Time passed in silence; within the secret realm, years went unmarked.
The core of the Life Secret Realm, silent for countless ages, shed every trace of bloodlust and hostility from the moment Shiheng swallowed the Life Fruit and sat cross-legged to comprehend the laws, sinking into a long, profound stillness.
The mighty Life Divine Tree towered between heaven and earth, spanning hundreds of millions of miles, its boundlessly thick trunk supporting the entire sky of the secret realm. Layer upon layer of emerald branches and leaves spread in every direction, endlessly shedding evergreen divine radiance.
Life essence of the utmost purity suffused the surroundings, gently enveloping the entire mountaintop, washing away all dust and nourishing the divine souls of all things.
That stillness lasted a full eight years.
Throughout those eight long years, neither day nor night alternated, nor did the seasons turn. Only the divine tree's radiance cycled endlessly, its vitality unceasing.
On the mountaintop, Shiheng's four great divine clones each performed their own duties, their states entirely different.
His original body, life clone, death clone, and destruction clone had all sunk into the deepest state of secluded meditation.
The four bodies remained utterly motionless, like four statues of gods and demons unchanged through eternity, cutting off every stray thought and shutting out all external disturbances.
Their bodies and minds were wholly immersed in the profound refinement and ultimate transformation of the Four Edicts.
The pure life essence filling the surroundings poured ceaselessly into his flesh, meridians, limbs, bones, and the depths of his divine soul, like an inexhaustible celestial river flowing day and night.
His comprehension of the Life Law advanced at a visible pace. The Life Fruit truly was one of the few exceptionally rare natural treasures in the Coiling Dragon World capable of improving comprehension of