Adapting to Death

Chapter 501

He suddenly froze, forcing his sluggish thoughts to begin turning with difficulty as he endured the agonizing pain of his soul being torn apart.

"Because... I've died before?"

He recalled that experience on the "Justice" plane.

Faced with the annihilation of an intelligent construct left behind by a Level 9 existence, he had possessed no ability to resist. His soul and very existence had been completely dismantled.

It was the Substitute Doll he had prepared in advance that activated, dragging him back from absolute death.

"Could it be... because I truly 'died' once, the Body Tempering Method's 'adaptive evolution'... has begun adapting to the very concept of 'death' itself?"

Even he felt a chill at that speculation.

He had always known that the Body Tempering Method's adaptive evolution possessed tremendous potential. It could allow him to adapt to all kinds of injuries, pressure, environments, and even mental strain.

But he had never imagined that this adaptability... could actually extend into the domain of "death"!

If that were truly the case, then his current condition became understandable instead.

Even if he had not fully adapted to death, merely adapting to part of it would be enough to greatly increase his tolerance for death.

When other wizards suffered fatal wounds, they would perish outright. Yet if the same wounds landed on him, they might only leave him "near death" or "seriously injured," rather than causing immediate "death."

Because the "adaptability" of his body and soul had, to a certain extent, drastically raised the threshold of "death."

That also explained why he could still maintain consciousness after his soul shattered, why he could still remain "alive."

"Body cultivators... are said to possess the strongest combat power among those of the same rank in the Cultivation World... but all this time, I