From Mortal Body to Immortality

The majestic aura of death surrounded Lu Sheng, yet within that aura, there was a glimmer of life, appearing exceptionally conspicuous.

Life force washed over Lu Sheng's body, causing the aura within him to become even more powerful at that moment.

Faint golden radiance flickered upon Lu Sheng's skin, revealing a terrifying power.

Suddenly.

Lu Sheng's body shook slightly, and the golden radiance became incomparably brilliant at that moment.

It was as if a golden Arhat had descended into the mortal world.

Immediately afterward, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, and in the depths of those eyes, a wisp of golden light flashed past. "Golden Body - Mid-stage!" Lu Sheng rejoiced inwardly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

The data panel automatically appeared.

【Profession: Warrior】

【Sky-Stepping Gait: (80/100) LV1】

【Five Elements Small World: (70/100) LV1】

【Longevity Conception: (MAX)】

【Grand Five Elements Fist: (MAX)】

【Five Elements Conception: (MAX)】

【Basic Mechanical Prosthetic Repair: (88/100) LV5】

【Basic Martial Arts Mastery: (1/100) LV8】

"After consuming ten Wither-Bloom Fruits, the progress of the second stage of the Wither-Bloom Art, 'Withered Tree встречает Spring,' has also reached 20. Thanks to the improvement of the Wither-Bloom Art, my cultivation has finally entered the mid-stage of the Golden Body!"

Lu Sheng smiled slightly, but couldn't help but stretch lazily.

"A year and a half, and I've finally entered the mid-stage."

A year and a half to advance from the early stage of the Golden Body to the mid-stage may seem long, but in reality, looking at the entire universe, the speed is already very fast.

Take Jiang He as an example, he has been stuck in the early stage of the Golden Body for decades without any improvement. Even within the School of Life, most students take decades to improve by one realm.

Lu Sheng's speed is already terrifyingly fast.

"Gu Cha Star, it has been of great help to me. My choice was not wrong!"

Lu Sheng said softly, and a determined look appeared in his eyes.

"In the future, I will stay on Wither-Bloom Star until the cultivation of the Wither-Bloom Art is no longer helpful to me, and then seek other paths!"

"At least for now, even though the Wither-Bloom Art has been upgraded to the second stage, Gu Cha Star is still of great help to my cultivation!"

As he spoke, Lu Sheng slowly stood up, preparing to leave the shelter and periodically clean up the Yellow Sand Beasts. In order to refine the energy of the ten Wither-Bloom Fruits, Lu Sheng had also spent some time, and now he had to clean up those Yellow Sand Beasts.

Just as Lu Sheng stood up, he heard his communication wristband ring.

Lu Sheng took a closer look and found that it was Zhang Lei calling.

Lu Sheng answered, and Zhang Lei's figure appeared in front of Lu Sheng.

"Long time no see, Junior Brother Lu Sheng!"

Zhang Lei smiled slightly at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng nodded and said softly, "What's the matter, Senior Brother?"

Zhang Lei said with a smile, "I had a pleasant time performing the mission with Junior Brother last time. Isn't there another mission with a lot of credits? I wanted to find Junior Brother to join me."

Lu Sheng's eyebrows twitched slightly. Before this, Zhang Lei had sent Lu Sheng many invitations, inviting Lu Sheng to perform missions with him, but Lu Sheng was at a critical moment in his cultivation at that time and did not respond. He didn't expect the other party to come to him again.

It was impossible to go out and perform missions. He still needed to guard Gu Cha Star. Immediately, Lu Sheng shook his head gently: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother, I still need to guard Gu Cha Star."

Zhang Lei didn't mind when he heard this. He also knew that Lu Sheng had received a guarding mission, and said with a smile: "If not this time, there will be plenty of time in the future."

However, Lu Sheng still shook his head: "Senior Brother, you may have misunderstood. Not only in the next year or two, but probably for the next several years, I will be guarding Gu Cha Star, so I thank Senior Brother for the invitation."

The smile on Zhang Lei's face was slightly stiff. He looked at Lu Sheng and hesitated to speak, but finally sighed softly.

"Forget it, since you've said so, it was impolite of me."

"Then I wish you a smooth guarding of Gu Cha Star!"

Zhang Lei regained his smile and then hung up the communication.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng didn't mind either. After putting down the communication wristband, he walked out of the shelter, preparing to clean up the Yellow Sand Beasts near the resource point.

At the same time, in a space station outside a planet of the School of Life, Zhang Lei and Mu Qingqing were sitting in a lounge.

Mu Qingqing watched Zhang Lei hang up the phone and asked, "How is it? Did Lu Sheng agree?"

Zhang Lei shook his head and said, "He refused."

"How could that be?"

Mu Qingqing frowned slightly.

Zhang Lei said indifferently, "Our junior brother is still too conservative and dare not take risks. He actually plans to guard Gu Cha Star for decades."

Speaking, Zhang Lei sneered: "I thought our junior brother had good talent. Our invitation to him would also allow us to complete the mission better. Who knew he would be so timid."

"Good strength, but a timid personality."

"Forget it, I won't look for him in the future."

After speaking, Zhang Lei shook his head and looked at Mu Qingqing: "Let's find someone else. There are so many senior brothers and junior brothers in the School of Life, we don't lack Lu Sheng."

Mu Qingqing nodded, turned her head to contact other people, preparing to complete the mission with them.

On Gu Cha Star, Lu Sheng stood quietly at the entrance of the resource point, calmly scanning his surroundings, and waved his hand gently.

In an instant, the majestic power of qi and blood stirred up a storm, instantly raising the yellow sand all over the ground,

exposing the Yellow Sand Beasts hidden deep in the yellow sand.

Roar roar roar! ! !

The Yellow Sand Beasts roared at Lu Sheng, but accompanied by a blood-colored palm print falling from the sky, it suddenly landed on them.

Bang! !

A muffled sound came, and the bodies of the Yellow Sand Beasts collapsed and shattered at that moment.

Turning into the aura of death, dissipating between the heavens and the earth.

"These Yellow Sand Beasts are getting weaker and weaker for me."

Lu Sheng shook his head gently, preparing to return to the shelter to continue his cultivation, but he saw that Du Bai had called him.

Lu Sheng answered, and Du Bai's virtual figure was projected out.

"Lu Sheng, how have you been lately?"

As soon as Du Bai came out, he laughed loudly.

Faced with Du Bai's concern, Lu Sheng also smiled slightly: "Not bad, what about you, Senior Brother?"

"Me?"

A proud smile also appeared on Du Bai's face: "I'm preparing to receive an intermediate mission!"

Lu Sheng was stunned. He knew that the intermediate missions of the School of Life could only be received by students with fifth-order combat power.

However, thinking of Du Bai's giant mech, Lu Sheng also understood.

"By the way, you've been in our School of Life for more than a year, and you only have a little over a year left, and you're going to choose a department!"

Suddenly, Du Bai seemed to have thought of something and said to Lu Sheng.

Choosing a department!

Lu Sheng's eyebrows twitched slightly. He almost forgot about this. When he first came to the School of Life, Du Bai told Lu Sheng about choosing a department.

It was just that Lu Sheng only wanted to enter the Ancient Martial Arts Department at that time, so he reported to the Ancient Martial Arts Department. But reporting is reporting, the real choice of department still has to be made three years after joining the School of Life.

That is, in a little over a year, Lu Sheng will truly belong to one of the factions.

"Actually - I still think you can join New Martial Arts."

Du Bai pondered for a moment and said to Lu Sheng.

"You have your own goals, and if you want to achieve the goals in your heart, New Martial Arts is a very good choice. It can help us achieve the goals in our hearts faster."

"For example, the giant mech I built allows me to have the strength comparable to a fifth-order transcendent at the fourth-order."

"In this way, I accumulate credits faster."

Du Bai said to Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng is a junior brother that Du Bai is optimistic about, and Du Bai is from the New Martial Arts faction, so he naturally wants Lu Sheng to join New Martial Arts as well.

"Of course, I'm just giving you a suggestion, но before you really start choosing a department, you can still go to New Martial Arts or the Research School to take a look."

Du Bai said.

Lu Sheng nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you for reminding me, Senior Brother. I still wish Senior Brother all the best in the next mission."

"You kid - - -" Du Bai smiled dumbly, shook his head, and continued: "In addition to choosing a department, there is another more important thing."

There was a hint of solemnity on Du Bai's face.

Lu Sheng was a little curious: "What's the matter?"

Du Bai said, "In my Life School, there will be an internal selection competition every thirty years.

Now, there are only seven years left until the next selection competition. If you are willing at that time, you can participate and give it a try."

"Each internal selection competition offers considerable rewards for those who achieve good rankings, which would be a good thing for you!"

Lu Sheng blinked: "Internal selection competition?"

Lu Sheng hadn't heard of this matter before, mainly because it only happens every thirty years, and he had only joined the Life School for a little over a year, spending most of his time in the Gu Cha Star cultivating diligently.

However, since Du Bai mentioned it, Lu Sheng naturally took it to heart and remembered it.

Lu Sheng nodded and said, "I've remembered it. If I have time, I will participate."

Hearing this, Du Bai didn't say anything more. He chatted with Lu Sheng for a while before ending the communication.

Lu Sheng slowly walked towards the shelter: "Internal selection competition? It does sound a bit interesting, but the Life School is so large, with tens of millions of students, including many fifth-order seniors. My current strength—more or less, is still somewhat lacking."

"I should still seize the time to cultivate. After seven years, I can try it out."

Lu Sheng smiled, turned around, and returned to the shelter, starting his arduous cultivation.

Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another half a year passed.

During this half year, besides completing the task of guarding Gu Cha Star, Lu Sheng devoted himself to diligent cultivation.

After Du Bai's previous reminder, Lu Sheng no longer confined himself to the shelter. Instead, he would take half a day every day to walk to the center of the desolate desert, dissipate his blood energy, and completely expose his physical body to this world.

He allowed the aura of dead silence to constantly wash over his body. Even though Lu Sheng is now in the mid-fourth order, prolonged exposure to the aura of dead silence still corrodes his physical body.

However, this corrosion is somewhat insignificant to Lu Sheng.

It seems a bit ferocious and terrifying, but after Lu Sheng uses his blood energy to wash it away, it can quickly return to normal.

Moreover, the scouring of the aura of dead silence is also a good thing for Lu Sheng, not only allowing him to gain a deeper understanding of the mysteries within the aura of dead silence, but also tempering his physical body.

On this day, Lu Sheng was sitting cross-legged in the center of the desolate desert. Wisps of the aura of dead silence were entwined on Lu Sheng's skin, causing his skin to appear with patches of black spots, looking somewhat ugly and ferocious.

Only in the next moment, as a stream of blood energy flowed through Lu Sheng's body, the black patches on Lu Sheng's skin instantly dissipated, returning to normal.

A faint sense of oppression also emanated from Lu Sheng's body.

Immediately afterward, Lu Sheng opened his eyes, and the data panel automatically appeared.

【Profession: Martial Artist】

【Realm: Golden Body (35/100)】

【Undying Art: (60/100) LV1】

【Wither-Bloom Art: (35/100) LV2】

【Sky-Stepping Gait: (95/100) LV1】

【Five Elements Small World: (95/100) LV1】

【Longevity Intent: (MAX)】

【Grand Five Elements Fist: (MAX)】

【Five Elements Intent: (MAX)】

【Basic Mechanical Prosthetic Maintenance: (88/100) LV5】

【Basic Martial Arts Mastery: (1/100) LV8】

"The progress of the Wither-Bloom Art has increased by fifteen, and the Undying Art, under the feedback of the Wither-Bloom Art, has also increased by about ten points."

"As for cultivation—it has only increased by five points in half a year. After entering the mid-fourth order, the progress of cultivation is getting slower and slower!"

Lu Sheng shook his head slightly.

"Resources, there is still a lack of resources. If I had the cooperation of the Wither-Bloom Fruit and the Origin Life Fluid, I would have been able to improve my cultivation to over forty in this half year."

"However, compared to my peers, my progress is already very fast."

Lu Sheng said with a slight smile. The existence of the system panel allows Lu Sheng to steadily improve his progress, which is unmatched by any genius.

After all, even the top geniuses will encounter difficulties that prevent them from improving for a long time, while he can steadily improve.

This also allows Lu Sheng to not take any risks and cultivate steadily, so that he can move towards the peak of martial arts step by step.

"It's not bad. Soon, this year's guarding reward will be credited to my account!"

Lu Sheng stood up from the desolate desert, preparing to return to the shelter.

Di Di Di!

Lu Sheng's communication wristband rang, and Lu Sheng looked over to see that it was a message sent by Du Bai.

Looking at the message sent by Du Bai, Lu Sheng smiled slightly.

Perhaps because he told Zhang Lei last time that he would not leave Gu Cha Star, Zhang Lei has not looked for him or sent any messages in the past six months.

Du Bai, on the other hand, occasionally sends him some messages, either after completing the first intermediate task or after killing a strong enemy from a hostile universe race, sending him messages to cheer him up.

Therefore, Lu Sheng was no exception when facing Du Bai's message.

Lu Sheng looked at the message in the wristband, but after seeing the content clearly, a trace of solemnity appeared on Lu Sheng's face.

I saw that the message read: "Hahaha, Junior Brother Lu, I feel that the opportunity for my breakthrough is coming.

During this period of time, I have completed several intermediate tasks and have accumulated a lot of resources. I am only a little short of gathering the resources needed for the breakthrough."

"I plan to take on another intermediate task. By then, relying on these resources, I will be able to break through to the fifth order. At that time, plus my giant mecha, even if I face a strong person in the late fifth order, I will be able to fight them!"

The message revealed Du Bai's strong excitement.

But between Lu Sheng's eyebrows, a hint of worry could not help but be revealed.

"Senior Brother Du Bai—is he going to break through?"

Lu Sheng's eyes drooped, unable to see his expression.

"Breaking through from the fourth order to the fifth order—it's not that easy!"

Lu Sheng sighed softly.

If breaking through from the third order to the fourth order can be called a transformation, truly making one's life level higher,

Then the fourth order to the fifth order is even more of an evolution of life!

Fifth-order martial artists are called Immortals. Martial artists of this realm only need to place a part of their body tissue,

In advance in a safe location, even if the physical body is blown up, it can be resurrected.

Extremely powerful.

But if you want to step into this realm, you have to mention one thing.

Divine Soul!

Whether it is a cultivator, a mechanical modifier, or even a martial artist, in the fifth-order level, the Divine Soul is extremely important.

The fifth-order cultivator is called the Nascent Soul, in which the Nascent Soul is actually a manifestation of the cultivator's Divine Soul. By making one's Divine Soul independent and achieving the Nascent Soul, even if killed, one can use this independent Divine Soul Nascent Soul to seize the body and be resurrected.

Of course, this method comes at a great cost.

The fifth-order mechanical modifier is called the Mechanical Priest. At this stage, the mechanical modifier also needs to perform an ascension ceremony to upload their Divine Soul power to the ascension terminal.

As for the fifth-order Immortal Realm martial artist, it is different from cultivators and mechanical modifiers. The Divine Soul and body of the former two are independent of each other, while the martial artist integrates the Divine Soul into themselves.

The physical body and Divine Soul are one, by raising one's vitality to the limit, ignoring any vital points of the body,

Equivalent to having no weaknesses all over the body.

It is precisely because of this that the fifth-order martial artist places a part of the body tissue in a safe place, such as the fifth-order martial artists of the Life School, who place their body tissue in the Life Tomb of the Life School.

Because the Divine Soul is integrated into the physical body, the reserved body tissues also contain the martial artist's Divine Soul, allowing the martial artist to be resurrected by relying on these body tissues even if they are killed outside.

It can be said that it is already very difficult to kill a fifth-order transcendent.

It is precisely because of this that it is extremely difficult to become a fifth-order transcendent!