My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1211: The Body Is the Source of the Immortal Calamity

His heart plunged.

Normally speaking, if these were nothing more than typical mortal relics, Li Fan wouldn’t detect the faintest trace of vital energy from them.

However, these two bones right in front of him...

Suddenly, Li Fan's heart clenched tight, as though an invisible gaze from some existence was fixed upon him.

The bone-forged stone statues looked poised to spring to life any second, faint wisps of chilling energy leaking from their forms.

Li Fan made his choice in a heartbeat. Silently, he terminated the Boundless Mirror's scan right away.

The view shifted in an instant before his eyes.

The bones faded from sight, leaving the two plain-looking stone statues in their place once more.

At that moment, the pressing danger gripping Li Fan's mind began to ebb away gradually.

"Order your brother to keep a safe distance from those two statues." Though Li Fan spoke with outward composure, turbulent waves crashed wildly within his chest.

Did those two bones actually come from the Grand Mage?

Based on their appearance, they undoubtedly hailed from the Grand Mage of Heavenly Capital.

But how could a being with a half-Immortal physique leave behind just two bones in the First Origin Sect?

"Perhaps his wounds were so grave that even after cultivators seized them, he lacked the strength to reclaim his own remains?"

This idea raced through Li Fan's thoughts like lightning.

Yet almost immediately, Li Fan cast serious doubt upon it himself.

Was that even feasible?

The force blanketing all of Yuandao Prefecture and consuming a decade of time proved the Grand Mage hadn’t perished.

No matter the severity of injuries, a half-Immortal's power far surpassed what mortal-realm cultivators could challenge.

Especially since it belonged to an ancient immortal cultivator from bygone eras.

"Unless..."

"Boundless Mirror."

Li Fan glanced at the cowering new Boundless Mirror spirit, Sun Luyao.

When the Sun brothers first discovered the broken Boundless Mirror, its artifact spirit had already vanished, letting mere mortals claim it.

Considering the destructive wind tribulation that raged inside the Boundless Mirror recently, it appeared the spirit perished during that clash, leaving the treasure ruined.

"As an ancient immortal artifact from the Xuanhuang Realm, granted to the Boundless Sect by the Immortal Realm, the Boundless Mirror should have endured even the Immortal Realm's fall to some indescribable disaster. Strangely, this obliterating wind calamity—impossible in the mortal realm—erupted precisely within it..."

Right then, Li Fan remembered the distant Star Sea incident: his Holy Embryo clone, upon entering the Immortal Ark, had unwittingly carried the unseen catastrophe from the Darkest Star Sea aboard, dooming several cultivators to gruesome deaths.

"Transmission..."

"From beyond the Xuanhuang Realm..."

In Xuanhuang Realm's records, the sole figure known to possibly connect with the Immortal Realm from outside was the Grand Mage of Heavenly Capital.

"Viewed this way, both the Boundless Mirror and the First Origin Sect might bear the Grand Mage's influence."

The history here remained shrouded in mystery with scant clues at hand, leaving Li Fan to speculate thus.

"Still, if this theory holds water, the Boundless Mirror's issues might find a solution." A glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

Aware of the dangers lurking here, Ji Hongdao and Sun Luyuan wisely chose to exit the hidden chamber for now.

Yet regarding their next steps, the pair clashed in opinion.

"The remains of the Grand Mage of Tiandu are no trivial matter. We should report this to the Immortal Alliance as soon as possible." Ji Hongdao stated gravely.

Sun Luyuan voiced firm disagreement: "Brother Ji, you're too naive! Legend holds the Grand Mage as lord over the Ten Immortal Sects. Should word reach the Five Elders Association, they'll stop at nothing to reclaim them. War would erupt, claiming countless lives! In the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's current state, can you swear this stays secret?"

Ji Hongdao found himself speechless.

Sun Luyuan pressed on: "Considering the Dharma-Transmitters' mindset where only the Immortal Ancestor counts..."

"Even half-immortal bones would earn no respect from them. Once handed to the Immortal Alliance, they'd face dissection for study or display in the Museum of Divine Treasures for all to gawk at and discuss."

"Furthermore, as a mythic half-immortal, the Grand Mage's death isn't confirmed. Profaning them now could invite his wrath later." Sun Luyuan spoke with utter earnestness.

Ji Hongdao sighed helplessly: "So what do you propose?"

"Leave them be." Sun Luyuan asserted resolutely.

"Brother Ji, consider: half-immortal bones bring us scant gain. With the new path ahead, longevity seems unattainable, immortality even more so."

"Snatching them risks apocalypse down the line with zero real reward. Why risk it?"

...

Ultimately, Ji Hongdao yielded to persuasion.

The core issue boiled down to these being mere two bones.

From a half-immortal who failed ascension, no less.

Sun Luyuan spoke true: for Dao Integration experts like them, the value proved negligible.

Undoubtedly, True Immortal remains would prompt a different verdict.

"Though we won't claim them yet, no one else should either. Brother Ji, your mastery of formations rivals the act of creation. Seal this ruin completely with arrays, bolstering the existing protections for total security." Sun Luyuan proposed once more.

This demonstrated his commitment clearly.

Sun Luyuan barely grasped formations; Ji Hongdao's arrays would bar him from sneaking back alone.

Ji Hongdao wasted no time and set to work on the formations promptly.

With the ruin resealed, during their return, Sun Luyuan murmured softly: "Should one of us attain longevity immortality someday, we could retrieve these bones for study. It might propel us further."

Ji Hongdao gave a wry smile and shook his head, dismissing the notion.

In their younger days before Dao Integration, grand dreams of proving the Dao for eternal life had burned bright...

But now at Dao Integration, hopes of longevity immortality lay long abandoned.

Each of the four Dao Integration stages loomed like heaven's insurmountable ladder.

Greater knowledge bred deeper hopelessness.

Silence enveloped the two in turn.

After a prolonged pause, Sun Luyuan sighed deeply: "I can't help but wonder what heaven-defying prodigy could shatter all logic to succeed."

"Across these years, besides the Immortal Ancestor, our Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance birthed just one other success, whose fate remains a mystery."

"Another would transform our Immortal Alliance's fortunes entirely."

"Why do the Five Elders Association boast five Longevity Immortals? Are they genuinely superior in talent to us in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, accomplishing the impossible?"

This riddle haunted myriad Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance cultivators.

Ji Hongdao, hearing Sun Luyuan's lament, seemed to recollect something and wavered before speaking.

"Between us brothers, is there anything we cannot say?" Sun Luyuan prodded with a smile.