My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2356 - 1757: Breaking the Seal—All Saints’ Battle (Part 2)
Previously on My Simulated Road to Immortality...
Time's flow escaped everyone's grasp, until the ultimate moment of this drawn-out conflict finally arrived.
From the intense focal spot, Infinity Light pulled away.
Light echoed repeatedly across the Taichu Immortal Realm.
A weary silhouette emerged beneath the crushing weight of the tower's dense lines.
Flames roared upward, defying the tower's immense pressure without a hint of dread.
"Wherever the light shines, there I am!"
"You can't touch me!"
The tower, showing no pause, steadily and firmly engulfed the rising light and shadows.
Like flesh under fire, the tower's lines, worn to their limits, began to flicker faintly into illusion.
Just a tiny wisp of mist lingered, and in that instant, it pressed onward rather than pulling back.
It morphed into a finger, jabbing from afar at a single spot.
As though popping a fragile bubble, the tower crumbled in a flash after holding out briefly.
"Such a shame! So close!"
"Taking on two at once proves too tough."
"Holding out this long already surpassed what we thought possible. This clash wrapped up in a three-way stalemate of heavy losses."
Like spotting a tempting meal, the Saints watching from Heaven and Earth grew restless.
Each fixed their gaze on the prizes they aimed to claim.
Right then...
A shadowy web dropped abruptly from above.
It draped over the tower, the light, and the shifting form!
"This... is..."
"Suo?!"
The Saints knew this web all too well, so their shock deepened.
"Impossible! We all saw Suo fall!"
Suspicion gripped the Saints right away, prompting each to attempt divination.
But every effort failed.
Inside the fray, Suo, who had set the ambush long ago, now drew the web tight.
In that instant, Suo experienced a rush of pure delight like never before.
Who knew that lurking quietly in the shadows, plotting in secret, could bring such joy!
Because the Saints had overlooked him without thinking, he managed to snag all Three Saints in one swift move.
Amid the shattered tower, a dim outline appeared.
Trembling non-stop, it gawked in disbelief at the web trapping it.
Even the light and the shifting form reeled from the abrupt twist.
They caught a whiff of treachery in the air.
After a short daze, the Three Saints, once locked in brutal combat, banded together to rip through the web.
Infinity Light, mist in flux, lines crossing...
The clashes bloated the Suo web in a heartbeat, stretching it many times larger.
The web's strands warped and turned see-through.
That frantic assault in the face of doom unleashed a devastating power that could drag Suo down with them!
Light faded away, mist scattered, lines collapsed.
The freshly dropped Suo web appeared to catch fire, slowly crumbling into cinders.
Four Saints met their end!
This grim sight filled the watching Saints in the Taichu Immortal Realm with dread.
Yet quickly, their focus shifted back to the Saint remnants scattered in Heaven and Earth.
As they prepared to strike, an astonishing turn unfolded.
Suo had clearly vanished...
But now he reappeared!
The charred web flared up once more.
It swept up every trace of the tower, light, and shifting form.
They had no strength left to fight; the Suo web shrank, hauling them in completely.
With the deed done, Suo didn't stick around—he just flashed a sly grin at the onlooker Saints.
Then he slipped from view.
As if dropping once more.
"This..."
"What Divine Technique is that?"
No one foresaw that Suo, the first to drop, was pulling the strings from the shadows. The Divine Technique he revealed in this fight shattered every prior notion the Saints held about him.
All sorts of bizarre events left even fellow Saints doubting.
Saints hastily hid their presence.
Still, now that turmoil had ignited in the Taichu Immortal Realm, peace would never return.
...
"Excellent work."
Li Fan consumed the remnants of the tower, light, and shifting form through True and False Changes.
From the swirling lights and shadows, the revived Three Saints stepped forth one by one.
Mirroring Suo's earlier act, they first displayed a flicker of disorientation.
But comprehension dawned swiftly.
"I see! Falling to the True and False Dao holds no injustice." The tower eyed Suo and spoke with ease.
"True and False Dao..." Witnessing the tower voice their shared hunches, light and shifting form quivered faintly.
Accepting their lot.
"So Mountain and Sea truly harbor such a Dao!"
They realized resistance and destruction would change nothing.
One mere thought from the foe could remake them. Escape was impossible.
Li Fan's form stayed unseen, but his soft voice echoed closer.
The very words once given to Suo.
"Plunge the Taichu Immortal Realm into deeper turmoil."
Though this time, an extra line followed.
"I'm heading to the era of the Mountain Sea Divine Split."
Despite suspecting Li Fan's aim, hearing it straight shook every Saint.
Clashing for godhood against Mountain and Sea marked the eternal quest for all Taichu Immortal Realm Saints.
They shared that drive.
Yet Li Fan's rise dashed their hopes.
Suo, tower, light, shifting form...
The Four Saints teamed up to whip up storms in the Taichu Immortal Realm.
Suo showed up first, drawing the Saints' eyes.
As Suo faced siege and teetered on death, tower, light, and shifting form burst in.
The Saints, thought dead, returned at peak power.
The same ploy worked wonders yet again.
Guided by Li Fan, more players joined the game.
As paths multiplied in the Great Dao True Hall, snaring Taichu Immortal Realm Saints grew effortless.
No more need for plots or tricks—just raw might to overpower.
Before long, only Mountain Lian's three among the seven Primordial Saints held out.
The other twenty-eight Primordial Saints fell to Li Fan's grasp.
"This web holds more than enough strength."
Li Fan perched in the emptiness, surveying his domain.
Twenty-eight Saints orbited like loyal stars.
Every Saint's path, even their very minds, lay bare to him.
"What immense might! Too bad..."
"Against the Star and the Divine Mask, it crumbles like dust."
Li Fan pondered briefly in his mind, then gave a light shake of his head.
"The Mountain Sea Saint arises from Mountain Sea itself. Piling on more changes nothing."
"True and False Changes can indeed thwart the True God's descent, yet it can't halt the pull back to the True God. Lingering too long means True and False Changes fails to shield me, inviting the True God's return. No redo then."
"Still, this strength will carry us across the divide."
Li Fan stood abruptly, striding ahead.
Crafting the Saints also honed the True and False Changes.
While chaos raged in the Taichu Immortal Realm, Li Fan's insight into True and False Dao surged forward.
"Mountain Sea's paths form the core of True and False."
"The deeper my hold and knowledge, the closer I grow to True and False Dao."
Seizing twenty-eight Saints turned the elusive 'True and False' solid and real.
It felt like glimpsing the Taichu Immortal Realm's edge.
True and False Changes wrapped Li Fan and the twenty-eight Saints in the web.
They glided through with ease.
The next instant, the Taichu Immortal Realm vanished.
In an endless black void, two gigantic beasts appeared to be devouring their fill.