Giant's View

Duan Rong expelled a mouthful of foul air and suddenly sat upright.

He panted, staring blankly at Chu Wushang standing beside him.

The sensation of death from moments ago still lingered in his heart, so real—yet now he was breathing again, clearly feeling his pulse and the beat of his heart.

He felt none of the joy of being reborn after death, because everything had happened too suddenly, so suddenly that it felt utterly unreal.

Duan Rong glanced at an empty porcelain bottle by Chu Wushang's feet, then touched his own chest. The bloody hole there had already healed completely, and the heart within thudded powerfully.

After feeling around, he discovered that his palm was sticky. Raising it, he saw a layer of white slime coating it, giving off a strange odor.

Duan Rong lowered his hand and fixed his gaze on Chu Wushang. Suddenly, he said, "So this is the true meaning of Life and Death Contemplation? You actually made me die once."

Chu Wushang said coldly, "Savor the taste of death. Not everyone gets the chance to truly die once."

After saying that, Chu Wushang vanished abruptly like a ghostly shadow.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged. At that moment, his gaze had become deep as an abyss.

He had no doubt that he had truly died just now. The thick taste of blood still lingered in his mouth.

The terror of having his heart plucked out by Chu Wushang was so deeply etched into him that he could not possibly forget it.

But he had already experienced death once.

Then what exactly was death? What had he seen through Life and Death Contemplation?

Duan Rong sat cross-legged and entered a tranquil visualization, carefully revisiting every detail of that genuine experience of death.

After the time it took an incense