Doppelganger

Chapter 45

Cangyun Mountain, located to the east of the Qingmiao Sect, was a place with not very abundant spiritual energy. There were no natural spiritual treasures, and it was rather barren.

Normally, only Qi - Refining cultivators would stop here for one night at most and would never stay.

However, for Li Changmeng, it was a very suitable place for long - term residence.

After simply setting up a cave dwelling in Cangyun Mountain, Li Changmeng began to study spells.

Currently, the spells he mastered were not only few in number but also lacked a systematic approach for his current cultivation level.

In terms of attack, he had the Incense - Transforming Spirit Spell. For defense, he had the Three - Lives Body - Protection Spell and the Soul - Driving Spell. And for healing, he had the Five - Spirit Wound - Healing Spell.

Originally, as a cultivator of the Incense Divine Path, supernatural powers could make up for a large part of his shortcomings.

However, the birth of supernatural powers took time. Li Changmeng already had two supernatural powers. In the future, the changes brought about by the power of incense wishes were less likely to give birth to new supernatural powers. Instead, it was more likely to enhance the existing ones.

It might be until he reached the Core - Formation stage that new supernatural powers would be born.

"The Way of Flesh and Blood exists in the flesh and blood of all living beings. The growth, change, vitality, strength, and form of flesh and blood... In fact, the Way of Flesh and Blood is not a very good match for cultivators."

Li Changmeng was very clear that his understanding of the Way of Flesh and Blood was achieved with the help of that bug.

At first, the way he had initially understood should have been the Way of Slaughter of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. But that bug interrupted his enlightenment and instilled the Way of Flesh and Blood into him.

Enlightenment could not directly provide strength to the cultivator. Because the Dao was a law, enlightenment only allowed the cultivator to get closer to and understand the Dao better.

So, even though he was at the fourth realm of enlightenment, he almost fell victim to the powerful spell of a late - stage Foundation - Establishment cultivator.

What the Way of Flesh and Blood brought to Li Changmeng was the mastery of his own flesh and blood, making him have no vital parts except his brain.

And for now, there was only one way to deal with the brain as a vital part.

"So, the first spell I should create is a spell for an external avatar. Hide the main body in the dark and let the avatar be outside."

The idea of an external avatar didn't come out of thin air for Li Changmeng. In a sense, he himself was a kind of external avatar. His real main body was actually the natal spiritual fetus.

Even if he was completely killed, as long as the natal spiritual fetus was still alive, he couldn't be considered truly dead. It's just that the natal spiritual fetus had many limitations compared to his normal self.

On this basis, it was not an unrealistic idea for him to research a spell for an external avatar. Li Changmeng was quite confident in his own understanding ability.

Having determined the direction, Li Changmeng devoted himself whole - heartedly to the research of the spell.

In the third year, he successfully created a spell that could make a part of his own flesh grow rapidly into a body. He named it -- Blood - Drop Body - Shaping.

In the seventh year, imitating the method of making the natal spiritual fetus, Li Changmeng successfully placed a part of his consciousness into the body created by the Blood - Drop Body - Shaping spell. This spell was named -- Dividing - Spirit into Body.

Inside the cave dwelling, Li Changmeng and his avatar looked at each other.

So far, he had successfully researched the spell he wanted, and it only took him seven years.

If the outside cultivators knew that he had created a spell for an external avatar in just seven years, it would definitely cause a huge stir.

However, Li Changmeng was not excited. The reason it was so fast was just that the external avatar spell was in line with his Way of Flesh and Blood.

Now, he was facing an even greater problem. The avatar needed to have a part of his consciousness, that is, his divine soul, put into it.

If the avatar died, it would also cause serious damage to his divine soul, and the Way of Flesh and Blood didn't help with the divine soul.

If the damage to the avatar would lead to the injury of the main body, it would deviate from Li Changmeng's original intention.

What he wanted was an avatar that he could use without any scruples.

If this problem was not solved, the avatar would be imperfect. Li Changmeng had to immerse himself in the research of the spell again.

Outside the cave dwelling, Black Star was dozing off. Seven years had changed it.

It knew that its master was doing something very important. Although it was only at the middle stage of the first - order, its intelligence was no weaker than that of an ordinary mortal.

It was just very curious about what its master was busy with. The cave dwelling was filled with an uncomfortable aura, so it could only sleep outside.

How it wanted to go out and play!

Before going to sleep, Black Star looked at the vast sky, full of yearning for the outside world.

Time flew by. Ten years passed quietly. The four seasons came and went in Cangyun Mountain, but Li Changmeng had lost all sense of time. Without even realizing it, his true form was revealed.

"Is the master also from our demon race? I thought the master was human."

Black Star noticed the change in the cave dwelling. From the thin inherited memories in its bloodline, it understood the difference between the demon race and the human race.

Looking at Li Changmeng, who didn't look human at all, Black Star was very happy. So, the master was of the same race as it!

It just seemed that the master was not a local demon. In Black Star's eyes, it was a strange - looking demon.

In the eleventh year, Li Changmeng finally moved again.

"My disguise was broken accidentally?"

Li Changmeng was surprised when he woke up, but he soon understood that since the process of creating the spell was related to his Dao, it was normal for the disguise to be broken accidentally.

He was also glad that Cangyun Mountain was secluded enough and had not been discovered by other cultivators.

With a thought, his appearance gradually changed and he looked like a human again.

After ten years, the last drawback of the external avatar spell was finally solved.

Since putting the divine soul into the avatar would cause damage to the divine soul and the Way of Flesh and Blood didn't involve the divine soul, didn't he have one hundred and eight thousand living souls in his body?

Li Changmeng's solution was very simple. First, he put his divine soul into the acupoint cave.

He told them that this was the will of the Taoist Lord, and those who felt it might have the opportunity to face the Taoist Lord directly.

These living souls living in the acupoint cave were already die - hard believers of the Taoist Lord Yinmi Mengwangqing. Naturally, they all scrambled for such an opportunity.

During the process of feeling the divine soul, Li Changmeng would actively lower his defenses and let them do as they pleased.

In a way, this was a kind of divine - soul communication. How could the fragile divine souls of ordinary people compare with the innate divine soul of a Foundation - Establishment cultivator?

The more they felt and communicated, the more they would be assimilated by Li Changmeng's powerful divine soul.

When the assimilation reached a certain degree, the nature of their divine souls would be very similar to Li Changmeng's divine soul. At this time, as long as he used the Dividing - Spirit into Body spell to put a part of his divine soul into the assimilated divine soul of an ordinary person.

He could -- take its place!

A complete divine soul would appear.

After a period of nurturing and integration, it would become almost the same as the main body's divine soul.

Then, using this split soul, he could use the Dividing - Spirit into Body spell on another assimilated living soul.

Li Changmeng's split souls became more and more, and they were all connected in consciousness because they were all created by the Dividing - Spirit into Body spell. In fact, they were all one.

However, the total amount of his divine soul was indeed increasing.

Moreover, these avatars could also use the Acupoint - Opening and Spirit - Building Method.

One body had one hundred and eight acupoints and could accommodate more divine souls.

Originally, with only one body, he could only accommodate one hundred and eight thousand living souls, and many believers couldn't be guided in after death.

But now it was different. No matter how many believers there were, they could be guided into the acupoint cave and enter the Eternal Dream Divine Kingdom.

"Black Star, come in!"

With the spell reaching great perfection, Li Changmeng shouted and let Black Star, who was guarding outside the cave dwelling, in.

Eighteen years had passed. Even though time passed quickly in cultivation, it was time to leave the mountain.