My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1106: Madness for the Man-Made True Immortal
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
The gathering of details about these youngsters was, of course, aimed at identifying potential heirs to the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable position.
With Li Fan now fully aware of every solution to the trials, locating people whose character and disposition aligned closely enough would greatly boost the odds of ultimate success.
Achievement didn't have to happen within this single life.
Start by choosing several promising prospects, then spot them again in the following life and give them focused guidance.
As Li Fan employed the Illusionary Dream Technique to run multiple assessments on these kids.
The massive scheme he'd orchestrated to stir chaos across the Xuanhuang Realm gradually started to play out.
It kicked off with a rumor that ignited and blazed through the lands.
That infamous Ou Shangtian, once hunted relentlessly by almost all cultivators of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, had gained his two defying-the-heavens techniques, [Kun Qian Bone Hand] and [Book of Ten Thousand Deaths], simply from encountering a True Immortal's remnant body during his youth.
The [Kun Qian Bone Hand] had the power to flip the world upside down, forcing an object back to how it was some time earlier.
The [Book of Ten Thousand Deaths] allowed foresight into the myriad manners of one's demise. When wielded wisely, it transformed disasters into blessings and repelled malevolent forces.
The name Ouyang Tian had faded almost entirely from the minds of the Alliance's cultivators.
Yet the mere mention of those two fearsome techniques immediately sparked recollections among the cultivators of the Alliance.
In those days, Ouyang Tian, whose cultivation hadn't reached Nascent Soul, had evaded capture for close to six months amid the pursuit of hordes of cultivators. Through his feats, he showcased the immense might of the [Kun Qian Bone Hand] and [Book of Ten Thousand Deaths].
And these two formidable techniques were just side effects from the True Immortal's remnant body?
So, what unimaginable benefits might come from securing the so-called True Immortal's remnant body in its complete form?
The moment this rumor hit their ears, virtually every cultivator felt this idea ignite within them.
However, discussions of True Immortals remained distant and nebulous.
Folks dismissed it as mere folklore and didn't give it much weight.
Oddly enough, over the days, the rumor refused to fade. Rather, it intensified with growing fervor.
Anyone with sharp eyes could tell that hidden forces were stoking the fire from the shadows.
Right when preparations mounted to uncover the culprit pulling the strings.
An unexpected incident jolted everyone into surprise.
On that night, a elegant silhouette in white abruptly materialized across the Xuanhuang skies.
His arrival caused the whole Xuanhuang Realm to quiver subtly in a flash.
Every cultivator who gazed upward at this silhouette experienced an overwhelming, ineffable feeling welling up inside.
The silhouette endured for just a handful of breaths before it disappeared suddenly.
But paired with the earlier widespread rumor, the phrase "True Immortal's remnant body!" sprang unbidden into the cultivators' thoughts.
That vast phenomenon spanning the heavens, along with the subtle shake of the Xuanhuang Realm tied to the white silhouette's showing: none of it could be fabricated!
"Even if it's not a True Immortal, it must be some extraordinary entity!"
While speculation swirled wildly about the white silhouette's real nature.
In Tianling Prefecture, an immense dark quagmire abruptly erupted from a secluded peak, hungering to swallow all nearby.
The instant cultivators spotted this inky, sticky mass, they recognized it as the work of the Spirit of Heaven and Earth known as [Black Swamp].
Confronting this dire threat, the cultivators felt no terror but excitement; they didn't run away but rushed ahead boldly.
Most threw themselves into valiant attacks against the dark quagmire.
Thanks to the Heavenly Sovereign's immense authority, death meant rebirth for all; fear held no place.
Instead, should they manage to destroy this Spirit of Heaven and Earth, it would launch them straight to the stars!
Though the Spirit of Heaven and Earth boasting Dao Integration battle prowess was formidable, sheer numbers of the weak could overwhelm even the mightiest beast!
Such bold thinking gripped a great many cultivators.
Through their fierce battles, the dark quagmire's spread was surprisingly brought to a stop.
Just as the cultivators celebrated, believing the dark quagmire had lost its edge, a form glowing with dazzling golden radiance burst forth from the quagmire.
Before anyone could respond, it ripped across the vast skies and vanished into nothingness.
Once that golden form had left, the raging dark quagmire mysteriously withdrew completely back into the earth's depths.
"That was..."
"The True Immortal's remnant body?"
Amid the shocked onlookers, a voice quivered as someone cried out.
Boom!
After a brief hush, the group exploded into frenzy in an instant.
For in that brief sight, the figure closely mirrored the one that had graced the heavenly dome shortly before!
Furthermore, its mere presence had quelled a Dao Integration-level dark quagmire...
Snapping out of their daze after a beat, the assembled cultivators surged after the direction the golden light had fled.
A handful of cultivators paused momentarily before still pressing their attack on the dark quagmire, which had pulled back into the mountain and fallen dormant again.
Yet, to their dismay, the dark quagmire in its hideout turned even more savage and ruthless than prior.
It appeared its power had surged remarkably higher.
All these attackers met their end without fail right there.
Still, not even utter destruction could quench the cultivators' avarice.
After all, resurrection awaited everyone!
So, waves of cultivators streamed in upon hearing the tales, eager to face their doom.
...
News of the dark quagmire's rise and the True Immortal's corpse remnant swiftly swept across the whole Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
The golden silhouette capable of provoking the Spirit of Heaven and Earth's fury began drawing ever more cultivators' focus.
And wherever the True Immortal's corpse remnant ventured next, inevitably a Spirit of Heaven and Earth would mysteriously emerge, as if driven to contain this corpse remnant.
No one had realized the Xuanhuang Realm hid so many Spirits of Heaven and Earth.
For a spell, the cultivators stood utterly awestruck by this epic display.
Practically every few days brought word of yet another Spirit of Heaven and Earth bursting forth.
And the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's cultivators, long mired at the Soul Transformation stage, plunged into utter madness.
They couldn't remain idle any longer and set off to pursue the Spirits of Heaven and Earth they craved.
Though even more cultivators kept their eyes locked on that True Immortal's corpse remnant.
The cultivators' hunger for the True Immortal's corpse remnant hit fever pitch following a particular happening.
A commoner by the name of Zhang Haobo, after fortuitously brushing against the True Immortal's corpse remnant that appeared out of nowhere before him, skyrocketed from plain mortal to peak Golden Core in a flash!
And the marvelous treasure that propelled him to Foundation Establishment was nothing other than a bizarre rib-shaped relic!
Regrettably, the True Immortal's corpse remnant only hovered near him briefly before darting away once more.
Elsewise, for this Zhang Haobo to vault to Soul Transformation right then might well have been within reach!
Once the group probed Zhang Haobo's history and standing, they dismissed any chance of it being a hoax.
For the scores of mortals beside him who had beheld the wonder firsthand showed no flaws in their recollections!
"The True Immortal's corpse remnant is hunting for its destined one."
"That Ou Shangtian was the same, and now this Zhang Haobo! Yet their luck fell short, so in the end, the True Immortal's corpse remnant passed them over."
"But should someone truly claim it in the end..."