My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1051: Sacrificial Offering, Xuantian King
Chapter 1051: Sacrificial Offering, Xuantian King
“But this might not be contradictory at all. Both half-immortal bodies, in their exchanges with each other, gained insights for breakthroughs…”
“Both have hope of truly shedding the shackles of mortality and achieving the position of an immortal.”
“The Great Mage of Heavenly Capital emulated the Immortal of the Immortal Ruins, resonating to comprehend the Dao.”
“As for the Xuantian King…”
Li Fan’s mind recalled the fragmented memories from the Xuantian Sect’s Dharma King.
“He encountered an accident during the breakthrough process.”
Regarding the events of the Ten Great Immortal Sects overthrowing the Xuantian Sect in an instant back then, Li Fan had also asked Dan Xuan about it.
However, this old fellow was vague and unclear.
He said he himself did not know; it was just a muddled victory in the final war.
As if the Xuantian Sect had lost in a similarly inexplicable manner.
“Dan Xuan must be hiding something. But it can be affirmed that the downfall of the Xuantian Sect back then involved a third force, beyond the Xuantian Sect and the Ten Great Immortal Sects.”
“It incited the Ten Great Immortal Sects to rebel, taking advantage of the Xuantian King’s desire to eliminate internal ghosts, going with the flow to promote this great war.”
“The apparent final winner seems to be the Ten Great Immortal Sects, who gained control over the immortal path in the Xuanhuang Realm. But perhaps the Xuantian King was their true target.”
Li Fan’s thoughts churned.
Linking it to Mo Rubin’s dread of the Faceless True Immortal statue, a bold guess instantly surged in Li Fan’s heart.
“Is it possible that it was the work of fanatical believers of the Faceless True Immortal?”
“The Xuantian King, on the verge of becoming an immortal, was their sacrificial offering to the Faceless True Immortal…”
In these years of using the Faceless True Immortal statue to spread the [True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion], Li Fan had personally witnessed the faith of those cultivators growing from nothing, gradually firming up.
The Source Essense Power could turn decay into miracle, realizing many cultivators’ dreams.
Even in the Federation of All Worlds, which Li Fan had casually created without much effort in management, there were no lack of those truly bewitched by the True Immortal’s power, offering absolute loyalty.
Much less in the ancient Xuantian Sect, where Faceless True Immortal statues were everywhere.
Even if the Xuantian King later discovered something amiss and removed the statues from the Xuantian Sect’s headquarters, how could the statues in the cultivators’ hearts be cleansed?
Following a Half-immortal whose path to immortality was uncertain, or following a True Immortal, and possibly even an existence at the level of the [Nameless True Immortal]…
For the vast majority of cultivators, they would likely choose the latter.
“So after Mo Rubin saw the statue I displayed, he lost trust in me.”
Having pieced together the possible truth, Li Fan continued to deduce the whereabouts of the Xuantian King.
“There are two possibilities. One is that he has already been harvested as a ripe fruit and swallowed by the Faceless True Immortal, vanishing completely from the world. And the Faceless True Immortal’s power still lingers in the Xuanhuang Realm, in anticipation of the next fruit appearing.”
“The second is that the Faceless True Immortal’s devouring failed. The Xuantian King luckily escaped calamity. Those fanatical believers were then vented upon by the enraged True Immortal, perishing without a trace, disappearing completely without anyone knowing.”
“The second possibility is slightly greater. After all, in the current Xuanhuang Realm, aside from my lineage, there is no longer any orthodox inheritance of the Faceless True Immortal. If the sacrificial offering had truly succeeded back then, with the True Immortal bestowing rewards and them tasting the sweetness, they could not possibly stop there.”
A faint light flickered in Li Fan’s eyes.
“The reason Mo Rubin is so obsessed with rescuing the Tianxuan Mirror, even going so far as to cooperate with me in putting on a show, is likely because he has long been certain that the Xuantian King is not dead. Moreover, the Tianxuan Mirror must know his whereabouts.”
“So that’s how it is.”
“Ever since that day they vanished from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance headquarters, they have never appeared in the Xuanhuang Realm again. The Du’e Sect’s paper figures have never spotted them, nor have they shown up in any place where the Tianxuan Mirror exists.”
“They directly detached from the Tianxuan Mirror’s main body space and appeared at another location.”
“…”
“It seems I need to find a way to meet Dharma-Transmitter Zhou in person.”
Li Fan’s mind refocused on the white jade statue he had crafted.
He recorded the voices transmitted from the statue, as well as the fuzzy influences.
Comparing them against the cultivator archives in the Tianxuan Mirror.
In an attempt to find a breakthrough.
The vast majority of the cultivators he identified were on the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance’s wanted list, nominal dead men.
But after more than ten days of uninterrupted monitoring by Li Fan, he truly found one who was not wanted by the Alliance and still maintained the identity of a normal, system-affiliated cultivator.
“What audacity, not even fearing implication for his family…”
Li Fan thought to himself, but after reviewing this cultivator’s life archive, he discovered that this Nascent Soul cultivator named You Chihsong…
Might have done it on purpose.
You Chihsong, a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Eldest legitimate son of the You family in Tianchen Prefecture.
Ten years ago, he had a chance to advance to the Soul Transformation realm.
However, his father handed the family’s sole piece of information on a [Heaven and Earth Life-Transformation] to You Chihsong’s younger brother, You Chibo.
Shattering his hope for Soul Transformation.
This action even received the support of the majority of the You family.
Simply because You Chibo’s aptitude far surpassed You Chihsong’s.
You Chihsong had taken nearly a century to form his Nascent Soul, even with abundant resources.
Whereas You Chibo had done it in just over thirty years.
The gap was simply too vast; even You Chihsong’s mother could only sigh helplessly in consolation.
But You Chihsong refused to accept it!
Because it was he who had first detected this Heaven and Earth Transformation and reported it to the family.
It should have been his for the taking, yet it was forcibly snatched away and given to his own brother!
From this, resentment took root in You Chihsong’s heart.
And the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance’s bloody purge gave him an opportunity for revenge against his family.
By a stroke of coincidence, he happened to encounter Dharma-Transmitter Zhou saving people.
The instant he saw this group of “rebels,” the scheme of mutual destruction flashed in his mind.
He immediately knelt and begged to join.
Seeing You Chihsong’s fervent sincerity, Dharma-Transmitter Zhou casually brought him into her private small world.
Originally, You Chihsong indeed planned to solidify his status as a rebel and then proactively report himself to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
However, as he interacted with Dharma-Transmitter Zhou and learned of her deeds.
And through daily companionship with those around him, You Chihsong’s mindset gradually shifted.
Compared to the grand task of reforming and purging the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to restore Dharma-Transmitter Zhou to her original intent, that family matter concerning a single Soul Transformation cultivator was utterly trivial.
He had previously been blinded by hatred.
But now, You Chihsong had a far nobler goal.
To restore clarity and justice to the Xuanhuang Realm!
…
By combining the conversations of You Chihsong that he had overheard in recent days.
With his life information, Li Fan easily inferred his mental journey.
