liàn qì qī xiū shì de yǔn luò ， xiāng jiào yú zhù jī qī xiū shì ， shēng shì zé yào ruò shàng tài duō 。
炼气期修士的陨落，相较于筑基期修士，声势则要弱上太多。
The fall of a Qi Refining Realm cultivator was much less dramatic compared to that of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.
méi yǒu tiān dì qí wù nà xuàn làn de yān huā bān qí jǐng ， zhǐ yǒu liǎng dào chì sè yún xiá ， mò rán yú tiān jì fú xiàn 。
没有天地奇物那绚烂的烟花般奇景，只有两道赤色云霞，蓦然于天际浮现。
There were no spectacular displays of heaven-defying fireworks. Only two streaks of crimson clouds suddenly appeared in the sky.
“ liàn qì xiū shì sī kōng yí ， fán xiū dào sān shí wǔ zài 。 yú cóng yún hǎi yù ， bèi liàn qì xiū shì lǐ fán zhū shā ……”
“炼气修士司空宜，凡修道三十五载。于丛云海域，被炼气修士李凡诛杀……”
"Qi Refining cultivator Si Kong Yi, practiced for 35 years as an ordinary cultivator. Killed by Qi Refining cultivator Li Fan in the Cunyun Sea..."
“ liàn qì xiū shì bǎi lǐ chén ， fán xiū dào sān zài 。 yú cóng yún hǎi yù ， bèi liàn qì xiū shì lǐ fán zhū shā ……
“炼气修士百里尘，凡修道三载。于丛云海域，被炼气修士李凡诛杀……
"A hundred li dust cultivator Bai Li Chen, practiced for three years as an ordinary cultivator. Killed by Qi Refining cultivator Li Fan in the Cunyun Sea...
“ rú jīn shēn sǐ dào xiāo ， hái dào yú tiān ！”
“如今身死道消，还道于天！”
"Now his body is dead and his Dao extinguished! Return to the heavens!"
huǒ shāo bān de yún cǎi xià ， lǐ fán jìng jìng zhù lì ， mā sā zhuó shǒu zhōng de tōu tiān huàn rì lìng 。
火烧般的云彩下，李凡静静伫立，摩挲着手中的偷天换日令。
Beneath the fiery clouds, Li Fan stood quietly, rubbing his hand over the Steal Day Change Order he held.
liáng jiǔ ， fāng cái jiāng xīn zhōng yǒng qǐ tān niàn è zhì 。
良久，方才将心中涌起贪念遏制。
After a long while, he managed to suppress the covetous thoughts that arose in him.
“ hǎo bǎo bèi ， kě xī ……”
“好宝贝，可惜……”
"Good treasure... but alas..."
“ bìng fēi wǒ dào 。”
“并非我道。”
"Not my path."
tōu tiān huàn rì lìng ， nǎi shì tōu tiān huàn rì zōng zhì bǎo 。
偷天换日令，乃是偷天换日宗至宝。
The Steal Day Change Order was a precious artifact of the Steal Day Change Sect. The Steal Day Change Sect had existed as an obscure sect since ancient times, unlike other sects which established themselves and widely recruited disciples. This sect did not have a fixed headquarters; often, only one successor per generation.
tōu tiān huàn rì zōng ， shàng gǔ shí qī jiù cún yú shì de yǐn mì zōng mén 。
偷天换日宗，上古时期就存于世的隐秘宗门。
Thus, when great calamities struck, other sects were plunged into a bloody end-of-the-world scenario. But the Steal Day Change Sect was largely unaffected.
yǔ qí tā zōng mén kāi shān lì pài ， guǎng shōu mén tú bù tóng 。
与其他宗门开山立派，广收门徒不同。
The reason why the Steal Day Change Sect could maintain its lineage for nearly ten thousand years despite having only one disciple at any given time was largely due to their unique techniques.
zhè tōu tiān huàn rì zōng bìng méi yǒu gù dìng de zōng mén zhù dì ， shèn zhì měi yí dài yě wǎng wǎng zhǐ yǒu yī wèi chuán rén 。
这偷天换日宗并没有固定的宗门驻地，甚至每一代也往往只有一位传人。
Steal: Using essence blood and some special materials, one can create a unique avatar. Unlike ordinary external body techniques, this avatar has its own appearance, aura, spirit soul, realm, cultivation, even its own fate.
suǒ yǐ dà jié lái lín zhī shí ， qí yú zōng mén jiē shì yī piàn xīng fēng xuè yǔ de mò shì jǐng xiàng 。
所以大劫来临之时，其余宗门皆是一片腥风血雨的末世景象。
It could be treated as another person entirely.
duì zhè tōu tiān huàn rì zōng què wú shèn yǐng xiǎng 。
对这偷天换日宗却无甚影响。
Change Day: When creating an avatar, if one adds the remains of deceased cultivators or mixes in the essence blood of living cultivators, it can strip some of their innate talents and fates to graft onto the avatar.
ér tōu tiān huàn rì zōng zhī suǒ yǐ néng zài zhǐ yǒu yī wèi mén rén de qíng kuàng xià lián mián chuán chéng jìn wàn nián ， bù duàn jué dào tǒng ， hěn dà chéng dù shàng yào guī gōng yú qí dú tè de gōng fǎ 。
而偷天换日宗之所以能在只有一位门人的情况下连绵传承近万年，不断绝道统，很大程度上要归功于其独特的功法。
However, this alone did not fully showcase the power of the Steal Day Change Sect.
tōu tiān ： néng yòng jīng xuè hé yī xiē tè shū cái liào ， zhì zuò chū yī jù tè bié de fēn shēn 。 hé yì bān de shēn wài huà shēn zhī shù bù tóng ， zhè jù fēn shēn bù jǐn yǒu dú shǔ yú zì jǐ de wài mào 、 qì xī 、 shén hún 、 jìng jiè 、 xiū wèi ， shèn zhì yǒu zhe shǔ yú zì shēn de 、 dān dú de qì yùn 。
偷天：能用精血和一些特殊材料，制作出一具特别的分身。和一般的身外化身之术不同，这具分身不仅有独属于自己的外貌、气息、神魂、境界、修为，甚至有着属于自身的、单独的气运。
Only when paired with the Steal Day Change Technique could this order truly manifest its full potential. This Steal Day Change Order was forged by the 38th generation successor, Si Kong Yue, of the Steal Day Change Sect thousands of years ago.
kě yǐ wán quán jiāng zhè jù fēn shēn dàng zuò lìng wài yí gè rén lái kàn dài 。
可以完全将这具分身当做另外一个人来看待。
Back then, Si Kong Yue witnessed the great calamity and countless cultivators fighting each other to the death. Her fear compelled her to seek a perfect method for self-preservation.
huàn rì ： zhì zuò fēn shēn shí ， rú guǒ jiā shàng yī xiē yǐ gù xiū shì de hái gǔ ， huò zhě hùn rù shàng zài rén shì xiū shì de jīng xuè ， biàn kě chǐ duó yī bù fèn yuán běn shǔ yú duì fāng de tiān fù 、 qì yùn děng ， jià jiē yú fēn shēn zhī shàng 。
换日：制作分身时，如果加上一些已故修士的骸骨，或者混入尚在人世修士的精血，便可褫夺一部分原本属于对方的天赋、气运等，嫁接于分身之上。
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dāng rán ， ruò jǐn jǐn shì zhè yàng ， shàng hái bù néng zhāng xiǎn tōu tiān huàn rì zōng de lì hài zhī chù 。
当然，若仅仅是这样，尚还不能彰显偷天换日宗的厉害之处。
After a century of painstaking research and experimentation with various forging techniques, she finally created this Steal Day Change Order.
《 tōu tiān huàn rì jué 》， dā pèi lǐ fán shǒu zhōng zhè méi lìng pái ， fāng cái shì wán quán tǐ 。
《偷天换日诀》，搭配李凡手中这枚令牌，方才是完全体。
The order had numerous uses. It provided vast storage space. After being consecrated, it could freely transfer between the main body and avatar, ignoring spatial distance restrictions.
zhè méi tōu tiān huàn rì lìng ， nǎi shì shù qiān nián qián ， tōu tiān huàn rì zōng dì sān shí bā dài chuán rén ， sī kōng yuè suǒ duàn zào 。
这枚偷天换日令，乃是数千年前，偷天换日宗第三十八代传人，司空玥所锻造。
Most importantly, through the Steal Day Change Technique, Si Kong Yue transferred both her own and the avatar's life essence to this order.
dāng nián sī kōng yuè qīn yǎn mù dǔ dà jié jiàng lín ， wú shù xiū shì hù xiāng cán shā ， mìng rú lóu yǐ 。 jīng jì zhī xià ， tā shēn gǎn wèi jù ， pò qiè de xiǎng yào zhǎo dào yī zhǒng wán měi de bǎo mìng zhī fǎ 。
当年司空玥亲眼目睹大劫降临，无数修士互相残杀，命如蝼蚁。惊悸之下，她深感畏惧，迫切的想要找到一种完美的保命之法。
As long as the order was not destroyed, even if the main body or avatar were killed, they could be resurrected by consuming the accumulated essence blood within the order.
yú shì tā jīng guò bǎi nián ǒu xīn qì xuè de yán jiū ， zuān yán liǎo wú shù liàn qì zhī fǎ ， zhōng yú dǎ zào chū le zhè méi tōu tiān huàn rì lìng 。
于是她经过百年呕心泣血的研究，钻研了无数炼器之法，终于打造出了这枚偷天换日令。
In short, after completing cultivation, what appeared externally—whether the main body or avatar—was merely a hollow shell. The Steal Day Change Order was the true substance.
lìng pái miào yòng wú qióng 。
令牌妙用无穷。
After Si Kong Yue's unconventional modifications, this technique had become somewhat sinister, but it worked effectively.
yōng yǒu jí wéi kuān chǎng de chǔ wù kōng jiān bù shuō 。 jīng jì liàn zhī hòu ， lìng pái kě zài běn zūn hé fēn shēn tǐ nèi zì yóu zhuǎn yí ， wú shì kōng jiān jù lí xiàn zhì 。
拥有极为宽敞的储物空间不说。经祭练之后，令牌可在本尊和分身体内自由转移，无视空间距离限制。
For thousands of years, relying on this strange technique, members of the Steal Day Change Sect could always escape from any peril unscathed.
zuì zhǔ yào de shì ， tā tōng guò tōu tiān huàn rì jué ， jiāng fēn shēn nǎi zhì běn zūn de shēng mìng shí zhì ， quán dōu zhuǎn yí dào le zhè méi lìng pái zhī shàng 。
最主要的是，她通过偷天换日决，将分身乃至本尊的生命实质，全都转移到了这枚令牌之上。
The sect thus survived for thousands of years without extinction.
zhǐ yào lìng pái bù bèi cuī huǐ ， nà me jiù suàn běn zūn hé fēn shēn bèi shā ， nà me yě kě yǐ tōng guò xiāo hào píng rì lǐ jī zǎn zài lìng pái zhōng de jīng xuè ， chóng xīn gòu zào yī jù xīn de shēn qū 。
只要令牌不被摧毁，那么就算本尊和分身被杀，那么也可以通过消耗平日里积攒在令牌中的精血，重新构造一具新的身躯。
Until Si Kong Yi encountered Li Fan, a temporal paradox.
cóng ér wán chéng “ fù huó ”。
从而完成“复活”。
While the Steal Day Change Technique was not perfect and had certain fatal flaws. For instance, there needed to be a certain distance between the main body and avatar. The farther apart they were, the weaker the avatar's strength would become. If it exceeded a limit, it would only retain the lowest cultivation of Qi Refining Initial Stage.
jiǎn dān lái jiǎng ， dāng gōng fǎ xiū liàn wán chéng zhī hòu ， xiǎn lù zài wài rén miàn qián de ， wú lùn shì běn zūn hái shì fēn shēn 。 dōu zhǐ shì yī jù kōng ké ér yǐ 。
简单来讲，当功法修炼完成之后，显露在外人面前的，无论是本尊还是分身。都只是一具空壳而已。
Additionally, since life essence was maintained within the order, after death, part of the spirit soul would be constrained within the order, unable to find liberation.
nà méi tōu tiān huàn rì lìng ， cái shì shí zhì shàng de běn tǐ 。
那枚偷天换日令，才是实质上的本体。
These residual spirits often retained fragments of memories from their lifetimes.
cǐ gōng jīng guò sī kōng yuè jiàn zǒu piān fēng de gǎi zào guò hòu ， suī rán yǐ jīng biàn dé yǒu xiē xié mén ， dàn ……
此功经过司空玥剑走偏锋的改造过后，虽然已经变得有些邪门，但……
In times of crisis, they could be released by the order's owner to fight enemies.
què hěn yǒu xiào 。
却很有效。
Li Fan's spiritual sense entered the Steal Day Change Order. The vast storage space was empty.
shù qiān nián jiān ， kào zhe zhè guǐ yì de gōng fǎ ， wú lùn zěn me yàng de xiǎn jìng ， tōu tiān huàn rì zōng mén rén dōu néng quán shēn ér tuì 。
数千年间，靠着这诡异的功法，无论怎么样的险境，偷天换日宗门人都能全身而退。
Only Si Kong Yi and another indistinct spirit soul were wandering aimlessly within.
tōu tiān huàn rì zōng yě yīn cǐ chuán chéng shù qiān nián ér bù miè 。
偷天换日宗也因此传承数千年而不灭。
His consciousness transformed into a giant hand, capturing these two spirits and reading their remaining memories.
zhí dào zhè sī kōng yí yù dào le lǐ fán zhè děng néng gòu huí sù shí kōng de yì shù 。
直到这司空宜遇到了李凡这等能够回溯时空的异数。
After much time, Li Fan finally understood why this ancient Steal Day Change Sect had fallen to such a state.
tōu tiān huàn rì jué bìng fēi wán měi ， yǒu zhe mǒu xiē zhì mìng de quē diǎn 。
偷天换日决并非完美，有着某些致命的缺点。
The root of the problem began with Si Kong Yi's cheap master, Si Kong Bo.
bǐ rú ， běn zūn hé fēn shēn zhī jiān xū bǎo chí yí dìng de jù lí 。 fēn shēn hé běn zūn xiāng jù yuè yuǎn ， fēn shēn de shí lì xià jiàng de jiù huì yuè lì hài 。 ruò shì chāo guò jí xiàn ， jiāng huì zhǐ bǎo liú liàn qì chū qī de zuì dī xiū wèi 。
比如，本尊和分身之间需保持一定的距离。分身和本尊相距越远，分身的实力下降的就会越厉害。若是超过极限，将会只保留炼气初期的最低修为。
For thousands of years, the Steal Day Change Sect navigated various dangers without incident, leading them to become complacent and increasingly reckless in their actions. By the time it reached Si Kong Bo, it had reached its peak.
yòu bǐ rú ， yóu yú shēng mìng shí zhì wéi xì zài lìng pái zhī shàng ， suǒ yǐ tōu tiān huàn rì zōng mén rén sǐ hòu ， yě huì yǒu yī bù fèn cán hún bèi yuē shù zài lìng pái nèi bù ， bù dé jiě tuō 。
又比如，由于生命实质维系在令牌之上，所以偷天换日宗门人死后，也会有一部分残魂被约束在令牌内部，不得解脱。
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zhè xiē cán hún wǎng wǎng bǎo liú zhe shēng qián yī xiē zhòng yào de jì yì suì piàn 。
这些残魂往往保留着生前一些重要的记忆碎片。
In a distant continent, Si Kong Bo, who had broken through to Foundation Establishment Realm, was unsatisfied with his previously consecrated avatar.
wēi jī shí kè ， gèng kě yǐ bèi lìng pái zhǔ rén fàng chū duì dí 。
危机时刻，更可以被令牌主人放出对敌。
He decided to gather materials to re-consecrate it.
lǐ fán shén niàn jìn rù tōu tiān huàn rì lìng nèi bù ， ruò dà de chǔ wù kōng jiān ， què shì kōng dàng dàng de 。
李凡神念进入偷天换日令内部，偌大的储物空间，却是空荡荡的。
Coincidentally, he encountered a five or six-year-old child in a remote village.
zhǐ yǒu sī kōng yí yǐ jí lìng yī zhī miàn mù bù qīng de cán hún ， máng rán zài qí zhōng piāo dàng 。
只有司空宜以及另一只面目不清的残魂，茫然在其中飘荡。
The child possessed a divine body. Not only did they have immense strength, but their cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast.
shén shí huà zuò yī zhī jù shǒu ， jiāng zhè liǎng zhǐ cán hún ná zhù ， yuè dú tā men shàng qiě cán cún de jì yì 。
神识化作一只巨手，将这两只残魂拿住，阅读他们尚且残存的记忆。
At this age, the child had already reached Qi Refining Completion and was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment Realm.
guò le xǔ jiǔ ， lǐ fán zhōng yú gǎo qīng chǔ le zhè chuán chéng qiān nián de tōu tiān huàn rì zōng wèi hé huì luò pò dào rú cǐ dì bù 。
过了许久，李凡终于搞清楚了这传承千年的偷天换日宗为何会落魄到如此地步。
This piqued Si Kong Bo's interest.
shì qíng de qǐ yīn ， hái yào cóng sī kōng yí de pián yi shī fù ， sī kōng bó shuō qǐ 。
事情的起因，还要从司空宜的便宜师傅，司空博说起。
After observing secretly for some time, he discovered that this child possessed extraordinary fate.
qiān nián lái ， tōu tiān huàn rì zōng xíng zǒu yú gè zhǒng xiǎn jìng ， yì zhí ān rán wú yàng 。 yú shì tā men zhú jiàn biàn dé péng zhàng le ， xíng shì yù fā sì wú jì dàn 。 dào le sī kōng bó zhè lǐ ， gèng shì dá dào le jí zhì 。
千年来，偷天换日宗行走于各种险境，一直安然无恙。于是他们逐渐变得膨胀了，行事愈发肆无忌惮。到了司空博这里，更是达到了极致。
Every time they went hunting in deep mountains alone, they could bring back various heavenly materials and treasures.
zài yáo yuǎn dà lù ， tū pò dào zhù jī qī de sī kōng bó duì zì jǐ zhī qián jì liàn de fēn shēn gǎn dào yǒu xiē bù mǎn yì 。
在遥远大陆，突破到筑基期的司空博对自己之前祭练的分身感到有些不满意。
If he could strip the child of their fate, the avatar created would be formidable indeed!
yú shì tā dǎ suàn sōu jí cái liào ， chóng xīn jì liàn 。
于是他打算搜集材料，重新祭练。
Thus, on a night when his eyes were blinded, Si Kong Bo attempted to steal essence blood from the sleeping child.
qià qiǎo zhè shí ， tā zài yī huāng yě shān cūn zhōng ， yù jiàn le yí gè wǔ liù suì de xiǎo wá wá 。
恰巧这时，他在一荒野山村中，遇见了一个五六岁的小娃娃。
Little did he know...
xiǎo wá wá tiān shēng xiān tǐ 。 bù jǐn lì dà wú qióng ， xiū xíng sù dù gèng shì kuài dào hài rén 。
小娃娃天生仙体。不仅力大无穷，修行速度更是快到骇人。
The child had already been pre-arranged by an Incarnation Realm cultivator.
zhè ge nián jì ， jiù yǐ jīng liàn qì yuán mǎn ， zhǔn bèi zhù jī le 。
这个年纪，就已经炼气圆满，准备筑基了。
This Incarnation Realm cultivator was nearing their end and could no longer hope for breakthroughs. They sought out a suitable body to possess.
zhè ràng sī kōng bó xīn dòng bù yǐ 。
这让司空博心动不已。
They happened upon this exceptionally talented child.
àn zhōng guān chá le yī zhèn hòu ， sī kōng bó fā xiàn ， zhè xiǎo wá wá qì yùn gèng shì liǎo de 。
暗中观察了一阵后，司空博发现，这小娃娃气运更是了得。
Most possession techniques would damage the recipient's foundation. This Incarnation Realm cultivator hoped to advance further, so they did not allow such things to happen.
měi cì dān dú qù shēn shān zhōng shòu liè ， dōu néng tóng shí dài huí lái gè zhǒng tiān cái dì bǎo 。
每次单独去深山中狩猎，都能同时带回来各种天材地宝。
Instead, he adopted an extreme method: transforming himself into a heaven-defying artifact and waiting for the child to break through Foundation Establishment Realm, then fusing perfectly with them.
ruò shì chǐ duó zhè xiǎo wá wá de qì yùn ， suǒ zhì zào de fēn shēn dìng rán fēi tóng xiǎo kě ！
若是褫夺这小娃娃的气运，所制造的分身定然非同小可！
Indeed, according to Si Kong Bo's remaining memories, humans could be transformed into heaven-defying artifacts.
yú shì ， bèi méng bì le shuāng yǎn de sī kōng bó ， zài mǒu gè yè lǐ ， chèn zhe xiǎo wá wá shú shuì ， xiǎng yào qiè qǔ qí jīng xuè 。
于是，被蒙蔽了双眼的司空博，在某个夜里，趁着小娃娃熟睡，想要窃取其精血。
Or, a significant portion of the Foundation Establishment Realm artifacts appearing in this world were once fallen cultivators who had been converted after death.
méi xiǎng dào ……
没想到……
After a cultivator's fall, what was referred to as "returning their Dao to the heavens" was not just empty words.
zhè xiǎo wá wá zǎo jiù bèi yī yuán yīng dà néng gěi nèi dìng le 。
这小娃娃早就被一元婴大能给内定了。
The cultivator's "Dao" would gradually form various unique artifacts over many years of transformation based on their personality and the nature of the cultivation technique they practiced, manifesting in this world.
zhè yuán yīng dà néng dà xiàn jiāng zhì ， zì jué tū pò wú wàng 。 yú shì sì chù xún zhǎo kě yǐ duó shě de duì xiàng 。
这元婴大能大限将至，自觉突破无望。于是四处寻找可以夺舍的对象。
Preventable methods could not be practiced simultaneously during life but still needed to be utilized after death.
qià qiǎo jiù zhǎo dào le zhè tiān fù yì bǐng de xiǎo wá wá 。
恰巧就找到了这天赋异禀的小娃娃。
This was how the world treated its myriad cultivators.
The fall of a Qi Refining Realm cultivator was much less dramatic compared to that of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.
There were no spectacular displays of heaven-defying fireworks. Only two streaks of crimson clouds suddenly appeared in the sky.
"Qi Refining cultivator Si Kong Yi, practiced for 35 years as an ordinary cultivator. Killed by Qi Refining cultivator Li Fan in the Cunyun Sea..."
"A hundred li dust cultivator Bai Li Chen, practiced for three years as an ordinary cultivator. Killed by Qi Refining cultivator Li Fan in the Cunyun Sea...
"Now his body is dead and his Dao extinguished! Return to the heavens!"
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Beneath the fiery clouds, Li Fan stood quietly, rubbing his hand over the Steal Day Change Order he held.
After a long while, he managed to suppress the covetous thoughts that arose in him.
"Good treasure... but alas..."
"Not my path."
The Steal Day Change Order was a precious artifact of the Steal Day Change Sect. The Steal Day Change Sect had existed as an obscure sect since ancient times, unlike other sects which established themselves and widely recruited disciples. This sect did not have a fixed headquarters; often, only one successor per generation.
Thus, when great calamities struck, other sects were plunged into a bloody end-of-the-world scenario. But the Steal Day Change Sect was largely unaffected.
The reason why the Steal Day Change Sect could maintain its lineage for nearly ten thousand years despite having only one disciple at any given time was largely due to their unique techniques.
Steal: Using essence blood and some special materials, one can create a unique avatar. Unlike ordinary external body techniques, this avatar has its own appearance, aura, spirit soul, realm, cultivation, even its own fate.
It could be treated as another person entirely.
Change Day: When creating an avatar, if one adds the remains of deceased cultivators or mixes in the essence blood of living cultivators, it can strip some of their innate talents and fates to graft onto the avatar.
However, this alone did not fully showcase the power of the Steal Day Change Sect.
Only when paired with the Steal Day Change Technique could this order truly manifest its full potential. This Steal Day Change Order was forged by the 38th generation successor, Si Kong Yue, of the Steal Day Change Sect thousands of years ago.
Back then, Si Kong Yue witnessed the great calamity and countless cultivators fighting each other to the death. Her fear compelled her to seek a perfect method for self-preservation.
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After a century of painstaking research and experimentation with various forging techniques, she finally created this Steal Day Change Order.
The order had numerous uses. It provided vast storage space. After being consecrated, it could freely transfer between the main body and avatar, ignoring spatial distance restrictions.
Most importantly, through the Steal Day Change Technique, Si Kong Yue transferred both her own and the avatar's life essence to this order.
As long as the order was not destroyed, even if the main body or avatar were killed, they could be resurrected by consuming the accumulated essence blood within the order.
In short, after completing cultivation, what appeared externally—whether the main body or avatar—was merely a hollow shell. The Steal Day Change Order was the true substance.
After Si Kong Yue's unconventional modifications, this technique had become somewhat sinister, but it worked effectively.
For thousands of years, relying on this strange technique, members of the Steal Day Change Sect could always escape from any peril unscathed.
The sect thus survived for thousands of years without extinction.
Until Si Kong Yi encountered Li Fan, a temporal paradox.
While the Steal Day Change Technique was not perfect and had certain fatal flaws. For instance, there needed to be a certain distance between the main body and avatar. The farther apart they were, the weaker the avatar's strength would become. If it exceeded a limit, it would only retain the lowest cultivation of Qi Refining Initial Stage.
Additionally, since life essence was maintained within the order, after death, part of the spirit soul would be constrained within the order, unable to find liberation.
These residual spirits often retained fragments of memories from their lifetimes.
In times of crisis, they could be released by the order's owner to fight enemies.
Li Fan's spiritual sense entered the Steal Day Change Order. The vast storage space was empty.
Only Si Kong Yi and another indistinct spirit soul were wandering aimlessly within.
His consciousness transformed into a giant hand, capturing these two spirits and reading their remaining memories.
After much time, Li Fan finally understood why this ancient Steal Day Change Sect had fallen to such a state.
The root of the problem began with Si Kong Yi's cheap master, Si Kong Bo.
For thousands of years, the Steal Day Change Sect navigated various dangers without incident, leading them to become complacent and increasingly reckless in their actions. By the time it reached Si Kong Bo, it had reached its peak.
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In a distant continent, Si Kong Bo, who had broken through to Foundation Establishment Realm, was unsatisfied with his previously consecrated avatar.
He decided to gather materials to re-consecrate it.
Coincidentally, he encountered a five or six-year-old child in a remote village.
The child possessed a divine body. Not only did they have immense strength, but their cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast.
At this age, the child had already reached Qi Refining Completion and was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment Realm.
This piqued Si Kong Bo's interest.
After observing secretly for some time, he discovered that this child possessed extraordinary fate.
Every time they went hunting in deep mountains alone, they could bring back various heavenly materials and treasures.
If he could strip the child of their fate, the avatar created would be formidable indeed!
Thus, on a night when his eyes were blinded, Si Kong Bo attempted to steal essence blood from the sleeping child.
Little did he know...
The child had already been pre-arranged by an Incarnation Realm cultivator.
This Incarnation Realm cultivator was nearing their end and could no longer hope for breakthroughs. They sought out a suitable body to possess.
They happened upon this exceptionally talented child.
Most possession techniques would damage the recipient's foundation. This Incarnation Realm cultivator hoped to advance further, so they did not allow such things to happen.
Instead, he adopted an extreme method: transforming himself into a heaven-defying artifact and waiting for the child to break through Foundation Establishment Realm, then fusing perfectly with them.
Indeed, according to Si Kong Bo's remaining memories, humans could be transformed into heaven-defying artifacts.
Or, a significant portion of the Foundation Establishment Realm artifacts appearing in this world were once fallen cultivators who had been converted after death.
After a cultivator's fall, what was referred to as "returning their Dao to the heavens" was not just empty words.
The cultivator's "Dao" would gradually form various unique artifacts over many years of transformation based on their personality and the nature of the cultivation technique they practiced, manifesting in this world.
Preventable methods could not be practiced simultaneously during life but still needed to be utilized after death.
This was how the world treated its myriad cultivators.