My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1123: Myriad Spirits Subduing True Immortal
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
Following the massive breakout event, the Nether Prison had turned into little more than a hollow legend.
Once the relocation of the leftover inmates wrapped up, the gateway to the Nether Prison stayed exposed without any cover. In the end, it got left behind completely.
Days turned into months, and nobody set foot there anymore. It felt like the entire realm had erased it from memory.
After a stretch of time no one could pinpoint, Li Fan's form gradually materialized.
"Locked away in the Nether Prison's deepest core, I couldn't even make out the features properly."
"It took three Dharma-Transmitters to show up in person for the move..."
"Fascinating."
Rather than bolting off with the horde of freed cultivators, Li Fan chose to stay hidden right by the entrance. His aim was to probe the entity sealed in the Nether Prison's depths, something he hadn't managed to get near over those three years.
The issue wasn't that the barrier down there was too intricate for Li Fan to crack; it was the trio of Dao Integration Immortal Sages guarding it as a team.
They appeared dedicated only to holding down that single captive. Despite the chaos above in the Nether Prison as it fell and swarms of dangerous offenders broke free, these guardians didn't flinch or step in to halt it.
When the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's rescue squad showed up to handle the transfer, Li Fan got his first hazy look at that prisoner. A sense of recognition tugged at him vaguely.
Yet, hidden by mystical techniques, full verification stayed out of reach.
"Until the Myriad Spirits Great Formation finishes, better not to kick up extra chaos."
"I'll dig into this fully in the coming life."
"For now, all that's left is to lay low and witness the chaos unfold worldwide!"
Li Fan stared off into the far-off skyline, almost as though he could spot the Myriad Spirits Great Formation igniting throughout more than a thousand mortal realms.
The version of the Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits Great Formation shown to those brutal criminals wasn't its true full title.
This array stemmed from three years of derivations via the Final Dissociation Disc. It stood as the pinnacle of what the Dissociation Disc could produce right now.
Building on the earlier Myriad Spirits Great Formation that spanned the Spiritwood Realm, the Empire, and the Beast Realm as a base, it had advanced into a mind-blowing world-spanning setup.
Its complete title was [Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits, All Beings Refine the Spirits].
The core role of this formation—and the main reason Li Fan orchestrated the Nether Prison breakout to enlist those prisoners in his cause—lay captured in those four words: [All Beings Refine Spirits].
It followed the same core idea as the All Beings Refine Spirits Formation that Song Hesong from Ningyuan City deployed against Senior Brother Zhang in the Fallen Immortal Realm.
The destructive force of the array drew from the will of heaven and earth myriad spirits plus the endless masses of beings.
But in Li Fan's upgraded take... The potency soared hundreds of billions of times higher. Since the resources it devoured had ballooned by that same insane factor.
In those days, Song Hesong harnessed the mortals of just one city and almost cornered Senior Brother Zhang, pushing him to unveil the secret of the Purple Core's eternal life.
Yet Li Fan, tapping into over a thousand minor worlds and trillions of souls across the Xuanhuang Realm, sought merely to stall the Faceless True Immortal for a brief instant.
After the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance obliterated the Spiritwood Realm, Li Fan spent those three years concealed in the Nether Prison, endlessly pondering and refining the ultimate realm-ending scheme.
After all, this marked his debut clash against True Immortal might. Even if it involved channeling power against power and observing the immortals' duel from a distance, dangers lurked everywhere.
These two were real immortals who had shattered mortal limits. Not some pigheaded Foundation Establishment practitioners.
If scheming against them proved that simple, how could they earn the True Immortal label?
A single failure would plunge him into irreversible doom without end.
Particularly after enduring the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's assault, which unleashed a surprise weapon and erased the Spiritwood Realm outright, Li Fan grew more vigilant than ever about the realm-ending plot.
He factored in every conceivable twist. In doing so, he uncovered a flaw he'd missed before, blinded by his own presumptions.
In Li Fan's initial blueprint, he planned to summon the Immortal Ruins Immortal's might first, then leverage that otherworldly surge to trigger the Faceless True Immortal's response.
Indeed, creatures by nature lash out at looming dangers.
Through simulations and forecasts, the Faceless True Immortal and Immortal Ruins Immortal ought to detect one another and clash directly. All while overlooking Li Fan, the real spark behind it all.
But that assumed perfection. What if immortality warped their minds beyond mortal logic?
Or suppose they detected the aura of [Truth] clinging to Li Fan. What if they zeroed in on him before tackling their rival of equal strength?
Without safeguards, getting singled out by a True Immortal then would leave no window to dash to the Dark Realm or trigger [Truth] by force.
The deeper he delved, the more Li Fan lost his appetite and rest.
Ultimately, he resolved to secure at minimum a way to seize that tiny window of time.
And the [Heaven and Earth Myriad Spirits, All Beings Refining Spirits] Great Formation emerged as the Dissociation Disc's ultimate solution.
The divide between cultivators and mortals, or True Immortals and cultivators, loomed like an uncrossable gulf.
Yet when numbers hit a critical mass, they could unleash a horrifying shift in nature.
"Even a True Immortal, drowned in the boundless tide of thoughts from trillions of lives, must falter for a heartbeat."
"That split-second stupor is my sole shot at living through it."
A True Immortal's strength could indeed shatter Xuanhuang in a flash.
Still, should events align with Li Fan's vision, once the True Immortal fixated on him, it wouldn't just vaporize the Xuanhuang Realm to snag this plotting insect in hiding.
That hesitation would create the crack Li Fan needed to slip through.
"Heh, more than a thousand mortal worlds, the mental surge of uncountable souls."
"Such an enormous force. And yet, no matter how I run the scenarios, it barely holds them back for a blink."
"This sheer gap in power..."
"It stirs a deep longing."
Li Fan linked his hands behind him and went quiet.
Bound by the Faceless True Immortal's dominance, those savage inmates would no doubt erect the grand array without defiance.
Li Fan felt no concern over that aspect.
And with the array finished, it would slip beyond their grasp entirely.
"The moment the All Beings Refining Spirits Formation activates will signal Xuanhuang's doom."
"It's closing in, less than a year away."
In this stretch, Li Fan merely had to endure with patience. As the world's finale neared, a few threads still demanded his attention.
He headed straight to Tianling Prefecture, landing at the spot once held by the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven.
Since Li Fan consumed the long-nurtured Five Elements Cave-Heaven, a fresh one had started shaping in this shapeless expanse called [Root of Heaven and Earth].
Still, the pace dragged on terribly. Just recently had the Cave-Heaven's basic outline started to show.
Li Fan wandered the emptiness, channeling the False Misconversion Heavenly Dao Divine Ability to grasp the laws of heaven and earth.
Feeling the pulse akin to a beating heart, Li Fan's eyes tightened a bit, vigilantly expecting the cue from [Truth].
And through this heaven-born marvel he possessed, Li Fan picked up a subtle hint of discontent.