My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1163: Three Characters to Deter Longevity
Previously on My Longevity Simulation...
Daoist Hundred Flowers appeared to have her worries seen through by Li Ping, who spoke with serious gravity, "The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance holds immense power, yet in the Xuanhuang Realm, far more than merely us harbor discontent toward its dominance."
"Putting aside the concealed powers lurking in the small worlds, the schemers embedded right inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance itself are countless in number."
Li Ping flicked his hand, and a sprawling web of connections among people spread out in front of Daoist Hundred Flowers.
Her eyes sharpened as she realized the portrayed faces belonged exactly to individuals from the diverse branches of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance!
Beyond just names and looks, their backgrounds, personalities, chances of recruitment, forecasts of upcoming behaviors and progressions—all were documented with thorough precision and care.
Highlighted among these were the volatile figures inside the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, the easiest to flip to their side.
While scanning these writings and visuals, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance in Daoist Hundred Flowers's thoughts transformed from an empty trio of words into a tangible, breathing entity.
The deeper her inspection went, the greater her shock grew. "It's no surprise this fellow speaks with such audacity and carries the assurance to challenge the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance. Compiling intelligence this thorough surely demanded countless hours. Yet time alone doesn't explain it; certain revelations here could only come from insiders in elevated positions."
Daoist Hundred Flowers refused to accept that everything displayed was mere invention. The depth of the details made fabrication seem improbable.
She longed to probe deeper, yet Li Ping gestured once more, causing the glowing display in her view to change again.
Now, the records on the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance morphed into profiles of the Xuanhuang Realm's numerous small worlds: mighty ones ripe for partnership; those middling in might but overflowing with riches, perfect for seizure and conversion into resource hubs; plus peril-filled realms best avoided altogether...
A secret vista of the Xuanhuang Realm gradually revealed itself to Daoist Hundred Flowers.
Shock stirred within her, mingled with a surge of resignation. Forced to glimpse so many guarded truths of this Holy Dynasty, she likely had no option left except to align with it.
Regarding the idea of turning against him and confronting outright...
Though Daoist Hundred Flowers stood as a Longevity Immortal in her home realm, confronting this Faceless Holy Emperor now, she lacked full certainty of triumph deep down. Truly, each notion of resistance triggered a subtle, gut-level warning of total ruin rising inside.
Nothing like this had ever struck her before. Not even during her seizure by the Fishing Pond had such intense dread gripped her.
So, as Li Ping calmly offered her a place in the Holy Dynasty, Daoist Hundred Flowers accepted instantly, without a trace of doubt.
Laughter erupted from Li Ping. "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Daoist Hundred Flowers's support boosts our odds of victory yet again."
"One current issue demands your aid right away." Astonishingly, mere moments after her enlistment, Li Ping promptly tasked her with a duty.
The map's tiny likeness abruptly contracted, zeroing in on a petite world of five interlinked circles.
"I plan to designate this Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven as the grand reward for the Fishing Competition. Yet it sits presently in the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's Tianling Prefecture. Positioned at the frontier edge, it risks alerting the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association easily. Thus..."
Li Ping's voice carried genuine sincerity. "I'll have to ask you, Fellow Daoist, to move it into the adjacent void near our Great Qi."
Initially, Daoist Hundred Flowers figured it was a standard Cave-Heaven and dismissed it lightly. But upon receiving the precise specs of the Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven from Li Ping, her luminous golden form shuddered briefly.
These five connected Cave-Heavens were utterly colossal! Her power could surely haul them across. Still, the effort would drain her utterly afterward.
Would he exploit her weakened condition for foul play?
Just then, Li Ping grinned. "I'm genuinely tied up myself, so I must rely on you, Fellow Daoist."
"If I meant to harm you, Fellow Daoist, I doubt I'd bother with plots or deceptions..."
No rise or fall marked Li Ping's voice, as though he uttered plain truth.
With his words, several stone puppets materialized quietly in the emptiness, subtly encircling Daoist Hundred Flowers at their midst.
The puppets held modest strength on their own, yet the vibe they released struck Hundred Flowers with eerie recognition and deep fear.
Enlightenment struck her suddenly, and she swiftly pinpointed the origin of this known dread in her recollections. It matched precisely those nightmarish disasters from ages past that had ravaged wildly, wiping out endless cultivation realms!
"Are you insane?!" Daoist Hundred Flowers couldn't suppress her shriek. Her form pulled back on reflex, swiftly pulling away from these stone puppets.
"You're toying with catastrophe! The might of world-ending disasters isn't ours to command. One slip, and even the Xuanhuang Realm, our final sanctuary, falls to your folly!" Daoist Hundred Flowers shook, a mix of horror and rage.
She'd never dreamed this supposed kindred spirit was an utter lunatic. No wonder that vague peril had clung to her senses around him...
Li Ping stayed indifferent to Daoist Hundred Flowers' charges.
He huffed coldly and declared, "The world-ending calamities have only retreated for now. What assures us they won't return someday? Even if we slip away from the Immortal Ruins by fortune, what of fresh perils down the line?"
"Endless running leads nowhere but doom. Only through active pursuit and domination of their strength can we claim real liberty!" Resolve filled Li Ping's words, edged with fanatic zeal.
Another sweep of his hand summoned three intricate symbols, twisted yet radiant with divine energy, hovering nearby.
They spun ceaselessly around Li Ping.
Holding no force, their sheer shapes alone compelled the Longevity Immortal Daoist Hundred Flowers to quiver without cease.
And Li Ping, the Faceless Holy Emperor ringed by these three enigmatic symbols, radiated a presence both divine and darkly seductive.
It compelled eyes to turn away.
"Heh heh heh, I claimed these three True Immortal Character Scripts at great cost, harvested from the void. Doesn't Fellow Daoist wish to take a peek?" Li Ping's voice thundered, resounding in this shadowy expanse.
Daoist Hundred Flowers spotted the Daoist child Liuli stirring toward consciousness and quickly wove a charm to lull her back to slumber.
As for her own gaze, she dared not fix it upon those three True Immortal Characters!
True enough, True Immortal Characters brimmed with infinite potency. But could force beyond the mortal coil truly be wielded by unascended cultivators like them?
She'd seen myriad cultivators dissolve to nothing under that force, utterly defenseless. Plenty among the fallen matched her own Longevity Immortal stature.
To her, delving into True Immortal Character Scripts resembled a toddler grasping a doomsday device.
Any error wouldn't just erase her in a flash but doom the whole realm alongside!
With plenty of fine days ahead, why court such reckless peril!