My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1292: Great Qi Soars Above Xuanhuang

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Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
The Holy Emperor learns of a potential threat to the Great Celestial Venerable position and accelerates his plans for war. Meanwhile, Sun Erlang prepares the Holy Army for battle while Qiao Gong refines a powerful puppet. Elsewhere, Xu Ke and Yin Shangren infiltrate the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance by impersonating the Heng family mother and daughter, aiming to steal Mr. Bai's skull from the Museum of Divine Treasures.

Sun Erlang, as the Holy Dynasty's senior disciple, commanded all affairs of the Holy Dynasty in the Holy Emperor's absence. Naturally, no one objected to his pre-battle summary and mobilization.

After remaining hidden within the white mist for several more days, a streak of light tore across the sky and flew into the Samantabhadra True Boat.

It was a transmitted message from an unknown source.

After narrowing his eyes and checking it, Sun Erlang was visibly invigorated. "We have received confirmed news. The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance will launch the battle to reclaim Nine Mountains Prefecture tomorrow. At the same time, in order to intimidate the Five Elders Association, they will also launch small scale harassment campaigns across multiple bordering prefectures..."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of everyone in the Holy Dynasty lit up.

"The Immortal Alliance's move is even bigger than we expected."

"Let them fight. The harder they fight, the better."

With a thought from Sun Erlang, an enormous sphere of light representing the territorial map of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance instantly appeared before everyone.

"The moment the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance begins the battle to reclaim Nine Mountains, the Holy Dynasty army will begin its campaign."

 

"Before that, none of you are to act rashly."

Even as Sun Erlang spoke, he was already coordinating with Ou Shangtian to activate the internal lockdown formation of the Samantabhadra True Boat.

"Before the decisive battle, there is one top secret matter I must reveal. It concerns the outcome of this war and absolutely must not be leaked. Therefore, during this period, the war vessel will be sealed. Entry is permitted, departure is not. All communication will also be cut off."

"My apologies, everyone," Sun Erlang said calmly.

A trace of surprise flashed through everyone's eyes. They could not understand what kind of secret required such caution.

Sun Erlang closed his eyes and waited.

In the killing atmosphere, the Samantabhadra True Boat also fell into absolute silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Sun Erlang suddenly opened his eyes.

"The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance has made its move."

"Now, it is our turn."

Sun Erlang abruptly stood and bowed deeply toward the empty space ahead. "Greetings, Master."

Everyone aboard the vessel was instantly shocked and looked in the direction of Sun Erlang's bow, only to see the Holy Emperor's figure descend beneath a canopy of starlight.

"Welcome, Holy Emperor!" everyone called out in unison.

Even though it was only a projection and not the Holy Emperor's true body appearing in person, no one dared show the slightest disrespect.

The Holy Emperor did not speak any grand empty words. He merely said in a deep voice, "In this battle, the Holy Dynasty shall be victorious."

Then with a wave of his hand, the Holy Emperor's projection transformed into countless points of starlight that flew into the bodies of everyone present.

Boom!

Every person felt as though they had transformed into a planet and arrived within a vast star sea.

They continuously revolved around the gigantic central star, which resembled the sun in the heavens.

Even more marvelous was the immense stellar force echoing throughout the star sea, like a woven net of stars connecting everyone together.

Without needing speech or divine sense, they could communicate freely through mere thoughts.

They also discovered that the stars in this sea did not consist only of the people currently within the Samantabhadra True Boat.

There were many more, Holy Dynasty grassroots commanders who had already infiltrated various prefectures of the Immortal Alliance.

"I will now assign deployments."

Sun Erlang's voice echoed through the star sea.

"Wang Xuanba and Senior Qiao Gong will lead the First and Third Legions to besiege the one hundred thirty prefectures of the eastern Immortal Alliance."

"Ou Shangtian and Ou Daozi will lead the Second and Ninth Legions to take responsibility for the one hundred twenty six prefectures of the southern Immortal Alliance."

"Su Yuqing and Senior Hundred Flowers will lead the Fifth Legion and the Federation of All Worlds allied army to attack the one hundred fifty four prefectures of the western Immortal Alliance."

...

As Sun Erlang completed each deployment order, Wang Xuanba and the others felt their positions within the star sea rapidly shift. After settling into entirely new star regions, they simultaneously established connections with the other planets in those sectors.

With a slight movement of thought, detailed information about the main commanders under their respective legions appeared in their minds.

"The operational objective is the capture of each prefecture's Heavenly City. As for the other cultivation family factions within the prefectures, if they resist, eliminate them in passing. If they choose to observe, they may be ignored for now."

"When the war begins, the Tianxuan Mirror channels and teleportation formations across the Immortal Alliance prefectures will all be paralyzed..."

"This is the defensive grand formation diagram for the Immortal Alliance Heavenly Cities. Follow the weaknesses marked in the diagram to break them. Their defenses will be as good as nonexistent to us. If backup formations are activated, I will immediately transmit the new methods for breaking them."

...

As each piece of information was transmitted in orderly fashion, the people present became increasingly excited while reading the materials in their hands.

Not only were there lists of the main cultivators stationed in each prefecture, but their cultivation realms, combat strength, and even cultivation techniques were all clearly marked.

Their enemies' secrets had practically been stripped bare.

Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance knew almost nothing about them.

How could this war possibly be lost?

No wonder Sun Erlang had been so solemn earlier. The intelligence in their hands could only have been leaked by the highest levels of the Immortal Alliance.

But the shock Sun Erlang brought was not over yet.

"The star sea network you now see is a manifestation of the Holy Emperor's great power. Aside from basic communication, you may also use the Holy Emperor's power to instantly transfer to one another's locations."

"Use this advantage to overwhelm the few with the many and destroy them in divisions."

The bright central star in the sea suddenly erupted with dazzling radiance, shining upon all the surrounding stars.

In an instant, detailed methods for using the Holy Emperor's power appeared in everyone's minds.

Once again, they could only marvel at the Holy Emperor's greatness.

...

While the pre-battle grand council was still underway, in the Lingxu Realm.

"There should not be any problems, right?" Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong looked at the wheel-like pattern engraved on the open ground ahead.

"Please rest assured, seniors. With me, Cui Shaojiang, taking action, there will definitely be no mistakes," a young man wearing a blue round cap said with a smile.

Cui Shaojiang forced out a drop of his essence blood and flicked it toward the open ground.

After the blood merged into the wheel pattern on the ground, countless blood colored threads erupted from it. They then shot rapidly into the sky and disappeared.

"Ah, in the current Beast Taming Sect, I am the only one who still knows this unique skill." Cui Shaojiang shook his head as he explained.

Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong looked somewhat suspiciously at the wheel pattern on the ground. They had not sensed any restraining or binding force from it.

Seeming to notice their distrust, Cui Shaojiang patiently explained further. "The Beast Taming Sect of today is no longer what it once was. After the great calamity, we migrated here. Over the following thousand years, we gradually abandoned the traditional methods of beast control and instead turned to the technique of Beast Spirit Unity."

As Cui Shaojiang spoke, the blue round cap atop his head suddenly came alive, sprouting two round black eyes that examined Qing and Hong.

Even though they already knew some details about the Beast Taming Sect, witnessing it personally still left Qing and Hong in disbelief.

In their senses, there were not two separate auras of beast and human. From beginning to end, there had only been a single person standing before them.

"We do not control with techniques, but merge through spirit. This was the breakthrough our Beast Taming Sect ancestors achieved after researching the Beast Taming Wheel. Speaking of which, Senior Xu Ke also contributed to this." Touching the top of his head, the blue round cap returned to normal.

"I've wandered off topic. Returning to the Beast Taming Wheel. The replica Senior Xu Ke sent is indeed excellent. Combined with our Beast Taming Sect's thousand years of accumulated techniques, it is enough to unleash the power of the true Beast Taming Wheel from back then and summon Emperor Sanmo here..."

Excitement flashed in Cui Shaojiang's eyes. "We have long looked forward to this legendary beast of wisdom. If we can merge spirits with it..."

His gaze drifted unintentionally beyond the clearing, where the Beast Taming Sect had already laid a heavenly net and earthly snare.

The sect had never forgotten the strange beast that abandoned them without a word and left the sect. If anything, the memory had only grown more unforgettable with time.

Thus, when Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong arrived to persuade them with the replica Beast Taming Wheel, both sides immediately agreed.

On the ground, the red light moved as though alive, constantly brandishing claws and fangs. The wheel pattern itself trembled slightly, as if it might leap from the ground at any moment.

Cui Shaojiang narrowed his eyes.

He could feel that Emperor Sanmo had taken the bait.

...

At the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.

While waiting and pretending to wander around sightseeing, Xu Ke and Yin Shangren suddenly noticed that the Museum of Divine Treasures seemed to become slightly brighter in an instant.

The faint oppressive heaviness weighing on their hearts also suddenly disappeared.

"Granduncle San has left." Xu Ke immediately made the judgment.

"Then do we make our move now?" Yin Shangren asked eagerly.

"Wait a little longer. Wait until the Holy Emperor's side..."

"The Beast Taming Sect's breakthroughs over these years have surprised even me. When the great calamity arrived back then, they immediately chose to withdraw and preserve a large number of talented people. That decision truly proved useful," Xu Ke said.

"Fine, then we wait. A little more time makes no difference. Oh right, come take a look at this..."

Yin Shangren pulled Xu Ke in front of an exhibit.

Xu Ke focused his gaze and saw a rather strangely shaped golden tree. Its leaves were all triangular, and the trunk was carved full of tiny figures interacting in all sorts of different poses.

"This thing is not an ancient artifact of the Xuanhuang Realm, is it?" Xu Ke asked after observing it for a while, his expression somewhat strange.

"Of course not. This came from my homeland."

"Or rather, from the fragment whose residual consciousness remained the most complete."

"I originally thought that place had not even a trace left, yet unexpectedly, the most important Golden Tree was actually preserved in this Museum of Divine Treasures," Yin Shangren said leisurely.

"This tree... does it possess some mystery?" Xu Ke knew Yin Shangren would not bring up old memories for no reason, so his heart stirred and he asked.

Yin Shangren chuckled. "In our world, there was no sun or moon in the heavens. All the world's light came from this single Golden Tree. Even the birth of all life came from beneath this tree. You saw those patterns on the trunk. They are the marks left by generations of human interaction beneath the tree."

"Although the world was destroyed, as long as this tree remains, it is equivalent to preserving nearly one third of that world's source power."

Xu Ke understood somewhat, then said with slight surprise, "You have a way to detonate the energy within this tree?"

Yin Shangren rubbed his scalp and smiled without answering.

"You can bear to do it? That is your homeland. If this tree remains intact, then after the Holy Emperor captures the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters, asking him to intervene might not make it impossible to recreate that world," Xu Ke said.

Yin Shangren snorted coldly. "Everyone is already dead. Even if the world is restored, so what? Am I supposed to transform into their appearances and perform a one man play by myself?"

"If it explodes, then it explodes."

Xu Ke responded with a smile.

As the two spoke, they suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet tremble slightly. The two exchanged glances and simultaneously looked beyond the Museum of Divine Treasures. Though their sight could not penetrate through, they could faintly sense that a tremendous upheaval had already descended upon the Xuanhuang Realm.

Their senses were not wrong.

At this moment, a wondrous spectacle was unfolding across the skies of the Xuanhuang Realm.

The previously bright heavens stretching for thousands of miles suddenly dimmed, as though night had fallen.

The great sun in the sky vanished.

Specks of starlight lit up across every corner of the heavens.

Amid the shining stars, a bright moon rose.

But very quickly, the cultivators of Xuanhuang discovered that this "Bright Moon" was even more luminous than the original sun.

As the enormous jade disc slowly approached, the Xuanhuang Realm passed from dimness back into light.

The cultivators raised their heads toward the sky and discovered that within this bright moon stood countless towering structures.

It was clearly another world.

After a brief moment of mental blankness, countless thoughts instantly surfaced in the minds of the Xuanhuang cultivators.

"Could this be the legendary Xuan Immortal Ark?"

"The Xuan Immortal Ark has attacked?"

"I heard the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association are at war. Could this be a surprise assault by the Five Elders Association?"

"Stay alert!"

...

When something behaves abnormally, there is always something suspicious behind it.

With the world currently in a wartime state, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's response could not have been faster.

The defensive grand formations of every Heavenly City across the prefectures activated immediately, and alarms echoed through the skies.

Even more cultivators transformed into streaks of white light, flying straight toward the bright moon world in the sky, attempting to investigate.

But though it appeared to be within arm's reach, those scouting cultivators could not reach it no matter how they flew.

It was as though a heavenly abyss lay between them.

The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance stood ready in full vigilance, only to see several beams of light descend from the moon.

The moonlight was like blades, accurately striking the borders of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's four central prefectures: Tianyu, Tianchen, Tianshu, and Tianquan.

The skies above the Alliance's four central prefectures instantly seemed coated in a layer of silver radiance, becoming illusory and dreamlike.

But aside from this, there appeared to be no other abnormalities.

After waiting cautiously for a long time, the cultivators in the four central prefectures reached this conclusion.

However, they soon realized they were wrong.

"The teleportation formations are unusable. We have been sealed off."

"The communication talismans cannot be used either."

"We have lost contact with the other prefectures. But Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters can still be contacted."

"What does headquarters say? Act according to circumstances? The enemy is already at our doorstep. Damn it."

The four prefectures immediately descended into chaos.

Some hot tempered cultivators flew directly toward the prefectural borders shrouded in silver light.

They attempted to break through the blockade.

The white mist barrier under the silver radiance gained an even more sacred and solemn aura.

The cultivators gathered their courage and charged directly into the white mist.

They had already prepared themselves to lose years of lifespan, but the scene they witnessed after entering the mist left them utterly dumbfounded.

The instant they crossed the border, the white mist filling their vision disappeared.

In its place was a boundless starry sky.

It was as though they had truly stepped into the void outside the Xuanhuang Realm, surrounded by darkness and cold.

In the distance, countless brilliant stars could faintly be seen flashing from time to time.

The cultivators froze in shock and tried to return, only to discover that the path they came from had vanished.

Thinking it was merely an illusion, they unleashed sword arts and spells one after another, yet failed to stir even the slightest ripple in the starry sky.

They attempted teleportation and instant movement techniques again, but all failed.

Instead, as the spiritual qi within their bodies gradually depleted, the cold starry environment around them slowly began eroding their minds.

The cultivators had no choice but to pick a direction and continue flying at high speed.

Trying to leave the bounds of this starry sky.

But what they did not know was that the Star Sea was boundless. If the method was wrong, then even exhausting an entire lifetime, they would never be able to leave this place.

Outside the grand formation, cultivators continuously stepped into the moonlight boundary.

Yet this formation was like a bottomless abyss, swallowing every single one of them.

Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, even Dao Integration. No matter their cultivation level, once they entered, none ever returned.

After a round of testing, the cultivators of the four prefectures under the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance were ultimately intimidated.

The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters finally issued an emergency order, forbidding the suicidal actions of the cultivators from the four prefectures.

Several streaks of rainbow light crossed prefectural territories and arrived at the moonlight boundary of Tianquan Prefecture.

Among them was none other than Lu Xichan, Chief Formation Master of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.

“This formation...” Lu Xichan examined the moonlight shining upon the white mist barrier, shock surging in her eyes.

Beside her, a young man in white frowned and asked, “How long until it can be bro