Borrowing Another Lifetime

Li Shun did not rush to borrow longevity from Heaven.

Instead, he waited another day, until both his body and mind were in peak condition.

In the early hours of the seventh day of the third month, Li Shun once again slowly activated the Lifespan Borrowing method within the Twelve Longevity Method.

His mind seemed to leave his body, drifting up to the nine heavens.

Li Shun's consciousness touched Heaven once more, and he saw [Fate's Totality], which filled the vast expanse of Heaven and Earth and ruled the life and death of all things!

"Last time, I borrowed a full two hundred years of life."

"Though the lifespan borrowed through a secret art like this is bound to diminish each time, surely I should still get more than a hundred years."

Filled with hope, Li Shun reached out with his thoughts and began to commune with that supreme will of Heaven and Earth beyond mortal perception.

A long while passed.

Only when a wisp of clear, faintly fragrant azure qi descended from the nine heavens and sank into his Heavenly Spirit did the Lifespan Borrowing end.

Yet after carefully sensing the changes within his body, Li Shun's expression abruptly shifted.

"What? Why did I borrow only fifty years?"

The gap between that and what he had expected was so vast that Li Shun could not accept it at first.

But as he swiftly recalled every detail of his last attempt, he soon calmed down.

"The reason I could borrow two hundred years last time was, first, that I used Threefold Self-Reflection to reset myself and kept accumulating experience in Borrowing Longevity from Heaven. But more importantly..."

"Through the reversals of Threefold Self-Reflection, I kept shifting between a frail old body and the strength of youth."

"To suddenly regain my