My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1438: One Hand Covers the Great Dao

However, even with the help of the Dao Deviation Stone, it was by no means easy for Li Fan to analyze the method of connecting to the Dao Net within a short period.

Unable to reproduce the process Ma Tiande had once undergone, Li Fan could only proceed through constant trial and error, starting from the most basic Dao Net pattern commands.

“Every pattern command will react with the Dao Net and be monitored by the Administration Council. There are only one or two chances to make a mistake.”

“But my trial and error does not need to connect to the Dao Net. I only need to verify whether the commands formed from Dao Primal can actually be established.”

According to Ma Tiande’s memories, once the writing of a Dao Primal command succeeded, a strange and chilling energy would be sensed within the body. This energy connected with heaven and earth like a key, opening the patterns of the Dao Net.

What Li Fan needed to do now was continuously write Dao Primal commands, verify the possible arrangements and combinations of Dao Primal, and then disperse them before any of the commands could establish a connection with the Dao Net.

The difficulty lay in blocking the transmission between the Dao Primal commands and the Dao Net.

However, Li Fan soon thought of a brilliant idea.

“The Dao Net of heaven and earth is ultimately still the Great Dao of heaven and earth. The Great Dao is formless, flowing through all things. Every person and object in this world inevitably exists beneath the shadow of the Great Dao.”

A sharp glint flashed through Li Fan’s eyes. In an instant, a vague figure emerged from the Xuanhuang phantom enveloped by his divine sense.

It was the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Ink Death.

At first, Ink Death’s appearance remained identical to its original state in the Xuanhuang Realm. But under the stimulation of Li Fan’s divine sense, it rapidly began to transform.

It was as though the true Celestial Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Ink Death, had descended here!

In truth, ever since Li Fan had entered the Dao through the Celestial Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Ink Death, his divine sense alone had been enough to evolve the Ink Death Celestial Spirit. However, this strand of divine sense that had infiltrated the Shuo Star Sea was far too weak. Even if he pushed it with all his strength, it would likely be consumed very quickly in its confrontation with the Dao Net.

To fight a prolonged battle, he still needed to draw upon the energy within the Xuanhuang phantom.

“The Ink Death Celestial Spirit is not the Dao Annihilation Calamity itself. Rather, it is the product of the fusion between the black qi of Dao Annihilation and the Heavenly Dao and Great Dao. It is both a part of the Great Dao and possesses certain characteristics of Dao Annihilation.”

“As long as the disturbance is not especially violent, it should be able to block the Dao Net’s perception.”

In the blink of an eye, the Ink Death Celestial Spirit transformed into vast expanses of black shadow, completely sealing off the area around Li Fan.

Li Fan sat cross legged within the black void and began attempting to combine Dao Primal symbols.

In the Shuo Star Sea, Dao Primal symbols were used to resonate with the power of the Great Dao of heaven and earth. According to Qin Zhuang’s memories, the combination of several hundred Dao Primal symbols could unleash might comparable to True Immortal seal script.

But now, through his firsthand experiments in the Blissful City, Li Fan discovered that all of the original combinations had already become ineffective.

Or rather, they seemed to have undergone some kind of upgrade.

After trying all possible combinations at the scale of hundreds of Dao Primal symbols, not the slightest fluctuation of energy could be produced. Li Fan gradually increased the scale of his experiments.

Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands...

It was not until the synchronized dance of a million Dao Primal symbols that they finally seemed to form a key and insert it into the correct keyhole.

The instant the combination was completed, Li Fan indeed sensed a strand of energy that spread outward with lightning speed.

Even with his current reaction speed, he had no time to stop it.

Yet when this strand of energy approached the shadows formed from the Ink Death Celestial Spirit, it seemed to have encountered some extremely terrifying predator, and suddenly stopped moving forward.

After trying several times, it continued to hover there, unable to advance!

Li Fan’s plan had indeed worked.

The birth and transmission of the Dao Primal command were astonishingly fast, even far exceeding Li Fan’s perception speed.

But ultimately, they were no match for Dao Annihilation.

Unable to break through the Ink Death Celestial Spirit’s blockade, it was firmly confined within the black spherical shadow surrounding Li Fan.

Li Fan watched the strange strand of energy writhing like a frightened snake that had been disturbed, but he did not immediately try to capture it. Instead, he observed it from a distance.

“Dao Net pattern, basic level command...”

This strand of energy seemed almost like a living creature, possessing its own lifespan. Trapped and unable to advance, it gradually went from flourishing to weakening, slowly declining before finally dissipating completely within the shadows.

Li Fan recorded this successful result.

“According to Ma Tiande’s memories, this is still one of the simplest ones. It belongs to the most basic introductory stage.”

“The practical commands required to connect to and manipulate the Dao Net are a hundred times more complicated than this. Some are even stacked combinations of multiple commands...”

However, now that he had found a way to conduct the experiments, no matter how complicated they were, they could no longer stump Li Fan.

Within the shadow sphere, Dao Primal symbols rapidly gathered and dispersed, evolving into countless different forms.

From time to time, electric like energy signals emerged from within, only to be intercepted by the Ink Death Celestial Spirit.

Before each one vanished, Li Fan recorded it.

Gradually, Li Fan finally gained a preliminary grasp of the command method used by the so called Dao Net patterns.

Just as he was preparing to attempt a higher level command, Li Fan inexplicably sensed a trace of danger in his heart.

He abruptly stopped the movement he was about to make.

“The Ink Death blockade should not have any problems.”

“Could it be that those energy signals that seemed to have dissipated had not truly disappeared, but continued to exist within this space?”

Li Fan quickly found a possible cause.

His gaze was like a torch as he stared closely, sweeping over the area again and again.

Yet he still failed to detect anything unusual.

After pondering for a while, Li Fan changed his approach.

“The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. It should be related to the Dao Net’s power system. Then I will use the corresponding method to resolve it.”

With a thought, countless Dao Primal symbols were generated.

Under Li Fan’s deliberate control, they did not form any meaningful pattern commands.

They simply floated and drifted continuously, as if attracting something.

They circled around for a while, yet nothing came of it.

The sense of danger in Li Fan’s heart, however, did not diminish at all. Thus, he changed to another arrangement.

After patiently experimenting, he finally obtained a result.

Within the space sealed by the Ink Death shadows, a dim fluctuation suddenly appeared. The Dao Primal symbols generated by Li Fan acted like a magnet, pulling out the command hidden in the darkness!

Li Fan narrowed his eyes. The Ink Death shadows transformed into chains and rapidly wrapped around and locked down the command.

“So, every time a previous command naturally dies out, part of it remains behind. If too many of these remnants accumulate at the same time, they will spontaneously combine into a completely new warning command. And...”

This warning message composed of remnants of Dao Primal commands was unlike the other commands. It was not suppressed by the Ink Death Celestial Spirit.

Even under the suppression of the shadows, it continued to violently surge and resist. The chains shook violently, as if the warning message could break free at any moment.

“This pattern command does not exist in Ma Tiande’s memories. It should circulate only within the Dao Net itself. It is used to...”

“To warn of the Dao Annihilation Calamity!”

In an instant, Li Fan analyzed the seemingly somewhat “ferocious” combination of Dao Primal symbols before him.

This command was somewhat different from the ones Li Fan had previously reproduced.

It did not dissipate as time passed. Instead, it seemed that some invisible force was maintaining its existence.

Moreover, Li Fan faintly sensed that this command would continuously copy and strengthen itself according to the length of time it existed.

Around the warning command, light and shadows began to fluctuate.

Under the summons of some force, a new warning command spontaneously assembled.

“Looks like leaving it here will not work either.”

“One warning cannot break through Ink Death’s blockade. But if there are too many...”

Li Fan’s heart tightened, and the Ink Death shadows began charging toward the warning signal bound at the center.

Under the devouring of countless shadows, the warning signal’s vitality proved extraordinarily tenacious.

Li Fan spent nearly three days and three nights before finally swallowing it completely.

Had it not been for an energy supply equivalent to that of an entire Ascendant State Xuanhuang Realm, he might not even have been able to outlast the other party!

“This is probably the underlying logic of the Dao Net. It is also one of the fundamental reasons why the civilizations beyond the High Wall are able to barely survive the Dao Annihilation Calamity!” Li Fan was deeply shaken.

The power of Ink Death was him, and he was Ink Death.

As he devoured the warning signal, Li Fan also vaguely sensed the other party’s true nature.

If Ink Death was an attempt to side with the Dao Annihilation and ‘learn from the barbarians to control the barbarians,’ then this underlying warning signal had pushed the concept of resistance to its absolute limit.

Li Fan seemed to see a figure that remained resolute and unyielding even amid wave after wave of the surging Dao Annihilation Calamity.

He seemed to see an indomitable will that remained standing even as the Great Dao crushed everything and all things collapsed, supporting the heavens that were on the verge of falling.

Almost instantly, the image of the Southern Immortal Celestial Pillar that he had once seen appeared in Li Fan’s eyes. And from the Dao Net warning signal just now, he had truly sensed an aura that was extremely similar!

“It is not an illusion!”

Li Fan repeatedly savored the sensation. After confirming it, he was filled with astonishment and doubt.

“The reason the Southern Immortal Celestial Pillar could become a Celestial Pillar was because of the leg bone of the Nameless True Immortal within the stone tablet. Heaven and earth are like a net, while the Great Dao is like a pillar. Although the Nameless True Immortal had merged with the Dao and escaped from it, after his death, he could still return to heaven and earth and once again transform into something that supported them.”

“And this Dao Net can do the same…”

His wariness faded.

Carrying his conjecture, Li Fan continued testing the Dao Net’s pattern commands.

All Dao Net commands were built upon the most basic operations.

After mastering the fundamental commands, with Ma Tiande’s memories as an aid, Li Fan’s progress accelerated like a snowball gathering momentum.

Three days before the opening of the Blissful City Grand Ceremony, Li Fan’s Dao Net operating skills had finally caught up with, and even surpassed, Ma Tiande’s.

However, he had never formally connected to the Dao Net before. His judgment was based solely on the speed and proficiency with which he could generate Dao Net commands.

“What exactly does the Dao Net look like? Let me have a glimpse of it.”

Around him, the shadows of Ink Death quietly withdrew, lifting the blockade.

From this moment onward, every command Li Fan formed would connect to the Dao Net. Li Fan had also already prepared himself for the possibility that his possession would be exposed, ready to sever his connection and abandon this body at any moment to preserve himself.

With a solemn expression, as his thoughts turned, a pattern formed before Li Fan.

This was something that had never appeared while the area was under blockade.

Li Fan sensed an indescribable force quietly descending from heaven and earth. It even ignored the blockade imposed by Blissful City Lord Zhu Xueshi and enveloped his body.

His field of vision instantly rose infinitely higher. Blissful City rapidly shrank, becoming little more than a black dot before disappearing from his perception.

A seven-colored great net interwoven with countless hues stood across heaven and earth.

However, this net did not fill every corner of his vision. Instead, it was actually somewhat tattered and incomplete!

Not to mention the countless enormous holes scattered throughout it.

Just the several vast regions that were completely missing were enough to make one's heart tremble.

Underneath this seven-colored net, Li Fan could faintly glimpse the true Great Dao of heaven and earth.

The [Dao Net] was like a sheet of white paper, imprinted and laid across the interwoven Great Dao of heaven and earth.

Through this connection, it became something that mortal cultivators could control.

Li Fan also saw countless seven-colored halos gathering within the damaged regions of the Dao Net. They seemed to be attempting to repair the gaps.

And beyond the large blank regions of the Dao Net, there faintly existed an invisible giant hand. It continued pressing the sheet of white paper that was the [Dao Net] toward the location of the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

This caused those existences that had not yet been “imprinted” to gradually emerge upon the Dao Net.

Even though they appeared extremely ugly and crude at first glance.

Li Fan was still deeply captivated by the magnificent sight before him.

“This is the scene of man prevailing over heaven.”

“The myriad Great Daos are formless and shadowless, ethereal and beyond reach. Yet through such an inconceivable method, they can be transformed into constructs that humans can manipulate…”

While Li Fan marveled inwardly, he did not forget the operation that had to be performed when connecting to the Dao Net for the first time.

With the Blissful City Grand Ceremony about to begin, according to convention, an inspection of the Dao Net connection and coverage in the area where Blissful City was located was required.

Naturally, Ma Tiande did not need to handle the maintenance work himself.

He only needed to send out a notification signal and then cooperate with the relevant cultivators.

Li Fan saw seven-colored streams of light fly over from the depths of the Dao Net. Following the signal he had transmitted, they first traveled toward the several small points corresponding to the location of Blissful City.

After making a circuit, they quickly returned.

Next, another stream of light suddenly appeared. This one flew in from another direction of the Dao Net.

It continued probing the area where Blissful City was located.

This cycle repeated again and again.

Li Fan silently watched everything, and a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart, a sense that it was both advanced and backward.

“It is actually called the Dao Net, yet it still requires human assistance…”

“Hmm?”

Li Fan’s gaze suddenly sharpened as he looked toward the Dao Net.

Perhaps it was merely an illusion, but during the Dao Net’s operation and inspection of Blissful City, this entire sheet of “white paper” covering the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

It actually seemed to rise and fall continuously, as though being blown by a gentle breeze.

And even…

It seemed as though it could be peeled away at any moment!

Yet outside the [Dao Net], the shadow resembling a palm remained firmly pressing it down.

Preventing it from truly separating from the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

“So unstable…”

“This Dao Net does not seem to be in a stable state either.”

Li Fan pondered thoughtfully.

Apart from that invisible giant hand, Li Fan also sensed that there were other forces within the Dao Net maintaining its stability.

Li Fan observed carefully, but ultimately found nothing.

The inspection of Blissful City was about to conclude.

Just before disconnecting from the Dao Net, inspiration suddenly struck Li Fan.

“Nameless True Immortal?”

He abruptly turned his gaze toward several important nodes within the Dao Net.