My fate is mine, not Heaven's; refine the elixir into gold and endure a hundred million years!

Looking at the soaring attributes on the panel, even Chen Jue could not help exclaiming in amazement.

Perfecting the [Seven-Star Life Extension Skill] had brought him an unprecedented increase in attributes. Even the stake training skills that had transformed him completely had not reached this level.

Aside from that, a brand-new status bonus had awakened on the panel:

[Life-and-Death Profound Gate]: My fate is mine, not Heaven's; refine the elixir into Metal and endure a hundred million years!

Status level: 9

Status description: When one Acupoint opens, a hundred Acupoints open. Break through the Life-and-Death Profound Gate, connect the Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, and govern the universe of living beings; greatly increases the cultivation speed of acupoint-related skills.

Status synergy: This status can produce unexpected synergistic effects with [Inner Vision], [Communicating with the Nether and Perceiving the Subtle], [Sacred Heart], [Only the Eternal One Is Supreme], and [Sword Qi]. The character must explore these independently.

Reading the description of [Life-and-Death Profound Gate], Chen Jue recognized a verse taken from a Daoist classic. Thinking again of Liu Bowen, who had extended his life by twelve years, that ancient sage had indeed reached the initial stage of "my fate is mine, not Heaven's."

As for the other line, "refine the elixir into Metal and endure a hundred million years," Chen Jue used [Inner Vision] to see the Primordial Qi that had crystallized within the hundred apertures throughout his body.

Each crystal of qi radiated golden light. Centered on the Shangqu Acupoint at his dantian, they spread throughout his body, merging with the cellular universe Chen Jue saw through [Inner Vision], like a star-filled cosmos that had existed for a hundred million years.

*Connect the Bridge Between Heaven and Earth, govern the universe of living beings... the Life-and-Death Profound Gate...