Chapter 793: Mysterious Yellow Welcomes the End of the World

The moment its gaze fixed on the Saintly Embryo Li Fan, the desire for "hunger" within Saintly Embryo Li Fan's mind reached its peak. Since it was "hungry," it had to eat! Every part of its flesh and blood seemed to develop a consciousness of its own, yearning to endlessly devour everything around it to alleviate the innate feeling of "starvation." As for Saintly Embryo Li Fan itself, its thoughts were completely overwhelmed. This led to...

In an instant, Saintly Embryo Li Fan was like a deflated balloon. With a soft pop, it rapidly shrunk into a tiny particle through mutual consumption, and then completely vanished from the world. His thoughts, however, were still fixated on the moment the Immortal Ruins remnant opened its eyes.

To explain this process in simple terms: The Saintly Embryo Li Fan, possessing a mortal body, could not withstand the suppressive gaze of the Immortal Ruins remnant and instantly disintegrated. Of course, the "mortal body" limitation might be irrelevant. Even if the main body, at the Nascent Soul stage, had been present, the outcome would not have been much better. The difference between cultivators, especially those below the Immortality stage, and immortals is a chasm, an immense disparity beyond description.

With the demise of Saintly Embryo Li Fan, conventionally, what should have happened next in this iteration was for Li Fan's avatar, trapped within Gu Xinghan's coffin, to automatically return to reality after its duration expired.

However, the various phenomena within the Immortal Ruins—whether the humanoid remnant bound by dark red chains or the character for "hunger" carved into the desolate earth—were all existences beyond "normal reasoning."

The Saintly Embryo, created by the Empire's improved Saint Blood Transmutation Method, was an individual completely independent from the main body, yet it was also a clone with a shared body sensation. Even if the main body had perished, this shared body sensation still transcended space and time, maintaining a connection to the main body's materialized form. Ordinary cultivators could not detect this connection. Even the strongest in the Mysterious Yellow Realm, the Celestials of the Immortality stage, might not have discovered it. But...

Within the Immortal Ruins, there was an existence known as an "Immortal." Thus, that figure within the Immortal Ruins, using this thread of connection, extended its gaze. It pierced through the barriers of space and time, reaching beyond the Mysterious Yellow Realm! An utterly terrifying suction force descended immediately. The entire Beast Seed Realm instantly collapsed into a black point of mass; everything within it fell and vanished into the void.

The next moment, the suction force's influence spread to Longevity Valley. After more than two hundred years of development, the Medicine King Sect had become exceedingly prosperous. It boasted ten Dao Integration experts and seventy-six Soul Transformation cultivators. As for Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators, they were countless. Its strength now surpassed even its most flourishing period in ancient times. But at this moment, all these "Grand Cultivators"—Liu San, Fang Zaiji, Jiang Yushan, and so on—were completely defenseless, without even time to react. All of them vanished into the black point of mass.

Having devoured two small worlds, the black point of mass was not only unsatisfied but expanded even more rapidly. A black sphere, capable of devouring everything, appeared within the Mysterious Yellow Realm. The true doomsday calamity had arrived.

The moment the black point of mass was born, the charging progress of Li Fan's avatar's protective barrier plummeted instantly, reaching zero almost at once. If Li Fan's main body had been there, he would likely have been like the other doomed cultivators and might not have had enough time to activate "Return to Reality" in time. Fortunately, at this moment, "Return to Reality" activated on its own. But unlike before, after "Return to Reality" activated, the surroundings did not immediately become ethereal. Instead, they entered a very peculiar state.

Beyond "Return to Reality," everything was pitch black, forming a spherical domain. Outside this domain, scenes of the Mysterious Yellow Realm's destruction flashed rapidly. Someone seemed to let out an earth-shattering roar, attempting to stop the black sphere's unrestrained consumption. A colossal decaying tree seemed to appear in the sky, accompanied by maniacal laughter: "Everyone must die! That's right, everyone must die!" Two crisscrossing beams of light seemed to sweep across the soon-to-vanish Mysterious Yellow Realm in an instant. Then, they vanished into the void, shooting beyond the Mysterious Yellow Realm into endless space. Countless cultivators seemed to watch in horror as the black sun rose in the sky, despairing as they awaited death.

The scenes accelerated. Eventually, everything plunged into complete darkness. And then...

Brilliant silver light suddenly burst outwards from the black domain of "Return to Reality."

Anchored to Year 1.On Disintegration Mountain Peak!

Li Fan, now at the mid-Golden Core stage, abruptly opened his eyes. His eyes were bloodshot, like those of a wild beast! Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! An endless sensation of hunger flooded his mind, causing him to lose his sanity almost instantly. He was too hungry. He desperately wanted to cram everything in his sight into his stomach. He violently smashed the wooden bed beneath him and then, like a whale sucking water, swallowed it whole. But the hunger did not abate in the slightest. Instead, it grew even more intense!

A strong sense of crisis immediately surged within Li Fan. If he continued to be dominated by this hunger, his likely fate would be complete annihilation. He knew that "Return to Reality" was not yet fully charged; he wouldn't get another chance to start over! Seizing this fleeting moment of lucidity, Li Fan glanced at the "Return to Reality" panel. In the cultivation method section, he saw the words "Mysterious Yellow Immortal Heart Incantation." He silently began to circulate it.

Endure a thousand worldly tribulations, yet the immortal heart remains unchanged!

Although the Mysterious Yellow Immortal Heart Incantation would not lessen the effect of hunger, it could allow Li Fan to maintain his mental clarity. He would not become a monster that only knew how to indiscriminately devour everything. With the Immortal Heart Incantation circulating to its maximum, he resisted the endless hunger. Though it saved his life, the price was torment akin to being in an Avici Hell. For a full eight years, Li Fan was forced to remain on Disintegration Mountain Peak, engaged in a difficult struggle against the sensation of hunger. He was so consumed that he didn't even notice "Return to Reality" had finished charging in Anchor Year 6.

"Eight years have passed. This hunger shows no sign of diminishing at all." A flicker of resolve appeared in Li Fan's eyes, now resembling those of a frenzied beast. He first looked at the long-standing prompt from "Return to Reality":

This simulation has ended.You may choose one of the following options to retain:1. One item you possessed in this simulation.2. Your cultivation realm in this simulation.3. The simulated memories of an individual closely related to you in this simulation. These memories can be inherited by that individual.4. Forfeit the above choices to accelerate charging progress.

He chose the first option without hesitation. Subsequently, an item named "Disc of Final Disintegration" appeared in "Return to Reality"'s storage space.

"Return to Reality!" Li Fan called out again. "Do you wish to virtualize the current scene and return to the designated anchor point?" The prompt from "Return to Reality" sounded at the opportune moment. Li Fan decisively chose "Yes." The next moment, the scene on Disintegration Mountain Peak once again became illusory.

There will be one more chapter later; today will have two chapters. These past few days, I've been going to bed after 2 AM and waking up at 7 AM. I'm struggling a bit and genuinely worried about sudden death.