My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1343: Forging Fragments of the Immortal World

Within the Remnant World Great Wall.

Li Fan rode the phantom Wooden Sword, carrying the three elders of the Immortal Ark, Nangong Lie, Lu Yuzhi, and Xu Gongding, as they slowly traveled through its depths.

"Brother Li, this movement technique of yours is truly heaven defying. Not only is it incredibly fast, it also reduces the influence of the echoing star force throughout the surroundings. With your protection, our search for the gray Go pieces should proceed much more smoothly," Nangong Lie said with admiration.

Lu Yuzhi nodded in agreement.

"Indeed. Otherwise, merely resisting this terrifying suction would consume the vast majority of our strength."

Xu Gongding remained silent, his eyes constantly scanning the surrounding void, doing his utmost to locate the gray Go pieces.

The resonance between objects belonging to the same set was insufficient to pinpoint an exact location. It could only vaguely indicate a general region.

Within the Remnant World Great Wall lay countless fragments of shattered worlds.

The gray Go pieces, meanwhile, had concealed themselves in the form of artifacts within those world fragments.

Finding them was no different from searching for a needle in the ocean.

Especially since divine sense was also suppressed here, making the search even more difficult.

Having personally experienced it now, Li Fan finally understood the Heavenly Doctor's predicament.

Spending several thousand years collecting the fragments of the Heavenly Law Realm without finishing the task was entirely understandable.

Fortunately, the mysterious power the gray Go pieces used to conceal themselves was exceptionally unusual. As long as one already knew the secret hidden within them, a single glance was enough to notice something abnormal.

There was no need to worry about overlooking them during the search.

Their luck was also remarkably good. Only three days later, they found the first lost chess piece.

It lay quietly upon the ruins of a devastated land. It had taken the form of a bronze war chariot covered in rust.

Five magnificent divine steeds stood proudly before the chariot with their heads held high.

The surface of the chariot was covered with countless sword and blade scars, giving it the appearance of having endured endless ages of hardship.

Rather than restoring the chariot to its original form in the void, the four simply stored it away for safekeeping. Once they returned to the Immortal Ark, it would be handed over to the Council of Elders for processing.

The first success greatly encouraged everyone.

Over the next ten days, the phantom Wooden Sword moved continuously, carrying them back and forth throughout the Remnant World Great Wall.

They found three more disguised Go pieces.

One was a broken sword.

One was an ordinary looking wine gourd.

The last was a tiny wooden boat.

"I cannot continue. I need to rest for a while."

Just as they were preparing to continue the search, Li Fan's face suddenly turned pale as he spoke weakly.

Lu Yuzhi immediately understood.

"We overlooked this. Such a heaven defying divine ability must consume an enormous amount of energy. Brother Li has used it continuously over the past several days. No wonder you've reached your limit..."

Nangong Lie asked with concern.

"How long will you need to recover, Brother Li? Without your movement technique, our search efficiency will become unbearably slow."

Li Fan answered with a solemn expression.

"Do not worry. Give me three days and I will recover. Spiritual energy consumption is only a minor issue. The real burden is the tremendous exhaustion of my mind."

Lu Yuzhi first lavishly praised Li Fan before seizing the opportunity to inquire about the principles behind this movement technique.

The elders of the Immortal Ark had long coveted Li Fan's miraculous phantom Wooden Sword movement technique.

However, although Li Fan had always generously shared everything else he learned, he remained exceptionally tight lipped regarding this Wooden Sword divine ability. He had never revealed even the slightest detail.

The elders naturally refused to give up and attempted to probe whenever an opportunity arose.

This time, however, Li Fan's attitude toward secrecy appeared to soften slightly.

"My movement technique is formed from the fusion of two supreme Dao intents."

"The first is the Sword."

"It embodies the unstoppable momentum of advancing forward with fearless courage."

"As for the second..."

Li Fan deliberately paused, whetting the curiosity of the three elders before continuing leisurely.

"It is the Dao of Near Yet Distant."

"The ends of heaven and the corners of the sea are merely within arm's reach. Crossing the Star Sea may seem incomparably distant, but if everything exists only a short distance apart, then a single step is enough to arrive."

He then gave the three elders a detailed explanation of these two supreme Dao intents.

The three listened attentively, nodding repeatedly as they sank into deep contemplation.

Li Fan, meanwhile, revealed an indescribable smile.

Throughout his explanation, he had not distorted or fabricated anything.

Given the knowledge possessed by the elders of the Immortal Ark, any falsehoods would have been easily exposed.

Li Fan had merely concealed the most crucial element.

The true core of this escape technique was the [Transformation Between Truth and Falsehood].

Sword Dao.

Near Yet Distant.

Without the enhancement provided by the Transformation Between Truth and Falsehood, neither of them alone could allow one to ignore the countless dangers and remnants of True Immortal power filling the Star Sea during flight as Li Fan did.

Li Fan intentionally revealed part of his divine ability for one purpose. To divert the attention of the three Immortal Ark elders.

Naturally, his true objective was the four recovered gray Go pieces.

Perhaps because the Immortal Ancestor's betrayal in the past had left lasting psychological scars, even though the four people sent to search for the Go pieces were, in theory, almost incapable of betraying the Immortal Ark, strict precautions were still enforced.

The Immortal Ark required all four of them to guard the pieces together.

Each person held one fragment of a spherical artifact.

When the four fragments were combined, they formed a sealed storage space that contained the recovered Go pieces.

Only with the combined effort of all four could the sealed Go pieces be removed.

Otherwise, they could only observe and supervise them.

Originally, all four frequently directed part of their attention toward the stored Go pieces.

However, after Li Fan casually revealed part of the secrets behind his supreme movement technique, the other three elders inevitably became distracted as they pondered everything he had taught them.

As a result, Li Fan gained much more time to secretly study the mysteries hidden within the gray Go pieces without attracting suspicion.

"Returning from the gray Go piece form requires an enormous supply of energy."

"Spiritual energy is insufficient."

"True Immortal power is also insufficient."

"Yet the Immortal Ark transformed them into armored keratin forms without anyone noticing..."

"It seems there are still treasures hidden within the second and third layers of the Immortal Ark's treasury."

Li Fan let out a cold snort inwardly as his divine sense continuously swept across the four Go pieces.

"They were forged from Worlds themselves."

"Perhaps they are gray Go pieces formed from worlds that have lost their value."

"If the Heavenly Doctor's Mending Heaven Record treats worlds as though they were human beings..."

"Then the being who forged this set of Go pieces regarded worlds as artifacts."

"Humans and artifacts may be different."

"But the underlying principles are identical."

"The prerequisite for transformation is complete mastery over their fundamental structure."

As he sensed the four creations before him, Li Fan silently recited the Mending Heaven Record.

After comprehending and modifying its countless tiny passages, they gradually transformed into an entirely different text.

"I merely followed the existing framework."

"I replaced the principles of the human body with the methods of artifact forging."

"Although certain portions were forcibly converted and make absolutely no sense..."

"The overwhelming majority..."

"...actually works."

Li Fan's eyes lit up.

Within his vision, the four objects inside the sealed storage space immediately changed.

The broken sword, war chariot, and the other physical forms all disappeared.

In their place appeared countless glowing lines, crisscrossing vertically and horizontally.

All of those illuminated lines ultimately converged at the same origin.

Beyond them lay even more countless dim lines, incomparably intricate in number.

"The origin of these lines represents the original gray Go piece form."

"The dim lines represent every other form the Go piece can transform into."

"How beautiful..."

Li Fan was almost completely absorbed by what he saw.

He had once directly witnessed the fundamental principles of heaven and earth within the Xuanhuang Realm.

The countless horizontal and vertical lines that formed the innumerable living beings and all the different phenomena of the world intertwined and stretched across heaven and earth. Li Fan had originally believed that the world's underlying principles were already complex enough.

But compared to what this gray Go piece had unfolded before him...

"The principles that make up the Xuanhuang Realm are only a small part of it."

"The rest were forged by True Immortals using the laws of the Immortal Realm. They exist beyond the world itself."

Li Fan's heart trembled.

"By observing these, perhaps I can vaguely glimpse a corner of the former Immortal Realm."

Li Fan closed his eyes, pretending to rest. In reality, he was concealing the tremendous waves that had suddenly risen within his heart.

The Immortal Realm had suffered the Dao Annihilation Calamity and had been destroyed for more than ten thousand years.

Everything that had once belonged to the Immortal Realm had become a thing of the past.

Even the True Immortals of old had become exceedingly rare. They had become prey hunted by civilizations beyond the High Wall.

Yet now, Li Fan had discovered fragments of the Immortal Realm that had been hidden through a special forging method.

Or rather, calling them fragments was already somewhat exaggerated.

They were merely traces of higher Immortal Realm laws that had been incorporated while refining a lower realm cultivation world.

Even so, for those living ten thousand years after the immortal path had been severed, they still possessed extraordinary significance.

Especially for Li Fan.

"The law fragments contained within a single Go piece are far too few."

"But what if I could gather an entire set?"

"When Sun Piaomiao founded the Medicine King Sect, judging solely from his understanding of medical principles, his comprehension of the world and the Heavenly Dao may not have been inferior to the Heavenly Doctor."

"If I can perceive the mystery within these Go pieces, there is no reason he could not. Especially since he used such a special method to leave this secret behind for future generations through his travel journal."

"If these Immortal Realm fragments can truly be restored through fusion..."

A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Li Fan's mind.

"Could this be, in a certain sense, a plan to preserve the final spark?"

But only an instant later, Li Fan naturally thought of another use for these gray Go pieces.

"My plan to elevate the Xuanhuang Realm is already nearly perfect."

"If I can further incorporate fragments of the former Immortal Realm..."

"The laws of the Immortal Realm would become heavenly pillars, strengthening the fundamental principles of the Xuanhuang Realm."

"Transforming it into a true Immortal Domain would only be a matter of time."

Li Fan rapidly deduced the possibilities. The result made his heart pound with excitement.

"Furthermore, if the Immortal Ark truly gathers all of these gray Go pieces, I fear they will lose all ambition to cross the High Wall."

With Li Fan's insight, he naturally saw that Zhong Daogong's previous words had merely been an attempt to calm everyone temporarily.

"However, I will need someone to cooperate with me in putting on a performance."

After some thought, he had already settled on a plan. Another day later, Li Fan pretended that he had barely recovered.

After briefly sensing the locations of Yin Shangren and Hundred Flowers, he controlled the phantom Wooden Sword and flew toward them.

The direction he traveled happened to overlap with the sensing range of one of the gray Go pieces.

Therefore, it did not arouse the suspicion of the Immortal Ark elders.

"Hm? This Ruined World Great Wall seems somewhat different from before."

While flying, Li Fan suddenly spoke with uncertainty.

The moment those words left his mouth, the three Immortal Ark elders, who had been secretly comprehending the Dao, were immediately startled awake.

They carefully investigated the surroundings before all shaking their heads in confusion.

"Could it be that Brother Li exhausted himself too much and is merely imagining things?"

"We have not sensed anything unusual."

Faced with their doubts, Li Fan still wore a solemn expression.

Yet he could not explain exactly what felt wrong.

The three Immortal Ark elders exchanged glances and also became tense.

Li Fan's nervousness appeared completely genuine.

Sometimes a cultivator's inexplicable intuition was even more reliable than deliberate investigation. None of them dared to lower their guard and remained on high alert against any possible disaster.

Perhaps Li Fan truly was simply being overly suspicious.

An entire incense stick's worth of time passed without anything unusual happening. Only then did the tightly wound elders gradually relax.

"It seems Brother Li was worrying too much." Nangong Lie laughed.

Li Fan sighed.

"Perhaps."

They continued searching through the Ruined World Great Wall.

Not long afterward, Li Fan suddenly became alarmed once more.

"No. Be careful!"

His repeated alarms instantly caused the auras of the Immortal Ark elders to surge, and the True Immortal seal script characters they had prepared were ready to activate at any moment.

However...

They carefully observed their surroundings and waited for quite some time.

Still, nothing happened.

The three elders stared directly at Li Fan.

Somewhat embarrassed, Li Fan explained, "I do not know what is happening today. My heart keeps pounding as if some great catastrophe is about to befall me at any moment."

"You may not know this, but my spiritual intuition has always been exceptionally accurate. It was precisely because of this keen intuition that I escaped numerous deadly calamities in the past."

"I simply cannot ignore it."

Li Fan smiled bitterly.

Lu Yuzhi comforted him.

"It is fine. Being cautious is never a bad thing. Perhaps the previous journey exhausted your mind too greatly, and you have not fully recovered yet. Why not rest for a while?"

Li Fan shook his head.

"If I stop moving, I become even more uneasy."

"Let us continue."

The three elders could hardly refuse.

They could only continue following Li Fan.

After Li Fan repeated the same false alarms twice more, even the three Immortal Ark elders had become mentally exhausted.

Nangong Lie looked as though he wanted to speak but hesitated.

Lu Yuzhi was considering how to persuade Li Fan to take a proper rest.

Little did they know that Li Fan had already located Yin Shangren and Hundred Flowers.

He quietly established contact with them. Their communication was completed almost immediately.

Li Fan's expression changed dramatically once again before the three elders.

"Be careful!"

This time, instead of becoming alert, the Immortal Ark elders were so irritated that they laughed.

"Brother Li, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, an incomparably terrifying aura of death swept over them in an instant.

It was as though they had personally fallen into the scene of a world's destruction.

All four of them froze momentarily.

At the same time, the vitality within their bodies began to drain away at an astonishing speed.

While they stood motionless, the sealed sphere jointly containing the four gray Go pieces suddenly lost control for no apparent reason.

It fell out into the void.

"This is bad!"

Nangong Lie's expression changed drastically as he instantly regained his senses.

The [Suppression] seal script immediately struck toward the direction from which the death aura had originated.

However, the attacker had apparently anticipated his reaction and had already fled that location.

Nangong Lie's attack struck only empty space.

Lu Yuzhi also regained consciousness at this moment.

After examining the rapidly disappearing vitality of everyone present, his expression changed dramatically.