Time flew by, and the years sped past like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, another thirty years had passed.
When Lu Yang opened his eyes again, his face still showed no sign of age, yet a streak of white frost had appeared amid his once-thick black hair.
"In the blink of an eye, I'm already eighty."
Although Qi Refining cultivators lived longer than ordinary people, their lifespan was only around one hundred and fifty years—not that much greater. At eighty, one had already passed middle age.
In another twenty years, Zhao Xuhe's Heaven-Stealing Secret would unlock.
"Although there is no hope of Foundation Establishment in this life, once I cultivate the Saint Thief, I can attempt Foundation Establishment and accumulate experience in advance."
The Dao Path was in sight—the Dao Path was in sight.
Even the True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution had, after thirty years of secluded study, yielded a shortcut secret method through the Dao-Clarifying Jade Slip.
"To truly cultivate the True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution, one must undergo 'Death Before Transformation.' But if I die, the Hundred Lives Book will Restart. Yet this 'death' is not so absolute. The True Method of Yin-Transformation Corpse-Dissolution cannot truly make its cultivator die."
"This so-called 'death' is, in truth, limited to the physical body."
"After the body dies, it refines its form beneath the earth. Claws and hair grow in secret, the corpse remains as if alive, and after long years, it Attains Enlightenment. For others, however, the death of the body is true death."
"After all, the body is the raft of the soul. Once the body dies, the soul will gradually scatter away. Death is only a matter of time."
"Put another way, if I can keep my soul awake while allowing my body to die,