My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2361 - 1760: God Slaying Transformation
Previously on My Simulated Road to Immortality...
"Fan Er, it's time to eat."
As Bai Shuyue presented the carefully crafted midday meal, Li Fan finally snapped out of his trance.
He had been reborn for a considerable period yet remained deeply absorbed in reflections on "God". To him, nothing existed—no Da Xuan, Xuanhuang, Mountain Sea, or any mundane entities.
Only his aunt's call pulled him back to reality.
Glancing naturally toward the table, the instant the notion of "food" crossed his spiritual awareness, a deep-seated aversion built over endless years triggered a surge of disgust.
"Ugh!"
Bai Shuyue froze in surprise, staring at the spread of dishes she had labored over.
"What's bothering Fan Er? Three dishes plus a soup, two with meat and two with veggies. It might not be gourmet, but it shouldn't cause revulsion!"
While she puzzled over it, Bai Shuyue's mind halted abruptly.
Next, bit by bit, it crumbled away to dust.
She wasn't alone; Da Xuan, the Xuanhuang World itself, and even the ancient potentials faced the identical end,
vanishing without a trace.
Now Li Fan stood stunned in turn.
The heavens and earth could attest; he hadn't lifted a finger!
"Is it possible that remnants from my previous existence haven't fully healed, causing my strength to spiral beyond control?" Li Fan creased his brow, inspecting his form.
A simple human body, marked solely by the True and False Dao.
Nothing else...
Yet the flavor persisting from innumerable loops of gradual feasting felt achingly recognizable.
It stemmed straight from the God!
"That explains my gut reaction of sickness," Li Fan scowled.
He grasped the sequence of events.
Ponder the God, then consume the God.
Merge with the God, perhaps even evolve into the God.
Li Fan had plunged fully into the might of the "God".
Though Hai Zhen's aid brought him back to the starting juncture, traces of divine essence's taint still lingered unremoved.
Even a minor ripple in that divine force spelled utter ruin for everything nearby.
Bai Shuyue fell prey to this unforeseen catastrophe.
Within the Mountain Sea, however, cycles of annihilation and renewal among creatures had unfolded countless times before.
Li Fan regarded it with cool detachment.
The True and False Dao acted like a sharp edge, methodically erasing the "taste" of the god that adhered to him.
While some might crave such power, he had zero interest in it right now.
Furthermore...
Li Fan surveyed his surroundings.
Even the subtle remnants of divine essence were starting to foster something new. Visibly, a grand will was emerging.
Not the toppled True God.
More akin to insects hatching from a deity's remains.
The Mountain Sea responded with heightened ferocity.
Evidently, the essence they had engulfed eons ago now echoed faintly once more.
How could this fail to terrify the Mountain Sea?
Oppressive forces rushed in from every side, all originating inside the Mountain Sea, intent on smashing this spot to oblivion.
"What a hassle."
Initially, Li Fan deployed the True and False Dao to purge his presence completely, then shifted his position, departing the chaotic Mountain Sea.
Despite the All Saints on the Other Shore sensing the disturbance, they couldn't pinpoint Li Fan's whereabouts.
After fully ingesting the God's form.
Even without total assimilation, Li Fan now hovered right at the edge of divinity.
Merely one stride from surpassing every existence.
The shift of True and False came naturally.
With a relaxed thought, his cultivation level and stage bent to his will.
Relocating to a more serene location for a brief seclusion.
Li Fan started reviewing the revelations from his prior incarnation.
Undeniably, the paramount achievement lay in at last perceiving the reason behind the divine downfall.
Against that brief revelation, the complete reshaping of the God's form paled in comparison.
"Why does that spot evoke such a strange familiarity?"
Li Fan knew it wasn't mere fancy.
For even at this moment, revisiting it, the sense of recognition endured.
The God's form in his spiritual mind grew hazy, while the God Slaying instant sharpened in clarity.
The truth he pursued lay nearly within grasp, prompting Li Fan to set aside thoughts on forging the God's body for now.
He instead devoted himself to exploring that enigmatic core.
The recognizable hints twisted like a meandering trail. Li Fan traced the oddly known signs, advancing nearer with each step.
At last, the essence of All Gods loomed ahead, resembling an open gateway.
Within easy reach, just a stretch away.
Li Fan, face serene, gradually reached out his arm.
Rumble, rumble!
That core exploded open, unfolding into a vision that flooded Li Fan's spiritual mind.
The True God's final throes.
Vengeful wills from consumed allies, resurrecting as ghosts inside the frame.
Via profound change, they coalesced into the dual vision of Mountain Sea.
Thus began the Divine Split.
On death's edge, the True God perceived a way to shatter the Mountain Sea ahead, expending its final vigor.
Seizing hold of the boundless emptiness.
A ray of brilliance sliced through the infinite gloom. From an unknown source.
It pierced the Divine Body.
Like a projectile, striking the forehead.
Consequently, the True God met its end.
...
"Was it I who felled the God?"
"No surprise those echoes felt so known!"
Li Fan's spirit and form trembled, and in a flash, he broke free from the vast mirage.
With his present grasp of the [God], witnessing the divine demise revealed its full significance.
The God collapsed due to him, yet not entirely on his account.
Absent his involvement, the god's frame brimmed with wills, morphing into the Mountain Sea's vision.
The True God's inherent breakdown, preyed upon by Mountain Sea, was inevitable.
Yet the True God refused defeat, so upon foreseeing what lay ahead, it summoned Li Fan with its dying might.
"I served as the final blow that toppled the God."
Enlightenment dawned on Li Fan.
"By normal logic, a simple human, no matter how weakened the True God, couldn't possibly topple such a lofty entity."
"I'm convinced the Mountain Sea dwellers lack that power; they'd merely nourish the True God's revival."
"Yet I stand apart."
Li Fan probed his body with Divine Sense.
Layers of flesh turned sheer, layer after layer.
Organs and skeleton all dissolved from view.
Solely a glowing speck embodying Li Fan's divine soul persisted, casting light everywhere.
Gazing inward, essence shone pure.
"I..."
"Originated beyond the God."
Li Fan delved within, peeling off the myriad rebirth cycles woven around this Mountain Sea realm.
Unveiling just his purest essence.
"Be it God, Mountain Sea, or the eventual Lone Star, New God..."
"Each arises from divine evolution."
"It's clear that no matter the victor, a New God will eventually emerge."
"But echoes of the slain Divine persist, awakening across infinite eras, reclaiming their purpose..."
"Just as with the Mountain Sea."
"The god's demise will recur."
"This realm traps itself in perpetual loops."
"The True God, Mountain Sea, Star—they're all chained elements in the wheel."
"Devoid of outside meddling, the wheel spins forever."
"But I arrived."
Li Fan confronted his core self.
"Even as an ordinary mortal."
"Since I hail from outside the God, I represent an [absolute variable] unseen in the loop before."