My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1042: Comprehending a New World-Ending Method

While the physical impact remained within his calculations, the transformations occurring inside the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven due to this Yin energy left Li Fan profoundly shocked.

The five distinct Cave-Heavens, which once operated independently without interference, now exhibited faint signs of merging with one another.

A resonant sound, akin to the roar of a dragon, vibrated through the Cave-Heaven. Amidst these rhythmic tremors, the rotational speed of the five elements surged, nearly doubling its previous pace.

Though the total power output hadn't seen a massive spike, the already incredible durability and recovery of the space reached a new peak of breakthrough.

Li Fan fixed his divine sense upon the Long Moon Yin Jade held in his arms, his expression shifting with unreadable emotions.

"Heaven and earth in harmony, yin and yang in union. The Tianxuan Mirror spoke the truth; this was indeed the missing piece of my foundation."

"And yet..."

Li Fan’s turbulent thoughts quickly grew calm: "This can only add flowers to brocade; it cannot provide charcoal during a blizzard."

"No matter how potent the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven becomes, it possesses inherent constraints. To truly stand against a Longevity Immortal, I must achieve a breakthrough in my major realm."

Having secured these advantages, Li Fan ceased his dalliance with the Tianxuan Mirror clone and inquired directly about their next objective.

The Tianxuan Mirror clone paused to reflect: "The internal Spirit Sealing Plan for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has reached a rough draft stage. However, history suggests a significant delay exists between drafting and actual execution."

"Unless, of course, some unforeseen disaster provides the necessary spark."

Following those words, the Tianxuan Mirror clone used a secret voice transmission to relay a specific strategy.

Upon hearing the plan, Li Fan couldn't help but offer the Tianxuan Mirror clone a thumb up in approval.

"I'll have the brothers in the Sect execute this immediately. It will certainly provide the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance with quite a shock."

Li Fan transformed into a streak of rainbow light, departing with haste.

The city's frozen state dissolved as time resumed its march, and before long, suggestive moans began to drift from the room once more.

After traveling to the hidden Cave-Heaven to brief Mo Rubin on the Tianxuan Mirror clone's plot, Li Fan finally made his way back to the Spiritwood Realm.

Deep within the subterranean secret chamber, his soul fragment clone was diligently suppressing the Du'e Book.

The power of a mere soul fragment was insufficient for such a task on its own.

However, by utilizing the newly established Immortal Ancestor restriction combined with the comprehensive grand formation of the Spiritwood Realm, the book was kept firmly under control.

"The Du'e Sect..."

Li Fan stared at the volume before him, which pulsed with flickering Xuanhuang silhouettes. Once again, he detached a thread of divine sense to probe the Du'e Book.

Because the restriction was now complete, Li Fan did not find himself on the mountain path or the stone steps leading to that unsettling courtyard.

Instead, he was surrounded by countless sheets of aged, yellowed paper that filled the air like ethereal screens of light.

Vague, flickering images could be seen dancing upon these screens.

However, they were merely hazy outlines, lacking any discernible detail.

"It appears that obtaining the true inheritance of the Du'e Sect is a necessity after all."

With a slight shake of his head, Li Fan withdrew his consciousness from the Du'e Book.

In his current life, the Heaven Measuring Ruler had already made the surveillance capabilities of the Du'e Book’s paper figures practically redundant for him.

Nevertheless, the Du'e Book possessed one unique advantage that even the Tianxuan Mirror lacked.

The paper figures of the Du'e Sect were fundamentally woven into the Xuanhuang Realm, rooted deep within the very veins of the world.

Previously, during his confrontation with Dharma Transmitter Jiang, Li Fan had experimented with the [Nothingness (Mo)] Character Script.

He had anticipated a bloodbath within the Xuanhuang Realm, yet Transmitter Jiang had neutralized the threat with ease.

He later discovered this was due to the [Return to Origin] power of the Returning Ruins Realm, which could trace and dilute the influence of the [Nothingness] Character Script until it was erased entirely.

From that failure, Li Fan realized the true way to wield the [Nothingness] Character Script. One had to erode the Xuanhuang Realm as broadly as possible before triggering a sudden, total eruption that would be irreversible and fatal.

However, trying to covertly spread the [Nothingness] Character Script across the entire realm was fraught with peril. There was always the risk that some hidden powerhouse might intervene to stop his madness.

But with the Du'e Book, those myriad paper figures scattered throughout the world became the ideal vectors for infection!

"By corrupting the Du'e Book, the gray mold spots can traverse the network of paper figures, contaminating the majority of the Xuanhuang Realm in a heartbeat. At that point, not even a True Immortal could stop the decay!"

A cold light gleamed in Li Fan's eyes.

If the Xuanhuang Realm was a titan, the Du'e Sect's paper figures acted as an artificial nervous system reaching every limb.

The [Nothingness] Character was a lethal poison, capable of surging through those nerves to compromise the entire organism.

While Li Fan might not pull the trigger yet, he had secured a second method of world destruction to rival the summoning of immortals from the Immortal Ruins.

"Furthermore, this path to extinction isn't an instantaneous erasure like a True Immortal's gaze. It is a lingering, agonizing decline. To save themselves, the hidden cards of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, the Five Elders Association, and all those secret guardians of Xuanhuang would be forced into the light."

With his mind racing, Li Fan’s frigid gaze settled back on the book: "Du'e Sect..."

"Excellent indeed!"

Having unlocked the true potential of the Du'e Book, Li Fan remained in the underground chamber.

He dedicated himself to studying this solitary inheritance, focusing specifically on how the Du'e Sect managed to root itself so deeply into the fabric of the Xuanhuang Realm.

...

While Li Fan remained in his meditative research, a subtle yet significant unrest began to brew within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, sending ripples through its leadership.

The trouble started with a Golden Core cultivator who perished mysteriously inside the Tianxuan Mirror.

The man had been in a state of enlightenment within the mirror's space until his contribution points ran dry, causing the Tianxuan Mirror to eject him.

Only then did onlookers discover he was a corpse.

Because he had died long before being expelled, the usual heavenly signs of a cultivator's passing did not occur, leaving the cause of death a mystery.

The subsequent investigation lazily labeled it as "demonic backfire" and closed the case.

Little did they know this was merely the beginning. Over the next two months, reports flooded in from across the Alliance regarding cultivators suffering bizarre accidents while using the Tianxuan Mirror.

Some were plagued by mental hallucinations that derailed their Cultivation and left them crippled.

Others were killed instantly.

A few isolated deaths might have been ignored by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

However, the subsequent glitches in the Tianxuan Mirror's systems sparked a wave of widespread terror.

It appeared the mirror's trading functions were failing.

Contribution point transfers were riddled with errors, and some cultivators found their entire life savings wiped out due to calculation glitches.

Chaos reigned as every facet of the Tianxuan Mirror’s utility began to crumble.

Following an exhaustive probe, the Alliance concluded that these disturbances were the result of a coordinated attack by some insignificant harasser.

Yet, the Tianxuan Mirror was a peerless immortal artifact with the power to heal itself.

They believed that given enough time, these minor malfunctions would eventually correct themselves.