Li Fan, out of curiosity, inquired and learned that besides “Ancient History of Cultivation,” Senior Sister Zhao had also appeared in many novels and scripts.
Most of these novels were derivative stories based on “Ancient History of Cultivation.”
The thematic development of these stories was mostly centered around Senior Sister Zhao.
Many of the plotlines were quite indecent and unsuitable for detailed description.
In the Xuanhuang Realm, novels with female protagonists were already rare. Characters like Senior Sister Zhao, who combined unparalleled beauty with strength and high status, were even rarer.
Gaining a group of die-hard fans was, of course, quite normal.
Senior Sister Zhao’s high popularity was not only due to her character but also because her character template was indeed exceptionally strong.
The Dao Discussants created based on her template had an astonishingly high win rate, leaving people astounded.
In Discussing Dao While Seated, participating in battles required contributions. However, the winning side would be refunded half of the contributions.
Therefore, besides having enough money, choosing a powerful Dao Discussant template was also crucial for those wanting to engage in continuous sparring matches.
Li Fan casually selected a battle featuring Senior Sister Zhao and started watching.
The surrounding scenery, along with his body, disappeared in an instant. Li Fan felt as if he had entered the cosmic void.
A female cultivator wearing Daoist robes, with a figure that couldn’t be hidden despite the loose attire, stood silently in the distance.
Her eyes were like water, and her skin resembled white snow.
Her cold face seemed like an ancient, unchanging iceberg, radiating an aura that repelled people from miles away.
However, the subtle charm in her eyes made people’s hearts itch and flutter with imagination.
Soon, an old man with a withered appearance, dressed in ragged clothes, appeared in this spatial area, ready to battle her.
“‘Disrespectful Daoist’? I don’t know his origin.” Li Fan focused his gaze on the old man, and information suddenly appeared in his mind.
“Please!”
Both sides spoke simultaneously, and then the great battle began.
The battle of discussing Dao was only a simulation by the Tianxuan Mirror. It couldn’t compare to the battles of real Dao Integration Realm experts, where each move carried profound Dao resonance. However, it allowed cultivators to gain insights simply by observing.
In this vast virtual space, visual effects like light, shadow, destruction, and vibration were taken to the extreme. Except for the lack of actual spiritual energy, it was almost impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.
To prevent spectators from being confused, the Tianxuan Mirror provided thoughtful explanations for the techniques used by both sides.
“Disrespectful Daoist” wielded a bamboo staff, striking the void.
Suddenly, countless spatial rifts appeared around Senior Sister Zhao.
Dark godly lightning thundered out from the rifts, aiming to strike her simultaneously.
However, all the lightning lost its aggressiveness the moment it approached Senior Sister Zhao.
As if the fiercest tiger had turned into an obedient kitten.
The lightning surrounded her like a pampered concubine, gentle and obedient.
Senior Sister Zhao pointed a slender finger, and the dark light reversed, striking back at the Disrespectful Daoist.
The Disrespectful Daoist coldly snorted, scratched himself, and opened his mouth to swallow the divine lightning.
…
Through the Tianxuan Mirror’s commentary, Li Fan learned what was happening.
The Disrespectful Daoist used Sky-Annihilating Divine Lightning for the attack.
It was easily countered by Senior Sister Zhao’s Self Dao, a divine ability she gained after mastering the Heaven-Exterminating Great Dao Scripture.
With Self Dao, a special field formed around Senior Sister Zhao, assimilating all forms of enemy attacks into a part of her own strength.
“Self Dao… this is a bit tricky. How can this be fought?” Li Fan couldn’t help but ponder.
The Disrespectful Daoist of an unknown origin displayed terrifying destructive power in each move and style.
However, no matter what, Senior Sister Zhao couldn’t be harmed in any way.
Instead, each attack was perfectly replicated and rebounded.
Senior Sister Zhao stood still like a mountain, while Disrespectful Daoist became weaker with every exchange.
Not long after, Senior Sister Zhao seized an opportunity and effortlessly killed him with a move called Heaven-Slaying Sword Qi.
The surrounding scenes vanished, and Li Fan returned to the Tianxuan Mirror.
“This Self Dao by Senior Sister Zhao is quite fascinating. However, Jiang Zhengji did mention the rules before.”
“The Tianxuan Mirror will make actual adjustments to character templates, and strength exceeding reality won’t be displayed during battles.”
“But Senior Sister Zhao is completely unaffected…”
“Does that mean there really is a technique similar to Self Dao in reality?”
“Or…”
A strange expression flashed across Li Fan’s face.
“Great Dao Sect, Senior Sister Zhao.”
“The Five Elders Association, Dao Enlightenment Elixir.”
“The first-person narrative in ‘Ancient History of Cultivation.'”
“And the many derivative vulgar scripts circulating within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance…”
Li Fan’s eyelids twitched a few times, and he began to have some speculations in his mind.
However, this matter involved the upper echelons of both sides, the top powerhouses.
Li Fan silently speculated for a while, then pushed this matter to the depths of his mind.
Turning his attention to more important matters, he created a Dao Discussant using Zhang Qianmo of the Purple Heaven Sect as a prototype.
“Foundation Establishment cultivation.”
“Purple Heaven Royal Thunder Technique, a long halberd weapon…”
“After death, he can rebirth from the purple Golden Core within the body, and his strength soars, allowing him to easily slaughter Golden Core early stage cultivators.”
…
Li Fan accurately restored the strength of Zhang Qianmo, with whom he had fought several times. At the same time, he gained some insights.
In Discussing Dao While Seated, it was possible to create the same Dao Discussants.
However, if one had only superficially read about a character in a book and only had a conceptual understanding of the character’s strength without knowing the specifics, then the created Dao Discussant’s strength would definitely fall far short of the character’s true upper limit.
On the contrary, the better one understood the character’s original template, the closer the created Dao Discussant would be to their actual strength.
After clashing with Zhang Qianmo several times, Li Fan believed that the Dao Discussant created based on his understanding was quite close to Zhang Qianmo’s actual strength.
At the very least, it was not far from the combat power Zhang Qianmo had displayed so far.
Next, using himself as a blueprint, Li Fan spent a thousand contribution points to create another character.
He outlined the maximum power of his Cong Yun Sword and Heaven Overturning Palm, changed the techniques’ names, and successfully created the character.
Li Fan tried to manipulate his two Dao Discussants for the first battle.
Unexpectedly, he received a prompt from the Tianxuan Mirror.
“After calculation, the win rate of Dao Discussant Fan Lin is approximately zero.”
“Do you still want to initiate the battle?”
Li Fan’s face turned black at the words and could only abandon the attempt.
After thinking for a while, he posted an extremely arrogant message.
“(Foundation Establishment Stage) Li Qianmo of the Azure Heaven Sect, invincible in the Foundation Establishment realm, desperately seeking defeat! If you don’t agree, come and fight me!”
In Discussing Dao While Seated, there were relatively few Dao Discussants with Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Li Fan had to leave the challenge information there and wait for others to come and challenge him.
“I hope there’s a method to defeat Zhang Qianmo that I can learn from.”
With this thought, Li Fan temporarily exited Discussing Dao While Seated.