My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 865: The Stone Tablet Condenses Passage of Time

The Stone Tablet Scholar stared at Li Fan for a while, seeming somewhat surprised.

After a moment, he finally spoke, his tone indescribable.

"Even if you still have unresolved grievances, what’s the point of struggling against the dead?"

Li Fan was slightly taken aback.

"The Du'e Sect of the past no longer exists in this world," the Stone Tablet Scholar said with some emotion.

"The World-Observing Divine Eye is merely carrying out the final command it received."

"The Du'e Sect is gone?" Upon hearing this, Li Fan’s heart trembled.

Seeing Li Fan’s expression of disbelief, the Stone Tablet Scholar smiled faintly and nodded in confirmation. "Absolutely. Dead beyond any doubt."

"Could it be a deception to evade calamity?"

The enemy he had long considered his adversary, the shadowy mastermind hiding behind the scenes.

Had they already been completely wiped out?

For a moment, Li Fan found it hard to accept that he had essentially been waging an intellectual battle against thin air. Still unwilling to believe it, he pressed further.

The Stone Tablet Scholar chuckled. "The Immortal Ancestor personally took action. There was no chance of survival for the Du'e Sect. Back then, it was something all the sects acknowledged."

"However, your Federation of All Worlds is relatively young, so it’s natural that you wouldn't know."

Hearing this, Li Fan fell silent.

"After defying the laws of heaven and attaining the rank of Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign, the Immortal Ancestor rarely took action again. The extermination of the Du’e Sect was one of the few exceptions. Even when they fled beyond the boundaries of this realm, they could not escape their destined demise," the Stone Tablet Scholar said with a tinge of emotion.

"The instigators may be dead, but the damage they caused is irreparable. The World-Observing Divine Eye was left behind as a result."

"Fortunately, unless one deliberately looks for it, it’s hardly noticeable. So, people have chosen to ignore its existence."

"Besides, in at most a hundred thousand years, these paper effigies will naturally dissolve with the passage of time. That’s why no one pays them much mind."

The scholar explained this very seriously.

Li Fan finally understood what had happened.

It was like the previous analogy—treating the Xuanhuang Realm as a house.

After defying the laws of heaven, the Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign had become part of the house itself.

However, due to a moment of negligence, this house had been filled with surveillance devices.

Everywhere one looked, there were cameras—unsightly and intrusive.

The most critical issue was that when these surveillance devices had been installed, they had been integrated into the structure of the house.

Removing them would inevitably cause irreversible damage to the house.

Already teetering between life and death outside the Immortal Ruins, this was a consequence that the cultivators within the Xuanhuang Realm could not afford.

So, despite their frustration, they had no choice but to accept this reality.

Enraged, the Immortal Ancestor, who considered himself the master of the house, personally took action and annihilated the Du’e Sect that had installed the surveillance.

After piecing everything together, Li Fan fell into silence.

"Why exactly did the Du'e Sect do this?"

A trace of reminiscence flashed in the Stone Tablet Scholar’s eyes.

"Those people were always enigmatic and secretive. Who could truly know what was going on in their minds?"

"But one thing is certain—they must have foreseen the consequences of their actions."

"And yet, they still insisted on doing it."

"Honestly, I’m very curious as well," the scholar said with a smile.

"But the dead are gone. Perhaps this mystery will never be solved."

Li Fan’s expression grew solemn.

From this conversation and the scholar’s demeanor since he had appeared, it was clear—

This scholar was undoubtedly a powerful cultivator who had survived since ancient times.

"Dare I ask, Senior, what is your name?" Li Fan clasped his hands respectfully.

The scholar did not hide anything and said, "Among the Ten Great Immortal Sects, the one without a name— that is me."

Li Fan's heart trembled violently.

When he had previously researched the Ten Great Immortal Sects, no matter how hard he searched, he could only find the names of nine sects.

The remaining one had no records at all.

At one point, Li Fan even thought that the so-called "Ten Great Sects" was merely a conventional saying.

Or perhaps, one of them had already been wiped out.

He never expected that today, he would witness the most mysterious, nameless final sect!

Moreover, the words of this stone tablet scholar were quite intriguing.

"The one among the ten sects without a name— that is me..."

"Just like Senior Sister Zhao, one person alone constitutes an entire sect?"

Even though the scholar before him appeared harmless, Li Fan's vigilance was at its peak.

This might be the second true Longevity Immortal expert he had ever encountered.

The stone tablet scholar saw Li Fan's wary stance, as if he was facing a great enemy, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

"No need to be so tense. I have no interest in the conflicts between the Five Elders Association and the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance."

"In fact, even the survival or destruction of the Xuanhuang Realm hardly concerns me."

"If one day, the Xuanhuang Realm were to be completely destroyed, I would be the first to applaud." The scholar spoke as if his words carried deeper meaning.

The scholar glanced at the stone tablet on his back, his expression somewhat complex.

Seeing that the other party did not seem to be lying and bore no hostility, Li Fan's courage grew.

"Senior, this stone tablet..."

"In ancient times, cultivators often sought to steal the power of eternal life from heaven and earth through the fruit of the Ruomu Tree."

"However, by sheer coincidence, I obtained this stone tablet, which allows me to exist alongside heaven and earth, never perishing through countless ages." The scholar's voice was filled with vicissitudes and exhaustion.

"This artifact is called the Genesis Stone Tablet. Everything that happens within the Xuanhuang Realm, no matter how trivial, is automatically recorded upon it."

"The world considers it a supreme treasure, wanting to take it from me."

"I would gladly part with it, yet no one has ever succeeded in seizing it."

"Fellow Daoist of the Federation, would you like to give it a try?" the scholar asked sincerely.

Li Fan was deeply shaken.

Everything in the Xuanhuang Realm would be automatically recorded?

Was this not the ultimate fusion and enhancement of a Bloodline Historical Archive and the World-Observing Divine Eye?

If he could obtain it, the secrets of past and present would all be at his fingertips.

What kind of fortune would that be?

Li Fan suddenly felt his throat go dry.

However, he still had some sense left.

Faced with the scholar’s invitation, he dared not act recklessly and quickly shook his head.

The stone tablet scholar seemed a bit disappointed but explained, "I am not lying. There is truly no harm in trying."

Although the other party spoke with utmost sincerity, Li Fan still refused to comply.

The scholar sighed with a trace of loneliness and did not insist.

"People these days are growing more and more timid."

Li Fan closed his eyes, pretending not to have heard anything.

After a while, seeing that the other party no longer brought up the matter, he asked instead, "Senior, with your status, why would you suddenly take the initiative to meet me?"

The stone tablet scholar fixed his gaze on Li Fan, a trace of amusement flashing in his eyes.

"I came specifically for you."

Li Fan's heart tightened. "Senior, please don’t scare me. I am but a mere Nascent Soul cultivator—how could I possibly be worthy of your attention?"

"The Genesis Stone Tablet may be able to record everything within the world."

"But there are some things that transcend this world itself." The scholar spoke in a deep voice.