My Simulated Road to Immortality - Chapter 1141 - 1096: Secretly Plotting Against a True Immortal

“Right, I also retained the memory of previously destroying her body and then added it when creating her new body this time…”

“You didn’t see the expression on her face when she first woke up.”

The Craftsman grew more and more excited as he spoke.

As the Essence of Source Power cushion slowly took shape, the surroundings gradually brightened, enabling him to clearly see the looks people were giving him.

This made him even more proud.

“I should have thought of this sooner. Since you can copy and back up your own consciousness, then preserving backups of other Mechanism Realm cultivators’ consciousnesses shouldn’t be a problem,” Li Fan suddenly appeared, his indifferent tone causing the Craftsman to freeze on the spot.

“Mechanism Realm cultivators are absolute Refining Tool geniuses. Our Union is in need of such talents, how could you keep this to yourself?” Li Fan said with a disapproving look.

The Craftsman could only offer an awkward smile in response.

“How many backups do you have? Hand them all over, and I will let bygones be bygones. Otherwise…”

The Craftsman felt waves of murderous intent emanating from Li Fan, which made his heart pound with fear.

He even felt as if his neck was gripped by an invisible giant hand, almost unable to breathe.

And with this tightening sensation came an increasing sense of inevitability.

He was like a worm in a web, utterly unable to free himself and only able to await his fate helplessly.

The Craftsman knew this was the power of the Crimson Compassionate Immortal.

After he had recited the oath of joining, he had already fallen into the True Immortal’s Net.

Unless he could surpass in strength, just this connection alone would enable Li Fan, as an Envoy, to obliterate him with a single thought.

Luckily for the Craftsman, Li Fan wasn’t truly there to kill him.

As the Craftsman’s consciousness began to blur, the constriction suddenly disappeared.

The Craftsman, rejuvenated, gasped for air and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, hastening to explain, “It’s just a few key individuals from the Elders’ meeting.”

“When I fled in haste, that was all I managed to take.”

“Although the Power of Darkness is mysterious and unusual, let’s release them later for joint research,” Li Fan said indifferently.

The Craftsman naturally could only agree.

After being given a fright by Li Fan, the Craftsman became much more compliant for what followed.

Three days later, the gold-colored cushion was complete.

Looking at the dense darkness being kept entirely at bay, everyone couldn’t help but marvel once again at the power of the Crimson Compassionate Immortal.

Although the Power of Darkness was strong, it was no match for a True Immortal.

Despite having built a buffer, there was still a risk of this Power of Darkness becoming uncontrollable.

Li Fan did not plan to bring it back to the Spirit Tree Realm for research.

Instead, he carved out a separate research facility within this underground world.

All four Elders of the Mechanism Realm were released by the Craftsman.

It was then that Li Fan found out that the enchantingly beautiful woman, who was a Fairy Puppet, was actually Shangguan Tuo, the Chief Elder of the Mechanism Realm previously mentioned by the Craftsman.

Shangguan Tuo, who had once sought to take full control of [Ancestor], had daringly merged her Divine Soul into the fragmented core of [Ancestor]. Naturally, she had made a backup of her consciousness beforehand.

However, her reckless action nearly caused the collapse of the entire Celestial Mechanism World, an act of grave sin.

Therefore, the members of the Elders’ meeting at that time rejected the proposal to awaken Shangguan Tuo anew.

They merely hid away her consciousness backup.

Eventually, before the destruction of the Celestial Mechanism World, the Craftsman took it with him.

What was even more unexpected to Li Fan was that Shangguan Tuo was actually the Craftsman’s esteemed teacher.

Despite the looks from everyone, the Craftsman’s expression showed not the slightest hint of abnormality.

And the three remaining Elders of the Celestial Mechanism World, faced with the Craftsman’s actions that could almost be termed as deceiving one’s master and annihilating one’s ancestor, also maintained their silence.

After Li Fan asked Shangguan Tuo whether he wanted to seek freedom, he received a negative response.

This made Li Fan somewhat curious.

His gaze flicked towards the Craftsman, who suddenly shivered and hurriedly began to explain.

“This really doesn’t have much to do with me.”

“They’re just consciousness backups, after all. To avoid a situation where two ’me’s fight each other to death, these backups had their subjective initiative suppressed and can’t be completely equated with a real personality. Only the Chief Elder himself knows how to lift the restrictions.”

“This is also a protective measure activated by our Celestial Mechanism World to prevent the large-scale use of consciousness backups from endangering world safety.”

“As for myself, well, the Mechanism Realm is gone, so naturally, I don’t have that many concerns anymore.”

The Craftsman couldn’t hide the pride in his tone.

“So you’re saying they’re just second-class people within the Mechanism Realm. So they have to listen to you, a first-class person?” Fang Zaiji stroked his chin and asked.

The Craftsman nodded.

However, seeing Li Fan’s expression, he immediately slapped his chest to assure, “Envoy, please rest assured. Although they consider themselves a notch below me, their research talent is no different from that of the original self. With our combined efforts, it shouldn’t be difficult to unlock the uses of the Power of Darkness.”

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

Li Fan couldn’t be bothered with the troubles of the Celestial Mechanism World.

As long as they could be of use to him.

After giving his instructions, Li Fan returned alone to the underground world.

Alone, enveloped in darkness.

Li Fan didn’t feel fear, just quietly sensing everything around him.

“Just as I thought. In the darkness, even the influence of the Faceless True Immortal is greatly weakened.”

“Although I can’t completely free myself yet, for me it’s essentially like a shelter.”

“Deep in the Ghost Realm, I can initiate the Even True technique and return anytime.”

Thinking this, the threat that had long been pressing heavily on Li Fan’s heart finally lessened considerably.

“But blindly running away is useless.”

“I have prepared so much in this world. I am very confident about safely withdrawing during the confrontation between the Faceless True Immortal and the Deserted Dao Immortal.”

“What should I choose, then?”

Li Fan, in this life rarely calm, thought to himself in solitude.

Surrounded by a darkness that seemed to shield everything, Li Fan felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation.

“The power of the Faceless True Immortal always remains in the Xuanhuang World, and it’s not something I can avoid just by not provoking it.”

“Once I reach a certain realm, I will inevitably draw Its attention. This is an unchangeable fact.”

“Unless I can find a way to safely leave the Xuanhuang World.”

“But beyond the high walls, True Immortals still exist.”

“There’s no escape…”

A glint of sharpness flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.

“Sometimes, when facing a True Immortal, being weak can actually be an advantage.”

“It allows me to observe properly while being ignored by the other party.”

Li Fan looked around at the deep darkness surrounding him.

“Just like this darkness. If there’s something in it staring at me, and its strength is much weaker than mine, posing no threat to me at all…”

“Then how would I ever notice it?”

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