My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1157: A Different Type of Xuantian Artifact

The Sun Clan’s most valued treasure, along with its real identity and precise shape, remained unknown to Wu Ninglu.

Nevertheless, based on the Sun Clan’s swift ascent to power, she guessed that the treasure’s function probably involved prediction or prophecy.

More than a millennium in the past, the Sun Clan existed as just a minor, unremarkable cultivation lineage.

During that era, the mightiest member of the clan had merely reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Yet, starting from one particular day, the Sun Clan’s destiny appeared to shift dramatically in an instant. They consecutively birthed multiple Soul Transformation experts and, through sheer chance, saved a gravely wounded Dao Integration cultivator.

With the shield of that formidable cultivator, the Sun Clan skyrocketed to prominence.

Such an abrupt elevation naturally caught the eye of numerous groups. Outwardly, it seemed like pure fortune.

However, not all accepted that explanation.

Particularly not the group that had covertly schemed against the very Dao Integration cultivator rescued by the Sun Clan.

It was precisely this group that dispatched Wu Ninglu, commanding her to employ her allure and sneak into the Sun Clan.

This group turned out to be the Chen Clan, among the mightiest houses in Tianquan Prefecture. A significant number of its kin excelled in alchemy and occupied vital roles in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s Alchemy Hall.

At that juncture, the Chen Clan aimed solely for vengeance, plotting to eradicate that Dao Integration cultivator due to an ancient grudge. But a scheme meant to be impeccable was surprisingly foiled by a simple Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sun Clan.

Following an exhaustive probe, they verified no betrayals had occurred. Furthermore, on the exact day of the event, that Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sun Clan had activated a teleportation array to traverse multiple prefectures and precisely intercepted the injured cultivator at the ideal location—as though he had anticipated it all.

It proved far too suspicious. From then on, the Chen Clan started vigilantly observing the Sun Clan.

Within the rigid order of the Immortal Alliance, despite the vast disparity in power between the two families, the Chen Clan refrained from outright slaughter and theft of the treasure. This was especially true once the Dao Integration cultivator healed and grew wary of the Chen Clan’s role.

By the point when the Chen Clan sorted out their issues and shifted focus anew, the Sun Clan had forged solid ties with key players at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters. They had even moved their base to Tianquan Prefecture and cultivated their own Dao Integration cultivator.

The Sun Clan’s climb had occurred at breakneck speed. The myriad serendipitous events marking their success only solidified the Chen Clan’s conviction that the Sun Clan harbored an exceptional treasure.

Yet, the Sun Clan proceeded with utmost wariness. After securing their position, they seldom invoked that treasure anymore.

The Chen Clan had yearned for it over the years, but opportunities to act never materialized.

As years dragged on, even the Chen Clan slowly let the issue fade from memory.

That changed over fifty years back, when the Sun Clan once more showcased astonishing prowess inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, rekindling the Chen Clan’s dormant doubts.

While heading toward the Guardian Hall at the Alliance Headquarters, the Sun Clan Patriarch casually passed by an individual—and right away identified him as a Five Elders Association infiltrator within the Alliance.

He attacked without delay, clashing with the spy in battle.

The event shook the Alliance’s leadership. Both parties were seized and questioned, and the probe validated the Sun Clan Patriarch’s claim.

That Five Elders Association spy bore a Derivative Jade Token and was tasked with deploying a curse called the Evil Hex against the Derivation Law Jade.

Thankfully, the scheme was uncovered promptly, averting a possible disaster.

Following this episode, the Sun Clan ascended further in status, gaining sway in the Guardian Hall.

The Chen Clan, though, redirected their gaze toward the Sun Clan again.

Probes showed that the Five Elders Association spy had hidden his true nature impeccably. Not even his relatives or dearest companions harbored suspicions.

Despite such flawless cover, the Sun Clan Patriarch spotted him instantly.

In questioning, the Sun Patriarch maintained it was simple gut feeling. The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance ran a deep inquiry and dismissed any notion of a fabricated event by the Five Elders Association.

Even so, plenty struggled to grasp it.

Ultimately, it got chalked up to the Sun Clan’s “exceptional luck.”

The handful of Chen Clan elders who recalled the old happenings swiftly revived their prior doubts.

From there, a vast plot revolving around the Sun Clan’s prized relic gradually emerged.

Via years of relentless scouting, the Chen Clan had seized multiple vital hints.

For one, the relic might remain incomplete. Across the years, the Sun Clan had covertly hunted for an item.

For another, each instance the relic unleashed its might, it apparently needed some kind of recharge. Post every major Sun Clan triumph, their Patriarch would inexplicably vanish for a while.

For the third, triggering the relic seemed to demand sacrificing the Sun Clan’s lineage. In these times, various offspring had disappeared mysteriously, their fates unknown—neither living nor deceased.

Though they amassed plenty of details, the Chen Clan never risked bold moves to claim it. Obviously, this stemmed from rumors that the relic held a “divination” power.

Should they err, their scheme would surface, and they could forfeit all shots at the treasure indefinitely.

Only lately did the patient Chen Clan encounter the ideal moment to launch.

Their informants located the Sun Clan Patriarch’s position. It appeared he had sustained wounds aiding the relic’s recharge. To avoid mishaps, he would probably cut his journey short and head back to heal.

The treasure lingered in cooldown, and the Sun Clan’s top powerhouse lay gravely hurt.

This presented a divine chance indeed.

Thus, the Chen Clan gambled on discovery and instructed their agent, Wu Ninglu, to track the Sun Clan Patriarch’s every step closely.

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“I never imagined the rivalry between these two clans stretched back almost a millennium.”

Having grasped the full story, Li Fan found himself increasingly fascinated by this fabled Sun Clan treasure.

The cause was straightforward. The Sun Clan Patriarch’s few remarkable feats mirrored Li Fan’s earlier deeds too closely.

Li Fan could predict and modify occurrences via the [Truth]’s strength.

So, what power did the Sun Clan’s relic truly wield?

Answers came swiftly.

Some ten days afterward, Li Fan’s divine sense sharply picked up a slightly erratic Dao Integration cultivator’s aura heading back to the Sun Clan.

Exiting Wu Ninglu’s form and fixing on the man’s location, Li Fan stealthily slipped into his vicinity.

Though the Sun Clan Patriarch remained highly vigilant, the array wards he set up proved utterly useless against Li Fan.

He detected nothing of the stray divine sense trailing him into the hidden room.

“Cough, cough.”

Sun Luyuan, the Sun Clan Patriarch and a Dao Integration cultivator, surprisingly hacked up bits of fresh blood.

But ignoring his wounds, his gaze brimmed with agony as he gingerly withdrew an object and restored it to its spot.

Then, he slashed his wrist and started nourishing it with his blood.

Upon spotting that item, Li Fan’s true form and clone—separated by thousands of miles—trembled simultaneously.

“This is...”

“The Tianxuan Mirror?”

The thing Sun Luyuan fed with his blood strikingly resembled the Tianxuan Mirror.

Except, in previous meetings, the Tianxuan Mirror’s energy showed mostly as green light.

Yet now, inside the secret chamber, the tiny mirror emitted a sinister black radiance.