My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1216: The Truth of the Floating Across Formation

“Hmm.” Sensing that Holy Emperor Li Ping’s gaze seemed to lock onto him, Yin Shangren gave a light cough.

“Very well, back to the main topic. Creating dark repulsion is an instinctive behavior of the formation. Even if the formation is damaged, it will continue to operate according to its original logic. This Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation is truly remarkable. It must have begun autonomously seeking substitutes after losing its Xuanhuang energy supply.”

“The You Clan were born because of this.”

“I believe you have already seen it. The power generated through the You Clan’s prayers can partially replace the supply from the Xuanhuang Realm’s heavens and earth…”

“I wonder how much you understand about formation arts. With what I have said, do you comprehend?”

As Yin Shangren spoke, he noticed that Holy Emperor Li Ping’s expression seemed somewhat strange. He thought perhaps his explanation had been too abstruse and unclear.

Thus he asked directly.

“I have some slight understanding. The Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation was built by the Xuantian King. If we follow your explanation, then this Dark Sea here is the same as that formation module which captures worlds in the Star Sea. Both are important functional parts of the Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation.” Li Ping said thoughtfully.

“Correct.” Yin Shangren nodded.

“Moreover, according to my judgment, besides these two parts and the central control of the formation, the Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation should have other functions as well…”

“The principles of formation arts involve endless circulation. The golden chains and the Dark Sea alone cannot form a complete formation cycle. There should indeed be two additional subsidiary formation modules to allow this grand formation to operate at peak efficiency.”

Before Yin Shangren could speak, he realized that Holy Emperor Li Ping had already voiced his own judgment.

“It seems your attainment in formation arts far surpasses mine.” Yin Shangren said in a faint tone.

Li Ping did not respond but continued pondering the missing parts of the Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation.

At the same time, he did not stop communicating with Yin Shangren.

“If we view the Xuanhuang Realm as a flying boat struggling near a Star Sea vortex, then in a sense, this place serves as the boat’s power source?”

After thinking for a moment, Yin Shangren expressed agreement.

“Then if… I mean hypothetically, we gave the Dark Sea sufficient energy supply, would it be possible to gradually struggle free from the vortex once more?” Holy Emperor Li Ping asked slowly, his tone enigmatic.

“…In theory, it is possible. However, we do not know the Dark Sea’s energy conversion efficiency. It is more likely that even if we burned the entire current Xuanhuang Realm to exhaustion, we still could not move the Xuanhuang Realm even an inch. Moreover, I have a feeling that due to the recent decline in the You population, the Dark Sea’s energy supply has once again encountered problems. It may have begun to stimulate new evolutionary energy-absorbing methods.” Yin Shangren shook his head.

“A vague sense of crisis keeps surfacing in my heart. We cannot afford to be careless.” Yin Shangren’s tone grew solemn.

“However, have you not recently produced a large number of You people? If we can restore the Dark Sea’s energy supply, it might prevent this evolution from occurring.” Elder Yin suddenly said this.

Holy Emperor Li Ping of Great Qi remained silent.

…

Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters.

Li Fan, who had just failed in his attempt to crack the colorful rainbow light not long ago, now had no time to rest or adjust. He immediately began deducing the Xuanhuang Realm’s [Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation].

Li Fan recalled the scene from his 119th life when Mo Rubin had mysteriously vanished inside the Dark Sea, leaving behind only an empty shell.

“So the Dark Sea is actually part of the Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation.”

“Mo Rubin had successfully learned information about the Xuantian King through the Tianxuan Mirror and ultimately headed to the Dark Sea. It is uncertain whether he truly perished, but his entire cultivation was very likely directly devoured by the Dark Sea and converted into energy powering the Xuanhuang Realm.”

“Whether he acted out of great love and willingly sacrificed himself for the Xuanhuang Realm, or faked his death to escape like a cicada shedding its shell, it is almost certain that the Xuantian King or at the very least matters closely related to the Xuantian King—is hidden within the Dark Sea.”

“Previously I thought the Dark Sea was purely a manifestation of foreign power, so I could do nothing about it. But now that I know it is a manifestation of formation power…”

“I may not be unable to crack it!”

All of Holy Emperor Li Ping’s various sensations inside the Dark Sea, along with the scenes he witnessed there in his 119th life, emerged in Li Fan’s mind.

The Final Dissociation Disc, empowered by the Dao Deviation Stone, hummed faintly with unprecedented intensity.

It had actually been pushed to its absolute limit.

“No wonder when I first asked the Tianxuan Mirror for the Floating Across Starry Sky Grand Formation, it hesitated and even offered an immortal-grade formation diagram to temporarily placate me. Now it seems this Floating Across Grand Formation is fundamentally the ultimate transformation formation for the Xuanhuang Realm. It changed the Xuanhuang Realm from a pure immortal cultivation world into an eternal immortal boat capable of crossing the Immortal Ruins.”

“If the formation had not been damaged, and if there were not still a High Wall outside the Immortal Ruins…”

“Perhaps the Xuanhuang Realm would have long since broken free of its shackles and begun roaming the Star Sea.”

“Perhaps it was precisely when I demanded the Floating Across the Starry Sky Grand Formation diagram from the Tianxuan Mirror that I revealed a flaw. After all, given the importance of this formation, the Twelve Dharma Kings of the Xuantian Sect had no reason not to know about it. Yet my attitude at the time showed no corresponding importance. I treated it merely as an ordinary formation…”

Countless thoughts flashed through Li Fan’s mind simultaneously.

Time passed slowly as the Dissociation Disc and the Dao Deviation Stone continued to flicker with light.

Feeling the long-familiar, increasingly intense stabbing pain between his brows, Li Fan frowned slightly: “It seems the complexity of this Floating Across Grand Formation exceeds my imagination. With too little known information, even with three immortal-grade formations as a foundation, forcing a deduction is far too difficult. Even attempting to deduce the vulnerabilities of the Dark Sea alone is somewhat challenging.”

“Moreover, this formation appears to possess the ability to prevent others from deducing and cracking it?”

Li Fan felt a wave of shock inside.

Each time the Final Dissociation Disc reached a critical point in its deduction, the majority of the formation data would suddenly collapse and vanish into thin air.

It was as if some power, spanning time and space, was actively interfering.

Li Fan even suspected that if his main body had not been hiding inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s Derivation Law Jade space, he might have been directly locked onto by this power rather than merely interfered with.

“Fortunately, each attempt at deducing and restoring the formation still leaves behind some retained data. It may be slow, but it works.”

“Of course, it would be best to maintain the current state of the Dark Sea without any changes.”

…

As Li Fan’s main body thoughts surged, Holy Emperor Li Ping’s decision suddenly shifted as well.

“I intends to contend with the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance for the Xuanhuang Realm and will natural