My Simulated Road to Immortality

In Shilin State, the first change that cultivators noticed was that the Spiritual Energy between Heaven and Earth seemed to have become thinner.

This was no small matter. Upon receiving feedback from the cultivators, Shilin Xian City immediately sent people to investigate.

According to the results of the calculation, this was not everyone’s illusion.

Indeed, the concentration of Spiritual Energy in Shilin State had decreased compared to before.

Although the degree of this decrease was not substantial, it still caused the cultivators of Shilin State to feel alarmed.

Moreover, because this anomaly seemed to occur only within the boundaries of Shilin State, there were no precedents to refer to, and the cultivators had to investigate the cause on their own.

The outcome was shocking.

In the Hundred Stone Cave Heaven of Shilin State, that is, in the vast underground cavern at the edge of the state region, had unexpectedly given birth to a type of black bug at some unknown time.

These bugs swarmed densely, occupying almost the entire underground cavern.

They greedily devoured and absorbed the Spiritual Energy between Heaven and Earth, reproducing and multiplying at a terrifying rate.

The scene of black bugs filling the field of view nearly chilled the hearts of all cultivators who witnessed it.

After finding the cause of the anomaly, the cultivators of Shilin State quickly responded.

They organized cultivators to go to the Hundred Stone Cave Heaven to massively slaughter these black worms.

They originally thought that, with the cultivators’ formidable power to move mountains and overturn seas, exterminating these bugs would be an easy task.

But the severity of the situation far surpassed the imagination of the cultivators of Shilin State.

Firstly, the vitality of these black worms was unbelievably tenacious.

Since they fed on Spiritual Energy, when they were bombarded with the cultivators’ Spiritual Power, part of it would be devoured, weakening the power slightly.

This also led to the more black worms there were, the stronger their "resistance" to Spiritual Power techniques became.

Given the dense concentration of black worms in the underground Hundred Stone Cave Heaven, even Nascent Soul Monks could hardly stir up any ripples. Instead, they could be surrounded and gruesomely drained of their inner Spiritual Energy and die.

And how many God Transforming cultivators were there in Shilin State? In the face of the ocean-like underground black worms, a dozen or twenty God Transforming cultivators were mere drops in the bucket.

Logically, only an Integration Cultivator could resolve such a situation.

However, unfortunately, the Integration Cultivator stationed in Shilin State had left for some reason a while ago and had not returned.

Communications sent were like stones sunk in the sea, with no responses.

Thus, the extermination operation in Shilin State soon fell into a predicament.

The only thing that could slightly reassure the cultivators of Shilin State was that these black worms did not seem to have any intention of leaving the underground to spread outward.

But living underground with such a group of terrifying creatures, no one could sleep peacefully.

With no other options left, Shilin Xian City had to seek help from the Immortal Alliance Headquarters.

Deep inside the Hundred Stone Cave Heaven.

Dharma Transmitter Zhou’s apparition surveyed the black worms that crawled over the walls of the cavern, a hint of wariness flashing in her eyes.

This was something she had watched grow from just one to the current state with her own eyes.

Initially, she did not take Li Fan’s words about it being "just a tiny bit harmful" very seriously.

But now, she was only too eager to avoid this place and dared not come near.

"Fellow Daoist, are you sure this thing won’t get out of control?" she asked with a gloomy expression.

Li Fan, however, stroked the Dao Yi Bug Mother lying in his hand and smiled, "Relax. The Xuanhuang World is our common homeland. How could the United Federation of All Realms possibly use it recklessly without absolute certainty?"

"All these black worms are born from this Dao Yi Bug Mother in my hand. Their lives are also all dependent on the bug mother. As long as it is killed, this Insect Disaster will resolve itself without attack."

As if sensing the murderous intent in Li Fan’s heart, the plump insect queen flipped over on the spot, restlessly burrowing back and forth in Li Fan’s hand.

Dharma Transmitter Zhou watched the insect queen for a long time before finally nodding slightly.

"Within a month, the concentration of Spiritual Energy in Shilin State will drop to an extreme low. The resulting vacuum of Spiritual Energy will cause a massive storm of Spiritual Energy to sweep through the neighboring state regions. At that time, we will lift the [Sealing Spirit Barrier]."

"Following these storms, the Black Worm will spread throughout the Xuanhuang World in a very short time."

In front of Li Fan, a simulated illusion of this catastrophe appeared.

"I predict the whole process will not take more than seven days."

"By the time the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals reports layer by layer and makes decisions… it will already be too late."

"At that time, the cultivators of the Xuanhuang World will face a sudden descent into a dread era."

Li Fan, with some excitement in his tone, once again narrated the whole plan to Dharma Transmitter Zhou.

Dharma Transmitter Zhou squinted his eyes, and suddenly a bad premonition rose in his heart unexplainably.

However, as a massive organization, the United Federation of All Realms certainly had no reason to let the Xuanhuang World truly perish. It seemed everything was under control.

Dharma Transmitter Zhou was slightly reassured.

"Although the Black Worm is fearsome, it can only catch us off guard at most. Once the Cultivators of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals collectively react, eradicating these Black Worms will not be too difficult."

Li Fan knew what he said was true and he slightly smiled, "What we need is just this period of downtime."

"If it were just the Insect Disaster, Dharma Transmitter Jiang would definitely not show up personally."

"But if the Spiritual Energy undergoes mutations after it is restored and poses a threat to the lives of all cultivators, he may have no choice but to appear."

Dharma Transmitter Zhou nodded, "That kind of Spiritual Energy indeed has the effect of disturbing the mind. Even with my temperament, after inhaling a portion of it, it’s hard to suppress the thought of fiercely fighting the chaos."

"If it spreads throughout the Xuanhuang World…"

Dharma Transmitter Zhou seemed to have already seen a scene of bloodshed everywhere.

"With just two types of bugs, such a great threat can be posed to the world. Your United Federation of All Realms…" Dharma Transmitter Zhou’s phantom stared at Li Fan, his expression indescribable.

"Threat? Hardly, hardly," Li Fan shook his head decisively in denial.

"Once Jiang appears, I will activate the clues I have left in advance to lure him here. Then, I’ll leave it to you."

"As for the issue of Spiritual Energy in the Xuanhuang World, there is no need to worry."

"After the Black Worm dies, the devoured Spiritual Energy will return to Heaven and Earth. Everything will revert to the origin," Li Fan said indifferently.

Dharma Transmitter Zhou had verified this, so she had no objections.

However, what she didn’t know was that, beyond the publicly available information, Li Fan had concealed a lot of things.

For example, there were actually two Dao Yi Bug Mothers.

Only when both died simultaneously would the Taoist Incest Variant cease to exist.

For example, while it is true that the Dao Yi Bug will return most of the Spiritual Energy upon death,

a small portion will still be transmitted into the body of the Insect Queen to serve as sustenance.

Furthermore…

Spiritual Energy for the Xuanhuang World is like blood for the human body.

Changing the blood in one’s body in a short span of time,

what changes the Xuanhuang World will undergo, is really hard to say.