My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 977: The Secret of the Lingyuan Sect

Now, the greatest resource Li Fan possessed, aside from the experience, strength, and knowledge accumulated through countless reincarnations via [Truth], was the countless mortals existing within his small world.

Under the day-and-night refinement of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, all those mortals had become potential cultivators, cultivators who could serve Li Fan’s will.

He was now only one step away from establishing the true Federation of All Worlds. The only remaining obstacle was the scarcity of cultivation techniques caused by the principle that no two may cultivate the same law.

Before luring Law Derivative Jade into his hands, Li Fan had already devised a temporary substitute. That was none other than the Lingyuan Sect’s ancient art, “Vital Essence Technique of All Living Beings.”

The more people cultivated it, the faster the overall progress of the technique. Its collective cultivation speed was enough to offset the negative effects brought by the law of incompatibility.

When the Immortal Ancestor’s Dharma Manifestation descended upon the Nine Mountains Prefecture, he flattened the entire region with a single glance. As a result, the headquarters of the Lingyuan Sect was destroyed.

However, a few of its disciples who still knew the Vital Essence Technique of All Living Beings survived in hiding.

As the number of cultivators practicing the Vital Essence Technique dwindled, the technique’s collective enhancement could no longer counteract the drawbacks of incompatibility. Hence, those remaining disciples gradually abandoned it and adopted other cultivation arts.

The followers of the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion spent much effort to locate one of those hidden believers.

Earlier, Li Qing—Li Fan’s clone—had already gone in secret to capture and bring that individual back to the Spiritwood Realm for interrogation.

“Even if ordinary mortals cannot last long within the Blood River, as long as cultivators from the small world throw their lives into it one after another,” Li Fan mused, “the hidden history will eventually be restored.”

His thoughts churned as his gaze once again fell upon the Book of Genesis Chronicle.

“Of course,” he said to himself, “forcing them to serve me through oppression alone won’t work. I’ll have to lure them with benefits…”

With that in mind, Li Fan formed a series of hand seals and reconstructed the protective formation that surrounded the small mountain shrine.

Previously, since the Treasured Fishing Pond could not be relocated, Li Fan had only placed a simple formation there.

Now, although the Genesis Chronicle also possessed self-concealing properties, its grade was ultimately lower than that of the Fishing Pond. There was even a chance that some old monsters of the Xuanhuang Realm could forcibly transfer it away if they discovered it.

Having already regarded it as his possession, Li Fan would not allow such a thing to happen.

A faint white light flickered from the Final Dissociation Disc within his mind, updating itself with the latest formation model. Li Fan immediately arranged it into place.

“Without new formation data to feed it, the Dissociation Disc’s rate of evolution has reached a bottleneck,” he thought. “Either I acquire completely new formations, or I wait for news from Mo Rubin and the nine Dissociation Discs that exist in this era.”

As the resources within his Cave Heaven were gradually consumed, the highest-level formation the Final Dissociation Disc could currently deduce was finally brought into the world.

Its formation complexity surpassed that of the current Xuanhuang Realm by two entire generations. Even the grand defensive formation of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance appeared like a child’s toy in comparison.

“This formation shall be called the [Finality Great Void Formation].”

Li Fan took a deep breath as he completed the arrangement.

“Finality” signified that the art of formations had been deduced to its ultimate limit. “Great Void” represented its nature.

By referencing the [Hidden World, Concealed Space] technique once taught by the Heavenly Doctor, and merging it with countless concealment formations, this Great Void Formation achieved a level of concealment perhaps unmatched within the Xuanhuang Realm.

Wherever the formation extended, it could almost be said to form a world of its own.

Even if a Dao Integration cultivator were to carefully investigate, they might still fail to notice anything unusual.

If a Longevity Immortal Realm expert merely swept their divine sense across the area without examining it closely, the result would likely be the same.

Besides its concealment function, the Finality Great Void Formation also possessed basic functions such as defense and counterattack. However, compared to its concealment capability, those aspects were slightly inferior, so there was no need to elaborate further.

“All believers of the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion may face the River of Time directly. If they can bring back even the smallest fragment of time, they shall receive the gift of a True Immortal…”

In that instant, Li Fan had already composed a suitable explanation in his mind.

“The Empire and the Great Li Realm have both completed the construction of their Heaven and Earth Furnaces. Before long, we can begin the first trials of this plan.”

As the saying goes: those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others. With a better and more efficient method available, Li Fan naturally would not risk his life within the Blood River himself. Sending cultivators from the Federation of All Worlds to serve him was the proper path.

“Within the Blood River, the lost history shall be re-created. This shall be called Celestial Mending.”

Li Fan was quite pleased with himself for giving it such a grand and domineering name.

Even though the Celestial Mending site was protected by a supreme formation, Li Fan still felt uneasy.

He summoned Tianyang and ordered him to watch over the place before departing.

Of course, before leaving, he reminded Tianyang not to look upon the Blood Red River.

Perhaps only Tianyang would not be driven by curiosity to court death by trying.

Tianyang simply sat quietly on the ground, blankly guarding the Genesis Chronicle.

He showed no interest at all in that treasure which recorded the entire history of the Xuanhuang Realm.

…

In the Spiritwood Realm, the newly arrived Zhong Shentong and the young Daoist girl Liuli were utterly stunned by the magnificent scenery of the Federation of All Worlds’ headquarters.

Lin Ling, who had not returned for a long time, was also greatly surprised by how much the Spiritwood Realm had changed.

When the Treefolk Matriarch Lin Xin appeared before her in human form, Lin Ling’s expression shifted sharply, and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes.

All these subtle changes did not escape the notice of Li Fan, who was in complete harmony with the Spiritwood Realm’s will of heaven and earth.

“I was right after all. This little one has indeed developed other thoughts,” Li Fan said with a cold smile.

To call it rebellion was not entirely accurate. It was merely that she no longer wished to submit to him so easily.

After all, when Li Fan had first enlightened her and made her willingly acknowledge him as master, her mind had just awakened and she was still naive and ignorant, with no clear understanding of the world.

At that time, Li Fan’s strength was far weaker than hers, yet she had sincerely submitted.

But over the years, she had been in constant communion with the Ancient Earth Vein Tree, and her intelligence had grown rapidly.

Moreover, Li Fan had never displayed his true strength before her. In her eyes, he was merely a somewhat powerful Nascent Soul cultivator.

Having such little thoughts was only natural.

Li Fan had long been aware of this, which was why he did not rush to her when he first received her message.

However, Li Fan did not care what Lin Ling thought.

As long as she did not commit actual betrayal and continued to faithfully carry out his orders, everything was acceptable.

Otherwise…

Li Fan sneered inwardly as his figure flickered, descending into the central underground chamber.

“Still haven’t gotten any answers?”

His clone, Li Qing, replied with a serious expression. “We did get answers, but something feels strange.”

“This Technique of the Vital Essence of All Living Beings—I cannot cultivate it at all.”

“It’s not that it has no effect, but that I cannot even begin to enter the introductory stage,” the clone Li Qing emphasized.