My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1181: Encountering True Immortal Script Again

“Dead?” Li Fan, who was still shaken, instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the lingering trace of crisis in his heart told him that things were not so simple.

Sure enough, after the several sword lights released by Holy Embryo Li Fan touched the corpse ahead, they vanished into the darkness like candles being blown out, without producing any sound of collision.

The massive, withered corpse was like a primordial giant beast hidden in the void, silently devouring everything that tried to approach it.

A spell once again illuminated the surrounding space.

This time, he could see much more clearly.

The dried corpse looked roughly similar to an ordinary human, except for its abnormally enormous size. It stood over thirty zhang tall, and its palm alone was larger than Li Fan’s entire body.

[T/N: roughly translating to over 300 feet (90+ meters). One zhang (丈) is a traditional unit equal to 10 chi (尺), historically around 3 meters.]

It seemed to have drifted in this void for a very long time. The clothes on its body had already decayed away.

However, after careful observation, what shocked Holy Embryo Li Fan even more was that the dried corpse before him…appeared to be nothing more than a newborn infant.

Its hair was sparse, and it had not even grown teeth. Around its neck hung an ornament resembling a longevity lock[1], and a rotten red string was tied around its ankle.

Its terrified, outstretched arms made it look like a frightened child desperately reaching out for its parents.

“Even in its infant form, it is already this massive. It is hard to imagine how enormous it would be as an adult.”

Li Fan suddenly recalled the Eternal Immortal Fortress outside the Chizha Abyss.

That fortress in the white mist was also known as Broken Palm Immortal City.

It was because the entire stronghold had been built using the colossal severed palm of an Ancient Heavenly Sovereign that had drifted out from the white mist.

“Perhaps there is some connection between the two.” Li Fan thought to himself.

After all, he had never seen any records in the Xuanhuang Realm about such a primordial colossal being.

Although the giant was dead, an ominous mysterious power still lingered on its body, attempting to drag everything around it down as well.

“This mysterious power is most likely the culprit behind its death and the source of the extreme unease I feel.”

Holy Embryo Li Fan pondered for a moment. A trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

Even though he really did not want to try it again, he still swung a sword strike at his own divine soul and severed out a clone.

“Ah…”

After his divine soul became extremely weak, even his ability to endure pain dropped significantly. Li Fan could not hold back and let out a miserable cry.

His face turned deathly pale as he gasped heavily for breath.

Without any further hesitation, he directly bypassed the dried corpse giant and continued heading deeper into the star sea.

Meanwhile, the clone left behind recovered for a moment before proactively floating forward to make contact.

As the saying went, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. It could be foreseen that for a very long time to come, the Darkest Star Sea would be a place Li Fan needed to explore. Therefore, rather than blindly avoiding the dangers within the Darkest Star Sea, it was better to take the initiative and investigate them thoroughly.

After all, his main body was far away in the Xuanhuang Realm, and he had truth as backup. He was not afraid of triggering any unbearable consequences.

The moment the severed clone got within range of the dried corpse giant, everything before its eyes turned black.

He completely lost all perception of the outside world.

His consciousness remained, yet it felt as though it had been locked inside a cage. All around him was absolute and eternal darkness.

There was no sound, no light, and no passage of time.

It was as if only he himself remained in the entire world.

Even the connection with the Holy Embryo and the main body was growing increasingly distant and faint.

The sensation on the side of the Holy Embryo and the main body was equally strange.

That clone, which was clearly a part of himself, felt more and more unfamiliar.

More critically, the endless loneliness enveloping the clone began to slowly erode him through the connection between the main body and the clone.

It was only then that Li Fan realized that after being surrounded by the darkness, the clone’s state seemed to have been permanently frozen.

It was as if it had solidified, unable to take any action.

He could not even commit suicide.

Holy Embryo Li Fan’s expression changed slightly. He sent several sword lights toward the clone’s location, attempting to sever the connection between the clone and himself.

However, it was to no avail.

Just like when the sword lights had touched the dried corpse giant earlier, all the attacks vanished without a sound.

After trying several times, he had no choice but to give up.

Frowning slightly, he sensed the rate at which the endless loneliness was eroding him and felt somewhat relieved.

The distance in space and time still imposed some restriction on this extremely eerie existence.

The rate at which the main body was being eroded was very slow.

Based on the current situation, it would not threaten the safety of his divine soul within the next hundred years.

However, the situation on the Holy Embryo’s side was far less optimistic because it was too close.

It was estimated that he could only hold on for another thirty days or so before falling.

The time units here were all based on each party’s absolute personal time.

“However, the situation will gradually improve as I continue to move farther away.”

“Although it still cannot be completely avoided, I can buy enough time. As long as I can witness the true form of the mighty power that caused this Xuanhuang Realm tremor, even death would be acceptable.”

“Moreover, the reason the main body can sense the clone is mainly through me. If I disappear, the main body will be safe as well.”

Having thought this, Holy Embryo Li Fan stopped dividing his attention. He piloted the remaining stone puppet at full power, speeding continuously toward the depths of the Star Sea.

While flying at high speed, he also pondered the mysterious power that had shrouded the dried corpse giant.

The mysterious power was invading Li Fan, while Li Fan was also taking the opportunity to observe it.

“This feeling is not unfamiliar.”

Holy Embryo Li Fan’s mind flashed with insight, and he already had a guess.

“True Immortal Seal Script! Another True Immortal Seal Script!”

According to Daoist Hundred Flowers’ account, the calamities encountered by the various realms in the Darkest Star Sea were all different.

Some faced [Nothingness], some faced [Chaos], some faced [Hunger]…

And what Holy Embryo Li Fan had encountered in the void was clearly yet another True Immortal Script that brought about catastrophe.

“Is this [Isolation]? Or [Solitude]?”

Without seeing the physical form of the True Immortal Seal Script, Li Fan had no way of knowing the truth.

He could only make an educated guess based on the external manifestation of its power.

“True Immortal Seal Script brings disaster to all realms. Although this is probably not the true body but only something someone copied, it still brought countless immortal cultivation worlds in this Star Sea to utter destruction.”

“And among these True Immortal Seal Script, the character [Hunger] is particularly close to the path of the Immortal Ruins Immortal. He gained some insight from it and sat in meditation within the ruins of the immortal realm passage, attempting to comprehend the true meaning of the [Hunger] character.”

“To him, it was probably just an instant of enlightenment. Yet it created the terrifying existence known as the Immortal Ruins, causing the entire Star Sea to sink into ruin…”

“This is the power of an [Immortal] above the mortal realm.”

Holy Embryo Li Fan’s thoughts surged.

“And now, not far ahead, there actually exists something comparable in power to the Immortal Ruins Immortal.”

“What exactly is it?”

[1]:- A longevity lock (长命锁 - chángmìng suǒ) is a traditional Chinese amulet, often in the form of a necklace, worn by children to symbolize health, long life, and protection against evil spirits.