My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2321: 1736: The Fall of the Three Saints Together
Previously on My Simulated Road to Immortality...
“Remolding the mountain and sea relies entirely on the True and False Changes. This isn't merely a Dao; it's captured in the saying ‘When True turns False, False is also True.’ Through [True Yet False], the Star's influence gets erased. With [False is also True], the mountain and sea get recreated amid ruin and emptiness.”
“The cycle of creation and destruction, the blend of void and reality—it all hinges on one mere thought…”
Within Li Fan’s spiritual consciousness, ideas surged, and as his awareness extended, a shadowy figure abruptly materialized right before him.
But this was merely a hollow silhouette, its outlines hazy and undefined.
“Based on my grasp of the True and False Dao right now, conjuring living creatures from nothing remains challenging. Yet, for something lifeless…”
With a casual flick from Li Fan, the failed phantom of the entity vanished, giving way to a simple, unremarkable twig.
Lacking any unusual energy pulses, it was nothing more than everyday timber.
Still, since Li Fan had formed it from absolute nothingness, it carried profound importance.
In the distant past, Li Fan had already succeeded in manifesting items from void using [False is also True]. For example, he once forged the [Primal Ancient Azure], offering Emperor Tri-Moa a chance to advance. Yet, such fabrications from False prove highly volatile and fade quickly.
As Li Fan’s insight into the True and False Dao grew deeper, the lifespan of these False-born objects stretched longer and longer.
At present, this twig from Li Fan’s creation, if left untouched by outside interference, would endure for a full century.
The modest twig kept materializing and dissolving in cycles.
Li Fan persistently observed the shifts between True and False.
After an extended period, he at last verified a key insight: “As expected, this transformation doesn’t drain any so-called True Spirit.
“So, how exactly does reshaping the mountain and sea tie into the True Spirit?”
Li Fan lifted his eyes toward the horizon, his vision apparently slicing through multiple layers of the Void Realm to touch the mountain and sea’s boundary. Memories of his experiences with the mountain and sea, plus the Void Realm throughout his path, flooded back.
“Should the True Spirit torrent burst forth from inside me, the True and False Dao would stay untouched. The sole element that could shift from this is…”
“The Star.”
A sudden epiphany struck Li Fan.
“Regardless of how the remnants from each mountain and sea cycle get devoured by the Star, converting into its fuel. My former self may have fallen, yet the Star might gain strength from that loss. One side wanes as the other waxes.”
Suddenly, a solitary star burst from the surrounding gloom, its ruinous glow brighter than any before. Li Fan’s pulse raced uncontrollably.
He began to grasp the deep essence behind ‘You can halt the Star for a time, but not eternally.’
“It’s not enough to just rescue everyone; the cleanup afterward must be managed too. Playing the hero like this is no simple task.”
In truth, Li Fan held zero desire to act as the mountain and sea’s redeemer.
Yet, the notion of consuming the mountain and sea to reach the supreme realm thrilled him immensely.
Whether Li Fan, freed from all limits after his triumph, would bother saving the mountain and sea—even if it lay within easy reach…
That would hinge on his whim at the moment.
…
Besides fostering promising individuals, Li Fan joined multiple clashes between the Mount Sea Saints and the Void Realm forces.
Despite these efforts, the Saints’ faction remained hopelessly outmatched.
As they had foreseen earlier, the Void Realm pulled endlessly from various time periods. Harnessing the might to overwhelm an intact mountain and sea, it could effortlessly dominate a fractured one.
Moreover, the thirty-six incarnations of the Void Realm kept multiplying. The layered Dao Yan mists, built up across ages, appeared to trigger a fundamental shift.
Even before the mountain and sea fully succumbed to Dao Yan, a dark pallor descended abruptly. The vibrant hues of the mountain and sea dulled progressively, transforming the lively realm into a grayscale wasteland.
“What’s going on? Why does the world around me seem so faint and intangible?” Bai Xiao’s divine sense avatar, dispatched for aid, kept wavering, its glow fading steadily. It resembled a volume losing its leaves page by page, reduced to a fragile remnant.
Bai Xiao wasn’t alone; the divine sense projections of the other Saints, including the Three Saints, all underwent this eerie shift.
“This sensation… it’s like I’m trapped in the Void Realm instead of the mountain and sea. My very being is dissolving like melting frost.”
“The Void Realm may not have finished corroding the mountain and sea, but this intense encirclement lets void energies seep in early. At this rate, the mountain and sea won’t last much longer!”
“Moments ago, the gathered Void Realm strength beyond the mountain and sea doubled in intensity. The ominous blackness swallowed all. Even the radiant aura of the steadfast Three Saints struggled to pierce it.”
The Saints sensed the mountain and sea’s alterations, their faces etched with grave concern.
They turned to the Three Saints, seeking guidance.
“Odd, the Void Realm’s response…”
“Something feels off.”
Both the Sea Return Saint of this timeline and the divine sense form arriving from a future mountain and sea creased their brows. Gazing skyward, a torrent of lights and shadows rushed into view.
Though the Void Realm stretched across epochs, it failed to block their divinations.
The rapid succession of visions provided the sole bursts of color in this monochrome mountain and sea.
“A shift has happened at the mountain and sea’s origin.”
“Saints falling, disorder, upheaval.”
“The mountain and sea’s defenses have weakened sharply, allowing the Void Realm to channel greater forces here.”
Sea Return’s calculations demanded extra effort this time, probably due to the Void Realm’s interference draining more.
A single white strand emerged unexpectedly on Sea Return Saint’s head!
He ignored it entirely, pushing forward with his divinations.
Saint Lianshan and Saint Taiyi linked up seamlessly in perfect sync.
The Three Saints positioned themselves steadily, their Seven-color Rainbow Light pulsing, casting glimpses of insight.
Though brief, the Saints discerned plainly which saint had fallen at the mountain and sea’s dawn.
It was the [Lock] who had withdrawn recently from this stretch of the mountain and sea!
“He’s gone?” The Saints stared in disbelief.
Right then, as though detecting the Three Saints’ temporal scrutiny, countless hostile stares erupted from the visions simultaneously.
Like ravenous fiends eyeing a tender morsel to sate their hunger!
The Three Saints withdrew their probe swiftly, halting before the stares could fully connect.
Even so, traces of wild malice leaked through the subtle link, spreading across the Xuan Ji.
Taking tangible shape.
“Roar!”
Some took forms of hideous beasts, others as wraiths and phantoms, and some as grinning skeletal horrors.
Though far inferior in power to the current Saints, their savagery burned fierce as they charged with bellows.
The result was predictable; the Saints dispatched them with ease.
Yet, the Saints’ faces showed no hint of relief.
On the contrary, their gravity intensified.
The Three Saints felt it most acutely.
“Dozens of stares locked on, but ours wasn’t one of them.”
“We’re no longer in the Taichu Immortal Realm,” Saint Lianshan stated gravely.
“Does that mean the Three Saints fell as well?” Li Fan asked, stunned.
“No. It’s not only us; several old allies are absent too. It appears…”
“The Divine Split era has arrived.”
With those words, the Three Saints shared a knowing look.
Then, in perfect harmony, their forms dissolved into radiant streaks and vanished.
In a flash, they fell right there, dumbfounding the onlookers!