Besides the greater power of the complete Tianyan Pearl, Xu Changxing's rapid progress was also due to his directly absorbing the Immortal Realm's reserves.
Even the Immortal Monarchs of Ancient Times had probably never enjoyed such favorable conditions.
Amid his delight, Xu Changxing's sense of urgency grew ever stronger.
He knew full well that an intact Immortal Realm would never allow him to take from it like this.
Not only was he rapidly absorbing the Immortal Realm's reserves, but he had also suffered little backlash.
This clearly meant that this seemingly flourishing Immortal Realm was, in fact, riddled with holes, unable even to inflict direct backlash upon him.
"It seems the Final Tribulation really isn't far off!"
After murmuring those words, Xu Changxing turned his gaze back to the Tianyan Pearl.
Although what he was doing now might very well hasten the arrival of the Final Tribulation.
It was also the only means by which he could rapidly raise his cultivation realm.
Moreover, the rate at which this method caused the Immortal Realm to decline was clearly far slower than the rate at which his cultivation realm rose.
Given that, Xu Changxing had no reason to abandon this method.
Even if he were to consider the bigger picture, that would have to wait until he could protect himself during the Final Tribulation.
After only a brief moment of thought, Xu Changxing gently shook his Storage Ring and took out over eight thousand pieces of origin crystal.
After merging all these origin crystals into the Tianyan Pearl, he spoke again. "Begin the simulation!"
The first thousand-plus years of this simulation differed little from the previous one.
As before, he first slaughtered his way through the Abyss, then continued extracting Great Dao Fragments from the corresponding Small Worlds.
When the eighteen-hundredth year