My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1103: Xuanhuang Revival River

Disregarding the odd gazes from the onlookers, Changji bowed deeply and respectfully to the sky. Afterward, he turned into a beam of fleeing light and soared off into the distance.

The declaration he made right before departing swiftly drew the notice of sharp-eyed cultivators. Following a thorough probe, folks uncovered that Changji was supposed to have perished entirely a year earlier. While delving into an untamed sect's ruins, he had accidentally set off a defensive array, resulting in his form being utterly obliterated right there. More than a dozen fellow explorers present at the moment could vouch for it; there was no way to counterfeit such evidence!

However, this very Changji had astonishingly returned from the dead! The spot where he came back to life was precisely the closest major river to where he had fallen! This eerie revelation raced like wildfire across the whole Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance in no time at all.

Before long, Changji's old comrades from prior to his demise started arriving one by one, eager to verify the reality of his comeback. Changji made no effort to hide it and straightforwardly confessed that he had truly been brought back.

"Thanks to the divine power of the Heavenly Sovereign!" he proclaimed with deep piety before the assembled group.

Previously, whenever cultivators in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance brought up the Heavenly Sovereign, they always pointed to the Immortal Ancestor. Yet right then, from Changji's lips, all present understood he meant that enigmatic Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign who had silently overturned the cycle of life and death.

Noticing that his kin and allies remained a touch doubtful, Changji promptly welcomed them all into his Tianxuan Mirror realm. Everyone was aware that the Tianxuan Mirror realm tied itself to the cultivator and could only be accessed by the owner alone. Backed by the Tianxuan Mirror's evidence, the crowd at last fully accepted Changji's genuine self.

Passing away and rising again, far from a lone occurrence. This staggering revelation rapidly reached every ear. In the days that followed, the rising number of such reborn cultivators offered even stronger proof of its validity.

Upon compiling the details, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance determined that every single revived cultivator emerged from the nearest major river to their demise spot. Within the Immortal Alliance's domains, fifty-four Revival Rivers existed in all. On the Five Elders Association's side, it appeared there were matching fifty-four as well. Altogether, these one hundred and eight waterways shaped the Revival Rivers across the Xuanhuang Realm.

The duration for cultivators' rebirth appeared tied to their prior strength at death. Stronger cultivation levels demanded longer waits for revival. The initial wave of those returning were invariably at Foundation Establishment stage or lower. As for the timelines needed by those in loftier realms, future observations would slowly reveal them.

Upon coming back, they invariably showed up without a stitch on. Possessions they bore at the time of death, including those kept within the divine soul, failed to reemerge with them. Yet snatching back existence itself was a immense blessing. Few fretted over such mere worldly goods.

Those who revived seemed to retain their age from before dying. Still, precise checks revealed that the renewed form was one year younger than at the moment of downfall. This held true not just for cultivators; any living entity in the Xuanhuang Realm, once deceased, would rise anew from the river depths. Hence, one could frequently witness the breathtaking spectacle of beasts and beings endlessly surfacing from the flows to the shores along these Revival Rivers.

A certain wondrous force within the river currents seemed to shield the freshly reborn from instant submersion upon awakening. Yet this safeguard vanished swiftly once they departed the Revival Rivers. Even should they plunge back in, no sign of it lingered.

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The myriad marvels surrounding death and rebirth turned into the most buzzing subject among Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance cultivators. Some celebrated that henceforth, fears of perishing in combat would vanish. Meanwhile, others grew anxious that without fresh births, the Xuanhuang Realm's prospects could turn grim.

Luckily, a fresh finding quickly eased this widespread worry. In select regions of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, new beings continued entering the world ever since the Heavenly Sovereign upended life's foundational laws. Merely, their count stayed exceedingly sparse; over the broad span of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, it never topped fifty annually.

At the very least, the creation of life hadn't halted outright. And though existence wouldn't fully fade away moving forward, adding just fifty cultivators each year posed no grand challenge for the Xuanhuang Realm.

Ere long, the cultivators' focus turned to other pressing inquiries. Such as, following a single death, could revival happen again? What length of time would a follow-up rebirth demand? Was there really no cap on revival counts? Did the yearly age drop per demise carry any boundary?

...

That profoundly elusive Heavenly Sovereign never once emerged to clarify matters from start to finish. All aspects fell to the cultivators to uncover on their own. This hands-off approach would soon solidify as the unyielding norm, so naturally, the cultivators held it in high regard.

Shortly thereafter, at the directive of particular powers, certain freshly resurrected cultivators were compelled to end their lives anew, all to chase the enigmas of rebirth. Thankfully, assured of their ability to perish and return, coupled with vows of rich compensations, these experimental subjects voiced scant gripes.

They had tasted death already, after all. In the void after, no awareness stirred whatsoever. A mere instant's lapse, and eyes reopening revealed them restored. Plus, they stood to claim prizes beyond a lifetime's toil; why pass up such a chance?

Unveiling resurrection's full riddles would doubtless demand considerable time.

Upon catching wind of the unfolding reports, Li Fan ventured personally to the edge of a revival river, scrutinizing it at length. Ultimately, he gleaned no hints whatsoever.

"Against the Rebirth Mansion from my past encounter, this time's overturning of life and death stands far more refined."

"It even spawns life from nothing in the waters..."

"Utterly beyond belief."

The essence of upending life and death had seamlessly merged into the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao, rendering it inseparable from detection. Even Li Fan, with his mastery over formations, spotted no remnants of the [Great Reversal of Life and Death Formation] he once beheld.

Concerned that this sudden Heavenly Sovereign might disrupt his vast scheme, Li Fan discreetly reached out to Dharma-Transmitter Zhou, hoping to extract some insider details from her. Much to his chagrin, she echoed her earlier stance: utter ignorance on the matter.

"From what I gather, your Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance maintains a group known as the Heavenly Oversight Division, dedicated to watching the Xuanhuang heaven and earth's core laws. This Heavenly Sovereign managed to invert those laws for so long, yet you claim total obliviousness... Fellow Daoist Zhou, that doesn't hold water," Li Fan pressed in a sharp, accusatory voice.

Dharma-Transmitter Zhou smiled: "Your Federation of All Worlds indeed boasts lightning-fast intel."

"Even the Immortal Alliance's secretive Heavenly Oversight Division stays exposed to your gaze. But I'm not evading; I genuinely hold no knowledge here."

The grin on Zhou's features slowly dissolved, her look shifting to gravity. "Typically, a Dao Integration cultivator achieving a principle reversal unfolds step by step."

"Throughout, the distortions and shifts in heaven and earth laws show plainly; that's how the Heavenly Oversight Division picks up on an impending Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign."

"Yet this Rebirth Heavenly Sovereign bucks that trend."

"His emergence pace... Felt a tad excessive."