"System Error, withdraw the divine power I stored with you, and remember to pay interest."
Bai Ye called out silently in his mind.
Ding!
[New Era Deity's current needs detected. Portions of Life Engineering have been unlocked...]
Huh?
Lifespan right off the bat? Didn't I gain 200 years last time?
[Increasing current baseline lifespan. Estimated final gain: 5 + 500. Vital signs undergoing simultaneous optimization...]
Bai Ye: "..."
Was this right? How could this possibly be right??
Why was my life always hanging by such a thin thread?
[One: the New Era Deity was injured by the Calamity Eye, damaging his life essence. Two: lifespan was expended to activate Fate-related transcendent abilities.]
The Pangu USB Drive helpfully provided an explanation.
The corner of Bai Ye's mouth twitched. That fucking giant eye! Painter, I ****!!
Ding!
[New Era Deity's current needs detected. Soul Technology has been fully unlocked...]
Excitement flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. Now that's more like it. Mental power is exactly what I need!
System Error, max me out!!
Wait! Fully unlocked!?
Bai Ye jolted. In the past, it had always been a partial unlock. This time, everything had actually been unlocked?
Before he could think it through, a bone-piercing chill suddenly rose within his soul.
"Hiss!"
Bai Ye sucked in a sharp breath. This chill was fiercer than any he had experienced before.
And the icy current kept intensifying. He felt as though his soul was about to freeze solid.
Then his soul really did freeze solid.
His thoughts abruptly stalled. Countless ideas seemed sealed inside solid ice as his soul began freezing, solidifying inch by inch into translucent, deep-blue ice crystals.
Within the ice, his old mental barriers kept cracking under the pressure, countless fine fissures spreading across the