Atop a cliff.
Li Ping, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes. He rose and gazed into the distance, his eyes filled with the weight of years. "Five hundred years old."
He could not help recalling his experiences since crossing over into the Cultivation World.
At fourteen, Daoist Ji had led him onto the Immortal Dao, and he had begun cultivating through qi refining. At forty, he had successfully achieved foundation establishment in Windmist Immortal City and awakened the Purple Qi Space. At one hundred and thirty, he had formed his golden core in Snowflight City in the Far North, earning the right to be called a True Person-
Before he knew it, he was over five hundred years old. His cultivation had also reached core formation late stage, leaving him just one step from nascent soul formation.
"Although the Purple Qi Space helped me get this far, the main reason was that I worked hard enough and was cautious enough.
Anyone else would probably have been reduced to a heap of dry bones long ago, even with the Purple Qi Space."
At that thought, a faint smile tugged at Li Ping's lips.
Turning his awareness toward the egg-sized golden core in his dantian, he could vaguely sense the vigorous vitality within. There seemed to be an infant sitting cross-legged inside, almost ready to break out of its shell.
Li Ping made a rough estimate. "In another thirty years or so, I should be able to reach the false nascent soul realm and attempt to break through to nascent soul."
An ordinary Core Formation Cultivator's lifespan ended at five hundred years.
After practicing body refinement with the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Sacred Canon, however, his lifespan had stretched to a full seven hundred and fifty years. Not long