My Simulated Road to Immortality

Even the Path-obliterating Calamity can be temporarily resisted. The square boundary of this experiment field is by no means something Li Buren can break through now.

He did not stubbornly persist but instead turned to leave, returning to where he came from.

In the narrow space where the eighteen statues are located.

He began searching carefully once again.

"In the Xuanhuang World, when mortals are afflicted by the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, cultivators relocate mortals to the Small World, within the Cave Heaven, and seal them with the Immortal Forbiddance Formation. The various trials within the array are impossible for mortals to overcome. To ensure the sealing of the experimental subjects in this experiment field, one must undertake what is absolutely beyond their capability, ensuring that only the leader of the experiment, or rather the celestials, can reach the true core."

Though still fruitless in his search, Li Buren vaguely began to form a conjecture.

"The distinction between immortals and mortals lies firstly in power, and secondly in infinity."

"I possess the body of the Immortal Domain, power already suffices. This is also why I can easily break the veil of the path and see the reality of the experiment. However, without meeting the nature of infinity, I ultimately cannot enter the core area..."

"Infinity Sea."

After understanding the key point, Li Buren wasted no time and temporarily dashed back from within the high wall.

He arrived back in the Xuanhuang World, carrying the Stone Tablet of the Key of the Dao left by King of Mystic Sky, carved from the Ascension Platform in the Immortal World.

Then he swiftly returned.

"Relying solely on one stone tablet is insufficient."

"Connecting to the Infinity Sea requires meeting three conditions."

"The Celestial Spiritual Power unique to the True Immortal itself; the connection pathway from the Ascension Platform in the Immortal World; and the secret seal characters mastered by the Guardian Immortal Officer."

"The Stone Tablet is carved by King of Mystic Sky from the Ascension Platform."

"Ruochang from the Sea of the Northern Stars disguised as the Guardian Immortal Officer to lure No-Immortal. That True Immortal Seal Character is already in my possession."

"The only thing missing now is the Celestial Spiritual Power, an ownerless Celestial Spiritual Power."

...

Li Buren's thoughts surged, while his true body in the Xuanhuang World was already prepared.

"If Scholar Zhu had not been so generous earlier, this time would surely have been fraught with setbacks."

Not far outside the high wall, where the Transcendent Mystical Coffin and a group of Immortal Hunts lay dormant.

Ma Tiande, sleeping too, suddenly found his fingertip covered by a patch of unfamiliar skin.

It lasted only a brief moment before quickly disappearing without a trace.

Yet a wisp of Immortal Spirit Energy traversed the space through the invisible Dao Network and entered Li Buren's body.

Meanwhile, the two immortals trapped in the Mystic Coffin seemed to sense something. The coffin, silent for so long, emitted faint and obscure fluctuations but eventually returned to stillness. The two immortals did not speak again.

Inside the high wall, where the eighteen statues originally stood.

The appearance of the Immortal Spirit Energy seemed to trigger something.

The surrounding boundaries, like a high wall, rippled like water, and the hidden behind was about to reveal its true form.

But perhaps because there was only a wisp of Celestial Spiritual Power and not the physical presence of the True Immortal, a series of rippling fluctuations continued without being able to completely unveil it.

Li Buren knew he had to act personally, so he did not hesitate any longer, seized the chance of the remaining presence of the Immortal Spirit Energy, and feverishly wrote on the Stone Tablet of the Key of the Dao.

It was as if Ruochang himself were possessed.

Even the time taken for each stroke to complete was exactly the same.

Soon, using the Celestial Spiritual Power as ink, the mysterious symbol shone on the Stone Tablet of the Key of the Dao.

Although there was no radiance illuminating the sky nor mythical beasts appearing in a wondrous scene.

A mysterious force suddenly blossomed from the stone tablet. Saying this force comes from the Stone Tablet of the Key might be incorrect. Because the stone tablet merely opened a channel.

A path leading to the Infinity Sea.

Unexpectedly, the Divine Soul seemed sucked into a massive, raging whirlpool. Every droplet around seemed to contain endless brilliant stars.

Countless scenes flashed before his eyes, as if he experienced billions of years in an instant.

Such a vast amount of information, though merely a reluctant taste, remained a catastrophic disaster to any living beings immersed within.

Fortunately, what accessed the Infinity Sea was an avatar puppet with its self-awareness completely suppressed. Had Li Fan's true body plunged in recklessly, after undergoing this Infinity Sea's droplet baptism, even with the advantage of Hai Zhen, the enormous soul trauma suffered would be hard to heal shortly.

Qiao Sidao, trapped in the [Era] device, experiencing millions upon millions of reincarnations.

All that he experienced combined is insufficient to form even a single droplet in this Infinity Sea.

"I connected my thoughts to the Dao Network, barely able to support it. However, it won't last for long."

"This is completely different from when cloaked in True Immortal skin entered the Infinity Sea before!"

"After all, it is merely one stone tablet from the Ascension Platform, not the entirety of the Ascension Platform. Such waves are far beyond what a newly ascended immortal can bear. It seems a corresponding protective element is missing..." The previous scene of Ruochang borrowing the Ascension Platform to seal the celestial flashed before Li Buren's eyes.

Due to being tainted by the Infinity Sea's light-shadow data, the miniature Dao Network upon which Li Buren's Divine Sense relied was also somewhat overwhelmed.

It was as if encountering the Path-obliterating Calamity, the peripheral of the Dao Network submerged by endless waves, no longer existing.

The Dao Network gradually collapsed.

The Infinite Sea is about to engulf him.

Li Buren, however, shows not the slightest intention of retreat.

He was created to uncover the secrets within the High Walls, and to unlock those secrets, he must first connect with the Infinite Sea and attain the True Immortal Physique.

For this goal, he is willing to disregard life and death.

"This scene of the Infinite Sea swallowing the Dao Network..."

"How surprisingly similar it is to the sudden arrival of the Path-obliterating Calamity, which consumes everything?"

As Li Buren's consciousness gradually blurs, a question suddenly arises in his heart.

In the flicker of a moment, the power of the Ink-Killing Immortal Soul from his true self, borrowed through the Dao Network's last dim point of light, finally arrives.

The remaining light of the Dao Network, wrapped by the power of the Ink-Killing Immortal Soul, causes the monstrous waves of the Infinite Sea to suddenly subside.

As if it had lost its target.

The vortex calms, transforming into the boundless Great Ocean.

Once again, Li Fan sees the legendary Infinite Sea.

This time, however, not by relying on the True Immortal Physique, but by using his puppet avatar to personally traverse the vortex and descend!

On the vast expanse of the Infinite Sea, it seems no new True Immortals have visited for a long time.

It's eerily calm.

Yet occasionally on the sea surface, whirlpools appear without reason, stirring up some splashes.

Li Buren—or should it be said, Li Fan.

In the droplets splashed up by these water flowers, he sees countless light and shadow in a trance.

That is an accumulation of time even longer than the countless trillions of years he experienced in the vortex.

And this is merely an insignificant few drops in the ocean.

Li Fan looks all around, the Infinite Sea is boundless.

There's no knowing how much history and how many living beings have gathered here.

Words cannot describe even a fraction of its grandeur, as Li Fan wanders within, dazed and absent-minded.

Individuals, True Immortals, the Nameless, and even transcendental strongmen who bridge the impossible.

In front of such creations, even the significance of existence seems lost.

Time appears to have come to a standstill, thoughts seemingly frozen.

The passage of time is unknown.

A fluctuation from Hai Zhen within Li Fan's true body awakens him.

It is an exceptionally odd emotion.

Like joy.

Like reminiscence.

There's also sorrow.

And resentment.

A thousand emotions intertwine, leaving Li Fan unable to discern whether Haj Zhen feels joy, anger, sorrow, or fear.

Yet the peace of the Infinite Sea is silently broken.

It seems a terrifying deep-sea beast is quietly awakening beneath the water.

The entire sea surface is disturbed.

As if boiling, it begins to surge with waves.

The collision of water droplets brings a terrifying power, even causing the concealment of the Ink-Killing Immortal Soul to gradually lose effect.

Just like in a raging storm, amidst monstrous waves, a thin life vest can hardly save a life.

The Dao Network attached with Divine Sense is on the brink of danger.

It is about to completely dissolve.

The next moment...

Li Buren inexplicably separates from the Infinite Sea.

All that he had witnessed before seems like an illusion.

However...

Li Buren extends his right hand.

Though he does not summon the Immortal Spirit Energy, Li Buren knows that if he so desires, he can communicate with the Infinite Sea at any time, invoking an endless stream of power.

Yet he dares not.