My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1364: The Great Venerable of All Laws

"Venerable, Venerable!"

Su Xiaomei's cheerful voice pulled the Heavenly Doctor out of his memories.

"Venerable, look. What do you think of this new divine ability I just comprehended?"

As she spoke, Su Xiaomei opened her tiny mouth and spat out a streak of black sword light filled with the aura of annihilation, shooting straight toward the Heavenly Doctor.

The black sword light was founded upon the ceaseless circulation and endless vitality of the Five Elements. It was driven by an unstoppable resolve to advance without regard for life or death. Its edge carried the devouring power that extinguished all things and reduced all existence to silence.

With a single strike, it seemed to possess the might to destroy an entire world.

It was truly difficult to imagine that a divine ability of such terrifying power had come from the hands of a child not even ten years old.

A trace of admiration flashed through the Heavenly Doctor's eyes. Yet when faced with the annihilation sword light, he neither dodged nor defended.

He simply allowed it to strike him directly in the face.

In an instant, the flesh on the Heavenly Doctor's face transformed into countless intersecting lines.

Like an enormous net, it sank inward ever so slightly before effortlessly blocking the Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword.

Threads of golden light then emerged from the countless lines of the giant net.

They surged toward the Five Elements Annihilation Sword and completely engulfed it.

Like ice melting into water, the sword light quietly disappeared.

Seeing this, the previously excited Su Xiaomei immediately puffed out her cheeks.

"Venerable, you're really too strong. I achieved the Nascent Soul realm by using the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven as my foundation, yet I'm still nowhere near your match."

The Heavenly Doctor smiled.

"You little girl, how many days have you been cultivating? If you could already catch up to me, where would this old man put his dignity?"

He gently patted Su Xiaomei's head before his expression turned serious.

"Your divine ability is indeed excellent. It can be considered invincible among cultivators of the same realm. But..."

Su Xiaomei immediately raised her head and listened attentively.

"There is still quite a distance between it and the true meaning of the Great Dao. For example, what exactly is annihilation?"

The Heavenly Doctor raised a finger.

Black light also emerged from his fingertip.

However, compared to the black light contained within the Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword, it was far deeper and even more unfathomable.

"True annihilation does not exist within the world's own cycle."

"What people call extinction merely exists to prepare for a better rebirth."

"If you truly wish to touch genuine destruction, you must journey into the depths of the starry sky."

"You are still too young. Grow stronger first. Perhaps when you reach Dao Integration, you may give it a try."

The Heavenly Doctor stroked his beard as he spoke.

Su Xiaomei immediately wore a bitter expression.

"I have to wait until Dao Integration? Who knows how long that will take. Forget it. I'm going to play with Senior Sister Zhao!"

Before her words had even finished, she had already vanished in a blur.

"Zhao Ruoxi..."

Quietly repeating the name, a trace of gloom flashed across the Heavenly Doctor's face.

She had originally been the Sect Master of the Grand Dao Sect in the Xuanhuang Realm.

Although the ancient war between the two worlds ended with the Heavenly Law Realm emerging victorious, that did not mean every cultivator of the Xuanhuang Realm had perished.

Just as the Xuanhuang Realm itself had ultimately merged into the Heavenly Law Realm, a small number of Xuanhuang cultivators had likewise become members of the Heavenly Law Realm.

In truth, the Heavenly Law Realm's ultimate victory had been closely connected to these cultivators.

Unfortunately, they were the sort who could share prosperity but not hardship.

The past ten thousand years had been acceptable. Although the Heavenly Law Realm had suffered countless calamities, these cultivators had long stood at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, so the disasters had little effect on them.

But now...

The Heavenly Law Realm was about to fall into the Immortal Ruins.

Every one of these cultivators harbored their own schemes. Not a single one sincerely wished to save the Heavenly Law Realm.

The Heavenly Doctor let out a cold snort inwardly.

At present, these people had not completely torn away all pretenses, so it was not yet appropriate for him to strike first.

Let them wait.

For now, the most important matter was to continue increasing his own cultivation.

The Heavenly Doctor's bright eyes gazed into the heavens, as though he could see the True Immortal currently comprehending the Great Dao within the Immortal Ruins.

"The overwhelming majority of my strength comes from the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Law Realm. Although I remained in deep slumber for nearly ten thousand years because of my injuries, the Heavenly Law Realm has since devoured the Xuanhuang Realm, more than doubling the overall strength of the world. Naturally, my own cultivation has risen along with it."

"Especially after every Venerable perished. The Eternal Dao of the Heavenly Law Realm have all returned to me."

With a single thought, the Heavenly Doctor's consciousness instantly seemed to rise above the nine heavens.

He became one with the vast firmament itself, overlooking the mortal world through the Heavenly Dao of the Heavenly Law Realm.

Unlike other cultivation worlds, the Heavenly Law Realm possessed neither Heavenly Dao consciousness nor world consciousness.

Only the Eternal Dao of the Heavenly Law Realm existed.

Like an unfeeling machine, they had operated on their own since the creation of heaven and earth, never influenced by the will of any living being.

As the saying went, the Heavenly Laws were absolute, honoring only rules and order.

The Heavenly Laws could never be violated.

Only after intelligent life appeared between heaven and earth did certain beings become capable of resonating with these Eternal Dao.

Through that resonance, they gained the authority to enforce the Heavenly Laws on behalf of the world.

The people of the Heavenly Law Realm called such individuals Venerables.

Tian Jue, Tian Yin, and Tian Yu had all been Venerables of the Heavenly Law Realm.

However, the ancient war between the two worlds had been far too brutal. Every Venerable fell in battle.

Before their deaths, they passed all the resonance and comprehension they had accumulated over countless years with the Eternal Laws to the sole survivor.

That survivor was the Heavenly Doctor.

Thus, when the Heavenly Doctor awakened from his long slumber, he discovered that he had become the unprecedented Great Venerable of All Laws.

In any other cultivation world, he would unquestionably have been the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao itself.

With but a single thought, the Heavenly Doctor could reshape the mountains and rivers of the Heavenly Law Realm at will, summon storms, and alter the heavens.

"And unlike ordinary incarnations of the Heavenly Dao, my strength does not originate solely from the Heavenly Dao itself."

"After ten thousand years of resonating with the Eternal Dao, the world's power has long since seeped into the depths of my soul and become one with me. Even if I leave the Heavenly Law Realm and travel into the outer starry sky, I can still display eighty percent of my strength."

"With my current power, escaping the Immortal Ruins alone would be effortless. Even bringing several hundred or several thousand people with me would not be difficult."

"But taking the entire Heavenly Law Realm with me..."

A deep sense of helplessness arose within the Heavenly Doctor.

"Unless I can obtain power equal to that of a True Immortal."

During the years since his awakening, the Heavenly Doctor had already attempted to accomplish this in two ways.

The first was by studying the residual power of the True Immortals scattered throughout the Star Sea.

From it, he had comprehended several True Immortal seal script characters.

These had become powerful trump cards, but they brought no substantial improvement to his own cultivation.

The second method was to borrow the power of ancient immortal artifacts.

The Xuanhuang Realm possessed an incomparably profound foundation. It was even said that before the destruction of the Immortal Realm, many of its sects had maintained contact with the upper realm.

Had the Immortal Realm still existed, the Heavenly Law Realm likely would never have been a match for the Xuanhuang Realm.

Fortunately, by the time the war between the two worlds began, many years had already passed since the destruction of the Immortal Realm.

Even so, the Xuanhuang Realm had still deployed several immortal artifacts, inflicting devastating losses upon the Heavenly Law Realm.

After the war ended, those immortal artifacts became scattered across the world.

Most were devoured by the Eternal Dao of the Heavenly Law Realm, transforming into heavenly treasures that nourished the world itself.

However, a small number still remained.

"The Boundless Mirror."

"The Great Sun Golden Bell."

"The Primordial Five Elements Wheel."

These were the three immortal artifacts the Heavenly Doctor had collected over the years.

However, compared to their former peak condition, all three had become badly damaged.

They could still be used to comprehend the power of the True Immortals.

But if they were actually activated...

They would probably shatter completely after a single use.

Unless the Heavenly Doctor could obtain immortal spiritual power and restore these immortal artifacts.

The three immortal artifacts transformed into three points of light, continuously flickering within the Heavenly Doctor's sea of consciousness.

Insights into the Immortals flowed into the Heavenly Doctor's mind like a gentle stream.

"The attraction of the Immortal Ruins is, in truth, also a kind of power derived from a True Immortal seal script."

"Only an Immortal can contend against an Immortal."

"Perhaps I can gather every remaining immortal artifact within the Heavenly Law Realm, then detonate them all at once."

"Fight poison with poison. By using the storm of immortal spiritual power released in that instant, it should be possible to push the Heavenly Law Realm out of the Immortal Ruins."

As the Heavenly Doctor contemplated this, he suddenly sensed that something was amiss.

His eyes narrowed as his gaze drifted beyond the starry sky.

"Escape the Immortal Ruins... and then what?"

The Heavenly Doctor vaguely felt that an even greater secret was hidden deep within the Star Sea.

Once the thought arose, it could no longer be suppressed.

"The Heavenly Law Realm can still endure for a while."

"One must plan before acting. I must personally explore the depths of the starry sky."

After pondering for a moment, the Heavenly Doctor made up his mind.

He transformed into an almost imperceptible golden thread and flew into the Darkest Star Sea.

After leaving the Heavenly Law Realm, he was drawn by the attraction of the Immortal Ruins, causing his flight path to bend.

Yet in the end, he traced a graceful arc and successfully escaped the region covered by the Immortal Ruins' attraction.

He sped across the Star Sea.

Within the Darkest Star Sea, everything in sight was silent and shrouded in darkness.

No matter how far he traveled, the scenery around him seemed completely unchanged.

Occasionally, traces of immortal power drifted through the void, but they posed no threat to the Heavenly Doctor.

After an unknown amount of time, an endless Sea of Relics suddenly appeared before him.

While astonished by the magnificent sight, he also realized that so many remnants of destroyed cultivation worlds had gathered in a single place within the starry sky.

Such an abnormal phenomenon immediately put the Heavenly Doctor on guard.

He continued deeper.

When he saw the endless fragments of shattered worlds, and sensed an increasingly obvious force that seemed to share the same origin as the attraction of the Immortal Ruins, the Heavenly Doctor could no longer suppress the shock in his heart.

Countless once flourishing cultivation worlds had all become ruins and fragments.

They lay buried here in eternal solitude.

A wave of sorrow suddenly surged within the Heavenly Doctor, and he stood motionless for a long time.

Only after finally regaining his composure did he resist the tide-like force that permeated every corner of the Star Sea and arrive at the very end of the Darkest Star Sea.

Here, his footsteps were forcibly halted.

The road ahead had ended.

There was nowhere left to go.

The Darkest Star Sea was a prison of eternal confinement.

"There is no path forward..."

Even the Heavenly Doctor himself was somewhat surprised that he accepted this reality so quickly.

An invisible High Wall sealed off the entire Darkest Star Sea.

Every living being trapped within had nowhere to escape.

Standing before the High Wall, he sensed that absolute "nothingness."

After a brief moment of despair, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

"The existence of the High Wall must never become known to the living beings of the Heavenly Law Realm. Otherwise, despair will spread, and catastrophe will inevitably follow."

"This High Wall..."

"Even I cannot glimpse its true nature for now. I fear that only a True Immortal can cross it."

Thinking of the future of the entire Heavenly Law Realm resting upon his shoulders, the Heavenly Doctor took a deep breath.

"The power of a True Immortal may indeed be able to cross the High Wall. But to bring the entire Heavenly Law Realm across with it..."

"Impossible. Impossible. Impossible."

His heart was shaken.

Faced with a power beyond all comprehension, the Heavenly Doctor could not help but lose himself for a brief moment.

Yet for some reason, not much despair arose within him.

It seemed as though this invisible High Wall was not an insurmountable obstacle in his eyes.

The Heavenly Doctor once again released several golden threads, attempting to probe the mysteries of the High Wall.

In the end, however, he gained nothing.

Sensing that he had already remained at the edge of the Star Sea for too long, and fearing unforeseen changes within the Heavenly Law Realm, the Heavenly Doctor decided to return.

During the journey back, as he looked at the endless Great Wall of Remnant Worlds, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Perhaps these corpses of worlds can nourish the Heavenly Law Realm."

"They are not completely lifeless ruins. A small amount of worldly vitality still remains within them."

"Just as living beings eat, once the Heavenly Law Realm devours them, it will inevitably become stronger."

The Heavenly Doctor's decisiveness required no further explanation.

The instant the thought appeared, countless golden threads shot outward, attempting to drag one of the world fragments away.

But just as the golden threads had completely wrapped around their target and were about to pull it free, the Heavenly Doctor suddenly stopped.

He carefully observed the Great Wall of Remnant Worlds once more.

A moment later, realization dawned upon him.

"So this endless chain of remnant worlds can withstand the True Immortal power accumulated beneath the High Wall because of the natural formation created between them. If I recklessly remove one of these fragments, the balance will likely be broken."

"It would be like a riverbank collapsing or a dam bursting. The accumulated True Immortal power of countless years would sweep across the entire Darkest Star Sea."

"And the Heavenly Law Realm would inevitably be caught in the disaster."

The Heavenly Doctor frowned slightly before quickly relaxing.

"It is not impossible to take one. I simply need to choose the proper moment and the correct target."

After another careful observation, the Heavenly Doctor finally selected a suitable world fragment.

Sensing that the tides of True Immortal power beneath the High Wall had entered a temporary low point, he seized the opportunity.

Countless golden threads wrapped around the fragment like chains.

Then he dragged it through the Star Sea toward the Heavenly Law Realm.

After another unknown span of time, he finally returned.

The attraction of the Immortal Ruins suddenly intensified.

The Heavenly Doctor tightly grasped the world fragment, preventing it from falling into the Immortal Ruins.

His thoughts raced.

"Ever since the Heavenly Law Realm devoured the Xuanhuang Realm ten thousand years ago, it has never fed again."

"Not only that, it has remained in a state of being consumed by cultivators. More than half of its very foundation has already been hollowed out, leaving it extremely weak."

"If I recklessly implant this remnant world into it, the Heavenly Law Realm may be too weak to withstand the nourishment."

After pondering for a moment, the Heavenly Doctor nodded slightly.

"It needs a medicinal catalyst."

"Cultivators of the Xuanhuang cultivation system greedily devour heaven and earth. Yet because their bodies have merged with the world itself, they make the finest possible medicinal catalyst."

"The few Longevity Immortals cannot be touched for now."

"But sacrificing a few Dao Integration cultivators will have little impact."

Five transparent threads extended from the Heavenly Doctor's left hand.

Guided by his thoughts, they shot toward five different corners of the Heavenly Law Realm.

The five Dao Integration cultivators had no ability to resist.

They instantly fell unconscious.

Layer after layer of transparent threads tightly bound them.

There was not the slightest trace of pity upon the Heavenly Doctor's face.

He raised his index finger and lightly tapped each of them in turn.

Without experiencing any pain, the five Dao Integration cultivators all crumbled into fine dust.

With a sweep of his sleeve, the Heavenly Doctor gathered all of the powder.

He then immediately scattered it across the remnant world he had brought back.

After receiving nourishment from the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, traces of vitality seemed to reappear within the destroyed world.

It emitted a faint humming sound.

Only then did the Heavenly Doctor slowly stitch it into the Heavenly Law Realm.