My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1103: Xuanhuang Revival River

Changji ignored the strange looks from the crowd and respectfully performed a grand salute toward the heavens. Then he transformed into a streak of escaping light and flew away.

The words he spoke before leaving immediately caught the attention of observant cultivators. After some investigation, people finally discovered that this Changji should have died completely a year ago. During the exploration of a wild sect ruin, he had unfortunately triggered a protective formation and ended up with his body completely destroyed on the spot. Over a dozen companions who were with him at the time could testify; it could not be faked!

Yet now, this Changji had actually come back to life! The location of his revival happened to be the nearest great river to the site of his fall! This somewhat terrifying discovery spread rapidly throughout the entire Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance in an instant.

Soon, Changji's friends from before his death came knocking one after another, wanting to confirm the truth of his resurrection. Changji himself did not deny it and openly admitted that he had indeed revived.

"Thanks to the divine power of the Heavenly Sovereign!" he even said devoutly in front of everyone.

In the past, when cultivators in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance mentioned the Heavenly Sovereign, they inevitably meant the Immortal Ancestor. But at this moment, coming from Changji's mouth, everyone knew he referred to that Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign who had quietly reversed life and death.

Seeing that his relatives and friends were still somewhat skeptical, Changji directly invited everyone into his Tianxuan Mirror space. It was well known that the Tianxuan Mirror space was bound to the cultivator and could only be opened by the cultivator themselves. With the Tianxuan Mirror as proof, everyone finally completely believed in Changji's true identity.

Death and revival, and it was by no means an isolated case. This shocking news quickly became known to all. In the following days, the appearance of more and more revived cultivators served as further verification of its authenticity.

After summarization, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance found that without exception, revived cultivators reappeared from the nearest great river to their death site. In the territories of the Immortal Alliance, there were a total of fifty-four Revival Rivers. As for the Five Elders Association side, it seemed there were also corresponding fifty-four. These one hundred and eight rivers in total formed the Revival Rivers of the Xuanhuang Realm.

The time required for cultivators to revive seemed related to their strength before death. The higher the cultivation realm, the longer the revival time needed. The first batch of revived cultivators were without exception only at Foundation Establishment or below. As for how much time higher-realm cultivators needed to revive, that would require gradual verification in the coming days.

After revival, they always appeared naked. Items carried on the body before death, even those stored in the divine soul, did not appear with them. But to pick up a life was already a great fortune. No one paid much attention to these external possessions.

Revived cultivators seemed to match their pre-death age. However, after detailed measurements, it was found that the reborn body appeared one year younger than before the fall. It was not only cultivators; as long as they were living beings in the Xuanhuang Realm, upon death they would revive from the river waters. Thus, people could often see the astonishing sight of creatures continuously emerging from the waters onto the banks of the Revival Rivers.

There seemed to be some miraculous power in the river waters protecting the newly revived beings, preventing them from drowning immediately upon revival. But this power disappeared quickly after leaving the Revival Rivers. Even if one reentered the waters, its trace could no longer be found.

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The various wonders of death and revival became the hottest topic among Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance cultivators. Some rejoiced that from now on, there would be no more worries about falling in battle. While other cultivators began to worry that if no new lives were born, the future of the Xuanhuang Realm might not look optimistic.

Fortunately, a discovery soon dispelled this concern among the people. In certain prefectures of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, new lives were still being born since the Heavenly Sovereign reversed the principles of life and death. It was just that the numbers were extremely few; across the entire Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, it did not exceed fifty per year.

But at least the nurturing of life had not completely stopped. And even if life would not disappear entirely from now on, an increase of fifty cultivators per year was not a big issue for the Xuanhuang Realm.

Soon, the cultivators' attention shifted to other key questions. For example, after dying once, could one still revive? How much time would a second revival take? Was there truly no limit to the number of times? Did the one-year age reduction per death have an upper limit?

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That extremely mysterious Heavenly Sovereign had never stepped forward to explain from beginning to end. Everything had to be explored by the cultivators themselves. This would soon become a guideline that must be followed, so the cultivators naturally attached great importance to it.

Soon, under the orders of certain existences, some cultivators who had just been resurrected not long ago were once again forced to sacrifice their lives in pursuit of the mysteries of resurrection. Fortunately, knowing they could die and be reborn, with the promise of generous rewards, these cultivators treated as test subjects had few complaints.

They had already died once anyway. After death, they had no conscious awareness at all. One blink of the eyes, and upon opening them, they were good as new. They could even obtain rewards that they might not earn in a lifetime of living; why not seize the opportunity?

The secrets of resurrection would likely take some time to fully unravel.

After hearing the news spread, Li Fan personally went to the bank of one of the resurrection rivers to investigate for a long while. In the end, he still could not discern any clues.

"Compared to the Rebirth Mansion I experienced before, this era's reversal of life and death is clearly much more perfected."

"It can even nurture life out of thin air from the river..."

"Truly inconceivable."

The principle of reversing life and death had thoroughly fused with the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, making it impossible to discern separately. Even Li Fan, proficient in formations, could not glimpse any traces of the [Great Reversal of Life and Death Formation] he had once seen.

Worried that this inexplicably appeared Heavenly Sovereign might affect his grand plan. Li Fan quietly contacted Dharma-Transmitter Zhou, trying to glean some inside information from her. To his disappointment, Dharma-Transmitter Zhou gave the same response as before: she knew nothing about it.

"As far as I know, your Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance has an organization called the Heavenly Oversight Division, specifically monitoring the principles of the Xuanhuang heaven and earth. This Heavenly Sovereign has succeeded in reversing the principles for so long, yet you insist you are completely unaware... Fellow Daoist Zhou, this does not add up," Li Fan said in an unfriendly tone, questioning her.

Dharma-Transmitter Zhou smiled: "Your Federation of All Worlds truly has swift intelligence."

"Even the confidential existence of the Immortal Alliance's Heavenly Oversight Division cannot be hidden from you. But I am not brushing you off; I truly know nothing about this."

The smile on Zhou's face gradually faded, and her expression turned serious. "In general, for a Dao Integration cultivator to succeed in reversing principles, it is a gradual process."

"During this process, the traces of the heaven and earth principles being twisted and altered are quite obvious; this is why the Heavenly Oversight Division can detect signs of a Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign about to be born."

"But this Rebirth Heavenly Sovereign is different."

"The speed of his appearance... Was a bit too fast."