My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1501: Straight for the Heart of the Enemy

The Nameless expert whose Dao Path was [Rock Solid] faced Li Buren's sudden ambush. A flash of ocher light flickered in his eyes. Despite having been imprisoned beneath the Dao Net for tens of thousands of years, he remained calm and composed.

He stamped both feet down forcefully. In an instant, his figure became like a towering mountain, standing firm between heaven and earth.

The Myriad Aspects Dao Net that Li Buren had used to restrain him suddenly felt as though someone had seized it with tremendous force. For a moment, it became difficult to move, caught in a stalemate.

The mountain formed by [Rock Solid] stretched endlessly into the distance, vast and imposing. Even with the power of Wuji surging through the Myriad Aspects Dao Net, it was difficult to completely dissolve the mountain of Rock Solid in such a short time.

Li Buren suffered a slight setback, but he did not hesitate in the slightest. He raised the staff above his head and brought it crashing down toward the elderly Rock Solid Nameless expert.

This was precisely the situation Li Fan had anticipated long ago. Although he had spent a hundred years comprehending the Dao and learned to wield the power of Wuji, he had yet to reach the stage of transforming his very being into Wuji itself. Against the true powerhouses among the Nameless True Immortals, he might not be able to achieve an instantaneous and overwhelming victory.

This was also why Li Fan had brought the Wuji Celestial Pillar along.

Although the Rock Solid Nameless expert had grown old, his strength had only become more firmly established with age. Nevertheless, he was still no match for the true Great Dao of Wuji. The Wuji Celestial Pillar pierced straight into the heart of the mountain. The hard rocks covering its towering peaks and ridges crumbled at the slightest touch, like tofu.

The ocher light in Rock Solid's eyes vanished in an instant, like a candle being blown out. All that remained was an expression of utter bewilderment.

'The mountain range formed by Rock Solid's Dao Path seems to be imitating [Mountain Shangfang].'

Li Buren suppressed this Nameless expert as well and sent him into the High Wall.

While reflecting on the Dao Path he had just comprehended from his opponent, Li Buren hurried toward the third Celestial Pillar.

With two supreme treasures in hand, Li Buren encountered no meaningful resistance whatsoever. He once again succeeded in abducting the third Nameless True Immortal imprisoned within the Dao Net, [Unspoken].

Of the four pillars, three had now been lost.

The Dao Net of the Shuo Star Sea had lost the vast majority of its supporting anchors. Its suppressive power had diminished dramatically, allowing Chaos and Benevolent Transmuter to move freely within it without suffering much interference.

The weakening of the Dao Net also brought subtle changes to the starry sky of the Shuo Star Sea.

With Dao Annihilation looming over everything, the Dao Net had served as a collection of interconnected Celestial Pillars, supporting a heaven on the verge of collapse. Now, Li Fan had abruptly removed three of those pillars. Although the star sea within the High Wall had consequently become more stable, the Shuo Star Sea here had undoubtedly been pushed to the brink of collapse.

Life still existed throughout the star sea, at least for the time being. Beyond its outer reaches, however, the heavens seemed shrouded in a dark shadow. From time to time, deep rumbling sounds echoed through the distance, resembling the roar of mountains collapsing and oceans surging.

The two Nameless experts, Benevolent Transmuter and Chaos, were clearly familiar with these signs.

Their memories of them were so vivid that an intense sense of unease and fear surged through them almost instinctively, as though they were suffering from a traumatic response.

Li Buren ignored their emotions and continued faithfully carrying out Li Fan's orders.

He headed toward the final location where a Nameless expert was imprisoned.

Chaos and Benevolent Transmuter had no choice but to follow him. At the same time, they could not help warning him.

"Something seems wrong. This operation has gone far too smoothly."

"The Dao Net is on the verge of collapse, yet the [Great Net] has still not appeared. Where on earth has he gone?"

"He absolutely cannot have simply fled after receiving advance warning. The Dao Net represents the culmination of his efforts over countless years. He would never abandon it so easily. Unless his current objective is even more important to him than the Dao Net itself?"

A thought involuntarily surfaced in the minds of the two Nameless experts.

Li Buren seemed to have guessed what they were thinking as well. Yet he merely paused for a moment before continuing forward.

At the location of the final Dao Net pillar, not a single Immortal Hunter remained to resist them.

The surroundings were deathly silent. The last remaining Nameless pillar barely supported the collapsing Dao Strings around it.

Once this final pillar was removed, the Dao Net of the Shuo Star Sea would cease to exist from this day onward.

Li Buren repeated his previous method. The Wuji Celestial Pillar led the way, dissolving the last remnants of the Dao Net's defenses.

A gaunt, emaciated figure appeared before his eyes.

The figure seemed to have endured unimaginable abuse, or perhaps he had simply been imprisoned for the longest time.

This final Nameless expert sat cross-legged with his head bowed and his clothes in tatters.

Compared with the previous three, his condition was utterly miserable.

Li Buren could even sense that the Dao Net of the Shuo Star Sea had extracted more of the Great Dao from this individual than it had from the other three Nameless experts combined.

He alone seemed to bear the combined burden imposed upon all the other Dao Net pillars!

Countless densely packed Dao Strings pierced his body, presenting a truly horrifying sight.

"Do you recognize him?"

Li Buren suddenly spoke, turning to ask the two Nameless experts behind him.

Chaos and Benevolent Transmuter examined the figure carefully, but both shook their heads slightly.

"The Immortal Realm is boundless, and the number of beings who have attained the Nameless Realm is beyond counting. It is perfectly normal that we do not know every one of them," Benevolent Transmuter explained.

Hearing this, Li Buren studied the prisoner in silence, but he did not immediately attempt to rescue him.

With his current level of comprehension of the Great Dao, he had been able to discern the origins of the previous three Nameless experts at a single glance.

Wealth and Honor, Rock Solid, Unspoken...

Although these Great Daos had merged with their respective Nameless experts, the individuals themselves had not transcended beyond the Dao. Consequently, they had still left behind faint traces of their existence throughout heaven and earth. Li Fan had relied on these traces to glimpse the nature of their Dao Paths.

Yet the individual before him lay entirely beyond Li Buren's field of perception.

His Dao Path was completely unfamiliar and unknown.

'Could he have come from another possibility? Or perhaps...'

Although doubts arose in his heart, Li Buren felt no excessive fear with two supreme treasures in his possession.

Remaining cautiously vigilant, he once again brought the Wuji Celestial Staff crashing down upon the prisoner.

The remaining Dao Strings wrapped around the final captive dissolved one after another.

Just as the prisoner was about to be freed and the Dao Net was on the verge of complete collapse...

A pale, emaciated hand suddenly clamped tightly around the Wuji Celestial Staff.

The Dao Strings that had already dissipated abruptly surged out from the figure before him once more, spreading in every direction.

Although Li Buren had been prepared for unexpected developments, his heart still skipped a beat. He immediately attempted to withdraw the Wuji Celestial Pillar.

To his astonishment, the gray stone staff seemed to have become firmly glued to the other party's palm.

No matter how desperately Li Buren tried to control it, the Wuji Celestial Pillar remained completely motionless!

Li Buren also sensed wisps of Wuji aura beginning to emerge from the prisoner's body during the brief moment he had been holding the staff.

An ominous premonition welled up in Li Buren's heart.

At that moment, the final Nameless True Immortal abruptly opened his eyes.

"Young friend, why have you destroyed my Dao Net?"

...

Not long before this, within the High Wall.

Li Fan, who had been observing Li Buren's actions, suddenly felt an inexplicable surge of restlessness.

His heart skipped a beat. He immediately began examining the source of this unfamiliar emotion.

Ever since he had embarked upon cultivation through reincarnation, his spiritual intuition had saved his life countless times.

Although he still did not know the precise origin of this extraordinarily accurate intuition, Li Fan had provisionally accepted it as one of his unique innate talents, much like his own spirituality, which could be endlessly diminished.

Whenever his intuition issued a warning, there was invariably a reason behind it.

Li Fan's thoughts raced, and among the countless possibilities, he quickly identified a likely target.

"The [Great Net]?"

"The Dao Net is being destroyed, yet he has paid no attention to it. Is he planning to come directly after me instead?"

Li Fan could not help finding the situation absurd.

Although Li Buren had taken the Wuji Celestial Pillar, Dao Sword, and Dao Saber with him, Li Fan was practically invincible within the High Wall.

Not only did he possess the support of the five phantom manifestations of the Hill Guardian, but he also commanded the living beings of an entire Archaic Immortal Realm as his soldiers.

Unless his opponent was a transcendent powerhouse among the Nameless experts, Li Fan had nothing to fear.

"This warning from my intuition is different from those I have received before. It does not indicate an immediate mortal danger, but there is undoubtedly a potential threat."

"This means that the [Great Net] is a formidable opponent after all."

After considering the matter repeatedly, Li Fan decided against immediately fleeing back to the [Truth].

Instead, he intended to meet this exceedingly mysterious Nameless expert first.

While Li Fan was still contemplating his next move, Li Buren had already reached the final prisoner.

When the gaunt old man spoke the words, "Young friend, why have you destroyed my Dao Net?"

A blue figure suddenly appeared within the Archaic Immortal Realm, materializing like a ghost without the slightest warning.

It directly locked onto the location of Li Fan's true self.

The two were no more than a thousand zhang apart.

The Archaic Immortal Realm was entirely under Li Fan's control. Naturally, he sensed this uninvited intruder the very instant he appeared.

That was precisely why he was all the more shocked.

There was no doubt that the blue figure was the one known as the [Great Net].

Yet Li Fan had absolutely no idea how he had managed to appear inside the High Wall.

Ordinarily, with the High Wall serving as a barrier, any True Immortal attempting to cross it would inevitably cause fluctuations that attracted Li Fan's attention. After all, he could now be considered a half-successor of the Lord Hill Guardian, possessing access privileges over a major division of the entire experimental field.

Yet the blue Great Net had completely disregarded these rules.

"Just how..."

Li Fan stared intently at the mysterious figure before him. Without hesitation, he immediately unleashed his full strength.

The phantom of the Lord Hill Guardian, the Sealing Celestial Pillar, and even the Myriad Aspects Dao Net woven by Li Fan himself.

He intended to suppress the Nameless being known as the Great Net in an instant.

In the Darkest Star Sea, it was as though monstrous waves had suddenly surged into the heavens. Within the Archaic Immortal Realm, the winds and clouds changed color, and the firmament split apart.

The Heavenly Emperors and Heavenly Scars were alarmed by these extraordinary phenomena. Only then did they notice the two figures confronting each other within the Immortal Realm.

Upon seeing someone dare to challenge the dignity of the Archaic Creator Father, the living beings of the Archaic Immortal Realm erupted in collective fury.

They transformed into streaks of flowing light and descended in an instant, gathering behind Li Fan like a bank of dark clouds as they glared at the blue figure before them.

They waited only for Li Fan's command before swarming forward to tear this defiant intruder to pieces.

Yet beneath his cold and stern expression, Li Fan's heart had already been thrown into turmoil.

Because he discovered that the power originating from the phantom of the Lord Hill Guardian...

Had actually stopped working!

It was not that the five phantoms of the Lord Hill Guardian within the High Wall had lost their power.

Rather, Li Fan could no longer borrow power from them!

In an instant, his greatest trump card had been inexplicably neutralized.

'Could this so-called Great Net actually be Lord Hill Guardian?'

The moment this thought arose, Li Fan's heart began pounding uncontrollably.

At present, he was still nowhere near powerful enough to contend with Lord Hill Guardian.

'No, that is not right. Compared with the legendary Lord Hill Guardian, the Great Net's actual capabilities fall far short.'

'He has fought back and forth with a group of fallen Nameless beings, remaining locked in a stalemate with them for tens of thousands of years.'

'There is absolutely no way he could be Lord Hill Guardian himself.'

Li Fan quickly regained his composure and began rapidly considering the cause of this bizarre phenomenon.

'He has seized my control over the phantoms of the Lord Hill Guardian.'

'And he can move freely between the inside and outside of the High Wall.'

Li Fan narrowed his eyes. He had already arrived at an answer.

'Is this Great Net, like me, someone who originated from within the High Wall? Did he also enter the hidden space of the experimental field and obtain the inheritance of Lord Hill Guardian?'

'However, he does not come from our Darkest Star Sea.'

'Instead, he comes from another separated space within the experimental field.'

...

The words spoken by the blue figure next seemed to confirm Li Fan's conjecture.

"You obtained the inheritance of Lord Hill Guardian, yet you engage in such disgraceful conduct?"

He pointed toward the Sealing Celestial Pillar standing here and spoke in an indifferent tone.

Li Fan's thoughts raced through countless possibilities.

Since the other party had not attacked him outright, there was still room for negotiation.

Regardless of anything else, he should first try to extract some useful information. After all, with the protection of [Illusion Is Also Truth], he had already secured himself a position of invulnerability.

With a sweep of his hand, Li Fan ordered the watching inhabitants of the Archaic Immortal Realm to withdraw.

Then he burst into laughter.

"So it turns out we are all members of the same family after all!"

"Perhaps I should address you as Senior Brother?"

The blue figure rejected the suggestion indifferently. "I would not presume to accept such a title."

Li Fan did not press the matter. Instead, he changed the subject.

"What I am doing differs in no way from what you are doing, Fellow Daoist. We are both transforming immortals into pillars."

"This practice has existed in the Immortal Realm since ancient times. Even if the successive Immortal Emperors were to appear in person, they would have no grounds to criticize me."

Li Fan laughed coldly.

"Using immortal bodies to prop up Dao Annihilation Calamity can also be considered an immense act of merit."

"Others may do so, but you cannot. You have received the inheritance of the Lord Hill Guardian."

The blue figure was not led astray by Li Fan's sophistry. Instead, he directly pronounced his judgment on Li Fan.

"I cannot do it? Then why can you, Fellow Daoist? Heh, do not be too..."

"I, naturally, cannot violate it either." The blue figure interrupted Li Fan.

"But the star seas of the lower realms are on the verge of destruction. There is no longer enough time to slowly reason with the True Immortals. Therefore, I took the initiative and entered the Net with my own body."

As he spoke, the blue radiance surrounding his figure gradually faded.

His true appearance was revealed.

He looked exactly like the old man imprisoned in the deepest part of the Dao Net!

Or rather, the two of them were fundamentally the same person!

"If I do not lead by example, how can I expect the other Nameless beings to willingly follow suit?" the old man said calmly.

"You!"

Only now did Li Fan finally understand.

The mysterious Nameless being who had constructed the Dao Net was actually one of its four supporting pillars!

The master of the Dao Net was also a prisoner within the Dao Net!

"Since you have already obtained the Hill Guardian's Miscellaneous Notes, why must you still use your own body as a pillar?"

"An inherited Dao phantom should be able to take your place!" Li Fan demanded, narrowing his eyes after recovering from his brief shock.

The old man sighed.

"Unless one has reached the realm of Transcendence, no matter how genuine a phantom may appear, how could it compare with the true Great Dao?"

"Of course, the most crucial problem is that there is no time left."

"If I had twice as much time, perhaps I could slowly cultivate a sufficient number of inherited Dao phantoms."

As he spoke, the old man surveyed the surrounding Archaic Immortal Realm.

"Benevolent Transmuter and the others were not exaggerating. This place truly retains the vestiges of an Immortal Realm."

He nodded in approval.

"I still do not know your esteemed name, Fellow Daoist." Li Fan cupped his hands in greeting.

"Having learned the way of the Master, I shall carry it forward with my body and inherit it through my will. My path of the Dao is embodied in these two words: [Inherit Dao]."

The old man spoke solemnly.