My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1116: Strategic Retreat

It was called a pyrrhic victory, but in truth, during these three clashes, the Spiritwood Realm had suffered no real losses. Merely some accumulation of energy had been depleted.

If the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance retreated now, or if it was deterred by the strength the Spiritwood Realm had displayed and temporarily halted its offensive, the Spiritwood Realm could quickly replenish that energy loss. However, it was clear that the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance would not be so easily frightened off.

The Oblivion Beast, having lost its attack target, wandered aimlessly in place for a moment. Then, as if catching a whiff of the enticing aura from the Xuanhuang Realm beyond the spatial passage, it abruptly shifted its focus.

The spatial rift was once again forced open wider, and that aura which had made Li Fan’s heart race vanished in an instant. Before the people of the Spiritwood Realm could celebrate, the entire Spiritwood Realm began to shake violently without warning.

“This is…” As the master of the Spiritwood Realm, Li Fan in the Nether Prison sensed the anomaly first. “The anchor point of the Spiritwood Realm in the Xuanhuang Great World is shifting! They intend to draw the coals from under our feet, avoiding direct confrontation and instead directly annihilating the small realm?”

In the past, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance had forcibly relocated the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven in Tianling Prefecture to the central heartland domains. The actual scale of the Spiritwood Realm now was not even as large as the Five Elements Cave-Heaven. Even after Li Fan had reinforced it with formations, it likely could not resist the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s brute force relocation.

Moreover, even though his true body was far away from the battlefield, through the sensations from the Holy Embryo and his clone, Li Fan had already discerned the method the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance was using to migrate the world.

“Floating Starry Sky Grand Formation!” A glint flashed in Li Fan’s eyes. He had long coveted this magnificent grand formation, created by the Xuantian King and used by the Xuanhuang Realm to capture other cultivation worlds.

Yet even though his Final Dissociation Disc was on the verge of sublimating to the level of an immortal artifact, it remained powerless against this starry sky grand formation and could not forcibly deduce it. It seemed that beyond the formation itself, there were other unknown factors involved.

When Li Fan had previously asked the Tianxuan Mirror about the details of this formation, it had repeatedly evaded the question, deflecting with information about other grand formations. As a result, Li Fan had never glimpsed the true nature of this formation. He had not expected to encounter it today, during the siege of the Spiritwood Realm.

In his true body’s sea of consciousness, the Dissociation Disc emitted a faint excited white glow and flickered rapidly. “From a glimpse through a bamboo tube, one can see the whole leopard. But the Dissociation Disc can reverse-engineer the full formation from this partial view. Indeed, as an opponent of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, one gets to witness more of their hidden cards.”

Li Fan was quite satisfied with the results of this probe. As the Spiritwood Realm’s anchor position gradually shifted, the initial deductions from Li Fan’s Dissociation Disc had already yielded results. “The Tianxuan Mirror did not lie; the grand formation is indeed severely damaged.”

“Currently, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance is invoking the Floating Starry Sky Grand Formation’s ability to span the starry sea, lock on, and pull in worlds. Judging from the speed at which the Spiritwood Realm is now being forced to move, the formation’s power is less than one ten-thousandth of its intact state. But drawing in the entire Spiritwood Realm is still effortless. No, that’s not right… Something is still missing.”

This was a situation that had never occurred before. The Final Dissociation Disc’s deduction had unexpectedly halted on its own. With the Dissociation Disc’s profound knowledge of formations, no matter how it calculated, it could not construct a formation with the same function as the ancient Floating Starry Sky Grand Formation.

This once again confirmed Li Fan’s previous conjecture. This Floating Starry Sky Formation is indeed not merely a simple formation. “No wonder, with the qualifications of a Immortal Ancestor, it has taken so many years without successfully restoring this formation. He still had to painstakingly scour the void for world remnants himself,” Li Fan mused thoughtfully.

Although he could not glimpse the full scope of the great formation, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance was also employing a flawed version of its power. Under Li Fan’s instructions, the people of the Spiritwood Realm, who were in a state of panic and uncertainty, quickly sprang into action.

As a formation manifested on the land of the Spiritwood Realm, an invisible fluctuation enveloped the entire small world. The Spiritwood Realm, which had been dragged forward at high speed, instantly seemed to sever its connection. The shaking gradually subsided, and it finally came to a halt at an unknown location.

Li Fan immediately checked the current position of the Spiritwood Realm. It had shifted from the eastern region of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance to the southern area. It was now remarkably close to that Great Rift Vortex.

“They plan to borrow the natural power of the rift boundary to directly shatter the world? The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance truly has devised a clever scheme.”

The Spiritwood Realm’s ability to neutralize the Floating Starry Sky power had far exceeded the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s expectations. Internally, it seemed divisions had arisen, and they refrained from further assault. However, Li Fan could faintly sense that immortal alliance cultivators were continuously emerging in the surrounding void, encircling the Spiritwood Realm completely.

Daoist Hundred Flowers, the Medicine King Sect, and others also perceived the current situation; their expressions turned grim. “This is what they call a fight of a cornered beast. It seems my considerations in this life were still not thorough enough. Next time, when rebuilding the Spiritwood Realm base, perhaps I can incorporate the ability for the entire small realm to teleport instantly.”

“Before today, achieving this would have been somewhat difficult. But with the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s demonstration, heh…” Li Fan sneered inwardly. All blades directed at Li Fan would be returned a thousandfold.

“Emmisary, I believe we can no longer sit idly by,” Liu Ruchen proposed gravely at this moment. “Although the Spiritwood Realm’s various defenses are impeccable, they cannot withstand the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s endless consumption. Perhaps breaking out and fighting to the death might offer a slim chance of survival.”

“The Medicine King True Cauldron, after years of modifications, has expanded its internal capacity several times; it should be able to carry most people along,” Fang Zaiji added.

Liu Ruchen’s suggestion garnered approval from the vast majority. They all turned to look at the Holy Embryo Li Fan. “Preserve the people and lose the land: both people and land endure; preserve the land and lose the people: both people and land perish.”

“Very well, then everyone prepare for evacuation,” Li Fan nodded in agreement with the group’s plan. The crowd immediately acknowledged with a resounding response and dispersed.

One group took charge of monitoring the spatial passage entrance to counter any potential sneak attacks from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance. The other group swiftly transferred the Federation of All Worlds’ resources and population.

In truth, if the Spiritwood Realm’s anchored position had not shifted, Li Fan had prepared a contingency plan of severing the tail to survive. That is, transferring to affiliated small realms like the empire or Great Li. Then destroying the spatial passages.

Although it could not completely eliminate the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s pursuit, it would at least delay them by a few days. Unfortunately, during the recent forced transfer, the Spiritwood Realm’s position had deviated. This caused all channels to affiliated small realms to sever.

At this point, to withdraw, the only viable direction was to carve a bloody path through the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s encirclement.