My Simulated Road to Immortality

Just like a child who has received a new toy, Li Fan reveled in browsing through the information within the Tianxuan Mirror.

He only lamented that the grade of the Huadao Stone within his sea of knowledge was not high enough, unable to record and preserve all that he saw and heard.

All of this information, which every cultivator regarded as top secret, was now laid bare before Li Fan’s eyes.

But that wasn’t all.

It also included the complete transaction details of all goods circulated in the Immortal Alliance’s market since records began.

Dazzling and overwhelming, it nearly made his eyes cross.

Even more valuable were the data records of all cultivators who used [Spirit Awakening State] in their cultivation.

The cultivation efficiency of each cultivator was fully visible to him.

...

The Tianxuan Mirror was like a boundless sea filled with treasures, and Li Fan lingered in it, reluctant to leave.

Unfortunately, the data contained within the Tianxuan Mirror was far too vast. It was even expanding every moment.

It was simply impossible to master it all.

He could only choose to focus on some of the more important records first.

Li Fan knew that the information he was browsing was definitely being monitored by the Tianxuan Mirror.

But it didn’t matter much, as the vast majority of the information would not be used by him in this lifetime.

Instead, it would come into play during his every reincarnation in the Xuanhuang World!

The Tianxuan Mirror was like an endless ocean, and Li Fan was like someone who had dug a canal on the beach, continuously drawing the sea water into himself.

Although the progress was slow, it was steady and ongoing.

Li Fan placed the Small Tianxuan Mirror in his bosom, maintaining the information retrieval.

He then quietly left the Bamboo Sea Cave Mansion and returned to the Spirit Tree Realm.

Once he had browsed through a sufficient amount of information, almost to the point of bursting the middle-grade Huadao Stone in his sea of knowledge, he slowed down on his recording.

After that, he began to peruse the records about the existing Huadao Stone items in the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.

"A fragment of the Stone Mother."

"Three top-quality, sixteen high-quality."

"Middle-grade, hm?"

"There are no middle-grade ones left?"

...

At first, Li Fan thought he had made a mistake in his recording.

But after verifying it repeatedly, he found no errors.

After pondering for a moment, Li Fan immediately understood the reason for this phenomenon.

The Huadao Stones all originated from the Transformation Stone Mother and could be fused with one another to ascend to higher qualities.

"Certainly, the cultivators in the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals who are in possession of the Transformation Stone Secret Techniques have already swept away all the circulating Huadao Stones."

"Even a newly-emerged stone would be immediately obtained by all kinds of means."

"Damn it, no wonder I can’t buy any with my contribution points."

Li Fan’s eyes flickered as he began to check the list of cultivators who possessed Huadao Stones.

Upon a single glance, a sense of absurdity immediately surged in his heart.

"The holder of the Stone Mother Fragment turns out to be an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator…"

And the holders of the other top-quality and high-quality Huadao Stones recorded in the Tianxuan Mirror were all Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Cultivators.

It was clear to any discerning person that these identities were surely disguised.

"An innocent man holds no blame until he carries a jade of great worth; such a treasure cannot possibly be possessed by Foundation Establishment or Golden Core Cultivators."

"Such disguises indeed can thwart some ill-intentioned cultivators’ investigations."

"But as long as something exists, there must be connections. All the traces that have ever been, are faithfully recorded by the Tianxuan Mirror."

"And how could they escape my pursuit..."

By this point, Li Fan had stopped pretending in front of the Tianxuan Mirror and pulled out all the detailed information about the twenty shell cultivators.

From their first entry into the Tianxuan Mirror to the communications and transactions they had made during their cultivation period, including their referrers.

He then extracted data on these secondary suspects.

Like layers of a vast net being woven, it spread out and extended.

By the time the relationships had reached the fifth level, there were already over a hundred thousand cultivators intertwined within the net.

"Some can be directly excluded," Li Fan said as he pressed on his throbbing head, which was operating at full capacity, and took a brief rest.

Then he resumed his search for the target.

After repeated comparisons and eliminations.

He finally narrowed the list down to fewer than a hundred.

Their cultivation levels ranged from Nascent Soul to Unity-Path.

"Investigating on my own is still a bit troublesome," he remarked.

"First, I will focus on monitoring their recent movements in the Tianxuan Mirror, then I’ll have Mo Rubing help with the covert investigation."

After pondering for a moment, Li Fan had come up with a plan.

Almost all of the hundred people were employed by the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.

It was nearly impossible for him to investigate alone.

Without special connections, he feared he might never even get to see their faces in his lifetime.

However, an investigation ordered from a Dharma Transmitter and coming from the top-down would definitely be much easier.

"The use of the Transformation Stone is far too great. If it weren’t for the informational state of the Taiyan Sect Stone Mother, I might not be able to contain the thought of discarding all caution and openly stealing it."

Yet, when he remembered the fleeing wisp of white light during the cataclysm of the 115th world, Li Fan calmed down and recognized the reality of his situation.

Clearly, he was not yet capable of confronting someone who had successfully fled from a True Immortal World Destruction crisis.

...

In the following period, Li Fan led a quite fulfilling life.

The Final Separation Disk operated at maximum efficiency, absorbing the essence of the Ten Thousand Spirits Return Great Array and continuously deriving new array possibilities.

The Huadao Stone, on the other hand, was categorizing and integrating information from the Tianxuan Mirror, filtering out the valuable parts.

As for Li Fan himself, he was wandering around in the Tianxuan Mirror Space.

He was like a ghost, invisible to others, but he could see everyone.

Their conversations, cultivation practices, and transactions.

With the Tianxuan Mirror serving as a cover, cultivators were much more uninhibited than in reality.

Which allowed Li Fan to behold a more authentic picture of life.

For instance, friends who were like brothers one moment, cursing each other as soon as they parted ways.

Like those countless cultivators similar to the initial He Zhenghao, chasing the dream of overnight wealth, devising schemes to pursue various "investment" opportunities, ending up with total losses, and secretly vowing never to make the same foolish mistakes. Yet once they accumulated some wealth again, they couldn’t resist the temptation and plunged in, only to meet the same fate.

Then there were a considerable number of cultivators who, after attempting cultivation, realized with their talent and speed of advancement, they were unlikely to achieve anything significant in this lifetime.

So they gave up on their lofty ambitions and only took on the most basic and safe tasks.

Once they had earned enough to live in the Tianxuan Mirror, they chose to stay within it indefinitely. After all, in the Tianxuan Mirror Space, there were no disasters to fear, no sickness, and no worries.

Without the various desires, they lived a carefree and contented life.

...

As Li Fan observed the different lives of various cultivators, his own mindset also underwent an imperceptible change.