My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1130: Inferior Version of the Sky-Patrolling Arrow

Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
Li Fan, veiled as the Heavenly Mandate Holy Emperor, commended Sun Erlang for his breakthrough to Qi Condensation and the Imperial Guard's progress in mastering the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra, with 160 soldiers succeeding while failures were eliminated. He entrusted Sun Erlang with the Taiyan Boat to harvest spiritual qi from the Eastern Ruins Abyss, emphasizing their role in conquering myriad realms. Alone, Li Fan pondered the mantra's unique freedom from cultivation restrictions and his plans for a successor, then atop the Holy Emperor Base tower, he reflected on the world's sparse spiritual qi and his panel's anchor points, replacing bound items like the Xuantian Mirror Origin and Ten Thousand Beasts Condensation Crystal. In a recollection of his prior life, he recalled informing allies of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's devastating assault on the Federation of All Worlds and arriving at the Empire's treasury for final inventories.

Every bit of the empire's research accomplishments is duplicated and kept safe in this place.

Through the enormous repository, Li Fan wandered until he reached the far end, where the Myriad Beast Furnace stood, and only then did he pivot back.

He pulled out an item and displayed it before the pair.

Though just the size of a hand, the disc released a casual pressure that made Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's forms shudder; an overwhelming impulse to bow down gripped them too.

"This is?"

They battled back their physical reactions and fixed their eyes on the disc held by Li Fan, terror etching their features: "The Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel?"

Since their very existence hung on a mere whim from the other, this feeling instantly evoked memories of that fabled ultimate artifact of the demon beast lineage.

Yet, even after gazing fixedly at the disc for quite a while, they detected an odd discrepancy.

Their ancestral recollections, inherited through demon beast bloodlines, held details about the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel. However, it obviously didn't align with what Li Fan clutched.

The authentic Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel possessed a far more archaic and deep aura. Regarding the one in front of them...

It certainly exerted some dominance over them. Yet, with full resistance, escape might prove possible. It fell short by a wide margin of the fabled total mastery over life and death.

"A replica?"

The idea struck Qing and Hong at the same moment as they regarded Li Fan with astonishment and doubt.

"Right you are. It's exactly the imitation made by the Federation Elders, drawing from the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel study notes you supplied before."

"Beyond binding the Ten Thousand Beasts, it serves another role, which happens to be the primary reason for my trip here now."

Li Fan let out a sudden sigh: "While the Spiritwood Realm's downfall caused few casualties, our flight was so rushed that plenty of vital resources and study records got left behind. Thus, after careful consideration, the Elders chose to launch the cross-world duplication scheme, archiving and safeguarding all worthwhile elements from various small worlds..."

Li Fan hadn't even wrapped up his words when Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's faces shifted dramatically.

Still, Li Fan pressed on steadily: "This benefits you too. Your empire's defenses are honestly far too frail; the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance could send a single Dao Integration cultivator or perhaps two and wipe you out completely."

"By planting a legacy seed in the Federation of All Worlds, should disaster strike, rebuilding could occur without delay."

Li Fan toyed with the disc in his grasp and glanced at the myriad preserved strange beast samples in the empire's vault: "Your richest assets are really all these diverse strange beasts you've cultivated across the years. I realize you hold multiple copies of each; I'm just claiming one set."

With those words, ignoring how Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong reacted, a ray of light burst from the disc, scanning across the iced strange beasts. Every one it touched disappeared right from its position in a flash.

And upon the disc Li Fan held, subtle images of those strange beasts began to form.

It seemed like the frozen strange beasts were drawn inside for storage. In truth, the disc's beam had already broken them down directly. Meanwhile, data on their builds, lineages, organs, and more got fully logged into the disc.

"All demon beasts across the heavens stem from . The empire's strange beasts all evolved from ancient demon beasts, bred and transformed. As the proverb states, no matter the shifts, the origin endures; with this data in hand, every strange beast can be 'summoned' from nothing."

As more strange beast data got captured, the images on the disc multiplied. Not just did its emitted presence grow grander and stronger, but the disc's shape itself transformed too.

It started resembling more and more the real Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel from Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong's inherited visions.

And while gathering these strange beast archives, Li Fan couldn't help but admire the miracles of nature.

Besides certain strange beasts bred on purpose in specific ways, most in the empire arose from random twists of fate. Varied bloodlines mixed and altered, spawning fresh kinds that branched into diverse descendants.

As though boundless.

"Infinite possibilities." Abruptly, Li Fan recalled the Emperor Yi Beast's utterance in the Fallen Immortal Realm.

As Li Fan prepared, like always, to take in the data from a preserved strange beast, he halted abruptly. For from this strange beast, a known presence emanated.

"Sky-Patrolling Arrow..."

Noticing Li Fan freeze and his stare lock on that area, Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong caught on fast.

They quickly clarified: "This strange beast forms the heart of the arrow our superior emissary once tasked us to examine. We called it Sky-Splitter. In the Beast Taming Sect days, we spotted akin demonic beasts, though they lacked this one's ferocity and speed. Plus, it showed greater independence and resisted taming. The young ones we've bred so far don't quite match the original our superior emissary gave us. That's why we haven't informed you yet."

After a full scan, Li Fan located nearby relatives of the Sky-Splitter strange beast.

"The nucleus lacks strength, but a array can make up for it. Though it won't hit the full might of the genuine Sky-Patrolling Arrow from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, half that potency would prove hugely useful." Thinking so, Li Fan drew the data from all these Sky-Splitter strange beasts into the disc.

...

His mind snapped back to the now.

That disc, carrying the core of the empire's studies, was none other than the [Ten Thousand Beast Condensation Crystal].

Given the Heavenly Mechanism Realm's crafting prowess, combined with the precise intel on the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Beast Wheel from Xu Ke, forging a copy posed no real challenge.

"To manifest strange beast forms from the Ten Thousand Beast Condensation Crystal demands vast spiritual power. At my late Foundation Establishment stage, I can't maintain it. But once Sun Erlang steers the Taiyan Boat home from the Xuanhuang Realm, all will be set. With the Dao One Insect alongside Sky-Splitter, Great Xuan gains the means to seize other small worlds."

Reaching the Dark Realm called for the You Clan to perform a unique ceremony.

Don't assume that in his last life, Li Fan subdued the You Clan effortlessly; that stemmed from his command of the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven, pushing his real battle strength beyond typical Dao Integration masters.

In this existence, trapped in the True Immortal's Web, Li Fan couldn't freely boost his cultivation. Depending only on the Great Xuan Realm, the You Clan wouldn't fall easily.

Hence, strengthening Great Xuan's troops and people to the utmost, along with advancing Li Fan's own [Heavenly Emperor Qi Classic] further, became essential.

From the [Saint Emperor Seat], Li Fan rose, pondering ideal worlds to target.

A month passed, and Sun Erlang returned triumphantly with the Taiyan Boat.

This signaled Great Xuan's initial leap toward becoming a spiritual energy realm.

Thanks to the first Heaven and Earth Furnace's completion, spiritual energy started spreading through Xuan Capital City's limits.

The Great Xuan Imperial Army felt spiritual energy's presence first.

In a single night, the hundred-plus soldiers carrying the [Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra] all managed to intake Qi into their bodies, thus embarking on cultivation's road.

And the top performer among them, Sun Erlang, harnessed the [Sitting Immortal Art]'s force to surge straight to Qi Refining peak in one leap.