Heaven-Human Realm, a Lifespan of Twelve Hundred Years

A master capable of casually wiping out a Great Grandmaster Seventh Heaven expert was not enough to make Lin Heng, who had now reached the Great Grandmaster Thirty-Sixth Heaven, feel afraid. He, too, could easily accomplish the same.

But fighting an opponent of that caliber would certainly not be easy.

Though he had no idea where this inexplicable being had emerged from, waiting until he broke through to the Heaven-Human Realm before dealing with it would yield twice the result with half the effort.

Lin Heng focused his mind and steadied his heart, beginning his breakthrough.

Within his body, the vast reserves of Essence accumulated within him were activated.

At this moment, every part of Lin Heng's muscles and skin shone. Powerful vitality surged through him as his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were raised to their peak, shattering an invisible set of shackles.

At that instant, the heavens changed.

The azure sky darkened. Clouds rubbed against one another high above, and lightning flashed amid rolling thunder.

Unlike when he had first broken through to the Great Grandmaster Realm, when the celestial phenomenon had been limited to a small area, the skies now darkened across the entire Central Spirit Dynasty where the Cloud Sword Mountain Range stood, spanning a region several thousand kilometers in diameter.

Between heaven and earth, vast origin energy surged toward Lin Heng.

He could feel it. His body was beginning to evolve at that moment.

His organs, muscles, and bones split apart under the violent evolution. Old, worn-out flesh was continuously forced out from within his body, while the newly born flesh was exceptionally powerful.

Then, this newly born flesh split open again, reorganizing itself once more into something even stronger and more perfect.

In an incredibly brief span of time, Lin Heng seemed to have traversed a path of evolution spanning tens of millions of years. His body reached an unprecedented level.

Gradually, Lin Heng's entire body turned into a Blood Cocoon, wrapped within vast Essence and blood qi.

At this moment, Lin Heng felt that his muscles and skin, which had already undergone many Transformations, along with his brain, were melting away. They became a mass of shapeless blood, flowing freely within the Blood Cocoon as though inside a mother's womb.

Yet Lin Heng did not lose consciousness because of this. Instead, his mind became exceptionally clear, resting upon his Internal Breath.

He sensed his Essence, Qi, and Spirit merging into one. The Seven Souls within his body joined with the Life Soul that had once resided in his brain, while the two Heaven and Earth souls wandering beyond his body were summoned back and merged into the Blood Cocoon as well.

The Three Souls and Seven Spirits unified. The True Spirit dwelled within them, and the Primordial Spirit was born.

As the Primordial Spirit came into being, his Spiritual Power abruptly leaped to an unprecedented level, and Lin Heng's melted muscles and skin began to reform.

Bones as lustrous white as jade regrew. His organs, whose minute structures had been optimized an unknown number of times, emerged next, followed by the rest of his muscles and nervous system.

Finally, his brain regrew.

The structure of this newborn brain was countless times stronger than before. Its computational capacity surpassed the most advanced supercomputers from Lin Heng's previous life by more than a dozen orders of magnitude. Every change in the myriad phenomena of Heaven and Earth Nature lay within his perception.

At this moment, Lin Heng regained control of his body. He could sense brand-new Meridians and Acupoints reforming within him.

His Meridians became immensely broad, giving rise to countless new branches. His Acupoints were also opened anew, and their number increased beyond the previous 1,296, multiplying a hundredfold to reach the One Yuan Number of 129,600.

As his Meridians and Acupoints re-formed, new Internal Breath began to arise within his Dantian Qi Sea.

This Internal Breath had been formed by unifying all of Lin Heng's Essence, Qi, and Spirit. It was so condensed it seemed tangible, like jade liquid, and had evolved into a power of an entirely different level. Perhaps it could now be called True Essence.

As the newborn True Essence circulated through his Meridians and Acupoints, it produced an entirely new power that possessed king-like dominion over Heaven and Earth Origin Energy. This power, which commanded Heaven and Earth Origin Energy for his own use, had transcended inner force and could be called Magical Power.

Gradually, more and more True Essence arose within Lin Heng's Meridians and Acupoints.

From scattered droplets to a converging stream, this breakthrough finally came to a complete end.

At this point, Lin Heng sensed the change in his Combat Power. It had become immensely powerful, more than dozens of times stronger than before his breakthrough. Moreover, his body still contained immense potential, capable of supporting his continued growth.

"Perhaps the next stage of cultivation in the Heaven-Human Realm requires another accumulation of quantity—amassing enough power within this transformed body before breaking through to an even higher Realm."

Lin Heng observed the state of his new body and reached this conclusion.

Afterward, Lin Heng began examining his lifespan after the breakthrough.

According to his initial estimates, after such a major breakthrough, his lifespan should at least reach a thousand years.

And the final result did not exceed Lin Heng's expectations.

"This vitality and life force are simply too powerful. This newly born body is not only immensely tough and powerful, but can also regenerate severed limbs and be reborn from a drop of blood. So long as my Essence is not exhausted, I will not die."

"If I remain free of illness and calamity, and if my cultivation no longer increases, then with my current physical state, I should be able to live to twelve hundred years old."

Lin Heng experienced the state of his new body, his face full of smiles.

The functions of his brain were now simply too powerful. In almost an instant, Lin Heng optimized the Boundless Sea Divine Art he had created, turning it into a new version suited to his current physical state.

The changes brought by this elevation in the essence of life were simply too immense. He felt like an entirely different species from before.

"Next, let me see just what this Blood Calamity truly is."

Having finished comprehending the changes within himself, Lin Heng ended his cultivation. He opened his eyes, rose to his feet, and walked out of the great hall.

"Heng'er, did your breakthrough succeed?"

Seeing Lin Heng emerge from seclusion, Xiao Rang hurriedly asked with concern.

The scene of breaking through to the Heaven-Human Realm earlier had been far too terrifying. Lin Heng had practically split apart and regrown from head to toe. The Transformation process had been too violent and overbearing, so it was no wonder Xiao Rang worried that something might go wrong.

It was not only Xiao Rang. At this moment, the other Elders were also looking at Lin Heng with worry and anticipation in their eyes.

"It succeeded. I can now live for twelve hundred years, and my Combat Power has undergone an essential change compared to before."

"This is the Boundless Sea Divine Art I obtained after breaking through to the Heaven-Human Realm and reorganizing all that I have learned. Master, you and the other seniors may study it."

As soon as he spoke, Lin Heng communicated with the Elders through Spiritual Power, directly imprinting the latest version of the cultivation method into their minds with his thoughts.

"Martial Uncle Zhang, do not worry. I will immediately go and deal with that Blood Calamity."

Afterward, he offered a word of comfort to Zhang Ya, the Spirit Plant Elder, whose expression was sorrowful.

Then his body rose into the air, and he flew by using his consciousness to command the surrounding currents of air.

Immediately afterward, he sped toward the site of the Blood Calamity in northern Lan Continent at extreme speed.