My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1271: When the False Is Taken as True, the False Becomes True

After casually eliminating Sun Luyao, Li Fan’s clone still stood quietly within this mysterious space, his expression cold as he pondered in silence.

“Return to [Truth], [Truth], [Truth]…” he repeated inwardly. The surrounding scene gradually blurred and dimmed.

In the next instant, it brightened once more.

“When the false is taken as true, the false also becomes true.”

Seven large characters appeared before Li Fan, radiating a calm light that seemed eternal.

This was the phrase that appeared every time he activated [Truth]. After hundreds of cycles, he had long grown familiar with it.

But now, having uncovered the deeply hidden secrets of the original world protecting formation of the Xuanhuang Realm, these seven words carried an entirely different meaning in Li Fan’s eyes.

“The false is also true, the false is also true…”

After a long while, Li Fan once again let out a low, eerie laugh.

There was no denying that the mere tip of the iceberg revealed by the original world protecting formation had shown Li Fan a certain possibility.

One that sent a chill through his heart and was difficult to accept.

“True, false.”

“Who is real, and who is false?”

“Yes, none of this truly matters. As long as I hold the only button, I am the Truth.”

“I am the only one!”

The madness in Li Fan’s eyes gradually faded, and the pitch black within them slowly returned to clarity.

He seemed to become once more that Grand Preceptor Li who could overshadow the imperial court with a single hand.

When the foundation of reality itself begins to waver and teeter on the brink. When the boundary between truth and illusion cannot be distinguished or verified.

The only thing one can do is to grasp tightly onto that unchanging anchor.

[Truth] might transcend even the Immortal Realm’s arrangements upon the lower realms, but it might also simply be a part of the mechanisms left behind by the Immortal Realm.

For the current Li Fan, this was something that could not be verified.

Even though he had once attempted to guide variables beyond the Darkest Star Sea to determine the scope of [Truth]’s influence.

Looking back now, those additional variables beyond the High Wall might have been deliberately presented to the reconstructed world after [Truth].

The truth was impossible to discern.

But…

Regardless of whether he had fallen into such a situation, what Li Fan found immensely fortunate was that the restart button, the one constant among infinite variables, had always remained in his grasp.

Therefore, to uncover the answer, what he needed to do was no different from his previous pursuit of immortality and freedom.

Restart again and again, using the infinite variables born from the Xuanhuang Realm, the Darkest Star Sea, and even beyond the star sea to nourish himself.

And thus achieve transcendence. If he were to encounter any existence capable of competing with him for that button, he would simply kill it.

When he reached the ultimate end of everything, the answer would naturally reveal itself.

Now, for Li Fan, aside from the Immortal Ancestor and the Heavenly Doctor, there was one more obstacle blocking his path.

An unknown existence, even more threatening, impossible to ignore, and urgently needing resolution.

That was the mysterious individual who had taken one of the formation cores of the original Xuanhuang world protecting formation, the Nine Star Red Bead.

“The Nine Star Red Bead should contain all the characteristic information of the Xuanhuang beings before the collapse of the world protecting formation. With the Red Bead in hand, it should not be difficult to deduce the same conclusions as I have.”

“With such a vast disparity in strength, before finding a way to deal with it, the rational choice would be to hide.”

“Or perhaps, once he confirms that the Immortal Realm has truly perished, with a divine artifact in hand, he may develop unprecedented ambition and begin making his own secret arrangements.”

Li Fan’s gaze swept across the empty formation core before him.

“Perhaps I can find some clues from the other cores of the Primordial Grand Formation.”

However, with the spirit of the Boundless Mirror destroyed, continuing the investigation was beyond his ability.

It would have to wait until the next life.

Li Fan’s clone shook his head slightly, his body turning into a streak of black light as he left the underground.

…

Sun family secret chamber.

An indescribable sorrow suddenly surged in his heart. Tears flowed unconsciously. Ignoring everything, Sun Luyuan rushed back from outside and charged into the underground chamber. When he saw the Boundless Mirror floating quietly before him, so familiar, he could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

“Little brother?”

Sun Luyuan called softly.

Sun Luyao’s figure immediately emerged from the Boundless Mirror. “Brother, were you looking for me?”

“What is it?” Sun Luyao asked curiously.

Sun Luyuan’s mind suddenly wavered. For some reason, although the figure before him was exactly the same as in his memory, it always felt extremely unfamiliar.

Sun Luyuan stood there in a daze for a long time.

After a while, he finally said blankly, “It’s nothing. Perhaps I’ve been too tired lately and am becoming paranoid.”

Concern appeared in Sun Luyao’s eyes. “Brother, you should take care of your health. The future of the Sun family still depends on you.”

Sun Luyuan smiled.

After giving a series of careful instructions, he left the underground chamber.

What Sun Luyuan did not know was that Sun Luyao did not, as he always had before, watch his elder brother’s departing figure and see him off.

Instead, all expression on his face vanished instantly. Without any hesitation, he retreated back into the Boundless Mirror.

At the moment the real Sun Luyao died, the last trace of divine sense he left behind also lost its source.

It had been fused into the imitation Boundless Mirror, becoming an existence that could only respond mechanically.

Even if it appeared somewhat more lifelike, it was ultimately not a true life.

Not the real Sun Luyao.

Not long after, Li Fan’s clone returned carrying the empty shell of the Boundless Mirror.

“Without an artifact spirit, I will create one myself.”

Li Fan summoned the trace of remnant will left behind by Sun Luyao. After observing it carefully, he made a cold decision.

Within this strand of divine sense were Sun Luyao’s complete memories from when he was alive.

It contained his personality and way of thinking.

In theory, it was entirely possible to “revive” him.

“Although I do not have treasures like the Indeterminate Copper Ring or the Nine Star Red Bead.”

“There is no need to consider a physical body. It is merely a true recreation of a strand of divine sense, which is much easier in practice.”

Recalling the many details of formations, under the continuous deductions of the Final Dissociation Disc, a simplified portion of the Primordial World Protection Grand Formation gradually took shape.

“Simulation, Myriad Forms of Living Beings.”

“That is not a bad name.”

Following the naming style of the three immortal grade formations he had already mastered, Li Fan named this formation.

He then began attempting to “create” and “revive” Sun Luyao.

To be safe, Li Fan first split Sun Luyao’s remnant will into multiple portions for preservation.

Then he placed one of them into the simplified simulation formation.

An extremely mysterious aura gradually spread from within the formation. As the formation slowly operated, within a pale white light, Sun Luyao’s figure reappeared.

There was more liveliness in his eyes, and his communication with Li Fan was smooth and natural.

In just a few breaths, their divine senses communicated millions of times without revealing a single flaw.

Yet Li Fan still shook his head slightly and destroyed it.

“Too real. So real that it feels fake.”