My Simulated Road to Immortality

Xuanhuang Annihilation, is an extreme transformation naturally born out of Xuanhuang World's sense of impending destruction, to protect itself.

All of it evolves certain aspects to the extreme.

For instance, the transformation Li Fan used in his previous life to disguise as an Integration Cultivator was the "Heat Death of Heaven and Earth, Everything Ice Sealed", no weaker than the usual Frost Essence of the World in the Xuanhuang World, and even stronger than most.

The World-Ending Transformation often comes with offensive, destructive capabilities. Since it typically arises only when the Xuanhuang World faces a destruction crisis, its emergence between Heaven and Earth invariably triggers a reactive response from the Xuanhuang Heaven Path. This results in the Xuanhuang Heaven Path naturally being wary and distrusting of the bearer of the World-Ending Transformation, just as in Li Fan's current situation.

However, the absorbing of its separated evil thoughts has caused the Xuanhuang Heaven Path to undergo changes like being flooded with immortal power and a comprehensive revival. This change specifically manifests on the foundational laws of Xuanhuang World.

Setting aside the paradox of longevity transformations for now, the various restrictions against cultivators in the Xuanhuang World are also intensifying with its intrinsic revival.

The bottleneck of Heavenly Calamity, Incompatible Cultivation, strange appearances in the Vault of Heaven after a cultivator's demise.

These law-related elements closely associated with cultivator cultivation are quietly and swiftly changing.

It will become even harder for cultivators to breakthrough; after a cultivator perishes, more pre-life information will be recorded in the heavenly phenomena; the criteria for judging different laws will become stricter, and the total number of Techniques in the world will mysteriously decrease.

Moreover, Li Fan has also faintly sensed that the efficiency with which the Xuanhuang Heavenly Earth absorbs and transforms returning Tao Foundation and World Fragments from a cultivator's demise is gradually increasing with its growing strength.

An indistinct sound, akin to digestion, started resounding between Heaven and Earth, hardly perceivable by ordinary cultivators.

In the Xuanhuang World, cultivators engage in Devouring Heaven and Earth for their cultivation. With the sudden expansion in strength of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Earth, this would inevitably boost the cultivators' power dramatically.

Foundation Establishment versus Gold Core, Gold Core triumphing over Nascent Soul. In the near future, this might become the norm.

Those pioneering cultivators wishing to escape this predicament must either start their cultivation anew or find a way to quickly break through major boundaries.

Otherwise, those cultivators who do not adapt with the growth of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Earth will soon become outcasts of the era.

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Having seen all the dramatic transformations in Xuanhuang World, Li Fan was just observing earnestly and did not extract any power. Although the growth strength of Xuanhuang World had not yet met Li Fan's requirements, it was enough to inspire him.

"This is a [Taoist] transformation. Those who follow the Tao thrive, those who lose it perish. The Xuanhuang World is thus, the Abyss Star Ocean is thus, perhaps, so was the Immortal World in ancient times," Li Fan thought to himself.

He recalled the encounter of Sun Erlang in the True Fruit Illusion Realm from his past life.

"Who knows, having gone to the Worry-Free Paradise in this life, what gains will they make?"

Inside the Dao Discussion Platform, the silver-white eyes slightly moved, and suddenly the scene with Sun Erlang and two others appeared within.

Although they were only at the stage of Golden Core Perfection, fortunate to have been taught the Tao by a Holy Master, both the protective arrays of Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and Five Elders Organization seemed non-existent in their eyes.

Marching straight through the Human Dao Sky Realm, they finally reached the so-called Worry-Free Paradise.

At first glance, it seemed no different from other regions of the Xuanhuang World.

Yue Zhenwei, the oldest among the three, looked around with a trace of confusion in his eyes: "Are there fewer people here than in other territories of the Five Elders Organization?"

Sun Erlang nodded: "Indeed. And they all seem listless. It doesn't seem to connect with the word 'Wuyou' at all."

Wang Xuanba spoke nonchalantly, "Who cares. We're here to find the Cave Heaven Worlds necessary for breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm. The fewer people, the better!"

Sun and Yue found his argument reasonable. One should act according to their capabilities. The secrets of the Worry-Free Paradise were naturally not something these mere Golden Core Cultivators could uncover.

They continued to conceal their tracks, using the Secret Techniques taught by the Holy Master to search for traces of Cave Heaven within the Worry-Free Paradise.

However...

Ten days passed without yielding anything.

The expressions on their faces gradually turned unpleasant.

"It's impossible, we've explored almost all of Province of the Autumn Stream and not a single Cave Heaven found?" Wang Xuanba was incredulous.

"Either there's something wrong with the Holy Master's Secret Technique. Or..." Yue Zhenwei wasn't looking any more pleased.

Sun Erlang interjected, "There might simply be no Cave Heaven in this Worry-Free Paradise. Or perhaps, what we see is not the true Worry-Free Paradise, but merely a shell. The legendary dream realm may be where it truly lies."

"What do we do next?" Wang Xuanba scratched his head. "We can't possibly enter the dream realm to steal, can we? Maybe we should return to the Human Dao Sky Realm. Although it's more heavily guarded, it's also larger. If we're careful, borrowing a few Cave Heavens shouldn't be a big problem."

Sun and Yue both nodded.

The three quickly reached a consensus and planned to leave the Worry-Free Paradise.

But what unnervingly greeted them, as they were retracing their way back along the same path they came, when they reached the boundary of Worry-Free Paradise, the scene they saw had changed.

The White Mist Barrier, the natural division line of the state region across Heaven and Earth, had vanished, replaced by a vast, endless desert stretching out before the three, visible to no end.