Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?!

"What is this...?"

Lu Yuan opened the wooden box, and his expression was rather astonished when he saw what was inside.

Because inside the wooden box was only a palm-sized puppet doll.

The carving technique of the puppet was somewhat rough, the face was featureless, without eyes, nose, or mouth, looking rather eerie.

On the surface of the puppet, however, were numerous intricate patterns engraved, transmitting a mysterious wave.

Lu Yuan played with the puppet in his hand for a while and found a talisman paper at the bottom of the box, which detailed the method of using the puppet.

According to the information revealed by the talisman paper, this item is called a Substitute Death Puppet, a supreme treasure crafted by Sect Leader Hui Ming using the Secret Technique of the Medicine Buddha Sect.

Only the most central inheritance disciples of the sect are qualified to possess it.

Its only function is that when the user encounters a life-and-death crisis, it can sacrifice itself in the user's place once!

Equivalent to gaining an extra life, its value is absolutely immeasurable.

Of course.

Though the Substitute Death Puppet is quite overpowering, it also has many restrictions.

The most important restriction is that the user's cultivation cannot exceed the Core Formation Stage, otherwise, its substitute death effect will lose its efficacy.

But when Lu Yuan activated the Eye of Truth, the entire cave dwelling environment changed.

The originally rich spiritual energy, almost liquefied, at this moment turned into a billowing black mist.

And the Substitute Death Puppet in his hand also suddenly transformed into a faceless worm!

The legs of the faceless worm were huddled together, its body curled into a ball, its skin surface covered with intricate patterns, seemingly aligned with some heaven and earth law, transmitting a peculiar Dao resonance.

"To the Parasite Insect Race, a cultivator's body is merely a vessel, and it can be replaced at any time if necessary."

"So the true purpose of this faceless worm is to serve as a substitute death for the parasites within the cultivator's body?"

Lu Yuan pondered thoughtfully.

Humans are the spirits of all things, Gu is the essence of heaven and earth.

However, due to the distortion of the Heavenly Dao in this world.

Those Gu insects, which originally bore law fragments and heavenly Dao marks, have turned into all sorts of twisted and terrifying Parasite Insect Races!

It was at this moment that the notification from the Will of the Heavens also came through.

[Your Heaven-defying Comprehension has allowed you to deduce the Gu Refining Technique from the law fragments within the Substitute Death Worm!]

The moment the words fell.

A massive surge of information and realization flooded from the depths of Lu Yuan's mind like a tide.

Lu Yuan's eyes brightened slightly.

It must be said that this Heaven-defying Comprehension talent is simply too abnormal.

Just by looking at this Substitute Death Worm, he could infer a new Gu Refining Technique from analogy!

Moreover, the Substitute Death Puppet has many restrictions, only useful to cultivators below the Core Formation Realm.

But Lu Yuan now has a new insight into Gu Refining, completely capable of crafting a Substitute Death Gu with no limitations and endless growth!

Defying the heavens!

It's simply too heaven-defying!

"Refining a Substitute Death Gu requires a large amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, but given the foundation of the Medicine Buddha Sect, I should be able to gather the materials for refining Gu soon."

A slight smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

Although this Medicine Buddha Sect is nothing but an insect cave, for him, it could also be considered an ultimate cultivation paradise!

Lu Yuan put the Substitute Death Puppet into his Storage Ring, then took out the Thunder Element Technique that was said to lead straight to the Divinity Transformation Dao.

But after a quick browse, his brows furrowed.

Especially when Lu Yuan took out the Cultivation Journal given to him by the Bodhi Peak Master and looked at it more closely, his expression became increasingly unpleasant.

This Cultivation Journal recorded the cultivation insights and experiences of the past Bodhi Peak Masters, and for other disciples, it would be a treasure to dream of.

But Lu Yuan noticed a clue.

Because the so-called cultivation techniques in this world seem to strengthen the cultivator's power and raise their realm.

But in essence, these techniques are meant to make the insect eggs inside the cultivator more robust, letting them grow

faster!

And during the development and growth of the larvae, they also bestow upon the cultivator various abilities and methods, creating the illusion that cultivating can make one stronger.

So to some degree, all cultivation techniques and secret manuals are nothing but copies of the "Insect Race Breeding Manual"!

Especially when Lu Yuan thought about how many cultivators would even draw swords against each other for a high-tier cultivation technique, fighting bloodily, all he felt in his heart was an unprecedented sense of absurdity.

All that talk of eternal life, achieving the Dao and ascending, is just making wedding clothes for the Parasite Insect Race.

And the vast majority of cultivators are completely in the dark, if they were to learn the truth, their Dao hearts would probably break on the spot.

"So to speak, these Spirit Elixirs are nothing but food for the Insect Race."

Lu Yuan poured out a Foundation Establishment Pill and scrutinized it for a moment, his expression becoming somewhat complex.

That dragon-eye-sized pill, emitting a strong medicinal fragrance, was clearly a brown insect egg!

Inside the egg was an unhatched larva curled up, its body covered by a layer of amniotic membrane, subtly rising and falling with its breathing.

This larva had no attributes but infinite potential for growth.

If a Qi Cultivation Cultivator were to swallow it, it would break out of the egg and rapidly grow healthy and strong.

And this process is what is referred to as Foundation Establishment!

However, unpredictable changes often occur during the Foundation Establishment process.

For example, if the cultivator's roots are too poor, they are unsuitable for parasitism, or the rejection response when the larva parasitizes the cultivator's body.

These and other reasons combine to result in a Foundation Establishment success rate of less than forty percent.

If the Qi Cultivation Stage merely involves absorbing polluted spiritual energy to transform the flesh and bones, making the body more suitable for parasitism by the Insect Race.