My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1093: News of the Dharma King

"The Federation of All Worlds possesses innumerable promising youths. Securing a fitting successor presents no challenge at all," Li Fan declared with assurance.

"This matter impacts the well-being of every cultivator within the Xuanhuang Realm. Naturally, the Federation won't remain passive. Given that Fellow Daoist finds it hard to depart, I'll head back and organize for them to arrive here. You can examine them yourself."

"I'm certain that with Fellow Daoist's keen judgment, you'll definitely select someone who suits you perfectly," Li Fan proclaimed with utmost sincerity.

"This..." Xu Ke appeared somewhat disbelieving.

After quite some time, he quickly responded, feeling a touch bewildered: "Then, I must express my gratitude to Fellow Daoist beforehand."

"Incidentally, Xiao Qing, Xiao Hong, and Fellow Daoist's lineage heir, the Empire's Imperial Daughter, all long for you greatly. Are you open to meeting them?" Instead of assuming, Li Fan proactively inquired.

A shadow of melancholy briefly crossed Xu Ke's features.

Yet shortly thereafter, he nodded in agreement.

Prior to departing from this desolate minor realm, Li Fan obtained a deeper insight into the past occurrences through his discussion with Xu Ke.

For example, in almost each sect, he pinpointed influential leaders of note.

This guaranteed that when the Immortal-Mortal Miasma burst forth and the scheme to relocate mortals into small world cave heavens emerged, the primary sects would promptly embrace it.

Regarding the Great Immortal Isolation Formation that barricaded the mortal minor realm, and even the Rift world Whale outside the barrier...

Their eventual emergence all showed signs of Mr. Bai's earlier setups.

Regrettably, Xu Ke held limited knowledge on this subject too.

At that time, upon abruptly learning the tragic tidings of Lu Ya, he hastened there and got Lu Ya's dying directive: to safeguard the extracted Xuanhuang Heavenly Favor.

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"The Heavenly Dao of the realm operates through its inherent systems."

"Just like how, following the dire extinction threat in the Great Li small world, the Heavenly Dao's awareness instinctively chose escape prospects and manifested in Su Yuqing."

"The Xuanhuang Realm likewise picked Mr. Bai. Sadly, Mr. Bai opted for the Xuanhuang mortals rather than the Heavenly Dao."

"In response, he confined the intrusive Heavenly Dao awareness..."

"Judging from the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao actions since then, it has consistently been on the losing end against cultivators. It lacks defenses such as the [Incompatible Cultivation Technique] anymore. The leftover Heavenly Dao power undoubtedly suffered some impact."

Li Fan abruptly recalled Ruomu too.

Likewise gravely wounded by humanity, Ruomu shifted from the sacred tree fostering life into a horrifying entity that seized cultivators for Golden Core formation.

Such was the might of grudge.

Wronged by its most cherished one and imprisoned for almost ten millennia, anyone could fathom what the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, locked in the coffin behind Xu Ke, might evolve into.

"Yet another lethal stratagem. However, it's unfit for deployment in our current age. It would merely spawn countless uncertainties."

"At present, using the surviving Xuanhuang Realm Heavenly Dao, I can still manipulate destiny. But should the Heavenly Dao descend into frenzy, even my supernatural powers could falter."

Musing deeply along the journey, Li Fan made his way back to the Spiritwood Realm.

Upon relaying Xu Ke's update to the Empire's Xiao Qing and companions, they brimmed with delight. They then voiced deep appreciation toward Li Fan.

Thanks to Li Fan's guidance on what to disclose and withhold, the Empire's party grew impatient and rushed to visit Xu Ke.

Traveling with them were also hopeful youngsters chosen from diverse small worlds.

Li Fan performed only a basic vetting; the fine details fell to Xu Ke's choice.

With these tasks wrapped up, Li Fan proceeded to the site of [Seeking the Hidden].

In the preceding year plus, over a dozen stele had risen.

The majority held trivial records from confined annals.

Yet the freshest find from the crimson river stirred Li Fan's curiosity.

The chronology likely fell after eons of carnage, as the turmoil began to wane.

It marked the cultivation barren era when society started to reemerge.

Within the vision, a figure clad in ragged garb, radiating intense murderous aura, eyed the abruptly appearing elder with caution.

This elder remained a stranger to the figure in the vision.

However, Li Fan, observing from beyond, recognized him well.

It was the Heavenly Doctor!

Wasting no words, the Heavenly Doctor attacked at once, overpowering the figure.

He appeared to be scanning the figure's recollections filled with heavy slaughter from those bygone days.

"Has so much time elapsed this round?"

"Evidently, next time I must strive to distance myself maximally from the Immortal Ruins."

The Heavenly Doctor sighed, murmuring to himself.

Then, with one strike, he slew the figure and disappeared on the spot.

...

The vision cut off sharply.

Nevertheless, the intelligence packed inside proved quite rich.

At minimum, it verified a key fact: millennia prior, the Heavenly Doctor already wielded the power to defy the Immortal Ruins' pull and navigate the emptiness.

Furthermore, he had crossed over multiple times.

In those periods, he unavoidably endured the Immortal Ruins' effects, and upon returning, vast spans had elapsed in the Xuanhuang Realm.

"Viewed this way, the abrupt vanishing and return of specific individuals likely stems from the Immortal Ruins' temporal disparity."

"Thus..."

The hypothesis he intended to test in the forthcoming life abruptly rekindled in his thoughts.

Li Fan's countenance turned even graver.

"Immortal Ancestor, Heavenly Doctor: both were once highly present in the Xuanhuang Realm. The details in the blood-colored long river hold immense worth."

He issued lavish incentives once more to uplift his followers' spirits.

Several days afterward, Li Fan surprisingly got word of Mo Rubin via Dharma-Transmitter Zhou.

"He's surfaced?"

"And he hasn't reached Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable?"

Li Fan's brows furrowed lightly.

"Might it be a feint? Considering his wary disposition, even after a scheme's collapse, he wouldn't expose his location so readily."

Dharma-Transmitter Zhou spoke with firm conviction: "His emergence occurred at one of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's hidden bases."

"It seemed devoid of other cultivators, yet we had secretly monitored it for ages."

"Additionally, Mo Rubin didn't show his actual self. We pinpointed and traced him by backtracking the ripples from the modification seal he placed on Dharma-Transmitter Chen."

"Hence, I lean toward this being his error in judgment this time."

Toward this Xuantian Sect Dharma King who had time and again outmaneuvered the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's forces, Dharma-Transmitter Zhou burned with resentment.

She stated gravely: "On this occasion, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's top experts will all rally to seize him. Fellow Daoist, do you wish to join forces with us once more?"

Li Fan consented without delay: "I'll check and provide an answer shortly."

After a brief pause, Li Fan proactively transmitted: "The Federation of All Worlds elder has consented."

"Moreover, this round, we'll also bring out the newest devised tech to aid in his apprehension!"