My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1210: The Bones of the Grand Mage

The First Origin Sect once stood among the Ten Great Immortal Sects, equal in stature to the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Grand Dao Sect.

However, its influence appeared far more subdued by contrast.

It maintained almost no ties within the Fallen Immortal Realm, and in this modern age, mentions of it were hardly ever discovered in records.

It felt like the sect had abruptly erased itself from the world.

Aside from the bit he had accidentally picked up from Senior Stone Tablet before—that the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven, which allowed him to reach Nascent Soul, originated from the First Origin Sect—Li Fan possessed scant additional knowledge about it.

To his surprise, right now, three thousand zhang deep under this Rift Valley, he stumbled upon remnants of the First Origin Sect.

Yet these were nothing but faint remnants.

The whole ruin stood deserted, lacking any sign of life.

The sole leftover was a stone stele within a toppled structure at the ruin's heart, where the two characters [First Origin] remained barely visible.

"It seems the First Origin Sect did not fare well at all."

After questioning Sun Luyuan, Li Fan verified this was the very ruin where the Boundless Mirror had first been unearthed.

During that time, they had only explored a tiny section of it.

For reasons unknown today, the barriers dividing the zones had disappeared, exposing the full layout of the First Origin Sect.

"Boundless, Primal Chaos Reveals in Form!"

Li Fan's clone whispered quietly.

In complete quiet, the Boundless Mirror released a subtle light invisible to normal eyes.

Instantly, it covered the entire First Origin Sect ruin.

A full blueprint of the ruin synchronized right away inside the Boundless Mirror.

Details like spots with lingering spiritual energy, hidden chambers in certain places, danger levels everywhere...

All that data was fully captured.

And the Boundless Mirror achieved this feat directly before Ji Hongdao's eyes.

Nevertheless, this top-tier Formation Master—one of the finest in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance—detected absolutely nothing.

Li Fan couldn't help remembering his 114th life: journeying from Congyun Sea to Tianyu Prefecture for formation studies, where Ji Hongdao taught over a thousand young geniuses from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.

At that moment, Ji Hongdao's skills, not to mention Huangfusong's, had looked impossibly distant to him.

But after merely a dozen-plus reincarnations, Li Fan's formation prowess had surpassed what Ji Hongdao could grasp.

"In every lifetime, I advance ceaselessly, while they stay frozen..."

"The divide between us will only widen further ahead."

Li Fan observed Sun Luyuan and the others creeping forward with extreme care, then shook his head faintly.

Done with waiting, he commanded Sun Luyao to lead the pair straight to the sole valuable spot left in the First Origin Sect.

"Brother Sun, watch out. The formation energy here remains strongest..." Ji Hongdao cautioned, taking point to dispel hazards.

Sun Luyao felt inwardly exasperated but dared not show it.

The duo advanced warily, slipping through a formation-hidden wall into a hidden chamber.

Deep inside the chamber loomed two statues—one big, one small.

The taller one sat in lotus position on a mat, clutching a whisk.

The shorter one lingered behind, wearing a grin.

This odd duo of statues immediately captured both men's focus.

They refrained from rash moves, studying intently.

"Looks like just plain stone figures with no traps." After much inspection, Ji Hongdao gave his verdict.

Sun Luyuan let out a relieved breath.

Meanwhile, inside the Boundless Mirror.

Li Fan checked the prior scan from the Primal Chaos Reveals in Form Formation, then eyed the chamber anew.

His heart dropped.

"Do you see those two statues?" Li Fan queried Sun Luyao.

"Statues? What statues?" Sun Luyao blinked in confusion.

"Warn your brother: don't touch them." Li Fan skipped details, issuing the order.

Trusting his sibling's alert, Sun Luyuan halted Ji Hongdao's deeper probe.

"Little brother, what's the danger with these?"

No matter how closely he examined the statues, Sun Luyuan spotted no oddities.

"I read in an old book about something like these statues. They match the Ten Sects' inheritance source—the Great Mage of Heavenly Capital..." Sun Luyao passed on Li Fan's assessment word for word.

"The Great Mage of Heavenly Capital?" Sun Luyuan and Ji Hongdao both retreated instinctively.

Legends of this figure had reached their ears.

Rumored to hover at half-step True Immortal.

Anything linked to a True Immortal sparked instinctive terror.

The stronger the cultivation, the clearer the gulf to True Immortals, hence deeper the dread.

Within the Boundless Mirror, Li Fan's clone raced through thoughts.

He had endured torment from the Faceless True Immortal statue before.

Six reincarnations passed before he shook off its hold.

Though the Great Mage of Heavenly Capital fell short of the Faceless True Immortal, he had also impacted Li Fan once.

Extreme vigilance was essential.

"The First Origin Sect inherited from the Great Mage of Heavenly Capital, with his statues in the sect. It sounds logical initially."

"However..."

"The other nine Immortal Sects lack such Great Mage statues."

"Plus, for veneration, they'd belong in a majestic main hall, not some shadowy underground vault."

Li Fan's instincts screamed of profound peril.

"The First Origin Sect hardly seems devoted to masters or the Dao. Per Senior Stone Tablet, even at the Xuanhuang Realm calamity's dawn, they built the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven to swallow the realm whole, forging a fresh cultivation paradise. They got halted eventually."

"Mr. Bai must have been the one who stopped the First Origin Sect."

"Before Xuanhuang's skies and lands fully rejected cultivators, they still honored the Heavenly Dao as parental birth-givers."

"But the First Origin Sect plundered heaven and earth's essence mercilessly, akin to new method cultivators."

"The Great Mage of Heavenly Capital..."

Li Fan activated the Primal Chaos Reveals in Form formation once more to probe the Great Mage of Heavenly Capital statues.

Two existed—one large, one small.

Legends claimed the seated figure freely taught myriad techniques to the Ten Sects.

But a vague gut sense urged Li Fan that the standing child held greater secrets.

So, the Primal Chaos Reveals in Form formation zeroed in mainly on the smiling child statue.

The Boundless Mirror's soft radiance swept the statue's zone repeatedly.

With every scan, new patterns emerged gradually in the Boundless Mirror's display.

Yet those patterns also dimmed progressively.

Li Fan squinted and boosted the scanning pace.

The patterns built up again.

"Brother, assist me."

Overwhelmed by the burden, Sun Luyao sought his brother's help.

Only with Sun Luyuan's essence blood reinforcement could the Boundless Mirror unveil the statues' true forms clearly.

They were bones.

As if all flesh and blood had been peeled away from some entity, leaving just these two skeletal remains.