My Longevity Simulation

“The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth can be reflected with a single thought. However, a projection is still only a projection. To actually wield the might of the Great Dao with every gesture in the real world is no easy matter.”

“Connecting to the Infinite Ocean, with its limitless supply of energy, makes it possible.”

The projection of the Great Dao provided rehearsal and theoretical support, while the Infinite Ocean provided the actual foundation.

“Obtaining either one of these is enough to display strength far beyond the ordinary. If both are used together…”

Li Fan, clad in the skin of a True Immortal and reflecting the Great Dao with his divine sense, looked at this Blissful City and actually felt that with a casual wave of his hand, he could turn it into ashes.

It was not an illusion.

“I always have the feeling that my understanding and development of the infinite nature of immortal spiritual power is still far too shallow.”

“The Infinite Ocean is an existence that can be placed on equal footing with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth…”

Li Fan narrowed his eyes and once again summoned a strand of immortal spiritual power at his fingertips. His mind flew into it and sank into that incomparably mysterious Infinite Ocean.

Unfortunately, the many fragmented memory traces contained within the immortal skin were basically all experiences from the life of its former owner. There were no memories concerning Immortal Arts or divine abilities.

“I wonder, if I use the Azure Firmament Pearl to absorb this immortal skin, would I be able to analyze the divine abilities of its owner from before their death?”

“After all, it was once an existence that had proven the Dao and attained the Nameless…”

Although this thought only flashed through Li Fan's mind, he firmly remembered it and would wait for an opportunity to give it a try if necessary.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed.

Li Fan became increasingly familiar with the immortal spiritual power within the immortal skin.

But afterward, he encountered a bottleneck.

No matter how many times he put on the immortal skin, in the “True Immortal” state, he seemed to truly transform the immortal spiritual power within the skin into energy belonging exclusively to himself.

Yet the moment he took off the immortal skin, his familiarity with the immortal spiritual power immediately plummeted back to the previous bottleneck.

He could no longer advance even the slightest bit.

“It seems I was still being too idealistic. If there were no means of restriction involved, how could Scholar Zhu have lent this immortal skin to me so easily?”

Li Fan smiled wryly.

Yet he had no intention of giving up on obtaining immortal spiritual power.

“As the saying goes, if Heaven does not grant it, I shall go and take it myself…”

A sharp glint flashed through Li Fan's eyes.

In the Xuanhuang Realm, Li Fan's main body was caressing a stone slab with both hands.

It was precisely the key means once hidden within the former Immortal Realm's Ascension Platform, the method by which cultivators could ascend and become Immortals.

Although it was merely a replica left behind by the Xuantian King, boundless might still seemed to linger around it.

“If I am not mistaken, there must be a method hidden within this stone slab that allows newly ascended cultivators to connect to the Infinite Ocean, thereby obtaining the infinite nature of immortal spiritual power.”

“However, it can only be achieved with authorization from the official authority of the Immortal Realm.”

“In the past, even if the Xuantian King had been fortunate enough to ascend to the Immortal Realm, the person presiding over the Ascension Platform had already perished. Without guidance from the Immortal Realm, even someone like the Xuantian King could not obtain immortal spiritual power from this stone slab…”

Li Fan called this stone slab the [Key of Dao]. Only by activating it with the corresponding True Immortal seal script could its true function be brought forth.

“Besides the True Immortal seal script, there must probably be another method needed to open the path to connecting with the Infinite Ocean.”

Li Fan fell into contemplation.

The divine sense clone in the Shuo Star Sea put on the immortal skin. A strand of immortal spiritual power passed through the miniature Dao Net and arrived at Li Fan's main body in an instant.

However, this strand of immortal spiritual power that had traveled across the star sea seemed to have been filtered layer by layer. Its original faint starlight color had become even more diluted, taking on a milky white hue.

Moreover, Li Fan's main body did not have the enhancement of the immortal skin. He was not the owner of this immortal spiritual power.

The moment this immortal spiritual power appeared in this foreign spacetime, it was like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, surging about recklessly and trying to escape from Li Fan's grasp.

Li Fan's main body focused all his attention on it. Using the familiarity he had developed with this immortal spiritual power over four years as the reins, he could barely control it.

Within the surrounding Immortal formation, the immortal spiritual qi released by the Final Dissociation Disc also assisted from the side.

It helped Li Fan subdue this strand of immortal spiritual power.

After more than half a day of arduous effort, this violent immortal spiritual power finally became barely controllable.

“Next, I need to use this strand of immortal spiritual power to disguise my identity.”

“Then, through the Key of Dao stone slab, enter that Infinite Ocean.”

Although the target was clear, actually carrying it out was by no means easy.

After all, even something the Xuantian King had been unable to accomplish in the past was not so simple.

The first problem he had to face was how to activate the stone slab.

Li Fan used the Immortal formation as a blade, splitting the strand of immortal spiritual power transmitted by the divine sense clone into tens of millions of portions for experimentation.

If he merely used the immortal spiritual power to touch the stone slab, only a faint halo would appear on its surface, after which there was no further reaction. It seemed to be waiting for Li Fan to perform the next step.

Li Fan recalled the process by which he had previously used this Key of Dao stone slab to help the Xuanhuang Realm ascend into the Immortal Realm. He knew that it had to be activated through the corresponding True Immortal seal script.

“Could it still be that Immortal and Mortal Transformation character?”

With a thought, Li Fan controlled one portion of the immortal spiritual power and used it to write upon the stone slab.

Indeed, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from the stone slab. Yet after searching all around and failing to find a suitable candidate, the fluctuation actually dissipated on its own after a long while.

Having eliminated this possibility, Li Fan began other experiments.

He tested each of the True Immortal seal script characters he knew, one by one.

It did not take long.

Unfortunately, not a single one matched.

“It should be an unknown True Immortal seal script character.”

Li Fan's main body frowned slightly.

…

After his attempt to connect to the Infinite Ocean was obstructed, Li Fan once again set his sights on Scholar Zhu.

Directly asking him was obviously impossible. Not only would it expose his own secrets, it might also attract the attention of the Shuo Star Sea Administration Council.

Li Fan's divine sense clone continued familiarizing himself with the power of the immortal spiritual power while waiting for an opportunity.

Very soon, only seven days remained before the Immortal Hunters recruited new members.

This time, the Administration Council issued an announcement stating that the number of cultivators to be recruited was actually twice as many as before. For a time, the Shuo Star Sea was filled with discussion, and people were both delighted and worried.

What delighted them was that their chances of joining the Immortal Hunters had increased considerably.

What worried and frightened them was that, according to rumors, the Immortal Hunters was recruiting more members this time because it had suffered heavy losses during the previous operation to hunt True Immortals and had been forced to do so.

Clearly, although joining the Immortal Hunters could grant one overwhelming authority and power, the risks one had to face were also greater than imagined.

But regardless, becoming a member of the Immortal Hunters was the lifelong pursuit of the young elites of the various great forces in the Shuo Star Sea. Thus, there were still countless applicants.

In Blissful City, Li Fan received a transmission from Scholar Zhu.

“Seven days from now, as promised, I will recommend you to participate in the selection.”

“However, as we agreed beforehand, I need to test you first!”

Li Fan straightened his robes and slowly walked into the City Lord's Residence.

When he pushed open the door, he did not encounter Scholar Zhu.

Instead, his foot suddenly stepped into empty space, and it seemed as though he had fallen into an endless abyss.

He plummeted downward at extreme speed, surrounded by endless darkness.

From time to time, specks of light flashed through the darkness. They seemed to be embedded within the cliff walls of the abyss.

Scholar Zhu's booming voice rang out beside Li Fan's ears.

“The Immortal Hunters examination places the greatest emphasis on one's comprehension of the Dao Net.”

“The points of light you see are Dao Net commands that may be involved in the examination. Try to reproduce them.”

“This is the first trial. If you cannot even pass this…”

“Then never think about leaving!”

Scholar Zhu's sinister laughter echoed through the abyss.

Li Fan paid him no attention. He merely carefully observed the points of light representing the surrounding Dao Net commands.

During this endless rapid descent, techniques such as flight and levitation had inexplicably become ineffective.

Every Dao Net command flashed past in an instant. Trying to observe and reproduce these Dao Net commands within such a brief span of time was exceedingly difficult.

Fortunately, within Li Fan's divine sense was a projection of the miniature Dao Net.

His divine sense spread out like a curtain, reflecting all the points of light flashing rapidly around him into itself.

If there was a corresponding command within his own Dao Net projection, it would automatically flicker and respond.

If it was still within a blind spot of Li Fan's understanding, it was simply skipped over.

Li Fan did not need to use his own consciousness to identify and reproduce them. The miniature Dao Net did it in his place.

Whether in reaction speed or reproduction accuracy, it was more than a level faster.

Li Fan sensed that with every successful recreation, it was as though a rope had suddenly tugged him upward, slowing his descent by a little.

And as each point of light was successfully recreated, it remained permanently illuminated above the endless abyss.

At last, Li Fan stopped falling.

The darkness was gradually dispelled. After leaving the endless abyss, Li Fan arrived above a desolate wilderness.

A figure stood suspended in the air before him.

Although Li Fan did not recognize the face, the aura it gave off felt faintly familiar.

It was indeed Scholar Zhu!

Sure enough, Scholar Zhu's voice came from the figure.

"The second trial can be martial."

"Immortal Hunter, Immortal Hunters. Its purpose is to hunt True Immortals."

"Can you do it?"

Before his voice had even faded, Scholar Zhu pointed toward Li Fan from afar.

"A True Immortal takes the great Dao of Heaven and Earth as its blade and commands infinite power."

The boundless wilderness actually began to curl inward like a sphere under Scholar Zhu's single gesture.

Li Fan seemed to have been trapped inside an urn, watching the earth around him rise up, leaving him with nowhere to escape.

It was not merely the ground. Every law between Heaven and Earth had transformed into a force of oppression. Trapped within this prison, it was as though he were facing the entirety of Heaven and Earth itself.

Li Fan's expression remained unchanged. He did not put on the immortal skin.

Instead, millions upon millions of arms suddenly manifested behind him.

Each arm seemed to be rapidly writing something.

Every time a complete inscription was written, a point of light appeared before Li Fan.

Gradually, these points of light began to weave themselves into a net.

Li Fan gently pressed both hands against the net, as though playing a zither, continuously plucking its strings.

With every movement, a large section of the surrounding wilderness and Heaven and Earth rolling toward him inexplicably vanished.

The plucking continued without pause, and in the blink of an eye, the wilderness had been eaten away until it was riddled with holes.

By the time it reached Li Fan, it no longer posed any threat.

Once again, they returned to the dark void.

Li Fan and Scholar Zhu stood facing each other from afar.

Scholar Zhu stared at the miniature Dao net woven before Li Fan, his eyes filled with contemplation.

"With the strength of your current body, joining the Immortal Hunters would be more than sufficient."

"However, I still have to test your true capabilities."

Scholar Zhu let out a cold laugh.

Within the darkness, vast clouds surged forth, accompanied by thunderous roars.

In an instant, they completely surrounded Li Fan.

Li Fan narrowed his eyes. Within the black clouds, he seemed to see countless imposing figures standing tall.

"These were all my former servants."

"Let me see just what you can do."

Scholar Zhu's figure suddenly disappeared.

One terrifying creation after another, their faces hideously distorted, surged forth from the black clouds like a tide.

They charged toward Li Fan.

Yet Li Fan seemed to have been frightened senseless. He simply stood rooted to the spot, showing no reaction for a long time.

Those Immortal creations, however, had no intention of holding back.

Just as they were about to reach Li Fan.

"Disperse!"

Li Fan uttered a soft command.

At the same time, countless creations froze in place as though they had been sealed in ice.

Then...

Together with the vast black clouds filling the sky, they vanished like smoke and dispersed like mist.

Scholar Zhu, who had been hiding behind the black clouds, revealed his true form.

He stared at Li Fan, his expression filled with uncertainty and astonishment.

"I too once had countless servants. Scholar Zhu, what do you think?"

Li Fan smiled faintly.

As his words fell, countless gloomy black clouds once again swept across the void, pressing down from above.

Figures darted about within the clouds.

They were none other than the countless Immortal servants that Li Fan had dispersed with a single word.

Only now, they had changed masters.

They surrounded Scholar Zhu and launched an attack.

"Presumptuous!"

Scholar Zhu flew into a rage.

It was as though Heaven and Earth had been struck by an invisible colossal object, causing a section of space to collapse without warning.

All living beings within the collapsed region were annihilated along with it.

Bang, bang, bang.

Strange sounds rang out without pause. The countless living beings were crushed at will, like flies being swatted.

Before long, every creation attacking Scholar Zhu had been completely wiped out.

Compared with Li Fan's effortless destruction of the entire region with a single word, however, his display was clearly inferior.

Li Fan did not manifest another horde of living creations. He merely smiled and looked at his opponent.

"Interesting. Interesting."

"I believe you will be able to give those fellows a few surprises."

"Go."

Only after staring at each other for a long while did Scholar Zhu finally speak.

The scene surrounding Li Fan vanished in an instant.

He was once again outside the City Lord's Residence.

Before him was that door which had never been pushed open.

Li Fan cupped his hands toward the front, then turned and left.

"After being trapped in the Blissful City for so long, how could he possibly still have these Immortal creations accompanying him?"

"If he had not insisted on summoning these things, I would not have been able to see through the truth so quickly."

"They were merely scenes similar to the Eternal Remnant Will, illusions so vivid that they were almost indistinguishable from reality. Under such circumstances, even a powerhouse like Evil Su Bai would not have been my opponent, let alone a mere Nameless True Immortal whose cultivation had been crippled."

Li Fan let out a cold laugh and had already returned to his own residence.

Next, all he had to do was infiltrate the Immortal Hunters and seize the most central secrets of the Shuo Star Sea.

"The essence of that test just now was a clash of Dao discourse and wills."

"Although I used the Transformation Between Truth and Falsehood to forcibly suppress Scholar Zhu, his method of crushing everything like an invisible colossal force was by no means something to underestimate."