My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1417: Saving Qiao Sidao
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"It is exactly the same as what I saw in the previous life."
"So it really does activate. It is not merely creating something out of nothing and opening up a new possibility within a false spacetime. It also resets all the temporal nodes of the mortal world to the moment of the predetermined anchor point."
"Such power..."
Li Fan felt an unprecedented shock.
Especially after witnessing the existence of Evil Su Bai and darkened Heavenly Doctor, whose strength seemed to surpass even that of the Nameless True Immortal.
No matter how powerful their displays of strength were, before [Truth], all of it was mere illusion! With a single thought, it could turn the false into truth, and with another thought, turn truth into falsehood!
Based on the power of [Truth] inferred from this, theoretically speaking, even darkened Heavenly Doctor should be unable to move within the [Dao Concealment] domain after [Truth] was activated.
The only possible explanation seemed to be that Li Fan, as its vessel, was simply too weak, thereby limiting the effectiveness of [Truth].
"Weak?"
Li Fan, who had already advanced to the Half-Immortal realm, suddenly felt rather bitter about this. But in the next instant, he thought of how, beneath the Dao Annihilation Calamity, even countless True Immortals died like ants. Compared with that, the "weakness" of a Half Immortal was not so difficult to accept.Recalling how his age limit had risen crazily when he encountered darkened Heavenly Doctor in his previous life, Li Fan's heart stirred.
The Transformation of Truth and Falsehood suddenly activated.
Having personally witnessed the entire process of [Truth] creating an entirely new possibility, Li Fan's comprehension of the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood had advanced by leaps and bounds.
He visualized his own Half Immortal cultivation from the previous possibility. As his thoughts moved, that cultivation descended upon his present body and was superimposed upon it.
Unlike before, when it could only last for an extremely short period, Li Fan could now maintain this false cultivation for nearly the time it took to burn a tea's worth of incense before it dissipated.
Even...
Li Fan narrowed his eyes and, with his entire mind focused, attempted to superimpose the false cultivation once again.
It could indeed be done.
However, the mental burden brought by this action instantly increased more than tenfold.
The duration for which the superimposed cultivation could be maintained also plummeted accordingly. Moreover, its fluctuations in strength became extremely unstable.
"Simply reproducing my own cultivation has already become this difficult. It is truly unimaginable to create an entire possibility out of nothing..."
Li Fan sighed as he looked at the numbers on the panel.
Three times the cultivation of a Half Immortal. Although it was still not enough to directly surpass a True Immortal in strength, it should be extremely close.
But...
7,365,864 years, 13 days, and 7 hours!
With such an increase in strength, the deduction of [Truth] could only delay the world calamity of the mortal world by one hour!
Better than nothing.
"It seems that my current strength is still far from being enough to interfere in this."
Li Fan's heart immediately became somewhat heavy.
Indeed, [Truth] could reset the entire mortal world again and again, preventing complete destruction from occurring.
But the mortal world's decline and collapse were part of the greater trend.
No matter how [Truth] attempted to turn the tide, the Dao Annihilation Calamity would eventually devour everything.
It was like endlessly pushing a boulder up a mountain, only for it to inevitably roll back to the foot of the mountain each time, an endless cycle with no escape.
Only by reaching the level of Evil Su Bai and darkened Heavenly Doctor did there seem to be a possibility of breaking the deadlock.
But the problem was that the appearance of these two was simply too abrupt and unreasonable.
They had completely exceeded Li Fan's expectations.
According to Li Fan's original plan, what came next should have proceeded step by step. He would rely on the combined strength of the Xuanhuang Realm and the Xuan Immortal Ark to slowly explore beyond the High Wall, searching for clues regarding the Faceless Immortal, Cat Treasure, and even the Fishing Pond.
But now, the sudden arrival of these two had almost completely disrupted Li Fan's plans.
In particular, the existence of darkened Heavenly Doctor made Li Fan feel an instinctive sense of lingering fear.
"Once the Heavenly Doctor within the wall is sensed, darkened Heavenly Doctor will descend instantly."
"Does that mean that, all these years, the entire Darkest Star Sea has been wandering on the edge between life and death? If the Heavenly Doctor had not remained concerned about his homeland and devoted most of his energy to reviving the Heavenly Law Realm, he would probably have attracted darkened Heavenly Doctor long ago!"
"Moreover, judging from the progress of the Heavenly Doctor's comprehension in the previous life, it seems that it will not take him much longer to completely unravel the secrets of the High Wall. Even without the variables I caused, once the Heavenly Law Realm successfully returns through possession, the Heavenly Doctor would eventually have to comprehend the High Wall. The day his resurrection succeeded would also have been not far from the day of his death. Truly ironic."
Li Fan's thoughts raced.
Suddenly, he recalled the life in which he became the Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation.
At that time, he transformed into the Formation-Breaking Jade Disc and spent several thousand years. Anchoring to the year 2078, the world became utterly silent.
It was not until the year 3024 that long-lost sunlight finally returned.
"It seems that because of the existence of darkened Heavenly Doctor, under normal circumstances, the Xuanhuang Realm would ultimately reach a dead end."
"But after darkened Heavenly Doctor acted, neither the Xuanhuang Realm nor the newly born Heavenly Law Realm was completely reduced to dust. Even a thousand years later, there was still the possibility of life recovering..."
"It should be that darkened Heavenly Doctor was reminded of the scene before him and deliberately showed mercy."
Li Fan silently pondered.
Because of the two terrifying existences within the Wall, darkened Heavenly Doctor and Evil Su Bai, Li Fan's plans for this life also had to be changed substantially.
At the very least, he absolutely could not allow the Heavenly Doctor to approach the High Wall again.
"It is still unclear what exactly the situation beyond the High Wall is."
"In my previous life, within the black and white regions of Dao Concealment, I vaguely glimpsed the scene beyond the High Wall through the straight blank passage created when darkened Heavenly Doctor crashed through it."
"It seemed to be an ordinary star sea, filled with scattered stars brimming with life. But at the end of my vision, something blocked my sight."
"Could there be another High Wall beyond the High Wall?"
Li Fan could not help but feel suspicious.
"If I want to understand the current situation beyond the High Wall, perhaps I should start with that descendant of the Heavenly Sword Sect."
His attention returned to the inheritance options of [Truth]. After pondering for a moment, Li Fan chose to accelerate its charging speed.
The charging speed of [Truth] had always been closely related to Li Fan's strength.
After proving himself as a Half Immortal, this was the first time he had selected this option. Li Fan was pleasantly surprised to discover that things were different from before.
On the [Truth] panel, after his realm changed to Immortal, the moment [Truth] returned, the Virtualization Transformation Charging Progress was already at 50 percent. Then, when Li Fan chose to accelerate the charging again, the progress bar suddenly jumped.
It went directly to 99 percent!
"The required waiting time has been greatly shortened."
"Unfortunately, it is still not 100 percent."
"A one percent difference is like heaven and earth!"
If each selection to accelerate the charging could directly fill the progress bar completely, it would mean that Li Fan could activate [Truth] continuously.
Even if he encountered an enemy capable of crossing between possibilities in the future, he could escape calmly in an instant.
But now, precisely because of this one percent difference, he still had to endure a waiting period of at least around seven days.
"Until I can achieve one hundred percent charging instantaneously, I still need to act with extreme caution."
As Li Fan's strength increased, the existences he came into contact with also became increasingly difficult to fathom.
In particular, an existence like darkened Heavenly Doctor, who could cross between possibilities to pursue him and move freely within the Dao Concealment domain, posed far too great a threat to Li Fan.
"I wonder, if I advance to the True Immortal Realm, will I be able to suppress him?"
The cold and utterly indifferent gaze of the darkened Heavenly Doctor, so similar to his own, surfaced in Li Fan's mind once again. He could not help but fall into deep thought.
Seven days later.
The [Truth] was fully charged.
Li Fan's figure flickered, and he silently slipped into the Xuanhuang Realm.
His destination was naturally the hidden divine soul named Qiao Sidao within the Museum of Divine Treasures at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
After hundreds of billions of reincarnations, he could still maintain his own independent consciousness. Moreover, based on Emperor Sanmo's description, he had even deduced the possible truth behind the Dao Annihilation Calamity.
Li Fan was very interested in him.
"If possible, perhaps I can have him explore beyond the High Wall in my place."
"But I also need to be careful and guard against the possibility that another Qiao Sidao exists beyond the wall."
When Li Fan passed by Mr. Bai's skull, his footsteps paused slightly.
As expected, the [Truth], which had already absorbed energy once, no longer sent him any prompts.
As for the test phantom of Evil Su Bai within Mr. Bai's skull, Li Fan avoided it as much as possible.
He did not pay any more attention to it and headed straight toward the ruins of the Nanming Sacred Beast Mountain within the Museum of Divine Treasures.
"Come to think of it, although the [Truth] can generate possibilities out of thin air with a single thought, it still needs to consume certain strange objects within those possibilities..."
Li Fan's thoughts drifted.
The [Truth] seemed to sense his thoughts and sent what seemed to be a burst of mocking laughter, mixed with a hint of helplessness.
But afterward, no matter how Li Fan tried to sense it, there was not the slightest fluctuation.
When he arrived at the ruins of Nanming Mountain, Emperor Sanmo had already been waiting there for quite some time.
Just as in the previous life, he said very respectfully, "Greetings, Senior!"
Although Li Fan had not displayed any actual combat strength in this life, he had silently ignored all the restrictions at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and entered the Museum of Divine Treasures without anyone noticing.
There was no doubt that this alone demonstrated his formidable strength.
From the changes in Emperor Sanmo's expression, Li Fan could tell that he did not possess the memories of the previous life.
Li Fan secretly relaxed.
He did not say anything, merely nodded before beginning to observe the ruins before him.
Just as Emperor Sanmo had said, faint traces of mysterious energy still remained here.
Within the already scant remaining energy, an extremely weak divine soul was hidden.
Under the concealment of the mysterious energy, even though Li Fan was already a half immortal, it would have been difficult for him to notice it without Emperor Sanmo's special reminder.
The appearance of the divine soul was no different from how Emperor Sanmo had described it in the previous life.
Li Fan reached out and directly extracted half of the life saving energy sustaining Qiao Sidao.
He had originally been barely surviving like someone clinging to life in a pool that was about to dry up. Now, with so much of the water in that pool inexplicably disappearing all at once, Qiao Sidao's divine soul immediately trembled violently, seemingly suffering immense pain.
Emperor San Mo hesitated, wanting to speak. However, faced with the faint pressure emanating from Li Fan, he ultimately chose to remain silent.
Li Fan had no intention of deliberately making things difficult for Qiao Sidao.
On the contrary, Li Fan was going to save his life.
Li Fan absorbed the mysterious energy into his body and carefully experienced it.
It was different from the spiritual qi of the Xuanhuang Realm, and even from immortal spiritual qi.
Yet Li Fan still felt a faint sense of familiarity.
This familiarity seemed to originate from the inherited memories he had obtained when he had transformed into the Black Bird in the Fallen Immortal Realm.
Beyond that, however, Li Fan knew nothing about it.
But this did not prevent Li Fan from using the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood on it.
He compressed the mass of energy and enclosed it within his Dantian.
After standing there for some time, once he had comprehended enough, the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood suddenly descended.
Amid those incomparably mysterious fluctuations, an identical small sphere instantly appeared in Li Fan's hand.
It emitted a strange copper green radiance, mixed with faint traces of silver light.
While the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood was still in effect, Li Fan lightly flicked his finger and injected the copper green sphere into Qiao Sidao's divine soul.
Like sweet rain after a prolonged drought, Qiao Sidao's extremely fragile divine soul visibly became somewhat stronger.
After waiting until Qiao Sidao had completely absorbed the energy sphere, Li Fan's thoughts shifted, and he canceled the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood once again.
His divine sense enveloped Qiao Sidao, observing every minute change within him.
Sure enough, just as Li Fan had expected.
Although the enhancement provided by the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood had disappeared, after the energy generated out of thin air during the duration of the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood had been absorbed, it did not completely dissipate along with the technique because it now had a vessel to contain it.
Instead, a small amount remained.
Although the proportion was not large, it was still of immense significance to Li Fan.
After resting briefly, Li Fan once again activated the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood and produced a second small sphere.
When Li Fan first produced the energy sphere, Emperor Sanmo had assumed that it was simply the energy Li Fan had extracted moments ago.
But now, when he saw Li Fan produce another one after the first energy sphere had been completely consumed, the usually composed expression on Emperor Sanmo's face could no longer remain calm.
Li Fan also noticed that from beginning to end, the other party seemed completely unaware of the effects of the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood.
Although the fluctuations of the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood were incredibly obvious to Li Fan himself.
"However, I still cannot let my guard down."
"Perhaps apart from me, the vessel of this technique, there are other mighty beings in this world capable of sensing the activation of the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood."
"From now on, whenever I use divine abilities, I must always pay attention to my own safety."
As these thoughts passed through his mind, Li Fan continuously activated the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood.
Under the uninterrupted infusion of large quantities of mysterious energy spheres, Qiao Sidao finally began to recover.
He awakened from his deep slumber.
"Uncle San, I..."
Qiao Sidao quickly realized that the situation before him was unusual.
His reaction was extremely quick. Despite his weakened state, he immediately expressed his gratitude to Li Fan for saving him.
Li Fan nodded slightly, but his movements did not stop.
Making use of the materials at hand, he used the collection of the Museum of Divine Treasures as raw materials and forged a temporary body for Qiao Sidao.
Only after placing Qiao Sidao's divine soul inside it did Li Fan finally stop.
Continuously using the Transformation of Truth and Falsehood was also a considerable burden for him.
He stood there and caught his breath for a moment, without revealing the slightest trace of fatigue.
At the same time, he waited for Qiao Sidao to adapt to his new body.
In less than half a day, Qiao Sidao had recovered from the brink of death.
All of Emperor Sanmo's efforts in the past had ultimately come to nothing. Yet now, this Senior had merely made a slight move and was able to turn something rotten into something miraculous.
How could Qiao Sidao fail to understand just how terrifying the strength of the person before him was?
He bowed slightly and sincerely expressed his gratitude.
"Thank you, Senior, for saving my life!"
As for Emperor Sanmo, he seemed to have yet to recover from the shock of what had just happened. His body continued to tremble slightly.
Li Fan extended his right hand and placed it on Qiao Sidao's head.
A strand of divine will entered Qiao Sidao's divine soul.
Faced with his life saving benefactor and the absolute gap in strength between them, Qiao Sidao's expression changed slightly.
But in the end, he did not resist.
He allowed Li Fan to examine the memories within his divine soul.