"Eight hundred years spent painstakingly comprehending the Dao, countless pills swallowed and medicines consumed; upon achieving the Profound Heart Realm in a single day, I still could not escape the heart demon tribulation at life's end. I hate... hate..."
Gu An read a passage from the Nameless Book, his brows furrowing.
Xuantian Old Ancestor's hatred leapt from the page. It was hatred for the heavens.
He hated that the heavens had birthed heart demons just after he achieved the Profound Heart Realm, before he had even had the chance to enjoy it.
After reading it, Gu An immediately thought of maximum lifespan.
Somewhere in the unseen, it seemed that a kind of fate shackled all living beings. Perhaps Xuantian Old Ancestor's maximum lifespan had only been enough to reach the Body Integration Realm, yet he had forcibly reached the Profound Heart Realm through vast resources. His lifespan had not increased, and in the end, heart demons had run rampant, leaving him facing a death tribulation?
The more Gu An thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
When all living beings cultivated immortality, rather than saying they fought the heavens, it was more accurate to say they fought fate.
Gu An believed fate could certainly be broken. He himself was the best example.
The maximum lifespans he could see might be reminding him that fate existed.
Besides his ability to seize lifespans, there must surely be opportunities in this world that could help people break through their maximum lifespan. He simply had not encountered them yet.
Precisely because immortality was so difficult to attain, so many people charged forward one after another, heedless of their own lives.
He would first see whether the Dao Derivation Technique worked. If it did, he could use part of his lifespan to improve it.