My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1062: The 1,057th Palm Strike: Rehearsal to World Destruction

After obtaining Li Fan's permission, Tianyang's body underwent a change in an instant.

A faint azure light enveloped him, and his surface skin took on a metallic texture.

Tianyang spoke slowly in a voice that was half-mechanical, half-childlike: "The fleshly body has inherent weaknesses. How can it compare to a body of metal and stone?"

"Like me, all sorts of rare treasures in the world can be transformed into nourishment to strengthen the body."

"The theoretical upper limit of strength in the Great Dao is the limit of my body!"

As Tianyang spoke, he slightly clenched his fist, as if an infinite suction force emanated from his fist.

In the depths of the Spiritual Transformation River water, a massive vortex formed in an instant. The overwhelming power it brought made it nearly impossible for Li Fan and the three Dharma-Transmitters, including Huang, to stabilize their forms amid the turbulent currents.

After building up his power, Tianyang slowly swung a punch toward Huang.

The three Dharma-Transmitters all changed color in alarm.

But Huang was locked by the fist's momentum, his body unable to move even a fraction.

Seeing that Tianyang's slow punch was about to strike him squarely.

At the critical moment of life and death, a burst of golden light erupted from Huang's two heads and four eyes. The sound of his bones cracking inch by inch rang out like a violent rainstorm, and his originally emaciated body inflated like a balloon in the blink of an eye.

Covered in sharply angular muscles like knife carvings, Huang let out a furious roar, and his four hands simultaneously guarded in front of him, attempting to block Tianyang's small fist.

A muffled boom like thunder resounded.

The two fists collided and stalemated in place.

A moment later, Tianyang slowly withdrew his fist: "This time, I used fifty percent of my strength. But it is far from my limit."

"However, it should be your limit."

With those words, Huang collapsed into a puddle like soft mud, his entire body sagging into a heap.

After a brief shock, the Dharma-Transmitters Zhou and Wei discerned that Huang posed no threat to his life.

It was merely due to excessive consumption.

The defeated Huang did not fly into a rage or harbor resentment. Instead, he began to contemplate Tianyang's words.

"Replacing flesh with a body of metal and stone?"

In fact, he had considered this path before.

However, as a human cultivator, he ultimately harbored reservations about abandoning flesh and blood to become something like a mechanical puppet.

Most crucially, there was no precedent to follow.

Once the transformation was complete, there would be no turning back. If the power of the golden stone body ultimately proved inferior to the flesh and blood body, would he not become the laughingstock of all Dharma-Transmitters?

But Tianyang's appearance today had shown him a brand-new path, one that seemed boundless in potential.

"Perhaps I can use this to break free from the Immortal Ancestor's restraints and become the sole Longevity Immortal among the Dharma-Transmitters." A dangerous thought bubbled up from the depths of Huang's heart. Once it surfaced, it began to erode his mind uncontrollably.

Not far away, Li Fan observed the subtle shifts in Huang's expression and knew the seed had taken root. He could not help but smile faintly to himself.

Without source power essence, it was simply impossible to reach Tianyang's current level of strength through the mere transformation of a golden stone body. Once Huang embarked on this irreversible path and repeatedly hit dead ends, despair would inevitably set in.

At that point, he would seek Tianyang's aid at any cost. Indebted to others, Li Fan would then have a thousand ways to manipulate him.

Using the earlier strike as cover, Tianyang had quietly absorbed a large quantity of the Spiritual Transformation River water.

Seeing that the objective had been achieved, Li Fan instructed Tianyang to revert to his original form and return to his side.

The two Dharma-Transmitters hurried forward as well to treat Huang's injuries.

"This is no place to linger. Let us return first and discuss further."

The group thus slipped quietly out of the Spiritual Transformation Stream.

The disturbance in the Spiritual Transformation River water caused by the recent clash had, after all, drawn the attention of the guarding cultivators in the stream.

Yet after a thorough investigation, they found no cause.

In line with the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's principle of not stirring up trouble where none exists, they chose not to report the matter.

In the private small world of the Dharma-Transmitter Zhou.

Tianyang's intervention this time had utterly crushed the Dharma-Transmitter Huang, unequivocally proving his Longevity Immortal strength.

Thus, the group began to formally deliberate on the next steps of the plan.

Once again atop a skyscraper amidst the sea of neon lights.

Huang's injuries had already healed en route back; one of his heads kept its eyes tightly shut, while the other stealthily eyed Tianyang behind Li Fan.

Tianyang, in turn, sat with eyes closed in feigned slumber.

The discussion fell once more to Li Fan, Zhou, and Wei.

"With Huang's participation, the chances of persuading Jiang to convene the [Dharma-Transmitter's Oath] are nearly one hundred percent."

"We need only lure him out according to plan."

Li Fan interjected at the right moment: "Based on the assessment from the elders of the Federation of All Worlds, combined with the current situation in the Xuanhuang Realm, we have devised a proposed scheme."

"It must create sufficient commotion, such that the trouble in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance can only be resolved by the non-Dharma-Transmitter Jiang. Yet it must not truly destroy the Xuanhuang Realm..."

Li Fan paused, revealing a mysterious smile: "What do the two of you think of this stratagem?"

He lightly tapped his index finger in the void, and a small golden light orb floated over.

After examining the orb's contents, the Dharma-Transmitters Zhou and Wei both flashed a trace of surprise in their eyes.

"Excellent." After exchanging thoughts, the two nodded.

"Very well. In that case, the Federation of All Worlds can begin formal preparations. But to make the performance convincing, we will still need your cooperation from within."

"Rest assured. Though we were expelled from the Dharma-Transmitter Council, we have deep roots after many years and still hold some sway over the various prefectures of the Alliance. Assisting your Federation in staging this grand play of world destruction will pose no issue," the Dharma-Transmitter Zhou said solemnly.

They then deliberated in detail for a while longer before Li Fan departed with Tianyang.

Returning to the Spiritwood Realm, Tianyang poured out the gathered Spiritual Transformation River water. Specialists like the Artisan Master Qiaogong were assigned to study it, to see if replication and mass production could be achieved.

Li Fan, meanwhile, entered the [World Destruction] space and retrieved one of the experimental items.

Though framed as a mere ploy to draw out the Dharma-Transmitter Jiang, in Li Fan's view, this was in fact a rehearsal for the ultimate world-ending event of this lifetime.

"With so many arrangements in place, this opportunity allows us to lay them down in advance through the hands of these Dharma-Transmitters. The Dharma-Transmitters are inextricably linked to the Immortal Ancestor. At that time, even if the Faceless True Immortal and the Immortal of the Immortal Ruins dimly sense the scheming behind it all, their suspicions will first fall upon the Immortal Ancestor."

"The Immortal Ancestor's current strength, though not yet able to directly contend with a True Immortal, should at least hold out for a moment..."

With this in mind, Li Fan activated his Soul-Ignition full-load state.

He began crafting the props needed for the world destruction with maximum efficiency.

Gradually, the once somewhat empty World Destruction space filled up.

Three months of preparation passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the joint scheming of Li Fan and the three Dharma-Transmitters, extraordinary incidents began to emerge subtly across the prefectures of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.