My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1415: The Heavenly Doctor Realizes the Dao and Dies
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
"Outside the High Wall, the existence of the Evil Su Bai is truly too shocking."
"It is not merely the strength of the Evil Su Bai. It also involves the truth of the entire mortal world."
"Countless possibilities emerging together..."
"No, it is far more complicated than that!"
Li Fan watched countless memories of the departed Mr. Bai flash past like meteors.
He could not help but look again at the countdown of 7.36 million years on his [Truth] panel.
"In the memories of the Evil Su Bai, there was not only slaughter on an unimaginable scale. There were also scenes of a truly terrifying calamity descending."
"Even with the Evil Su Bai's unfathomably powerful strength, he could only flee in a sorry state before that world destroying calamity!"
"That was the instantaneous collapse of an entire world line!"
"The true Dao Annihilation Calamity!"With the power of Mr. Bai's Eternal Remnant Will, and through the eyes of the Evil Su Bai, Li Fan personally experienced the terrifying nature of the true Dao Annihilation Calamity.
From the Xuanhuang Realm, to the Darkest Star Sea, to the Great Void Beyond Star Sea, and even the countless cultivation worlds. Including the Immortal Realm floating above the Infinite Sea.
This unimaginably vast and magnificent world, whose existence was beyond words, collapsed in an instant.
Without any warning, without making the slightest sound, everything was annihilated. Even the concept of nothingness itself ceased to exist.
Only by crossing into another possibility before the Dao Annihilation Calamity reached oneself was there any chance of surviving.
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"So, the 7.36 million years is the countdown calculated by [Truth], marking the time remaining until all possibilities disappear?"
Li Fan's thoughts churned violently, and his heart could not calm down for a long time.
"The Evil Su Bai frantically slaughtered his other selves across different possibilities. After sensing the existence of Su Bai within the High Wall, he exhausted every possible method, all in an attempt to make Mr. Bai cross the High Wall once again and voluntarily submit to him..."
"It seems that, to him, his own existence across the other possibilities is extremely important."
"Every time the Evil Su Bai slaughtered himself in his memories, it was accompanied by slaughter on an unimaginable scale. It was a hundred times more cruel than what he had once done in the Heavenly Law Realm. Not even corpses, blood, or memories were left behind. Even nothingness itself was made to fill the world."
"Compared to the actions of the Evil Su Bai, my own world destroying actions are simply insignificant."
"Is this simply the nature of the Evil Su Bai himself, or is this the way all existences at his level beyond the High Wall conduct themselves?"
Li Fan took a deep breath.
"No matter which it is, the existence of the Evil Su Bai is even more terrifying to the Xuanhuang Realm than the Dao Annihilation Calamity."
"At the very least, there are no signs that the Dao Annihilation Calamity is about to descend. But if the Evil Su Bai beyond the High Wall were summoned here, I fear everything within the High Wall would instantly be reduced to nothingness."
"So Mr. Bai chose to die willingly, temporarily severing his connection with the Evil Su Bai. He even altered all the memories of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao that followed him, as well as everything related to the Evil Su Bai within the inheritance trials of the Fallen Immortal Realm."
"Only within his own Eternal Remnant Will did he preserve the crucial information."
The countless complicated memories slowly faded away.
Li Fan returned to reality. The skull in his hand transformed into specks of starlight and disappeared into heaven and earth.
"During the period when Mr. Bai was contaminated by the Evil Su Bai, his perspective was able to transcend a single possibility."
"Although I do not know exactly what he saw, it can almost certainly be determined that this information was left behind for those who came after him."
"No matter what method is used, the person who can pass the trials and, at least in theory, defeat the Evil Su Bai is the only one worthy of being entrusted with this."
"The secret behind how the Evil Su Bai repeatedly survived the Dao Annihilation Calamity and grew stronger throughout it!"
A sharp glint flashed through Li Fan's eyes.
"[Truth] absorbed Tianyang's Eternal Will and awakened the [Embodiment] function. This originated from Tianyang cultivating [Transformation of Embodiment into Object] almost to the extreme."
"And this time, the awakening of the [Dao Origin] function was likewise due to the cultivation method of the Evil Su Bai."
Li Fan narrowed his eyes.
"Dao Annihilation. Dao Origin."
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Deep within the Museum of Divine Treasures, at the ruins of the Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain.
Li Fan's divine sense clone was still conversing with Emperor Sanmo.
"Our race will not always be so fortunate as to happen to arrive in a world where the Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain has remained completely intact."
"If we are unlucky and the energy sealed within the Sacred Beast Mountain there has already been completely exhausted, then it will truly be a dead end." Emperor Sanmo spoke with a cheerful smile.
Before Li Fan's eyes appeared the scene he had once witnessed within the Great Rift Vortex.
Emperor Yi had used the majestic divine face to extract a huge ancient bronze colored key from within the white serpent's body, then used it to activate the enormous energy within the Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain.
"So it is a consumable that can only be used once." Li Fan said thoughtfully.
Emperor Sanmo nodded.
"This is also why Emperor Yi allowed me and some of the other demon beasts not to follow him. Everyone is taking a gamble. After all, given the nature of our race, if Emperor Yi encounters an accident and his entire group is wiped out, then before long, another Emperor Yi will be born among the remaining members."
"Until now, that has not happened. It seems Emperor Yi has won his gamble again." Emperor Sanmo smiled once more.
"But who can guarantee that he will keep winning?" Li Fan asked in return.
Emperor Sanmo fell silent.
"Even jumping into another possibility cannot allow one to escape. I truly wonder where such a terrifying calamity originated." After a brief silence descended over the area, Li Fan sighed in a low voice.
"Immortal, why don't you listen to a story I have to tell?" Emperor Sanmo suddenly spoke.
"Not long ago... a strand of soul escaped from that device called [Era]. To be able to experience hundreds of billions of reincarnations within the Era while still maintaining a clear consciousness is an extremely rare characteristic, one unseen since ancient times."
Li Fan had also reincarnated within the Era. Hearing this, he immediately became interested.
"That sounds like excellent material for creating an Eternal Remnant Will." Li Fan thought to himself.
"How is he doing now?" Knowing that Emperor Sanmo would not bring this up without reason, Li Fan asked.
"He has completely disappeared from the world." Emperor Sanmo gently shook his head.
"He chose to hide himself within these ruins. The energy remaining within the ruins was capable of protecting his fragile soul. But there was ultimately too little of it, and it could not sustain him for long. He would rather die than be thrown back into the Era..."
"By the time I discovered him, he had already become far too weak."
"I could only help him maintain his vitality for a little longer. In the end, there was still nothing I could do to save him."
"However, during the final period of his life, I discussed many things with him. Based on the memories recounted by me and the entire race, he proposed a possible explanation for the cause of this terrifying world destroying calamity."
"Oh?" Li Fan's spirit was immediately stirred.
"But it is ultimately only a guess. Immortal, just listen to it as a story." Emperor Sanmo first gave this warning, then slowly continued.
"Everyone knows that above True Immortals, there are Nameless True Immortals. Nameless True Immortals merge with the Dao. From that point onward, no records of them remain in the mortal world, and they disappear without a trace. Since ancient times, no one knows how many have successfully proven the Dao and become Nameless True Immortals. But..."
Emperor Sanmo waved his hand, and a phantom appeared within the ruins before them.
Countless fine lines crisscrossed one another, supporting the entire world.
"Although reaching the Nameless realm and proving the Dao is difficult, and the probability is extremely small, when viewed across an infinite span of time, it is not actually such an ethereal and impossible matter."
"And every time a Nameless True Immortal is born..."
Emperor Sanmo repeatedly tapped his finger.
One of the vertical lines within the phantom before them disappeared.
Then another.
And another.
This continued for an unknown length of time.
The net of heaven and earth gradually became incomplete as more and more of it disappeared.
Slowly, it began to bend.
Li Fan's eyes suddenly narrowed.
In the end, the net of Heaven and Earth could no longer maintain its own form.
It collapsed with a thunderous crash!
Heaven and Earth itself collapsed along with it!
Emperor Sanmo waved his hand, and the phantom image before them disappeared.
“This is merely our most superficial understanding. It is not necessarily the truth closest to reality.”
“Perhaps every Great Dao of Heaven and Earth is far more important than we imagined. Even the absence of only a few Great Daos may be enough to cause the collapse of all possibilities.”
“Or perhaps, apart from an Nameless True Immortal merging with the Dao, there are other inexplicable factors that caused the Great Dao to disappear for no reason. That was what ultimately led to the unstoppable world destruction catastrophe…”
Emperor Sanmo's voice was faint and distant.
Yet before Li Fan's eyes, he seemed to see once again the leg bone of the Nameless True Immortal that had been used to construct the Southern Immortal Celestial Pillar.
“Perhaps this truth is already very close to reality.”
Emperor Sanmo continued, “It is precisely because countless possibilities collapsed in a chain reaction that escaping from one possibility to another became exceptionally easy.”
“Originally, even if we exhausted all the energy of the Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain, it still would not have been possible.”
“To put it simply, it can be seen as countless possibilities continuously collapsing. As a result, they are gradually becoming closer to one another…”
Li Fan listened intently.
Before his eyes, a scene seemed to emerge.
In the darkness, countless lines of light simultaneously lit up, arranged side by side, stretching endlessly into the distance.
But suddenly, some of them began to disappear from the darkness for no apparent reason.
Slowly, more and more lines of light vanished.
The ones that remained, under the influence of this inexplicable crisis, gradually drew closer together.
Thus, inevitably, they became twisted and chaotic.
“The Great Dao is annihilated.”
“The Great Dao crushes against itself.”
Li Fan recalled what he had seen in the memories of the Evil Su Bai, and a trace of coldness rose within his heart.
“What is the name of this soul? To have reached such a speculation, he certainly was no ordinary person.” Li Fan's thoughts stirred.
Emperor Sanmo did not conceal it either. He casually manifested another phantom image.
“This person's name was Qiao Sidao.”
“Half a year ago, he finally could not hold on any longer and perished completely.”
Li Fan looked at the person before him. His features carried a rather resolute expression. Li Fan nodded slightly.
“Half a year ago…”
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The Darkest Star Sea. The High Wall.
The Heavenly Doctor seemed to have already forgotten Li Fan's threat and was wholeheartedly immersed in comprehending the High Wall.
His progress was even faster than he had anticipated.
Perhaps it was because he had continued making countless attempts throughout all these years.
Or perhaps, after seeing Li Fan, a True Immortal, and personally witnessing the true difference between immortals and mortals, he had gained another genuine insight in his heart.
In any case, the Heavenly Doctor vaguely felt that he might not be far from completely comprehending the secrets of the High Wall.
After realizing this, a subtle change appeared in the Heavenly Doctor's expression.
He even began to harbor some doubts about everything he had done over the years.
“Perhaps that True Immortal was right?”
“If I had devoted myself wholeheartedly to cultivation, perhaps I would have found a way to save the Heavenly Law Realm long ago.”
Such a thought flashed through his mind only briefly.
The Heavenly Doctor cast aside all distracting thoughts and once again immersed himself in comprehending the invisible High Wall.
Once sufficient accumulation had been achieved, sometimes a breakthrough could occur in an instant.
An instant passed.
Or perhaps millions of years had passed.
The Heavenly Doctor suddenly gathered up all the golden threads he had released.
For a moment, he seemed to have seen through the mysteries of the High Wall.
But at the same time…
An extreme sense of unease surged through his heart.
This feeling of unease had only appeared once before, when the Heavenly Law Realm had been slaughtered.
Even when he had directly confronted that True Immortal, he had never experienced such a change.
“Exactly what…” The Heavenly Doctor stopped comprehending the secrets of the High Wall.
Instinctively, he wanted to move away from the High Wall.
Suddenly…
He seemed to notice something, and his pupils contracted sharply.
At the location of the invisible High Wall ahead, in a place where nothing should have existed, the scene suddenly distorted for no apparent reason.
His heart began to pound violently again. The ominous premonition had reached its extreme.
A black thread suddenly appeared.
Without making the slightest sound, it pierced through the Heavenly Doctor's chest.
One became a thousand, a thousand became ten thousand, and ten thousand became hundreds of millions.
In an instant, they pierced through the Heavenly Doctor's body, turning him into a puppet controlled by countless strings.
The Heavenly Doctor's consciousness gradually became blurred.
Yet as he felt the countless threads piercing through his body, he unexpectedly experienced a strange sense of familiarity.
Perhaps it was merely an illusion. Before long, a figure appeared before him.
The Heavenly Doctor seemed to see his younger self. However, he was not wearing his favorite white robes. Instead, he wore a black robe.
His face was devoid of either joy or sorrow.
Creak…
The Heavenly Doctor's head was strangely twisted one hundred and eighty degrees.
From in front of his body, it was turned toward his back.
Streams of light and shadows floated out from the Heavenly Doctor's body and entered the body of that mysterious black figure.
The Heavenly Doctor's corpse slowly became ethereal and transparent.
And that black figure…
Or rather, the Heavenly Doctor in his youth, slightly furrowed his brows.
“Can you understand what you are seeing?”
His gaze turned toward the distance, toward the location where Li Fan's true body was!
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At the same time.
Li Fan, who was immersed in the secrets of the Evil Su Bai beyond the High Wall, also suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of impending disaster, just like the Heavenly Doctor.
Moreover, this time it was stronger than ever before.
“Could it be because I triggered Mr. Bai's Eternal Remnant Will, causing the Evil Su Bai beyond the High Wall to sense me?”
Li Fan's heart was filled with extreme fear.
After thinking for only an instant, Li Fan did not hesitate at all and silently invoked [Truth].
At that very moment, Li Fan also noticed something extremely strange.
On his [Truth] panel, his original lifespan limit of more than three million years was actually fluctuating wildly.
It was not decreasing.
It was increasing!
In the instant Li Fan noticed it, his lifespan had already jumped from three million to tens of billions more. And it was still increasing at an utterly terrifying speed!