My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1240: Where the Rainbow Light Vanishes
Killing intent surged in Li Ping’s mind, but it quickly vanished without a trace along with the aura around him.
As the Holy Emperor of Great Qi, he had to remain expressionless whether happy or angry. Even with no outsiders present, this was still necessary.
“Reclaiming the power of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao does not necessarily require killing them.”
“If they voluntarily return the power, I would rather not create more killing karma. But if…”
Li Ping’s heart turned icy cold.
Ruomu and the Stone Tablet were each alone, yet their combat strength was equivalent to that of a Longevity Immortal Realm cultivator. Fighting them would serve as a good test before the decisive battle against the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.
“When a lion hunts a rabbit, it must use full strength. I cannot underestimate them.”
“Ruomu is weaker, so I will start with him. I must also avoid the Stone Tablet’s notice…”
A plan gradually took shape in the Holy Emperor’s mind.
As one of the three major branches of Ruomu that had fallen into the mortal world, the Earth Vein Ancient Tree would surely maintain a specific connection with the main body.
Since Ruomu had been severely wounded by cultivators, he had become deranged and no longer appeared in the world.
Perhaps he could first locate Ruomu’s true hiding place through the Earth Vein Ancient Tree and then weaken his power.
With a thought, Wang Xuanba soon arrived at the Holy Emperor’s seat.
The Xuanhuang evil thoughts had been completely devoured by Li Ping, so there was no need for him to remain at the peak of the sealed small world.
After receiving the Holy Emperor’s transmission not long ago, he had already returned to the Holy Capital.
The heavenly grace that descended during Li Ping’s breakthrough had also been partially enjoyed by the clone in the small world.
At this moment, Wang Xuanba’s realm had reached the late Nascent Soul stage and was not far from Soul Transformation.
However, Wang Xuanba’s strength was mainly reflected in his various exotic beast abilities. Realm level was not particularly important to him.
“The Dao One insect has a variant capable of eroding spirit wood. Cultivate some first; I will have great use for them soon.”
Wang Xuanba nodded and accepted the order.
…
Just as Holy Emperor Li Ping prepared to reveal his fangs to the Xuanhuang Realm for the first time.
At the far end of the distant Darkest Star Sea, outside the Xuan Immortal Ark, Holy Embryo Li Fan encountered a crisis.
The source of the danger was not the residual True Immortal power in the star sea or some unknown cultivator.
It was the Sea of Relics where he currently resided.
Not long ago, this originally stable ruin had begun to tremble faintly for some unknown reason.
The tremors in the Sea of Relics were secondary. More importantly, once the continuous ruins no longer felt like a single entity, the suction from the High Wall deeper in the star sea became even more pronounced.
In Holy Embryo Li Fan’s eyes, the entire star sea seemed to have suddenly risen like a tide, sweeping up countless gathered relics and dragging them toward the shore.
The Xuan Immortal Ark had activated a special contingency plan.
Even though the Ark remained invisible and hidden in the void, Holy Embryo Li Fan could still clearly sense its movement.
It was not advancing in a fixed direction but constantly shifting positions in a dodging and weaving manner.
Like a compass that never stopped rotating, it deflected the suction from the High Wall.
Holy Embryo Li Fan had initially thought of copying this method to resist the High Wall’s pull.
But it was not as easy as it appeared.
“The Immortal Ark’s rotation does not use itself as the sole pivot; it connects faintly with the entire Sea of Relics. Only by borrowing the near-infinite number of relics does it barely evade the force.”
Holy Embryo Li Fan felt a power dragging his body.
Even while flying his sword in the opposite direction, he was sinking bit by bit.
As he grew farther from the Immortal Ark and was about to be pulled deeper into the Sea of Relics, Holy Embryo Li Fan could not help but consider forcing his way onto the Xuan Immortal Ark for shelter.
Even if it led to a bitter battle, it would be better than crashing headfirst into the invisible High Wall.
Just as he prepared to act, a seven-colored rainbow light suddenly lit up in the Darkest Star Sea from the direction of the Xuanhuang Realm and the Immortal Ruins, instantly drawing his attention.
He was slightly stunned at first, then quickly realized it was the sixteen Dao Integration cultivators summoned by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance at the Immortal Ancestor’s call.
“They arrived so quickly?”
Holy Embryo Li Fan could not help feeling surprised.
Even accounting for the different time flows in various regions of the star sea, the rainbow light’s arrival was much earlier than Li Fan had expected.
“Wait, could this sudden change in suction be meant to guide the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s rainbow light?”
Watching the rainbow light streak across the star sea, this thought emerged in Li Fan’s mind.
After pondering for a moment, he gave up his futile struggle and used the suction to fly deeper into the star sea as well.
The rainbow light moved extremely fast, but within the ruin-filled Sea of Relics it inevitably slowed down.
Li Fan protected himself with a sword formation and quietly followed behind.
Li Fan had originally assumed the Sea of Relics had a limited range.
But after tracking for roughly three days by Xuanhuang Realm time and still not leaving the continuous ruins, Li Fan finally gained a rough understanding of the scale of the once-flourishing immortal cultivation world in the Darkest Star Sea.
Beyond the relics there was no visible end, and no distinction of east, west, south, or north.
Yet the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s rainbow light clearly had special guidance and maintained a fixed direction.
The route it took seemed meticulously calculated to avoid all dangerous zones within the ruins.
Thanks to them, Holy Embryo Li Fan followed smoothly behind.
Another four days passed.
The dense broken relics ahead suddenly became sparse.
Li Fan’s spirits lifted; he knew he was about to leave the Sea of Relics.
Without obstruction, the rainbow light gradually accelerated.
Only half a day later, a scene that Li Fan would never forget appeared before his eyes.
A great wall stood in the dark void ahead.
At first, Li Fan thought this was the so-called High Wall.
But after clearly seeing the details of the great wall, Li Fan suddenly understood.
The “bricks” that made up the endless stretching wall were clearly one ruined world after another.
Just like the wreckage in the Sea of Relics, what lay ahead was the ruins of worlds themselves.
Li Fan estimated in his heart that even after devouring many immortal cultivation world fragments and far surpassing the Xuanhuang Realm of ancient times in scale, it would still amount to nothing more than an insignificant section within this Remnant World Great Wall.
“Just how many immortal cultivation realms were destroyed in the ancient catastrophe?”
“And by what mighty force were they all gathered here?”
“The High Wall…”
Li Fan gazed into the distance with all his might, trying to locate the High Wall that was known by name but never seen in form.
Yet in the darkness, apart from the countless world fragments, no other anomaly could be seen.
After a brief moment of distraction, Li Fan realized he was still uncontrollably flying toward the ruined world wreckage.
And his speed was increasing faster and faster.
“If I crash into it like this, even with my Heavenly God Sword Body, I will perish in both body and soul.” Li Ping frowned inwardly.
But he quickly locked onto the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s rainbow light ahead of him.
For some unknown reason, that rainbow light showed no sign of slowing down at all.
Instead it actively accelerated once more, speeding toward the front.
“This…”
After pondering for a moment, Holy Embryo Li Fan decisively followed closely behind.
“The Immortal Ancestor went to such great lengths to summon these Dao Integration cultivators. He cannot possibly let them die in vain.”
As if to confirm Li Fan’s guess, after advancing a distance into the ruined realm sea the rainbow light suddenly ignored the High Wall’s suction, turned in a new direction, and flew toward one of the world fragments.
It was as if something there possessed an attraction even stronger than the High Wall’s echoing star power.
A trace of unease flashed inexplicably through Holy Embryo Li Fan’s heart.
“The Immortal Ancestor?”
After drawing near the spot where the rainbow light had turned, he too sensed that power.
Yet under the warning in his heart, Holy Embryo Li Fan did not follow it over.
Instead he continued flying deeper into the remnant world sea for some time. Thanks to the possible influence of the Immortal Ancestor’s power, Li Fan’s speed gradually slowed.
He finally found a stable point and came to a halt.
However, Li Ping knew this stability was only temporary.
As soon as that suspected Immortal Ancestor power disappeared, he would once again lose control and rush toward the High Wall.
Li Fan tried flying into the ruined world ahead to take shelter.
But these corpses of worlds clearly would not offer protection to cultivators the way the Xuanhuang Realm did.
“It seems my end is near.”
Just as Holy Embryo Li Fan was thinking this, not far away at the original destination of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s rainbow light, the sudden disappearance of an aura made him jolt sharply.
Before he could react, a second and then a third Dao Integration cultivator’s aura vanished in succession.
Dao Integration cultivators, even those forcibly accelerated to the realm, were still supreme experts beneath the Longevity Immortal Realm.
They were existences countless cultivators dreamed of becoming.
Yet in this dark void, within the Remnant World Great Wall, they died without the slightest sound of struggle.
“What is happening?”
“Did the Immortal Ancestor do this?”
“He went to such painstaking effort to call them here, only to slaughter them?”
While Holy Embryo Li Fan felt shocked and doubtful, the speed at which the Dao Integration cultivators’ auras vanished from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance’s rainbow light did not slow.
In the blink of an eye, all sixteen Dao Integration cultivators were dead.
“If they die here, will they return their Dao to heaven?” Holy Embryo Li Fan suddenly wondered.
“Wait, return the Dao to heaven…”
Li Fan thought of something and immediately focused, sensing the spot where the rainbow light had disappeared.
Although the cultivators’ life auras had vanished, the power of the heavenly laws still lingered faintly there.
Yet it was fading in a regular pattern, like ice slowly melting into water.
“This…” Li Fan’s heart shook. He now knew exactly what had just occurred.
And next, the originally turbulent ruined realm sea inexplicably stabilized once more.
This further confirmed Li Fan’s judgment.
“They actually used the Spirit of Heaven and Earth within the Dao Integration cultivators to repair the Remnant World Great Wall?”
Li Fan felt both shocked and furious.
“All this effort just to rob one wall to mend another?”
Li Fan found it utterly absurd.
Yet the complete stabilization of the Remnant World Great Wall and the gradual weakening of the High Wall’s echoing star power forced him to believe it.
Although he very much wanted to rush to the spot where the rainbow light had vanished to see for himself, Holy Embryo Li Ping was still not prepared to face the Immortal Ancestor directly. Especially since this Holy Embryo body of his was formed from the sword laws of the Xuanhuang Realm.
If he charged over rashly, his fate would likely be the same as those sixteen Dao Integration cultivators: reduced to material for repairing the Remnant World Great Wall.
Although Holy Embryo Li Fan did not fear death, dying in such a stifling way was truly too frustrating.
“The great upheaval in the Xuanhuang Realm originated from the High Wall’s echoing star power.”
“Judging from the scene before me, this echoing star power and the Remnant World Great Wall have reached a subtle balance. Under normal circumstances it would not be strong enough to reach the Xuanhuang Realm at all.”
“So the Remnant World Great Wall lost balance due to external force, which caused the star sea to fall into turmoil?”
“…”
“This continuous stretch of world ruins that has existed since ancient times can enter an unbalanced state.”
Holy Embryo Li Fan could not help recalling how, before—when he had rampaged through the Abyss of the Xuanhuang Realm and destroyed a fragment of a broken world.
Then a figure resembling the Immortal Ancestor had appeared and patched it with a new world fragment.
“Could it be that this very action triggered the subsequent chain of events?”
Li Fan suddenly felt a sense of wry helplessness.
“What is this? Tear down the east wall to mend the west, then tear down the west to mend the east?”
After some thought, Li Fan felt the possibility was actually quite high.
“After all, from the current real situation, he truly managed to reverse this catastrophe.”
“…”
Li Fan remained silent.
He carefully recalled and reviewed the details of the matter once more.
“There are still some strange points.”
“Since the state of the Remnant World Great Wall can be so easily disrupted, the Immortal Ancestor should have been extremely cautious when he took away the world fragment back then. Acting so carelessly does not seem like the Immortal Ancestor’s style at all.”
“Unless the operating mechanism of the Remnant World Great Wall is too profound, and even the Immortal Ancestor only half understands it. Or else…”
“The node inside the Chizha Abyss was critically important to the Xuanhuang Realm’s restoration. It could not be lost. Therefore, even if it would cause the Remnant World Great Wall to lose balance, the Immortal Ancestor had no choice but to do it.”
Holy Embryo Li Fan’s thoughts turned rapidly.
With the current conditions, he could not determine which guess was correct.
But he could now confirm that the Dharma-Transmitting Immortal Ancestor was inside this Remnant World Great Wall.
Or perhaps it was the Heavenly Doctor.
Holy Embryo Li Fan carefully concealed his aura once more. Without acting rashly, he quietly hid himself.
Fortunately the energy here was extremely complex and chaotic.
Although the echoing star power was suppressed by the Remnant World Great Wall, it still rippled like waves through the void.
This perfectly masked the faint fluctuation Li Fan had exposed.
He patiently waited more than ten days until the warning in his heart completely disappeared.
Only then did Holy Embryo Li Fan slowly fly toward the spot where the rainbow light had vanished.
He flew very slowly. The distance that could have been covered in the blink of an eye took him nearly half a day.
After confirming no one was around, Li Fan began to examine the small world he was in.
It seemed no different from the other world fragments here.
Yet for some unknown reason, Li Fan felt a sense of familiarity with this place.
“What exactly is…”
After a while, Li Fan realized.
“The Congyun Sea…”
