My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1163: Three Characters to Deter Longevity

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Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
Li Ping arranges for winners of the Holy Dynasty Fishing Competition to fish in the immortal treasure known as the Fishing Pond, where low-level cultivators unknowingly reel in cosmic treasures, viewing them as imperial rewards. He contemplates nurturing these anglers and testing the pond's inexhaustible depths alongside the rivalry between Myriad Heavens' Fortune and Xuanhuang. In a remote temple, Zhong Shentong awakens in a dark space, stripped bare and captured, facing an ultimatum to break through to Foundation Establishment within seven days or die, realizing his cultivation secret—the Mysterious Art of Life and Death—has been exposed. Simultaneously, Li Ping confronts Daoist Hundred Flowers, concealed within the sleeping Daoist child Liuli, acknowledging their shared fate as survivors from shattered realms like Wansheng. He urges her to unite with other exiles to seize a stake in the reformed Xuanhuang Realm, fused from myriad world fragments, though she hesitates against its formidable native forces.

Daoist Hundred Flowers appeared to sense Li Ping's worries and spoke solemnly, 'The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance holds great might, yet within the Xuanhuang Realm, far more entities resent its dominance than merely our group.'

'Ignoring the concealed powers lurking in the small worlds, the scheming individuals inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance itself are innumerable.'

With a flick of his wrist, Li Ping displayed an expansive web of connections in front of Daoist Hundred Flowers.

Her eyes sharpened as she realized the portraits shown were exactly the figures from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's diverse groups!

Beyond just their identities and looks, the records included their backgrounds, personalities, chances of persuasion, forecasts of their upcoming moves and progress—every aspect was documented thoroughly and precisely.

Particularly highlighted were the volatile factors inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, the most susceptible to recruitment.

As Daoist Hundred Flowers reviewed these writings and visuals, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance in her thoughts transformed from an empty slogan into a tangible, breathing entity.

The deeper her perusal, the greater her astonishment grew. 'It's clear why this individual proclaims his ambitions so fearlessly and possesses the boldness to challenge the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance. Compiling such intricate details surely demanded countless hours. Moreover, beyond mere effort, certain revelations could only come from insiders in elevated positions.'

Daoist Hundred Flowers rejected the notion that this display was all invented drivel. The depth of the intel made counterfeiting improbable.

She yearned to delve deeper, yet Li Ping gestured once more, altering the illuminated panel in front of her.

Now, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's intel morphed into data on the Xuanhuang Realm's numerous small worlds: potent ones suitable for partnerships; those moderately powered but abundant in assets that could be seized and repurposed as manufacturing hubs; and even the perilously hazardous realms advised against engagement...

A concealed vista of the Xuanhuang Realm gradually revealed itself to Daoist Hundred Flowers.

While shock churned inside her, a sense of resignation also emerged. Compelled to witness so many concealed truths of this Holy Dynasty, she likely had no alternative now except to enlist.

Regarding any abrupt betrayal or direct confrontation with him...

Though Daoist Hundred Flowers ranked as a Longevity Immortal being in her home realm, confronting this Faceless Holy Emperor at present left her without full confidence of triumph deep down. In fact, the mere idea of resistance stirred a subtle, innate foreboding of total catastrophe within her.

Nothing like this had ever occurred before. Not once during her entrapment by the Fishing Pond had she felt such intense peril.

Therefore, as Li Ping proffered the offer to integrate into the Holy Dynasty with perfect composure, Daoist Hundred Flowers accepted instantly, without a trace of doubt.

Li Ping let out a hearty laugh. 'Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. With Daoist Hundred Flowers's support, our prospects for victory rise yet another notch.'

'One issue right now still needs your aid.' Astonishingly, immediately after her acceptance, Li Ping promptly delegated a duty to her.

The chart's tiny likeness abruptly contracted, eventually zeroing in on a petite world composed of five interconnected circles.

'This Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven is what I plan to designate as the top reward for this Fishing Competition. Yet, it presently resides inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's Tianling Prefecture. Positioned at the frontier overlap, it risks attracting notice from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association. Hence...'

Li Ping's voice carried genuine earnestness. 'I must ask you, Fellow Daoist, to shift it to the adjacent void near our Great Qi.'

Initially, Daoist Hundred Flowers regarded it as a standard Cave-Heaven and dismissed it lightly. However, upon receiving the precise particulars of the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven from Li Ping, her luminous golden form quivered briefly.

These five conjoined Cave-Heavens were utterly massive! Her power could undoubtedly convey them here. But following that, she would end up profoundly drained.

Would he exploit her weakened condition for malicious purposes?

Just then, Li Ping grinned. 'It is genuinely because I cannot detach myself, thus the burden falls on you, Fellow Daoist.'

'If I truly sought to harm you, Fellow Daoist, I likely wouldn't require any plots or deceptions...'

Li Ping's voice stayed even, as though announcing plain reality.

Accompanying Li Ping's statement, several stone puppets materialized quietly in the emptiness, subtly encircling Daoist Hundred Flowers at the core.

The puppets lacked exceptional strength on their own, but the emanation from them stirred a blend of recognition and dread in Hundred Flowers.

A sudden realization dawned in her thoughts, and she quickly pinpointed the origin of this familiarity from her recollections. It was undoubtedly those dreadful disasters from ancient times that had ravaged and overrun, annihilating myriad cultivation worlds!

'Have you lost your mind?!' Daoist Hundred Flowers couldn't suppress her outburst. Her form reflexively withdrew, swiftly pulling away from these stone puppets.

'You are courting disaster! The might of world-ending calamities isn't something we can tame. One slip, and even the Xuanhuang Realm, our final sanctuary, will perish because of you!' Daoist Hundred Flowers quivered, filled with both horror and rage.

She had never suspected that this purported companion in exile was in fact a utter lunatic. No surprise she had detected an elusive aura of danger from him prior...

Facing Daoist Hundred Flowers's charges, Li Ping showed no distress.

He huffed and replied icily: 'The world-destroying calamities have only retreated for the moment. Who dares claim they won't return someday? Even should we evade the Immortal Ruins by fortune, what if fresh catastrophes strike afterward?'

'Endless running away will only end in inevitable ruin. Solely through active research and command of their strength can we achieve genuine liberation!' Li Ping's words rang firm, laced with subtle zeal.

He gestured anew, summoning three extraordinarily intricate symbols pulsing with divine essence beside him.

They spun ceaselessly around Li Ping.

Lacking any inherent force, their sheer visual presence compelled the Longevity Immortal Realm's Daoist Hundred Flowers to shudder without control.

And Li Ping, the Faceless Holy Emperor ringed by these three enigmatic symbols at the heart, projected an essence that mingled sanctity with alluring malevolence.

It compelled one to look away.

'Heh heh heh, these three True Immortal Character Scripts were secured by me with immense toil, collected from the void. Would Fellow Daoist refrain from examining them?' Li Ping's voice resounded, reverberating across this shadowy expanse.

Daoist Hundred Flowers observed the Daoist child Liuli stirring toward consciousness and swiftly invoked a technique to lull her back to slumber.

As for her own self, she genuinely lacked the courage to stare straight at those three True Immortal Characters!

Indeed, True Immortal Characters harbored infinite potency. But could that force surpassing worldly bounds truly be harnessed by cultivators such as themselves, who hadn't ascended the immortal way?

She had beheld innumerous cultivators dissolving into nothingness beneath such force, utterly powerless to counter. Included were plenty of proclaimed Longevity Immortal Realm figures like her.

In her estimation, probing True Immortal Character Script resembled a youngster brandishing a doomsday device.

Any error would spell not just her immediate demise and erasure but would also doom the whole world in her wake!

She retained numerous fine years ahead; why partake in such reckless folly!