On the path of martial arts, every step upward was a transformation of oneself, and a struggle against Heaven for one's fate.
At the Aperture Refining Realm, one's lifespan was two hundred years. At the Joint Aperture Realm, it was three hundred. Yet in the Endless Sea, many Joint Aperture Realm cultivators actually lived beyond that three-hundred-year limit.
Aside from certain cultivation techniques that truly prolonged life, most of the reason lay in the effects of certain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Such spiritual materials capable of extending one's lifespan had been exceedingly rare in the region around Xianyun City, almost impossible to find.
But in the Endless Sea, with its abundant World Vital Energy, such spiritual materials could be found in certain special environments.
Not to mention elsewhere in the Endless Sea—within the Thousand Feathers Alliance alone, most Joint Aperture Realm cultivators from powerful sects had already surpassed the three-hundred-year lifespan limit.
Even Joint Aperture Realm cultivators from smaller factions might have a chance to obtain such life-extending spiritual materials. After all, many of these materials could only be consumed once; taking them again had no effect.
To continuously extend one's lifespan, one had to continuously find stronger life-extending spiritual materials.
Thus, after breaking through to the Joint Aperture Realm, setting everything else aside, the length of one's lifespan alone was enough to make people flock to it like ducks, much less the changes in status brought by the formidable strength of the Joint Aperture Realm.
As Chen Fei swallowed the Sea Birth Flower, his mind entered a state of extreme boiling. As time passed, that boiling sensation did not weaken in the slightest. Instead, it grew ever fiercer.
Excruciating pain began to rise from his Sea of Consciousness, as though someone were relentlessly attacking Chen Fei with a