From Mortal Body to Immortality

A surge of shock and amazement washed over Du Bai.

A planetary-level cultivation method, perfected!

And in just a few years!

Even within the entire Life Science School, such speed would be considered exceptionally outstanding.

Du Bai had spent over thirty years in the Life Science School, and he knew very well that since its founding, there had been others who had mastered a planetary-level cultivation method to perfection in just a few short years.

On the contrary, many astonishingly talented geniuses had emerged.

However, Lu Sheng was someone he had watched grow, and that made it feel somewhat different.

Du Bai had high hopes for Lu Sheng, but he hadn't imagined that Lu Sheng's talent would be even more formidable than he thought!

"Perhaps it's because Lu Sheng is inherently suited to the 'Flourishing Decay Method,' and he's cultivating in a place like Ancient Temple Star, which is extremely suitable for it, that he was able to master it to perfection in just a few short years."

Du Bai muttered to himself, still unable to contain his shock.

"Senior, I'll leave this Sky Piercer Battleship with you. Here are two thousand academic credits; please help me upgrade it properly!"

With that, Lu Sheng transferred two thousand academic credits from his account to Du Bai.

Du Bai was in the interstellar ship business, so upgrading a ship wasn't difficult for him.

"No problem, leave it to me."

Du Bai patted his chest and said.

Then, Lu Sheng looked at Du Bai and said softly, "Senior Du Bai, the School Tournament is in two years.

I want to try these next two years."

"No matter what, I want to try and see if I can get into the top one hundred of the School Tournament!"

Hearing Lu Sheng's words, Du Bai's heart trembled slightly.

He understood Lu Sheng's meaning, and his gaze towards Lu Sheng gradually became complex.

Lu Sheng's talent was indeed remarkable; mastering the Flourishing Decay Method to perfection in just a few short years was impressive. However, the Life Science School had countless geniuses. Even a perfected Flourishing Decay Method might not guarantee success against those who had cultivated in the Life Science School for many years.

But Lu Sheng was willing to do this, and Du Bai could see Lu Sheng's determination. While touched, he didn't hold too much hope.

After all, the difficulty was simply too great.

Perhaps Lu Sheng would have a great chance in the next tournament, but this time, the chances were slim.

"Lu Sheng, thank you!"

Du Bai took a deep breath and said slowly.

Although Du Bai felt the hope was somewhat渺茫, Lu Sheng's intention was clear, and Du Bai was still deeply moved.

Lu Sheng smiled slightly and didn't say anything more. After entrusting the Sky Piercer Battleship to Du Bai, he bid farewell and piloted the Colossus, turning to leave.

Du Bai watched Lu Sheng's departing figure, and his mind couldn't help but conjure up his past self.

Back then, he too had been so high-spirited, his heart filled with hope, and full of longing for the path of martial arts.

All sorts of emotions swirled in Du Bai's mind until Lu Sheng's figure disappeared from Du Bai's sight. Suddenly, Du Bai spoke impulsively.

"Perhaps… Lu Sheng can really create this miracle?"

But after saying that, Du Bai froze for a moment, a wry smile appearing on his face. He shook his head and walked into Lu Sheng's Sky Piercer Battleship, preparing to help Lu Sheng upgrade it.

The Colossus shuttled through the cosmic starry river, and Lu Sheng's gaze fell on the screen in front of him. On the screen were tasks issued by the Life Science School.

"Since entering Ancient Temple Star until now, I have never tested my combat power to what level. Now that the guarding mission has been completed, and the Flourishing Decay Method has been upgraded to perfection, it's time to test it properly."

Lu Sheng said, his gaze constantly searching in the mission center.

Soon, Lu Sheng's gaze landed on a task.

[Primary Mission: Kill the escaped fourth-tier peak cosmic creature - Starlight Behemoth Crocodile!]

[Mission Reward: 1000 Academic Credits!]

[Mission Requirements: Only those with combat power at the fourth-tier peak or higher may accept!]

"A fourth-tier peak cosmic creature?"

"Should be able to test my ultimate combat power, right?"

Lu Sheng looked at the mission to kill the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile and chose to accept it.

Soon, a message popped up on Lu Sheng's wrist device, confirming the mission acceptance, along with the coordinates of Celestial Destiny Star and the escape trajectory of the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile.

Lu Sheng entered the coordinates into the Colossus.

"Confirm!"

"Preparing for lightspeed flight…"

Lu Sheng sat inside the Colossus. After a minute of preparation for lightspeed flight.

In the next moment, the Colossus directly transformed into a stream of light, instantly heading towards Celestial Destiny Star.

Under lightspeed flight, it only took a few minutes for Lu Sheng to arrive at the mission location.

Perhaps Lu Sheng's luck was relatively good.

As soon as Lu Sheng arrived outside Celestial Destiny Star, he saw a behemoth crocodile, tens of meters tall, entrenched in a meteorite outside Celestial Destiny Star.

The crocodile's body emitted wisps of starlight, as if stars were engraved on it.

"Starlight Behemoth Crocodile…"

Lu Sheng smiled slightly, took a step, and walked directly out of the Colossus.

Since he wanted to test his true combat power, there was no need to use the Colossus.

Roar roar roar!!!

The moment Lu Sheng stepped out of the Colossus, the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile entrenched in the meteorite instantly let out a series of roars.

Clearly, it had also discovered Lu Sheng's presence.

"A fourth-tier peak cosmic creature… Its aura is indeed powerful, but I wonder what its strength is!"

Lu Sheng walked towards the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile with a calm expression, but a wisp of faint light instantly flickered within his body. Immediately afterward, the Domain of Life and Death unfolded, instantly enveloping a range of a thousand meters, engulfing the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile within it.

After upgrading the Flourishing Decay Method to perfection, Lu Sheng also comprehended a special ability from the perfected Flourishing Decay Method.

Named Flourishing Decay Profound Light!

The function of Flourishing Decay Profound Light is somewhat similar to the Domain of Life and Death, except that the former is passive, while the latter requires Lu Sheng to actively release it.

The faint Flourishing Decay Profound Light covered the range of the Domain of Life and Death, and even the body of the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile was covered with a layer of faint profound light.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!!

Just like the sound of oil droplets falling on a scorching hot iron plate, the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile's body, upon coming into contact with the Domain of Life and Death and the Flourishing Decay Profound Light.

Its body actually began to corrode directly.

"Roar roar roar! !"

The pain caused the behemoth crocodile to roar, but before the behemoth crocodile could move, the faint profound light, along with the Domain of Life and Death, had already corroded all of the behemoth crocodile's flesh.

The Starlight Behemoth Crocodile screamed and charged towards Lu Sheng, wanting to tear Lu Sheng to pieces, but before the behemoth crocodile could get close to Lu Sheng, its flesh had already melted instantly under the two complementary forces.

Even its powerful life force was extracted and poured into Lu Sheng's body.

Finally—

The Starlight Behemoth Crocodile's body turned into a pile of dry bones, drifting in the universe.

"This… died?"

Lu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't expect a fourth-tier peak cosmic creature to last only a few breaths in his hands.

But when he saw the dry bones of the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile, Lu Sheng felt a familiar feeling.

"The body of the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile is somewhat similar in appearance to the cosmic creature that transformed into Ancient Temple Star.

Could it be…"

Looking at the dry bones of the Starlight Behemoth Crocodile, Lu Sheng had some vague guesses in his mind.

"Senior Yang Zhenyun said before that, the Undying Method, the Flourishing Decay Method, and the Undying Art can be advanced to a stellar-level cultivation method. Now, the dry bones of this Starlight Behemoth Crocodile are extremely similar to the skeletal remains of the behemoth on Ancient Temple Star. Could it be that the seventh-tier creature on Ancient Temple Star was killed by the advanced stellar-level cultivation method?"

Lu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, then shook his head. "However, the seventh-tier and stellar-level cultivation methods are still too far away for me. As of now, even without relying on the Colossus, I can easily kill fourth-tier peak cosmic creatures."

"Below the fifth tier—unless there are other transcendentals who have also upgraded their planetary-level cultivation methods to perfection, or even have the same level of domain of intent as me, the rest of the transcendentals are no match for me!"

Lu Sheng smiled slightly, and was quite satisfied with the scene before him.

Immediately, Lu Sheng dispersed the Domain of Life and Death and the Profound Light of Thriving and Decay. Just as he was about to return to the Pylon, he discovered that the life force extracted from the Starlight Behemoth was actually feeding back into his Golden Body and Undying Method. Although the increase wasn't significant, Lu Sheng still noticed it.

Even a line of text appeared before his eyes.

【Undying Method Progress +5!】

“Hmm? Does the life force extracted by the Domain of Life and Death and the Profound Light of Thriving and Decay have an enhancing effect on the Undying Method and Golden Body?”

Previously, although Lu Sheng had also extracted the life force of Sand Beasts, the Sand Beasts themselves were special creatures formed from the condensation of stagnant energy. Even if they had life force, it was extremely weak, and Lu Sheng naturally didn't notice it.

But the life force within the Starlight Behemoth was incomparably rich.

“The life force of a single Starlight Behemoth actually increased my Undying Method's progress by five points. This increase is a bit terrifying!”

“If I continue at this rate, wouldn't I be able to raise the Undying Method to Level 3 after killing another twenty of them?”

“Even if the increase decreases as the Undying Method levels up, as long as I continuously kill Fourth-Order Peak universe creatures, I can raise the Undying Method to Perfection with a maximum of three hundred Fourth-Order Peak universe creatures!”

“Moreover, the extraction of life force not only enhances the Undying Method, but it's also very effective in improving my cultivation.”

“It can allow me to quickly increase my cultivation progress.”

Lu Sheng savored the feedback from extracting life force just now, and his eyes immediately brightened.

“I seem to have found a way to quickly increase the progress of the Undying Method and my cultivation!”

Thinking of this, Lu Sheng no longer wasted time. He turned around and returned to the Pylon, connected to the Life School's network, and directly entered the task receiving page, quickly searching for tasks that involved killing Fourth-Order Peak creatures.

Looking around, Lu Sheng directly accepted all the dozen or so Fourth-Order Peak creature killing tasks he saw.

Following the coordinates sent by the task center, he piloted the Colossus and headed straight for the destination.

A month later.

Inside a planet that seemed to be filled with magma, Lu Sheng stood in mid-air, the Domain of Life and Death spreading out, and the Profound Light of Thriving and Decay also covered the Domain of Life and Death at this moment.

From inside the magma beneath Lu Sheng's feet, a lion bathed in flames instantly rushed out, letting out a deafening roar.

However, before the lion could get close to Lu Sheng, the Domain of Life and Death, along with the Profound Light of Thriving and Decay, had already landed on the lion's body.

In an instant, the lion's body dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the life force within it surged directly into Lu Sheng's body at this moment.

【Undying Method Progress +5!】

【Cultivation Progress +1!】

Lines of text popped up in Lu Sheng's eyes, and the majestic life force was refined within Lu Sheng's body at this moment.

“Huff, the last task of killing a Fourth-Order Peak universe creature is completed!”

Lu Sheng exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

Then, with a thought, the system panel automatically appeared.

【Realm: Golden Body (69/100)】

【Undying Method: (95/100) LV2】

【Thriving Decay Method: (MAX)】

【Domain of Life and Death: (3/100) LV3】

【Undying Art: (5/100) LV3】

“The cultivation progress will soon be able to increase to 70. This is thanks to the life force extraction's enhancement of my Golden Body.”

“Otherwise, if I had to cultivate on my own, the speed wouldn't be so fast.”

“The Undying Method is also about to be raised to Level 3.”

“I only need to kill one more Fourth-Order Peak universe creature, and I can raise the Undying Method to Level 3.”

“At that time—maybe I can use the Level 3 Undying Method and the maxed-out Thriving Decay Method to raise the cultivation progress to 70!”

“This month has been quite fruitful!”

A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Sheng's mouth. He walked into the Colossus, preparing to receive another task to kill a Fourth-Order Peak universe creature to raise the Undying Method to Level 3.

However, when Lu Sheng clicked on the task center and searched for tasks to kill Fourth-Order Peak universe creatures, he was shocked to discover—

—that such tasks were gone!

Lu Sheng looked at the empty task center and fell into silence.

He had finally found a way to quickly increase his strength without any danger, but after walking halfway, or even less than halfway, he was told that the road was gone?

“Although there are no more Fourth-Order Peak universe creature tasks, there are still many Fourth-Order Late, Mid, and even Early stage tasks, but—”

“Although these tasks are easy, they are too slow to improve. Even a Fourth-Order Late stage universe creature would require killing several to match the improvement brought to me by a single Fourth-Order Peak universe creature.”

Lu Sheng looked at the hunting tasks in the beginner task center and couldn't help but shake his head.

“This is a bit of a headache!”

Lu Sheng rubbed his temples, his gaze swept across the beginner tasks. After a long period of contemplation, Lu Sheng closed the beginner task center and opened the intermediate task center.

Intermediate tasks correspond to Fifth-Order students of the Life School or students whose combat power can rival Fifth-Order.

“Right now, even without using the Colossus, I can be considered invincible below Fifth-Order. If I use the Colossus, I can even unleash combat power comparable to Fifth-Order Mid stage!”

A faint glow flickered in Lu Sheng's eyes.

Back then, Du Bai was only able to barely unleash Fifth-Order Mid stage combat power after reaching Fourth-Order Peak and piloting the Colossus.

But Lu Sheng had already surpassed the previous Du Bai.

Fifth-Order Mid stage combat power is considered a relatively strong student in the Life School.

“Perhaps—perhaps I can try intermediate tasks.”

“As long as I don't encounter some special universe races, such as the Space Soul Race that Senior Du Bai encountered before, the danger shouldn't be too great.”

Lu Sheng said secretly in his heart, then looked at the intermediate task center.

Compared to the beginner task center, the intermediate task center had fewer tasks, and even each task was marked with the words 'Claim with Caution'.

Lu Sheng's gaze was constantly searching among a series of intermediate tasks. Soon, a task entered Lu Sheng's field of vision.

【Intermediate Task: Support Earth Dragon Star!】

【Task Information: Earth Dragon Star ahead is encountering an invasion from the Void Bug Race. Many students have already been dispatched to clear the Void Bug Race, but unexpectedly, a Fifth-Order universe life, the Zerg Nest Tyrant, was born within Earth Dragon Star. Now the Earth Dragon Star defense line is already in danger, and the students who claimed the clearing task are encountering life-threatening situations.】

【Task Requirements: Fifth-Order Combat Power! Kill the Fifth-Order universe life, the Zerg Nest Tyrant!】

【Task Reward: 3000 Academic Points!】

“Earth Dragon Star? Void Bug Race?”

Lu Sheng looked at the task introduction of this support task and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Earth Dragon Star is located on the front lines of the Human Federation. It is a very small planet among the front lines, even smaller than Apocalypse Star. In addition, the front line wars often break out, hindering the development of Earth Dragon Star and making it difficult to produce powerful transcendents.

As for this Void Bug Race, it is an extremely special universe race in the universe. This race has a morbid desire to devour all living things and organic matter. After devouring planets, they will also transform these devoured planets into their bug swarm incubation bases.

Obviously, Earth Dragon Star has been targeted by the Void Bug Race and has already begun to transform into a bug swarm incubation base.

This race only has one consciousness, called the Mother Nest Consciousness.

All Void Bugs will only obey the Mother Nest. However, the number of bugs is too large, and it is impossible for the Mother Nest to control all the bugs, so there are consciousness nodes.

And this consciousness node is the Zerg Nest Tyrant!

The Zerg Nest Tyrant has a position in the Void Bug Race second only to the Mother Nest, managing a portion of the Void Bugs. As for the Void Bug Race, it is only necessary to kill the Zerg Nest Tyrant, and the remaining Void Bugs can be easily resolved.

Lu Sheng looked at this support task, stroked his chin, and said softly.

“If it's bugs—they are numerous, which is a trouble for transcendents with limited attack methods, but for me, under the Domain of Life and Death plus the Profound Light of Thriving and Decay—”

“It is enough to easily extract the life force of these bugs.”