My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2357 - 1758: The Beginning of Mountain Sea Divine Split
Previously on My Simulated Road to Immortality...
The Dao of False and True wrapped around Li Fan like a delicate shroud, shielding both him and the Divine Spirit Net he possessed from detection.
Nevertheless, the very instant Li Fan entered this Divine Split, he detected two piercing gazes brushing across his form.
Mountain and Sea found their banquet momentarily disrupted.
Li Fan steadied his breathing and withdrew further into hiding.
Following an extended yet futile scan, Mountain and Sea shifted their focus back to consuming the True God.
"This realm looks like an endless emptiness, where neither Mountain and Sea nor the True God comes into view."
"No glimpse of the past, no hint of the future."
Instead of charging ahead blindly, Li Fan methodically assessed the unfolding circumstances.
It resembled a self-contained pocket of space-time; the moment Li Fan breached the divide between divine and mortal, he became cut off from the impending future of Mountain and Sea, locked firmly in the now.
"The Divine Split involving Mountain and Sea extends far beyond a mere instant."
"Given the immense scale of the True God, for Mountain and Sea to divide and ingest him while gradually breaking him down, it would demand an extraordinarily prolonged period."
"No... that doesn't hold."
A sudden realization dawned in Li Fan's mind, as he set aside the two enormous entities drifting in the void to concentrate on the fabric of space-time around him.
"In reality, this location lacks any notion of time flowing forward."
"The persistence of this place hinges on [Mountain and Sea Devouring God Unfinished], implying that anyone arriving here encounters the phase where Mountain and Sea hasn't yet finished devouring the God."
"Once Mountain and Sea finalize the consumption of the God, they transform into the evolved future Mountain and Sea alongside the Taichu Immortal Realm, which erases this space-time on its own."
"Even without the flow of time, that doesn't guarantee endless residence here."
"Stepping into this domain means you've already entangled yourself in the Divine Split contest."
"Within the Divine Split, as you weaken, the others strengthen. Should one remain idle and forfeit all claim to rivalry, expulsion from this space-time becomes inevitable."
Li Fan sensed a subtle descent onto the enormous remains of the slain True God, marking his official entry into the divine banquet of the conflict.
"To Mountain and Sea, they linger in that pivotal instant of unresolved Divine Split. All subsequent developments remain unborn."
"Yet for us who journey backward through time, every outcome stands predetermined long ago."
"A timeless Divine Split, frozen yet eternally cycling..."
Li Fan dimly perceived the True God's corpse functioning as a vast confinement.
Imprisoning Mountain and Sea, along with any being that hungered for the True God's leftovers, right here.
"Transcending space-time, it conceptually binds entrants as inmates drawn into the Divine Split battle."
"No participant in the Divine Split can ever fully break free."
Amid the absolute blackness of the void, Li Fan appeared to catch sight of the True God's lingering essence observing with icy detachment.
"Though I've arrived in this place, I harbor no desire to vie in the Divine Split. My sole aim is to uncover the mystery behind the divine demise."
"Still, to achieve that, I must first behold the God's corpse in its entirety."
The nature of the True God lay far beyond Li Fan's present grasp.
Thus, mortal eyes failed to perceive, ordinary ears refused to catch.
"You all will serve as my senses, to thoroughly unravel the enigma of the True God."
"Should awakening prove possible, perhaps a surge of divine might could shatter this confining web and restore liberty."
Li Fan offered a faint smile to the twenty-eight Saints ensnared within the net.
Even as they recognized the near-impossible odds Li Fan described, a sliver of hopeful illusion lingered in each Saint's core.
Challenging Mountain and Sea for a share of the God represented a dream every Saint in the Taichu Immortal Realm had cherished for ages.
But the unyielding barrier separating divine from mortal had confined all Saints within the Taichu Immortal Realm, blocking any further progress.
Through countless years of probing, the Saints had forged a shared understanding.
Only by shattering Mountain and Sea's constraints using a Saint's form could entry into the Divine Split alongside Mountain and Sea occur.
Yet Li Fan had now transported them all inside by himself.
The Dao of False and True proved truly extraordinary.
"But should divine power be attained..."
"True and False Changes will have to yield!"
With Li Fan granting them the opportunity for complete insight, how could they turn it away?
The twenty-eight Saints, in this instant, cast aside all thoughts of survival or demise.
They devoted themselves utterly to perceiving the shadowy void ahead.
Attaining Sainthood, especially within the Taichu Immortal Realm, demanded possessing the finest attributes of Mountain and Sea.
The God and the future iteration of Mountain and Sea shared profound similarities as well.
Beneath the collective scrutiny of the Saints, the oppressive darkness of the space began to lift gradually.
As shadows receded bit by bit, the weight of the "divine power" that Li Fan detected intensified.
The remnants of the fallen True God mirrored the divine power that accompanied a True God's arrival.
The protective veil of True and False Changes enveloping the Saints curved ever so slightly.
In that moment, Li Fan gained the initial insight: "The act of scrutinizing and grasping the God's corpse closely parallels the emergence of a new God."
"Witnessing the full form of the True God in a flash feels akin to standing before the True God himself."
"Since the True God has perished, no return to divinity will unfold."
"However, the True God's power overwhelms what typical Saints can endure. It requires an approach like Mountain and Sea's..."
"Through ingestion and realization."
Of course, this sparked the inevitable query: Mountain and Sea's Divine Split already pushed their tolerance to the brink.
How then would they allow rival entities to challenge their claim?
"Conflict is unavoidable."
"Let the Saints clash with Mountain and Sea on my behalf."
Throughout, Li Fan's objective remained sharply defined.
To behold the True God's complete form and pierce the veil of divine downfall!
As the Saints' comprehension deepened progressively, the veiled outlines of the God's form sharpened layer by layer.
Mountain and Sea, deep in their gorging ritual, halted once again.
This time, they definitively sensed the intrusion of outsiders.
With their sacred meal under threat, Mountain and Sea erupted in blazing rage.
The silhouette of the True God gave way to Mountain and Sea's spectral projection.
The "God" familiar to the Saints seemed to vanish abruptly from this space-time.
Only endless chains of somber mountains remained, swallowed by the boundless Vast Ocean.