My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1036: The Mountains and Rivers Enter the Spiritwood Realm

Li Fan quietly followed behind Gongsun Qixuan for a while longer, observing from the shadows. In the end, he chose not to alarm him and silently departed.

Passing by the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, Li Fan once again glanced toward the dark and deep abyss below.

The Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Golden Seal, which he had once summoned away using the Method of False Misconversion, had somehow reappeared and was once again suppressing the Nether Passage.

The many strange eerie anomalies had been resolved, and the source itself was sealed.

It seemed as though Congyun Sea had returned to its former calm and peaceful days.

However, from the perspective of Heaven and Earth, Li Fan could clearly see the consequences of the recent outburst of anomalies.

The Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Crimson Flame, which had accepted the decree of Incinerating Sea, had become far stronger than before.

The faint scorching aura it released made even Li Fan secretly uneasy.

A sudden realization arose in Li Fan’s heart:

“To cure a grave illness, one must use a fierce medicine. It seems the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm has gone all out this time. Perhaps, before long, the entire Congyun Sea will vanish completely.”

Before his eyes appeared a vision of seawater evaporating entirely, revealing the bare seabed beneath—a hellish scene.

Li Fan gently shook his head and did not linger further in Congyun Sea.

“The divine ability of the False Misconversion has been fully tested. When the time is right, I can instantly draw vast amounts of the world’s vitality and convert it into nourishment for myself.”

“What I must do next is to provoke a confrontation between those two mighty beings.”

Involuntarily, Li Fan looked toward the unseen location of the Immortal Ruins high above.

Calculating against an Immortal with a mortal mind was an act of utmost peril.

Not to mention True Immortals—even ordinary cultivators like Li Fan could faintly sense when someone was scheming against them in secret.

“All my arrangements must erupt at the same moment. When the two Immortals turn their gazes here, the first thing they should see is each other.”

“They will likely overlook me. Hmm…”

Li Fan pondered for a while and muttered, “Though… perhaps one of them may still spare a thread of power to crush this little insect—me.”

No matter how he considered it, that possibility could not be dismissed.

A heaviness grew once more in Li Fan’s heart.

After all, True Immortals were beings capable of annihilating the entire Xuanhuang Realm with a single glance.

With his current strength, resisting the might of a True Immortal was still far beyond his reach.

“I must continue accumulating power.”

“To be drawn into this heaven and earth’s grand entanglement is truly a matter of helplessness.”

“To survive even the aftershocks of a True Immortal’s power, perhaps the only way is to fight power with power.”

Lost in thought, Li Fan unknowingly returned to the Spiritwood Realm.

“Hmm?”

Only then did he notice that a group of newcomers had arrived within the realm.

Sweeping them with his divine sense, he immediately recognized them as Shang Tianci and Yan Fangzhou, who, after much persuasion, had finally brought their companions from Mountain River Pavilion to visit.

These people were all under fifty years old, yet the weakest among them had already reached the Nascent Soul stage. They were indeed the chosen prodigies of Heaven.

Most of them hailed from prestigious clans or noble sects, possessing extraordinary vision.

When they beheld the scenery within the Spiritwood Realm, a faint curiosity flickered in their eyes, but little surprise.

“Brother Shang, Brother Yan, is this the so-called ‘Peerless Landscape of the All Worlds’ you spoke of? Heh, isn’t that a bit exaggerated?”

“Yes, indeed. Although the blessed land of my family cannot compare to the grandeur here, in terms of beauty alone, it certainly does not lose to this place.”

Thirteen young cultivators spoke up one after another, teasingly.

They wore smiles, merely discussing casually, without any mockery.

Shang Tianci was about to explain, but suddenly heard Li Fan’s voice through a sound transmission.

“Bring them before the True Immortal Stone Statue.”

Shang Tianci’s expression changed slightly, and the words that were about to leave his lips shifted instantly. “Hehe, in fact, there is still one more wondrous sight within the Spiritwood Realm that you have yet to see. If all other marvels of the Spiritwood Realm were gathered into a single stone, this place alone would take nine parts of it.”

Hearing this, everyone’s interest was immediately piqued.

“Brother Shang, stop hiding it from us. Hurry and take us there.”

“That’s right. Since we are already here, how could we miss it?”

As the crowd clamored, Shang Tianci showed a faint smile. “Very well, everyone, please follow me.”

Not long after, the group arrived at a round hall near the entrance of the Spiritwood Realm.

Seeing Shang Tianci stop there, several people asked suspiciously, “Brother Shang, what are you up to? What is there to see in this shabby round hall?”

“Indeed, this was the very first building we saw when we arrived, was it not?”

“Could it be that... there is something hidden within?”

The crowd discussed among themselves.

Shang Tianci cupped his hands and said, “You will understand once you enter.”

Saying that, he strode into the round hall first.

The others exchanged glances, but being confident in their skills, they followed without much hesitation.

The bright sunlight vanished the moment they stepped into the hall.

Their vision dimmed.

Yet in that darkness, a single stone statue stood clearly visible.

It seemed to possess a strange, irresistible power that firmly drew their gaze.

…

Half a day later, twelve people slowly walked out of the round hall.

On the surface, they appeared no different from before, but now, every one of them had become a devout believer of the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion.

Li Fan watched their departing figures and nodded slowly.

“Although their talents are not much different from those of the Great Li Realm, their strength has already taken shape. There is no need for me to waste effort cultivating them.”

Li Fan then gave them their first, and also their only, task after joining.

To deduce the method of Foundation Establishment Method of the Oneself, the Primordial Golden Core.

As it represented a possible path to completely break free from the cultivation system of the Immortal Ancestor, Li Fan had never forgotten it.

Even though in every lifetime he could only gain a little progress, grain by grain, one day a tower would be built, and he would surely find the way to unravel it.

“Or perhaps, if I can meet the Xuantian King in this life, the progress of the deduction may advance greatly.”

Li Fan thought silently.

…

A calm month passed without incident.

Then, fluctuations came from the Final Dissociation Disc, causing Li Fan’s eyes to narrow. “So, there are finally results.”

It was the deduction of the Immortal Ancestor’s restriction that had finally made a breakthrough.

The time it took had far exceeded Li Fan’s expectations.

He narrowed his eyes, feeling the continuous stream of deduction plans coming from the Dissociation Disc.

The restriction placed by the Immortal Ancestor upon the Tianxuan Mirror could be summarized as “entangled roots, deeply embedded within the bone, bound into the very fabric of heaven and earth.”

Thus, the solution given by the Dissociation Disc was to cut away flesh and peel the bones, to drain the blood and extract the tendons.

Though it sounded terrifying, in essence, it meant following the traces left by the Tianxuan Mirror throughout the world, tracing each thread to remove every restriction one by one.

It was not a clever or refined approach, but rather a direct and forceful method of breaking through.

And apparently, according to the Final Dissociation Disc’s deduction, this was the only possible way to dissolve the restriction of the Immortal Ancestor.

That was also why, even with the disc’s current ability, it had taken such an incredibly long time.

“Most likely, when the Immortal Ancestor placed this restriction back then, he never imagined anyone would break it in this way.”

“For those capable of such an act must already possess near-immortal power. They could simply destroy the restriction outright, rather than using this most basic, most direct method.”