Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 896 Tracing the Source and Touching the Dust with Spiritual Light

In fact, Jing Yu's conjecture almost matched reality. Although he did not yet understand what the so-called "Immortal Golden Nature" was, it was indeed the reliance that enabled Golden Immortals to maintain their consciousness from being worn down.

“The wear and tear of consciousness occurs constantly, and as long as the cultivator continues to think, the wear and tear is irreversible.”

"For true immortals, falling into a deep sleep may slow down the wear and tear on their consciousness, thereby extending their lifespan."

"But for those with lower cultivation levels, the aging of the body, nascent soul, and spirit is far faster than the wear and tear on consciousness. Therefore, those with lower cultivation levels need to pay more attention to the wear and tear on the material world."

Jing Yu carefully comprehended the repair effect of the [Law of Longevity] on his consciousness. He could feel that even without the baptism of the Law of Longevity, his consciousness was constantly repairing its wear and tear, maintaining a perfect and flawless state.

At that moment, a realization dawned on him: "The reason why the [Longevity and Long Vision] destiny can grant its possessor unlimited lifespan is that [Longevity] allows the body to maintain infinite vitality, while [Long Vision] allows the mind to remain clear!"

At this moment, he thought: "If the [Law of Lifespan] is cultivated to its deepest level, and the speed of consciousness repair is faster than its wear and tear, wouldn't that be another form of [Infinite Lifespan]?"

Jing Yu suddenly realized that this might be the path to immortality that leads directly to the Golden Immortal realm!

"Only one mural remains."

Jing Yu looked at the tenth mural and fell into a deep state of understanding.

However, the last mural was truly difficult to understand, and even Jing Yu, who had the highest level of compatibility with the Law of Life, could not complete it in one go.

One year... two years... ten years... fifty years...

Over the course of a hundred years, the number of cultivators in the Shouyuan Hall has decreased significantly compared to a hundred years ago, indicating that many cultivators have left for other immortal halls.

Several elderly cultivators at the peak of the Cave Heaven realm frowned, staring at the murals in the hall, and murmured:

"A third of the time that [Jianghuai Tian] has been open has already passed, but we have only comprehended the first five murals."

"The sixth mural is indeed too difficult. Even the most advanced fellow cultivators are stuck here. At this rate, will they be able to fully comprehend the sixth mural in another two hundred years? I'm afraid it's just a pipe dream."

An elderly woman leaning on a cane sighed, "If we can't comprehend the sixth diagram before Jianghuaitian closes down, then these two hundred years will have been wasted."

Another white-haired old cultivator said unwillingly, "When I was comprehending the sixth diagram, I could feel that under the baptism of the Law of Longevity, the various hidden ailments of my physical body began to show signs of slow repair... I guess that the seventh [Longevity Diagram] may contain the secrets of repairing the Nascent Soul and extending lifespan."

"It would be a shame to give up now."

"But if you can't understand the sixth picture, then all your efforts will be in vain."

Several of the most powerful cultivators in the grotto-heavens realms looked hesitant. Rationally, they believed that perhaps the best solution was to give up on continuing to comprehend the [Longevity Chart] and instead turn to studying the murals in other immortal palaces.

However, the enormous sunk costs make it impossible for them to simply leave.

The guardian of the Divine Cauldron at the Cave Heaven Realm gritted his teeth upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "Damn it... I've only comprehended the fourth mural. Do I really need to comprehend the seventh mural to extend my lifespan? That's impossible for me! Wouldn't I have wasted over a hundred years of my life..."

In a corner where no one was paying attention, Jing Yu suddenly looked up.

"I've finally understood the tenth painting, the 'Longevity Painting'!"

hum-

Within Jing Yu's mind and sea of ​​consciousness, countless threads of law gathered and transformed into a dark brown wooden staff with intricate patterns, floating uncertainly on the surface of her mind.

"This is……"

Jing Yu looked inward into her sea of ​​consciousness and stared in shock at the scene before her.

Just now, after he had thoroughly comprehended the tenth mural, countless insights about the laws of lifespan were transformed into this wooden staff. When his divine sense probed into it, he discovered that the wooden staff was not a physical object, but a container that carried the inherited information!

The wooden staff contained a supernatural power related to lifespan!

【Tracing back to the source, cleansing the dust, and illuminating the spirit】.

"This supernatural ability... is the reward for comprehending the tenth Longevity Diagram?"

Jing Yu glanced at it, then stared blankly into thought: "This supernatural power... it can actually trace back consciousness, wipe away the dust, and repair the wear and tear on other people's consciousness?"

He immediately realized what this meant...

"Doesn't that mean that if I learn this supernatural power, I can extend the lifespan of a true immortal?"

"However, this supernatural power is extremely difficult to master. One must have the insight into ten [Longevity Charts] as a foundation, or simply deduce the [Law of Longevity] to the Golden Immortal level—meaning that right now only I can cultivate it?"

If the outside world were to learn that Jing Yu possessed such a divine power, I fear that all the True Immortal cultivators in the entire Immortal Realm whose lifespans were nearing their end would go mad for it!

Jing Yu's first thought was that she must keep this secret until she became a Golden Immortal.

He could certainly use this supernatural power to gain the friendship of many cultivators at the True Immortal realm...

However, transactions between people of unequal strength are inherently difficult to guarantee fairness. If the news were to leak out, he would more likely not receive the protection of many True Immortals, but instead be kidnapped by morally corrupt True Immortal cultivators and turned into a portable "human longevity elixir".

Jing Yu glanced at the other cultivators in the Longevity Hall and thought to himself, "There are less than two hundred years left before Jianghuai Heaven closes. Apart from me, the fastest cultivator has only comprehended the sixth diagram. It seems that by the end, at most only a handful of them will be able to comprehend the seventh diagram."

"This [Tracing Back to the Source, Smoothing the Dust, Spiritual Light] is something we should forget about."

But in the next moment, something unexpected happened to all the cultivators in the hall!

Click... click...

The entire Shouyuan Hall suddenly trembled violently, and fine cracks began to appear on the walls where murals were painted.

To everyone's astonishment, the ten [Longevity Charts] shattered one after another, destroyed by an unknown force!

"How is this going?"

"My map! My map!" a cultivator cried out, pounding his chest in frustration.

Jing Yu stared in disbelief at the scene before her: "Could it be that if someone were to completely comprehend all ten murals in the Immortal Palace, these murals would be destroyed?"

"What should we do? We've wasted a hundred years here, without finding a way to prolong our lives, and now the murals before us have been destroyed!" An old woman wept bitterly.

Another elderly cultivator at the Cave Heaven Realm said in disbelief, "This is impossible! There are martial arts restrictions here, and the murals in the Immortal Palace could not have been destroyed by external forces, so why..."

"Wait, what about the weapons ban?"

The group looked at each other in bewilderment, and suddenly realized that the [Prohibition of Weapons] in the Longevity Hall had completely disappeared and no longer existed.