Chapter 296: The Eccentricity of a Heavenly Sovereign
Perhaps it was because the possessed cultivator's emotions were too excited, or perhaps due to some other mysterious factors, but the memory space continued to shake and tremble and was extremely unstable.
The various events that followed between the protagonist and Senior Sister Zhao in the book also became increasingly blurred.
It was like trying to see through fog, unable to glimpse the details, causing an unbearable itch in the heart.
The tremor in Li Fan's heart was no less than that of the deceased Five Elders Association cultivator. The information in the remaining memory fragments of the soul truly surprised him.
"Senior Sister Zhao is actually one of the Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereigns of the Five Elders Association?"
When he learned that the Five Elders Association preserved the secret teachings of the Great Dao Sect and the Dao Enlightenment Elixirs, Li Fan thought that there might still be powerful Great Dao Sect cultivators alive within the Five Elders Association.
Combined with Senior Sister Zhao's manifestation of the "Self Dao" in Discussing Dao While Seated and the abnormally common erotic novels based on her, Li Fan speculated at that time that Senior Sister Zhao, who was said to have risen from an outer disciple to the sect leader of the Great Dao Sect, was likely among the Five Elders Association.
However, Li Fan subconsciously believed that Senior Sister Zhao should only be a high-ranking member of the Five Elders Association.
The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had intentionally let the erotic novels circulate in order to disgust their opponent and had possibly even supported the matter behind the scenes.
However, what Li Fan did not expect at all was that Senior Sister Zhao was indeed a high-ranking member of the Five Elders Association.
Only, she was a little too high.
One of the leaders of the Five Elders Association; the highest-tier powerhouse under heaven and earth, a Heavenly Sovereign who lurked behind the scenes and overlooked all living beings.
Upon learning Senior Sister Zhao's identity, Li Fan's first reaction was the same as that of the deceased Five Elders Association cultivator.
"How dare the authors, Singing Book Weng and Myriad Brush Immortal, use a Heavenly Sovereign as the protagonist of these erotic books?"
In this world, due to the speed of cultivating with the New Law, the status gap between cultivators of different realms was not particularly significant.
Foundation Establishment cultivators and Core Formation cultivators might even call themselves brothers and sisters of Qi Condensation cultivators.
However, this was only in the initial few cultivation realms.
As strength increased, breakthroughs became more and more difficult.
A correspondingly larger gap in status also gradually emerged.
Soul Transformation cultivators almost all held important positions in a province, holding a certain level of nobility.
Dao Integration cultivators ruled over a province, determining the lives and deaths of countless cultivators.
In their eyes, Soul Transformation cultivators were mere pawns to be manipulated at will.
From Li Fan's previous experience in Yuandao Province, by witnessing the performance of the black-clothed Dao Integration cultivator and the Blue Feather Immortal Sage, one could glimpse the power of Dao Integration.
As for the Heavenly Sovereigns...
The Heavenly Sovereign known as the Immortal Ancestor established the New Law and created the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
All cultivators in the world had to follow the path he set.
There might also be a Heavenly Sovereign who made people forget calamities, influencing the thoughts of all beings without revealing any hint of his presence.
The Heavenly Sovereigns seemed to be elusive, but in reality, they had already integrated into every aspect of cultivators' lives and were omnipresent.
Such top-tier powerhouses could only be feared and revered by ordinary cultivators.
So how could the authors dare to commit such blasphemy?
Weren't they afraid that Senior Sister Zhao would come knocking on their door?
With the methods of a Heavenly Sovereign, it was bound to be a dead end no matter where Singing Book Weng and Myriad Brush Immortal were hiding.
The fact that they could turn words into experiences almost as real as the actual world indicated that Singing Book Weng and Myriad Brush Immortal's cultivation levels were certainly not weak.
They wouldn't joke with their lives for just a trivial profit.
So, Li Fan speculated that either they were certain that Senior Sister Zhao didn't care about these forbidden books at all, or there were other forces that could rival a Heavenly Sovereign backing them, which allowed them to be so reckless.
Would Senior Sister Zhao mind if her erotic novels circulated throughout the world?
Li Fan didn't know.
According to common sense, any normal female cultivator should feel varying degrees of anger about this matter.
But when it involved the level of a Heavenly Sovereign, Li Fan did not dare to speculate.
The Heavenly Sovereigns, who had defied the laws of heaven and earth and achieved eternal life, had long transcended the realm of normal cultivators.
If one used the same set of thinking patterns to speculate, it would only invite ridicule.
Moreover, upon careful consideration, there were many doubts.
Within the Xuanhuang Realm, Senior Sister Zhao's biography, the "Ancient History of Cultivation," was widely circulated.
However, not only was the protagonist not dead, but they were also a Heavenly Sovereign.
Which cultivator dared to use the first-person pronoun "I" when writing this biography?
Many ancient events have long been lost in the river of history.
Who would be so familiar with everything that happened thousands of years ago in the Great Dao Sect?
It was likely that the book that Li Fan previously regarded as mere entertainment was Senior Sister Zhao's autobiography.
Recalling the content of the book word by word, Li Fan found deeper meaning in many of the previously overlooked passages.
The book used a great deal of internal monologue, describing without reservation the bitterness of Sister Zhao from the initial weakness as an outer disciple, the hard work and hardship in the process of promotion all the way until she became the head of the Great Dao Sect a number of years later, only to find out that everything had changed.
The emotions were delicate and the sense of immersion was extremely strong.
It truly felt like Senior Sister Zhao herself was telling the story.
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"No wonder there are so many derivative works. The character development is indeed too vivid."
"This Heavenly Sovereign really has unique tastes."
"Or perhaps, it may not be just a simple preference; there may be some special factors involved," Li Fan secretly speculated.
When Li Fan recovered from the shock of Senior Sister Zhao's true identity and once again reminisced about the continuous and unforgettable feelings of the possessed cultivator, he intermittently saw scenes of Senior Sister Zhao entangled with the protagonist.
"The taste of a Heavenly Sovereign..."
"Even if it was in the past, before she became a Heavenly Sovereign, this forbidden pleasure is enough to make people forget about life and death."
"No wonder this person couldn't forget it even after death."
Carefully savoring the remaining thoughts in the memory of the Five Elders Association cultivator, Li Fan couldn't help but sigh.
Happy times were always short-lived.
As the memory fragments of the cultivator came to an end after the protagonist of the book and Senior Sister Zhao separated due to a great battle, the red light gradually dissipated from the memory space.
The soul became no different from an ordinary one.
The wisp of spiritual consciousness returned with the experience to his body, and Li Fan closed his eyes for a long time before completely digesting the information.
"Tsk tsk tsk..." Li Fan sighed once again.
Afterwards, not forgetting the task at hand, he continued to contemplate the existence of the Soul Contract within the soul in front of him.
Unfortunately, no miracle occurred.
Like the hundreds of previous attempts, Li Fan still could not detect its existence.