My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1131: Great Xuan Conquers the Myriad Realms
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
Without the necessity of a rare heaven-and-earth treasure for further progress, Sun Erlang would probably have surged right into the mid-Foundation Establishment realm.
Sun Erlang kept his calm and composed nature intact, displaying no obvious bursts of excitement. Instead, he proactively informed Li Fan about his achievement.
"The Great Xuan Imperial Army, along with all future soldiers and civilians drafted from different realms, will depend on your practice of the 'Sitting Immortal Art' for support."
"In the next five years, you must assist me in building a versatile army that excels in both offense and defense, one that's genuinely effective."
Li Fan floated high in the air on the "Saint Emperor Seat," gazing down at the kneeling Sun Erlang beneath him, and said softly.
"Regarding the vital resources for your realm breakthroughs, you don't have to concern yourself with them."
A wave of intense emotion washed over Sun Erlang, his blood racing with passion, and he accepted the command before stepping back.
Afterward, he headed out to train his Forbidden Army troops under his command.
Meanwhile, Li Fan pulled out a Tianxuan Small Mirror and scanned it with his divine sense.
This particular Tianxuan Small Mirror came as a surprising bonus from the Taiyan Boat's trip to the Xuanhuang Realm on this occasion.
As the Taiyan Boat absorbed the spiritual energy from the Xuanhuang Realm, a Golden Core cultivator chanced to fly nearby.
Whether by pure luck or due to his remarkable sensitivity, this cultivator vaguely detected the unusual presence of the Taiyan Boat hidden under the formation's veil.
Believing he had stumbled upon a secret treasure, the man buzzed with thrill as he looped around to investigate it closely.
Yet in the end, he activated the Taiyan Boat's protective formation by accident and got pulled inside, where he was swiftly subdued.
Right now, Li Fan had locked him away in the Great Xuan Dungeon, letting him linger there for the moment.
"It's unfortunate that this is just the standard Tianxuan Small Mirror, lacking the feature for direct item transfers."
Even in this lifetime, where he hadn't joined the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance yet, and even though this Tianxuan Small Mirror wasn't his own.
Li Fan linked up with the Tianxuan Mirror effortlessly, facing no barriers.
This seamless connection stemmed directly from the presence of the Tianxuan Mirror's Origin.
In his prior life, right as the world destruction Plan kicked off, Li Fan had leveraged a vacant anchor point to exchange the "Thousand Mechanisms Jade Cosmos Golden Sutra" for the Tianxuan Mirror's origin.
On [Truth]
's interface, it appeared as [Xuantian Mirror Origin (Incomplete)].The Tianxuan Mirror apparently failed to detect this sudden addition of origin essence in the world.
And now in this life, as the rightful owner of this origin fragment, Li Fan's re-entry into the Tianxuan Mirror brought a sensation utterly unlike his previous existence.
Back then, the Tianxuan Mirror's origin had been bestowed by the human form of the Tianxuan Mirror itself.
While it granted various exclusive privileges tied to the Tianxuan Mirror, those authorities fundamentally derived from the mirror's core.
Should the Tianxuan Mirror desire it, it could revoke the donated origin anytime, nullifying all those privileges.
Yet this time around...
Li Fan roamed unbound through the vast information flows of the Tianxuan Mirror, experiencing genuine "freedom."
He held utterly autonomous privileges.
He could even perform actions that the Tianxuan Mirror couldn't manage on its own.
For example, wiping out specific transaction logs.
Likely due to the Xuantian King's earlier attempts to refine it, the Tianxuan Mirror couldn't partake in falsification, trickery, or anything akin.
To ensure the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance ran smoothly, every piece of data in the Tianxuan Mirror stays permanent and trackable.
In his last life, Mo Rubin's use of the Tianxuan Mirror to pinpoint the Xuantian King's location eventually got exposed to the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
This wasn't due to any disloyalty from the Tianxuan Mirror, but from its built-in nature.
However, bolstered by this fresh origin power's boost, Li Fan now had the ability to pull it off.
He deleted the details of this small Tianxuan Mirror's previous holder, then created a fresh, empty identity for himself.
By offering crucial intel for sale, he rapidly accumulated more than ten thousand contribution points in no time.
Taking that as a starting point, he dove into rapid trades, and within under half a month, the contribution points in Li Fan's balance had swelled to hundreds of thousands.
He snapped up the required supplies in bulk.
He picked the trading spot near the Great Xuan exit's sea region.
From afar, Li Fan directed the Taiyan Boat to collect the goods.
...
Though it appeared a bit cumbersome at first glance, Li Fan managed the process smoothly and elegantly.
He acquired every material essential for elevating the Great Xuan Imperial Army.
Freed from the constraints of heavenly treasures, the Great Xuan Imperial Army's power saw its initial explosive rise.
One Foundation Establishment cultivator after another appeared, and Sun Erlang, leading them all, rocketed to the peak of Foundation Establishment before long.
In fact, his cultivation level slightly outpaced Li Fan's current state.
Nevertheless, empowered by Great Xuan's national fortune, in an actual fight, Sun Erlang couldn't endure even one strike from Li Fan.
Given how rapidly Sun Erlang's realm had climbed, Li Fan instructed him to hold back his power for now.
He also shared the Taishang Sect's technique with him, channeling all the surplus cultivation feedback into storage.
Fast-forward to three years anchored, the Great Xuan Imperial Army boasted fifty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators and eight hundred forty-two Qi Condensation ones.
That day, Li Fan delivered a Dao lecture high above the Great Xuan capital.
His likeness spread across the entire territory through the Saint Emperor Seat.
As Li Fan's utterances, each brimming with boundless great Dao truths, echoed forth, astonishing visions unfolded in the Great Xuan skies.
Heavenly blossoms showered down, while innumerable golden dragons soared through the heavens.
The heaven and earth furnaces, which Li Fan had sealed with formations earlier, now unleashed the spiritual qi amassed over those three years into the world around them.
Mortals too could feel this miraculous shift in the environment right then.
To say nothing of Great Xuan's cultivators.
Out of the fifty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators, three achieved sudden insight and broke through to Golden Core.
Sun Erlang was one of them, of course.
Still, this was nothing more than a straightforward realm promotion.
When it came to real battle prowess, they lagged far behind typical Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance cultivators.
But that was more than enough for Li Fan's needs.
He didn't plan for them to fight directly; their role was merely to supply spiritual power and activate the formation.
He handed the formation over to Sun Erlang and commanded the Great Xuan Imperial Army to rehearse it relentlessly, day in and day out, until their teamwork was seamless.
Great Xuan's might soared higher with every moment.
Anchored at five years, following prolonged buildup, Great Xuan at last initiated its inaugural conquest.
The objective was the Spiritwood Realm, a place Li Fan knew intimately.
Lacking any Dao Integration cultivators, the Spiritwood Realm's entrance couldn't be shifted straight to Great Xuan.
Therefore, the invasion path involved going through Xuanhuang first, then striking into the Spiritwood Realm.
To evade notice from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, the invading squad included just fifty cultivators under Sun Erlang's lead.
Aboard the Taiyan Boat, they slipped into the Spiritwood Realm undetected.
Upon beholding that enormous tree that stabbed into the skies and rooted into the ground, every member of the Great Xuan Forbidden Army stood stunned for a brief instant.
But their rigorous training over the years swiftly sharpened their focus.
The formation activated in a flash, and a blur of motion streaked toward the Spiritwood.
It was the Sky-Patrolling Arrow!
The Sky-Patrolling Arrow's attack, as expected, provoked the fury of the treefolk race.
They rushed to block its path.
However, even Nascent Soul-level treefolk elders crumbled like tissue before the Sky-Patrolling Arrow's might.
Cries of agony filled the air nonstop as the treefolk sacrificed themselves pointlessly, failing to halt the Sky-Patrolling Arrow from finally slamming into the Spiritwood.
Boom!
A massive, horrifying puncture tore through the Spiritwood's core.
Deep inside, the throbbing heart of the Spiritwood could be glimpsed.
Sun Erlang, donned in his black-gold armor, soared ahead.
Ninety Sky-Patrolling Arrows whirled around him in orbit.
"Submit, or die."