My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1097: Record of Seeking the Dark in the Other Realm
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
"So you're saying you've gotten dumber?" Daoist Hundred Flowers gazed in shock at Master Qiaogong.
"Likely..."
Daoist Hundred Flowers pressed on before Master Qiaogong could complete his words: "For myself, when I compare to how things started, I haven't spotted any clear differences. Might this stem from your personal circumstances?"
Master Qiaogong went quiet after listening to this.
"Endless speculation won't get us anywhere. Why don't we test it out directly?" A spark of excited eagerness shone in Fang Zaiji's gaze.
One by one, the group shared their thoughts.
Ultimately, Li Fan delivered the decisive verdict: "The comeback of the darkness power isn't quite as straightforward as it appears."
"Should it simply involve absorbing it outright, erosion would probably occur, similar to Mo Rubin's fate."
"Furthermore, the Dark Desolate Land remains firmly in the grip of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance right now. Venturing inside to investigate..."
"They most certainly won't permit it."
Liu Ruchen remarked: "Didn't the emissary state that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance accessed the Dark Desolate Land via a ritual enacted by those [You Clan] individuals?"
"Do you recall the exact particulars of that ritual? By replicating it, we might slip inside without detection."
"After all, the Dark Desolate Land is shrouded in total darkness. If we're cautious enough, they won't spot us."
Fang Zaiji swiftly endorsed the notion upon hearing it: "The sect master proposes a clever plan! It's absolutely worth attempting!"
Li Fan reflected briefly, then employed the Water Mirror Technique to flawlessly reconstruct that odd ritual occurrence.
This encompassed the intoned syllables and their inflections, all revived without error.
After picking over a dozen young cultivators to master it, the ritual predictably collapsed in failure.
"Does it truly require those You Clan folks?" Fang Zaiji whispered to himself.
The Federation of All Worlds members also shook their heads in succession, a touch of disappointment settling in.
"You Clan folks, eh..."
Li Fan had long secured the basic details on every small world within the Xuanhuang Realm.
Yet no records of the You Clan existed among them; the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had evidently suppressed the info on purpose.
"That's no issue. We can just check them off the list gradually."
During his hunt for Xu Ke, he had already run initial scans on nearly all the small worlds.
Finishing the leftovers wouldn't demand much effort.
At Li Fan's directive, hordes of ordinary-looking odd creatures surged toward the portals of numerous small worlds.
Merely half a month passed before reports came in.
In the last images sent prior to their annihilation, signs pointing to [You Clan] presence were spotted.
This small world undoubtedly hosted Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance forces on watch.
Li Fan took charge personally, bringing Tianyang along to breach it.
His curiosity toward that darkness power burned strong.
Not merely due to its link to breaking free from the Immortal Ruins, but also its tie to the notion of [completeness].
Li Fan had persistently questioned Mo Rubin's downfall deep within.
That sly Xuantian Sect Dharma King, who had outmaneuvered him on several occasions, perished so bafflingly amid the darkness.
It proved tough for Li Fan to accept.
Particularly the motive behind Mo Rubin's plunge into the Dark Desolate Land.
Mo Rubin's aim had probably stayed constant throughout.
Locate the Xuantian King and depart the Darkest Star Sea.
Even without clearing the illusion trial from the Xuanhuang Great Celestial Venerable, he surely unearthed certain hints from it.
"Is the Xuantian King concealed within the Dark Desolate Land?"
"Or maybe his puzzling vanishing act years ago connected to the darkness power as well?"
Bearing these swirling uncertainties, Li Fan uncovered the You Clan group concealed beneath the earth.
To Li Fan's astonishment, this small world lacked any Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance outposts.
The You Clan numbers here proved quite thin, totaling under a hundred.
Differing from the vigorous ones Li Fan had encountered earlier, this bunch looked frail and sickly.
All appeared gaunt, teetering on the edge of abrupt demise.
After a brief investigation, Li Fan roughly pieced it together.
The You Clan before him had escaped their former home in flight.
Captured by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, they had fled in desperation to this refuge.
"This works out even better."
Li Fan wasted no more time. He unleashed his full might in tandem with Tianyang, aiming to subdue the entire You Clan batch into his own Cave-Heaven.
Yet an unforeseen twist arose.
Confronting Li Fan's onslaught, these You Clan individuals, who seemed utterly barren of any transcendent energy, burst forth with a profoundly strange force.
The clan's elder stayed composed amid the shock.
He intoned resoundingly, and an eerie ripple swiftly cloaked the whole group.
In a blink, Li Fan lost sight of them entirely before his very eyes.
It wasn't any deceptive mirage; his strikes genuinely veered off target.
"Hmm? Fascinating."
In that moment, Li Fan distinctly felt the pulse of shadowy energy.
"You may flee the monk, but not the monastery."
Upon stepping into this minor domain, Li Fan had deployed a formation to seal the ingress and egress completely.
Barring his approval, none could exit this realm!
His divine sense roamed the area, combing through the full minor realm, but the concealed You Clan evaded detection still.
Li Fan opted for broad, sweeping strikes instead.
Dark radiance brimming with ruinous might rained from above, pummeling every scrap of terrain.
Innumerable beings fell victim to the fallout.
Li Fan's face stayed impassive as he scoured every nook of this minor realm clean.
Beneath this sweeping, flawless extermination, the You Clan cluster at last exposed a weakness.
Detecting what had halted his Great Five Elements Annihilation Sword, a sharp light gleamed in Li Fan's eyes.
He promptly stacked formations to lock down that zone utterly.
Forced out, the You Clan members emerged into view.
They clustered tightly, staring skyward at Li Fan.
Terror and loathing filled their gazes.
The head elder could restrain himself no longer and declared: "Immortal Lord, why drive our kind to extinction?"
"In probing the sacred land, you've already seized enough of our people."
"You've got it wrong. I'm no part of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. In fact, just like you, I nurse a deep, unyielding grudge against the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance," Li Fan proclaimed firmly.
"If not, with your limited power, how would you have endured against me?"
With those words, Li Fan ignited the Soul-Ignition Method to its peak.
The five Cave-Heavens, bathed in crimson light, radiated a fiendish charm.
Boosted by the Tianyang Immortal Puppet's amplification, Li Fan's projected might now matched a Longevity Immortal realm expert.
The small realm they dwelled in couldn't withstand it, as black rifts tore through space.
The skies and ground quaked, slowly crumbling apart.
Just his radiating presence alone sparked doomsday chaos.
This filled the You Clan below with utter dread.
"The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance probes your sacred land at present; I plan to exploit it and strike them down covertly."
"Will you aid this Immortal in the effort?"
Li Fan inquired with a cold edge.
No alternative existed. Combined with their animosity toward the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, the You Clan below swiftly yielded.
Upon his seamless return of them to the Spiritwood Realm, where tradition called for homage to the Faceless True Immortal,
the You Clan group reacted as if beholding pure horror; they all crumpled to the ground at once, shuddering without cease.