My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2276 - 1709: The Method to Sever the Future (Part 2)

“If the future is predestined to conclude, then proceeding onward might not be a beneficial path,” mused the voice.

“Regarding the Three Saints…”

“It is not that the Three Saints possess less power than those Saints who sever futures. Rather, the Three Saints are profoundly interwoven with the progression of Mountain and Sea Civilization, rendering them difficult to sever.”

The clash of civilization threads intensified significantly.

Each chaotic line, intricately tangled, appeared to symbolize countless civilizations locked in mutual destruction.

Despite the absence of physical bloodshed, a chilling, murderous aura permeated the entire atmosphere.

This struggle for existence was a fight to the death: an uncompromising battle where only one could prevail!

There was absolutely no possibility of retreat.

Li Fan vaguely grasped the reason behind the Void Realm’s unwavering resolve to eliminate the Three Saints.

Beyond their transcendent power representing the primary impediment to Dao Yan’s assimilation of Mountain Sea, perhaps the Void Realm perceived the Three Saints as an indispensable component of Mountain and Sea Civilization.

Potentially even the core force that demanded annihilation!

The Three Saints, discerning their own destinies, chose not to withdraw when the Void Realm’s incarnates descended.

“Given the profound depth of the Three Saints, your maneuver to destabilize Mountain and Sea, Mr. Fan, could be more potent than you currently imagine.”

“Execute it without hesitation. Even if it impacts the true selves of the Three Saints, it is acceptable.”

“For now, remain concealed in the shadows and act when the opportune moment presents itself!”

As Lord Guardian Hill spoke, he revealed his physical form.

Amidst the fierce engagement of the Six Saints, an additional figure abruptly materialized, instantly drawing the attention of both the Three Saints and the Void Realm’s incarnate.

Guardian Hill directly utilized the Lianshan Staff, Sea Returning Shovel, and All Living Beings Stick as symbolic gestures to declare his intentions.

“Guardian Hill…”

The Three Saints, quite naturally, recognized Lord Guardian Hill.

From their perspective, their separation had occurred only recently.

However…

Within the brief interval of their parting, Guardian Hill’s aura had undergone a transformative, earth-shattering alteration for undisclosed reasons.

Upon his emergence, without uttering a single word, he positioned himself like a sharpened blade at the most intense nexus of the two opposing forces!

In an instant, he agitated thousands of Jade Dragons, causing the surrounding heavens to chill!

The already intricate situation shifted once more.

Billions of civilization threads, without conscious direction, instinctively converged, launching assaults against this interloper, Guardian Hill.

Each black line now emanated a murderous intent no less formidable than a full-power strike from a Transcendent Strongman.

The civilization threads, once nebulous specters of existence.

Yet now, within the battleground of the Six Saints, they had transmuted into instruments capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Enveloped in twisted clusters of black thread, Guardian Hill’s attire was immediately riddled with perforations.

Yet, he remained steadfast and unmoving.

He let out a soft chuckle: “I once sat upon the mountain, observing the sea, witnessing the collapse of Mountain and Sea.”

“Though you may perish, I shall not. Though you are annihilated, I persist definitively.”

“Mountain and Sea merging, the Dao Yan Tribulation, possesses the power to obliterate stellar civilizations. Nevertheless…”

“What concern is that of mine?”

Shrouded in an enigmatic aura, Guardian Hill calmly confronted the onslaught of innumerable civilization threads.

As if immune to countless laws, eternally imperishable!

At first glance, it appeared as though Guardian Hill had fully grasped the fundamental nature of the Tao of Longevity.

Yet only Li Fan perceived the truth with clarity.

Longevity was merely a superficial appearance.

The genuine foundation enabling Guardian Hill to navigate such a cataclysm with ease…

Was the profound transformation between true and false!

What were civilization swords? What was Dao Yan’s invasion?

A mere thought to render it false, and it could not inflict harm upon my physical form!

After establishing his presence within the Six Saints’ battleground, Guardian Hill again directed his gaze towards the central position occupied by the Void Realm’s incarnates.

The forms shrouded in gray shadows were identical to the true appearances of the Three Saints.

Even their expressions, upon observing Guardian Hill’s unusual display, perfectly mimicked the original!

Nevertheless, they did not halt their actions due to this unforeseen development.

Instead, they collectively attacked Guardian Hill.

Their actions were potent, their presence overwhelming.

And this time, it was not solely the methods of civilization threads!

A sliver resembling a turtle shell detached itself from beside the Lianshan phantom.

In an instant, it ascended to hover above Guardian Hill’s head.

Outwardly, it seemed as light as a feather. But when it genuinely descended upon Guardian Hill…

It felt as weighty as an entire mountain range!

This mountain was the Mountain Above!

Though Guardian Hill possessed the ability to gaze upon mountains and seas, at this precise moment, it seemed as if the heavens and earth had inverted before his very eyes.

Endless mountains pressed down upon him!

Guardian Hill let out a grunt, his form seemingly compressed.

Yet he did not lower his head; instead, he raised it higher, scrutinizing the turtle shell above with penetrating eyes.

Emitting a faint blue-green luminescence, its patterns were endlessly intricate.

Resembling the veins of mountains.

Though confined to a single area, the mountain imagery within was in perpetual flux.

The pressure Guardian Hill endured appeared to intensify with each passing moment.

This turtle shell phantom had never before been witnessed in use by Lianshan Saint.

But the Void Realm incarnate hurled it forth without hesitation after observing Guardian Hill’s transformation.

Clearly, it had caught a glimpse of the origin of some changes.

Concurrently, the Void Realm’s incarnates for Gui Hai and Tai Yi Saints also unleashed lethal strikes.

A crystal-clear fragment of stone, or perhaps broken bone, suddenly hurtled toward Lord Guardian Hill.

Disregarding the intervening distance, the moment it was cast, it reached its intended target.

Striking directly at Guardian Hill’s brow!

Guardian Hill’s form wavered slightly, his mind momentarily blank.

Yet Li Fan’s voice jolted him awake.

“Guardian Hill, steadfastly maintain the protection of true and false transformations! This bone…”

“Is exceedingly peculiar!”

Without requiring Li Fan’s complete explanation, Guardian Hill had already detected the infiltration of this fragment.

The damage to his brow was secondary; what truly altered Guardian Hill’s expression was the fragment’s parasitic nature and its intention to supplant!

Upon striking his brow, the fragment took root, extending deeper into Guardian Hill’s body.

Typically, when confronted with external intrusion, one’s inner strength would naturally mount a defense.

Yet now, the fragment seemed inherently a part of Guardian Hill.

All internal strength chose to permit its passage.

Allowing it to penetrate deep within!

The fragment rooted itself, growing vigorously along Guardian Hill’s channels and bones.

As if it intended to sprout a new form!

Guardian Hill perceived that if the foreign bone fully developed within him, he might indeed be replaced!

But ordinary methods, even the Tao of Longevity’s resistance against this alien intrusion, proved minimal.

Guardian Hill could only leverage the transformation between true and false to delay his internal changes.

Though startled, he remained unperturbed, knowing that even facing death now, everything would reset to the initial point when Li Fan truly intervened.

“Even confronting death, unraveling the true methods of the Three Saints is a worthwhile endeavor.”

For the moment, clearing all distracting thoughts, he meticulously scrutinized the foreign bone within.

While occupying Guardian Hill’s body and spirit, the bone simultaneously allowed Guardian Hill to observe it closely.

The more he observed, the more alarmed he became.

“It’s not some trick deceiving my senses, but rather…”

“It genuinely feels like my bone, my body.”

“No, more precisely, it’s as if I originate from this fragment!”

Recalling the source of Gui Hai Saint’s power, the inherent tendency of civilization to return to the Infinite Sea after its demise, Guardian Hill suddenly experienced an epiphany.

“This bone…”

“Ancestor of Mountain Sea life?”

As if the fount of all life in Mountain Sea, emerging from and returning to it, seemed only natural.

Guardian Hill’s heart trembled profoundly.

Even in the presence of such an ordinary fragment, his flesh simply couldn’t help but feel a reverence akin to facing the origins of life, deeply ingrained with instinctive awe.

In this fleeting glance, Guardian Hill could only ascertain that the fragment was the progenitor of Mountain Sea life.

As for this life’s ancestor’s connection to the primeval creator…

It was not something Guardian Hill could comprehend at this juncture.

Under the simultaneous pressure of the turtle shell and ancestral bone, Guardian Hill was nearly pushed to his absolute limits.

Yet, the decisive strike from Gui Hai Saint’s Void Realm incarnate was also upon him.

At first glance, it appeared to be merely a severed hemp rope.

But upon closer examination, the countless fine threads comprising the rope were composed of innumerable distinct living beings!

A fusion of all life forms that once emerged in Mountain Sea, observed under this gaze, all induced dizziness, startled the heart, and shocked the soul!

It seemed to continuously threaten to ensnare one within this rope!