My longevity simulation

“Perhaps I can even convert them into believers of the True Immortal of Salvation!”

Looking at the countless prisoners around him who were emitting agonized wails under the torment of the formation’s punishments, Kou Hong felt a deep empathy and fell into contemplation. “However, this is still a strictly guarded prison after all. To achieve this, I will need to plan carefully over the long term.”

Kou Hong’s eyes flickered as he once again used the same furious outburst to mask himself. But this time, he deliberately showed an intermittent and feeble demeanor, as if he could no longer hold on.

In the following period, Kou Hong used his apparent complete submission to divert the jailers’ attention away from himself. Meanwhile, he frantically studied the detailed explanations of formations every day and secretly accumulated strength to enhance his own power.

Now he had finally realized it. That stream of warmth from the True Immortal of Salvation’s inexplicable blessing, which had appeared in his body, was actually the cultivation that all cultivators dreamed of.

In conventional understanding, only through day-and-night painstaking cultivation would one accumulate this power, which served as the driving force for advancing realms. Yet at this moment, it was pouring into his body endlessly, like water without a source.

And because of this, his strength was advancing at a terrifying speed that defied imagination. In just half a month, he had directly broken through to the Golden Core Completion stage.

This made Kou Hong even more convinced that all these inconceivable miracles happening to him were absolutely the blessings of the True Immortal of Salvation! After all, it had taken him over two hundred years as a mortal cultivator to reach the mid-Golden Core stage! But now, breakthroughs happened in the blink of an eye.

Originally, Kou Hong thought that Golden Core Completion was already the limit. But what happened next completely shattered his cognition, making him understand what true immortal divine power truly meant!

It was well known that to break through from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage, one needed to devour a Cave-Heaven of the Xuanhuang Realm. At this moment, Kou Hong was still trapped in the Nether Prison, so naturally, he could not meet this condition.

However, three days later, something that left Kou Hong utterly shocked occurred. Because as he circulated his spiritual energy and inspected his body, he actually discovered that within his dantian, a faint illusory scene of a Cave-Heaven had emerged!

Upon sensing it even more carefully, Kou Hong confirmed that this shadow of the Cave-Heaven was not an illusion. It truly existed! A Cave-Heaven was being born within his own body!

No need to say it; this too was the blessing of the True Immortal of Salvation. Kou Hong quickly accepted this fact with ease. Relying on this nascent Cave-Heaven, he formally broke through to the Nascent Soul stage one month later!

The various anomalies triggered by the realm breakthrough were perfectly concealed by the true immortal power surging within his body. It did not alert the jailers of the Nether Prison.

Kou Hong stared at his own hands, suspecting he was in a dream. The Nascent Soul stage, a realm he had only dared to dream of in the past, had been achieved by him so effortlessly.

“True Immortal of Salvation, I, Kou Hong, do not know what virtue or ability I possess to receive such profound favor from you. I vow to fulfill your entrustment, even at the cost of my life a thousand times over.”

In the shadows, Kou Hong gazed at the countless towering structures of the Nether Prison around him, his eyes gradually filling with determination.

After initially entering the Nascent Soul stage, Kou Hong’s strength continued to grow steadily upward every day on its own. But his main focus had now shifted to breaking the formation and rescuing the prisoners in the Nether Prison.

“With just me alone, accomplishing this will be quite difficult. But in this prison, where can I find helpers?” Kou Hong quietly observed his “neighbors” around him, selecting suitable candidates for collaboration.

Thus, he did not know how much time had passed. On this day, Li Fan looked at the message sent by Kou Hong and could not help but smile faintly. Yet he pretended not to see it and gave no response.

Kou Hong, unwilling to give up, tried a few more times. In the end, he had no choice but to abandon the effort helplessly. “Could it be that my judgment was wrong? It should not be.”

Just as Kou Hong was in dire situation, a newly arrived prisoner immediately caught his attention. This man was not a member of the Federation of All Worlds; he had been imprisoned here for violating the laws of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.

Judging by the crime he committed, he probably had no chance of getting out in this lifetime.

“Now you vermin want to die to atone for your sins at the drop of a hat. It’s not that easy! I will make sure you cannot even beg for death, and spend the rest of your life rotting away in this sunless dark prison, full of worry!” The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance cultivator in charge of the escort said through gritted teeth.

The prisoner remained silent. But the look in his eyes toward the other man was full of disdain and killing intent. However, under the suppression of the cruel formation, it soon turned into cries of agony.

When people are in extreme pain, their instinctive words are always closest to their truest inner thoughts. After listening for several days to the words of this new neighbor, Kou Hong confirmed that he was indeed a suitable collaborator.

On this day, after waiting for him to be tortured until he was on the verge of death, Kou Hong quietly penetrated the formation and sent a message. The other man instantly opened his eyes, trying to locate Kou Hong’s position. It was obviously in vain.

After some exchange between the two, Kou Hong learned his name. Zhang Fu.

The crime he committed was not a big deal; he had merely pocketed one-third of the Moling Prefecture’s Alchemy Hall’s annual profits for himself. In the past, even if the matter came to light, as long as he spent some contribution points and pulled some strings, he could settle it with money and be done with it.

But this time, unluckily, one of his archenemies somehow found out about it. He directly reported it to the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters. The headquarters reacted unusually swiftly this time.

Before Zhang Fu could smooth things over, the envoy from headquarters had already arrived. After a brief investigation, the evidence was irrefutable, and he was captured on the spot. They did not even go through the usual procedure of a second review; they brought him straight to the dark prison and suppressed him.

Only then did Zhang Fu realize that he had been set up. He had thought he would be doomed forever, but unexpectedly, he encountered a turning point.

“Help release the criminals in the Nether Prison? This is a capital offense. Although everyone can reincarnate now, I heard before coming in that the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance seems to have reached some agreement with that Rebirth Heavenly Venerable. Those who commit unforgivable sins in the Alliance will lose the chance to reincarnate. They will truly die! Just like those members of the Federation of All Worlds before.”

Unaware of Kou Hong’s body shuddering violently not far away, Zhang Fu continued on his own: “Although being imprisoned here means no chance of ever getting out, it’s still better than truly perishing. Who knows, maybe one day the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance will grant a great amnesty to the world?”

At first, Zhang Fu did not agree; he even secretly thought of reporting this schemer to atone for his crimes and make merit. But the next words from the other man made him change his mind.

“Here, death is a form of relief. If you don’t believe me, just look at the people around you.”