My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1128: Heavenly Emperor Qi as Anchor
Fortunately, Li Fan was no longer the mortal Grand Preceptor who had just entered the cultivation world back then.
After numerous reincarnations, he had already grasped far too many secrets of the cultivation world.
Scenes from the past flashed rapidly through his mind, and soon he found a feasible countermeasure.
“To minimize the chance of the Faceless True Immortal noticing, it’s best if my own cultivation realm doesn’t undergo drastic changes. But I still need to increase my strength as much as possible, that is, my ‘existence’ in the mortal world…”
“Heavenly Emperor Qi Classic.”
A secret manual not belonging to the Xuanhuang Realm instantly appeared in Li Fan’s sea of consciousness.
This was a peerless technique that Senior Stone Tablet had fished out from the Fishing Pond.
Senior Stone Tablet had shown no interest in it at the time and casually tossed it to Li Fan.
Yet now, it had become the perfect lifesaver for Li Fan.
The Heavenly Emperor Qi Classic allowed one to become a worldly emperor, condensing the qi fortune of the masses and the dynasty. Without needing to cultivate, one could become a powerhouse comparable to the Longevity Immortal Realm.
Though becoming a Longevity Immortal powerhouse required the successive efforts of hundreds of years and over a dozen generations, Li Fan had no intention of reaching the highest realm of the Heavenly Emperor Qi Classic.
He only needed to condense the qi fortune of the masses to help him tide over this current crisis.
“No time like the present. Late Foundation Establishment cultivation is already enough to sweep the world clean.”
Li Fan stood at the peak of Jieli Mountain, gazing into the distance toward Xuan Capital City.
His figure drifted away, vanishing in an instant.
…
Three days later, a piece of news spread like wildfire across the land.
The Great Xuan Emperor was muddle-headed and tyrannical, inciting the wrath of both heaven and man.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor had descended, slaying the tyrant monarch and treacherous ministers, reopening a golden age, and remaking the cosmos.
It sounded utterly divine, but the officials and commoners across Great Xuan knew at a glance that this was a dynastic change.
Though it was indeed earth-shattering, after a few days of chaos, everyone quickly calmed down.
After all, from ancient times, imperial authority had never extended to the villages. No matter who changed at the top, those who truly controlled the world remained the same group.
This was what the people of Great Xuan initially thought.
But before long, the extraordinary aspects of this Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor began to gradually reveal themselves.
Overnight, towering platforms sprang up across the Great Xuan lands.
No one knew how these hundred-zhang-tall structures had come into being, but the existence known as the “Holy Emperor Bases” completely transformed the official hierarchy of the Great Xuan Empire.
Because these Holy Emperor Bases could project the image of the Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor onto the celestial canopy.
Every commoner, even those living in remote deep mountains, could listen to the Holy Emperor’s teachings through these Holy Emperor Bases scattered throughout the empire.
What terrified the local officials even more was that these Holy Emperor Bases also had the function of connecting to the capital.
In Qing Province, a drought had struck, leaving the land barren for three months with corpses littering the fields from starvation.
Yet shortly after the construction of the Holy Emperor Base, a contingent of the Imperial Forest Army emerged from it, bringing vast quantities of grain to provide disaster relief.
While saving countless commoners, this event was instantly broadcast across the realm through the Holy Emperor Base.
Moreover, Holy Emperor envoys emerged one after another from the Holy Emperor Bases, summoning local officials. This also corroborated the authenticity of the relief effort.
The Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor, being the reincarnation of an immortal, had once displayed various divine abilities in the imperial court. These feats quickly became known to all within a short time.
“Commoners everywhere may pray to the great Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor through the Holy Emperor Bases. As for local officials who are muddle-headed or corrupt, once verified, they will be severely punished without mercy.” This was the Holy Emperor envoy’s guidance to the people of Great Xuan.
“Do not think you can simply end it all with death. The Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor’s methods are beyond your imagination. Those hundred-plus fat pigs tied up at the Xuan Capital’s vegetable market entrance are the former officials who exploited the commoners. They are still using their pig trotters every day to write repentance letters on the ground. I have come this time to take you to appreciate the sight.” This was the Holy Emperor envoy’s warning to the officials across Great Xuan.
After the bureaucrats of Great Xuan collectively visited the Xuan Capital’s vegetable market entrance, they all returned with faces as pale as death.
Upon returning to their respective territories, they swiftly became upright and stern in a short period.
Xuan Capital City.
Li Fan floated above the capital, gazing at the dynasty’s qi fortune that had slowly shifted from black to azure. He nodded slightly.
“By using the Holy Emperor Bases to achieve strong centralization, the Great Xuan Dynasty has completed its transformation in a short time. Next is to gradually consolidate the people’s hearts and elevate the Qi fortune.”
Li Fan examined his own body.
The over one hundred million living beings of Great Xuan were now all tied to him alone.
It was equivalent to a weighty “anchor,” fixing his existence in place.
His form no longer flickered transparently like a ghost.
It would still occasionally revert to that state of intangibility.
Clearly, it had not yet fully stabilized.
“No major issue. As long as Great Xuan encounters no problems and grows ever more prosperous, in another three years, I should be able to completely shake off the side effects of ‘Intangibility.'”
“But that would only resolve the side effects. To truly escape the True Immortal’s Web, I still need to head to the Dark Realm for activating [Truth]
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Li Fan lightly swung a fist toward the front.
Without invoking his own Foundation Establishment spiritual power, he relied solely on the Heavenly Emperor Qi Classic, drawing upon the condensed dynasty qi fortune.
A whistling sound tore through the air as distant white clouds were cleaved in two.
Faintly, an azure dragon phantom emerged in the sky, rearing its head and roaring.
“White, azure, scarlet, purple, gold.”
“The five realms of the Heavenly Emperor Qi Classic: in just one short month, I have cultivated to the second layer.”
“Now equivalent to an ordinary late Golden Core cultivator. Such rapid progress is due, first, to Great Xuan’s solid foundation; it could barely be called a feudal golden age. Second…”
Li Fan looked down at the towering Holy Emperor Base.
“Immortal methods are utter dimensional suppression against a mortal dynasty. After harshly punishing a batch of corrupt officials and resolving disasters across the lands, proclaiming it all to the realm through the Holy Emperor Bases caused the people’s hearts to coalesce almost instantly.”
“For an ordinary feudal mortal emperor to achieve what I have would take at least a decade or more. And they would still face backlash from officials and local powers.”
“But I need not worry about such things.”
With these thoughts, Li Fan slowly descended from the clouds into the palace.
“Greetings, Holy Emperor!”
“Greetings, Teacher!”
The guards in the courtyard immediately knelt to the ground.
“Rise.” Li Fan raised his hand, lifting them all up.
The young men’s faces flushed red with excitement.
They were all personally selected by Li Fan from across Great Xuan. Besides serving as guards for the imperial palace, their primary duty was to execute corrupt bureaucrats in various places, intimidate evildoers, and maintain the Great Xuan Dynasty’s qi fortune in flourishing prosperity, unyielding and undefeated.
Among them, the one addressing Li Fan as Teacher was the exceptionally talented youth named Sun Erlang from the foot of Jieli Mountain, along with Wang Xuanba.
They bore an even more important mission.
“Erlang, how has your progress been with the Sitting Immortal Art I taught you?”
After dismissing the others, Li Fan turned to Sun Erlang and asked gravely.
