My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1254: Mysterious Force Hidden Within the Rift

Listening to Yi Jue’s recitation, Stone Tablet understood tacitly.

Within the Dao Deviation Stone in his sea of consciousness, miniature versions of the Stone Tablet’s figures instantly differentiated.

The recorded images of the Genesis Stone Tablets, arriving like falling snowflakes, were diverted into these different child bodies.

The effect was so immediate that the Stone Tablet instantly felt a sense of relaxation he had not experienced for a long time.

“This is merely a buffer. To completely resolve my hidden worries, storage is still required.”

Stone Tablet seemed to gain some insight.

As his thoughts shifted, those thousands of miniature child bodies continuously expanded and directly merged into the Dao Deviation Stone.

The originally azure crystal, under the tempering of the Stone Tablet’s method, became a miniature version of itself.

Through the eyes of the Dao Deviation Stone Tablet, one could see countless different Stone Tablets arranged horizontally and vertically in a crisscross pattern. It was like facing mirrors with no end.

“I have already pushed the computational power of this Dao Deviation Stone to its limit. It truly deserves to be called a heavenly oddity. Just one high-grade piece can bear the information of the Genesis Stone Tablets without any burden…” Stone Tablet could not help but secretly admire in his heart.

“Moreover, these recorded data are still under my control. After being sorted and analyzed by the countless child bodies of the Dao Deviation Stone, they can actually be found even faster than before.”

With the hidden danger eliminated, he did not get up immediately. Instead, he fully enjoyed the peace he had never experienced in tens of thousands of years.

No longer would countless images and noises constantly fill his sea of consciousness. It was empty and vast, almost bringing Stone Tablet to the verge of tears.

Only after a long time did Stone Tablet stand up.

He solemnly bowed to the Holy Emperor ahead: “Many thanks, fellow Daoist, for your grace of rebirth!”

“It was merely a small effort!” Although the Holy Emperor said this, he accepted it calmly.

Leaving the center of the formation, the Holy Emperor waved his hand, and the void above was concealed by a profound aura.

Returning to the Holy Emperor’s seat, Li Ping spoke frankly: “Although I have helped fellow Daoist resolve the worry of the Stone Tablet’s chaotic information, I will not use this as leverage to demand anything from you.”

“Whether you are willing or not is entirely up to your own heart.”

Stone Tablet could tell that the Holy Emperor before him spoke with genuine sincerity and could not help feeling deeply moved.

He spoke directly: “I have always shared prosperity and decline with the Xuanhuang Realm. In the past, I was tormented by endless pain, so I had little interest in the mortal world. But now that I have escaped it, I naturally will not stand idly by anymore.”

Li Ping merely nodded slightly at the Stone Tablet’s assurance.

Yet he did not bring up the previous [Xuanhuang Orthodox] plan again.

Instead, he inquired about another matter.

“What do the two of you think of the Heavenly Capital Grand Mage?”

“If I clash with the Immortal Ancestor, will he intervene?”

As soon as this question was asked, both the Stone Tablet and Yi Jue’s expressions became slightly strange.

Seeing that Yi Jue had no intention of speaking, Stone Tablet took the initiative to answer: “As far as I know, the Grand Mage has been resting and recuperating above Daoyuan Prefecture these years. Matters of the outside world…”

“...would probably find it hard to draw his attention.”

Stone Tablet glanced at his friend Yi Jue: “Back when the Ten Great Immortal Sects were driven to desperation by the great calamity, they sought help from the Grand Mage more than once. Yet they could not even enter his door.”

“After leaving Heavenly Capital back then, they never had the chance to return.”

Stone Tablet’s tone carried a slight sigh.

“The character of Xuantian King was truly exemplary. You Ten Sects, for your own selfish desires, colluded with the outsider Grand Mage to destroy the Xuantian Sect. You were truly aiding a tiger in its wickedness.” The Holy Emperor commented calmly.

Stone Tablet smiled bitterly and offered no defense.

Daoist Yi Jue’s expression remained unchanged: “The Holy Emperor sees clearly. The events of that year were indeed somewhat improper on the part of the Ten Sects. But everything is like passing clouds and smoke, scattered by the wind. The original instigators from back then are all long gone. As for Xuantian King…”

“He and the Grand Mage were destined for a battle. Even without our Ten Sects, it would still be so. Moreover, according to those who personally experienced it back then, Xuantian King’s disappearance was quite suspicious and not entirely the doing of the Grand Mage.”

“Once Xuantian King disappeared, the Xuantian Sect became a pile of loose sand. It was only natural for the Ten Sects to inherit power. During the Xuantian Sect era, the oppression of cultivators throughout the world was too severe. After the Ten Sects took power, they mostly adopted a policy of recuperation, and the various large and small sects enjoyed a rare period of peaceful years.”

Yi Jue said slowly. He was not making excuses for the Ten Sects but simply stating plain facts.

Stone Tablet also cooperated by projecting the images from that year into the Holy Emperor’s hall.

Watching the scenes flash by rapidly, Li Ping nodded slightly.

After a moment of silence, Li Ping said: “The Grand Mage has faintly transcended this realm. Although the possibility of him intervening is very low, we cannot ignore it.”

Stone Tablet and Yi Jue were both slightly stunned, not expecting Li Ping to remain unchanged in his plans.

“However, I have my own methods. You two need not worry.”

“How much do the two of you understand about the current Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance?” Li Ping changed the subject once more.

Stone Tablet pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly: “The headquarters of the Immortal Alliance is located within the Xuantian Treasure Mirror space. It forms its own realm and shields the perception of the Genesis Stone Tablet. Although I have records of scenes from various prefectures and regions of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance over the years, I actually know very little about the core secrets of the Immortal Alliance.”

“However, the highest level of the Immortal Alliance, the Dharma-Transmitters, were all surviving cultivators from the Xuanhuang Realm back then. I have their information here. But it is limited to before they hid inside the Xuantian Treasure Mirror.”

“Since the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance was reestablished, they have gathered resources from the Xuanhuang Realm to enrich their own exclusive worlds. Moreover, with the enhancement from the Immortal Ancestor's secret treasure, their strength compared to back then is certainly worlds apart. The information I provide can only serve as reference.” Stone Tablet said solemnly.

A blue light point, condensing a large amount of light and shadow information, slowly flew before the Holy Emperor.

Absorbing it, countless scenes instantly appeared in Li Ping’s mind.

“With this, it is enough.” He said in a deep voice.

At this moment, Daoist Yi Jue coughed lightly: “As for the scenes inside the Immortal Alliance headquarters…”

“Our Du'e Sect does have some clues.”

“Hmm?” This time even Stone Tablet was somewhat surprised.

“That cannot be right, Yi Jue. Back when your entire sect was suppressed by the Dharma-Transmitters, the current Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance did not even exist yet, right?”

Sensing Stone Tablet’s doubtful gaze, the golden figure of Yi Jue smiled faintly.

“This matter was also a coincidence. When the Immortal Alliance headquarters was being constructed back then, a space containing a World-Observing Divine Eye happened to be excavated by them and implanted into the Immortal Alliance headquarters space.”

“Although it was not a core or critical location, over these many years we have still seen some things. It is not to the point of knowing nothing.”

As Yi Jue spoke, like offering a treasure, the Book of Du'e flipped continuously. The changing light and shadow slowly coalesced into a book page.

It slowly floated before Li Ping.

Li Ping absorbed this page and quickly browsed the recorded images within it.

After a long time.

“Are there still such World-Observing Divine Eyes in the Xuanhuang Realm that I cannot sense?”

The Holy Emperor spoke again, not offering praise but asking this instead.

Daoist Yi Jue hurriedly stated: “Aside from the special reason of being isolated by the Xuantian Treasure Mirror, all other divine eyes have already been recovered by the Holy Emperor.”

“However…” Yi Jue hesitated slightly.

“Speak freely.”

“Although the divine eyes originally placed in those positions have now been retrieved, because the divine eyes were stationed there for too long, the space itself has become imbued with some of the divine eye’s characteristics.”

Upon hearing this, Daoist’s expression turned somewhat serious.

Yi Jue continued: “That is to say, our Du'e Sect can still perceive events occurring near those points. However, the effect is not as good as direct observation by the divine eye.”

To verify his words, Yi Jue flipped the Book of Du'e and projected all the countless light and shadow records from those different points simultaneously.

The range was a bit smaller than what the World-Observing Divine Eye could control, and the images were also quite blurry.

But just as Yi Jue said, it was only a decline in performance; the most critical monitoring function was indeed still intact.

“Yi Jue, what exactly is the origin of this World-Observing Divine Eye?”

Stone Tablet pondered for a moment, somewhat shocked, and asked the question that was also in Li Ping’s mind.

After all, the fact that the divine eye could alter the very nature of the space it occupied was not as simple as it appeared.

If one were to be precise, this could already be considered a kind of reversing the principles of heaven and earth in a certain sense.

Yi Jue Daoist did not conceal anything: “Back when the Heavenly Sword Sect forged the World-Rifting Divine Weapon, split the realm, and shook the Xuanhuang Realm, I once went to visit the ruins of the Heavenly Sword Sect.”

“That World-Rifting fissure had shattered space, leading to unknown places. If ordinary cultivators rashly entered, only death and dao dissipation awaited. But our Du'e Sect’s Eternal Tribulation World could temporarily preserve itself inside.”

The expression in Stone Tablet’s eyes became colorful.

“However, I took the risk of nine deaths and one life to enter the World-Rifting fissure. Following the aura of the World-Rifting Divine Weapon, I delved deeper, wanting to confirm whether the Heavenly Sword Sect had truly succeeded…”

“Unfortunately, the fissure recovered even faster than I imagined. A power I had never seen before, not belonging to the Xuanhuang Realm, was actively repairing the wound. Having lost track of the World-Rifting Divine Weapon, I had also reached my limit of endurance, so I had no choice but to return helplessly…”

“This World-Observing Divine Eye was refined using that power I collected from within the World-Rifting fissure.”

Daoist Yi Jue’s words came to an abrupt stop.

But the scenes described in his words caused the other two in the hall to think deeply.

Stone Tablet suddenly understood: “So this World-Observing Divine Eye was not deliberately refined into this form by you. Rather, it is the manifestation of its power’s essence?”

Yi Jue nodded.

“Otherwise, how could our Du'e Sect suddenly possess a method that even the Immortal Ancestor could not handle?”

The Holy Emperor’s hall suddenly fell silent.

In Li Ping’s perception, this golden figure from the Du'e Sect was not lying.

Then the meaning behind his words was somewhat terrifying upon careful thought.

Did this mean that there were still even higher-level powers, like the World-Observing Divine Eye, currently monitoring the Xuanhuang Realm?

And what kind of existence was behind it?

Was it something outside the High Wall, or...

Stone Tablet suddenly recalled something, and his expression changed.

But the words reached its lips and stopped.

Li Ping naturally noticed Stone Tablet’s abnormality, but only locked onto it slightly with his divine sense without speaking first. Stone Tablet understood Li Ping’s concern and waved its hand: “Fellow Daoist has misunderstood.”

“I simply recalled a rumor about the origin of the Xuanhuang Realm.”

“It was information I unintentionally came across in the bottom layer of the Genesis Stone Tablet. It dates back at least several tens of thousands of years.”

These words immediately drew the attention of Li Ping and all the paper figures of the Du'e Sect.

Stone Tablet frowned and spoke while recalling: “In the era before the catastrophe descended, when the immortal path was flourishing, within the endless starry sky, our Xuanhuang Realm appeared somewhat unique.”

“In addition to more frequent exchanges with the upper realm and the presence of numerous immortal artifacts, our Xuanhuang Realm also had the existence known as the Great Celestial Venerable.”

“After all, once cultivators ascend, they basically sever all contact with the lower realm. But this Great Celestial Venerable could not only connect with the upper realm but also draw items from the immortal realm to the Xuanhuang Realm.”

“Moreover, the Great Celestial Venerable held authority in the Xuanhuang Realm that ordinary cultivators could hardly attain…”

At this point, Stone Tablet looked at Li Ping.

Li Ping shook his head slightly: “There is no memory of this.”

Stone Tablet did not mind and continued: “But the Great Celestial Venerable of that time was different from the one we recognize today. Their cultivation and strength were not necessarily very high; they were more like a...”

“Official position.”

Stone Tablet pondered for a moment and uttered these two words.

“It was like an official post conferred by the upper realm. As long as one received recognition from the upper realm, even a mortal with no strength to tie a chicken could hold the position of Great Celestial Venerable.”

“Now it is completely different. Without absolute strength, one cannot gain recognition from the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao and certainly cannot achieve the position of Great Celestial Venerable.”

“I do not know when the difference between these two arose. But what I want to say is...”

“The power that manifested the World-Observing Divine Eye within the World-Rifting fissure may not necessarily come from outside the Star Sea. It could be a characteristic inherent to the Xuanhuang Realm itself.” Stone Tablet glanced at Li Ping again.

This viewpoint caused even Yi Jue of the Du'e Sect to lower his head in contemplation.

“The earliest Great Celestial Venerable could control the world with a mortal body. What they relied on was likely a power similar to the World-Observing Divine Eye, deeply hidden within the Xuanhuang Realm. But at some unknown time, the connection between this power and the Xuanhuang Realm was mysteriously severed.”

Stone Tablet’s words echoed in the Holy Emperor’s hall.

The ancient secrets involved in these words were something even Li Ping had no prior knowledge of.

“Before the immortal path was severed, changes that ordinary cultivators could not detect must have occurred in the Xuanhuang Realm.” Li Ping said in a deep voice.

“It is merely my speculation. My original intention was that there is no need to worry excessively about powers outside the Star Sea. Even if there truly is external interference, since the Xuanhuang Realm has existed for so many years and they have not appeared...”

“They are probably beyond reach here as well.”

Stone Tablet said softly.

“I think so too.” Yi Jue Daoist concurred, his expression returning to its previous calm state.

“What we must face first now is still the threat of the Immortal Ancestor. As for these...” Li Ping also concluded.

“Although we should not pay too much attention, we must still guard against them.”

The Holy Emperor’s wording was the same as when he mentioned the Heavenly Capital Great Mage, leaving Yi Jue and Stone Tablet astonished.

“I have my own methods. You two need not worry.”