"Tribulations..."
"The limits of a living body..."
"Even a True Immortal Heir, even a Human Emperor, must face the limits of a living body..."
Jiang Ding murmured to himself.
At that moment, after surviving the Withered-Eye Tribulation and the Aphasia Tribulation, he felt parts of his body evolve. His lifespan began to increase dramatically, and his strength grew with it.
But the increase was not limitless.
The longer his lifespan grew, the closer he came to the limit of all living beings. He could see the gulf no one could cross, the fate no living being could escape. Even a Human Emperor had to face it.
A lifespan would inevitably run out.
A living being would inevitably die.
Only immortals could escape.
Only true immortals could transcend that fate. Otherwise, everything in this world would eventually wither and decay—grass and trees, earth and stone, divine weapons and keen blades. Given enough time, all would crumble. Nothing would last forever. Nothing could be infinite. That was the law of nature.
Boom!
Rumble...
In the sky, blood-red bolts of lightning crashed down one after another.
Every bolt brought with it a terrifying supreme tribulation.
The young man in azure had always looked youthful and untouched by age. Nearly a million years had left no mark on his body. He still looked as he had in high school, without the slightest change—a living being unchanged by time.
But amid these terrible tribulations, the young man in azure began to change.
At times, his ink-black hair withered and turned gray-white, losing all luster and vitality. In an instant, it fell out, leaving him bald for the first time in nearly a million years.
At times, his teeth fell out and wrinkles covered his face. In an instant, he became an old man, his vitality