My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 336: 313: Tianxuan Secondary Life Entity

Translator: 549690339

As Zhang Zhiliang pointed out, after studying in the Universal Academy for a while, Li Fan had a decent grasp on constructing the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array.

However, he wasn’t entirely sure of the power this constructed array could wield, lacking a clear quantitative understanding of it.

Similar to a factory worker on a weapon assembly line, they might not be fully aware of the lethality of the weapons they produce.

At first, Li Fan thought the main purpose of creating the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array was to identify the monks of the Five Elders Organization who had sneaked into the territory of the Immortal Alliance.

However, after being reminded by Zhang Zhiliang, Li Fan realized that its true purpose might be much more than that.

The Tianxuan Soul Locking Array is indeed excellent at distinguishing between friend and foe.

But if its sole purpose was for this, it would be quite an overkill.

According to the current construction plan, a Tianxuan Soul Locking Array will be built in every region of the Immortal Alliance.

The amount of materials required can’t even be estimated.

Even if the number of spies from the Five Elders Organization doubled and the overall damage they caused was added up, it might not be more valuable than these materials.

Not to mention the remote areas of the Immortal Alliance where it makes almost no sense for spies to infiltrate.

Yet without exception, every place will have a Tianxuan Soul Locking Array, as a saturation level defense.

Prevention of spying is one aspect, more importantly, it allows for a high level of control over one’s own territory.

Under the cover of the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array, any monk from the Five Elders Organization who enters can be marked.

This essentially means that everything within the array is constantly under surveillance.

When Li Fan first saw the Tianxuan Mirror, he conducted a test.

Upon learning of the extinction of the Liuli Fish on Liuli Island, he first bought a batch of Liuli Beads at their original price, before selling this news to the Tianxuan Mirror.

Afterwards, the price of the Liuli Beads skyrocketed, from which he made a small profit.

At the same time, he confirmed that the Tianxuan Mirror was not an all-knowing existence. It could not know everything happening outside of Ten Thousand Immortals Island.

With [Real] in him, Li Fan had also deliberately avoided the Tianxuan Mirror multiple times to prevent his secrets from being detected.

But if the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array was ever established…

The Tianxuan Mirror would make up for this shortcoming.

All of Li Fan’s subtle actions would probably not escape its scrutiny.

Thinking that his every future move will be constantly under the surveillance of the Tianxuan Mirror, Li Fan couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.

Even more maliciously, he speculated if the Immortal Alliance would establish a special organization.

If they detected any abnormal behavior in a cultivator, members of the organization would be dispatched to deal with it.

In this way, all unstable factors would likely be nipped in the bud.

“It seems I need to reconsider whether to profit from the Spirit Mist Grass in my next life,”

“Although I can strike it rich overnight, the impact and changes a war brings are too great. Especially this Tianxuan Soul Locking Array, once it is completed, I’ll probably find it difficult to move freely, and it will be hard to maintain my secrets.”

Upon thinking of this, Li Fan felt for the first time in this life, as if he had shot himself in the foot.

“No wonder the Immortal Alliance is so adamant about constructing the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array this time. In order to ensure the availability of array technicians, they have even brought me back who had already been eliminated…”

“However, the spread of the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array is an inevitable trend in this life, and it’s already too late to stop it. I must be more cautious in my future actions and mustn’t reveal any abnormal behaviors.”

“If it really comes to it, I’ll activate [Real] straight away. After all, I have now broken through to the Golden Core Stage and after the Void Transformation, I can retain my cultivation.”

With a soft sigh in his heart, Li Fan continued reading the jade scroll left by Zhang Zhiliang.

Zhang Zhiliang saw the might of the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array instantly upon first sight and thus, became fearful.

At the same time, he was also inspired.

The combination of the array technique and the Tianxuan Mirror was indeed feasible.

Claiming the Tianxuan Mirror for himself was, obviously, a nonsensical idea.

So, was there any mystical object that could serve as a substitute for the Tianxuan Mirror and act as the core of the Infinite Method?

After some searching, Zhang Zhiliang found the answer.

The secondary life entity of the Tianxuan Mirror.

If a fresh mirror surface can be considered a newly created clone of the Tianxuan Mirror,

Then the secondary entity can be considered a completely new offspring created by the Tianxuan Mirror occasionally.

A fresh mirror surface, being a clone of the Tianxuan Mirror, maintains constant contact with the original.

However, a secondary entity can be considered a completely independent, newborn entity.

Since its birth, it has no connection with the Tianxuan Mirror and also inherits some characteristics of the Tianxuan Mirror.

As a substitute for the Tianxuan Mirror, nothing could be more suitable.

Although the Tianxuan Mirror is out of reach, its secondary life entity is something one can strive for.

Over the long years, the Tianxuan Mirror has given birth to dozens of secondary life entities.

The actual functionality of these entities varies and they are often bestowed upon those cultivators who have made outstanding contributions to the Immortal Alliance.

For example, there is a type of secondary life entity called [Azure Mystique Mirror].

The Azure Mystique Mirror preserves all the knowledge-information that existed in the Tianxuan Mirror prior to its separation.

Although it can’t synchronize with the newly generated information in the Tianxuan Mirror after its birth, it is nevertheless a vast existence that a cultivator can never possibly comprehend fully throughout their life.

According to Zhang Zhiliang’s conjecture, there must be one, or even several secondary entities that inherited the formidable computing power of the Tianxuan Mirror.

As long as he could get his hands on it, the emergence of the true Infinite Method wouldn’t be far.

Even if he fell short of expectations, any secondary entity would be enough to set up the embryonic form of the Infinite Method.

“Secondary life entity of the Tianxuan Mirror…”

“With a few dozen remaining, if I genuinely choose to investigate, it might not be impossible to achieve.”

Li Fan’s eyes shimmered slightly.

What came after that was Zhang Zhiliang’s specific insights into the Infinite Method.

It was indeed much more advanced than before.

The program for the self-evolution of the array technique had been optimized, greatly increasing efficiency.

Li Fan was practicing cultivation, warming up to construct the Tianxuan Soul Locking Array, and continuing his research on the Infinite Method all at once.

Time slipped by quietly, and before long, it was the day for Li Fan’s group examination.

Following the instructions of Ji Hongdao, Li Fan was teleported to a vast, empty space.

A black storage ring fell into his hand, filled with materials for setting up the array.

Not far away, the array hub containing the new mirror surface was silently floating in the air.

At the same time, a red pointer suddenly appeared above his head, indicating the examination time.

Li Fan took a deep breath, steadied his mind, took out the materials from the storage ring, and started setting up his array.

With the aid of the Taoist Divine One Secret Technique, Li Fan’s array setup was perfectly precise.

Moreover, his speed was astonishingly fast. After adapting for a while at the beginning, his efficiency snowballed.

It took him only two and a half days to complete the construction of the central core area of the formation.

Next, he needed to perfectly embed the array hub into the core formation area.

However, Li Fan encountered difficulty with this step.