My longevity simulation

Dharma-Transmitter Zhou was also very pleased to see Li Fan agree so readily: “Good, then we will meet here.”

With that, she sent over the location coordinates.

After ending the communication, Li Fan began his preparations.

The “latest developed technology” he had mentioned earlier was not made up. It was the result of the Final Dissociation Disc’s deductions over the past year.

Ever since he had mastered the two Immortal-level great formations [Astral Mechanism, All Spirits Return to Number] and [Desolate Fall, Flowers Bloom in an Empty Room], and devoured the nine newly born sub-discs to achieve transformation, the Dissociation Disc’s formation analysis ability had been increasing at an unimaginable speed, growing day by day.

At every moment, it seemed as if endless new formations were being deduced by it.

The Dissociation Disc was just like the Derivative Law Jade, intent on deducing all the formation in the world!

Even without deliberate manipulation from its master Li Fan, in just one year, it had accumulated an extremely vast formation array database.

By adding a few conditions and searching lightly, Li Fan found what he wanted.

A simulated Immortal-level formation, named [Wrathful Gaze, Vengeance Must Be Repaid].

The formation’s function could be glimpsed from its name.

As long as the formation was kept running, it would automatically scan for objects around the formation that held grudges against it and mark them for tracking.

The coverage was roughly the size of one prefecture in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Once locked by the [Wrathful Gaze] formation, as long as one did not leave the formation’s range, they would always be tracked.

The formation had specificity, meaning one formation could only designate one grudge object.

Li Fan tested it briefly, and the locking method of the Wrathful Gaze formation completely exceeded his current scope of understanding. It already faintly approached the [Immortal] level.

But last time, Mo Rubin’s performance had truly inspired caution.

So, merely an formation was not enough!

Li Fan took out a small jade bottle.

Three pills were placed inside the bottle.

They moved at high speed within the bottle without any pattern, their trajectories chaotic yet revealing some divinity.

“Soul Separation Pill.”

“After swallowing it, to outsiders, the divine soul would appear to be in a dissociated, extremely chaotic state. But in reality, control over the body could still be maintained. It has remarkable effects against divine soul possession. Mo Rubin’s possession technique is similar to Dharma-Transmitter Jiang’s, and it is the same as my transformation.”

“But facing a mass of chaos, how can one perform possession or influence it?”

A cold glint flashed in Li Fan’s eyes: “Even if it cannot completely prevent it, at least it can greatly delay his possession process.”

“Three pills as a set. The Medicine King Sect’s first batch refined over two hundred sets…”

…

After everything was prepared, Li Fan brought Tianyang to the appointed location to keep the appointment.

Naturally, he had also changed his original appearance.

Dharma-Transmitter Zhou had already been waiting ahead of time, and with her were thirty-seven others.

They were roughly divided into three camps, with the largest number being a team of black-clothed cultivators with expressionless faces and solemn demeanors.

Compared to those Li Fan had seen before, even their eyes were utterly vacant.

Rather than cultivators, they were more like puppets without their own thoughts, only capable of completing received orders.

The remaining two camps, one of which consisted of two Dharma-Transmitters standing with Dharma-Transmitter Zhou.

The second one was somewhat special.

It did not resemble a human, with a short stature like that of a seven- or eight-year-old child.

It had no head, and its five facial features were crammed onto its chest.

Its entire body was pitch black, giving it a somewhat comical yet ferocious appearance.

“This time entering the forbidden area, we still need [You] Clan people as guides.” Dharma-Transmitter Zhou glanced at Tianyang, who stood silently behind Li Fan with eyes closed, then gave a slight bow before speaking to Li Fan.

“[You]?” Li Fan looked at this group of strange beings with keen interest.

“We can talk while walking. Here are the precautions for after entering.”

At Dharma-Transmitter Zhou’s signal, the [You] Clan people gathered in a circle, held hands, and began performing some peculiar dance.

It was like a ritual; as they hummed in unison, a thread of dim and unclear closed breath quietly descended above them.

Of course, that was just Li Fan’s feeling.

In reality, whether observed with the naked eye or divine sense, there was no actual change ahead.

“Let’s go in first.”

But the actions of the others next confirmed that Li Fan’s premonition was correct.

When the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators flew toward the space above the [You] Clan people, it was as if they were suddenly swallowed by darkness.

They vanished into thin air just like that.

The Alliance cultivators entered one after another, and Li Fan ultimately followed by flying in as well.

Light was stripped away from the world.

The surroundings were complete and endless darkness.

It was slightly different from the Darkest Star Sea outside the Xuanhuang Realm.

The blackness of the star sea felt dead, void, and vast.

But here…

It felt cramped, damp, and shadowy, as if something lurked in the darkness, ready to surge forth at any moment and devour people.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators who had entered first seemed to have vanished entirely.

In this dark forbidden area, it felt as if only he remained.

Li Fan instinctively tried to scan left and right with his divine sense, only to find that it was useless here.

Once it left his body, it was as if it were wrapped in endless darkness, unable to perceive anything else.

Li Fan then tried to illuminate the surroundings with light, but that failed as well.

Light seemed unable to survive in this forbidden area.

At that moment, without any warning, a hand suddenly rested on Li Fan’s shoulder.

His hairs stood on end, and Li Fan was about to counterattack in an instant.

But through the physical contact, divine senses could transmit to each other.

Only then did Li Fan “hear” the other’s words.

He first stated his own identity.

Dharma-Transmitter Yan.

He then explained to Li Fan: “In this dark forbidden area, divine sense and sound have all lost their effect. Only by connecting through physical contact, like with those [You] Clan people, can we communicate with each other.”

“We entered together without dispersing. Everyone should be nearby; let’s regroup first.”

Li Fan nodded slightly.

This dark forbidden area was indeed eerie. Even the connection between him and Tianyang had been severed.

Fortunately, Tianyang had not gone far, and it did not take much effort to reconnect.

With a thought from Li Fan, unnoticed by others, Tianyang quietly transformed into Immortal Puppet Battle Armor and attached itself to his body.

“The Wrathful Gaze Formation is greatly weakened here too. The coverage of its sensing range is probably only about three zhang around me?”

Li Fan could not help but feel inwardly shocked.

One must know, this was an existence infinitely close to a True Immortal-level Formation.

“Who would have thought that in the Xuanhuang Realm, there was such a perilous place. What was Mo Rubin doing coming here?”

Just like the [You] Clan people who had held hands to connect before entering.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance cultivators and Li Fan also used this method to regroup.

After counting numbers and discovering three were missing, the group did not go searching for them.

Instead, they directly issued a kill order against those three.

At the same time, they advanced together toward the depths of the darkness.