My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1420: An Experimental Attempt at Proving the Dao

"Qualifications and comprehension, and the various ways these innate factors affect one's actual cultivation, perhaps have a certain upper limit. Anyone capable of reaching the True Immortal realm will not be lacking in these aspects, no matter what."

"But to go one step further..." Qiao Sidao continued to explain his reasoning in detail to Li Fan.

"It should require a certain amount of luck and coincidence."

"Every choice one makes will shape a different future life. The Evil Su Bai and the darkened Heavenly Doctor that Senior encountered, after making choices completely different from their counterparts in this world, brought about a series of subsequent changes that ultimately led to their strength reaching such an unfathomable realm."

"And through the matter of being hunted by powerful beings from other possibilities, perhaps we can also determine, to some extent, the general state of the entire world..." Qiao Sidao pondered, searching for the right term.

"Let us use the term [Mortal World] to refer to it," Li Fan suddenly said, then gestured for him to continue.

"Ah, perhaps we can determine the general state of the entire Mortal World." Qiao Sidao smoothly changed the term according to Li Fan's request.

"Explain in detail." Li Fan's eyes flickered. He had already guessed Qiao Sidao's thoughts in an instant.

"If the Mortal World still contains an endless number of possibilities, then theoretically, for anyone in the Xuanhuang Realm, there exists somewhere beyond the Star Sea a supreme powerhouse capable of effortlessly crossing possibilities. Uncle San, me, and even all living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm are the same."

Qiao Sidao frowned slightly. "That is something I cannot currently figure out. After all, such hypothetical enemies would possess strength far beyond imagination. They are already beyond the scope of my abilities."

"Having an idea is already a good beginning," Li Fan casually praised.

Qiao Sidao's difficulty was not a problem for him at all.

"This life will be enough to make a basic judgment."

"However, judging from the might displayed by the darkened Heavenly Doctor in the previous life, I need to make thorough preparations in advance."

Next, Li Fan also asked Emperor Sanmo in detail about Su Bai and the Heavenly Doctor, with Su Bai being the main focus.

According to Emperor Sanmo's account, the general situation was basically identical to what Li Fan had experienced in the Fallen Immortal Realm.

However, there were certain aspects concerning the Evil Su Bai that had not been revealed in the illusion.

"The Beast Taming Sect is, after all, one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects and one of the ruling powers of the Xuanhuang Realm. Naturally, when an unknown person suddenly came knocking on their door and making arrogant demands, they would not simply agree."

"However, after experiencing a brutal battle and weighing the pros and cons, they had no choice but to submit." Emperor Sanmo gave a bitter smile.

According to the battle scene described by Emperor Sanmo, at first, Mr. Bai only injured the spirit beasts and did not harm the cultivators. But as the killing continued, Mr. Bai's attacks grew increasingly severe, and his expression gradually became abnormal.

It was only because Emperor Sanmo keenly noticed this change and communicated with the Beast Taming Sect Master in time. And because Lu Ya, who had once been raised by Mr. Bai, appeared.

That a tragedy was perhaps avoided.

Emperor San Mo naturally did not know that Su Bai had once crossed the High Wall with one foot before being mysteriously influenced by Evil Su Bai.

He merely believed that this was a hidden aspect of Su Bai's own nature.

"Although my homeland was destroyed, I believe many old acquaintances, like me, managed to escape to other possibilities through a twist of fate."

"My short term goal is to find a stable method of traversing between possibilities. My long term goal is to take revenge on those two!"

"Although they are powerful, they should not treat us like ants. Such wanton actions will inevitably be punished!" Li Fan said solemnly, carefully establishing his persona.

These words earned the heartfelt agreement of Emperor Sanmo, who had suffered an almost identical fate.

Qiao Sidao also nodded in sincere agreement.

Indeed, Li Fan could use various methods to forcibly make the two work for him. But in Li Fan's view, having them willingly cooperate would be more efficient and reliable.

"The development of this world is even far behind that of my homeland. Accomplishing these goals will certainly be extremely difficult."

"We need to work together." As Li Fan spoke, he looked toward the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance outside the Museum of Divine Treasures.

Emperor Sanmo quickly understood the meaning behind Li Fan's words and took the initiative to explain.

"The three great ruling factions of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance are the Dharma-Transmitters, the Mirror Holders, and the Illusory Truth Sages. I command and oversee the [Illusory Truth Sages] faction. They are temporary creations formed from souls selected through the [Era] device, combined with life materials stored within the Museum of Divine Treasures and refined through the unique fusion techniques of our race."

"Among them, the most outstanding is the creation known as Diyi Jinglun."

"In fact, this person's birth was also filled with countless coincidences. The legendary nature of his birth is not even inferior to Qiao Sidao's..."

From Emperor Sanmo's account, Li Fan also learned why Diyi Jinglun had been given the name "Diyi."

Diyi Jinglun had originally not been a single soul.

The similarity between his name and the Beast Race's ruler, Emperor Yi, was naturally no coincidence. During the process of using several hundred selected souls to forge bodies, an extremely rare accident occurred. Amid a tremendous explosion, all the remaining life materials and souls fused together.

Normally, such a mixture of remnants would have been completely incapable of giving birth to an intelligent individual. Yet, by an extraordinary coincidence, a genius like Diyi Jinglun was born from this mass of mud like material.

Emperor Sanmo said with great regret, "Even though I tried my utmost to conceal it, the uniqueness of Diyi Jinglun still failed to escape the notice of the Dharma-Transmitters and Mirror Holders. Fearing that Diyi Jinglun would become a threat to them after he matured, they actually joined forces to suppress him."

"In the face of the cultivation laws established by Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Sovereign's New Cultivation Method, without the necessary resources, no matter how heaven defying your aptitude is, you can only obediently remain restricted. Such talent, which even I find somewhat unbelievable, is actually still stuck in the Soul Transformation realm..." There was some indignation in Emperor Sanmo's voice.

"This is also related to the characteristics of our [Illusory Truth Sages] faction. When I first pledged allegiance to the Immortal Ancestor, I made an agreement with him that I would not interfere in the affairs of the Immortal Alliance and would only provide assistance at certain special moments. It would not be appropriate for me to interfere too much." He explained this to Li Fan.

Li Fan was not unfamiliar with Diyi Jinglun either.

When his strength was still weak, he had already heard of his accomplishments, "Three years of cultivation, a mortal forming a Golden Core. A Golden Core cultivator slaying a Nascent Soul cultivator and defeating a Soul Transformation cultivator."

Later, when he was appointed Island Master of Ten Thousand Immortal Island, he had also received Diyi Jinglun's appointment, constructing Congyun Immortal City and suppressing the Nether Passage beneath Ten Thousand Immortal Island.

However, Li Fan possessed the benefit of [Truth] and could recklessly gather intelligence without concern for consequences in every life. Cultivation resources were never a problem for him.

After achieving the Nascent Soul realm through the Five Elements Great Grotto Heaven, this so called "heavenly prodigy" was already no longer worthy of his attention.

"Speaking of which, this Diyi Jinglun is actually a suitable experimental chess piece."

"Let us see how abundant the remaining possibilities in the Mortal World are now."

"Even if infinite possibilities mean that everyone has the opportunity to prove the Dao and become the strongest, those with greater aptitude, comprehension, and state of mind will have a higher overall probability of proving the Dao. After the Dao Annihilation Calamity swept across the Mortal World, more of them would consequently survive. Someone like He Zhenghao, who seeks to achieve the Nameless Realm, would be exceedingly rare even among infinity."

"I can divide them into different tiers according to their aptitude and send them beyond the High Wall separately..." Li Fan had already made up his mind.

For the time being, Li Fan did not summon Diyi Jinglun. Instead, he had Emperor Sanmo lead the way and went straight to where the Dharma-Transmitter Council was located.

With Emperor Sanmo, the Immortal Ancestor's personally appointed leader of the Illusory Truth Sages faction, using an "extremely urgent matter" as an excuse, the vast majority of the Dharma-Transmitters were lured into gathering in one place.

Li Fan knew the corrupt nature of these Dharma-Transmitters all too well and could not be bothered to waste words with them. He directly summoned an Immortal-grade formation, descended upon the place, and suppressed every one of them.

After being thoroughly conditioned, those who were still usable to some extent would be released. If they were truly beyond saving, they would simply be destroyed. Then, using simulated personalities together with the body refinement techniques provided by Emperor Sanmo, new Dharma-Transmitters would be created to replace them.

The body refinement techniques of the demon beast race bore seven or eight tenths of a resemblance to those developed within the Empire's small worlds. However, all of the Empire's techniques were based on exotic beasts that had been completely stripped of their demon beast bloodlines, allowing the potential within their biological bodies to be explored more thoroughly. Although the techniques appeared considerably weaker on the surface, their essence was not actually far behind.

After Li Fan provided these techniques to Emperor Sanmo, Emperor Sanmo was pleasantly surprised again and again, gaining considerable inspiration from them.

After quietly seizing control of the Dharma-Transmitters Council, Li Fan did not immediately confront the Tianxuan Mirror.

Instead, he first went to the Guardian Hall.

After the three Dao Integration guardians responsible for guarding the Tianxuan Mirror repeatedly confirmed that the transfer orders they had received were genuine, they hurriedly left the Derivation Law Jade space with expressions of shock and uncertainty. Only the Derivation Law Jade remained alone.

The little girl, who had originally been listlessly sprawled across the long wooden table, observed the situation for a long while before finally being unable to contain herself.

She sneakily raised her head.

"What is going on here?" the little girl secretly wondered.

She thought for a long time. Although she was uncertain about what exactly had happened, the fact remained that no one was guarding the place.

Yet, surprisingly, the little girl of the Derivation Law Jade did not even think about escaping. Instead, she was overjoyed and happily settled down to rest.

No one knew how much time passed.

Until a figure suddenly appeared before her and lightly tapped the wooden table with a finger.

The little girl abruptly awakened from her sweet dream. She skillfully wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and widened her eyes.

There was not the slightest trace that she had just been sleeping.

She carefully examined the newcomer and asked tentatively, "Are you the new guardian?"

The newcomer, Li Fan, smiled faintly. "Yes, and no."

"I hate you riddle people the most." The little girl puffed out her cheeks and spoke with disdain.

Then she no longer wanted to bother with Li Fan. She counted on her fingers as if calculating something, while her large eyes looked toward the enormous sphere of characters above her head.

Li Fan did not mind.

Unhurriedly, he conjured an identical long wooden table before himself.

He spread out the paper, ground the ink, and picked up the brush.

With a single flourish, he completed it.

Only two characters were written across the long wooden table.

Yet the moment those two characters appeared, they involuntarily drew the little girl's attention.

She was stunned for a moment, her eyes filled with confusion.

Then she seemed to recall something and suddenly let out a prolonged, meaningless scream.

It continued for a long time without stopping.

"You... you... you..." The Derivation Law Jade pointed at Li Fan with a trembling finger as if she had seen a ghost. She could barely speak.

Li Fan merely glanced at the little girl indifferently.

The little girl was startled again, but under Li Fan's gaze, she did not dare move recklessly. She could only stare at him in terror.

"How much of your memories from the Immortal Realm remain?"

Only after the Derivation Law Jade finally calmed down did Li Fan ask indifferently.

This question made the little girl even more certain of her suspicions.

The fear in her heart intensified, and she hurriedly shook her head as she replied, "I cannot remember any of it at all!"

"Hm?" Li Fan narrowed his eyes and frowned.

The little girl waved both hands and anxiously explained, "Really, I am not lying!"

"I am also somewhat puzzled about this. But Big Brother Jing Xuan said that, in order to avoid being caught up in the disasters of the Immortal Realm, most immortal artifacts that wanted to survive had to sever their connection with their former selves..."

"These two characters were also something I only vaguely remembered after seeing you write them just now."

Immortal artifacts, immortal puppets, immortal servants, and the like.

It seemed that before a True Immortal, they were naturally placed in a position of oppression.

Merely from a simple glance, the little girl of the Derivation Law Jade immediately poured out everything she knew.

The Derivation Law Jade that accompanied her within her body had originally come from the Immortal Realm, but it had already been incomplete.

After she fused with it using her own body, her memories from the past had disappeared completely, like salt dissolving into water.

"Do not move."

Li Fan said indifferently as he placed a hand on top of the little girl's head and began examining the condition within her body.

There was already no trace of the Derivation Law Jade's exotic artifact form.

It had almost completely fused with her human body.

However, the nature of being a "human" still remained to some extent. It had not been completely fused and devoured.

"I can sense the desire within your heart."

"Do you want to live from now on as the Derivation Law Jade, or as a true human?"

Li Fan withdrew his hand and asked indifferently.

The little girl was suddenly stunned when she heard this. Then she realized something and slightly opened her mouth.

She did not answer immediately, instead struggling with the choice for quite some time.

"To become the Derivation Law Jade, you are destined to lose your freedom, but your lifespan will be endless, and you will have no fear of dying."

"To become a human, you can escape the shackles of being an artifact. But in this world, there may not be any true freedom and carefree existence."

Li Fan calmly reminded her.

The little girl lowered her head and fell into deep thought.

But in the end, just as Li Fan had expected, she firmly chose the latter.

To become a human.

"Very well. Since you have made up your mind, I will grant your wish."

Countless golden threads erupted in an instant, plunging deeply into the little girl's body.

Under the indescribable pain, tears and mucus immediately streamed down the little girl's face.

Li Fan paid no attention to her suffering. He merely sensed the exotic artifact within her body and slowly extracted it.

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!

Report chapter

Use arrow keys (or A / D) to PREV/NEXT chapter