My longevity simulation

Li Fan had sensed [Truth]‘s emotions to some extent in the past.

The tremor when he first encountered the Eternal Relic, and the longing when facing Mr. Bai’s skull.

Now, when Li Fan tried to “feed” [Truth] with the newly born Five Elements Cave-Heaven, [Truth] once again sent back feedback.

“Not entirely satisfied. In other words, barely acceptable.”

A glint of cold light flashed in Li Fan’s eyes. Countless red threads flew out from his body’s Cave-Heaven, like billions of tentacles, piercing into the void of the [Root of Heaven and Earth].

Seizing the ownership of the newborn Cave-Heaven from this maternal body.

The [Root of Heaven and Earth] was only responsible for simple gestation of Cave-Heavens. Thus, when this creation destined to detach from itself was slowly stripped away by Li Fan, it did not provoke any intense resistance.

On the contrary, the newborn Cave-Heaven itself seemed to sense something.

It exerted every effort to emit strands of resisting power, attempting to halt Li Fan’s devouring.

But how could a newborn infant compare to a sturdy adult brother?

It was inevitable.

Amid continuous faint rumbling sounds, the newborn Cave-Heaven was pulled into the illusory shadow of the vast Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven, which resembled a backdrop painting.

Until it was completely engulfed and vanished.

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

A series of sharp ringing sounds echoed in Li Fan’s ears, and the scene before his eyes seemed to dim for an instant.

Once everything returned to normal, Li Fan looked at his [Truth] panel.

“Current available anchor count: 3”

“It increased by one. As expected, this works. After devouring Golden Core Laws failed to satisfy [Truth]‘s appetite, the next step could only be a higher-grade Nascent Soul Cave-Heaven.”

Having verified his conjecture and gained another usable anchor for [Truth], Li Fan did not feel particularly joyful.

Instead, he kept savoring the emotion [Truth] had just conveyed.

It was tasteless to eat, yet a pity to discard. But under Li Fan’s insistence, [Truth] ultimately devoured the newborn Cave-Heaven.

“Now it’s Cave-Heavens. So what will it want next? Small worlds, cultivation realms? Or the upcoming Heaven-Earth Transformation and Heaven-Earth Spirits from the new method system?”

“Regardless, it’s time to curb its appetite a bit. Being picky is not a good habit.”

In the dim void space, Li Fan stood alone in the emptiness.

After pondering for a long time, he slowly departed.

Emerging from the [Root of Heaven and Earth], Li Fan next headed to the location of the blood-colored long river.

Thanks to the lingering protection of the Fishing Pond’s remnant power, this place still remained undiscovered by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. The surviving cultivators in this outpost were the last remnants of the Federation of All Worlds.

They had long learned of the total annihilation of the Spiritwood Realm headquarters. Amid grief and fury, not a single one wavered in their faith in the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion.

Because they could still sense, in meditation, the Compassionate True Immortal’s omnipresent, magnificent divine power.

The cultivators Li Fan had dispatched into the blood-colored long river to seek historical fragments were mostly hot-blooded young people. Their cultivation did not exceed the early Golden Core Lord stage at most.

With the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance’s overwhelming might, though their thirst for revenge burned fiercely, they knew they were no match.

Thus, they could only go into hiding first, secretly accumulating strength.

Without headquarters support and stripped of their former dependencies, they pinned their hopes for vengeance on that vast Blood-Colored Long River.

Clinging to firm conviction and ignoring the toll on their lifespans, they threw themselves into it time and again.

Attempting to probe the mysteries within.

In three years, of the original hundred-plus people, only thirty-three survived.

Moreover, these survivors all suffered massive losses to their lifespan.

Young as they were, they had all turned white-haired and decrepit, resembling doddering elders.

Yet they were not entirely without gains.

Li Fan studied the insights they had compiled.

“Compared to those driven purely by self-interest, those bearing bone-deep hatred are better able to maintain clarity of mind while exploring the blood-colored long river.”

“The projection of the blood-colored long river seems to exhibit a kind of homophily in its attractions. For instance, our group of avengers more easily observes those cultivators from history who similarly harbored sky-high grudges.”

“Beyond mere recorded images, it may even be possible to truly summon things from history into existence. This appears to be a manifestation of the power of the [blood-colored long river]. However, the trigger probability is far too low; since the founding of [Seeking the Hidden], this phenomenon has occurred only once. We are currently researching the conditions required to achieve the goal…”

Li Fan recorded all of this extremely valuable research material.

At the same time, he memorized the name of the cultivator who had diligently compiled and documented these results.

Chen Chen.

“Not bad. Earlier, among the group, this person was unremarkable. Only now, in the desperate straits of the federation’s downfall, has he finally revealed his leadership abilities.”

“A talent worth cultivating. In the next life, I can promote him earlier. Hmm, let me see which small world he came from…”

After achieving his objectives at the blood-colored long river, Li Fan did not appear to disturb them.

Instead, he let the group continue their own mission.

After all, a year later, the outcome would be the same regardless.

Li Fan quietly departed and made a round of visits to places like the Great Li Realm, the Empire, the Dark Realm, and many others.

He harvested the results and repeatedly tested and verified his escape plan.

…

The river of time surged onward.

On this day, as Li Fan tinkered with a Tianxuan small mirror, he suddenly raised his head and gazed into the distance.

The first Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Great Formation had been completed.

In an instant, Li Fan’s gaze pierced through layer upon layer of spatial barriers, arriving at the mortal world where the great formation stood.

The cultivator responsible for constructing the great formation here felt the cultivation reward bestowed by the Compassionate True Immortal within his body and revealed an expression of excitement.

Guided by an inexplicable intuition, he did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately activated the great formation.

This mortal world was somewhat larger in scale than Li Fan’s homeland, Great Xuan.

But as the Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Great Formation activated, the originally clear blue sky suddenly took on a trace of eerie blood-red hue.

The blood-red swirled back and forth in the sky like a paintbrush, ultimately forming a grotesque and terrifying blood-colored giant eye.

The giant eye coldly regarded the teeming masses below, like the eye of a god.

In that moment, an inexplicable surge of extreme terror rose in the hearts of all living beings between heaven and earth.

Under this instinctive fear, their bodies trembled uncontrollably, and they collapsed to the ground.

Even though nothing had happened yet, an aura of despair had already begun to spread across the land.

Of course, there were those who dared to resist this blood-colored giant eye.

But all they could do was point to the heavens and curse, raging impotently.

And the cultivator who had single-handedly forged this world’s Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Great Formation stood there in a daze, staring at the blood-colored giant eye in the sky.

He muttered to himself: “No, that’s not right. How could it be like this?”