"Are you... that Li Fan? Or Pangu..."
"Li Fan, this is just one of my avatars in the Celestials, like Li Pan is to the Asura, like Broomhead is to you. It's the starting point of attaining the Dao. Just a name, call me whatever you like."
The Taoist kept observing Li Pan, calculating with one hand, murmuring absentmindedly,
"Even the original Asura, to comprehend the Dao of the Great Void and merge with the Immortal shadow, took twelve hundred years. But you've already reached enlightenment in less than twelve hours since you embarked on your path to the future...
Sigh... I thought I had time, but the end is near... Seems like there's not much left of the Li Pan in all the heavens, it has probably noticed you long ago..."
Li Pan steadied himself and got up,
"Thank you again for saving my life. That thing just now, could it be..."
"That was not an Asura, just the shadow of an Immortal."
Li Pan was taken aback,
"Immortal shadow..."