My longevity simulation

Apart from Ji Yuzhen, the figures of the other eleven Dharma Kings of the Xuantian Sect appeared one after another before Li Fan.

Sun Xingwang, mysterious and eccentric, who spent all year hidden within the shadows.

The giant Sikong Lin, bold and heroic, unconstrained by trivial matters.

Mo Rubin, a man of few words who followed the Xuantian King without question.

Cui Zhiyuan, the eldest and most senior among all the Dharma Kings.

Zhou Yangli, the youngest among them, yet exceptionally sharp and brilliant.

Gongye Tianzong, with a thick beard and powerful physique, whose attainments in artifact refining had reached the pinnacle. Even the Xuantian King, after returning from the Immortal Realm, would occasionally seek his advice.

Luo Yichen, the peerless beauty of the Xuanhuang Realm. She always kept her face covered with white cloth. Originally, she excelled in dual cultivation and had countless lovers. Later, she killed every cultivator with whom she had once been involved in order to rectify her Dao Heart.

Auntie Nie, who controlled the Langhuan Immortal Tower, one of the largest merchant associations in the Xuanhuang Realm. Her network of informants spread throughout the world, and she handled all matters with remarkable skill and tact.

Xing Wuque, whose limbs were all missing and whose facial features had been destroyed. He permanently wore a bronze fanged mask and almost never communicated with others.

The plump and smiling peacemaker, Tian Xingke.

Yue Qianjie, the martial pillar among the Twelve Dharma Kings, universally acknowledged as the strongest in combat. Obsessed with battle, he was proficient in all forms of cultivation arts.

...

Of these people, Li Fan had only seen most of them once through Ji Yuzhen's memories and knew little about them.

Some of them, however, he was extremely familiar with.

"In the previous life, Mo Rubin personally told the Holy Emperor's clone that his strength ranked among the lowest of the Twelve Dharma Kings."

"At the time I thought it was merely a modest exaggeration, but now it seems..." Li Fan observed the limited memories remaining within Ji Yuzhen's recollections.

Although they were all among the Twelve Dharma Kings, Ji Yuzhen's heart had been entirely devoted to Xuanyuan Hong. She was not particularly close with the other Dharma Kings and merely regarded them as colleagues. However, she still possessed a rough understanding of their relative strengths.

Though there had never been any formal competition among them, Mo Rubin's strength truly ranked near the bottom among the Twelve Dharma Kings.

However, that impression was formed before the Dharma Kings abandoned their original cultivation methods and switched to the immortal techniques bestowed by the Xuantian King.

The immortal techniques were unimaginably profound. After their conversion, Ji Yuzhen could no longer discern the depths of anyone's cultivation.

"The giant skeleton Senior Sister Zhao discovered inside that cave was Sikong Lin. Sun Xingwang's cultivation technique was also left there. It seems he likely met a grim fate as well."

"Mo Rubin remains asleep. As for the others..."

After the destruction of the Xuantian Cult, the Ten Great Immortal Sects had continuously pursued them.

Even so, Li Fan did not believe that all the Dharma Kings except Mo Rubin had perished.

"Perhaps they are still sleeping somewhere within the Xuanhuang Realm, recovering from their injuries."

Li Fan shook his head slightly, not particularly concerned.

Even though they had once stood at the pinnacle of the Xuanhuang Realm, anyone unable to survive the World-Destroying Immortal Formation was not worthy of entering Li Fan's sight.

In his previous life, among those points of light that endured until the very end amidst the World-Destroying Storm, none of these Dharma Kings of the Xuantian Sect were present.

"Unless the survivors among them have long since left the Xuanhuang Realm."

This thought suddenly flashed through Li Fan's mind.

After spending half a month, Li Fan finally finished digesting all of Ji Yuzhen's memories.

Apart from the information concerning the Twelve Dharma Kings, the most important gains were the Azure Firmament Pearl, as well as the method for controlling the Golden Chains Across the Sky component of the Floating Across Starry Sky Grand Formation.

Xuanyuan Hong had once displayed this treasure from the Immortal Realm before Ji Yuzhen.

Just as its name implied, the pearl contained the image of a deep azure sky flowing slowly within its surface. Aside from analyzing the cultivation techniques practiced by a cultivator before death and transforming them into inheritances stored within the pearl, the Azure Firmament Pearl was also said to possess another astonishing ability.

It could devour other immortal artifacts and copy their original powers, transferring those abilities into itself.

Unfortunately, the Azure Firmament Pearl was itself an immortal artifact. Activating it required enormous quantities of immortal spiritual qi. Xuanyuan Hong had merely introduced its functions to Ji Yuzhen and never personally demonstrated this ability.

"This Azure Firmament Pearl is truly a priceless treasure."

"It is said that within the Xuantian Sect there exists a secret technique known as Replacing Heaven in Its Stead. Not only can it completely strip away cultivation techniques and cultivation levels, but it can even transfer the realms and strength gained through cultivating Xuantian Sect techniques to another person."

"Perhaps that is accomplished through the Azure Firmament Pearl. After all, the immortal techniques cultivated by the Dharma Kings all originated from inheritances within the pearl."

"The Azure Firmament Pearl is an immortal treasure. It should absolutely be able to withstand the World-Destroying Immortal Formation. Yet during the storm in the previous life, I never saw any trace of it..."

Many thoughts flashed through Li Fan's mind.

Eventually, his thoughts converged and his gaze settled on a transparent figure wrapped within a golden net woven from source power essence.

The figure was extremely faint, as though it could completely dissipate at any moment.

More importantly, it was incomplete, torn apart and ragged beyond recognition.

This blurry figure was naturally Ji Yuzhen's original soul.

"Even after being subjected to such treatment, its vitality remains unextinguished. As expected of an immortal technique."

"And although the most essential portion of the original soul is already missing, I can still feel a faint temptation..." Li Fan silently praised.

Faced with such a delicious feast of soul essence, Li Fan did not choose to devour it immediately.

Instead, he directed a gentle stream of pure soul power toward the damaged original soul.

Like an adhesive, it slowly pieced together Ji Yuzhen's fragmented original soul, stabilizing it.

Naturally, this soul power did not belong to Li Fan himself.

It came from the countless ordinary soul fragments of Ji Yuzhen that had just been destroyed.

Originating from the same source, they merged without any resistance.

Golden light continued to wrap around the sleeping original soul, completely sealing it.

With a wave of his hand, Li Fan withdrew the golden light.

Then he flashed away and appeared at the ruins of the Purple Heaven Sect, his gaze falling upon Mo Rubin below.

Li Fan let out a cold snort but did not disturb him.

Instead, he silently began weaving an enormous golden net outside the hidden space where Mo Rubin resided.

The Final Dissociation Disc's deduction work on degrading immortal formations had already produced preliminary results.

Using source power essence in place of immortal spiritual qi to construct formations would inevitably result in somewhat weaker power compared to true immortal formations.

Nevertheless, they still stood at the absolute limit of the mortal world, impossible to break unless one had reached the level of the Supreme.

From beginning to end, Mo Rubin never awakened.

Yet the space he occupied was already covered by the immortal formation and transferred elsewhere.

After temporarily placing the two surviving Dharma Kings of the Xuantian Sect together, Li Fan did not wake either of them.

After learning of the Azure Firmament Pearl from Ji Yuzhen's memories, a vague plan had begun to form in his mind.

"Both Mo Rubin and Ji Yuzhen cultivated techniques inherited from the Azure Firmament Pearl."

"Does that mean an extremely subtle connection exists between them and the Azure Firmament Pearl? Even if this connection is almost imperceptible, it is still real."

"It is similar to how the Divine Tree on the Xuan Immortal Ark, which evolved from the Seed of Transformation, still retained a connection with Ruomu after it devoured the Outer-Realm Divine Tree of the Xuanhuang Divine Wood Sect."

"In the previous life, the Xuan Immortal Ark used the power of the True Immortal seal script to magnify that hidden connection. As a result, it was able to lock onto the location of the Xuanhuang Realm beneath the Immortal Ruins from across the star sea."

"If I follow the same method, perhaps I can trace the connection back and locate the Azure Firmament Pearl, or even the Xuantian King himself."

A sharp light flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

The only obstacle at present was that among the True Immortal seal script characters Li Fan had learned while possessing Zhao Xian in the Xuan Immortal Ark during his previous life, none possessed the ability to amplify the connections between things.

However, this was not a major problem for Li Fan.

Before long, he would be taking Yin Shangren and the others to the Remnant World Great Wall beneath the High Wall. They would happen to pass by the Xuan Immortal Ark on the way.

Having already gained a thorough understanding of the temperaments of the ruling elders of the Immortal Ark, Li Fan believed that borrowing this True Immortal seal script character from them would not be difficult.

After setting up the Pseudo-Immortal Formation and sealing the two Xuantian Sect Dharma Kings, all the source power essence accumulated over these past days had been exhausted.

Moreover, maintaining the operation of the Immortal Formation required a continuous supply of source power essence.

"Without Cat Treasure's abilities of lifeform simulation and marrow cleansing, it is still impossible for me, with my current methods, to replicate the bloodline of the Great Celestial Venerable."

"I can only use the flesh and blood factory cultivation method of exotic beasts to produce as many You Clansmen as possible."

In this life, Li Fan entrusted the task of cultivating the You Clansmen to the Empire small world.

With Xu Ke personally stepping forward, the Empire small world offered no resistance whatsoever. After Xiao Qing, Xiao Hong, and the Imperial Daughter received the experience and memories contained within Li Fan's Dao Teacher phantom, they immediately devoted themselves to practical implementation.

The entire strength of the Empire Small World was mobilized to cultivate the You Clansmen.

"Compared to direct replication through the flesh and blood factory, they still have to go through a complete growth cycle. The efficiency is far lower. But this is currently the best method available."

Of course, Li Fan could also generate vast amounts of source power essence through the remaining statue of the Faceless True Immortal.

Since he had escaped from the True Immortal Net once, Li Fan could escape from it countless times.

In a sense, he could almost completely ignore the threat posed by the Faceless True Immortal.

Especially now that he knew of Cat Treasure's existence.

"I just wonder what kind of reaction the Faceless True Immortal would have if it were drawn here and then happened to run straight into Cat Treasure..."

Li Fan could not help imagining such a scene.

Of course, it was only a passing thought.

Whether it was the Faceless True Immortal or Cat Treasure, both were existences beyond his control.

Even his greatest trump card at present, the Immortal-grade formation, probably could not affect them in the slightest.

Therefore, for now, he could only avoid them.

"But not for much longer."

A faint light flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

After reaching Dao Integration in this life, he might be able to conduct some experiments.

...

Time passed in a flash.

There were still ten days remaining before Yin Shangren and the others would make their final decision.

During this period, aside from creating Dao Teaching phantoms and continuing to spread teachings in the Great Xuan Small World, Li Fan also summoned Ou Daozi and his son Ou Shangtian.

Ou Daozi himself was not important.

The important one was Ou Shangtian.

At this point in time, the powers of the Kun-Qian Bone Hand and the Book of Ten Thousand Deaths within his body had not yet truly awakened.

As Heaven and Earth Wonders fused with Immortal Artifacts, both possessed unimaginable powers.

Especially in this life, as the Xuanhuang Realm underwent transformation and sublimation, these two Wonders within Ou Shangtian were also changing accordingly.

Li Fan carefully observed the specific conditions within Ou Shangtian's body.

The Kun-Qian Bone Hand had merged completely with his arm, making the two almost indistinguishable.

Meanwhile, the Book of Ten Thousand Deaths remained hidden within Ou Shangtian's sea of consciousness.

At present, it existed only as a faint transparent trace and had not yet revealed its true form.

"So this is what they call a Child of Destiny."

Li Fan sensed the continuing connection between the wonders inside Ou Shangtian and the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm and could not help thinking this.

He hoped to discover the patterns by which Immortal Artifacts circulated throughout the world after being devoured by the Xuanhuang Realm, thereby uncovering clues to other ancient Immortal Artifacts.

Yet the process appeared completely random.

Ou Shangtian himself possessed no special physique.

He had merely been chosen by the Heavenly Dao of Xuanhuang at birth to serve as the companion host of these Immortal Artifacts.

Given Li Fan's understanding of the Heavenly Dao of Xuanhuang, there was certainly some hidden purpose behind this arrangement.

After all, Xuanhuang cultivators devoured heaven and earth itself. The Heavenly Dao harbored immense hatred toward cultivators.

There was no reason for it to bestow blessings upon them.

"The only explanation that makes sense is that the Heavenly Dao of Xuanhuang lacks the ability to digest these Immortal Artifacts itself."

"So it requires cultivators as intermediaries."

"The Immortal Artifacts are first transformed through the cultivator's body. Then, after the cultivator dies, the power contained within the artifacts returns to heaven through Returning the Dao to Heaven, allowing the Heavenly Dao of Xuanhuang to absorb it."

Li Fan looked toward the sky of the Xuanhuang Realm.

"What a brilliant scheme."

Placing his hand atop the head of the sleeping Ou Shangtian, Li Fan sensed the process by which the two Wonders merged into his body and gradually confirmed his speculation.

"However, this method is something worth learning."

His other hand produced an ancient mirror.

It was none other than the Sun family's treasured artifact, the Boundless Mirror.

Its mirror spirit had already been erased by Li Fan.

A fabricated personality had taken its place.

Meanwhile, the Sun family remained completely unaware that anything had happened to their treasured artifact.

Due to the shortage of source power essence, the Obliterating Wind Calamity hidden within the Boundless Mirror had not yet been completely removed.

Therefore, Li Fan had no plans to use the Boundless Mirror for the time being.

Although the Boundless Mirror was an Immortal Artifact, its most important deduction function was completely useless to Li Fan. Furthermore, because of the effects of the Obliterating Wind Calamity, it no longer contained any Immortal spiritual qi.

As far as Li Fan was concerned, the Boundless Mirror held very little value.

Previously, he had even attempted to use Descends into Mortal World White Ring to dismantle the Boundless Mirror and see whether it could be converted into immortal spiritual qi.

Unfortunately, Descends into Mortal World seemed to possess some inherent limitation regarding Immortal Artifacts. The White Ring dismantling ability simply did not activate.

"It is not that it cannot dismantle them. There are simply special restrictions."

Li Fan's thoughts wandered regarding the origin of the White Ring.

Originally, he had thought the Boundless Mirror would become little more than a burdensome possession.

Yet the methods employed by the Xuanhuang Realm gave him inspiration.

"If the Boundless Mirror were transformed into a law-based Wonder, then merged into the Heavenly Dao of Xuanhuang through the death of a cultivator..."

"Taking the idea further, not just Immortal Artifacts like the Boundless Mirror."

"Perhaps any foreign object from the Star Sea could be handled in this way."

"In addition to Star Sea revival, Immortal spiritual qi, and the residual power of remnant worlds, there is now another path to strengthen the Xuanhuang Realm."

Li Fan tightly gripped the Boundless Mirror.

The Xuanhuang World-Destroying Transformation: Passage of Shifting Times, Blue Seas Becoming Mulberry Fields, activated instantly.

This transformation was originally a method by which the Xuanhuang Realm accelerated its own evolution in order to discover a way to survive world-destroying calamities.

In an instant, the spacetime surrounding the Boundless Mirror seemed to accelerate countless times.