My Longevity Simulation

Without bothering to think about anything else, Hunger Immortal immediately immersed herself in the guidance she had received.

Based on her experiences during these years of secluded cultivation, inspiration for comprehending the Dao often appeared suddenly like a spark, only to vanish just as quickly. If she did not seize the opportunity to comprehend it immediately, it would soon become hidden once more within her boundless thoughts.

Not expecting the other party to kindly guide her a second time, Hunger Immortal seized the present opportunity and devoted herself wholeheartedly to comprehending the Dao.

It had to be said that after sitting in meditation for ten thousand years, Hunger Immortal's comprehension of the Dao of Hunger was indeed extraordinary.

Not long after she sat down again, strands of profound and mysterious fluctuations began to emanate from her body.

They were exactly the same as the Nameless traces beneath her!

"It seems that pushing her to attain the Nameless is even easier than I imagined." Li Fan thought to himself.

Li Fan had already glimpsed the character [Hunger] on the Immortal Ruins land long ago. But with his aptitude and the insights accumulated through multiple lifetimes of reincarnation, it was absolutely impossible for his comprehension of the Dao of Hunger to surpass Hunger Immortal at this moment.

The reason he could guide Hunger Immortal to enlightenment with only a few words was because Li Buren, relying on the tremendous power of Lord Hill Guardian, had personally observed the Nameless Dao traces beneath Hunger Immortal and simultaneously explained his observations to her.

Viewing the matter from a higher vantage point and directly grasping its essence was naturally far superior to Hunger Immortal attempting to figure everything out by herself.

Li Buren's guidance was equivalent to giving her a strong push from behind.

For Hunger Immortal, who was already only one step away from success, she actually needed no one's help at all to attain True Immortality. She merely needed to expend a considerable amount of time.

Perhaps Hunger Immortal would gradually realize this in the future. But now, while she was still caught within the situation, she had not yet had the chance to comprehend this truth. She simply immersed herself wholeheartedly in comprehending the Dao.

Li Buren retreated to the side and secretly observed.

The body that had become plump after being infused with energy once again withered after Hunger Immortal began comprehending the Dao.

It became like nothing more than a forest of skeletal remains. Clearly, she had already entered a state of comprehending the Dao of Hunger.

While immersed in the Dao of Hunger, she instinctively desired to devour everything around her.

The enormous suction force that had temporarily disappeared because of Li Buren's arrival suddenly reappeared around Hunger Immortal. It was even more violent than before!

Throughout the entire starry sky, only the Immortal Ruins and Li Buren standing upon it remained completely unmoved.

Everything else instantly began sliding uncontrollably toward the Immortal Ruins, which had already transformed into the central vortex.

Within the Xuanhuang Realm, the vitality that had only just begun to recover became perilously fragile because of this tremendous suction force, as if a candle flickering in the wind and on the verge of being extinguished.

Fortunately, Li Fan manifested the projection of the Dao Net and protected the entire world.

He also pulled the Xuanhuang Realm toward the edge of the Star Sea once more, attempting to keep it farther away from the Immortal Ruins.

"The suction force that suddenly erupted this time is far stronger than before."

"So Hunger Immortal was deliberately restraining herself before..."

Li Fan gazed toward the direction of the Immortal Ruins, his brows slightly furrowed.

As if confirming his speculation, a series of crisp metallic sounds suddenly rang out in the silent starry sky.

The golden chains tightly binding Hunger Immortal had drawn even tighter.

While restraining Hunger Immortal, they also seemed to be controlling her desire, born from extreme hunger, to devour everything in the world.

"Only by remaining in the most extreme state of hunger can one truly comprehend the Dao of Hunger."

"A bitter ascetic style of self-torturing cultivation..."

The golden chains tightened until they sank deep into her withered flesh, scraping against her bones and producing a horrifying grinding sound.

Yet Hunger Immortal did not tremble even once from beginning to end.

She simply silently endured her own desires and the pain she suffered.

The Dao of Hunger was like a ferocious beast trapped inside a cage. Although it roared and wished to break free, it remained firmly restrained within this body.

This method of controlling something that desperately sought fulfillment actually caused Hunger Immortal's efficiency in comprehending the Dao to gradually increase!

Li Buren took in every change occurring within Hunger Immortal. As he tried to place himself in her position and experience it from her perspective, he gradually understood something.

"The more deeply one is tormented by the Dao and sinks into it, the more deeply one can comprehend its principles."

"This method of comprehending the Dao..."

"It bears some resemblance to cultivating the Dao Heart in reverse through the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra. Could it be a lineage of cultivation methods passed down from the Immortal Realm?"

At the beginning of his observation and contemplation, Li Buren had already noticed the difference in the flow of time between the inside and outside caused by the reappearance of the Immortal Ruins' suction force.

Before he could react, a full three months had already passed within the Xuanhuang Realm.

Outside the High Wall, thirty years had already passed in the blink of an eye!

Moreover, this difference in the flow of time was continuing to grow!

Fortunately, during those thirty years, nothing had happened that absolutely required the power of the Lord Hill Guardian projection to resolve.

Qian Ruochang and Devoid Immortal of the Shuo Star Sea visited several times to report on the progress of their cooperation.

Li Fan merely pretended to be dead. He would give a indifferent response of "I know," and then say no more.

The two of them naturally did not dare disturb him and tactfully withdrew.

...

A moment ago, it was still thirty years ago. In the blink of an eye, it was already thirty years later.

Countless scenes experienced by his true body surfaced in his mind one after another, as though delayed.

The enormous difference in his perception of time made even Li Buren somewhat uncomfortable, faintly giving him a sensation of dizziness.

His Dao Net Body also exhibited a slight distortion that only he himself could perceive. It was as if he were looking through a bubble, causing everything to appear distorted.

Li Buren first attempted to suppress the changes in the flow of time caused by the tremendous suction force.

But this was not an attribute of the Dao of Hunger.

Instead, it was an inherent law of the mortal world.

Even if he employed the Lord Hill Guardian projection power, he could not completely eliminate it. He could only minimize the influence of the Immortal Ruins' suction force on the outside world as much as possible.

In Li Buren's eyes, the enormous vortex formed by the Immortal Ruins was devouring everything in existence.

And what he needed to do was construct a dam outside the vortex to prevent anything from entering it.

Just like the High Wall separating the inside and outside of the experimental field!

"Stabilize!"

Li Buren silently uttered in his heart.

His Dao Net Body, which resembled countless stars, once again began to shine brilliantly.

It was like an enormous stone blocking the path of a monstrous tidal wave. Yet, contrary to all common sense, not even a single splash flew outward.

Instead, just as had happened in the Darkest Star Sea, all the suction force that was blocked gathered at the foot of the High Wall.

With Li Buren's command, the True Immortal level suction force that had ravaged the Darkest Star Sea for ten thousand years was easily confined within a radius of ninety-nine zhang around Hunger Immortal.

Li Buren had a feeling that he could continue compressing it and push inward, constructing a [Second High Wall].

But doing so might affect Hunger Immortal's final comprehension of the Dao.

Thus, he stopped at an appropriate point.

The suction force surged like endless waves, condensed without dispersing, gathering and intertwining beneath the High Wall.

For some reason, Li Buren seemed to faintly see an image of Lord Hill Guardian gazing upon the mountains and seas.

He could not help but become slightly stunned.

Today, Li Buren finally understood to some extent why this strange phenomenon occurred when the suction force from the Immortal Ruins was blocked and gathered beneath the High Wall.

"The power of an Immortal comes from the Infinite Ocean."

"And the High Wall, meaning the power of the Lord Hill Guardian projection, partially originates from the 'Mountain' that accompanies the Infinite Ocean."

"Mountains and seas share the same origin. They are not completely opposed to one another, and thus they can attract each other to a certain degree."

"So, in a certain sense, the phenomenon occurring at the frontier of the Darkest Star Sea is a projection of what Lord Hill Guardian once saw."

Standing at the edge of the Second High Wall, countless insights arose within Li Buren's heart.

Without the suction force of the Immortal Ruins causing interference, the flow of time within the Darkest Star Sea finally returned to normal.

Yet the living beings within the star sea were completely unaware of this drastic change.

Only Li Fan raised his head slightly and looked toward the center of the Darkest Star Sea.

Having once been connected to the true will of the Star Sea's Origin, he could vaguely sense its jubilant emotions. They did not merely come from the disappearance of the threat posed by the Immortal Ruins. It seemed to be related to its synchronization with the star sea of the outside world as well.

Li Fan temporarily paid it no mind and instead looked at his [Truth] panel.

The instant the flow of time between the regions inside and outside the High Wall returned to consistency, the number originally representing the lifespan limit of the mortal world quietly changed in a flash.

However, the extent of the change was not great.

It merely decreased from 7.36 million years to 7.23 million years.

"It is not an effect caused by my establishment of the Second High Wall. It should instead be because the flow of time in the environment where I am located has changed."

"In other words, the difference in the flow of time inside and outside the High Wall is completely insignificant as far as the lifespan of the entire mortal world is concerned."

"But exactly how does the lifespan displayed by [Truth] calculate it?"

Li Fan was somewhat puzzled.

There was destined to be no result if he continued struggling with such a question on his own. Thus, Li Fan decisively chose to ask [Truth] directly. With the precedent of its previous teachings, [Truth] did not respond with silence this time either.

A vast mass of light and shadow data suddenly surged into Li Fan's mind.

A stabbing pain appeared between his brows, and Li Fan instinctively chose to examine only part of it.

It seemed to know that Li Fan's current abilities were still insufficient to fully accept the images transmitted to him, so the images themselves had already been greatly reduced.

He could not see the details clearly and could only perceive their general progression.

"This is..."

"Using my current strength as a fixed template and taking immortality as the premise, this simulates the maximum value I could possibly obtain."

The wording was somewhat awkward, but Li Fan quickly understood what [Truth] was trying to convey.

He carefully gazed at the rapidly passing images before him. More than seven million years of time passed like scenes from a fleeting panorama. The entire process lasted only thirty-three breaths.

In the end, all light was extinguished, and even darkness failed to remain.

Everything simply vanished from Li Fan's mind.

When Li Fan tried to recall the specific contents of the images he had just glimpsed, he discovered that not the slightest trace of memory remained.

He could only vaguely remember that [Truth] had shown him a simulated scene.

"The annihilation of the mortal world?"

"The so-called lifespan limit is measured and calculated from the perspective of me, the vessel of [Truth]."

"There are endless possibilities in the future, but the current simulation and deduction takes my present strength as the perspective and calculates the result from there."

"In this simulated deduction, although I will not die, my cultivation and strength will not improve either. I can only watch the changes of the mortal world silently like an observer..."

Li Fan narrowed his eyes.

He could not help but recall the change in the mortal world's lifespan panel when Darkened Heavenly Doctor had previously broken through the High Wall and arrived.

The number had rapidly increased from more than seven million years until it seemed almost infinite.

"In that simulation by [Truth], although I did not die, I still fell into Darkened Heaven Doctor's hands."

"Even the bones of the Nameless True Immortal could cross over with [Truth]. Darkened Heaven Doctor should certainly be capable of doing the same. Thus, my ending must have been quite unpleasant. Perhaps I became an existence like the Derivation Law Jade..."

"And with the assistance of [Truth], Black Heaven Doctor was able to nearly save the mortal world from its calamity."

After understanding the reason behind this, Li Fan could not help but let out a cold snort inwardly.

His view remained unchanged.

Sacrificing himself to save the mortal world was absolutely impossible.

"The mortal world has meaning because I exist. If I were to perish, even if the mortal world could remain imperishable through countless calamities, what would it have to do with me?"

"Besides, even in [Truth]'s deduction, even if Darkened Heaven Doctor obtained the power of [Truth], the lifespan limit of the mortal world still had a specific number."

"It was not infinite!"

"Even if that number were extraordinarily immense, so immense that it was impossible to imagine, the day of annihilation would still eventually arrive."

"If the ending does not change, whether it is seven million years or seventy billion years..."

"There is no difference."

Perhaps because of the inexplicable influence brought about by the scene [Truth] had just displayed, Li Fan felt that his spirit had somehow risen even higher.

He could even calmly disregard the enormous number in his memory representing the possible lifespan of the mortal world.

It was as if he had truly experienced those long and distant years, only to ultimately arrive at the final ending of destruction.

Moreover, deep within his heart, an unshakable thought emerged uncontrollably.

Only in his hands could [Truth] ultimately change the mortal world's destined fate of destruction.

Only then could it completely escape the destiny of Dao Annihilation.

This confidence had appeared without any basis.

As time passed, it slowly faded.

After completely recovering, even Li Fan himself felt that the thought he had just entertained was somewhat excessively arrogant.

But after carefully pondering it, he vaguely guessed that he must have seen something within those simulated images spanning more than seven million years.

That was why such a thought had emerged from the depths of his heart.

Li Fan's heart immediately settled.

When he wanted to verify his guess with [Truth], [Truth] once again fell into silence.

But Li Fan was not annoyed.

"Silence, rather than denial."

After spending so many lifetimes with [Truth], Li Fan could already roughly sense the emotions it sometimes expressed.

Sometimes, silence itself was an answer.

After confirming that he was the orthodox inheritor of [Truth], Li Fan was in an excellent mood.

Coming back to his senses, he once again looked toward the Immortal Ruins.

Li Buren had transformed his body into a wall. While blocking the suction force of the Immortal Ruins, he was also sensing with extreme subtlety the changes in the power produced by the Hunger Immortal's enlightenment.

"Because of the changes in the flow of time caused by this power, the Hunger Immortal's previous enlightenment lasted for ten thousand years of Xuanhuang Realm time."

"This breakthrough absolutely will not take that long."

"And moreover..."

Li Buren observed that because of the existence of the Second High Wall he had personally constructed, the enlightenment-attracting force accumulated beneath this High Wall had, to a certain extent, offset the influence the Hungry Immortal exerted on the outside world.

This greatly reduced the difference in the flow of time between the inside and outside of the Second High Wall.

While waiting for the Hunger Immortal to emerge from seclusion and for him to complete his harvest, Li Buren first looked toward the ground of the Immortal Ruins beneath him.

Aside from ruins covering the ground, the enormous character [Hunger] was the most conspicuous.

"The origin from which this character Hunger evolved..."

"Precisely comes from the remnants beneath the Hunger Immortal, left behind by the Nameless True Immortal who previously proved the Dao through Hunger."