Lifespan

This Worldly Understanding Destiny Trait was the Golden Root Destiny of Jing Qian, obtained when he determined his destiny for the third time. It belonged to the category of gods and ghosts.

Though it was not a combat-type destiny trait, it possessed terrifying might beyond imagination and greatly benefited Jing Qian's cultivation.

After exploring it during his long seclusion, he had gained a preliminary understanding of Worldly Understanding.

Jing Qian defined the divine might of this golden destiny trait as a "strong observer."

With Worldly Understanding in his possession, he could comprehend everything unknown in the world and seek the ultimate solution to all things.

It was a transcendent power that enlightened wisdom and explored the essence of things.

For Jing Qian, whenever he invoked Worldly Understanding, he possessed an extreme perception ability, an analytical ability that saw through the essence of things, highly concentrated focus, keen spiritual awareness, and abundant creativity.

Applying these abilities to cultivation, learning, and combat produced effects beyond imagination!

Just like now, Jing Qian had already used the power of Worldly Understanding to reorganize all the knowledge and memories in his mind.

He seemed not to have done anything, yet he had completely become a different person!

Moreover, Worldly Understanding could use transcendent power to excavate the secrets hidden behind things.

However, it was, after all, a golden destiny trait, and its consumption of destiny essence and magic power was enormous. Jing Qian was still unable to bear activating it at full strength for a long time.

He instead reduced the power of Worldly Understanding, maintaining it at a level suitable for daily use that would not increase his magic-power burden.

Even so, his divine sense had been strengthened nearly tenfold!

This gave him, with Ninth Rank cultivation, the divine-sense power of a newly advanced Eighth Rank Dragon-Elephant cultivator.

But even so, Worldly Understanding was only Jing Qian's second-greatest gain.

That White Fang Destiny Trait, which had appeared only after enduring eighty-one rounds of tugging, possessed an even more unique value.

Jing Qian sank his divine sense into the Destiny Stele Space. Looking at the information that had changed drastically, he could not help falling into contemplation once more.

Host: Jing Qian

Lifespan: 195 years

Destiny Essence: 18.67 (White Fang)

Destiny Traits: Sumeru (Golden Root), Worldly Understanding (Golden Root), Tide (Blue Blood 1.3/10), Sewing Souls and Weaving Spirits (Azure Wing), Lifespan (White Fang 1 Ke)

Destiny Techniques: Dragon Travel Technique, Seal Talisman Art

Destiny Forging Opportunities: 0

Four Destiny Forging Opportunities had brought him two successful destiny determinations. Without a doubt, he had made a tremendous profit!

Each additional destiny determination halved the Lifespan obtained. Two destiny determinations had brought him forty-five extra years of Lifespan. This was the first profit!

The cultivation increase from four White Fang Destiny Essences had saved him ten years of arduous work compared with an ordinary Rogue Cultivator. This was the second profit!

Awakening the Worldly Understanding Destiny Trait was the third profit!

Above all that, the strange white Lifespan Destiny Trait was the greatest gain from this destiny determination!

Jing Qian sensed that Lifespan in his sea of consciousness and marveled at the strange and magnificent splendor of this cultivation world.

This Lifespan 1 Ke Destiny Trait had only one divine effect: every sunrise and sunset, it could increase his Lifespan by one Ke!

Jing Qian had thoroughly studied the Morning and Evening Destiny Breaking Scripture. Naturally, this scripture, which had produced great cultivators capable of Prolonging Life, also contained records concerning Lifespan Destiny Traits.

After a cultivator perfected the Dragon-Elephant stage and condensed a Seventh Rank Blue Blood Destiny Essence, he could rely on his Dharma Idol to protect himself, connect with the destiny furnace, and continue to burn his body with Destiny Fire.

Through the prolonged burning of Destiny Fire, he refined the power of his Dharma Idol and sublimated the essence of his life until he awakened a Lifespan Destiny Trait.

This was the sign of advancing to the Seventh Rank Prolonging Life Realm.

Lifespan Destiny Traits were measured by the length of their duration according to rank.

Among them, White Fang extended one's Lifespan by at least one Ke each day; Azure Wing extended it by at least one watch; Blue Blood extended it by at least three night watches—six shichen—until the Purple Pupil rank, which could extend it by at least one day!

The longevity obtained through cultivation in this world was not actually immortality.

When a cultivator awakened a Purple Pupil-level Lifespan, each passing day would extend his Lifespan by at least another day, enough to ensure that his remaining years did not diminish and making it no different from eternal life!

Only one Lifespan Destiny Trait could be smelted. If one's cultivation was insufficient or one's fortune too shallow, one could spend an entire lifetime without proving a high-rank Lifespan.

Only awakening a Lifespan above the Purple Pupil rank counted as attaining true longevity!

And those who truly enjoyed longevity were ultimately only a minority.

At this moment, Jing Qian had only just entered the Dao, yet through a fortuitous coincidence, he had already proven Lifespan. In terms of the essence of cultivation, he had already met the minimum requirement for the Prolonging Life Realm.

However, his magic-power cultivation and divine abilities were more than a hundred times weaker than those of a Prolonging Life cultivator.

If it had been someone else, awakening Lifespan so early would not have been a good thing!

For the sake of a Lifespan that extended one's life by one Ke each day, they would have cut off the possibility of pursuing longevity. It truly would have been a poor bargain.

But Jing Qian possessed the ability to reforge destiny traits through Destiny Forging Opportunities. One day, he would be able to continuously increase that one Ke of Lifespan.

And this could save him countless resources and years after the Dragon-Elephant stage.

The Morning and Evening Destiny Breaking Scripture recorded that after the Jing Family ancestor perfected the Dragon-Elephant stage, he had burned his body with Destiny Fire more than eleven hundred times in total and awakened seven Lifespan Destiny Traits—five of the Azure Wing rank and two of the Blue Blood rank.

In the end, he chose to smelt one Blue Blood Lifespan and complete his advancement. Each day, it extended his Lifespan by three night watches and one Ke, yet he still failed to attain longevity. He could not overcome the Mandate of Heaven and died when his Lifespan ran out.

His grandmother, Jing Su Shi, was the Soul Manipulating Spider Mother whose fame shook Hunyuan Prefecture. She had burned her body more than one hundred and forty times in total and awakened three Lifespan Destiny Traits, all of the Azure Wing rank. She abandoned them all and ultimately failed to advance to the Seventh Rank Prolonging Life Realm.

Throughout Hunyuan Prefecture, Dragon-Elephant cultivators who endured bitterly for a hundred years yet ultimately failed to advance to Prolonging Life were as numerous as grains of sand.

Even those lucky enough to advance to Prolonging Life could not truly enjoy everlasting longevity without a Purple Pupil Destiny Trait.

Only those with longevity could continue pursuing higher cultivation, suppress the spiritual opportunity, achieve Subduing Spirits, and attain the Sixth Rank Subduing Spirits Realm.

For Jing Qian, rather than gamble on the ethereal and uncertain Purple Lifespan, he could completely raise his rank through fierce grinding and lavish spending.

This lowered the threshold for his future advancement to Prolonging Life by more than half!

More importantly, relying on this Lifespan Destiny Trait, he could begin accumulating additional Lifespan a hundred years ahead of time.

This greatly benefited his cultivation.

Jing Qian sat inside this side room, his thoughts surging.

As his strength increased, his ability to control destiny had also grown tremendously.

Now that he had an appropriate identity, he could finally take a more proactive stance and make contact with this world!

Jing Qian rose and strode out of the side room with his head held high.

When he arrived in the courtyard, he could not help looking up at the dome that blotted out the sky and sun.

This was the upper wall of the Dragon Python's mouth!

When he concentrated the power of Worldly Understanding on this Dragon Python, a strange piece of information appeared before his eyes:

Spiritual Opportunity: Li

Suppression Requirements: Fish-Dragon Appearance, God and Ghost Appearance, Insects and Vermin Appearance

Lifespan Burden: One day and nine shichen/day