My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1067: Resentment and Malice Self-Generate

This foul stench was an intangible thing.

It was even harder to deal with than the tangible black insects.

At the very least, more than ten full days had passed, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance still could not come up with a suitable solution.

Some living beings could no longer endure this stench. In agonizing wails of pain, their bodies burst apart.

They contributed yet another portion of their own power to this extreme environment.

This vicious cycle led to the fact that after so many days, the stench in the Xuanhuang Realm showed no signs of improvement at all.

All cultivators hid inside cities with protective formations activated, not daring to venture out.

They gazed at the bizarre, discolored air outside with faces full of worry.

...

On Li Fan's side, he received a questioning message from Dharma-Transmitter Zhou.

"Fellow Daoist, what are you doing?"

"Weren't we supposed to pretend this was a world-ending catastrophe? How did you turn the Xuanhuang Realm into such a smoky, foul mess?"

Zhou's mood seemed quite poor.

Li Fan responded calmly: "No need to worry. This is a delaying tactic. At most three months from now, these alien spiritual energies will gradually fade with the natural circulation of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, returning everything to normal."

"I know, but this smell is too disgusting. I feel it will leave an indelible psychological shadow on the cultivators of our Xuanhuang Realm."

"It's fine. Soon, they won't care about these minor things anymore." Li Fan smiled.

"Oh? Has the second phase of the plan begun?" Zhou was drawn in by the serious matter.

"Just wait and see how things unfold."

The voices of their exchange gradually quieted.

...

Just as Li Fan had anticipated, even if nothing was done, the stench would naturally dissipate after three months.

Rather than expend effort researching ways to eliminate it, with no guarantee of success.

It was better to patiently wait.

This was the decision the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance reached after comprehensive consideration.

Of course, to thoroughly resolve this inexplicable disaster, the Alliance did not relax its patrols across various regions.

Soul Transformation cultivators were constantly dispatched day and night to collect data on environmental changes.

Once they saw everything slowly improving, with the recovery speed of spiritual energy concentration far exceeding expectations, the Alliance finally began to relax.

However, in corners that no one could yet detect.

Large numbers of new Dao One Insects were rapidly multiplying by borrowing the corpses of the previously deceased black insects.

These Dao One Insects did not devour spiritual energy.

Instead, they expelled it outward.

The Xuanhuang Realm's rapid resurgence of spiritual energy was naturally their doing.

Under Li Fan's deliberate manipulation, they hid within various underground spiritual veins.

They blended the spiritual energy they released with the spiritual energy naturally generated by heaven and earth's operations, making it impossible to distinguish.

The changes thus occurred slowly.

Three months later, all the foul odors had vanished. The cultivators, who had been cooped up for so long, flooded outdoors one after another.

They breathed in the fresh, wonderful spiritual energy to their hearts' content.

"I never realized before that the natural spiritual energy of heaven and earth could be so delightful."

"Haha, destruction leads to rebirth. Witnessing this disaster has given me an insight; my breakthrough is not far off!"

"On such a fine day, I should travel with good friends!"

...

The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance did not stop the cultivators' relaxation.

From the surface, this insect disaster had completely passed.

Thus, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance focused its main efforts on investigating the origins of the insect disaster.

Shilin Prefecture, as the outbreak site of the incident, had mishandled the situation, leading to the disaster's spread. Nearly half of its cultivators were stripped of their positions.

Even several scapegoats were directly crippled of their cultivation and thrown into the Nether Prison.

The severity of these punishments was extremely rare.

Meanwhile, the Golden Sword Immortal Sage, who had mysteriously disappeared during the insect disaster, became the primary suspect.

Clearly, the insect disaster could not threaten the life of a Dao Integration Immortal Sage. So, this living man unseen and dead body unfound made the Golden Sword Immortal Sage especially suspicious.

As the first Dao Integration Immortal Sage to contact the insect disaster, if he had promptly reported the situation to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, it would absolutely not have reached such an irreparable state.

This insect disaster had caused heavy losses to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

Someone had to step forward and take responsibility.

And the missing Golden Sword Immortal Sage became the target everyone unanimously blamed.

"Execution is necessary to appease the people's anger!"

Some cultivators used exceptionally harsh wording.

But after all, he was a Dao Integration Immortal Sage. Each one was a tremendous asset to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. They could not be easily executed.

So, in the end, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance issued an arrest warrant, ordering the Golden Sword Immortal Sage to turn himself in as soon as possible and seek leniency.

No kill-on-sight order was issued.

The news caused a shock in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

The Golden Sword Immortal Sage suddenly seemed to become the instigator of the insect disaster, the target of universal condemnation.

Everyone wished to devour his flesh raw.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Mysteriously, malice arose from the cultivators' hearts.

But at that time, the cultivators attributed it to hatred toward the one who caused the insect disaster.

Until half a month later, when another shocking case occurred.

In Tianchen Prefecture, a tragedy struck the You Family.

In one night, over a hundred people from top to bottom were all killed.

They were entirely slaughtered by someone.

After an investigation, people were stunned to discover that the perpetrator of this bloodbath was none other than the You Family's eldest son, You Chimsong!

Somehow, he had gained an opportunity. Though records showed he was only at the Nascent Soul realm.

Yet he could silently kill even the Soul Transformation cultivators in the family.

And he could even shield the heavenly dao's senses.

Only three days later, when the shielding failed.

The phenomena of the cultivators' falls exploded all at once, and people finally learned of this tragedy.

In the peaceful Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, such a terrifying and bloody attack had actually occurred.

And the perpetrator was a family member.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance took it very seriously and immediately launched an investigation.

Meanwhile, various rumors about the You Family spread like wildfire among the common folk.

As the eldest son, he had made great contributions to the family's development and growth.

Yet because his aptitude was insufficient, he was forced to hand over the Transformations of Heaven and Earth he discovered to others.

In rage, he slaughtered the entire family!

...

The You Family extermination case became the hottest topic among the masses of cultivators.

Though slaughtering one's own kin was undoubtedly inhuman.

It should have been one-sided condemnation.

But among the folk, for some unknown reason, a few discordant voices emerged.

"In my view, he killed well!"

"Indeed. Ruining someone's path is like killing their parents! What kin? From the day they seized the heaven and earth transformations, they were no longer kin!"

"If it were me, I would do the same!"

"Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill!"

...

Originally, these words were from a minority.

But somehow, as the discussion of the incident grew hotter, more and more people began expressing support.

The two sides' views were almost completely opposed and could not coexist.

In the clash of arguments, friction was inevitable.

However, such debates happened often, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance initially paid no mind.

But no one expected that, after the first bloody conflict occurred, it triggered a chain reaction.

Large-scale bloody fights began erupting one after another in various places across the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.