Death did not taste like darkness closing in, consciousness sinking, and everything returning to nothingness.
Qin Shi opened his eyes. His mind felt like a mirror smashed by a heavy hammer, fractured into countless pieces.
For once, he experienced an unprecedented sense of emptiness.
It was the aftereffect of releasing his life force in a burst.
"Burning about half a year of my lifespan—the punishment for failure really is brutal.
Old Qi's been alive since the First Generation Ten Prodigies. Just how much health does he have?"
Qin Shi struggled to gather his mental form back together. Its light was slightly dimmer, no longer as bright as before.
He couldn't help marveling at Qi Wuxiang's ridiculously long health bar.
A path like the Eternal Only Dao seemed like a surefire way to die young.
Yet Old Qi had actually outlived He Lanchán and all the other Ten Prodigies, becoming the most tenacious "old veteran" of them all.
Simply unbelievable!
"Defeat yourself, break through your limits... Easier said than done."
Qin Shi practiced the Void Meditation Method, drawing Energy Factors from his Inner Scenery to nourish his damaged mind and consciousness.
He closed his eyes and recalled the battle, going over every detail.
Then he used his powerful mind to review and analyze it.
"I underestimated myself. I shouldn't have tried to seize the initiative and kill one of them... They're formed by Flesh Separation and Activity Condensation, and possess all my inheritances, including my fighting habits."
As Qin Shi pondered, his Mental Power seemed to undergo a transformation.
Strands of mental light were tempered until they shone brilliantly, like streams of stellar rays.
The sacred embryo, which had never taken shape before, finally revealed its true form.
It was a White-Gold Blazing Sun surrounded by divine rings and encircled by