My Simulated Road to Immortality

Li Fan had determined through the [Heavenly Path of Illusion] after several observations that the properties of Spiritual Energy reinfusing Heaven and Earth would definitely influence the Xuanhuang World to some extent.

For example, if the Spiritual Energy had a "murderous" property, it might encourage cultivators in the Xuanhuang Heaven Path to kill.

If the Spiritual Energy possessed a "chaotic" attribute, it might cause the laws of Xuanhuang World to become unpredictable and extraordinarily eerie.

"Before I traveled through, I had heard an urban legend about how, after a transplant, one’s temperament gradually becomes like that of the organ’s original owner."

"The Heavenly Dao is like a person; the Celestial Doctor truly does not deceive me!"

In Li Fan’s World-destroying Space, over a dozen Taoist Incest Variants were sealed. Each variant’s unique release of Spiritual Energy attributes allowed Li Fan to reshape the Xuanhuang World to some extent after the Spirit Disaster in accordance with his own ideas.

Even this process, from start to finish, did not require the help of Law Transmitter Zhou and others.

Alone, he could accomplish this task. In every future reincarnation, he would be able to easily replicate it.

This life’s cooperation, which the law transmitters called, was nothing more than dispersing the arrangements that triggered the cataclysmic tribulation into the Xuanhuang World ahead of time.

It had nothing to do with this Spirit Disaster.

Law Transmitter Zhou and Wei, although they appeared to be the orchestrators of the Spirit Disaster, were actually already trapped within Li Fan’s scheme of destruction.

...

The situation in Shilin State was proceeding exactly as Li Fan had planned.

When the Immortal Alliance Headquarters received a call for help from Shilin Xian City, out of habitual arrogance, they did not take it very seriously. After all, it was just a mere Insect Disaster. A Unity-Path cultivator could easily suppress and resolve it. Compared to the various emergencies reported by other state regions, this did not seem like a big deal.

Therefore, after some evaluation, the Immortal Alliance Headquarters decided to follow the usual procedure for handling such matters.

They first dispatched an envoy to Shilin State to verify the authenticity of the situation.

Then, they would send an appropriate Integration Cultivator to resolve this minor trouble.

However, when the Immortal Alliance envoy arrived in Shilin State and witnessed the terrifying extent of the Insect Disaster, he hurried back.

With the firsthand information brought back by the envoy, the Immortal Alliance Headquarters increased their level of concern, but only slightly.

After much deliberation and numerous inquiries to various Integration Cultivators about their availability,

they finally decided on the person to handle the disaster, Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign.

When the thousands of Golden Swords of Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign were released, the Spiritual Power was restrained, damaging only with the sharp sword edges. It was perfect for dealing with these black worms.

Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign, after receiving his assignment from the Immortal Alliance, readily agreed.

However, Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign did have a prior commitment, as he was involved in a very important discussion conference and could not leave.

It would be about seven days before he was available.

The Immortal Alliance Headquarters assessed this unexpected situation.

The participants unanimously believed that nothing particularly drastic would happen with the Insect Disaster in just a span of seven days. Waiting would not be an issue.

After all, other Unity Immortal Monarchs might not be as efficient as Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign. Moreover, every Unity Immortal Monarch was exceptionally busy. Even if they switched to someone else, it was unlikely they could free up the time.

In fact, there were quite a few Integration Cultivators within the Immortal Alliance Headquarters who were currently free.

However, such challenging tasks usually, by default, were assigned to "external" Unity-Paths to handle.

Intentionally selecting a difficult task to keep the headquarters’ Unity-Paths away for a period of time was often seen as some form of provocation or a precursor to a conspiracy, and was not readily utilized.

Everyone at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, seeing each other regularly, generally adhered to the idea of harmony bringing wealth.

All in all, due to various conventional reasons, by the time Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign left the two Law Transmitters very satisfied and officially went to Shilin State to deal with the Insect Disaster,

nearly half a month had already passed since the outbreak of the Insect Disaster.

As per tradition, Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign, upon his arrival in Shilin State, did not immediately rush to the site of the Insect Disaster.

Instead, he participated in a warmly held welcome ceremony organized by the cultivators of Shilin State.

The guests were thoroughly entertained and the event was a complete success.

The next day, Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign rested as usual.

On the third day, accompanied by many, he reached the Hundred Stone Cave Heaven infested with Black Worms.

Only when he personally saw the overwhelming swarm of dense Black Worms in the underground cavern, did the previously confident Unity Immortal Monarch feel a chill in his heart.

However, being an experienced Immortal Monarch, he showed no emotion. He immediately summoned his myriad of golden swords and began the slaughter of these Black Worms.

Once he took action, Golden Sword felt somewhat relieved.

Under his sharp sword edge, these Black Worms, which had a strong resistance to Spiritual Power techniques, were like papier-mâché.

They died in droves, and in just a moment, he had cleared out the cavern in front of him.

Watching the overjoyed and admiring gazes of the people of Shilin State, Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign felt quite pleased with himself.

"How vast is this underground Cave Heaven?" he casually asked, planning to take a concerted effort to wrap up the troubles here swiftly.

To his surprise, the answer from the crowd was somewhat unexpected.

"You don’t know? What does that mean?" Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign’s expression turned ugly.

The explanation from the cultivators of Shilin State made Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign draw in a cold breath.

It turned out that what was called the Hundred Stone Cave Heaven, was a huge underground cavern on the outskirts of Shilin State.

The cavern had countless interlocking branching paths.

Every so often, the paths opened into broad underground halls.

The halls were filled with strangely shaped rocks growing savagely from the ceiling downwards and out from the walls.

Their shapes diverse, resembling humans and beasts alike, which was disconcerting.

Many cultivators had lost their way in there, never to return again.

And as for the full extent of this Hundred Stone Cave Heaven, it had yet to be fully explored even now.

Some cultivators speculated that the one who dug out this Hundred Stone Cave Heaven must have been an ancient Exotic Beast known as the Returning Origin Toad.

Although no cultivator had seen such an Exotic Beast for thousands of years, it was possible that one or two Returning Origin Toads still survived in the depths of this endless underground labyrinth.

The entire underground area of Shilin State might already have been hollowed out.

"Why didn’t you mention such critical information earlier?" The thought of potentially facing an entire state region’s worth of Black Worms darkened Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign’s face.

"Ah? When we reported to the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, we fully informed them," replied the cultivators of Shilin State, looking innocent in the face of Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign’s questioning.

Golden Sword Immortal Sovereign’s face turned ashen. Realizing the gravity of the situation, he wasted no more words and drew his sword, heading deeper into the cave.

...

Because her swarm was being slaughtered extensively, the Dao Yi Bug Mother seemed somewhat agitated. She rolled her round body.

But it was just agitation and nothing more.

Even these losses in numbers were not enough to keep up with the swarm’s natural attrition rate.

Even if three more Golden Sword Immortal Sovereigns were to come, it would not pose any threat to the Dao First Worm Swarm.