[Soul Out of Body, Another Longevity Method]

The fierce battle between the two myth-level experts continued without a moment's pause.

The entire West Sea endured the violent Celestial Dipper Qi emanating from the center of the battlefield, and by this time, it had completely boiled over. Countless fish, shrimp, crabs, whales, and other creatures living in this sea area were affected.

Fresh blood dyed the entire sea red, and countless lives perished.

The sky had completely darkened, with lightning tearing through the end of the horizon, wrapped and bombarded towards the enemy. Extreme cold permeated the void, freezing all things, and violent wind blades swept across the sky, filling it with blood.

All kinds of strange phenomena spread out from the center of the battlefield, shaking the earth.

But gradually, as time passed, all the strange phenomena ceased.

At the center of the battlefield, of the two world-shaking auras, one was gradually declining.

Lin Ze watched the battlefield and saw the smoke and dust that enveloped the heavens and earth blown away by the strong wind. Ji Yu, in a blood-colored robe, pinched the neck of Dugu Xinghan, the Longevity Palace Master, and stepped heavily on the water, walking step by step onto a fragmented island.

"It seems that I am still the better one."

Ji Yu threw Dugu Xinghan's body, which had been drained of essence and gradually became withered, on the ground, and spoke with a sense of triumph after defeating a strong enemy.

He was, after all, the strongest person in this era, unprecedented. Even as his lifespan was approaching its end, he had still defeated Dugu Xinghan, who was in his prime.

"It doesn't matter, it's just dying half a quarter of an hour earlier than you."

Dugu Xinghan lay on the ground, sighing as he was dying.

He was not sighing about his defeat and death. After all, Ji Yu's condition was not much better than his. Even if he was not in a state of approaching the end of his lifespan, he had already been beaten to the point of exhaustion and near death in this battle.

What he sighed about was that his path to longevity could not continue.

"Actually, I'm very curious. Since you were waiting for me to die, the Longevity Palace should have completely hibernated to avoid being found by me along the trail. Why did you go to contact that kid Lin Ze? Otherwise, it wouldn't have come to this today."

Ji Yu asked curiously.

"There was hope for longevity, and I was ultimately impatient."

Dugu Xinghan said this, without explaining much, and then closed his eyes and passed away.

Ji Yu understood that he was probably pursuing longevity to a critical point, needing a lot of resources and time to verify and promote it. Therefore, he did not completely hibernate and wait, but was trying to obtain resources for experiments while hiding in the dark.

He was gambling, gambling that he was hidden enough and would not be discovered by Ji Yu.

The facts proved that Dugu Xinghan's gamble failed.

He did not expect that a young junior he completely looked down upon actually possessed a power hidden within him that was enough to kill him.

"It's fate."

Ji Yu shook his head, sat cross-legged next to Dugu Xinghan's corpse, and looked up at the sky, which had become unusually empty due to the previous great battle, lost in thought.

He could clearly feel that the essence, Qi, and spirit in his body had completely dried up at this moment, and his body functions would completely stop operating in a few more minutes.

Even in the previous battle, when Ji Yu sublimated his own essence, Qi, and spirit to the limit, he did not find the hope of longevity.

Dugu Xinghan did it. Even if Ji Yu defeated him, he would not get any hope of living.

However, Ji Yu's emotions did not fluctuate much. He had already prepared to welcome death. Although there was an interlude like Dugu Xinghan before the arrival of death, it did not affect his calm welcome to the end of his life story.

Across the Gates to Heavens, Lin Ze and the others watched the end of this battle.

Ji Wangshu immediately wanted to pass through the Gates to Heavens to see her old father and accompany him through the last period of his life.

However, Lin Ze forbade her from going through the Gates to Heavens.

Meeting Ji Wangshu's frown, Lin Ze calmly opened his mouth and gave his explanation: "First, souls exist. Right now, it looks like your Great Zhou Grand Ancestor has won, but how can we be sure that it isn't an illusion created by the Longevity Palace Master?"

"It's all to lure someone over, making it easier for the not-quite-dead Longevity Palace Master to seize their body."

"After all, our life level and combat power are far behind these mythical experts. We can't break their methods, and we don't know if they really have the ability to separate their spirits from their bodies."

"Second, even if your great-grandfather did win, who knows if he might suddenly not want to die before he goes, draining the essence of everyone else around him to replenish himself? Even if it can't solve the lifespan problem, being able to live a minute longer is good."

"Before death, the instinct for self-preservation is terrifying, even capable of distorting one's thinking."

Although the reasons Lin Ze gave were all his guesses, with basically no guarantee of truth, he was willing to be cautious.

In the myriad worlds, there are just too many variables and strange abilities.

He himself has the Within Reach Horizon divine power, giving him an innate advantage of being invincible, but these two people beside him can't withstand these methods.

If these mythical experts can really keep their spirits in the world, but there are no living things around this battlefield anymore, as long as we don't go to our deaths at this time, they'll probably disappear on their own in a few days.

It doesn't matter if Ji Yu wants to go crazy before he dies, anyway, Lin Ze won't give him the chance to take people with him.

"Cultivation above the Heaven and Man realm still hasn't touched the so-called soul. My imperial father's Dao heart is indestructible, and he has already calmly accepted the arrival of death. Your guess is unreasonable."

Ji Wangshu explained, but seeing that Lin Ze was unmoved, she directly unfolded her movement technique and headed towards the West Sea.

Although it is thousands of miles from here to the West Sea battlefield, with the speed of a Heaven and Man expert, it only takes a quarter of an hour. She doesn't necessarily have to ask Lin Ze.

Although Ji Yu may not be able to last until a quarter of an hour later, as a daughter, Ji Wangshu wants to collect her old father's remains and bury them as soon as possible.

Lin Ze didn't pay attention to Ji Wangshu's departure. Ji Qingyan, who was beside him, wanted to say a few words of persuasion, but after thinking about it, she didn't say anything in the end.

Ji Wangshu is a Heaven and Man realm expert, so what weight do the two of them have to stop her will?

The two stood quietly in place, watching the seated Ji Yu.

Soon, another two minutes passed.

Ji Yu, who was in a daze, came back to his senses. He said, "Lin Ze, kid, I know you're watching here. Listen carefully. This is the mythical-level martial art I created, the Yuanyang Divine Skill, which is the essence of my life's learning."

"If you practice diligently, you can directly reach the realm above Heaven and Man. I hope you will take care of my Ji Family in the future."

As he spoke, Ji Yu took off a jade pendant he carried with him and injected a strand of Celestial Dipper Qi containing the essence of his martial arts into it.

In the future, as long as someone can comprehend this jade pendant, they can receive the divine skill initiation within.

After doing all this, Ji Yu had already closed his eyes, and then his entire vast, abyss-like terrifying aura slowly dissipated.

His youthful appearance quickly aged, becoming wrinkled and mottled.

His head of blood-colored hair, which represented vigorous blood and vitality, was also rapidly turning snow-white and dry at this time.

This invincible Great Zhou Grand Ancestor of the world passed away.

Lin Ze remained unmoved.

The mythical-level martial art that could lead to becoming a Land Immortal was tempting, but Ji Yu definitely had a backup in the Ji Family, and there would be opportunities to obtain it later.

But if he went now, he would be directly caught if the other party had any tricks.

It was like the Palace Master of Longevity Palace, who could have become the ultimate winner by suppressing some greed and lying low for a few more years, but at the crucial moment, he insisted on gambling, and in the end, he lost everything.

Lin Ze didn't need to gamble anything right now; he possessed Immortality Technology, and his future was long.

After another moment, a panting Ji Wangshu ran all the way to the West Sea and arrived at her old father's side.

She looked at her old father, who had already lost all signs of life, with tears in her eyes.

However, before she could grieve for long, her entire body stiffened.

This stiffness lasted for a very short time. Within an extremely short period, Ji Wangshu continued her previous actions, lowered herself, and wrapped Ji Yu's remains in a brocade cloth, preparing to take them back for burial.

As the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor, the entire dynasty would hold a grand funeral for Ji Yu.

After collecting Ji Yu's remains, she thought for a moment and took Dugu Xinghan's remains as well, instantly disappearing from the battlefield.

"Did you notice it?"

Lin Ze asked Ji Qingyan beside him.

"Grand Ancestral Aunt's body stiffened for a moment? It must be because she saw Grand Ancestor Grandpa and couldn't bear the grief. I'm also a little sad now, although I didn't spend much time with Grand Ancestor Grandpa, he was, after all, my elder."

Ji Qingyan said from the side.

If Lin Ze couldn't clearly see the details of Luck on the Gates to Heavens.

Because he promoted the great battle between the Longevity Palace Master and Ji Yu, causing Ji Wangshu's Luck to plummet, and the Gates to Heavens intercepted the benefits, he might have believed Ji Qingyan's words.

"I told her not to go, but she insisted. I don't know if it's your Grand Ancestor Grandpa or the Longevity Palace Master who has possessed her."

"Even if they didn't have the ability to seize bodies before, in that kind of battle between experts of the same level, wouldn't these two mythical-level experts who have cultivated for many years and are invincible suddenly sublimate their realms and comprehend similar abilities?"

As he spoke, Lin Ze had already taken action.

He opened the Gates to Heavens, first taking Ji Qingyan to a small Grotto-heaven World.

Then, he reset the Gates to Heavens coordinates, linking them to the front of Ji Wangshu's inevitable path, and then activated Within Reach Horizon. At the same time, he reset the Gates to Heavens coordinates again, linking them to World Number Three.

On the sea, Ji Wangshu, carrying two corpses and treading the waves towards Shenjing City, suddenly felt a blur before her eyes.

She had already come from the sea to a small Grotto-heaven World where the end could be seen with the naked eye. A portal hadn't closed yet, and Lin Ze had just passed through this portal, turning around to look at her from the other side of the door.

This series of operations sounded complicated, but it was actually very simple.

It was nothing more than first selecting a small Grotto-heaven as a cage.

Then, using the Gates to Heavens to lock onto Ji Wangshu's coordinates, and then activating Within Reach Horizon to shorten the distance between Ji Wangshu and the Grotto-heaven World, bringing Ji Wangshu into this Grotto-heaven as a cage through the Gates to Heavens, and finally leaving himself.

"Are you Ji Yu or Dugu Xinghan?"

Lin Ze looked at Ji Wangshu, who was staying in the small Grotto-heaven, and asked in a calm tone.

"What are you talking about? Just because I didn't listen to you, you want to attack me? Qingyan?"

Ji Wangshu frowned, glancing at Ji Qingyan, who was standing beside Lin Ze, seemingly wanting her to plead for mercy.

Ji Qingyan looked at Ji Wangshu blankly, then at Lin Ze beside her, unsure of what to do.

"You can certainly choose to say nothing, just stay in this small Grotto-heaven World and starve to death, or in a few years, be annihilated along with this small Grotto-heaven World in the void."

Lin Ze said.

"Alright, I am Ji Yu. Before my death, I comprehended the Soul Out of Body technique, so I drained my physical essence to strengthen my soul and possessed Wangshu's body, seeking a chance for reincarnation. How did you discover me?"

Ji Wangshu, or rather, Ji Yu who possessed her, helplessly compromised and spoke.

He had already observed this small Grotto-heaven World; it truly had nothing. No food, no medicine. Even if Lin Ze was bluffing about the Grotto-heaven World's destruction, he could really starve to death after a long time.

"The only flaw in the process of me banishing you to this Grotto-heaven World just now was that when I activated Within Reach Horizon to change positions, someone with a fast enough reaction speed could completely detect the spatial changes in advance and avoid it."

"Land Immortals can dodge, Heaven and Man experts can also dodge, I don't care about Peerless Experts who can't dodge, but you just happened to not dodge and were banished."

"This can only mean that Ji Wangshu was possessed. The person who possessed her has weakened power and cannot exert the body's full strength."

Lin Ze said.

"You were trying to lure me over just now, to lower my guard, and then hide in the jade pendant to possess me, right?"

Lin Ze said indifferently.

When there is no way to survive, people may accept the arrival of death, but once there is hope of survival, then greed will naturally follow.

The spatial divine abilities and the ability to travel through time and space that Lin Ze displayed were all coveted by Ji Yu. After resolving the crisis of life and death, he would naturally think about taking a gamble.

"That's not true. At that time, I really felt like I was about to die and wanted to leave behind a legacy."

Ji Yu defended.

Lin Ze remained noncommittal about this and instead talked to him about another topic.

"Can you tell me about your current state? What is the soul like? What does it feel like to be in someone else's body? If you can use your soul to occupy someone else's body, can you reincarnate and survive indefinitely?"

Lin Ze asked curiously.

If the body is compared to a boat, and the soul is compared to the person riding the boat, then the Longevity Method martial arts cultivation pursued in this world is to build an eternal and immortal boat, carrying people forward, forever away from the sea called death.

But now Ji Yu has embarked on another path.

The boat of his physical body has decayed, but he, the person riding the boat, has learned to swim. He did not sink into the sea of death with the decayed boat, but instead swam to another boat.