My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1034: Demonic Shadow Lingers in the Heart

Even before Li Fan lifted the restrictions on that Foundation Establishment cultivator, Jiang Nian'er had already awakened from his cultivation ahead of time.

His mind was on high alert, repeatedly rehearsing the process of setting up the formation in his thoughts.

Now a Qi Condensation cultivator, he was well aware that against an opponent at the Foundation Establishment stage, he could not withstand even a single move.

Either the opponent would strike him down in one blow, or...

He would have to deploy the formation before the opponent could act!

Facing life and death, Jiang Nian'er pushed his potential to its utmost limit.

Though it was his first time setting up a formation, it unfolded as smoothly as if he had practiced it a thousand times, completing in an instant.

Watching his opponent wander lost in the [Bamboo Sea Dragon-Trapping Formation], searching for an exit, Jiang Nian'er knew he had already won half the battle.

Next, it would come down to who could endure longer, him or his foe.

A flicker of resolve flashed in Jiang Nian'er's eyes as he once again squeezed every last drop from his potential.

The speed at which he absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth quickened by several degrees.

"Out of over a hundred thousand people on the island, I am the only one who survived! How could I possibly die here!"

"Even if you are a Foundation Establishment cultivator, you will not defeat me!"

A trace of ferocity suddenly surged in Jiang Nian'er's heart.

In response, the heavens and earth shifted within the Bamboo Sea Dragon-Trapping Formation. Countless bamboo leaves transformed into verdant flying knives, whistling through the air toward the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

...

"It seems he will have no trouble winning this fight."

Every subtle change in Jiang Nian'er was captured clearly in Li Fan's eyes.

While helping Jiang Nian'er reshape his body, Li Fan had also embedded countless surveillance threads within it.

After all, to observe the eerie devouring process in detail, how could he proceed without prior preparations?

This fair duel did not last long.

The opponent was merely an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator; perhaps barely scraping together enough merit to exchange for a Foundation Establishment technique had already exhausted all his efforts.

It was evident he knew nothing about formations; after raging impotently in the Dragon-Trapping Formation for half a day, he was ultimately defeated completely.

His breath was faint as a thread, teetering on the brink of death.

Jiang Nian'er did not grow arrogant and directly dismantle the formation.

Instead, from outside the formation, he silently watched his foe: "In this contest, I have won."

"It is coming..." Li Fan's spirit stirred.

From the perspective of heaven and earth, he clearly saw that as Jiang Nian'er uttered these words, the previously dormant darkness instantly boiled over.

Like an inflating shadow behemoth, it enveloped the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

And then utterly devoured him.

Jiang Nian'er's original body blurred in its wake.

The eerie dark power completely connected him and the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It was like a pair of giant hands forcibly kneading them together.

Moments later...

Jiang Nian'er vanished from the spot.

In the formation, the Foundation Establishment cultivator, who had been on the verge of death, suddenly had a sharp glint flash in his eyes.

Like dead wood meeting spring, the aura on his body surged hundreds of times more vigorously.

He stood dazed in place for half a moment before finally digesting all the memories in the Foundation Establishment cultivator's mind.

"The law of the jungle is the way of heaven and earth. Who can you blame but yourself for losing..." He murmured to himself, his eyes gradually shifting from confusion to resolve.

Li Fan could see that in Jiang Nian'er's sea of consciousness, the consciousness belonging to the original Foundation Establishment cultivator wailed unwillingly like a resentful ghost.

Beyond that, however, it had no other means of resistance. It was easily suppressed by Jiang Nian'er.

After familiarizing himself with his new body, Jiang Nian'er slowly stood up and waved his hand to dispel the Dragon-Trapping Formation.

Then, he slowly knelt before Li Fan.

"How does the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator feel?" Li Fan asked with a smile.

"Very strong. But compared to Senior..." Jiang Nian'er did not dare to raise his head.

"Heh, with this body's capabilities, as long as you devour step by step forward. From Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, then to Nascent Soul..."

"Would you not eventually surpass me one day?"

At Li Fan's words, Jiang Nian'er felt as if struck by lightning, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Because this sentence was exactly what he had just thought deep in his heart!

Without uttering any hypocritical words like "This junior dares not," Jiang Nian'er's heart turned ice-cold.

He knew his life hung by the other's whim. He kept his forehead pressed to the ground, not daring to move.

He did not know how much time passed, but Jiang Nian'er felt his entire body soaked in cold sweat, his clothes drenched.

Only then did he hear Li Fan's voice ring out.

"Rise."

Jiang Nian'er finally relaxed, feeling as if a great burden had been lifted.

"The higher a cultivator's realm, the greater the gap between stages."

"In this world, those who can defeat a Golden Core with Foundation Establishment are countless. But those who can defeat a Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign with Dao Integration..."

"Have never existed since ancient times."

"If you wish to seek revenge on me, then first reach the Longevity Immortal stage."

Jiang Nian'er felt as if plunged into an icy abyss; the joy of his recent duel victory dissipated completely in an instant.

"Longevity Immortal stage..."

These three words loomed like mountains and seas, pressing down until he could hardly breathe.

He waited a full half day, but heard no further sound from the other.

Only then did Jiang Nian'er muster his courage and look up.

He saw that at some unknown point, the mysterious man's figure had vanished.

Jiang Nian'er was stunned. He looked around; Fan Yong Island truly held only him now.

His body went limp, and Jiang Nian'er collapsed onto the ground with a thud.

Memories from the eerie outbreak onward flooded his mind like tides rising and falling.

In the end, they calmed.

"Wen Nianyu..."

"From now on, I am Wen Nianyu."

Jiang Nian'er first checked the items on his body, then fled toward Ten Thousand Immortals Island.

At first, his flight path wobbled unsteadily, but later it straightened into a line, his speed growing faster and faster.

...

Li Fan's figure slowly materialized.

"This kid's adaptability is not bad."

"Let him return to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance first; see if possessing the eerie power will be detected by the Alliance's authorities."

Just now, Li Fan had observed the fusion and devouring process very clearly.

In truth, Jiang Nian'er held little use for him anymore.

However, Li Fan had a faint intuition that with this Jiang Nian'er's style and methods, he might bring some surprise.

"The power of the eerie is, in fact, also a rule of heaven and earth; it can be utilized."

"Previously, there was a method to craft it into Heaven-defying Arrows, even capable of causing widespread disruption to the Mysterious Net that had replaced the heavens."

"If corresponding to the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm, that would mean chaos in the principles of heaven within several prefectures, with the eerie running rampant."

Having found and completed a research objective, Li Fan did not leave the Congyun Sea immediately. Instead, he continued wandering among the sites of the eerie outbreaks.

Occasionally, he saw cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's Tianji Hall and Martial Hall handling matters, but most sites had already fallen into dead silence.

In the Congyun Sea region, facing such a large-scale eerie outbreak, they were clearly overwhelmed.

However, the situation improved with the return of Gongsun Qixuan.

Gongsun Qixuan, the head of Tianji Hall in the Congyun Sea.

Frail and sickly, with the appearance of a scholar.

He had always been responsible for monitoring the eerie and strange conditions within the Congyun Sea.