My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1189: The Primordial Golden Core Forms (Combined Two Chapter)
“That talisman seems capable of absorbing the power of free-floating True Immortal Seal Script. It should serve as suitable cover.”
“Yet it is a method the Severed Immortal Tower has debuted for the first time. Even in this Academy of Dao Attainment, claimed to be the source of all dao techniques on the Immortal Ark, there are no related records whatsoever.”
Li Fan’s clone’s gaze instantly fell upon Zhao Xian, who was sleeping soundly.
“The Immortal Ark’s hierarchical system is strict. Many people never leave their own continent in their entire lives. A solid fortress still requires finding a way to breach it from within.”
The clone lightly pointed a finger at Zhao Xian’s forehead.
In a daze, Zhao Xian seemed to experience a very long dream.
In the dream, the conflict between the Severed Immortal Tower and the Celestial Pivot Court dragged on without a decisive victor. The struggle grew increasingly fierce, and the methods became more extreme. Ultimately, it led to a catastrophic disaster. The Immortal Ark plunged into the depths of the Relic Sea and turned to ashes. No one on the Immortal Ark survived, including Zhao Xian himself.
Awakening from the nightmare, the usually open-minded and optimistic Zhao Xian could not recover for a long time. His face turned deathly pale.
There was no other reason; the dream was simply too real. Some details from the dream remained crystal clear in Zhao Xian’s memory, to the point where he felt as if he had returned to the past.
“In the dream, ten years later, the Immortal Ark salvage team discovered a supreme treasure called the Derivation Law Jade in the Relic Sea. It could derive different cultivation methods at every moment and even perform targeted derivations based on conditions. For the ownership rights of the Derivation Law Jade, the Severed Immortal Tower and the Celestial Pivot Court fought fiercely. In the end, it was temporarily kept by our Academy of Dao Attainment. Although the academy gained an unimaginable number of cultivation methods during this period, it also planted the seeds for future disasters.”
“As an elite disciple of the academy, I had the fortune to study a portion of those cultivation methods in the dream.”
“Sea Stabilizing Divine Sword…”
Zhao Xian subconsciously began to circulate the content of the dream’s cultivation method.
Moments later, his expression changed drastically.
“How is this possible?”
Zhao Xian recalled even more profound cultivation method contents.
“Taikang Geng Metal Sword Qi, Heavenly Emperor Qi Canon, Two-Qi Illuminating the Spirit: All-Heavens Annihilation Art, Boundless Celestial Pivot Spirit-Severing Art…”
One after another, world-shaking supreme arts emerged in his mind.
Every word and sentence was crystal clear.
The qi circulation brought about by silently reciting these cultivation method phrases made Zhao Xian realize that these were not figments of his imagination at all, but genuine supreme divine techniques!
“These cultivation methods, let alone me, even the entire Academy of Dao Attainment has no one who could derive them…”
Zhao Xian’s heart pounded wildly.
“Could it be that I have truly returned from the future to the past?”
For a full half day, Zhao Xian could not accept this reality. No matter how hard he racked his brain, he could not figure out why such a bizarre thing had happened to him.
Since he could not figure it out, he stopped thinking about it.
Zhao Xian’s thoughts quickly focused on the dream’s ending where the Immortal Ark was destroyed.
“If that is true…”
“I must change all of this.” Zhao Xian subconsciously clenched his fists tightly.
Having experienced too many cruel events in the dream, the young Zhao Xian had become much more steady. He did not habitually use the Myriad Inquiries Records to search for solutions, because he knew that every speech he made and every browsing trace within it was under the Academy of Dao Attainment’s surveillance.
“The matter of the Immortal Ark’s destruction is far too shocking. I cannot speak of it to others, not even to Master. And I absolutely cannot let the Academy of Dao Attainment, this organization that was completely destroyed in the future struggle, know about it. Otherwise, no one can guarantee whether they would take even more extreme actions, or even cause the Immortal Ark to be destroyed ahead of time.”
Zhao Xian paced back and forth in the room, his mind operating at high speed. Ever since the grand dream, he felt that his thinking had become much more agile.
“Master was right. The Immortal Ark must have, and can only have, one helmsman. But the contradictions between the Severed Immortal Tower and the Celestial Pivot Court are irreconcilable. If we allow them to fight internally, the destruction of the Immortal Ark is inevitable.”
“The best method is to cut through the chaos with a sharp blade and let one side gain an overwhelming advantage in a short time.”
Zhao Xian’s eyes flickered. “Although some details of personnel and events in the dream have become blurry, my memories of future cultivation methods and secret techniques are extremely clear. With this information advantage spanning decades, I have confidence in helping one side unify the Immortal Ark. As for whom to help…”
Recalling the actions and governing philosophies of the two major organizations in the dream, Zhao Xian ultimately decided to choose the Severed Immortal Tower.
“Right now, the Severed Immortal Tower has just revealed its edge and is short on manpower. As long as I show a bit of talent, I can easily infiltrate it.”
“My current strength is still too weak. I need to improve as quickly as possible. Fortunately, I now have too many miraculous cultivation methods in my mind.”
“As long as the resources are sufficient, breaking through two major realms within a year is not a problem.”
Zhao Xian closed his eyes to meditate quietly, already preparing to shock the Academy of Dao Attainment upon emerging from seclusion.
What he did not notice was that beside him, a faint, nearly invisible figure was quietly gazing at him.
This figure was naturally Li Fan’s clone.
“Without the restriction that technique cannot be cultivated together, all the countless cultivation methods I once viewed in the past can now exert their maximum value here.”
“Compared to the treacherous Xuanhuang Realm, this Immortal Ark is truly like a paradise on earth.”
Li Fan, who faced constant restraints in the Xuanhuang Realm, now stirred up waves on the Immortal Ark and instead felt a sense of complete freedom where his full repertoire of supreme arts could be exerted to the utmost.
……
After crossing more than half of the Star Sea, encountering the Immortal Ark civilization hidden within the Relic Sea, and finally finding a breakthrough point to infiltrate and lie low.
This entire process took Holy Embryo Li Fan approximately one year and more.
Yet because the flow rates differed across regions of the Star Sea, in the Xuanhuang Realm only less than half a year had actually passed.
In half a year, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance had already recovered from the great upheaval that day in the Xuanhuang Realm.
The twisted white mist barriers between heaven and earth had all returned to their original state.
The cultivators’ memories of that disaster had gradually become blurry as well. Everything seemed to have returned to the starting point.
In the Xuanhuang Realm’s affiliated small world, the Holy Dynasty Great Qi, the changes over this half year could be described as advancing with each passing day.
“Advancing with each passing day” was not merely a figure of speech. In the sky above the Holy Dynasty Great Qi, a wondrous sight truly appeared that could rival the sun and moon.
It was centered on five blurry halos, with more and more shining stars emerging around them.
Even during daytime they were clearly visible.
At night they completely overshadowed Great Qi’s original starlight.
Folk legends claimed that the five halos symbolized His Majesty the Holy Emperor’s five personal disciples.
The stars appearing successively around the halos represented the many outstanding talents emerging in Great Qi.
This rumor was not baseless; it had ample evidence.
Just three days earlier, all the people of Great Qi personally witnessed a shining star near the halos in the sky suddenly erupt with light a thousand times brighter than usual.
It then transformed into a beam of light that shot straight toward the Holy Emperor’s throne in the Holy Capital.
The phenomenon lasted for nearly half a day before the pillar of light piercing heaven and earth finally dissipated without a trace.
Afterward, people were shocked to realize that the star in the sky had vanished along with it and descended to the mortal realm.
If even a Holy Emperor’s disciple could trigger such a wondrous sight, what of the Holy Emperor himself?
Following the world-shaking demonstration the Holy Emperor had performed half a year earlier, people once again stirred up private discussions and speculations about the Holy Emperor’s powerful strength.
Throughout the entire Holy Dynasty Great Qi, worship and trust in the Holy Emperor had reached a terrifying level of unanimous unity.
At this moment, the unparalleled Holy Emperor in the hearts of Great Qi’s people was frowning tightly, staring at the white-haired youth seated cross-legged with eyes closed before him.
Unlike the folk legends, after the light beam said to be the manifestation of a star descended from the sky three days earlier, Holy Emperor Li Ping felt no joy whatsoever.
Instead, endless shock gave rise to anger and vigilance.
Because he immediately discerned the true nature of the light beam: outside the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven, one of the giant Cave-Heavens that Daoist Hundred Flowers had painstakingly transported beyond the Great Qi small world to serve as propulsion for the world’s rapid movement through the void……
Had exploded.
And the culprit behind this incident was right here in Great Qi, right here in the Holy Capital!
Yet before this moment, Li Ping had been completely unaware of the matter! How could Li Ping, who prided himself as the destined Holy Emperor, accept this?
Over the past half year, while the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance was occupied suppressing the disaster and soothing the populace, Daoist Hundred Flowers had worked day and night without rest, ruthlessly transporting several Cave-Heavens from the Xuanhuang Realm to this place.
Perhaps because the mighty power of the Star Sea had shaken the Xuanhuang Realm, Daoist Hundred Flowers found transporting these Cave-Heavens much easier. Even so, half a year of sleepless toil had her nearly exhausted. Unable to hold on any longer, she hid inside the Five Elements Cave-Heaven to recuperate.
Unexpectedly, the disaster of a Cave-Heaven exploding had occurred.
Daoist Hundred Flowers’ expression turned extremely ugly. She no longer cared about recuperating and immediately rushed out from the Five Elements Cave-Heaven.
By then Li Fan had already identified the true culprit of the incident.
Before he could even lash out, Yin Shangren’s single sentence turned his shock into joy and completely dispelled his anger!
“Someone……”
“Has successfully cultivated the Primordial Golden Core!”
Even the Holy Emperor could not help but feel his mind shake violently and lose focus for an instant upon hearing Yin Shangren’s words.
The Primordial Golden Core, as the realm following Foundation Establishment with Oneself, was a link in the New New Method and an important component in Li Ping’s plan to subvert the Immortal Ancestor system.
This first step was especially difficult to take. Once taken, it would bring many unimaginable changes.
When Li Ping had summoned Yin Shangren to Great Qi to research the New New Method, he had not held great expectations in his heart. It was purely with a try-and-see mentality.
After all, the Immortal Ancestor’s New Method system had stood unshaken for ten thousand years.
Destroying its foundation could not possibly be easy.
Li Ping had anticipated that the derivation of the New New Method would require at least units of ten or a hundred years.
Yet he had not expected that merely half a year later Yin Shangren would give him such a huge surprise.
At the same time, doubts and vigilance arose in Li Fan’s heart.
He did not begin questioning but shifted his gaze from the black-haired youth to Yin Shangren, awaiting an explanation.
Yin Shangren ignored Li Ping entirely. He simply gazed at the cultivating youth in intoxicated admiration.
“The aura of the world……”
Li Ping’s brows furrowed slightly.
The black-haired youth gave him a very strange feeling.
He was indeed one of the several children who had cultivated Foundation Establishment with Oneself Method, and he had truly completed the realm breakthrough.
That elusive, hard-to-grasp fluctuation of strength made even Li Ping feel somewhat difficult to fathom.
However, the youth’s vitality was far too weak.
It did not resemble the vigorous flourishing state after a realm breakthrough at all. Instead, it was like a candle flickering in the wind, on the verge of extinguishing.
It seemed that in the next second his life would vanish completely.
After a long while, seeing the black-haired youth’s face twist in pain, Yin Shangren let out a long sigh: “Seizing the world’s creation with one’s body……”
“How difficult it is! Although he achieved the Primordial Golden Core, he suffered backlash. If he cannot endure it, the only path left is death of the body and disappearance of dao.”
Li Ping automatically skipped the latter half and focused on the first part of Yin Shangren’s words.
“Seizing the world’s creation with one’s body? This is the key to cultivating the Primordial Golden Core?” Li Ping asked.
Yin Shangren remained silent for a moment before replying: “You have seen the situation. He has indeed broken through, yet the risk involved is almost certain death……”
“The New New Method should not follow such a path.”
Yin Shangren then explained to Li Fan the process by which he had comprehended the Primordial Golden Core through this coincidental opportunity.
“What is Primordial?”
“Foundation Establishment through Oneself means building the foundation of cultivation with complete self. Humans exist within the world; to advance further, one must seek answers from the world and heaven and earth.”
“Seizing the world’s creation with one’s body is not the same as the Immortal Ancestor New Method’s direct devouring of heaven and earth……”
“Although the actual effect produced is actually quite similar.” Yin Shangren suddenly stopped speaking.
Raising his head to look at the remnant shadow of the vanished Cave-Heaven in the sky, he continued: “Achieving Primordial does not seize concrete matter or energy but the world’s ‘creation.’”
“The Great Dao is fifty, heaven derives forty-nine. Because of the one that escapes, the world possesses extra variables, allowing heaven and earth to retain infinite vitality after countless years.”
“But if that escaping one is seized……”
“The light beam between heaven and earth just now was their fate.”
“Of course, part of the reason was my own intervention. Without external interference, the changes would probably have taken nearly a hundred years to appear. I acted to help this child. Otherwise, with a mere Foundation Establishment body daring to greedily seize heaven and earth, even if it was only a Cave-Heaven, his consciousness would have become lost in the struggle within the Cave-Heaven world.” Yin Shangren glanced at Li Ping without any intention of apologizing.
“To think of what I could not think of, this kid did is indeed remarkable.”
……
From Yin Shangren’s words, Li Ping also vaguely understood this so-called Primordial Golden Core.
As the master of the Great Qi world, having observed and contacted many small worlds at closer range, he grasped the meaning in Yin Shangren’s words even more clearly.
“The world is like the human body. The idea of seizing the world’s creation to achieve one’s own Primordial Golden Core is indeed feasible.”
“It is just that……”
Li Ping pondered for a moment and secretly shook his head in denial within his heart.
“This step is far too great!”
“With a human body, swallowing a world. Even I may not be able to accomplish it.”
“The New New Method should be a universal method that everyone can cultivate.”
