My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1029: The Distorted Dao of Heaven

Li Fan did not voice these thoughts in his heart to the Master Qiaogong.

He simply summoned another Calamity Body to follow at his side, intending for it to be used when refining a new puppet body for Tianyang.

Excluding these two, there was now only one Calamity Body left within Li Fan’s true body, and even that was only half-completed.

The arrangement laid down by the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassionate in this world had endured for such a long time, yet it had only yielded this small harvest.

From this, one could see just how rare and precious the essence of Source Power truly was.

Master Qiaogong, delighted beyond measure, was ready to take the golden calamity body and return.

At that moment, Li Fan asked how long it would take to forge a single Immortal Puppet.

The answer caused Li Fan’s expression to freeze for a moment.

“I estimate that ten years would be the minimum,” the Master Qiaogong said somewhat uncertainly.

“It might even take longer. After all, this is my first opportunity to refine an Immortal Puppet. I can’t say for sure how it will go.”

His eyes drifted away, avoiding Li Fan’s gaze.

“Ten years…”

“I wonder if I’ll even have the chance to see this Immortal Puppet completed in this lifetime.”

Li Fan shook his head slightly and dismissed Master Qiaogong.

It seemed that once something touched upon the level of Immortality, the required time increases by hundreds or even thousands of times.

The same was true for the calculations involving the Final Dissociation Disc and for breaking the restrictions left behind by the Immortal Ancestor.

Of course, this did not mean that the Immortal Ancestor had truly reached the Immortal Realm. Rather, within those restrictions, Li Fan could clearly perceive the operation patterns and traces similar to Immortal-grade formations.

“It appears that the Immortal Ancestor also possessed inheritance from the Immortal Realm. Yet, due to the absence of immortal spiritual energy, he had no choice but to carve out his own path.”

Li Fan spoke thoughtfully.

Then again, it made sense. The Tianxuan Mirror was an artifact of the Immortal Realm.

How could the restrictions capable of sealing an Immortal Artifact possibly be of mortal origin?

From what Li Fan currently knew, those who possessed true Immortal inheritances numbered only a few: the Xuantian King, the Grand Mage of Heavenly Capital, and now, almost certainly, the Immortal Ancestor.

Throughout the countless ages of the Xuanhuang Realm, there might only have ever been these three individuals with authentic Immortal inheritances.

And this was only because an unknown calamity had struck the Immortal Realm, causing the Path of Immortal Ascension to collapse.

The Xuantian King and the Great Mage of Heavenly Capital had merely picked up remnants of that inheritance by chance.

If that calamity had never occurred, then in all likelihood, the mortal realm would never have possessed a True Immortal lineage.

In a normal cultivation world where ascension paths still existed and the Immortal and mortal realms could communicate freely, such an abnormal situation would never have arisen.

“In other words,” Li Fan murmured darkly, “the very fact that such a situation exists… already explains much.”

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The divide between mortal and immortal was as vast as the abyss of heaven and earth.

In theory, once the Final Dissociation Disc and the Dao Deviation Stone both completed their evolutions, breaking through the restrictions of the Immortal Ancestor should have taken only an instant.

Yet, when Li Fan actually attempted it, he found it to be a long and grueling endeavor—like a horse dying halfway up a mountain.

Although it felt as though he was only a step away from fully unraveling the restriction, no matter how long the Final Dissociation Disc ran, its progress did not move in the slightest.

“So this is the sealing method of an Immortal.”

“Though All Spirit Return to Numbers and Flowers Bloom in an Empty Room are both Immortal-grade formations, they offer me no reference in this field.”

“I can only rely on the Dissociation Disc to forcefully decode it.”

Li Fan sighed inwardly. While monitoring the operation of the Disc, he turned his focus elsewhere for the time being.

During this idle interval, Li Fan began to ponder how to quickly extract the Marrow of Heaven and Earth.

He could foresee that when the Faceless True Immortal and the Immortal of the Fallen Ruins clashed, creating the perfect moment for him,

the time left for Li Fan to act would be extremely brief.

Perhaps only a single fleeting instant.

According to the previous plan, if one wished to maximize benefits, then it was necessary to simultaneously extract the life transformation of [The Xuanhuang Realm will undergo great changes] and accumulate power for one’s own advancement to the Soul Transformation realm.

With the Tianxuan Mirror’s origin within him, Li Fan was able to read many of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s sealed records. Among them were numerous experiences left by cultivators who had advanced to the Soul Transformation True Monarch realm.

Extracting the transformation of heaven and earth was a long and meticulous process. Li Fan had once personally witnessed Zhang Zhiliang absorb the changes of the Congyun Sea and ascend to Soul Transformation. Clearly, it was not something that could be completed overnight.

A single “Transformation of Heaven and Earth” was already that difficult. How much more so when there were hundreds or thousands of them?

The only example Li Fan could truly draw from was that of Mr. Bai, who once gathered countless Spirit of Heaven and Earth within himself in an instant. That ability was known as “Misconversion.”

Ordinary cultivators advancing to Soul Transformation had to proceed with extreme caution, for drawing upon the marrow of heaven and earth meant inevitably facing heavenly backlash.

However, if one were an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao itself, then heaven would not punish its own needs.

“Misconversion… to see it is to see me…”

Li Fan suddenly recalled the ability of the Dharma-transmitter Jiang.

A flash of inspiration crossed his mind. Grasping that rare opportunity, he swallowed a handful of Enlightenment Pills.

Scenes of his past cultivation, of his insights into the Heavenly Dao, surfaced vividly in his mind. The descent of the Heavenly Dao Mr. Bai through his own Holy Embryo, and every subtle change that had occurred to the embryo and to himself…

Every detail re-emerged completely within Li Fan’s consciousness.

Fortunately, the Dao Deviation Stone had just finished its evolution. Otherwise, with its former middle-grade quality, it would never have withstood such massive consumption.

“Yes. It was my own carelessness that allowed the Heavenly Dao Bai to seize the chance to use my Holy Embryo and reincarnate.”

“But looking at it from another angle, the body of the Heavenly Dao Bai was originally my own Holy Embryo. In essence, it is another version of myself.”

“It was merely occupied by him.”

“The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao is me…”

“I am the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao…”

Li Fan’s gaze grew ever brighter as his thoughts surged endlessly. Like one possessed, he kept muttering those two sentences repeatedly.

If an outsider were present to witness this scene, they would likely believe Li Fan had fallen into qi deviation. Yet at this moment, Li Fan’s mind was clearer than ever.

“Just as I once relied on the Canghai Pearl to observe the evolution of Heaven and Earth’s killing intent and thereby comprehended the divine ability Formless Killing Intent.”

“The Heavenly Dao Bai was born through my Holy Embryo, and thus I have had the fortune to share the same body as the Heavenly Dao itself.”

Li Fan’s gaze seemed to pierce through the skies of the Spiritwood Realm, directly reaching the Xuanhuang Realm.

He recalled the myriad beings he had seen within the Tianxuan Mirror, and the transformations of the Xuanhuang Realm he had witnessed across many cycles of reincarnation.

All those realizations surrounded his heart.

A mysterious aura began to surge within Li Fan.

Like a stone statue, Li Fan entered enlightenment, his body frozen on the spot.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Just as he was about to achieve enlightenment, Li Fan suddenly awakened in alarm.

“No. I am not truly trying to become the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.”

“I merely wish to borrow the Heavenly Dao’s authority.”

“That was close…”

Even with Li Fan’s current state of mind, cold sweat ran down his back.

If his connection with the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao had truly been established, and this transformation of himself had been something he consciously initiated, then it would no longer be something that the [Truth] could reverse.

After all, [Truth] could change the world, but not Li Fan himself.

“Fortunately, I realized it in time.”