My Longevity Simulation

The Xuanhuang Realm first fell into deathly silence. Then an uproar erupted.

"What exactly is happening?"

"Can he still fight? Give up already! This is too tragic. There is simply no hope of winning."

"Where are those cowards from the Ten Great Sects? Let me in! I want to go to the Taiyuan Realm and die alongside the God of War!"

...

The vast majority of cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm had only witnessed 'Li Ping' standing up once again, seemingly intent on continuing the battle. Only a handful of people understood the significance of the inexplicable aura erupting from his body.

Their expressions changed drastically, and they shot to their feet in shock.

"Sect Master Fang, if I am not mistaken, that is..." Xiahou Yan, the Lord of the Indeterminate Prison, asked in disbelief.

Fang Dingge had also lost his previous composure. He scrutinized the scene for a long time, his expression filled with uncertainty, afraid that his eyes might be deceiving him.

But as the distorted phenomena in the sky became increasingly pronounced, he finally confirmed it.

"He's breaking through. Those are actually signs of a breakthrough?"

"He's already at the peak of Dao Integration. If he takes another step forward..."

Fang Dingge opened his mouth, utterly astonished.

"An Immortal?"

The few people in the hall exchanged bewildered glances, their hearts filled with shock and disbelief.

However, they soon raised their heads in unison, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.

High above, the distorted ripples grew increasingly violent, all revolving around Li Fan's standing figure.

It was like a stone falling into a vast lake, sending ripples spreading across its surface.

Even the Taiyuan Realm cultivators, who had been silently mourning, noticed this abnormal phenomenon. Without wasting another moment, they hurriedly launched another attack.

Unfortunately, an incomparably violent storm had erupted around Li Fan.

Every living being that attempted to approach was inevitably swept away by the raging winds, spinning uncontrollably through the air like insignificant ants. Even Dao Integration cultivators were no exception!

No matter how desperately they struggled, they could not approach him by even the slightest distance, let alone inflict any damage upon Li Fan.

At the very center of the storm, Li Fan's vitality and aura continued rising seemingly without limit. This phenomenon was even transmitted into the Xuanhuang Realm through the golden chains spanning the void.

Every living being gazing at the figure standing at the heart of the storm instinctively felt an overwhelming sense of oppression. An irresistible urge to prostrate themselves and worship him arose within their hearts.

Although they did not understand what was happening, they knew that something extraordinary was about to take place.

The Xuanhuang Realm remained deathly silent. Meanwhile, the cultivators of the Taiyuan Realm, overcome by the fear rising within their hearts, still wanted to make one final desperate attempt. They wanted to stop Li Fan's transformation.

Unfortunately, all their efforts were ultimately futile.

When the storm finally subsided, Li Fan's unharmed figure once again appeared before everyone.

The bloody aura accumulated through his successive battles had been completely washed away. He now appeared transcendent and ethereal, like someone who had descended from the heavens.

"Immortal!"

Every living being from both realms who saw Li Fan had the same word emerge in their minds.

Their bodies began trembling uncontrollably.

Ever since the Immortal Path had been severed, tens of thousands of years had passed without a single True Immortal appearing in the world.

Yet today, before the eyes of countless witnesses, an Immortal had actually been born!

The countless beings of the Xuanhuang Realm could no longer restrain themselves. They fell to their knees and worshipped him with fervent devotion.

The Taiyuan Realm cultivators, despite still feeling terrified, continued launching fearless attacks against Li Fan, this newly born Immortal.

However, the moment Li Fan attained the Dao, the situation on the battlefield underwent an earth-shaking reversal.

Previously, the Taiyuan Realm cultivators had unleashed divine abilities and spells that blotted out the heavens. Li Fan had been left with no means of evading them.

But now, he merely extended one hand forward in silence.

Countless dazzling streams of multicolored light were deflected and absorbed into his palm.

Then he gently blew a breath.

All those lethal attacks were instantly reflected back toward their original casters.

Caught completely off guard, the Taiyuan Realm cultivators suffered devastating casualties. In particular, since they had gathered together and unleashed their divine abilities simultaneously, the reflected attacks inflicted enormous losses upon them.

The area around Li Fan, which had previously been surrounded so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through, was suddenly cleared of enemies after they suffered the backlash of their own attacks.

If Li Fan's method of turning an enemy's own techniques against them had not been particularly frightening to the Taiyuan Realm cultivators, then what happened next filled even these cultivators, who could resurrect an unlimited number of times, with profound despair.

Li Fan gently raised his left hand.

The belongings left behind by the fallen Xuanhuang cultivators, scattered throughout the battlefield, seemed to sense something and began flying into the sky.

As though summoned, countless illusory figures emerged beside these relics.

They were none other than their original owners, the Xuanhuang Realm cultivators who had fallen on the battlefield!

Although their faces were somewhat indistinct, the living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm still recognized their resurrected friends and relatives. Quite a few people burst into tears on the spot.

The illusory figures of the Xuanhuang soldiers first bowed respectfully to Li Fan. Then, gripping their weapons, they fearlessly charged toward the Taiyuan Realm cultivators.

The forces of the two realms, one real and one illusory, collided violently once again.

This time, the roles of attacker and defender had been reversed!

One had to understand that whether in terms of overall strength or average individual combat power, the Taiyuan Realm cultivators were vastly inferior to those of the Xuanhuang Realm. It was only through the unlimited resurrection ability of the Taiyuan Resurrection Furnace that they had managed to push the Xuanhuang Realm into its present desperate situation.

But now...

Even when the Taiyuan Realm cultivators exerted all their strength and shattered the illusory figures of the Xuanhuang cultivators, a streak of light would immediately fly out from Li Fan, who was commanding the battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, those illusory figures would reappear.

The Xuanhuang cultivators, having been instantly 'resurrected', would immediately slaughter their stunned enemies before charging toward other opponents on the battlefield.

Having finally experienced firsthand the greatest advantage their enemies had relied upon all this time, the Xuanhuang cultivators seemed to receive a hundredfold boost to their morale. They gradually began forcing the Taiyuan Realm cultivators into retreat.

The illusory figures of those who fell in battle would soon be replenished by Li Fan.

Across the battlefield, countless streaks of light flickered incessantly. They resembled a magnificent meteor shower blooming across the sky above the Taiyuan Realm.

By the time the meteor shower ended, the Taiyuan Realm cultivators who had gathered in the surrounding area had either perished or fled in panic.

"Kill!"

Li Fan did not stop there. He pointed his sword fingers forward and uttered just one calm word.

The direction he pointed toward was precisely where the Tianyu Dao Palace and the Taiyuan Resurrection Furnace were located!

Thus, countless streaks of light began advancing steadily toward the depths of the Taiyuan Realm.

Nothing could stop them. Nothing could defy their advance.

Anything standing in the path of this surging torrent would be torn to pieces in an instant.

This breathtaking spectacle sent the blood of countless beings watching the battle in the Xuanhuang Realm surging with excitement.

They wished they could join the battle themselves.

Only a handful of people could see through the appearance of this exhilarating scene and discern the true underlying principles.

Although the resurrected Xuanhuang cultivators were merely illusory figures, the divine abilities, spells, and lethal techniques they unleashed possessed genuine destructive power.

How many cultivators had been resurrected on the Taiyuan battlefield? Hundreds of thousands, at the very least!

And yet, could a single person, 'Li Ping', truly sustain their consumption?

As though struck by a sudden realization, Fang Dingge completely lost his composure. Unable to conceal the shock within his heart, he muttered to himself:

"Infinity. The infinity of an Immortal. Could he truly be an Immortal?"

Every cultivator who possessed any understanding of the nature of True Immortals displayed an expression similar to Fang Dingge's at this moment.

Meanwhile, amid this tremendous shock, Li Fan had already led an army of a million illusory figures, steadily advancing toward the Tianyu Dao Palace.

Before this magnificent army of a million soldiers, the Taiyuan Realm's greatest military advantage had ceased to exist.

You can resurrect your soldiers, but I can resurrect mine even faster.

Your soldiers possess unwavering determination and unquestioning discipline. Even when facing certain defeat, they refuse to collapse.

But the soldiers on my side do not even possess subjective will. They exist solely through an obsession with vengeance.

...

Although immortal spiritual power was infinite, the operating efficiency of an Immortal Formation had its limits.

After continuously resurrecting its forces for such a long time, the pressure on the ancient protective immortal formation of the Taiyuan Realm finally reached its critical limit.

The resurrection speed of the Taiyuan cultivators visibly slowed by a considerable margin.

Cheers erupted throughout the Xuanhuang Realm.

However, the expressions of the Ten Sects' leaders and elite cultivators who had entered the Tianyu Dao Palace remained solemn.

The combat strength displayed by Li Ping, this Half-Immortal, had indeed exceeded their expectations. However, the Immortal Formation deep within the Dao Palace was equally despair-inducing.

Yet Li Ping's next action once again caught them completely off guard.

He did not lead his forces into the Dao Palace.

Instead, he raised his sword and brought it crashing down upon the ninety-nine-story tower standing majestically atop the mountain.

A blinding radiance illuminated the entire world, obscuring everyone's vision.

Terrifying rumbling echoed through the heavens like an endless succession of thunderous explosions.

The enormous shockwaves even penetrated distant spacetime, reaching the Xuanhuang Realm.

Both worlds trembled violently beneath the sword light Li Fan had unleashed.

By the time everyone could see again, the Tianyu Dao Palace and the Taiyuan cultivators had all vanished.

Only a deep chasm remained, carved into the earth.

It was dark and unfathomably deep.

The only figure remaining was Li Fan, standing serenely in midair.

And...

In his hand was a peculiar cauldron.

Once again, absolute silence descended upon heaven and earth.

'Is this the might of a True Immortal?'

The minds of all living beings went completely blank. They were utterly overwhelmed by the astonishing power of that single sword strike from a True Immortal.

However, once the people of the Ten Sects recovered from their shock, they began considering the implications.

Now that a True Immortal had descended into the world, how were the Ten Sects supposed to conduct themselves from this day onward?

There seemed to be no other answer to this question.

Even if all the cultivators of the Ten Sects joined forces, they would probably still be no match for this True Immortal. Even if they brought out every remaining immortal artifact at their disposal, they might not gain the slightest advantage.

The only uncertainty was whether this True Immortal would hold their earlier abandonment against them.

The hearts of the Ten Sects' members sank.

Meanwhile, another change occurred within the Taiyuan Realm.

The cauldron tightly held in Li Fan's hand suddenly erupted with dazzling seven-colored rays of light, shooting straight into the heavens.

The radiant glow illuminated the entire skyline of the Taiyuan Realm.

Li Fan looked down at the Xuanhuang phantoms, who had completed their mission of revenge and now appeared somewhat at a loss.

Then he smiled faintly.

The seven-colored radiance pouring out of the cauldron flowed toward them like countless cascading waterfalls, showering each of them in its brilliance.

After receiving the infusion from the Taiyuan Resurrection Furnace, the million Xuanhuang phantoms began undergoing an extraordinarily noticeable transformation.

Their previously indistinct faces gradually became clear.

Their faint, illusory figures began growing solid.

The vitality unique to living beings emerged within their bodies.

They...

Were truly returning from death to life, undergoing genuine resurrection!

Even though the people of the Xuanhuang Realm had already experienced countless shocking events that day, witnessing this sight still filled them with overwhelming joy.

Especially when they saw their relatives and friends, who had long since died, looking incredulously at their own bodies after being resurrected, they too could not help shedding tears of indescribable happiness.

A million Xuanhuang soldiers had returned from the dead, weeping tears of joy.

After their initial excitement subsided, they finally reacted.

One after another, they prostrated themselves before the True Immortal above them, the one who had saved them and bestowed upon them a new life.

However, even after a long time had passed, the True Immortal still showed no response.

Unable to restrain themselves, the cultivators raised their heads to look.

What they witnessed was a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

Tiny points of starlight began appearing around the True Immortal's figure.

When a gentle breeze swept past, those points of starlight drifted away from his body.

At first, there were only a few dozen or a few hundred.

Then their numbers steadily increased.

Like countless stars from the highest heavens scattering down into the mortal world.

By the time the sky above was filled with innumerable stars, the True Immortal had completely disappeared.

The living beings of both worlds were collectively plunged into a daze.

Only after nearly half a day had passed did they finally understand what had happened.

Painful cries and anguished wails immediately resounded throughout both worlds.

They continued without end.

...

One Month Later.

The war that had changed the fate of the Xuanhuang Realm had long since come to an end. However, the living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm had still not emerged from their grief.

With their enemy's ability to resurrect endlessly finally gone, the Xuanhuang Realm had successfully occupied the Taiyuan Realm.

They had secured another safe place to inhabit beyond the distant reaches of the starry sky. Only then did the matter of the Immortal Ruins beyond the Xuanhuang Realm, and the threat they posed, gradually become known to the wider world.

However, compared with the Immortal Ruins, the living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm were currently far more concerned about what exactly had happened to the [Xuanhuang True Immortal].

After deliberations by the leaders of the Ten Sects, combined with their observations of the battlefield, they reached a preliminary conclusion.

The Immortal Path had been severed. This was an unalterable fact. The immortality achieved by Li Ping was not a True Immortal in the genuine sense.

Rather, owing to his unprecedented and extraordinary talent, he had forcibly pushed himself beyond his limits, elevating his cultivation to a realm between Dao Integration and True Immortal. Perhaps this could be called the Half-Immortal realm.

Had he truly become a True Immortal, he should have been able to reverse the circumstances that led to his grievous injuries and eventual death.

Unfortunately...

Before his fall, he had forced himself to hold on.

Not only had he led everyone in completing their revenge against the Taiyuan Realm, but he had even used the Taiyuan Resurrection Furnace to resurrect as many of the Xuanhuang cultivators who had fallen in battle as possible.

In the end, however, he had been unable to overturn the course of fate and had passed away.

Compared with a True Immortal who survived, this True Immortal, who had sacrificed himself to save all the living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm, was undoubtedly far more worthy of remembrance.

Every household erected memorial tablets and statues dedicated to the [Xuanhuang True Immortal]. They burned incense, offered prayers, and recited scriptures to seek blessings.

Even the various cultivation sects, both large and small, erected halls dedicated to worshipping the Xuanhuang True Immortal.

Originally, there had been a very small number of dissenting voices. However, they soon disappeared completely.

Although the True Immortal had passed away, the repercussions of his existence remained, continuing long after his departure.

The improved versions of the Ten Sects’ supreme techniques that Li Fan had left beneath his pillow were also discovered.

The Ten Sects classified them as their highest-level secrets.

On the very day these techniques were brought back to the Xuanhuang Realm, the leaders of the Ten Sects immediately gathered together to discuss and study them.

"As expected of someone capable of proving the Dao and becoming a True Immortal. These improved divine abilities are even superior to our sect-protecting secret arts, which have never been passed down to outsiders…"

The members of the Ten Sects were all thoroughly impressed.

Meanwhile, rumors quietly began circulating among the common people.

Whoever obtains the Supreme Dao Scripture can attain True Immortality!