My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1180: Star Sea Wanderer

Although during the confrontation between the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association, the development of various technologies on both sides was not slow, and all kinds of methods emerged endlessly.

But in reality, this period of rapid development lasted only less than three thousand years. Since the great calamity that severed the immortal path, for tens of thousands of years, the vast majority of the time in the Xuanhuang Realm had been spent in mutual slaughter and conflict.

Civilization not only failed to advance but actually regressed.

“If my guess is true, then it is simply unbelievable just how vast the civilizational gap between inside and outside the high wall would be.”

A closed-off civilization that prided itself as the strongest nation in the world. Then one day the passage to the outside world was suddenly opened, and before the enemy’s military force that was several eras ahead, it had no resistance at all, quickly falling and perishing.

Such events were commonplace in the history of civilization development.

Not to mention before transmigration, even now, there were no shortage of small worlds that had lost contact with the Xuanhuang Realm and forgotten the existence of cultivators. They had established flourishing mortal powers, and historians lavishly recorded their achievements.

In the end, a single Foundation Establishment cultivator could easily overthrow the so-called “prosperous dynasty.”

Li Fan’s long-standing goal had always been transcendence and immortality.

For this, he had undergone countless reincarnations, all to carve out a path in the Xuanhuang Realm fraught with crises and impending great disasters.

Ultimately, he wanted to leave this darkest star sea and go beyond the high wall.

But at this moment, the speculation about possible civilizations existing outside the high wall made Li Fan secretly feel a chill in his heart.

“If a cultivation civilization truly existed and had developed for so many years, it might even have grasped power comparable to True Immortals. It might even be able to influence truth to a certain extent…”

Li Fan’s eyes flickered, his thoughts surging.

However, he did not feel any fear.

truth

was his greatest source of confidence.

Being able to rewind time again and again, bringing memories and experiences back to the fixed anchor point, even if the outside of the high wall was truly millions of years ahead, he could easily close the gap between the two sides in just a few reincarnations.

“I just need to be a little more cautious. Until the situation is clearly understood, I’ll only act through my clones and the Holy Embryo—my true body will absolutely not leave. In all matters, stability comes first.”

“It’s not the monsters beyond the high walls that are frightening—it’s the possibility that there’s nothing at all beyond them.”

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In the pitch-black void, the sword light transformed by Holy Embryo Li Fan closely followed behind the twenty-nine puppets.

From the time he broke through the realm and left, only more than half a year had passed in the Xuanhuang Realm.

But from Holy Embryo Li Fan’s perspective, he had already been away from the Xuanhuang Realm for a full ten years.

The difference in the flow of time further intensified after venturing deeper into the Darkest Star Sea.

Not long ago, it had reached a terrifying peak of fifty-to-one.

However, as Holy Embryo Li Fan continued forward, the time disparity between his location and the Xuanhuang Realm slowly began to converge once more.

It dropped from fifty-to-one all the way down to ten-to-one.

Compared to when he had just left the Xuanhuang Realm, the difference was not that significant anymore.

Li Fan knew that this was because he was slowly approaching another massive power source that distorted the flow of time.

“The Star Sea is vast. Even with the help of this unknown mighty power, which allows my speed to reach over a hundred times the limit of flying within the Xuanhuang Realm, it still took this long to reach my destination.” Holy Embryo Li Fan sighed softly.

During these ten years, he had severed his divine soul more than three hundred times.

From his peak state, where he was almost comparable to a Dao Integration cultivator of the Xuanhuang Realm, he had now been reduced to the strength of an ordinary mortal.

The pain he endured in the process was so severe that even with Li Fan’s resolute willpower, he had no desire to experience it a second time.

Fortunately, in the last few years, perhaps because his strength had fallen to an extremely weak level, the frequency of black spot infections had also decreased dramatically.

Moreover, after more than three hundred divisions and the resulting insights, Holy Embryo Li Fan had developed some of his own methods for dealing with this mysterious plague.

“Although I still cannot figure out the principle behind its appearance, I can confirm that these black spots are connected to the cultivation world that has already been destroyed and vanished within the Darkest Star Sea.”

If only a single one of the three hundred souls infected by the black spots had been examined, it might not have been enough for Li Fan to sense anything.

But now, when all the withered dead souls he had left behind in the darkest star sea were considered together, Li Fan discovered their common point.

After seemingly falling into complete silence, they did not remain in place.

Instead, they quietly flowed toward different locations within the darkest star sea.

Their method of movement was quite mysterious. It was not ordinary spatial movement.

It was more like water droplets naturally rolling from a high place to a low place, rapidly shuttling through the darkest star sea.

Once they reached their destinations, they disappeared from Li Fan’s senses forever.

“Those locations, between the depths of the Star Sea and the Xuanhuang Realm, seem to overlap with the voids I passed through earlier.”

Holy Embryo Li Fan turned back to gaze into the distance and remained silent for a long time.

“It appears that all the inconceivable phenomena within the Darkest Star Sea may be interconnected.”

“Then what exactly is the power of this Star Sea that can rival the Immortal Ruins? Why did I not sense it at all when I was in the Xuanhuang Realm, only for it to suddenly erupt recently?”

Filled with doubts, Holy Embryo Li Fan became increasingly curious about the unknown path ahead.

“Hmm?”

While deep in thought, he suddenly became alert and looked forward.

That uneasy feeling of being watched by something emerged once again.

And this time, it was far stronger than anything he had experienced in the past ten years.

It made Holy Embryo Li Fan’s hair stand on end and his heart pound wildly.

It was as if some extremely terrifying existence lurked in the dark void ahead!

With a thought, Li Fan first controlled a stone puppet and sent it charging toward the source of the sensed crisis.

Immediately afterward, he slashed out a sword light from afar.

The stone puppet seemed to collide with something, producing a dull thud.

In the next instant, the puppet vanished from Li Fan’s senses.

Affected by the reduction of his divine soul, the sword light Li Fan released was far less dazzling than when he had first left the Xuanhuang Realm.

Still, it managed to illuminate the surrounding dark space.

A pair of enormous eyes suddenly appeared from the darkness.

They stared fixedly at Li Fan.

Meanwhile, a large, withered hand had somehow already silently reached in front of Holy Embryo Li Fan, about to seize him in its palm!

“Fuck!”

After sailing through the dark void for more than ten years.

He had not encountered any other living beings besides himself.

Now suddenly encountering such a terrifying existence, Li Fan’s heart jolted violently and his scalp went numb.

Out of instinct, countless sword shadows flew out.

Whether it was because his own strength had become too weak or the monster was too powerful, he did not know.

The sword shadows that could split mountains and part seas in the Xuanhuang Realm failed to cause even the slightest damage.

Seeing that he was about to fall completely into the monster’s palm, Li Fan prepared to fight with his life on the line.

But soon, he noticed something was wrong.

The huge, emaciated human figure in front of him…

Showed no trace of life force whatsoever.

Its posture and expression remained completely fixed in the same state.