My Longevity Simulation

It is now Year 6 of the Anchor Era.

Li Fan did not go to the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.

Instead, he quietly made his way to the entrance of the Outer Li Realm.

Passing through the spatial passage, Li Fan flew straight toward the volcano at the center of the outer realm.

The scorching air was filled with the thick scent of sulfur.

Traces of rampant lava were still visible nearby, not yet fully solidified.

It seemed that this volcano had recently undergone a violent eruption.

Suspended in midair, Li Fan carefully observed the volcano.

The strange feeling in his heart grew stronger.

After a while, a peculiar expression flickered in Li Fan's eyes.

Perhaps because he had already ascended to the Nascent Soul stage and possessed an internal Cave Heaven...

Or perhaps because he had once merged with the Heavenly Dao of a small world while in Xu Bai's body...

His sensitivity to "Cave Heavens" and "Small Worlds" had increased significantly.

Upon closer inspection, he finally understood why he had always felt something off whenever he looked at this volcano in the outer realm.

"This volcano does not belong to the outer realm at all. It comes from another small world!"

"No wonder it always felt so out of place!"

In fact, the surrounding terrain already spoke volumes.

On an endless plain, a violent volcano had erupted out of nowhere.

This was clearly an unnatural phenomenon.

Mortal beings would simply attribute it to the mysterious workings of the heavens.

But for cultivators like Li Fan, the true cause was apparent.

Li Fan's curiosity was immediately piqued.

"What is going on here? Why would a volcano from another small world suddenly appear in the outer realm?"

With a casual gesture, he set up protective wards around himself before flying into the volcano's crater.

The scorching, churning magma was completely harmless to him.

Li Fan descended deep into the volcano, attempting to trace the source of this anomaly.

He only made a breakthrough when he reached the very bottom—where the volcano met the earth's veins.

"This is…"

Li Fan reached out and captured a wisp of Earth Fire in his palm.

Even with his Golden Core mid-stage defenses, he still found it somewhat scorching.

"This is not spiritual energy… but it is still a kind of extraordinary power."

"The outer realm is a purely mundane world—it does not have the necessary conditions to give birth to this kind of Earth Fire."

Returning the Earth Fire to its place, Li Fan carefully examined the surrounding space.

Unlike the turbulent flow at the volcano's mouth, the magma here moved in a much calmer and steadier manner.

Only occasional bubbles would rise and burst.

At the edge of the lava sea, there was a faint, nearly imperceptible boundary line.

Hidden amidst the orange-red lava, it was easy to overlook.

Without specifically searching for it, one might not even notice its existence.

From that boundary, he could faintly sense a power originating from the same source as the Earth Fire.

"Another spatial passage?"

Li Fan pondered deeply.

After a moment of deliberation, he reinforced his protective formation and leaped into the unknown.

Boom!

His vision blurred.

The instant he entered, a fireball came hurtling toward him.

However, its power was not particularly strong, and his protective formation deflected it with ease.

Li Fan had initially thought he was under attack and instinctively tensed up.

But upon taking a closer look, he relaxed.

Instead, he was instantly captivated by the scenery of this world.

This was a world devoid of life—one that belonged purely to fire.

A sea of scorching magma churned endlessly, a true inferno.

Explosions rang out from time to time—

Columns of lava shot skyward, then burst apart in midair.

Countless crimson fire lines streaked across the sky, crashing in all directions.

When they fell back into the magma sea, they triggered a new round of chain reactions.

Fire—was the eternal theme of this world.

Not only did countless independent fire seeds bloom like flowers within the endless lava ocean—

Even in the sky, immense flames, resembling floating tapestries, drifted with the wind.

Their colors and forms varied infinitely.

The aura of the strongest fire in this world even made Li Fan feel slightly troubled.

However, that was the extent of it.

After spending some time fully exploring this world, Li Fan couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

"The power level here is, at most, only at the late Golden Core stage."

"If I were at the Nascent Soul stage, even if all the flames of this world burned me together, they wouldn't be able to cause me the slightest harm."

"It has some value, but not much."

Li Fan shook his head slightly. Based on his estimation, even cultivators interested in fire-attribute powers wouldn't be willing to pay more than 2,000 contribution points for this world.

Such a small amount of contribution points wasn't even worth his attention.

"What a disappointment!"

Li Fan immediately lost interest.

Just as he was about to return to the outer realm through the spatial passage he came from, he suddenly thought of something and stopped in his tracks.

After a moment of contemplation, he changed direction and flew toward the high skies.

He kept flying until he reached the edge of the world, near the endless void.

Looking down from above, he finally caught a vague glimpse of the entire world's structure.

It was clear that the lava sea near the spatial passage leading to the outer realm was different from other regions.

It was as if it had suffered a violent impact.

There was a very distinct outline around it.

Looking farther into the void, he could faintly see the scenery of the outer realm.

Li Fan immediately understood.

"This is a collision between two small worlds within the void."

"For some unknown reason, they crashed into each other."

"A portion of the Fire World has deeply embedded itself within the outer realm."

"They are now two sides of the same entity, and as time passes, they can no longer be separated, gradually merging into one."

Li Fan quickly returned to the lava sea below.

"The energy level of this Fire World clearly surpasses that of the mortal Outer Li Realm."

"The strong devour the weak—if this continues, the fate of the outer realm can only be assimilation and eventual consumption."

Li Fan pondered deeply.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, he recalled Su Xiaomei, Su Heng, Ye Feipeng, and the others from the outer realm who had displayed extraordinary talent.

In the 115th cycle, he had first trapped them on Shenhua Island.

Then, he imprisoned them in the Medicine King Valley.

This lasted for many years.

In the end, when they were finally able to cultivate again, He discovered that the entire outer realm had lost all its spiritual energy.

At that time, Li Fan even expelled them from the Medicine King Valley.

He wanted to see if these "dragons returning to the sea" could once again showcase their talents.

Unfortunately, until the end of the world, there was no more news of them.

They had completely faded into obscurity.

"The talents of the outer realm's people do not come from themselves."

"But rather..."

Li Fan thought again about Su Xiaomei's birth.

"Born of a mother but without a father, conceived by the will of the heavens."

His eyes lit up.

Having found the key to the mystery, he passed through the spatial passage beneath the volcano and returned to the outer realm.

Not long after, he found his target in the Grand Scholar's Residence in the capital.

It was Su Xiaomei's mother, Su Yuqing.

At this time, she was still a young girl, barely in her early teens, full of innocence and purity.

She was in the back garden of her home, playing with a butterfly resting on a flower.

Completely absorbed in the moment.

The instant he saw her, a familiar feeling surged within Li Fan's heart.

"Mr. Bai?"