My Simulated Road to Immortality
Chapter 1840: 1475: Four Saint Lords of the Immortal World_2

Chapter 1840: Chapter 1475: Four Saint Lords of the Immortal World_2

“Using this as the key, ultimately invincible.”

Li Fan, with the idea of Mo Sha infiltrating the Three Thousand Great Dao, had just sprouted, and already it had taken root.

Beyond his own accumulation, he relied more on the Grandmaster’s accumulations over tens of thousands of years.

As the overwhelming ink-black completely engulfed the interior of the Grandmaster.

Li Fan also perceived certain aspects of the Grandmaster’s Dao Enlightenment.

Unlike the countless nodes of the Dao Network structure, the Grandmaster ultimately took himself as the core.

With myriad Daoist Images, he was enshrined at the center.

As if he were an emperor worshipped by All Heavens’ Great Dao!

Only now, with Li Fan’s interception, this majestic emperor had become a solitary figure.

Li Buren confronted the true Grandmaster.

Surrounded by countless original versions of himself, trapped in a desperate situation, the Tiandu Grandmaster unexpectedly showed no emotions of dejection, terror, or anger.

The youthful, innocent Daoist Child had a serene expression, merely continuously calculating something with his fingers.

Eventually, it seemed to be in vain.

He shook his head and chose to give up.

He asked faintly, “Where are you from, Daoist friend?”

“Naturally, from where I came.” Li Buren replied coldly.

Seeing Li Buren unwilling to disclose, the Grandmaster did not pursue further.

Instead, he bargained, “I offer the [Taiyi’s Shadow] to you with open hands, will you let me leave?”

“Taiyi?” Li Buren pondered for a moment.

Then coldly, “If I kill you, this Illusionary Shadow will also be mine.”

The Grandmaster heard this and felt a bit desolate, not because Li Buren decided on killing, but due to the different appellation of that phantom: “So you see it as Illusionary Life.”

“There is no difference.”

The Grandmaster shook his head, “Before Heaven and Earth were born, Chaos was Limitless, and Taiyi just began to evolve.”

“And then all things were born from each other.”

“Taiyi is the ultimate power of transformation in the world. If Taiyi were still Taiyi, the world would not have become as it is now.”

“The Dao itself is declining. Taiyi transforms into Illusionary Life… haha, I was confused before.”

Li Buren squinted, listening to this somewhat mysterious rhetoric.

“Even if the Dao is not declining, the true [Taiyi] Path before you. With your Half-Immortal Cultivation, what can you do?”

Seeing Li Buren hadn’t made a move, the Grandmaster was glad to live a bit longer.

“Daoist friend, you are unaware. The Taiyi Path already has its master. It is my Master.”

“Although my Master is gone, leaving only an afterimage, it is not something I dare covet. I just used the Master’s divine might to comprehend the world’s Dao path.” The Grandmaster spoke leisurely, not looking at all as if his life hung by a thread.

“Do you think by fabricating a nonexistent Master, I wouldn’t dare to refine you?” Li Buren snorted coldly.

The Grandmaster smiled faintly and pointed at his Taoist Robe: “This Daoist Child attire, I’ve worn for millions of years. It’s the appearance when I served by the Master’s side. It hasn’t changed for a long time, so there’s no fabrication.”

“Whether you believe it or not, it doesn’t matter. Even if you kill me, Master won’t avenge me. In the past, the Master’s afterimage should have held up the Heavens while the Immortal World was collapsing. But before I could send the afterimage, entire domains of the Immortal Domain were already submerged by Dao Yan. Seeing the Master’s afterimage, greed arose in me…”

“Could a Transcender not control even his own residual afterimage? Your lie has become too lowly.” Li Buren commented.

The Grandmaster glanced at Li Buren, his tone inexplicable: “When I said my Master is gone, I meant [immortality]. Not transcendence. Though the Master has heaven-defying Divine Technique, once he chose to die, naturally no spirituality was left behind.”

These words left Li Buren momentarily speechless.

The Grandmaster’s words indeed were unexpected to him.

“To achieve Unity-Path with [Taiyi], is death so easily obtained?” His words full of disbelief.

“Easy… hehe.”

The Grandmaster laughed without answering, but he spoke of another topic: “Indeed, if the Master wanted to continue living, he likely had ways to prolong life. But my Master simply was unwilling!”

“Who else in this world would want more than me for the Master not to become immortal? After all, as long as he was around, even the Ruling Immortal Emperor of the Immortal World, would have to be respectful and courteous to me.”

“And once he dies…”

“Hehehe.”

The Grand Master’s smile appeared somewhat eerie and twisted.

“So, it is said, your Master is one of the top strongmen in the Immortal World. How does he compare to Lord Guardian Hill?” Li Buren ignored the strange expression of the other and directly asked.

“Lord Guardian Hill.” The mention of this name pulled the Grand Master out of his resentful emotions, leaving him momentarily dazed.

Then he slowly said, “Master and Lord Guardian Hill never crossed paths.”

“Master is a well-known strongman in the Immortal World, whereas Lord Guardian Hill emerged suddenly from the Wilderness, rising to fame unexpectedly.”

“I once asked Master about Lord Guardian Hill, and he said…”

The Grand Master suddenly paused, trying to create suspense.

Li Buren surprisingly restrained himself from asking further, merely looking coldly at the Grand Master, waiting for him to continue.

After a while of stalemate, the Grand Master, finding it uninteresting, said, “Master only casually said five words: ‘Irresponsibility naturally breeds strength.’

“What exactly this means, I do not know.”

“In any case, until his departure to immortality, he never mentioned Lord Guardian Hill again.”

Li Buren carefully savored the five words “Irresponsibility naturally breeds strength.”

After a while, he suddenly asked, “In the past, how many strongmen like your Master were there in the Immortal World?”

The Grand Master’s expression fell into reminiscence: “In the entire Immortal World, there were only three who could sit and discuss the Dao with Master.”

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It was quickly reverted.

“How can someone who is a Transcender not even control their own remaining afterimage? Your lie has become too disgraceful.” Li Buren commented.

The Grand Master glanced at Li Buren, his tone enigmatic: “When I said Master left, I meant [immortal departure]. Not transcendence. Even though Master possessed heaven-defying Divine Technique, since he chose death, naturally no Spirituality would remain.”

Li Buren, hearing this, was struck dumb.

The Grand Master’s words indeed took him by surprise.

“To unite with [Taiyi] yet die so easily?” His words were full of disbelief.

“Easily… hehehe.”

The Grand Master laughed but did not answer, instead talking about another topic: “Indeed, if the old Master still wished to live on, there were likely ways to prolong life. But Master did not want to!”

“Who in this world wanted Master to remain more than I did? After all, as long as he was alive, even the current Ruling Immortal Emperor had to treat me with utmost respect and politeness.”