My Simulated Road to Immortality - Chapter 1753: 1431

Chapter 1753: Chapter 1431

Ideals are good.

But Li Fan observed for several days and still couldn’t find any trace of the so-called [Dao Network]. It seemed even more elusive than the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth itself.

However, Li Fan wasn’t discouraged. Currently, it seemed that the Dao Network is likely the ace of the Sea of the Northern Stars against the true immortal forces. It could even contend with the Nameless True Immortal, so how could it be easily cracked by Li Fan, a newcomer?

“No matter how strong a fortress, it can be breached from within.”

“Since it’s temporarily impossible to forcibly invade the Dao Network, I’ll simply lie low and blend into the Sea of the Northern Stars. Can’t fully rely on Emperor Tri-Moa over there…”

Li Fan shook his head slightly, carefully using dream powers to create a “rubbing copy” of residual fluctuations here. Then he continued to explore the Sea of the Northern Stars.

Although it seemed that the traces of battle were entirely erased by the white-clothed cultivators’ [Mending the Heavens] means, Li Fan knew that nothing is absolute. Whenever something occurs, it must leave traces. Not noticing it now only meant that his ability is insufficient. But it doesn’t prevent Li Fan from recording it and studying it repeatedly later.

In the distance, in the Sea of the Northern Stars, not every part contained vitality. Instead, they formed islands-like clusters where the emitted aura’s strength was not decided by their range but had their distinctive features.

“Being able to survive in this starry sky until now, they’re naturally not simple characters.”

Li Fan observed from afar, discerning some familiar auras.

He first discovered the Sword Domain, suspected to be the gathering place of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans of the past Xuanhuang World. But the Holy Merchant in Qin Zhuang’s memory was still nowhere to be found.

“The Mystic Immortal Boat can still sense the existence of the Merchant Immortal Boat outside the wall, so the Mysterious Merchant should not be extinct.”

Thinking of Qin Zhuang’s memory, where the Holy Merchant stopped communicating with the outside world and even started reclaiming previously sold treasures, The Stone of Transformation in the spirit consciousness flashed, after a series of derivations, the most likely speculation immediately floated in Li Fan’s spirit consciousness.

“It’s highly possible that the Holy Merchant discovered something, either retreating from the world or simply fleeing.”

The Holy Merchant is just a cut-in point, Li Fan is not persistent in pursuing the former Merchant Immortal Boat.

He began probing the weakly protected forces in the Sea of the Northern Stars.

Indeed, as he sensed, these forces’ strengths were not significantly related to the amount of vitality they gathered.

There are two isolated vitality auras, one large and one small, seemingly being ostracized and living on the edge of the Sea of the Northern Stars. But before Li Fan approached, from a distance, just one glance made a strong sense of crisis arise in his heart. Even the dream tentacles were affected, twisted, and partially distorted. Li Fan could only keep a respectful distance.

There was a massive gathering place with tens of millions of living beings’ auras, but it was shrouded in huge emotional clouds woven from many negative emotions like slaughter, resentment, and greed, emitting a foul stench. Though there were many protective measures outside this gathering place, isolating the direct erosion of Li Fan’s dream powers.

But Li Fan, viewing the emotional clouds at a distance, had already found the breakthrough point for dream realm infiltration.

However, Li Fan did not hastily make a move.

This flaw might be specially fabricated by the forces in the Sea of the Northern Stars as a trap to lure and capture the true immortals.

Having investigated all the gathering places, Li Fan discovered only this place had the opportunity to connect to the Dreamland Paradise. Li Fan cautiously accumulated a large amount of dream powers, forming an extra replica of Dreamland Paradise. He injected one divine sense into this replica, then disconnected its link with the main world of Dreamland Paradise.

Ensuring absolute safety, only then Li Fan’s divine sense started the infiltration into this gathering place.

This replica world of Dreamland Paradise was empty, but because it was a cut-off replica, the dream powers were limited. If, before complete energy consumption, an effective supplement wasn’t obtained, this replica world would perish.

Though Li Fan only separated one divine sense, he carried nine Xuanhuang World phantoms, with computational power equivalent to a top-grade Stone of Transformation.

“If these preparations can’t open a gap, then I’ll have to think of other ways.”

The progress wasn’t very smooth.

That invisible layer seemed to entirely sever the contact between dream powers and living beings’ intentions. Even though those beings’ suppressed negative emotions were almost tangibly stretching across the sky, there was still a barrier layer in between, making it unreachable.

“If I disregard consequences and consume all the powers of this replica in one go, perhaps I can forcibly open a gap. But it will certainly cause alert among the forces in the Sea of the Northern Stars.”

“Not worth the effort.”

After some research, Li Fan eventually chose not to alert the enemy but instead patiently awaited the right moment.

In the Sea of the Northern Stars, there are cultivators who leave the gathering places and walk among the starry sky. Li Fan doesn’t believe all these “passersby” have strength that prevents him from approaching.

Facts proved Li Fan’s judgment correct.

Though the target he had been eyeing walked outside not as frequently as other forces, it wasn’t impossible.

Li Fan had been stalking for half a year until finally a radiance flew out from that place.

Its destination seemed to be the direction of the Sword Domain.

The radiance, upon emerging, brought along large emotional clouds. His emotional fluctuations were so intense that Li Fan could clearly sense his thoughts without actively eavesdropping.

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