My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1086: Celestial Pivot Sect's Secret Vault

With the greedy nature of the Xuanhuang Realm's cultivators, even if the Immortal Artifacts could not be used, they would never hand them over to others.

Instead, they sealed them in the deepest part of the sect's treasure vault, guarding them strictly. In hopes that one day, they could awaken the power of these Immortal Artifacts.

"Let's see where the nearest Immortal Artifact is from here..."

"Desolate God Seal, Celestial Pivot Sect."

The Desolate God Seal was the supreme treasure of the now-extinct Desolate God Sect. The controller of the divine seal could communicate with the Immortal Realm and summon ancient Desolate Gods to descend.

In the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao memories inherited by Mr. Bai, Li Fan witnessed the terrifying scene of a Desolate God once descending.

A massive vortex appeared in the sky, suddenly revealing a golden eyeball. Under the Desolate God's gaze, the land of the Xuanhuang Realm cracked inch by inch, then turned into nothingness.

It had somewhat the flavor of the Immortal Ruins Immortal destroying a world with a single glance.

The Desolate God Sect had once summoned twelve different Desolate Gods, exterminating countless enemy sects and dominating the ancient Xuanhuang Realm. Unfortunately, the responding Desolate Gods grew fewer and fewer over time, until there was no response at all.

Without the deterrence of Desolate God descents, the Desolate God Sect was soon besieged by its enemies and suffered total annihilation.

As for the Celestial Pivot Sect, it was one of the former Ten Great Immortal Sects. But the information preserved in later generations was scarce. Li Fan only vaguely knew that this sect was the Immortal Dao sect closest to the Heavenly Capital Grand Mage. The disciples within the sect prided themselves on being true inheritors of the Immortal Dao, with extremely arrogant temperaments.

After gaining a general understanding of the relevant information, Li Fan, who was now the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable, had a thought and instantly arrived within the Celestial Pivot Sect's key area, the [Celestial Pivot Courtyard].

He had crossed hundreds of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, ignoring all the Celestial Pivot Sect's various formations and restrictions, and directly entered the most core and secretive region.

"Is this the power of the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable?"

Li Fan looked at his own hands and could not help but feel a surge of excitement.

He sensed that his physical and spiritual power was nearly infinite. Even if he cast any divine ability, it would not diminish in the slightest. Moreover, once a divine ability manifested concretely in the Xuanhuang Realm, it would naturally be amplified to the limit that heaven and earth could achieve.

All techniques in the world, as long as they originated from the Xuanhuang Realm, could be seen through at a glance and posed no threat to him whatsoever.

"It surpasses even my control over the Spiritwood Realm by a few degrees!"

"After all, one is willing cooperation, and the other is forced coercion."

In a slight sigh, Li Fan gradually familiarized himself with the authority of the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable. Then, he strolled through the Celestial Pivot Courtyard, heading toward a shrine-like building in the depths of the center.

That place was shrouded in a strange energy, the only "blind spot" in the vision of the Xuanhuang Celestial Venerable across the entire Tianxuan Sect.

The Tianxuan Sect cultivators guarding the ancestral hall could not see Li Fan's presence at all. Even if Li Fan walked right past them, it was the same.

"This is..."

In front of the ancestral hall, Li Fan's footsteps paused slightly. He sensed a power quality that seemed somewhat familiar. It was not familiar to this body of Mr. Bai, but familiar to Li Fan's true self.

"Heavenly Capital Grand Mage."

A instinctive disgust suddenly rose in his heart. It was like the nauseating feeling of discovering a few cockroaches in the kitchen at home; Li Fan's brows immediately furrowed.

But soon, he steadied his mind. His figure flowed like water, penetrating the invisible barrier and entering the interior of the ancestral hall.

Inside the ancestral hall were enshrined two stone statues, one large and one small.

The large stone statue had closed eyes and a slightly lowered head, with a solemn expression. The small stone statue was of a child attendant, standing respectfully behind.

"This great stone statue is the figure in Heavenly Capital that autonomously preaches the Dao. However, based on the information I previously gathered, it is very likely that the boy standing behind this figure is the true Heavenly Capital Grand Mage."

Li Fan’s gaze involuntarily fell upon the boy’s stone statue. In a daze, he seemed to traverse countless spaces and arrive in a grand capital city floating in the heavens.

His mind jolted, and the illusion vanished.

Looking at the child attendant's stone statue again, he actually felt a slight sting in his eyes.

"Hmph."

Li Fan snorted coldly, forcefully suppressing the impulse to smash the statue to pieces. He began searching left and right for the hidden treasury.

Without much effort, he discovered a concealed restriction behind the two stone statues. After breaking the restriction, Li Fan entered the Tianxuan Sect's treasury.

Contrary to the imagined scene filled with dazzling treasures, the Tianxuan Sect's treasury was even somewhat crude. Li Fan almost suspected he had entered the wrong place.

On a purplish-red long table were placed in sequence a stone seal, a wooden box, and a scroll. Besides these, there was nothing else.

That stone seal was naturally Li Fan's target this time, the Immortal Artifact Desolate God Seal. Even though it was still in a sealed state at this moment, Li Fan could still faintly sense from it an ancient, primordial aura that made one's heart palpitate.

As for the wooden box and scroll beside it, their placement alongside the Immortal Artifact Desolate God Seal was enough to indicate their extraordinary nature.

If it were Mr. Bai, he would naturally only take the Desolate God Seal and then leave quickly. But how could Li Fan have the reason to return empty-handed from a treasure mountain?

Even though this was the Fallen Immortal Realm Illusion and the treasures could not be brought back to the real world, broadening his horizons and satisfying his eyes would do.

Li Fan first carefully examined the wooden box. He keenly noticed that something alive seemed to be imprisoned inside, trembling ceaselessly with extremely small frequency and amplitude. Each vibration inadvertently emitted an aura outward, making even Li Fan, now the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable, faintly sense some danger.

Even more eerie was that the creature in the wooden box seemed to sense Li Fan's presence outside as well.

The trembling became slightly more urgent. It seemed to be tempting and urging Li Fan to open the wooden box. Faint rustling sounds imperceptibly emerged by his ears, and at the same time, various illusions appeared before his eyes.

Li Fan pondered for a long time and finally, with great willpower, forcibly suppressed the impulse in his mind.

It was only at this moment that Li Fan realized with a start that the [Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra], which had always operated on its own as long as he awakened self-consciousness even in the Fallen Immortal Illusion, had somehow become ineffective!

Without the Immortal Heart Mantra's enhancement, resisting the temptation relied entirely on Li Fan's own willpower. Fortunately, he had reincarnated through many lifetimes, seen much, and possessed extraordinary resolve. Otherwise, he would probably lose control on the spot and open the wooden box.

Li Fan forcibly shifted his gaze to the scroll. The auditory and visual illusions brought by the wooden box instantly diminished.

"This wooden box is quite sinister. I wonder if it still exists in the Xuanhuang Realm today."

In stark contrast to the wooden box's eeriness, the scroll emitted an absolutely sacred, orthodox immortal Dao aura. Not only was there no warning, but it also involuntarily gave rise to feelings of closeness.

"Hm? It seems I have seen this scroll somewhere before?"

Li Fan checked the incomplete memories of Mr. Bai. Fortunately, his luck was good; a somewhat blurry image instantly flashed in his mind.