“ fēn shēn shì shén me shí hòu liàn zhì de ？”
“分身是什么时候炼制的？”
"When was the分身crafted?"
lǐ fán jué de zì jǐ sì hū bǎ mǒu jiàn jí qí zhòng yào de shì qíng gěi wàng jì le 。
李凡觉得自己似乎把某件极其重要的事情给忘记了。
Li Fan felt as if he had forgotten something extremely important.
tā méi tóu jǐn suǒ ， nǎo hǎi zhōng sī niàn jí zhuǎn 。
他眉头紧锁，脑海中思念急转。
He frowned deeply, his mind racing with thoughts. No matter how hard he tried, he could not recall any related memories, even when reviewing the stored data in the Dao Formation Crystal within his mind.
dàn rèn píng tā rú hé nǔ lì ， jiù shì wú fǎ xiǎng qǐ yǔ zhī xiāng guān de jì yì 。
但任凭他如何努力，就是无法想起与之相关的记忆。
"And my功法..." Li Fan suddenly realized something and his expression turned somewhat uneasy.
nǎ pà fān kàn nǎo hǎi zhōng huà dào shí jīng tǐ zhōng de cún chǔ ， yě shì wú jì yú shì 。
哪怕翻看脑海中化道石晶体中的存储，也是无济于事。
"The Supreme Immortal Venerable悬赏a longevity treasure for achieving great success. The衍法珏was used as a reward.《奇玄真灵变》should have been derived from the衍法珏."
“ ér qiě ， wǒ zhè gōng fǎ ……” lǐ fán hū rán yì shí dào le shén me ， liǎn sè bù jīn biàn dé yǒu xiē nán kàn qǐ lái 。
“而且，我这功法……”李凡忽然意识到了什么，脸色不禁变得有些难看起来。
"I am always cautious, so I couldn't possibly take such risks personally. Therefore, it must have involved crafting a分身at that time to handle this matter."
“ jí chéng xiān zūn xuán shǎng yán shòu bǎo wù ， yǐ yǎn fǎ jué de shǐ yòng jī huì zuò wéi shǎng cì 。《 qí xuán zhēn líng biàn 》 yīng gāi jiù shì yóu yǎn fǎ jué tuī yǎn chū de 。”
“极成仙尊悬赏延寿宝物，以衍法珏的使用机会作为赏赐。《奇玄真灵变》应该就是由衍法珏推衍出的。”
"But..."
“ wǒ zuò shì yí xiàng jǐn shèn ， zhè zhǒng shì bù kě néng běn zūn qīn zì mào xiǎn 。 suǒ yǐ ， yīng gāi shì nà shí hòu zhì zuò le yī jù fēn shēn ， qù bàn cǐ shì 。”
“我做事一向谨慎，这种事不可能本尊亲自冒险。所以，应该是那时候制作了一具分身，去办此事。”
"Could it be completely without any memory of it?"
“ dàn ……”
“但……”
"Is it again the Supreme Venerable's technique for erasing disasters and misfortunes?"
“ jū rán wán quán méi yǒu yìn xiàng le ？”
“居然完全没有印象了？”
Li Fan closed his eyes in deep thought, trying to recall once more. However, there was still no result.
“ yòu shì nà wèi shǐ rén wàng què zāi huò de tiān zūn de shǒu duàn ？”
“又是那位使人忘却灾祸的天尊的手段？”
"No, that’s not right."
lǐ fán bì mù chén sī ， zài cì cháng shì huí yì le yī fān ， réng rán méi yǒu shén me xiào guǒ 。
李凡闭目沉思，再次尝试回忆了一番，仍然没有什么效果。
After a long while, Li Fan opened his eyes with a thoughtful expression on his face.
“ bù ， bú duì 。”
“不，不对。”
"Rather than saying I forgot, it's more accurate to say the experiences of the分身were completely erased."
xǔ jiǔ zhī hòu ， lǐ fán zhēng yǎn ， liǎn shàng yī fù ruò yǒu suǒ sī de biǎo qíng 。
许久之后，李凡睁眼，脸上一副若有所思的表情。
"There would be no trace if something never happened."
“ yǔ qí shuō wǒ wàng le ， bù rú shuō ， fēn shēn céng jīng de jīng lì ， bèi chè dǐ mǒ qù le 。”
“与其说我忘了，不如说，分身曾经的经历，被彻底抹去了。”
"What is this?"
“ gēn běn jiù méi yǒu fā shēng guò de shì qíng ， zì rán jiù bú huì liú xià rèn hé hén jì 。”
“根本就没有发生过的事情，自然就不会留下任何痕迹。”
The fear of the unknown almost made Li Fan want to immediately perform the True Real Technique and rid himself of such an influence. However, he forcibly restrained himself.
“ dào dǐ shì shén me dōng xī 。”
“到底是什么东西。”
"Regardless, I should record this matter for now. Perhaps I can recall what exactly vanished when I reach the peak of the Disentanglement Mountain."
duì yú wèi zhī de kǒng jù ， ràng lǐ fán jī hū chǎn shēng le mǎ shàng 【 hái zhēn 】， bǎi tuō zhè zhǒng yǐng xiǎng rán hòu yī tàn jiū jìng de dǎ suàn 。
对于未知的恐惧，让李凡几乎产生了马上【还真】，摆脱这种影响然后一探究竟的打算。
"But, such a technique that can make something vanish from memory without any trace is truly hard to guard against. To avoid forgetting it in the future, I need to document it beforehand," he thought as he prepared to find an empty jade slip from his storage ring and record what he had forgotten.
dàn shì tā yìng shēng shēng rěn zhù le 。
但是他硬生生忍住了。
"Hey? What's this?" Suddenly, he noticed three jade slips placed separately in a corner of his storage ring.
“ bù guǎn rú hé ， xiān jiāng cǐ shì jì xià 。 děng cǐ shì zhōng jié zhī hòu ， huò xǔ néng zài jiě lí shān diān xiǎng qǐ dào dǐ xiāo shī le shén me 。”
“不管如何，先将此事记下。等此世终结之后，或许能在解离山巅想起到底消失了什么。”
"When did these get put there? Why do I have no memory of them?" Li Fan was momentarily stunned before he reached out to take the jade slips one by one for inspection.
“ bù guò ， zhè zhǒng bù jīng yì jiān jiù cóng jì yì zhōng píng kōng xiāo shī de shǒu duàn ， zhēn shì ràng rén fáng bù shèng fáng 。 wèi le bì miǎn rì hòu shèn zhì yě jiāng cǐ shì wàng jì ， xū yào tí qián jì lù xià lái cái shì 。” zhè me xiǎng zhe ， lǐ fán zhǔn bèi cóng chǔ wù jiè zhōng zhǎo chū yī méi kòng bái yù jiǎn ， jiāng zì jǐ wàng què zhī shì jì lù xià lái 。
“不过，这种不经意间就从记忆中凭空消失的手段，真是让人防不胜防。为了避免日后甚至也将此事忘记，需要提前记录下来才是。”这么想着，李凡准备从储物戒中找出一枚空白玉简，将自己忘却之事记录下来。
Surprisingly, one of the jade slips was completely blank with nothing recorded on it. Another had only written the word "道" (Dao), while the third had only the character "源" (Yuan).
“ yí ？ zhè shì shén me ？” què tū rán ， tā fā jué chǔ wù jiè de jiǎo luò lǐ ， dān dú bǎi fàng zhe sān méi yù jiǎn 。
“咦？这是什么？”却突然，他发觉储物戒的角落里，单独摆放着三枚玉简。
"What's this '道源' or '源道'? What does that mean?" Li Fan felt as if he knew these terms well, but couldn't remember where he had seen them.
“ zhè shì shén me shí hòu fàng zài nà de ？ zěn me yì diǎn yìn xiàng dōu méi yǒu le ？” lǐ fán wēi wēi lèng shén ， suí hòu xīn zhōng yī dòng ， jiāng yù jiǎn qǔ chū ， yī cì chá kàn 。
“这是什么时候放在那的？怎么一点印象都没有了？”李凡微微愣神，随后心中一动，将玉简取出，依次查看。
The gloominess of his mood deepened like a cloud covering the sky.
guǐ yì de shì ， qí zhōng yī méi yù jiǎn lǐ jū rán shì yí piàn kòng bái ， shén me dōu méi yǒu jì lù 。
诡异的是，其中一枚玉简里居然是一片空白，什么都没有记录。
"At this point, thinking about it won't help." After a long while, Li Fan finally shook off the strong negative emotions.
ér lìng wài de liǎng méi yù jiǎn ， qí zhōng yī méi zhǐ xiě le yí gè dào zì 。
而另外的两枚玉简，其中一枚只写了一个道字。
He meticulously recorded the existence and forgotten state of his分身in that blank jade slip.
lìng yī méi yù jiǎn ， zhǐ xiě le gè yuán zì 。
另一枚玉简，只写了个源字。
Without further ado, he carefully returned the three jade slips to their original places.
“ dào yuán ？ yuán dào ？ shén me yì si ？” lǐ fán zhǐ jué de zhè ge cí yǔ shì shì shí fēn shú xī ， dàn què xiǎng bù qǐ lái zài nǎ jiàn guò 。
“道源？源道？什么意思？”李凡只觉得这个词语似是十分熟悉，但却想不起来在哪见过。
"Although I can't remember exactly what happened, based on these three提示jade slips I prepared earlier, I must have known about this matter."
wǎn rú lǒng zhào le yī piàn yīn yún ， lǐ fán de xīn qíng bù yóu dì biàn dé yǒu xiē chén zhòng 。
宛如笼罩了一片阴云，李凡的心情不由地变得有些沉重。
"I might just have underestimated the impact of the event when it actually occurred, causing all my preparations to be ineffective."
“ cǐ shí duō xiǎng yě wú yòng 。” guò le dà bàn tiān ， lǐ fán zhōng yú bǎi tuō le zhè zhǒng qiáng dà fù miàn qíng xù de gǎn rǎn 。
“此时多想也无用。”过了大半天，李凡终于摆脱了这种强大负面情绪的感染。
"If 'it' refers to that unknown incident, then perhaps we can deduce that:
jiāng zì jǐ fēn shēn míng míng cún zài 、 què wú fǎ chá jué ， nǎi zhì yí wàng le mǒu xiē shì de zhuàng kuàng ， xiáng xì jì lù zài nà méi kòng bái yù jiǎn shàng 。
将自己分身明明存在、却无法察觉，乃至遗忘了某些事的状况，详细记录在那枚空白玉简上。
After the event, not only will its memory be erased, but everything related to it would also vanish without a trace.
wú fáng dào
无防盗
Calm down and think carefully, Li Fan gradually pieced together some clues.
suí hòu yòu xiǎo xīn zhòng xīn jiāng nà sān méi yù jiǎn fàng huí yuán chù 。
随后又小心重新将那三枚玉简放回原处。
"Since I have prepared for this, it means the impact of 'it' didn't start from the first year. So, after I achieved True Real, I should be able to understand what exactly happened."
“ suī rán zàn shí xiǎng bù qǐ lái dào dǐ fā shēng le shén me ， dàn shì cóng wǒ xiān qián zhǔn bèi de zhè sān méi dàng zuò tí shì de yù jiǎn lái kàn ， wǒ shì duì cǐ shì zhī qíng de 。”
“虽然暂时想不起来到底发生了什么，但是从我先前准备的这三枚当做提示的玉简来看，我是对此事知情的。”
Feeling somewhat relieved, Li Fan thought:
“ kě néng zhǐ shì cuò wù de yù gū liǎo shì qíng zhēn zhèng fā shēng shí de yǐng xiǎng ， dǎo zhì zhè xiē zhǔn bèi quán dōu shī qù le xiào guǒ 。”
“可能只是错误的预估了事情真正发生时的影响，导致这些准备全都失去了效果。”
"Although it's quite unbelievable at first, given that I've been used to danger in this world, it does feel like something one would expect." He shook his head and self-deprecatingly commented.
“ rú guǒ yǐ ‘ tā ’ lái dài zhǐ nà wèi zhī de shì jiàn ， nà me shì bú shì kě yǐ tuī cè chū 。”
“如果以‘它’来代指那未知的事件，那么是不是可以推测出。”
Despite the unexpected incident, Li Fan did not forget why he had come out of the city. To test the effects of the《奇玄真灵变》technique.
“ shì qíng fā shēng zhī hòu ， bù jǐn jǐn shì shè jí tā de jì yì ， shèn zhì yī qiè yǔ zhī xiāng guān de jì zǎi ， dū huì wú fǎ bǎo liú 。”
“事情发生之后，不仅仅是涉及它的记忆，甚至一切与之相关的记载，都会无法保留。”
He settled his mind and slowly cleared away the杂念in his thoughts as he began to activate True Real Transformation.
lěng jìng xià lái hòu ， lǐ fán zǐ xì sī suǒ ， yǐn yǐn tuī cè chū le xiē xǔ duān ní 。
冷静下来后，李凡仔细思索，隐隐推测出了些许端倪。
A power different from spiritual energy but based on it surged forth from his limbs, filling his entire body.
“ jì rán wǒ yǒu le zhǔn bèi ， shuō míng tā de yǐng xiǎng bú shì cóng máo dìng 1 nián kāi shǐ jiù cún zài de 。 nà me ， zhì shǎo dāng wǒ hái zhēn zhī hòu ， yīng gāi jiù néng míng bái dào dǐ fā shēng le shén me 。”
“既然我有了准备，说明它的影响不是从锚定1年开始就存在的。那么，至少当我还真之后，应该就能明白到底发生了什么。”
Under the strange and unpredictable force, Li Fan felt like countless ants were crawling all over him, causing unbearable pain and itching.
xiǎng dào zhè lǐ ， lǐ fán xīn xià shāo ān 。
想到这里，李凡心下稍安。
Despite the discomfort, he continued to activate the technique in order to achieve his first random transformation after mastering a new功法.
“ suī rán chū cì fā jué ， cǐ shì pǒ yǒu xiē bù kě sī yì 。 dàn cǐ jiè xiōng xiǎn guàn le ， wǒ jū rán yě jué de yǒu xiē lǐ suǒ dāng rán 。” lǐ fán yáo yáo tóu ， zì cháo le yī jù 。
“虽然初次发觉，此事颇有些不可思议。但此界凶险惯了，我居然也觉得有些理所当然。”李凡摇摇头，自嘲了一句。
The pain and itchiness kept building up. His body grew increasingly hot from within.
zāo yù yì wài ， lǐ fán yě méi yǒu wàng jì cǐ cì chū chéng de mù dì 。
遭遇意外，李凡也没有忘记此次出城的目的。
When Li Fan felt as if every bone in his body was melting, he suddenly felt a release throughout his entire being.
shì yàn 《 qí xuán zhēn líng biàn 》 gōng fǎ de xiào guǒ 。
试验《奇玄真灵变》功法的效果。
All discomfort vanished instantly, as if he had been given a brand-new body...
tā xīn sī chén diàn ， jiāng nǎo hǎi zhōng de zá niàn huǎn huǎn pái chú ， yùn zhuàn qǐ zhēn líng biàn lái 。
他心思沉淀，将脑海中的杂念缓缓排除，运转起真灵变来。
Indeed, he did have a new body.
yī zhǒng hé líng lì jié rán bù tóng ， dàn shì yòu hǎo xiàng yǐ qí wèi gēn jī de lì liàng ， qǐng kè jiān zì sì zhī bǎi hái zhōng yǒng xiàn ， biàn bù quán shēn 。
一种和灵力截然不同，但是又好像以其为根基的力量，顷刻间自四肢百骸中涌现，遍布全身。
A water mirror appeared before him, and he observed the figure inside.
zài zhè qí xuán mò cè zhī lì de zuò yòng xià ， lǐ fán zhǐ gǎn dào hún shēn shàng xià yǒu wú shù mǎ yǐ zài zuān lái zuān qù yì bān ， téng yǎng nán nài 。
在这奇玄莫测之力的作用下，李凡只感到浑身上下有无数蚂蚁在钻来钻去一般，疼痒难耐。
It was a completely unfamiliar face. The height, demeanor, and initial impression upon first glance were vastly different from his own True Real form.
qiáng rěn zhe xīn zhōng bù shì ， lǐ fán jì xù yùn zhuàn gōng fǎ ， yào shí xiàn zì jǐ xiū chéng gōng fǎ hòu de dì yī cì suí jī biàn huàn 。
强忍着心中不适，李凡继续运转功法，要实现自己修成功法后的第一次随机变换。
If not for the corresponding actions of the person in the mirror, Li Fan would never have believed that it was himself.
tòng yǎng zài bù duàn lěi jī 。
痛痒在不断累积。
With a sudden thought, he activated the technique again.
tǐ nèi gè chù yě yuè lái yuè zhì rè 。
体内各处也越来越炙热。
Soon after, another face appeared in the secret chamber.
dāng lǐ fán gǎn jué zì jǐ de měi yī gēn gǔ tou sì hū dōu yào róng huà de shí hòu ， què shì hū de gǎn jué hún shēn yī sōng 。
当李凡感觉自己的每一根骨头似乎都要融化的时候，却是忽的感觉浑身一松。
Li Fan played with the new forms like a toy, each transformation taking less and less time as he became more familiar with them. Eventually, he could change within a single breath.
suǒ yǒu de bù shì chà nà jiān quán dōu xiāo shī ， fǎng fú huàn le yī jù quán xīn de shēn tǐ bān ……
所有的不适刹那间全都消失，仿佛换了一具全新的身体般……
"True Real Transformation truly is wondrous and unpredictable. In my view, it's almost a divine power!" Li Fan exclaimed after completing his tests.
bù ， tā dí què shì huàn le jù xīn de shēn tǐ 。
不，他的确是换了具新的身体。
This mysterious technique was only just the beginning of his practice, so the transformations were limited to the Qi Refining Realm.
qián fāng zhào huàn chū yí miàn shuǐ jìng ， lǐ fán guān chá zhe jìng zhōng de zì jǐ 。
前方召唤出一面水镜，李凡观察着镜中的自己。
However, he had already grasped its essence, leaving him with merely the tedious accumulation of experience.
shì yī zhāng wán quán méi yǒu jiàn guò de miàn páng ， bìng qiě shēn gāo 、 qì zhì ， yǐ jí chū kàn dì yī yǎn nà míng míng zhōng gěi rén de gǎn shòu ， dōu hé lǐ fán běn zūn dà xiāng jìng tíng 。
是一张完全没有见过的面庞，并且身高、气质，以及初看第一眼那冥冥中给人的感受，都和李凡本尊大相径庭。
With the help of Dao Formation God One's ability to multitask, Li Fan would soon be able to match his True Real Transformation with his own cultivation level at the Golden Core Realm.
ruò bú shì jìng zhōng rén wù de yī jǔ yī dòng ， dōu hé lǐ fán bǐ cǐ duì yìng 。
若不是镜中人物的一举一动，都和李凡彼此对应。
He looked around the messy secret chamber and used the Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword to erase all traces. Then he quietly returned to Heavenly Yu City.
lǐ fán yě jué nán xiāng xìn ， nà jiù shì zì jǐ 。
李凡也绝难相信，那就是自己。
With a trial in mind, Li Fan searched for information on "道源" (Dao Source) and "源道" (Source Dao) using the Heaven Xuan Mirror.
xīn zhōng yī dòng ， zài cì yùn zhuàn gōng fǎ 。
心中一动，再次运转功法。
As expected, after browsing for a long time, there was nothing particularly suspicious, just ordinary fragments of words.
bù jiǔ zhī hòu ， lìng wài yī zhāng miàn kǒng ， yòu chū xiàn zài mì shì zhī zhōng 。
不久之后，另外一张面孔，又出现在密室之中。
"It seems I can only set this aside for now."
lǐ fán rú tóng dé le ài bù shì shǒu de wán jù bān ， bù duàn biàn huàn 。
李凡如同得了爱不释手的玩具般，不断变换。
Li Fan felt helpless but had no choice.
zài bù duàn de shú xī zhōng ， měi cì zhuǎn huàn suǒ xū de shí jiān yě yuè lái yuè shǎo 。
在不断的熟悉中，每次转换所需的时间也越来越少。
"Now it's mid-year of the 29th anchoring period. The one-year preparation period for the Heaven Xuan Locking Spirit Array has ended. I'm sure Ji Hong Dao will summon me soon."
dào le hòu lái ， jī hū yí gè hū xī jiān ， jiù wán chéng le biàn shēn 。
到了后来，几乎一个呼吸间，就完成了变身。
"Following him to arrange the locking spirit arrays in the Cavern Heaven might mean a lack of freedom for quite some time."
“ zhēn líng bǎi biàn ， guǒ rán xuán qí mò cè 。 zài wǒ kàn lái ， yǐ rán jìn hū shén tōng yǐ ！” shì yàn wán bì hòu de lǐ fán ， bù jīn gǎn tàn dào 。
“真灵百变，果然玄奇莫测。在我看来，已然近乎神通矣！”试验完毕后的李凡，不禁感叹道。
"But I have an ace up my sleeve, the daughter of the head array mage of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Perhaps she can play a critical role at crucial moments," he thought.
"When was the分身crafted?"
Li Fan felt as if he had forgotten something extremely important.
He frowned deeply, his mind racing with thoughts. No matter how hard he tried, he could not recall any related memories, even when reviewing the stored data in the Dao Formation Crystal within his mind.
"And my功法..." Li Fan suddenly realized something and his expression turned somewhat uneasy.
"The Supreme Immortal Venerable悬赏a longevity treasure for achieving great success. The衍法珏was used as a reward.《奇玄真灵变》should have been derived from the衍法珏."
"I am always cautious, so I couldn't possibly take such risks personally. Therefore, it must have involved crafting a分身at that time to handle this matter."
"But..."
"Could it be completely without any memory of it?"
"Is it again the Supreme Venerable's technique for erasing disasters and misfortunes?"
Li Fan closed his eyes in deep thought, trying to recall once more. However, there was still no result.
"No, that’s not right."
After a long while, Li Fan opened his eyes with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Rather than saying I forgot, it's more accurate to say the experiences of the分身were completely erased."
"There would be no trace if something never happened."
"What is this?"
The fear of the unknown almost made Li Fan want to immediately perform the True Real Technique and rid himself of such an influence. However, he forcibly restrained himself.
"Regardless, I should record this matter for now. Perhaps I can recall what exactly vanished when I reach the peak of the Disentanglement Mountain."
"But, such a technique that can make something vanish from memory without any trace is truly hard to guard against. To avoid forgetting it in the future, I need to document it beforehand," he thought as he prepared to find an empty jade slip from his storage ring and record what he had forgotten.
"Hey? What's this?" Suddenly, he noticed three jade slips placed separately in a corner of his storage ring.
"When did these get put there? Why do I have no memory of them?" Li Fan was momentarily stunned before he reached out to take the jade slips one by one for inspection.
Surprisingly, one of the jade slips was completely blank with nothing recorded on it. Another had only written the word "道" (Dao), while the third had only the character "源" (Yuan).
"What's this '道源' or '源道'? What does that mean?" Li Fan felt as if he knew these terms well, but couldn't remember where he had seen them.
The gloominess of his mood deepened like a cloud covering the sky.
"At this point, thinking about it won't help." After a long while, Li Fan finally shook off the strong negative emotions.
He meticulously recorded the existence and forgotten state of his分身in that blank jade slip.
Without further ado, he carefully returned the three jade slips to their original places.
"Although I can't remember exactly what happened, based on these three提示jade slips I prepared earlier, I must have known about this matter."
"I might just have underestimated the impact of the event when it actually occurred, causing all my preparations to be ineffective."
"If 'it' refers to that unknown incident, then perhaps we can deduce that:
After the event, not only will its memory be erased, but everything related to it would also vanish without a trace.
Calm down and think carefully, Li Fan gradually pieced together some clues.
"Since I have prepared for this, it means the impact of 'it' didn't start from the first year. So, after I achieved True Real, I should be able to understand what exactly happened."
Feeling somewhat relieved, Li Fan thought:
"Although it's quite unbelievable at first, given that I've been used to danger in this world, it does feel like something one would expect." He shook his head and self-deprecatingly commented.
Despite the unexpected incident, Li Fan did not forget why he had come out of the city. To test the effects of the《奇玄真灵变》technique.
He settled his mind and slowly cleared away the杂念in his thoughts as he began to activate True Real Transformation.
A power different from spiritual energy but based on it surged forth from his limbs, filling his entire body.
Under the strange and unpredictable force, Li Fan felt like countless ants were crawling all over him, causing unbearable pain and itching.
Despite the discomfort, he continued to activate the technique in order to achieve his first random transformation after mastering a new功法.
The pain and itchiness kept building up. His body grew increasingly hot from within.
When Li Fan felt as if every bone in his body was melting, he suddenly felt a release throughout his entire being.
All discomfort vanished instantly, as if he had been given a brand-new body...
Indeed, he did have a new body.
A water mirror appeared before him, and he observed the figure inside.
It was a completely unfamiliar face. The height, demeanor, and initial impression upon first glance were vastly different from his own True Real form.
If not for the corresponding actions of the person in the mirror, Li Fan would never have believed that it was himself.
With a sudden thought, he activated the technique again.
Soon after, another face appeared in the secret chamber.
Li Fan played with the new forms like a toy, each transformation taking less and less time as he became more familiar with them. Eventually, he could change within a single breath.
"True Real Transformation truly is wondrous and unpredictable. In my view, it's almost a divine power!" Li Fan exclaimed after completing his tests.
This mysterious technique was only just the beginning of his practice, so the transformations were limited to the Qi Refining Realm.
However, he had already grasped its essence, leaving him with merely the tedious accumulation of experience.
With the help of Dao Formation God One's ability to multitask, Li Fan would soon be able to match his True Real Transformation with his own cultivation level at the Golden Core Realm.
He looked around the messy secret chamber and used the Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword to erase all traces. Then he quietly returned to Heavenly Yu City.
With a trial in mind, Li Fan searched for information on "道源" (Dao Source) and "源道" (Source Dao) using the Heaven Xuan Mirror.
As expected, after browsing for a long time, there was nothing particularly suspicious, just ordinary fragments of words.
"It seems I can only set this aside for now."
Li Fan felt helpless but had no choice.
"Now it's mid-year of the 29th anchoring period. The one-year preparation period for the Heaven Xuan Locking Spirit Array has ended. I'm sure Ji Hong Dao will summon me soon."
"Following him to arrange the locking spirit arrays in the Cavern Heaven might mean a lack of freedom for quite some time."
"But I have an ace up my sleeve, the daughter of the head array mage of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Perhaps she can play a critical role at crucial moments," he thought.