Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 895 Unstoppable

"My compatibility with the [Law of Lifespan] is frighteningly high. The complexity of the laws contained in the second mural is almost incomparable to that of the first mural, yet I still managed to fully comprehend it in less than a day."

Jing Yu looked at the third mural, where the mysteries of the Great Dao of Longevity were extremely profound. However, for him, these profound laws were clear at a glance and presented almost no difficulty.

Three days later, Jing Yu awoke from his meditation, having completely comprehended the third [Longevity Chart]!

At this moment, he looked at the cultivators around him and realized that he was already able to deduce their remaining lifespan based on their outward appearance, and with extremely high accuracy and very little error.

"That old cultivator has about three thousand years left to live."

"Hmm... This Nascent Soul cultivator only has five hundred years of lifespan left? No wonder he's studying the laws in the Longevity Hall... Eh? His lifespan is slowly increasing; it seems he's making considerable progress on the [Longevity Chart]."

"That guardian of the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty's grotto-heaven... still has over 4,300 years of lifespan left. Grotto-heaven cultivators have a lifespan of 30,000 years. Is he still wasting his life at the early stage of the grotto-heaven realm at the age of 25,000? It seems that this person's path to cultivation has come to an end."

In just about ten days, Jing Yu successfully comprehended the fourth [Longevity Chart].

At this moment, a barely perceptible fluctuation emanated from Jing Yu's body. Under the influence of the [Law of Lifespan], his body began to undergo extremely subtle adjustments.

If other cultivators in the hall had comprehended the third [Longevity Chart] at this moment, and used the art of observing lifespan to investigate Jing Yu's background, they would have discovered that Jing Yu currently had less than six thousand years of lifespan remaining.

Jing Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "With this layer of concealment, as long as the other party's understanding of the Law of Lifespan does not exceed mine, they should not be able to see any flaws and will think that I am really just an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator."

Three more months passed, and Jing Yu had thoroughly mastered the fifth painting, "Longevity Picture".

After fully comprehending the fifth [Longevity Chart], Jing Yu had a strong feeling that if he were to consume a rare treasure that could extend his lifespan, he could make full use of its effects!

"After comprehending the fifth picture, the effect of a cultivator using longevity treasures will be greatly enhanced..." Jing Yu thought to himself.

A year later, the sixth painting, "Longevity Picture," had no more secrets in front of Jing Yu.

At this moment, his physical body emitted an almost inaudible crackling sound. His bones, flesh, blood, internal organs... everything related to this body began to undergo a near-silent upheaval!

The next moment, all the minor hidden injuries on Jing Yu's body were completely repaired under the baptism of the Law of Lifespan.

Jing Yu suddenly realized: "Logically speaking, my physical body has already reached the Jade Marrow Realm, and this body should have been flawless long ago. I thought I had repaired all the hidden injuries, but I didn't expect that there were still the deepest hidden injuries lurking."

"These hidden injuries are even difficult to observe using conventional methods, yet they cannot escape the baptism of the [Law of Lifespan]."

"It took more than a year to thoroughly understand the first six murals," Jing Yu thought to himself.

It should be noted that at this time, most of the cultivators in the grotto-heavens were still painstakingly studying the third diagram, and the Nascent Soul cultivators were even still trying to comprehend the second diagram.

Jing Yu's progress has fallen far behind these cultivators, and this gap will only widen over time.

Three more years have passed, and Jing Yu has finally comprehended the seventh painting, the "Longevity Painting".

In the instant of enlightenment, the ten acupoints on Jing Yu's body also slowly changed, beginning to repair and maintain themselves.

Jing Yu thought to herself, "So that's how it is. If one can fully comprehend the seventh diagram, the Law of Lifespan can begin to cleanse the Nascent Soul Dharma Image, repair various flaws within the Nascent Soul, and extend lifespan."

Generally speaking, when ordinary Qi cultivators reach the Nascent Soul or Cave Heaven stages, their physical bodies become less important, and their life source becomes the Nascent Soul Dharma Image... Many cultivators even simply abandon their physical bodies altogether.

Jing Yu pondered, "Those Qi cultivators who mainly focus on the Nascent Soul Dharma Form need to thoroughly comprehend the seventh [Longevity Diagram] in order to repair and maintain their Nascent Soul using the Law of Longevity, thereby extending their lifespan."

"In this respect, body cultivators who have achieved the unity of spirit and flesh have an advantage. When they transform into a spirit, they scatter their nascent soul and merge it with their physical body. By refining their physical body, they are essentially refining their nascent soul... They only need to comprehend the first six diagrams to extend their lifespan."

Jing Yu nodded slightly and continued looking at the eighth picture, "Longevity Picture".

This time, it took Jing Yu a full ten years to fully comprehend the diagram.

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The power manifested by the Law of Longevity actually seeped into Jing Yu's Niwan Palace, spread into his sea of ​​consciousness, and began to sort out the hidden injuries and flaws in his soul.

"After comprehending the eighth [Longevity Chart], it can even repair damage to the soul?"

Jing Yu understood: "That's right. Essence, Qi, and Spirit are all fundamental to cultivation. Even if you manage your physical body and nascent soul perfectly and cleanse them of all hidden injuries, if your soul is damaged, your lifespan will still be shortened."

At this moment, apart from Jing Yu, the cultivator with the highest comprehending affinity with the Law of Longevity in the hall had just managed to comprehend the fourth [Longevity Diagram].

Jing Yu looked at the ninth picture and continued to ponder it.

This time, it took him thirty years.

After fully comprehending the ninth [Longevity Chart], Jing Yu stood there, stunned.

He discovered that the Law of Lifespan had begun to seep into his so-called ethereal consciousness, and was beginning to repair the wear and tear on his consciousness.

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is…” Jing Yu murmured, finally understanding the essence of [Lifespan].

What exactly does lifespan represent? Why does lifespan decrease? Why does a person die when their lifespan is exhausted?

He understood all of these questions.

"The essence of lifespan is the continuation of consciousness... As long as a person can still think and continue to have consciousness, then that person is still alive."

"Whether a person has a physical body, a nascent soul, or even a spirit is not important. What is important is whether this person's consciousness exists."

"The so-called physical body, nascent soul, spirit... or other things are essentially containers or anchors for consciousness attached to reality."

"The essence of extending lifespan is to resist the wear and tear that time does on consciousness."

"Why was there no risk of death for the soul in the Hall of Longevity? It wasn't that the soul was truly immortal, but rather that Xuan Qingzi used the secret technique of 'A Hundred Years in a Dream' to deceive the soul's senses, making it believe that it had only lived for a moment... This is also a way to avoid the wear and tear of consciousness."

Jing Yu even thought of the distant future: "Why do those celestial immortals and even true immortals who have transformed from mortals to immortals and built perfect immortal bodies still have the problem of running out of lifespan? Their immortal bodies have reached perfection, and their physical bodies, nascent souls, and divine souls can maintain their peak condition at all times."

"But they cannot resist the wear and tear on [consciousness]!"

"The reason why Golden Immortals have unlimited lifespans is because they have condensed a crucial substance that can resist the wear and tear of consciousness..."

Immortal Gold!