My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1178: The Sword Star Appears in Broad Daylight

Upon completing his performance before Shang Shaojun, the Holy Embryo of Li Fan shifted his complete focus toward watching the transformations beyond the Dust-Crossing Boat.

Right then, the Dust-Crossing Boat had soared right up to the edge of the world.

The whole Xuanhuang Realm stretched out below him, fully exposed to view.

Previously, Li Fan had viewed the Xuanhuang Realm from this exact vantage point. Yet back then, it was covered by a veil of dim yellow glow, similar to the sight within the ultra-long-range teleportation array. It looked like a massive orb of radiance. The inner workings of the realm and the landscapes on the ground were impossible to discern sharply.

Yet at present, due to the massive pulling force originating from the Star Sea's depths, that subtle yellow sheen had been somewhat peeled back.

Exposing the actual form of the realm concealed underneath.

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan spotted the warped white fog shield, along with...

“A monster stitched together from severed limbs and broken flesh.”

This thought abruptly surged in Li Fan’s thoughts.

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan swiftly snapped out of his short stupor.

The Dust-Crossing Boat started producing steady groaning noises, indicating it faced strong pressure from outside.

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan displayed absolutely no panic. Disregarding all else, he pushed the Dust-Crossing Boat to go even faster.

Once it completely left the Xuanhuang Realm, a sudden gloom enveloped the area around him.

It resembled the moment at twilight when the sun sinks past the skyline.

Shadow, chill, utter quiet...

All these feelings flooded into the Holy Embryo of Li Fan’s mind.

The Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra triggered automatically, aiding him in fending off these dark moods.

“Perceiving via visions and puppet links truly differs from direct personal encounter.”

“The puppet’s sense sharing or the residual effects from the Medicine King Cauldron don’t match the vividness of now.”

As the Holy Embryo of Li Fan contemplated this, he abruptly twisted his head to glance backward.

In that split second, an odd discomfort welled up in his chest. It seemed like some threat might emerge from the rear and strike a deadly assault. Despite his spiritual awareness having thoroughly probed and verified no peril lurked behind, his inner instinct pressed him to pivot and verify personally.

Merely after he ultimately assured himself no fabricated threat existed did the peculiar feeling gradually recede.

By now, the Dust-Crossing Boat’s prior subtle groans had escalated to thunderous roars.

It echoed as though numerous ancient savage creatures were relentlessly battering the vessel’s frame. Fissures started forming on its surface.

The inscribed arrays on it likewise began displaying cracks.

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan was already set to ditch the boat and escape.

Around him, ninety-nine sword phantoms materialized out of nowhere, whirling about in spirals to the left and right. They formed a protected area of pure emptiness.

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan’s form also gradually shriveled. The skin’s hue faded, giving way to an eerie metallic shine.

While the immense pull from the Star Sea’s depths had somewhat lessened the Immortal Ruins’ drawing strength.

Still, the Immortal Ruins possessed the territorial edge, and much time had elapsed since the disturbance started. The enigmatic force from the Star Sea had diminished notably.

Thus, the Dust-Crossing Boat failed to veer into the Star Sea’s depths like the stone puppets he’d deployed before.

Instead, it steadily commenced its descent toward the Immortal Ruins.

Nevertheless...

Be it in the bend of the path’s alteration or the extent of the velocity shift.

Each differed enormously from Li Fan’s earlier venture with the Medicine King Cauldron, where he deliberately plunged into the Immortal Ruins.

“My assumption proved right! Indeed, this marks a rare chance in a thousand years to flee the Xuanhuang Realm!”

Witnessing the Dust-Crossing Boat on the verge of total collapse, the Holy Embryo of Li Fan wasted no more time.

“Ten Thousand Swords as Me!”

At his back, indistinct outlines of myriad corroded blades from the Sword Tomb vaguely surfaced. Soon after, every one of these sword images fused entirely into his frame.

The pitch-black emptiness encircling the Dust-Crossing Boat lit up as a blindingly intense white radiance erupted from Li Fan’s being.

Fully consuming him.

Human and blade unified.

Next, a resplendent sword beam, as if cleaving the skies and earth, shot forth in a flash.

The Dust-Crossing Boat got devoured by the sword beam and disappeared entirely.

The white sword beam, though, veered clear of the Immortal Ruins and charged straight into the Star Sea’s depths!

This sword beam shone far too brilliantly and conspicuously.

It even birthed a white celestial body in the heavens over the Xuanhuang Realm below, rivaling the sun’s glory.

At that instant, myriad cultivators directed their sights toward the Holy Embryo of Li Fan’s spot.

Shang Shaojun especially slipped into a fleeting trance, sensing a baffling emptiness within.

The sword beam advanced without equal.

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan perceived the Immortal Ruins’ restraining power dwindling more and more.

The smoothness of this escape, beyond morphing his physique into the Black Sword Heavenly Wonder’s miracle and launching a supreme sword assault, chiefly stemmed from that cryptic force in the Star Sea’s depths.

Having departed the Xuanhuang Realm and escaped the realm’s law disruptions, he detected the lingering energy in the vacuum far more distinctly.

“In contrast to the Immortal Ruins’ ceaseless draw, this Star Sea force resembles ocean tides: sporadic but persistent, flowing without end.”

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan experienced surges of immense and potent energy rushing at him. He nearly imagined himself steering a tiny craft amid raging waves, bobbing up and down.

“Eh? Could those be the stone puppets I sent ahead earlier?”

After navigating the emptiness briefly, the Holy Embryo of Li Fan reestablished the link that had been cut off before.

Yet what caused his pulse to race was that not every puppet survived unscathed.

At minimum, a third of the puppets had vanished for unexplained causes!

“Perhaps they met bad luck and couldn’t escape the Immortal Ruins’ bonds.”

“Or maybe...”

The Holy Embryo of Li Fan was hastening toward the puppets’ positions.

But abruptly, he instinctively reduced his pace.

For just seconds prior, among the enduring seventy-four puppets, one more had blinked out inexplicably!

It faded right beneath his detection and watch! And Li Fan remained clueless on the puppet’s disappearance method!

“Truly, the Darkest Star Sea brims with perils.”

An unexplainable coldness stirred in the Holy Embryo of Li Fan’s core.

He regulated his travel velocity and allowed the leftover seventy-three puppets to scout ahead as he trailed at a safe distance.

In the time that followed, the puppets vanishing sporadically unveiled to Li Fan the sheer peril lurking in the Darkest Star Sea’s void.

As puppets kept vanishing, Li Fan slowly grasped the truth.

“These puppets seem untouched by any unseen assailant. Instead, their paths were mistaken.”

“In those spots...”

“Space itself ceases to be. Nothing but raw nothingness lingers.”

“It’s akin to traversing a level path where endless abyssal chasms yawn open. Misstep into one, and you’re gone forever—neither body nor trace remains.”

While Li Fan mulled over this, yet another puppet vanished.

Just sixty-one were left.