My Longevity Simulation

"Carefree Dreamscape."

The scene they had just experienced, where countless demonic cultivators fed on humans, once again surfaced in Sun Erlang's mind. No matter how he looked at it, he could not connect it with the words "Carefree."

The three of them turned their attention once more toward the border of Qiuxi Prefecture.

The world of the demonic sect that had originally stood there had already vanished.

In its place was a white mist barrier that blocked their sight.

"Can we finally go back?" Wang Xuanba said excitedly.

But things were clearly not as simple as he imagined. When the Great Xuan trio attempted to pass through the white mist barrier and return to their homeland...

Bang!

What had once been merely essence-devouring mist had now become a solid wall of bronze and iron, completely impassable.

Wang Xuanba, who rushed forward first, crashed into it and was left dazed and disoriented.

"It seems that leaving the Carefree Dreamscape completely may not be an easy matter," Yue Zhenwei said gravely.

The three of them instinctively turned to look at the two remaining border worlds.

They had a premonition that perhaps only by completing the trials of all three worlds would they learn what to do next.

...

The experiences of the Great Xuan trio within the Carefree Paradise were transmitted without the slightest omission into Li Fan's mind through the silver eyes of the Dao Lecture Platform.

"Interesting."

Having reincarnated for over a hundred lifetimes, Li Fan had witnessed the destruction of the Xuanhuang Realm, the revival of the Star Sea, and the collapse of the High Wall.

From the same experiences, he could perceive far more than his three Golden Core disciples.

"This should only be the shallowest region of the Carefree Paradise. The dreamscape's construction still uses certain events from the Xuanhuang Realm as templates. For example, the giant seaside stone in Shilin Prefecture, or the purple heavenly lightning that descended to exterminate demon beasts. A cultivator's experience and knowledge within the Xuanhuang Realm provide a certain advantage when exploring dreamscapes of this level. One must gradually become stronger by passing the world's trials in these outer dreamscapes before earning the qualification to enter deeper dreams..."

Li Fan smiled. The pattern seemed extremely familiar to him.

"The Carefree Paradise appears to operate under its own set of rules. If I want more information about it, I can simply let Sun Erlang and the others continue exploring."

Sun Erlang and the other two were merely the vanguard.

Next, numerous disciples under the Holy Master would continuously enter the Carefree Paradise.

They would gather information from within.

As the saying goes, although Paradise is vast, even ants can cross it.

The reason Li Fan paid such close attention to the Carefree Paradise was because, in his previous life when he activated the Immortal Formation to destroy the world, there had been an extraordinarily conspicuous mass of dark clouds above the territory of the Five Elders Association.

Beneath those dark clouds, even living beings that had already perished were protected.

One had to remember that when the formation, Immortal Descent, All Things Return to Void, was activated, even the Immortal Ancestor could only struggle to survive.

Yet those dark clouds not only remained intact amid the world-exterminating Immortal Formation, they still had enough power left to save others...

According to Li Fan's previous understanding, it should have been utterly impossible for the Five Elders of the Five Elders Association, despite their Longevity Immortal cultivation, to accomplish such a feat.

After so many reincarnations, Li Fan had never uncovered this secret of the Five Elders Association.

That alone showed how deeply it had been hidden.

Yet when the storm of world destruction arrived, all those deeply concealed existences revealed themselves.

"Within the Five Elders Association, besides the Carefree Paradise, there was another thing that also resisted the assault of the Immortal Formation."

Li Fan's eyes flickered.

The Dharma-Transmitter's remains, the Soul Grinding Plate.

Back in his 119th life, Li Fan had seen and heard of this object. During that lifetime, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance used an Immortal Chosen One to summon the Immortal Ancestor's manifestation and launch a surprise attack against the Five Elders Association. In the end, the Five Elders Association was forced to surrender this so-called Immortal Alliance treasure.

"Within the Soul Grinding Plate are fifty-six fragmented souls and one hundred and three skeletal remains."

"Yet those remnant souls and bones remained completely intact even while immortal power ravaged everything..."

"Even after the entire region storing the Soul Grinding Plate was reduced to nothingness, it remained unharmed. And the Soul Grinding Plate itself is merely an ordinary artifact..."

Four words instantly appeared in Li Fan's mind.

Eternal Remnant Will.

"Eternal Remnant Wills cannot be carried through [Truth]. Neither clones nor divine sense incarnations can perceive their existence. Only I myself can absorb them through [Truth]."

"Unfortunately, just like Mr. Bai's skull, both are located within the core regions of major factions. They are not easy to get my hands on."

"In this life, I can attempt to arrange matters and see whether I can acquire both objects. If that fails, then after reaching Dao Integration, I can simply seize them by force."

Li Fan let out a cold snort before returning his attention to the present.

Standing within the heavens and earth of the Xuanhuang Realm, Li Fan held an ordinary steel spear in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly.

A chill capable of freezing all existence suddenly descended above him.

Yet it vanished just as quickly.

It was the Spirit of Heaven and Earth that Li Fan had summoned using his divine ability of False Misconversion of Heaven and Earth.

Before it fully manifested, he had already canceled the spell.

Although the Spirit of Heaven and Earth appeared and disappeared without seemingly leaving any trace behind, during the process, the steel spear in Li Fan's hand appeared to have absorbed a portion of its power and gradually became extraordinary.

Silver light shimmered across it while icy energy radiated outward. Around the spear drifted occasional illusory snowflakes.

After only several attempts, the spear had transformed from a mundane weapon into a truly peerless divine armament.

Li Fan once again invoked False Misconversion of Heaven and Earth.

This time, instead of an icy Spirit of Heaven and Earth, it was a crimson flame.

Whoosh...

The scarlet fire poured over the silver-white spear.

Instantly, the spear shaft became engraved with a vivid image of nine dragons.

Sensing the growing hostility of heaven and earth in the area, Li Fan flashed away and changed locations.

"I shall call you the Flame Dragon Ice Soul Spear."

Li Fan casually gave the newly created Heaven and Earth artifact a name before tossing it into the Dao Lecture Platform's inventory of over ten thousand rare treasures.

Using the manifested laws of Xuanhuang's heaven and earth to forge wondrous artifacts.

He had become increasingly skilled at this.

It was not only to prepare Foundation Establishment materials for his students.

More importantly, through these newly born Heaven and Earth artifacts, he could constantly judge the exact state of the Xuanhuang Realm's revival.

The nourishing effect of Xuanhuang evil thoughts upon the Xuanhuang Realm had exceeded Li Fan's expectations.

Even after such a long period of time, the improvement of the Xuanhuang Realm was still continuing.

Moreover, because the transformation was concentrated deep within the Xuanhuang Realm itself, ordinary methods could not determine its precise progress.

Thus, Li Fan had to find another approach.

This was not something he could afford to ignore.

After all, the Heavenly Dao reward for helping the evil thoughts return to Xuanhuang had still not arrived.

"Back then, after a portion of its consciousness was separated and attached to Mr. Bai, the Heavenly Dao of Xuanhuang became incomplete."

"The missing portion was not restored through the absorption of other remnant worlds."

"Instead, as it grew stronger, the deficiency became even more... apparent."

Li Fan continued constructing artificial Heaven and Earth Wonders while carefully observing the changes.

"In simple terms, the previous Xuanhuang Realm had always possessed a flaw. Returning the Xuanhuang evil thoughts was equivalent to repairing that flaw."

"Wonderful. It seems that the super Xuanhuang Realm of this life will be even stronger than what I predicted."

As his thoughts surged, another wonder was completed.

"Hm? This time, the improvement is almost negligible. It seems the digestion process is finally nearing completion." Li Fan's heart stirred slightly as he looked toward the sky.

A marvelous sensation gradually rose within him.

Half a day later, that mysterious connection with the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm formed once more.

However, because his main body possessed the Xuanhuang World-Destruction Transformation Dao Foundation, and the Xuanhuang Realm was naturally hostile toward him, the Heavenly Favor granted in this life merely offset most of that hostility, with only a little remaining goodwill.

It was completely incomparable to the favor once enjoyed by the Holy Emperor.

"Still, now that its attitude has changed, there will be plenty of ways to increase its goodwill in the future," Li Fan thought to himself.

Through his senses, he noticed that Yin Shangren, Qiao Gong, and the others also gradually perceived the descent of Heavenly Favor.

For outsiders like Qiao Gong and Hundred Flowers, the sense of estrangement they had long felt toward the Xuanhuang Realm finally disappeared.

Xu Ke had originally been one blessed by destiny. However, after guarding and suppressing the Xuanhuang evil thoughts, along with the death of his companion spirit beast Xiao Hei, his fortune had gradually dissipated over the course of several thousand years. Yet now, as Heavenly Favor descended once more, his white hair turned black, and his bent back straightened.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Ke transformed from a frail old man at death's door into the image of a steady middle-aged man.

Yin Shangren's reaction, however, was somewhat peculiar.

It was as if something had exploded directly inside his head.

His head instantly burst into a cloud of blood mist.

Through the wound at his neck, one could vaguely see the puppet-like body within him crumbling inch by inch.

The small figure inside wore a twisted expression and continuously spat out bloody fragments from its mouth. The flesh of the outer body writhed and absorbed the vomited pieces once again.

He waved his hand, stopping the others who wished to come forward and help.

Then Yin Shangren let out a burst of strange laughter.

At that moment, Li Fan's figure appeared beside everyone.

"There is no need to worry. This is actually a good thing for him," Li Fan reassured them.

Yin Shangren was a World Specter.

He was an aggregation of remnant worlds that could not be absorbed by the Xuanhuang Realm and could only exist within it like a wandering spirit.

Before this, the Xuanhuang Realm had been aware of Yin Shangren's existence but had simply ignored him.

Now, however, after helping return the Xuanhuang evil thoughts, the Xuanhuang Realm's attitude had changed.

In other words, it had marked Yin Shangren as beneficial.

The consequence was that the Xuanhuang Realm had begun attempting to accept him and incorporate him into the natural operation of Heavenly Dao itself.

If no external force intervened, then after many years, Yin Shangren would become an existence similar to the Stone Tablet or the Ruomu Divine Tree, attached to the Xuanhuang Realm in the identity of a Remnant World Specter.

Li Fan had not lied.

For Yin Shangren, this truly was a good thing.

First, with the support of the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao power, the other remnant world consciousnesses within his body could be crushed and destroyed. He himself would become far purer and would no longer suffer from bouts of madness and confusion as before.

Second...

Within the Xuanhuang Realm still existed countless things known as Aberrations, the residue left behind from devouring remnant worlds.

These laws that could not integrate into the Xuanhuang Realm had previously required annihilation methods such as Ink Death in order to be completely eliminated.

However, once Yin Shangren became part of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao system, he would be able to freely devour these Aberrations. While strengthening himself, he would also help the Xuanhuang Realm cleanse these impurities.

It was a truly mutually beneficial arrangement.

Although beneficial in every sense, Li Fan could still perceive resistance within Yin Shangren.

If Yin Shangren himself resisted strongly enough, the integration process could very well be interrupted.

Li Fan's expression became solemn as he transmitted his voice.

"Why concern yourself with such matters? After integrating into the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, you will be no different from a cultivator of Defying Principles Longevity Immortal."

"As the Star Sea revives, the Xuanhuang Realm stands as the only pure land within it. In the future, it may very well use this revival to break through mortal limits and ascend into the legendary Immortal Realm."

"When that day comes, your achievements may be beyond imagination."

"This is the great trend of the Dao. Those who follow it prosper, those who oppose it perish."

Under Li Fan's repeated persuasion, the struggle on Yin Shangren's face gradually subsided.

Especially after hearing the words Immortal Realm, the final trace of resistance disappeared entirely.

His exploded head regenerated.

The wounds healed, concealing the sounds of flesh being chewed within his body.

Yin Shangren returned to his original appearance.

However, unlike before, when madness had been hidden beneath an ordinary exterior, the current Yin Shangren indeed resembled the Stone Tablet somewhat.

Ancient.

Profound.

"Congratulations to all of you." Li Fan smiled faintly.

"Many thanks for your guidance, Holy Master!" Yin Shangren and the others no longer addressed him as fellow Daoist. Instead, just like the students upon the Lecture Platform, they addressed him as Holy Master.

Whether it was bringing them to the center of the Star Sea to witness the Dao of Revival, or teaching them how to purify and return the Xuanhuang evil thoughts and obtain immense Heavenly Favor...

Any one of those acts could be considered a grace equivalent to rebirth.

To Yin Shangren and the others, Li Fan fully deserved the title of Holy Master.

"The Xuanhuang Realm has completed its initial transformation. Next, it will require our guidance to help it digest the remnant worlds scattered throughout its body. However, before that, some preparations are necessary."

"Please instruct us, Holy Master."

"Although the Xuanhuang Realm has devoured its own evil thoughts and repaired its flaw, thousands of years of cultivators plundering heaven and earth have already created certain deficiencies."

"It is like a person who has starved for a long time suddenly overeating. If we abruptly stimulate it to digest remnant worlds, negative consequences may occur."

Li Fan slowly explained the reasoning.

Hundred Flowers nodded slightly in understanding.

"So what we need to do now is help the Xuanhuang Realm digest one or two remnant worlds first? Where do we begin?"

"The remnant worlds within the Xuanhuang Realm have already become faintly connected as one whole. Touch one part and the entire system is affected. Therefore, using these internal remnant worlds as medicinal catalysts is not feasible."

Li Fan smiled faintly as he looked at everyone.

Qiao Gong could not help but glance toward the void outside the Xuanhuang Realm.

"So we must search for world fragments outside?"

"But where can we find them? We previously crossed more than half the Star Sea, and everywhere we looked was endless emptiness. It seems all the remnant worlds of the Star Sea have already fallen into the Immortal Ruins!"

Yin Shangren snorted coldly.

"Then where did all the remnant worlds devoured by the Xuanhuang Realm over the years come from?"

Li Fan nodded.

"Correct. There are still vast numbers of remnant world fragments within the Star Sea."

"At the edge of the Star Sea, beneath the High Wall."

Li Fan spoke in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Yin Shangren and the others were all shaken.

With a wave of Li Fan's hand, a magnificent scene appeared before them.

Countless remnant worlds stretched endlessly into the distance, forming a vast and majestic wall resembling a boundless Great Wall.

The group instantly fell into a daze.

"This..."

Even with their extraordinary strength, they were left speechless before such an unimaginable sight.