My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1119: The Battle of Two Heavenly Sovereigns
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
The moment Li Fan spotted the dark-haired man stripped bare, he quickly verified exactly who this figure was.
This was none other than the enigmatic Eastern Extremity Heavenly Sovereign who had vanished without a trace.
However, such a grand Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign had been reduced to a mere marionette dangling from invisible strings.
How could this sight not fill one with deep terror?
"It's no surprise that scant mentions of the Eastern Extremity exist anywhere. Whether via Mo Rubin, who captured a Dharma-Transmitter and absorbed every bit of their recollections, or the Tianxuan Mirror itself, the result stayed unchanged."
"That explains why, upon the Heavenly Sovereign's move, every cultivator in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance pulled back entirely. A truth this alarming is beyond comprehension. Staying put would almost certainly mean total destruction for them."
Even under someone else's command, the Eastern Extremity appeared to hold onto fragments of his original nature.
Confronting the blazing red inferno bursting from Tianyang, which rivaled the might of the Longevity Immortal realm, his trailing black locks abruptly lengthened. They morphed into innumerable shadowy giants that snuffed out the blaze.
Tianyang wasted no time, distorting the fabric of space with a wave and materializing right next to the Eastern Extremity in a flash.
Before the immense silhouette of the Heaven-Opening Giant, the Eastern Extremity looked tiny, like a mere insect.
The fiery red blaze enveloping Tianyang's form twisted the nearby void with its scorching intensity. Still, the Eastern Extremity stood completely untouched by it.
As though he floated beyond the bounds of this very dimension.
His mouth opened just a fraction, whispering silently. Suddenly, a massive portion of Tianyang's frame collapsed inward without any sign. The puppet trembled fiercely, powerless to dodge the assault.
Tianyang unleashed a furious bellow, and his form swiftly mended.
With a thunderous crack, he exploded into myriad flecks of stellar flame, rushing at the black-haired Eastern Extremity from every angle.
The red blaze thundered like coiling serpents, devouring all it touched.
The myriad black strands detached from the Eastern Extremity caught fire too. The blaze crept back toward his core.
Just then, the Eastern Extremity's obsidian gaze flickered ever so slightly.
Those shadowy hair-beasts, reduced to drifting cinders, shockingly reconstituted themselves amid the conflagration.
No matter how many times Tianyang's red flames scorched them, they kept regenerating.
If even the conjured black hair evaded real damage, the Eastern Extremity's actual form needed no discussion.
Tianyang bellowed in rage, refusing to yield to this fact.
Yet he couldn't alter the truth.
"Tianyang wields the strength of the Longevity Immortal realm, but it's been crudely forged from raw source essence. It misses the authentic divine powers of a true Longevity Immortal realm expert. It can dominate a Dao Integration cultivator with ease. But against a real Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign..."
"It's utterly outclassed." Li Fan gave a subtle shake of his head in silence.
"On top of that, this Eastern Extremity Heavenly Sovereign shows no signs of frailty. The aura he exudes toward me surpasses even Senior Sister Zhao's."
During the fresh confrontation between these two Longevity Immortal realm entities, Li Fan had caught faint hints of heavenly principles stirring.
This was especially vivid when the black-haired beasts rose anew from the fire.
"Is this the principle the Eastern Extremity rebels against?"
After some reflection, Li Fan grasped a vague insight.
"Flipping the natural flow of development and transformation in all things?"
"Could this be the reason the Immortal Ancestor struck so mercilessly at the Eastern Extremity?"
"Should the Eastern Extremity reach full Dao Integration, he'd probably upend the Immortal Ancestor's established laws in the Xuanhuang Realm outright..."
Thanks to Li Fan's countless brushes with the Heavenly Dao, his attunement to heavenly principles outshone nearly every Dao Integration cultivator.
This up-close, thorough witnessing ought to produce solid conclusions.
"Crafting the Longevity Immortal path for ordinary folk; this Eastern Extremity must rank alongside someone like Mr. Bai. What a pity..."
"Erased from history and thrust into an existence worse than death, now serving as the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's ultimate hidden weapon—a puppet." Li Fan shook his head faintly.
"Such is the doom awaiting the powerless. But that fate won't claim me."
"Immortal Ancestor..."
"Hmph."
In the clash between Tianyang and the Eastern Extremity, the Spiritwood Realm's inhabitants found themselves utterly sidelined.
They yearned to assist, yet lacked the means.
Not even if all united their strength, boosted by Li Fan's array formations, would it matter.
Before they neared the duo's combat zone, the radiating shockwaves churned their spiritual energy into chaos and scattered their presences.
"So this is the Longevity Immortal realm?"
Complicated looks crossed the group's faces.
A shadow of hopelessness flickered deep in their gazes.
The Holy Embryo Li Fan, by contrast, stayed composed and assessed the situation precisely.
"Tianyang might endure a while longer, but the fight's end is set."
"Escape looks impossible now. Still, beholding the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's most buried mystery makes it all worthwhile."
"I wonder which figure in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance pulls the Eastern Extremity's strings from the shadows. Dharma-Transmitter Jiang? Or perhaps Emperor Sanmo?"
Following Li Fan's cue, Tianyang—who was slipping into a losing position—shifted his assault to the hidden filaments trailing the Eastern Extremity.
He sought to expose the puppeteer's identity.
Regrettably, those unseen threads held power far exceeding that of the Eastern Extremity, this Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign.
How could Tianyang ever pierce their secrets?
In frustration, Tianyang roared once more, to no avail.
...
Deep within the Nether Prison.
Detecting the utter severance of connection from the Holy Embryo.
Li Fan's main body, previously somewhat relaxed, suddenly weighed down with gravity.
The utter wipeout in the Spiritwood Realm highlighted the immense disparity in peak battle forces within the Xuanhuang Realm.
Yet what troubled Li Fan deeper was the concealed truths it revealed.
"To reduce a fairly robust Longevity Immortal realm expert to this condition..."
"I'd already pegged the Immortal Ancestor's might as boundless and maximal. But evidently, the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor's power terrifies beyond my wildest thoughts."
"Even shy of true immortality, it's likely nearing infinity."
"I can't measure him anymore by the Longevity Immortal standard."
"Were he present in the Xuanhuang Realm..."
Li Fan creased his forehead: "He might well hold the power to rescue the Xuanhuang Realm amid the duel of those two True Immortals."
"Hmm... yes, we can't dismiss that chance."
"Looks like for this life, my scheme to end the world must wait a little more."
"Luckily, time in this Nether Prison races ahead."
Li Fan's tangled emotions gradually settled.
As he reflected on this life's myriad events, Li Fan geared up for his ultimate scheme.
Time sped past, though none could say how much.
A fresh inmate's entrance into the Nether Prison jolted Li Fan from his meditation.
Both arms hacked off, a single eye remaining.
The arrival appeared wretched beyond words, hair in wild tangles, face crusted with old blood.
But he was a familiar face to Li Fan.
Kou Hong.
His constant companion, Dao Xuanzi, had vanished for unknown reasons.
Even under guard, Kou Hong stood defiant.
He muttered curses, pouring out his loathing for the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
Li Fan eavesdropped for quite some time before piecing it together.
After the Federation of All Worlds' base in the Spiritwood Realm got demolished, its dispersed followers in other spots faced brutal purges too.