My longevity simulation

Escaping from the collapsing ship that is the Xuanhuang Realm requires a solid foundation of technological reserves.

Li Fan alone could not accomplish such a feat.

By drawing inspiration from the existing achievements of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association, then innovating upon them, there was a chance to break free from this predicament.

“I wonder how the Chosen Immortal Plan is progressing.”

“Even though the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance harbored ulterior motives from the very beginning, before the truth is exposed, they still remain the highly regarded Chosen Immortal, the shining hope of the Alliance.”

“They should be able to serve as valuable insiders, right?”

With such thoughts in mind, Li Fan sent a reply to the Five Elders Association.

He did not disclose the existence of Senior Stone Tablet, merely stating that he had received an urgent notification that the meeting had been compromised, forcing its cancellation.

As for where the problem lay—it was undoubtedly on the Five Elders Association’s side.

Li Fan even suggested they conduct a thorough investigation, implying that spies from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance had infiltrated them.

Even though he was making things up, Li Fan didn’t mind.

Spies? If you look for them, you’ll always find some.

Putting aside matters concerning the Five Elders Association, Li Fan shifted his focus inward, concentrating on the Five Elements Origin Cave Heaven within his body.

Previously, he had believed this Five Elements Cave Heaven had naturally formed within the Xuanhuang Realm, rendering it impervious to external threats.

However, Senior Stone Tablet had since revealed that it was, in fact, the handiwork of the First Origin Sect from thousands of years ago…

Given Li Fan’s cautious nature, he naturally had to conduct a thorough inspection.

Fortunately, his fears were unfounded.

After meticulous examination, he confirmed that there were no residual imprints left behind by the First Origin Sect in his Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven.

This allowed him to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

After all, the Xuanhuang Realm was a treacherous place, and every potential threat, no matter how small, had to be handled with extreme care.

“With my Nascent Soul fully formed, the next step is advancing to Soul Transformation…”

“The impending transformation of heaven and earth…”

A vision flashed through Li Fan’s mind—Mr. Bai, during his 115th reincarnation, wandering across the Xuanhuang Realm, absorbing the Life-transforming phenomenon of Xuanhuang into his personal Cave Heaven.

Thanks to Mr. Bai, Li Fan had already gained a deep understanding of nearly all the Life-transforming phenomenon of Xuanhuang that could be harnessed within the next century.

“With the Sitting Immortal Art, combined with the continuous feedback cultivation provided by the members of the Federation of All Worlds, I hardly need to worry about the accumulation process of my cultivation.”

“The only real concern is the existence of Heaven’s Calamity, as well as how to harmoniously integrate multiple different Life-transforming phenomenon into myself.”

Now that his Five Elements Great Cave-Heaven had enabled him to reach the Nascent Soul stage, ordinary Soul Transformation techniques no longer interested him.

Even typical Spirit of Heaven and Earth failed to capture his attention.

They were simply too weak!

This wasn’t arrogance on Li Fan’s part.

It was just the reality of his situation.

Although he had never exerted his full power before, the vast and boundless strength derived from his Five Elements Cave Heaven had already placed him leagues ahead of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Back in his Foundation Establishment stage, he could already use various methods to go toe-to-toe with Nascent Soul cultivators, even if it meant mutual destruction.

Now, with his exponentially increased power, crushing an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator was as easy as crushing an ant.

On top of that, he possessed:

The Five Elements Annihilation Sword,

The Seven-Colored Jade Void Glimmering Light,

And even the ‘Chaos’ Character.

Existences like Crimson Flame and Black Swamp, who embodied powerful Spirit of Heaven and Earth, were no match for him.

Only entities on the level of Ink Death could prove to be a real challenge.

However, even in the face of such formidable beings, he was confident he could escape unscathed.

Given all this, how could Li Fan possibly resign himself to following the conventional Soul Transformation and Dao Integration paths?

Like Mr. Bai, he aimed to integrate all the Life Transforming phenomenon of Xuanhuang into himself—

To turn his Nascent Soul Cave-Heaven into a true Inner World!

Afterward, he distorted and absorbed numerous spirit of heaven and earth, seizing the fundamental source power of the Xuanhuang World on a large scale.

This was the most ideal method for rapid power expansion.

For now, he set aside the question of whether doing so would make him an opponent of the Immortal Ancestor.

Li Fan believed that if he could truly reach that level, at the very least, he would not be at a disadvantage even against an ordinary Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign.

“Moreover, if I can truly find a way to escape the Xuanhuang Realm, then in any other cultivation world, within the same realm, my strength would undoubtedly stand at the pinnacle.”

Cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm devoured heaven and earth itself. Their cultivation methods were inherently more formidable than conventional techniques.

And Li Fan’s strength far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators of the new methods, by several times over.

In comparison, he was absolutely dominant.

However, while this was an ideal scenario, one major problem stood in Li Fan’s way, demanding an urgent solution.

Mr. Bai was faintly an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao’s will. Extracting the transformations of heaven and earth or the Spirit of Heaven and Earth was as effortless for him as using his own possessions.

Naturally, he encountered no resistance.

But who was Li Fan?

Why would the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang World allow him to do the same?

Even ordinary cultivators practicing the new methods had already provoked the resentment of the world itself.

If Li Fan followed his envisioned plan, it would be no different from stripping the world of its flesh and bones, scraping away its very marrow.

It would make him the ultimate enemy of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao.

With heaven and earth both as his foes, how could he possibly absorb and claim the transformations of the world and its Spirit of Heaven and Earth for himself?

Even if he forcefully absorbed one or two, a violent backlash would be inevitable.

“Unless…”

Li Fan’s gaze flickered.

For someone as knowledgeable as Grand Preceptor Li, this was not an unsolvable dilemma. In an instant, he thought of a countermeasure.

The reason the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao harbored such deep hatred for cultivators was simple.

Cultivators, in order to cultivate, had to extract resources from the Xuanhuang Realm itself.

As long as this fundamental fact remained unchanged, the conflict between the two would never be resolved.

However, at present, the Xuanhuang Realm was at a severe disadvantage in the ongoing struggle.

This provided Li Fan with a potential opportunity.

That was—to switch allegiances and choose to stand on the side of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao.

Li Fan vaguely recalled that when he brought back Qian Hong’s remains from the Great Xuan to the Xuanhuang World, an anomaly had occurred.

Originally, a celestial phenomenon signaling death should have appeared the moment Qian Hong perished.

Yet, it inexplicably manifested again later.

And after completing this act, Li Fan distinctly felt that something within him had changed.

At the time, he had not fully grasped its significance.

But after years of studying ancient texts from various cultivation worlds, Li Fan now understood the reason.

In the Xuanhuang World, while rare, similar occurrences had happened before.

There had been cultivators who, despite being forced to adopt the new methods due to changes in the laws of the world, ultimately benefited the world as a whole through their actions.

For example…

They could assist in exterminating cultivators of the new methods, accelerating the process of returning the Dao to the heavens.

Though in the eyes of cultivators, such individuals were unambiguous devil cultivators—targets of strict suppression by both the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association—

To the Heavenly Dao, they were, in fact, the greatest benefactors.

Righteous cultivators standing on the side of heaven and earth!

Of course, this was merely an extreme example. Aside from slaughtering cultivators, one could also mend the deficiencies of the world or aid the Spirit of Heaven and Earth in fulfilling its heavenly duties…

All of these could increase one’s favorability with the Heavenly Dao.

Once that favorability reached a certain level, even when a cultivator fell, the celestial phenomenon accompanying their death would no longer be one of mockery or malice.