I'll Only Take One Little Sip

A world in a grain of sand, a Heaven in a blade of grass.

Life was the greatest miracle in the universe. Every living being held Life Essence within them; the strong simply had more of it, and ordinary people less.

When cultivation reached a certain realm and the Life Essence within the body accumulated to its limit, quantity became quality, giving rise to a higher form of Life Essence—Longevity Immortal Essence.

That was the key to living a Second Lifetime.

The Restricted Area Supremes had never grasped the ultimate mystery of Life Essence. Unable to live another lifetime, they could only wash the universe in blood and hunt living beings, feeding in the most primitive way to prolong their lives with basic Life Essence.

"Life Essence manifests through blood. Isn't Faith Power likewise a manifestation of the spirit?"

"One draws from the body, the other from the spirit. One is active, the other passive. One is brutal, the other gentle."

"That is the greatest difference between the Amitabha Buddha Emperor and the Restricted Area Supremes. He sees all beings as equals, not ants. He gives back to them and repays his believers, understanding how to let a thin stream flow for over three hundred thousand years without a day's interruption."

Lin Xian marveled inwardly. The wise learned from those they admired. If he ever founded a supreme Heavenly Court and harvested the kings of the world, he would have to learn the Buddhist Sect's methods.

He could not simply draw blood without giving anything back. The Dark Supremes' way of draining a pond to catch the fish would never do. One harvest alone would leave the universe's hundreds of thousands of great races and countless vast galaxies needing tens of thousands, even over a hundred thousand years to recover.