My Longevity Simulation

[Hunger Immortal] had already spent a long time comprehending the Dao within the Immortal Ruins. Judging from her performance after awakening in previous cycles, when she faced the unfolded Immortal Domain and the Wordless Stone Tablet, she was already not far from proving the Dao and entering the Nameless realm. Perhaps she was only one final step away.

Whether she was a Nameless True Immortal or not made an enormous difference to how useful she could be to Li Fan.

“If she does not prove herself as Nameless, then no matter how close her strength is to that level, I cannot easily transform her into a supporting pillar for the Dao. Otherwise, I would have no power left to deal with the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian.”

“Perhaps I can help her a little…”

Countless scenes flashed before Li Fan’s eyes as his deductions began rapidly unfolding.

In the past, the Hunger Immortal within the Immortal Ruins had been an utterly untouchable and terrifying existence to Li Fan. Even now, he still remembered the horrifying might she had displayed with a single glance when she destroyed the Xuanhuang Realm.

Even though she had been easily captured by Cat Treasure, and even though she had once been thoroughly tormented by Evil Su Bai without realizing what had happened, Hunger Immortal was still not someone the Half-Immortal Li Fan could contend with.

But now, after gaining control over the power of the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian, she had suddenly become far less invincible.

“The Xuanhuang Realm is still extremely useful to me. I cannot allow it to be destroyed so easily.”

“But if she proves the Dao and enters the Nameless realm, the resulting disturbance will inevitably destroy everything around her…”

After weighing the options, Li Fan had already made up his mind.

Within the Darkest Star Sea, countless points of light seemed to appear like stars.

Li Buren separated out a Dao Net Body and returned to the Darkest Star Sea.

His essence was merely a projection of the Dao Net, without a physical body. Wherever the Great Dao reached, he could manifest his form. Thus, even though one body sat upon a taishi chair while another manifested within the star sea beneath the High Wall, there was no conflict between the two.

The body formed from the Dao Net projection concealed itself within reality, like snow silently melting into water, leaving no trace.

Li Fan’s true body rose and gazed from afar at Li Buren beneath the High Wall.

His divine sense passed through the ubiquitous Carefree Dream Paradise and instantly enveloped the Xuanhuang Realm layer by layer.

The true body and the clone, two completely identical projections of divine sense and the Dao Net, responded to one another. The identical nodes within the Dao Net naturally began to merge.

“Rise!”

With the tremendous force of the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian descending upon him, Li Buren used the connected Dao Net projections as ropes and gave a low shout before suddenly pulling toward the direction of the Xuanhuang Realm.

Wrapped within the Dao Net projections, the Xuanhuang Realm trembled slightly in an instant. Then, inch by inch, it was forcibly pulled away from the Immortal Ruins and its gravitational pull.

The plan to escape the Immortal Ruins, which the combined strength of all the cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm had once been unable to accomplish, was completed by Li Fan alone.

This was the vast difference between a Nameless True Immortal and mortal cultivators.

At this moment, countless immortal formations evolved outside the Xuanhuang Realm. The Xuanhuang Realm seemed to have fallen into an endless sea of mist, transforming from reality into illusion until it could no longer be clearly seen. This was the concealment method Li Fan had employed to avoid alerting Hunger Immortal prematurely.

As it turned out, Hunger Immortal truly did not care about many things while comprehending the Dao.

The departure of the entire Xuanhuang Realm went completely unnoticed by her.

Although the Dao Net's method of pulling the Xuanhuang Realm appeared slow, that was only relative to the enormous size of the Xuanhuang Realm.

If converted into the speed of a cultivator's flight, it could be regarded as crossing ninety-nine Xuanhuang Realms in a single breath.

It was slow in appearance but incredibly fast in reality. Before long, without encountering many obstacles, the Xuanhuang Realm successfully escaped the pull of the Immortal Ruins.

Every obstacle along the way was completely ignored before the power of the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian, which was comparable to that of a Nameless True Immortal.

Even the black Dao annihilation aura left behind by the previous spatial vibration in the testing ground was dealt with by Li Fan himself.

The Xuanhuang Realm's speed through the void grew faster and faster. After more than ten days, it finally arrived at a safe region of the starry sky.

Its only drawback was that the surroundings were filled with absolute dead silence.

Perhaps sensing the change in its environment, corresponding transformations also began to emerge within the Xuanhuang Realm. Signs of life revival appeared, like Ruomu sprouting new leaves and the earth veins beginning to flow once more.

It was like a dying patient suddenly receiving a new lease on life. The balance between offense and defense had now completely reversed.

The fragments of other cultivation worlds that the Heavenly Doctor had previously implanted in large quantities had originally been tumors devouring the Xuanhuang Realm's body. Now, however, they had become nourishment for the Xuanhuang Realm's rebirth.

The yellow color representing the Xuanhuang Realm's own power sounded the horn of counterattack. Taking the original central region of Xuanhuang as its core, it rapidly spread outward.

As someone who was effectively within the Xuanhuang Realm itself, Li Fan naturally saw all these changes.

“Previously, in order to resist the pull of the Immortal Ruins, the Xuanhuang Realm had actually always been diverting a portion of its strength.”

“Now that it has moved away from the Immortal Ruins, that strength has been released.”

“It is exactly the same as the way I draw upon the power of the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian.”

The speed at which life revived within the Xuanhuang Realm was also somewhat beyond Li Fan's expectations.

He looked toward Li Ningqing, who was still wandering around the mountains and waters of the Xuanhuang Realm. She was none other than the Derivation Law Jade.

The vacation Li Fan had given her had long since ended, but he had not recalled her, as if he had simply forgotten about the matter.

After working continuously for several thousand years, Li Ningqing clearly had not rested enough. She too pretended to have forgotten and did not return to Li Fan on time. At first, she had been extremely nervous, but after seeing that so much time had passed without any reaction from Li Fan, the worry in her heart gradually disappeared.

She spent her days traveling through mountains and waters, exploring various secret realms throughout Xuanhuang.

She was having an exceedingly pleasant time.

As expected of a creation from the former Immortal Realm, relying on her keen spiritual perception, she actually discovered several hidden locations that Li Fan had overlooked.

Unfortunately, almost all of them were either abandoned or damaged, and their value was limited.

Thus, Li Fan continued to let her enjoy herself. Once he had thoroughly investigated the situation of the Xuanhuang Realm, he would settle accounts with her afterward.

“If I were unable to manipulate the power of the phantom of Lord Hill Guardian with such precision, I would have no choice but to rely on this little girl.”

Li Fan shook his head slightly.

The tremendous power comparable to that of a Nameless True Immortal was certainly more than sufficient for fighting enemies. But if he wanted to use it to search through the Xuanhuang Realm…

He feared that before he could find anything, the Xuanhuang Realm would already be unable to withstand it and would fall apart.

Li Fan had no intention of destroying his own old home just yet.

Leaving aside the various drastic changes taking place within the Xuanhuang Realm after it moved away from the Immortal Ruins.

Clone Li Buren, however, continued forward step by step until he finally arrived above the Immortal Ruins.

Unlike ordinary True Immortals, the body of the clone puppet was now formed entirely from a projection of the Great Dao. It perfectly merged into this world.

Without using the phantom power of Lord Hill Guardian, it was almost impossible for anyone else to detect him.

However, Hunger Immortal could not be underestimated.

Compared with the Great Dao of absolute death within this silent starry sky, the body formed from Li Buren's Dao Net projection was still somewhat different.

As if sensing something, the golden shackles around Hunger Immortal's body gradually began to emit faint sounds.

Li Buren also sensed a suction force coming from Hunger Immortal.

It was actually her instinctive desire to swallow Li Buren, this delicious food, into her stomach.

Li Buren did not resist. He allowed his body to drift through the air, accelerating toward Hunger Immortal.

When he was only three zhang away from Hunger Immortal, Li Buren's heart stirred slightly.

“As expected, beneath this…”

“There is the aura of a Nameless True Immortal.”

It had been concealed extremely well by Hunger Immortal, perfectly blending with the fluctuations produced by her own comprehension of the Dao.

If he had not approached this closely, and if Li Buren had not been a Dao Net projection with an extraordinary sensitivity toward the Great Dao of heaven and earth, he might truly have overlooked it.

With Hunger Immortal's skeletal body in sight, Li Buren suddenly accelerated.

In an instant, he closed the distance and appeared directly before her.

Hunger Immortal finally sensed something. At the same moment she suddenly opened her eyes, the phantom power of Lord Hill Guardian also descended upon Li Buren's body.

In the split second between lightning and fire, Li Buren borrowed the suction force that Hunger Immortal had yet to withdraw and pointed one finger directly at the center of her brows.

Yet this was not some profound enlightenment or earth-shattering guidance. Instead, the seemingly nameless, immense power of the Lord Hill Guardian was absorbed by the Hunger Immortal, and then, following that momentum, poured into her all at once.

The Hunger Immortal's emaciated body, thin as a dried corpse, instantly swelled up like a balloon.

It did not become plump like normal flesh and blood. Instead, it expanded in a grotesquely distorted manner. Different parts of her body swelled to different degrees. At this moment, the Hunger Immortal resembled a terrifying monster that could only exist within the depths of an abyss.

Even her two eyes were one large and one small. The larger one occupied half of her face, while the smaller one was squeezed and compressed until only its pupil remained.

Yet both eyes were fixed intently upon Li Buren, who had suddenly appeared.

There was shock in them, confusion, and also overwhelming fury.

But soon, all of these emotions transformed into fear.

Because she finally realized that the vast, tremendous power being poured into her by the other party was simply not something she could consume.

If this continued, she might very well be 'stuffed to the point of bursting' in a certain sense.

And it was not merely her immortal body.

The Hunger Immortal could feel that even the Dao of Hunger she had painstakingly comprehended during her seclusion was gradually being occupied by the other party through an almost tyrannical force.

It was like a cuckoo taking over another bird's nest. Not only was he forcibly squeezing his way into her house, he even intended to drive her out completely!

"Wuwuwu..."

Naturally, under such shock and fury, the Hunger Immortal instinctively resisted.

It did not matter if her Immortal Body was destroyed. But her Dao path absolutely could not be taken.

The Hunger Immortal began fighting this inexplicable intruder for ownership of the Dao of Hunger.

However, she had yet to attain the Nameless realm. Although she was only a tiny step away, this Dao path did not truly belong to her yet.

At first, relying on the familiarity she had cultivated over countless years, the Hunger Immortal could barely maintain her territory.

But gradually, she discovered to her horror that the Great Dao of Hunger was actually shifting toward the other party!

From occupying ninety-nine percent of the space within the house to being driven into a corner.

It had taken only a few breaths.

The Hunger Immortal could not help but become dazed.

She could see that the reason for the other party's efficiency was partly because of his overwhelming strength. But more importantly, his comprehension of the Dao of Hunger was also extremely profound.

Thus, he was able to naturally contend with her for ownership of the Dao of Hunger, and achieve an overwhelming victory!

"How... how is this possible?"

The discovery of this fact dealt a blow to the Hunger Immortal that was no less severe than the destruction of her body and the seizure of her Dao path.

"Clearly..."

"The remains of the Nameless Hunger are beneath me!"

"There is absolutely nowhere in the world where the essence of this Dao path could be denser than here."

"Then where did he comprehend this Dao?"

Unable to muster even the slightest strength to resist, the Hunger Immortal felt despair and confusion.

Yet for some unknown reason, although the other party should have been able to completely occupy the entire Dao of Hunger very soon, he suddenly stopped halfway.

At the final moment, he became completely still.

The Hunger Immortal did not dare to act rashly either. She merely observed him in silence.

At the same time, she secretly accumulated strength, preparing to feed it into the ultimate counterattack.

In the Immortal Realm, deadly battles over the ownership of a particular Dao path were not uncommon.

And the result was always a fight to the death.

Thus, the Hunger Immortal did not harbor any hope of escaping this calamity by chance.

But what puzzled her was that the other party really seemed to have stopped before taking the final step.

He clearly only needed to move his hand to drive her out of this house.

Yet he deliberately chose not to do so.

After some time passed, something even more unexpected happened.

That figure actually shook his head slightly.

Then, step by step, he simply withdrew from the house.

The Hunger Immortal had once again regained complete control over the Dao of Hunger!

Having recovered most of her strength, she was overjoyed.

Returning from the struggle over the Dao to reality, the Hunger Immortal watched the mysterious and unfathomable figure in the distance with extreme vigilance.

The immense power that had been pouring into her also vanished without a trace.

In the blink of an eye, the Hunger Immortal's immortal body returned to normal.

She withdrew the golden chains and attempted to communicate with the mysterious figure before her.

"Immortal Friend..."

"Why is this?"

After a long silence, a cold voice came from the other side.

"This Dao is too weak. Whether I merge with it or not makes no difference."

This answer was far beyond anything the Hunger Immortal had expected.

She froze slightly, and for a brief moment, her mind went completely blank.

These eight words were not difficult to understand.

The other party considered the Dao of Hunger far too weak. Therefore, even though he was one hundred percent certain that he could successfully attain the Nameless realm through it, he had voluntarily withdrawn.

But... how was that possible?

Could there really be such an arrogant figure in this world?

The Hunger Immortal's heart was filled with confusion and shock.

One had to understand that attaining the Nameless realm and being an ordinary True Immortal were separated by a gulf as vast as heaven and earth.

In the past Immortal Realm, although True Immortals could freely establish their own immortal abodes within a region of the starry sky and enjoy endless energy and resources, they were still governed by the Immortal Realm.

They had to obey the orders of the ruling Immortal Emperor without question.

They were like subjects of the Immortal Realm.

Only after attaining the realm of the Nameless True Immortal could one advance from being a "subject" to becoming an "official." Not only could one govern an entire star region, one could even argue face to face with the ruling Immortal Emperor without being punished.

At its root, the source of a True Immortal's infinite immortal power was firmly controlled by the Immortal Emperor. With a single imperial decree, the Immortal Emperor could strip a True Immortal of their authority to connect to the Infinite Ocean.

Without the property of [Infinity], a True Immortal might not even be able to defeat their own immortal servants or immortal puppets.

Moreover, after experiencing the taste of infinity, how could a True Immortal possibly be willing to give it up easily?

Thus, under the rule of the ruling Immortal Emperor, there were basically no one who dared to resist.

The greatest goal of all True Immortals was to merge themselves with a Great Dao and ascend to the Nameless realm.

It was said that a Nameless True Immortal could, to a certain extent, break free from the Immortal Realm's control and connect to the Infinite Ocean through their own power.

Only then could they achieve true freedom.

Therefore, regardless of strength, for every True Immortal in the world, ascending to the Nameless realm was an almost irresistible temptation.

Yet now, someone had actually passed through the gate to the Nameless realm without entering?

The Hunger Immortal stared at the figure in the distance in utter shock.

"If you wish to merge with it, then do so."

"However, there are still some flaws in what you have comprehended."

While the Hunger Immortal remained dumbfounded, the other party spoke again.

He actually began to explain in detail all of his own insights into the Dao of Hunger.

The Hunger Immortal compared his understanding with her own.

She was both shocked and delighted.

What shocked her was that the other party's comprehension truly surpassed her own.

What delighted her was that with the other party's additional insights, she was now not far from taking that final step herself!