A Hundred-Year Pact, All Preparations Complete

Is this a threat?

Lowering his head to glance at his oppressed chest, Yu Ci gave a slight smile—a smile that came straight from the heart, without the slightest bit of falsehood.

Over the past year, what he had done most was figure out how to maintain a state of "immobility" beneath the threat of the death demon tribulation: solidifying his Innate Vital Energy, making his Primordial Spirit's true nature clear and penetrating, stabilizing his body's mechanisms, and tempering the resilience of his will until they formed a complete whole.

With the death demon hanging over his head, he could neither eliminate it nor resolve it, but through repeated trials of perseverance, he could wear away his own flaws bit by bit, forming an impregnable defensive posture. No kind of death could shake his foundation; the saying "the river flows while the rocks remain unmoved" described precisely this.

Death was "alienated" here for him; since Yu Qing Xuan wanted to use this method, he actually felt all the more relaxed.

"This subordinate feels that as long as one is alive, that is already quite good."

"You don't need to sigh with such emotion. Didn't Zhu Tai Yi ever mention to you the usage of the Extreme Orbit Celestial Beads?"

Maintaining his smile, Yu Ci honestly shook his head.

"So you are squandering your qualification just like that."

"Oh?"

His chest grew suddenly stuffy and the pressure increased. Yu Ci's heartbeat adjusted accordingly—not speeding up, but slowing down even further. With an external force helping out, it saved effort, didn't it?

This was a natural adjustment, having long since entered Yu Ci's instincts.

Yu Qing Xuan's voice was deep: "Once you've squandered it, knowing how to be penny-wise and pound-foolish afterward is of no use. When Zhu Tai Yi gave you