My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1068: Stabilizing the Perilous Situation with Rebirth
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
Initially, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance managed to exert a degree of control over the cultivators who were losing their sanity. Within the various prefecture immortal cities, a semblance of safety was maintained.
This shifted as the bloodshed between factions grew more violent, rendering the Alliance's restrictions toothless.
Even inside city walls, cultivators would now engage in lethal combat over the most trivial disagreements.
In the beginning, city defense formations functioned as intended. Towering monuments of the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor would emit beams of white light to summarily execute those who broke the peace.
But as the frequency of these fatal duels surged, even the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance began to hesitate.
They transitioned to a policy of only selectively triggering the grand city arrays.
By choosing not to penalize the collective, they effectively fueled the fire of the cultivators' madness.
Caught in this obsessive climate, even the few Xuanhuang Realm cultivators who had remained composed began to change. One by one, they were pulled into the cycle of mutual slaughter.
This violence was not restricted to physical confrontations alone.
Hostilities born within the Tianxuan Mirror frequently spilled over into real-world carnage.
During this chaotic period, a mysterious entity known as [Heavenly God Eye] rose to prominence, though the exact moment of their appearance remained a mystery.
While this individual's background was a total cipher, their divine abilities were undeniable. By trading a personal secret, a petitioner could learn the true identity of any cultivator behind a specific Tianxuan Mirror account.
The cultivation world was initially suspicious of these claims.
However, results spoke louder than doubts.
The deaths of over a hundred cultivators—tracked down and eliminated by their rivals—served as undeniable evidence of [Heavenly God Eye]’s power.
It was a common occurrence for petty arguments in the Tianxuan Mirror to turn into deep-seated grudges.
Yet, because the Tianxuan Mirror’s data was traditionally impenetrable, there was no way to act on these vendettas. Most were forced to simply hurl insults from across the void.
The arrival of [Heavenly God Eye] shattered that safety net.
Had a past slip of the tongue made you an enemy? Did you fear a sudden assassination in the dark?
If so, was it not better to strike first and eliminate the threat?
Encouraged by the clandestine operations of [Heavenly God Eye], the rate of revenge killings within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance spiked once more.
The celestial omens signifying the fall of high-level cultivators became a daily sight.
While the process of World Destruction was moving along efficiently, Li Fan’s internal state was far from settled.
Deep within the Hundred Stone Cave-Heaven of Shilin Prefecture.
Two nearly identical figures stood before a compact Tianxuan Mirror.
One was the original body of Li Fan.
The other was a pseudo-immortal puppet, commissioned by Li Fan from Master Qiaogong during this interval.
Lacking Source Power Essence, this puppet could not hope to rival the strength of Tianyang or reach the Longevity Immortal realm.
However, Li Fan didn’t require raw power; he valued the puppet for its capacity to perfectly simulate a living cultivator.
Li Fan had already shifted the Mirror Origin, bestowed by the Tianxuan Mirror, into the frame of this pseudo-immortal puppet.
Furthermore, as a precaution for the coming of Dharma-Transmitter Jiang, Li Fan had meticulously adjusted the puppet’s implanted consciousness.
In its own mind, it believed it was a genuine operative of the Federation of All Worlds, dedicated to purging the survivors of the Xuantian Sect.
Any knowledge of the [Truth] or the secret maneuvers of Li Fan’s true self was entirely erased from its mind.
This puppet version of Li Fan was, of course, the famed and elusive [Heavenly God Eye].
By leveraging the Mirror Origin’s authority, he simultaneously accelerated the cultivators' self-destruction and harvested the deepest, most classified secrets from their souls.
Even if some of this data seemed trivial now, he believed it could hold immense value in a future reincarnation.
While the puppet diligently performed its role as the Heavenly God Eye, the real Li Fan stood nearby, his brow slightly creased.
“Even with things reaching this state, Mo Rubin and the Tianxuan Mirror remain idle?”
“Only someone possessing the Mirror’s origin can decrypt the Tianxuan Mirror’s data. Mo Rubin should have realized by now that I am the architect behind these catastrophic events.”
“Yet, I’ve seen no signs of an investigation reaching this far...”
“Mo Rubin, the Tianxuan Mirror, and even the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance are all acting the same way. It seems Mo Rubin hasn't shared his findings with the Alliance leadership.”
“Are they simply disregarding me?”
“Or is there a more urgent crisis demanding their attention?”
He had calculated countless permutations of the future, but the current variables were becoming too numerous to track.
Expecting every detail to align perfectly with his mental rehearsals was becoming an impossible standard.
Li Fan realized he would have to remain flexible and react as the situation evolved.
What he failed to foresee was a strange anomaly that occurred before the third stage of his plan could even begin.
On that particular day, following a massive battle that left over a hundred cultivators dead.
A bizarre, blood-colored vortex manifested, vacuuming up the celestial omens of the fallen!
These crimson whirlpools appeared across the Xuanhuang Realm wherever a cultivator met their end.
While the populace speculated wildly about the source of the phenomenon, it did nothing to dampen their bloodlust.
The killing continued, unchecked.
Li Fan gazed at the multiplying red rifts in the sky, detecting a faint, hauntingly familiar resonance within them.
“The reversal of life and death?”
“Could the Rebirth Heavenly Sovereign have actually achieved the Dao at such a critical moment?”
As if answering his thought.
A torrent of scarlet light soon poured from the atmospheric rifts.
Beyond painting the world in a bloody hue, the shimmering outlines of grand, ethereal palaces began to take shape against the sky.
While the common cultivators couldn't see the details of the complex, the central structure—the [Rebirth Mansion]—was burned into the minds of everyone watching!
As the name [Mansion of Rebirth] echoed in their consciousness, the truth of its existence was revealed to them.
Death was no longer the end; there was now reincarnation and rebirth.
In that heartbeat, every battle across the realm stopped.
The cultivators were paralyzed by the sheer magnitude of this cosmic shift.
This version of the Rebirth Mansion was different from the one Li Fan had seen in a past life.
In this timeline, it was beyond the reach of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. It had integrated into the world as a fundamental Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm, much like the [Incompatible Cultivation Technique]; it could not be altered except by someone capable of rewriting the laws of heaven.
Consequently, no one yet understood the mechanics of this new system.
They only understood that the [Rebirth Mansion] was now a reality, one that would fundamentally redefine the future of the Xuanhuang Realm.
The specifics—whether one kept their memories or their Cultivation after being reborn—remained a mystery.
These answers would only come once someone successfully navigated the cycle.
However, the realization that death was merely a transition drastically altered the way cultivators thought.
The moral and psychological weight of murder vanished entirely.
The inhabitants of the Xuanhuang Realm became even more savage; the smallest slight was now met with a fight to the death.
For Li Fan, however, the deaths of these cultivators no longer served his purpose of threatening the Xuanhuang Realm’s stability.
“What is the true nature of this Rebirth Mansion?”
Deciding to take the initiative, Li Fan moved to strike at Dharma-Transmitter Zhou and his companions first.