The *Golden Chapter of Thousand Mechanisms and the Jade Cosmos* had been discovered by Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi within the Heavenly Mechanism Sect ruins in Baishi Grotto-Heaven, situated on the border of Shilin Province. Although it was only a Nascent Soul technique, it possessed the effects of discerning qi mechanisms and clarifying karmic causes. In Li Fan's comprehension of Formless Killing Intent, the *Jade Cosmos Chapter* had played an indispensable role.
The *Stealing Heaven Changing Sun Art* was something Li Fan had obtained from Sikong Yi, the successor of the Stealing Heaven Changing Sun Sect. It could seize destiny and forge clones, truly living up to its name of stealing heaven and changing the sun.
As for the secret art Appearance Shifts with the Heart, it had come from Zhou Qing'ang, a spy of the Five Elders Association and the garrison of Tai'an Island. When paired with the wonder of heaven and earth, the Seven-Apertures Exquisite Heart, it could alter one's face and transform one into someone else, capable of fooling even the tests of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals' White Jade Heart-Interrogation Platform.
Qi mechanism, destiny, appearance.
Combining these three, in theory, would allow one to completely transform into another cultivator.
Li Fan had entertained this idea before.
Yet all three were profoundly abstruse concepts. Given his current accumulation of theoretical knowledge, even if he sat in bitter meditation for hundreds of years, he might not succeed in creating a new method founded upon them.
Now that he had the opportunity to utilize Yanfa Jade for derivation, and considering that the Heavenly Profound Spirit-Locking Formation would soon be implemented everywhere—leaving cultivators throughout the world with no privacy to speak of—the ability to assume an alternate identity at any moment was of paramount importance to him.
Thus, Li Fan did not hesitate. The contents of the two techniques and one secret art appeared upon the white sheet of paper.
Though it was merely a single page, as the writing increased, the characters grew smaller and smaller.
No matter how vast the content, it could all be accommodated.
Before long, Li Fan ceased his contemplation, and the white paper was covered in countless tiny, densely packed characters.
"Are you done?"
The little girl still rested her chin in her hands, staring blankly at the desk without lifting her head as she asked.
"All—"
Li Fan nodded slightly, but before the word "done" could leave his mouth, the white paper in his hand dissolved into streaks of flowing light and drifted toward the desk she leaned over.
Countless characters instantly surfaced on the tabletop.
Taking a look, the little girl immediately pouted, looking rather displeased. "Your standards are so high—completely transforming into another person.
"You have the blueprint techniques for changing qi mechanisms, destiny, and appearance, but what about flesh and blood, divine sense, and the divine soul?"
Hearing this, Li Fan felt no embarrassment, merely admitting with a helpless sigh of truth, "Gathering the current techniques has already taken everything I could muster. Methods for transforming flesh and blood, divine sense, and the divine soul are extraordinarily rare, far beyond my reach.
"What, is it impossible to derive?" Li Fan looked at the little girl and asked.
"It can be done, but I was supposed to get a rare chance to rest a while. So annoying..." The little girl glared up at Li Fan and muttered under her breath.
Li Fan's heart stirred, yet he acted as though he had heard nothing. Without the slightest change in expression, he watched Yanfa Jade's movements with rapt attention.
She clapped the desk with her pair of plump little hands, and the countless characters upon the tabletop instantly flowed like water, flying in reverse toward the enormous sphere above.
They joined the sequence of rapid transformation and derivation.
The characters flashed at a frequency several times faster than what Li Fan had witnessed upon his arrival.
Meanwhile, the little girl slumped across the desk, looking thoroughly drowsy as her head nodded continuously.
Lost in thought, Li Fan dared not make a sound to disturb her.
He quietly tilted his head back, gazing up at the sphere composed of shifting characters.
This was plainly not physical space.
It seemed more like a world forged of pure consciousness.
Yet Li Fan's clone had unquestionably arrived here in the flesh to interact with this consciousness.
Apart from Yanfa Jade's awareness, Li Fan also felt another gaze sweep over him from time to time within this space.
The owner of that gaze made no attempt to conceal their presence, the warning intent in their eyes unmistakably clear.
Consequently, Li Fan kept his conduct strictly restrained.
Amid his silence and the little girl's drowsy slumber, this space fell entirely into dead stillness.
Only the shifting light cast down from the characters overhead illuminated Li Fan's face, lending an enigmatic, inscrutable cast to his expression.
*Yanfa Jade...*
The moment these three words crossed his mind, Li Fan suppressed every thought, turning instead to silently count the passage of time.
He thought of nothing else.
When more than two shichen had passed in Yanfa Jade's derivation, a burst of dazzling radiance erupted from the enormous sphere overhead.
At the same time, the little girl seemed to start awake from her sleep.
Rubbing her eyes, she looked barely awake as she said listlessly, "All done."
Countless small characters immediately surged across the desktop, coalescing into a sheet of white paper that reappeared in Li Fan's hand.
Li Fan narrowed his eyes and read it carefully.
"*Wondrous Profound True Spirit Transformation*.
"Harnessing wondrous and inscrutable power to replicate all life fluctuations of a target and execute corresponding transformations.
"When there is no target, transformations may also be generated at random.
"When targeting a living being, the initial transformation requires a small portion of the subject's biological material.
"When there is no target, no materials are required.
"Can only replicate traces of life; cannot replicate technique cultivation or realms.
"Can only target living beings at the Nascent Soul realm or below. Furthermore, regardless of prior cultivation, the transformation retains a maximum cultivation of the Nascent Soul realm."
Li Fan committed the contents of the technique to memory, and the writing on the paper slowly dissolved away.
*Worthy of Yanfa Jade. The effects of this Wondrous Profound True Spirit Transformation are even better than I anticipated. I only wonder how it will fare in actual practice.* The more Li Fan read, the more delighted he grew, unable to resist turning the technique's details over and over in his mind.
Though it was merely a Nascent Soul-tier technique, its restrictions applied only to the selection of targets and the realm maintained after transforming.
Regarding the capacity for "transformation" itself, there was scarcely any compromise.
Reading further, Li Fan saw that beyond "transforming," once mastered, the technique also granted the ability to "discern."
As the saying went, a prolonged illness teaches one to heal oneself.
Because completely transforming into another person required a thorough understanding of the essence of life, once the technique reached great success, one would naturally comprehend how to distinguish the authenticity of any living organism.
What surprised Li Fan even more was that the *True Spirit Transformation* preserved the clone-crafting methods of the *Stealing Heaven Changing Sun Art*.
When forging a clone, one could fuse the wondrous transformative power of the *True Spirit Transformation* to create a flawless replica of the target.
...
Li Fan could not help becoming immersed in this wondrous, unfathomable divine art.
Although it was merely of the Nascent Soul level, the refined sophistication of its effects struck Li Fan as something that surpassed even the *Cloud Water Illusory Dream Technique*.
After a long while, seeing that Li Fan had not responded, the little girl said in a muffled voice, "Time is almost up. If there's anything you want improved, you can tell me."
With that, she gave a yawn and stared listlessly at Li Fan.
Only then did Li Fan snap back to his senses.
The white paper in his hand had completely vanished, the contents of the technique etched into his memory.
Li Fan bowed solemnly toward Yanfa Jade. "I am very satisfied.
"Thank you for your hard work."
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