embryo gazed at the skull for a long time, showing no sign of leaving.
Unlike the other exhibits in the Divine Treasure Museum, there was no detailed explanation for this skull.
It bore only the label of the skull from the first cultivator infected by the Immortal-mortal miasma, marking its identity.
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Compared to the bones of powerful cultivators that glowed with a soft white light after their fall, the distinction was immediately apparent.
According to the guide's words, perhaps no one except the curator of the Divine Treasure Museum knew why this item had been placed at the very center of the Museum.
But its placement at the heart of the entire Museum of Divine Treasure was enough to attest to its value.
Whether in practical terms or as a commemorative piece.
From the subtle emotional fluctuations transmitted from his main body, the Holy Embryo also knew that this skull held great significance for him as well.
However, it was clearly not yet time to take it away.
With one final deep glance at the skull, the Holy Embryo Li Fan prepared to leave, only to suddenly recall something.
He turned back once more, scrutinizing the skull from top to bottom and committing its every feature firmly to memory.
"Perhaps the shape of the cranium can be used to reconstruct the appearance of that cultivator."
It was for this very reason that his main body had issued this command.
Though Li Fan himself lacked the technique, in the vast Xuanhuang Realm, there were surely cultivators capable of such a feat.
Next, the Holy Embryo wandered through the Museum of Divine Treasure for a considerable time.
Only after confirming that his main body had fully synchronized and mastered the complete contents of the [Three Disasters and Hundred Tribulations Divine Clarity Method] did he feign a look of lingering reluctance and depart from the Museum.
The guiding cultivator remained dutifully outside, waiting.
He escorted the Holy Embryo all the way out of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters before vanishing in a flash.
The Holy Embryo Li Fan sensed the faint presence of the cultivator trailing him in secret, and a cold laugh rose in his heart.
Without the slightest hesitation, he resolutely chose self-destruction.
His own Nascent Soul Cave-Heaven erupted in a massive roar, like a blazing orb of light suddenly exploding.
By the time the pursuing cultivator sensed something amiss and rushed over.
The Holy Embryo Li Fan had already vanished without a trace, reduced to scattered ashes!
The pursuing cultivator wore a black robe, with the character [Dharma] engraved on his forehead.
His face darkened as he stared at the sky.
No phenomenon of a cultivator's fall had appeared.
"Elder Zhen was right; it truly was just an clone!"
"A pity he was so resolute and cautious, severing the trail like this!"
"It seems we'll have to investigate starting from that [Law Derivative Jade Token]."
A flicker of reluctance passed through the black-robed cultivator's eyes, but after repeatedly scanning the scene and finding no clues, he could only depart in frustration.
...
In the Spiritwood Realm.
Li Fan was carefully studying the [Three Disasters and Hundred Tribulations Divine Clarity Method] in a secret chamber.
Earlier, he had issued a "divine oracle" through the Faceless Statue, instructing the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Realms Alliance to search for someone capable of reconstructing a person's original appearance from their skull.
He believed results would come soon.
"If I can determine the other party's identity, I might finally know what that eternal remnant thought, which holds such great appeal for [Truth], truly is."
Setting this matter aside for now, Li Fan devoted all his attention to the technique before him.
Since the derived blueprint was the [The Three Perils of Ghosts and Spirits in the Netherworld Record], and Li Fan's requirements were for the technique's operation and characteristics to resemble it closely.
This [Three Disasters and Hundred Tribulations Divine Clarity Method] could almost be called a low-grade imitation of the Netherworld Record.
The Three Perils of Ghosts and Spirits in the Netherworld Record nurtured countless thoughts within the body into ghost god-like existences. Each ghost and god appeared as an independent entity, yet it was created by the main body and thus constrained by it.
After cultivating the Three Disasters and Hundred Tribulations Divine Clarity Method, the body would similarly host countless "ghost and gods."
However, these were not formed by severing one's own thoughts into separate entities; instead, they were divine thought constructs forged and nurtured through tempering.
In a strict sense, those ghost gods remained part of Li Fan's thoughts.
They were merely unique concrete manifestations.
Though the upper limit of power was lower, there was no risk of losing control.
On the contrary, by transforming stray thoughts into conscious constructs, one's Dao heart could become even purer.
Of course, for Li Fan, who possessed the [Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra], he inherently had few stray thoughts.
Thus, to practice this technique, Li Fan needed to deliberately generate numerous thoughts.
Half a month later.
Before Li Fan, a deformed transparent construct that was neither fully human nor beast, with two heads and seven arms, suddenly appeared.
After examining the thought construct for a moment, Li Fan felt that something was off.
Though it was also a thought construct, it seemed quite different from those produced by the [The Three Perils of Ghosts and Spirits in the Netherworld Record].
After pondering for a long time, Li Fan suddenly realized.
"My mind is single-minded and unwavering, so the thought constructs I generate inevitably turn out somewhat grand and righteous."
"Unlike the Netherworld Record, which exudes a chilling yin energy."
Once Li Fan identified the reason for the difference, faint dark thoughts involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
The subsequent thought constructs he formed also became filled with an overwhelming evil aura.
Li Fan then proceeded accordingly.
In normal circumstances, generating thought constructs was not the work of a single day.
It required combining insights from the disasters and tribulations one had experienced, nurturing them gradually.
Only through accumulation over days and months could one cultivate an army of thought constructs.
But how could Li Fan be an ordinary person?
In his many reincarnations, he had experienced far too much.
The various historical trajectories of the Xuanhuang Realm's branches, along with all the sights and encounters therein, served as resources for building thought constructs.
Even benefiting from having personally witnessed the Xuanhuang Realm's destruction under a single glance from a True Immortal. The final expressions of terror and despair from countless cultivators amid that world-ending catastrophe made some of the thought constructs Li Fan created appear utterly horrifying, enough to chill the blood of anyone who beheld them.
With the [Limitless Fullness and Emptiness Method] empowering him, his own will was matchlessly strong.
In just over ten days, an army of ferocious "ghost and gods" brimming with evil and resentment had taken root within Li Fan's body.
Even Li Fan could not help but furrow his brows upon sensing his own creations.
"If even a single thought is released, it would truly be like a horde of demons descending upon the world."
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With a stir in his heart, Li Fan teleported to a vast, empty space.
It was the enhanced version of the Two-Extreme Microdust Formation used to trap Yan Fangzhou!
At this moment, Yan Fangzhou seemed utterly unable to endure the inhuman torment.
His eyes were lifeless as he sat on the ground, like a walking corpse devoid of any vitality.
This was worlds apart from his spirited and elegant demeanor when he had first arrived.