My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1134: Following the Soul Transformation
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
The member of the You Clan, looking rather youthful, shook while describing things to Li Fan, every so often lifting his gaze to check Li Fan's reaction.
Yet how might a rough sort like him possibly read the face of the Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor?
Fear mounting deeper within him, he shared every finding from recent times: "Holy Emperor, I beg you to see the facts clearly. Since yielding to you, this humble servant has held no traitorous ideas. But calling upon the Darkness feels now like drawing breath without thought. Thus in these days, as I prayed to you, Holy Emperor, I couldn't help but also instinctively reach out to the Dark."
"The Dark... answered me, exactly like in the past..."
Right then, the over ten You Clan members inside the hidden room all dropped to their knees in sheer dread.
Clearly, this same event had struck every one of them.
With a soft motion of his hand, Li Fan raised them back upright.
Really, Li Fan in this lifetime paid scant attention to these You Clan folks bowing to two lords.
To him, they served only as instruments for his short study of the "power of faith" prior to starting .
Soon after he launched ., the entire Xuanhuang Realm faced total destruction.
Much less these You Clan members.
What truly piqued his curiosity was the reason the "Darkness" allowed such double-dealing.
Should a devotee of the Faceless True Immortal try serving two powers, the True Immortal's might would have ripped them apart ages ago.
"Either the ruler behind the Dark holds such lofty disdain that it puts up with this from even its own adherents."
"Or..."
A sudden tide of thoughts crashed through Li Fan's mind: "It harbors hidden plans. Through the disloyalty of its followers, it aims to corrupt beings equal to its own stature."
This insight hit Li Fan, sharpening his caution instantly.
He always assumed the worst motives from the mighty forces in this realm.
Li Fan scrutinized the threads of that scarlet force inside himself, sparse yet intensely powerful.
But after thorough checks time and again, he spotted no ties to the Dark's energy.
"Is my suspicion unfounded?"
After pondering briefly, Li Fan settled on his course.
He refused to let any unknowns disrupt the process in this lifetime.
To begin, he spoke words of approval to these You Clan members for their honesty.
Once out of the buried hidden room, though, Li Fan commanded Wang Xuanba to send them into endless rest.
No mere figure of speech, but genuine, deep oblivion.
Li Fan declined to soil himself more with this tainted faith power, while fearing that outright killing the You Clan might alert the Dark's overlord.
So instead, he rendered them as animated dead.
"Looks like I must devise a fix for the You Clan's troubles with breeding. Building loyal followers begins with fresh bloodlines."
Wang Xuanba finished the job quickly and came back to update Li Fan.
Through years of steadily consuming and merging strange beast parts, alongside training the upgraded Creation Furnace Technique, Wang Xuanba shifted from his old three-zhang hulking shape to ordinary human proportions.
He just seemed sturdy and broad-built.
With powers from countless strange beasts blended in his frame, and a horrifyingly fast bodily recovery rate, not even Sun Erlang at peak Golden Core could outlast Wang Xuanba in a brutal fight to the death.
"Xuanba, during your latest training, have you run into any puzzles or uncertainties?" Li Fan inquired.
This served both to clear Wang Xuanba’s confusions and to probe his bodily state, aiming to refine the Creation Furnace Technique further.
“Master, my frame has surely grown tougher of late. Each instant brings a surge of boundless vigor. However…”
Wang Xuanba gathered his ideas, rubbing his scalp. “Lately, two odd sensations have crept in. One is a vague threat, like some predator lurks amid heaven and earth. It hits hardest while crossing the Xuanhuang Realm.”
“The other involves faint murmurs now and then. I can’t catch their words, yet they stir a warm, known pull.”
Upon hearing this, Li Fan replied steadily, “Your form mimics a forge, but your spirit does not. Remnants of the wild urges from swallowed beasts cling to your soul. Halt your practice for now and just recover.”
Li Fan understood well the cause of Wang Xuanba’s strange state but chose not to explain.
He merely directed him to stay still and heal in the Great Xuan Small World.
As the loading neared its end, Li Fan sought to purge every shaky element.
Hence, by his decree, Great Xuan’s invasions of foreign lands paused.
They framed it as “repose and regrouping against foes.”
Great Xuan’s citizens and troops hailed the Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor’s vast mercy, and days flew by.
In late Anchor Year 8, Li Fan eyed the complete charge bar and firmly left the Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor’s seat.
Without rousing notice, he slipped into a subsurface vault.
He roused the sleeping You Clan individual and unsealed the path to the Dark Realm.
Far within the Dark Sea.
Li Fan triggered the Truth panel.
[You may select one from these to keep:
An object grasped in this run.,
Your cultivation level from this run.,
The run’s recollections of one tied closely to you. That person can claim this memory.,
Skip the options above to hasten the next charge.],
…
Eight years the pulsing glow had lingered.
“Inherit cultivation.”
Li Fan whispered inwardly, his alertness maxed out.
That instant, silver lines streaked over the heavens of Great Xuan, Great Li Realm, Beast Realm, and seized lesser worlds, weaving a huge web that cloaked every soul.
Scarce few in the snare detected the looming fatal peril; some merely gazed skyward in curiosity.
Just the cultivated ones, the “mighty,” sensed a dim worry stirring inside.
In the timeless Dark Sea, a hidden ripple abruptly swelled.
A gale-force pulse slammed into Li Fan, whipping a fierce gale about him.
Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul…
World-rending shifts exploded in Li Fan’s form.
Li Fan watched his foggy Foundation shift in a flash to a Golden Core.
Next, in a blast that swallowed every gleam, it advanced to a Five Elements Cave-Heaven.
In a blink, the Cave-Heaven underwent a shift that should span eons.
The splendid Five Elements, a wondrous display.
Then, lines between the Five Elements faded.
Myriad shifts played out in the Cave-Heaven, too swift to track.
“The Xuanhuang World Destruction Transformation.”
The Five Elements merged as one, every alteration in the fresh Cave-Heaven reacting to a realm-ending threat absent here.
In the primal wood-natured Cave-Heaven, leaves rained from the colossal tree, stripping it to stark limbs.
Its shape slowly hardened, akin to gleaming gold and steel.