My Longevity Simulation

However, after waiting for a long time, the Dharma-Transmitters of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance never witnessed the greater upheaval in the Xuanhuang Realm that they had been expecting.

Could it be that the Immortal Ancestor had misjudged the situation?

No matter how unbelievable it seemed, the Dharma-Transmitters ultimately had no choice but to accept this fact.

Out of reverence for the Immortal Ancestor, however, none of them dared discuss it openly.

They were even less willing to take the initiative to send a message asking the Immortal Ancestor about it.

In the end, they could only conclude that the Immortal Ancestor cared deeply for all living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm. Even the slightest disturbance was enough for him to issue a warning. After all, some unrest had indeed occurred.

What the countless living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm could not perceive was that, beyond the void, an immense quantity of True Immortal power had quietly accumulated.

Li Fan stood before the now completely filled depression. Feeling the faint attractive force emanating from it, he nodded in satisfaction.

This harvest had exceeded even his own expectations.

The naturally formed depression had become an almost perfect vessel for storing True Immortal power. Coupled with the formations Li Fan had arranged around its perimeter to conceal it, every abnormality in this place was perfectly hidden.

Li Fan was confident that even people like the Immortal Ancestor, unless they deliberately conducted a careful investigation, would never notice anything unusual if they merely passed by.

"With this accumulation, the plan to create the Super Xuanhuang Realm has become much more certain."

The power drawn forth by the Enlightened True Immortal in the Immortal Ruins through the Hunger character art was naturally different from pure immortal spirit power and could not be directly absorbed by the Xuanhuang Realm.

However, Li Fan could use the Ascension Formation as an intermediary to transform this enormous power into the driving force that would elevate the Xuanhuang Realm. In this way, the consumption of True Immortal flesh and blood would be greatly reduced. Otherwise, relying solely on the output of the Kun-Qian Bone Hand, even if Ou Shangtian were squeezed dry, it would still be impossible to construct enough Ascension Formations.

"It hangs in the heavens like a lake, resembling the ruins of the Immortal Realm."

Only after gazing at it for a long while did Li Fan finally withdraw his eyes from the depression.

He temporarily concealed the place with formations.

"The next step is to find a method of anchoring the world's elevation."

"Otherwise, I will have to take a dangerous gamble and force the Celestial Spirit of Heaven and Earth out before the Xuanhuang Realm falls from immortality. The situation could change in an instant, and anything could happen. The entire plan might fail at the final moment."

"I also need to find a way to increase the production of True Immortal flesh and blood and source power essence simultaneously."

Using a mortal body to accomplish the work of a True Immortal naturally came with countless limitations.

Although Li Fan's accumulation over many reincarnations allowed him to find all kinds of extraordinary substitute powers, they were ultimately not true Immortal Spirit Power. As he drew closer and closer to his objective, everything became increasingly troublesome.

As for how to temporarily anchor the world at a higher level, Li Fan still had no clues.

Putting aside the Enlightened True Immortal within the Immortal Ruins, from the perspective of higher dimensions, the highest points throughout the entire Darkest Star Sea were likely only the Remnant World Great Wall beneath the High Wall, along with the place deep within the Dark Sea of the Xuanhuang Realm where everything converged.

Naturally, there were also some naturally formed mountain peaks scattered throughout the Star Sea. Like the depression before him, they were things the current Li Fan had no ability to fully study or comprehend.

"The next step will proceed along two paths simultaneously."

"I will investigate both beneath the High Wall and within the Dark Sea at the same time."

"As for the High Wall, perhaps I can leave it to the Xuan Immortal Ark. If they can research True Immortal seal script characters and turn them into something they can use, then the elders of the Immortal Ark certainly possess sufficient ability. As for the Dark Sea..."

The face of the Xuantian Sect Dharma King, Mo Rubin, immediately appeared in Li Fan's mind.

"Now that my exchange with the Immortal Ark has allowed me to obtain the [Reveal] character, perhaps it is time to awaken Mo Rubin once again."

One of the functions of the [Reveal] character was to reveal the connections that existed between all things.

The cultivation methods of the Xuantian King all originated from the inheritance of the Azure Firmament Pearl.

If successful, perhaps by activating the [Reveal] character, he could follow these connections and discover the whereabouts of the Azure Firmament Pearl, or even the Xuantian King himself.

"Mo Rubin cultivates the Innumerable Calamities Undying Demon Heart Immortal Art. His numerous personalities can shift almost at will. Moreover, he is meticulous and extraordinarily cunning."

"But the Xuantian King is his greatest weakness."

Li Fan's figure flickered.

In an instant, he returned to the Xuanhuang Realm and arrived beneath the Dao Lecture Platform.

A massive golden net woven from source power essence continued sealing the sleeping Mo Rubin and the original soul of Ji Yuzhen.

Li Fan did not awaken Ji Yuzhen, the female Dharma King.

Although he had already absorbed most of her memories and undoubtedly understood her better than before, this female Dharma King still gave Li Fan a greater sense of danger than Mo Rubin.

By comparison, Mo Rubin, with whom Li Fan had dealt across several reincarnations, was much easier to control.

With a flick of his finger, the phantom of the Wooden Sword left its sheath. Li Fan brought Mo Rubin with him into the void beyond the Xuanhuang Realm.

He then slowly withdrew the golden net that had imprisoned him.

Exposed to the cold, silent Darkest Star Sea, Mo Rubin instinctively sensed danger and slowly awakened.

Almost the moment he regained consciousness, he noticed Li Fan standing not far away.

"Hm? Before I fell asleep, I should have been..."

Mo Rubin was momentarily bewildered. After thinking briefly, he roughly guessed who was responsible for everything.

"What do you intend to do, Fellow Daoist?"

Mo Rubin sized up Li Fan, his voice filled with vigilance.

A mirror-like boundary hidden within the darkness silently came into existence and locked onto Li Fan.

This was one of the divine abilities contained within the Innumerable Calamities Undying Demon Heart Immortal Art. It could replace the person reflected on the opposite side of the mirror and transform them into another Demon Heart belonging to its user.

As long as someone was enveloped by it, regardless of cultivation level, none could escape.

This confidence came from the Immortal Realm inheritance Mo Rubin had received.

However, he quickly realized something was wrong, and his expression changed slightly.

The mirror had indeed enveloped Li Fan.

Yet on the other side of the mirror, Li Fan's reflection did not exist at all.

It was as though the person before him was merely an illusion that did not exist within the real world.

Yet paradoxically, the vitality radiating openly from Li Fan clearly proved that he was real.

The Transformation of Truth and Falsehood surpassed even the [Creation] True Immortal seal script.

Naturally, it was far beyond anything Mo Rubin could comprehend.

At this moment, the Xuantian Sect Dharma King only knew that he had encountered an extraordinarily troublesome opponent.

After several more attempts still failed to lock onto Li Fan, he decisively gave up.

Without making the slightest sound, he withdrew the mirror boundary divine ability.

"Fellow Daoist Mo, there is no need to be so nervous. If I truly intended to harm you, why would I have awakened you myself?"

"The Innumerable Calamities Undying Demon Heart Immortal Art is not truly undying through all calamities. I know at least three or four methods of breaking it."

Li Fan smiled faintly as he spoke.

These few words struck Mo Rubin like thunder.

The Innumerable Calamities Undying Demon Heart Immortal Art had been personally taught to him by the Xuantian King long ago. Very few people knew of its existence.

Yet Li Fan had revealed its secret with a single sentence.

"Just who exactly are you, Fellow Daoist?"

Mo Rubin asked solemnly.

Li Fan did not answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you know how long you have been asleep?"

Earlier, Mo Rubin's entire attention had been focused on Li Fan.

Only after Li Fan reminded him did Mo Rubin begin calculating with his fingers. The moment he finished, his body trembled violently.

"Ten thousand years have passed. Everything has long since changed beyond recognition. If Fellow Daoist is interested, allow me to tell you what has happened during these years," Li Fan said sincerely.

Mo Rubin pondered for a moment before nodding.

Thus, Li Fan slowly recounted everything that had happened after the fall of the Xuantian Sect. The Ten Great Immortal Sects rose to replace it, another great calamity erupted, the Xuanhuang Realm was nearly destroyed, the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor rose to prominence, and the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association came to jointly rule the world.

Mo Rubin's expression changed repeatedly.

"Those vermin of the Ten Great Immortal Sects truly deserved to die!"

From beginning to end, this was the only sentence he could not restrain himself from uttering. The rest of the time, he listened attentively.

With the acute sensitivity of his Demon Heart Immortal Art to the emotions of those around him, Mo Rubin was eighty percent certain that Li Fan was not lying.

"The people of the Ten Great Immortal Sects inherited the Xuantian Sect's legacy. They also possessed the Grand Mage's true inheritance, so they were not so easily destroyed. Some of them escaped the Xuanhuang Realm before the calamity completely erupted," Li Fan said with a slight shake of his head.

"Escaped?" Mo Rubin narrowed his eyes.

"They did not merely leave the Xuanhuang Realm. They crossed the High Wall and entered the world beyond it!" Li Fan declared firmly.

Mo Rubin reacted more intensely than ever before.

"Beyond the High Wall? Impossible!"

Li Fan had long expected this response.

"Please take a look, Fellow Daoist."

With a casual wave of his hand, the scene of a world-rifting divine sword erupting with boundless radiance, tearing apart heaven and earth before flying into the void, appeared before Mo Rubin.

"This was the scene when the Heavenly Sword Sect forged the World-Rifting Divine Sword and departed the Xuanhuang Realm. Although there is no certainty whether they truly succeeded, with such overwhelming might, surely they were not merely escaping the Xuanhuang Realm?" Li Fan asked.

Mo Rubin stared fixedly at the repeating scene before him.

"This World-Rifting Divine Weapon is nothing more than a mortal artifact. How could it possibly cross the High Wall? What a joke," Mo Rubin insisted.

"The divine weapon was forged from Taiyuan Refined Gold, countless Sword Intent Dao Embryos, and supplemented with innumerable heavenly treasures..." Li Fan said unhurriedly.

Mo Rubin interrupted him.

"Only that? No matter what heavenly treasures you use, as long as they originate from the Xuanhuang Realm, they could never achieve such an effect."

"What if..." Li Fan asked in a deep voice, "a mass of pure immortal spiritual qi was also incorporated into it?"

Mo Rubin suddenly raised his head and stared at Li Fan.

"Immortal spiritual Qi?"

Both his expression and tone had completely changed.

After remaining silent for a long while, Mo Rubin finally spoke softly.

"If the core of that World-Rifting Divine Weapon truly contained immortal spiritual qi, then it would indeed be possible to cross the High Wall by relying on it..."

"Exactly," Li Fan replied meaningfully.

Did the World-Rifting Divine Weapon forged by the Heavenly Sword Sect truly contain immortal spiritual qi?

Li Fan himself did not know.

However, the forging of the divine weapon had been ordered by Mr. Bai.

Mr. Bai had inherited the legacy of the Great Celestial Venerable and had once crossed the High Wall before returning. How could he possibly not know that ordinary mortal materials alone could never cross the High Wall?

If the attempt failed and the divine weapon crashed directly into the High Wall, there would be absolutely no chance of survival.

Given Mr. Bai's character, he would never send people to such meaningless deaths.

Thus, after learning from Sun Tianci in his previous life just how significant the Great Celestial Venerable's legacy truly was, Li Fan gradually formed a conjecture.

Mr. Bai had likely separated a portion of the immortal spiritual qi produced by detonating the immortal artifacts and given it to the Heavenly Sword Sect, allowing them to successfully carry out their plan of escaping beyond the world.

Compared to the remaining four immortal artifacts such as the Great Sun Golden Bell, the amount of immortal spiritual qi produced by detonating the other nine immortal artifacts had indeed been surprisingly small.

Rather than being completely consumed, it seemed more likely that part of it had been diverted elsewhere.

Perhaps that World-Rifting Divine Weapon had carried members of other sects besides the Heavenly Sword Sect as well.

After hearing Li Fan's explanation, Mo Rubin remained silent for a long time before finally cursing.

"Those damned bastards. They only cared about saving themselves and had not the slightest concern for the countless lives of the Xuanhuang Realm."

Mo Rubin naturally had every right to speak such words.

Back then, if the Xuantian King had wished to escape alone with his half-immortal body, it would have been effortless.

Yet precisely because he wanted to bring his homeland, the Xuanhuang Realm, with him, the long Floating Across Starry Sky plan and all the subsequent disasters came into being.

Hearing this, Li Fan smoothly steered the conversation toward the Xuantian King.

"The Xuantian King's character was as pure and noble as the eternal sun itself. There has never been anyone in this world who could stand beside him. Leaving aside the vermin of the Ten Great Immortal Sects, even throughout the ten thousand years that followed, not a single person inherited his will. The only reason the Xuanhuang Realm has survived until today is because its countless living beings have struggled desperately to save themselves."

Li Fan let out a long sigh.

Hearing Li Fan praise the Xuantian King so highly, Mo Rubin's opinion of him gradually began to change.

However, he was still far from lowering his guard.

"To speak honestly, I wish to inherit the Xuantian King's will. I want to save the Xuanhuang Realm from disaster, help it cross the High Wall, and escape this Darkest Star Sea."

"I have exhausted both heart and soul for this cause, sacrificing more than half my life. Yet when my lifespan finally approaches its end and I look back, I discover that within the vast Xuanhuang Realm, there is not a single person whom I can truly trust."

A trace of loneliness filled Li Fan's voice.

Mo Rubin carefully observed him and quickly realized that Li Fan's lifespan was indeed nearly exhausted.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

Li Fan continued.

"By fortunate chance, I discovered the deeds of the ancient heroes of the Xuantian Sect. I was deeply moved and regarded them as kindred spirits."

"I searched everywhere for traces of any survivors among them."

"And in the end, I found you, Fellow Daoist, still sleeping..."

Li Fan looked at Mo Rubin with a relieved smile.

For a moment, countless indescribable emotions surged through Mo Rubin's heart.

However, by nature he was extremely cautious. He forcefully suppressed those emotions and instead began evaluating the credibility of Li Fan's words.

"The affairs of the Xuantian Sect happened more than ten thousand years ago. How do you know all this?" Mo Rubin asked.

"I discovered Ji Yuzhen's shattered divine soul among the endless flowers within a circular mountain valley," Li Fan answered truthfully.

"Although only countless fragments of memory remained, piecing them together was enough to glimpse the past of the Xuantian Sect."

Mo Rubin's expression changed dramatically.

"Ji Yuzhen? She is still alive?"

Li Fan gently shook his head.

"Only a remnant soul remains."

Mo Rubin was about to continue asking, but suddenly stopped himself.

After remaining silent for a while, he looked directly at Li Fan.

"When the Xuantian Sect suffered its great catastrophe, many of my brothers died, many were gravely injured, and we all lost contact with one another."

"There may even have been traitors among us."

"To be honest, aside from the Xuantian King, I trust no one."

Li Fan nodded in understanding.

"In truth, one of the reasons I awakened you was because I hoped to find the Xuantian King through you."