My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1074: World's Extraordinary Creation

Li Fan himself was only at the Nascent Soul realm now.

However, since the early development and ascension of the Spiritwood Realm, he had continuously used [Formation Refinement] to deepen his control over this small world.

After accepting and fusing with other small worlds like the empire, the Spiritwood Realm was no longer much smaller than a typical [cultivation realm] from ancient times.

And Li Fan, this "Nascent Soul cultivator," still firmly held control over the Spiritwood Realm.

To him, it was just like a refined treasure; the world's birth and destruction were merely a thought away.

In a certain sense, with this absolute control over the world, he was truly the [Spiritwood Celestial Venerable].

This comparison made it easy to understand what kind of existence the [Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable] was.

It was just that Li Fan had opportunistically gained control when the world was still weak.

As for the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable...

The scene in the Fallen Immortal Realm where the Heavenly Sword Sect refined swords.

After Mr. Bai revealed his true strength at the Heavenly Sword Sect, the sect's senior brother had exclaimed in shock: "You are..."

His attitude then became extremely respectful, with no hostility toward Mr. Bai.

Situ Yao, as the strongest in the Heavenly Sword Sect and an existence at the Longevity Immortal realm.

To show such respect, besides strength, identity was likely an even more important factor.

Moreover, in the several scenes Li Fan experienced in the Fallen Immortal Realm, they all seemed faintly connected to Mr. Bai. It felt like some kind of guidance or direction.

This made him reluctant to explore the Fallen Immortal Realm much now.

If Mr. Bai had no relation to that Fallen Immortal, Li Fan would be the first to disbelieve it.

...

While Li Fan pondered, Dharma-Transmitter Zhou continued to explain.

"The Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable is different from ordinary Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereigns."

"Ancient method longevity immortals can number many. But the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable: the world can have at most one at any time."

"Ancient method longevity immortals steal the authority over longevity things from heaven and earth. The Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable has all of the Heavenly Dao's authority added to himself. The gap is immeasurable."

"In fact, the Immortal Alliance's recorded materials vaguely mentioned that the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao operation shows traces of [anthropomorphism]. For example, Spirits of Heaven and Earth are all humanoid. For example, the Heavenly Dao also manifests emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and hatred; this can be glimpsed from the anomalies after a cultivator falls."

"In truth, this is the influence of the [Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable] on the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao operation. Even though the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable is no longer present, this influence persists."

Hearing this, Li Fan instantly recalled the Heavenly Dao Bai he had "revived" by chance coincidence.

And the divine ability he had recently comprehended: False Misconversion of Heavenly Dao.

"Heavenly heart, human intent. The principles of heaven and man..."

Li Fan pondered thoughtfully.

But his thoughts were soon interrupted by Zhou's next words.

"You must know that in a general cultivation realm, this situation of [Human Grasping Heaven] would not occur."

"At most, a cultivator gains heaven's gift and masters some Heavenly Dao authority."

"The Xuanhuang Realm is very special..."

"And from the results of this Tianxuan Mirror's derivation, this special mode of Heavenly Dao operation may originate from the first Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable."

"He performed certain transformations on the Xuanhuang Realm."

"Even, it is possible that the entire Xuanhuang Realm was created by this Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable!"

Hearing this, Li Fan was immediately stunned.

He had originally thought that the first Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable mentioned by Dharma-Transmitter Zhou might be the Xuantian King.

But creating the entire Xuanhuang Realm...

This was clearly not something the Xuantian King could achieve.

Li Fan immediately asked: "Creating Xuanhuang? What exactly does that mean?"

"The entire Xuanhuang Realm is like a perfect creation. Although it has annexed other worlds over thousands of years, its core remains the Xuanhuang native realm from thousands of years ago. The reason the Tianxuan Mirror damaged its origin was to derive the location of the [Xuanhuang Heart] that dominates the entire world."

"There, there may exist a method to inherit the functions of the [Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable]!" Dharma-Transmitter Zhou whispered.

"This is something even the Immortal Ancestor could not accomplish in the past. If this Xuantian Sect's Dharma King achieves it..."

"The consequences would be unimaginable!"

Li Fan sorted out his thoughts.

From the clues he currently grasped, the Xuanhuang Realm might possibly be a creation of some great power in the past.

After ascending, this great power did not take the Xuanhuang Realm away.

He merely left behind a method called the [Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable], which could fully command the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao to a certain extent.

Xuantian King, Mr. Bai.

They should both have once been the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable.

From this, it seemed that to become a great Celestial Venerable commanding a realm, one must meet certain conditions and pass the Heavenly Dao's screening.

After Mr. Bai fell, the position of Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable had remained vacant ever since.

But the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao still operated according to the methods left by the former Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable, maintaining the world's function.

For instance, Li Fan had once used the [Heaven-Devouring Earth-Eating Technique] to devour earth veins and wildly increase his cultivation. As a result, he broke through the bottleneck shackles of the Heavenly Calamity, only to be suppressed by the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palm. This was a sign of the Heavenly Dao operating on its own according to existing rules.

And now, Mo Rubin was using the Tianxuan Mirror's powerful computational power to analyze the entire Xuanhuang Realm.

He was attempting to find the so-called [Xuanhuang Heart] and become the next [Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable].

"After becoming the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable, perhaps he could inherit the memories of previous Celestial Venerables. That way, he could figure out exactly what happened to Xuantian King back then..." At this point, Li Fan had already discerned Mo Rubin's motive for going to such great lengths.

"Then, where exactly is this Xuanhuang Heart?" Li Fan asked immediately.

Dharma-Transmitter Zhou extended a finger and pointed at the sky.

Then she pointed at the surroundings.

"It is right here. Or rather, it is everywhere."

"As long as certain specific conditions are met, one should be able to enter the Xuanhuang Heart and participate in some kind of trial process."

"If successful, upon emerging, one would transform into the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable." Dharma-Transmitter Zhou shrugged as she spoke.

Li Fan keenly noticed a key point and asked: "After the Immortal Ancestor created the new method, achieving Longevity Immortal requires reversing the principles of heaven and earth. Then, for this Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable..."

A trace of gloom flashed in Dharma-Transmitter Zhou's eyes: "This is the part we are most worried about. In theory, due to the influence of the Sovereign's new law, the process of succeeding as Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable would fail."

"But..."

"It cannot be ruled out that ascending to Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable could directly bypass the rules established by the Sovereign."

"After all, ordinary Longevity Immortals reverse and occupy a single principle of heaven and earth. Whereas the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable ascends in one step and directly gains authority over all principles of heaven and earth."