From Mortal Body to Immortality

Lu Sheng left Liu Yao's laboratory and returned to the library once more.

Those starlight points, each recording the stellar-level martial arts created by the sixth-order powerhouses of the Life School, shone dazzlingly within the library.

And so, Lu Sheng began his cultivation within this library.

Time flew by swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

Each stellar-level martial art sprinkled down strands of starlight, illuminating Lu Sheng's body, and Lu Sheng's entire being exuded an extremely powerful aura.

Faintly, one could sense a profound aura emanating from Lu Sheng's body.

After a moment, Lu Sheng, who had cultivated for three years, slowly opened his eyes.

A smile quietly appeared on Lu Sheng's face.

With a thought, the system panel appeared in Lu Sheng's field of vision.

[Name: Lu Sheng]

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Realm: Imperishable Realm (29/100)]

[Basic Martial Arts Mastery: (19/100) LV35]

"Only a little progress remains before reaching the mid-stage of the fifth order."

Lu Sheng felt the terrifying aura emanating from within his body, and the smile on his face grew even more intense.

"Besides that, my Basic Martial Arts Mastery has also been raised to level 35. This level of Basic Martial Arts Mastery is enough to allow me to further my understanding of martial arts."

"It's only here in the library, with the stellar-level martial arts created by past sixth-order powerhouses and even instructors of the Life School for me to comprehend, coupled with Senior Sister's Martial Dao True Intent Token, that I'm able to achieve such results."

"Although Senior Sister hasn't broken through to the seventh order yet, Senior Sister's Martial Dao True Intent is already no weaker than Instructor Gu Mo's Martial Dao True Intent for me."

"Senior Sister's strength is indeed exceptionally terrifying!"

Lu Sheng withdrew his gaze from the system panel, then slowly stood up.

"Three years have passed. Whether it's cultivation or martial arts mastery, both have accumulated to a similar level. Perhaps...—"

Lu Sheng stood, walking towards the outside of the library as he spoke.

"It's time to proceed to the next step!"

Lu Sheng always had a certain plan for his cultivation.

Comprehending stellar-level martial arts wasn't a particularly urgent matter for Lu Sheng. Lu Sheng was very clear that he was currently only at the early stage of the fifth order.

Wanting to comprehend a stellar-level martial art of his own required him to accumulate for a very long time.

Therefore, there was the matter of Lu Sheng's three years of seclusion.

Now, his cultivation was about to break through to the mid-stage of the fifth order, and his Basic Martial Arts Mastery level had also reached the extremely high level of 35.

It was time to proceed to the next step.

Begin comprehending stellar-level martial arts.

"If I'm going to comprehend stellar-level martial arts—I do have a very clear location in mind!"

Walking out of the library and standing in the void of the universe, Lu Sheng used his wristband to send Liu Yao a request to return to Gu Cha Star.

Soon, Liu Yao replied with the word "Agreed."

Seeing this, Lu Sheng smiled slightly. Imprint of All Life slowly emerged, and Lu Sheng stepped into Imprint of All Life, transforming into a white streak of light, and swept towards the direction of Gu Cha Star.

Gu Cha Star, a planet created by one of the past instructors of the Life School after slaying a seventh-order cosmic creature.

Lu Sheng had guarded this place for many years, and was already very familiar with everything on Gu Cha Star.

Lu Sheng had once comprehended his own Domain of Life and Death Intent here, and now Lu Sheng also wanted to use Gu Cha Star to comprehend his own stellar-level martial art!

This was also the opportunity that Lu Sheng vaguely sensed in his heart.

An opportunity that would allow him to comprehend a stellar-level martial art!

Soon, Imprint of All Life appeared in the sky above Gu Cha Star, but Lu Sheng didn't disturb the guardians of this place. Instead, he concealed his aura and stored Imprint of All Life into his Xuan Ring.

Alone, he swept towards the depths of Gu Cha Star.

The snow-mountain-like teeth stood quietly in the deepest part of Gu Cha Star, surrounded by a dense aura of death. Apart from the sand beasts condensed from the aura of death, there was no other life force.

Now, Lu Sheng could naturally ignore the aura of death in this place and walk through it at will.

The surrounding aura of death even retreated one after another upon encountering Lu Sheng, as if afraid to come into contact with Lu Sheng.

"This is the place!"

Lu Sheng smiled slightly and sat down quietly next to the snow-mountain-like teeth. The aura on his entire body dissipated instantly at this moment.

Without the obstruction of the aura, the surrounding aura of death was no longer afraid of Lu Sheng, and surged towards Lu Sheng in a frenzy.

Lu Sheng spoke softly, closing his eyes and comprehending the surrounding aura of death little by little.

In Lu Sheng's plan, he intended to fuse the six perfected-level Planet Techniques he had mastered into one Stellar Technique.

And the first step was to create a stellar-level martial art fused from three perfected-level Planet Techniques.

For this first Stellar Technique, Lu Sheng chose the Domain of Life and Death Intent and its related perfected-level Planet Techniques.

Wither and Bloom Technique! Undying Technique! Undying Incantation!

The dense aura of death was constantly circulating within Lu Sheng's body, eroding Lu Sheng's vitality.

The full 35 levels of Basic Martial Arts Mastery allowed Lu Sheng to directly enter a mysterious state at this moment.

"So this is the transformation from life to death!"

Lu Sheng kept his eyes closed, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly at this time.

The next moment, the aura on Lu Sheng's body completely dissipated. His entire being was sitting there, as if only a shell remained, without any aura emanating from that shell.

At this moment, his entire being seemed to have transformed into an inanimate object, allowing the aura of death to constantly wash over his body.

Originally, Lu Sheng's appearance had caused the sand beasts in the depths of this desolate desert to bare their fangs at Lu Sheng, but with this moment, a hint of doubt appeared in the eyes of those sand beasts.

Soon, these sand beasts returned to their usual state, prostrating themselves in the sand, but turning a blind eye to Lu Sheng, who was sitting next to the giant beast's teeth.

And this kind of situation would only occur when sand beasts treated inanimate objects.

Clearly, the current sand beasts had already regarded Lu Sheng as an inanimate object.

At this moment, Lu Sheng could be considered to have truly comprehended the transformation from death to life, and the transformation from life to death, the true meaning of the cycle of life and death!

In this state, the sun rose and the moon set, the yellow sand filled the sky, evolving the passage of time.

Another three years had passed.

In three years, Lu Sheng seemed to have really only had a shell left. His entire being sat there motionless, and the clothes on his body had already been eroded by the yellow sand.

As if transformed into a statue cast from yellow sand, there was still no vitality emanating from Lu Sheng's body.

And if at this time, one could see the internal space of Lu Sheng's body, then one would be able to discover that there should have been drops of golden Undying Blood next to Lu Sheng's heart.

But now—... the traces of the Undying Blood had directly disappeared.

Along with it, the five Undying Marks engraved on Lu Sheng's skin had also disappeared without a trace.

However, the dissipation of these two things had transformed into another kind of thing, quietly suspended within Lu Sheng's body.

That was a dark-golden jade seal with only a prototype, quietly suspended within Lu Sheng's body.

Within the jade seal, two completely different energies, the aura of death and vitality, were constantly circling, exuding an extremely oppressive aura.

Suddenly, Lu Sheng, who had not moved at all, trembled slightly at this moment.

The Domain of Life and Death Intent suddenly erupted.

Although it only enveloped a position of several hundred meters in radius, it also enveloped the snow-mountain-like teeth of the giant beast within Lu Sheng's Domain of Life and Death Intent.

Rumble! ! !

Under the Domain of Life and Death Intent, the teeth of the snow-mountain-like giant beast began to tremble frantically.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely dense aura of death surged out directly from the teeth of the giant beast,

Rushing into Lu Sheng's body in a frenzy.

These dense, deathly silent energies would instantly devour the life force of any fourth-stage powerhouse within, yet upon entering Lu Sheng's body, they were as docile as well-behaved pets.

Under the influence of his Intent Realm, the deathly silent energy directly transformed into rich vitality, flowing through Lu Sheng's meridians and ultimately into the embryonic jade seal.

As vitality surged in, the jade seal trembled slightly, its dark golden radiance growing ever more intense, and even its form began to become clearer.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The jade seal trembled, emitting waves of subtle vibrations, with circles of dark golden ripples spreading out and resonating within Lu Sheng's body.

The vitality, while helping the jade seal to complete faster, was also nourishing Lu Sheng's physical body.

Time seemed to stretch on, and finally, the dark golden jade seal within Lu Sheng's body was completely perfected.

An extremely terrifying aura instantly erupted from Lu Sheng's body.

It stirred up the boundless yellow sand, causing it to float in mid-air, as if someone had pressed the pause button, halting it in place.

Beneath the sky of yellow sand, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, and the sand clinging to his body cascaded down like flowing water.

Lu Sheng's body returned to its clean state.

"My Stellar-level martial art has finally been created!"

Lu Sheng spoke softly, yet a profound aura gradually permeated the air.

Lu Sheng smiled slightly, gazing inwardly at the dark golden jade seal within his body, and said slowly, "This Stellar-level martial art has, to some extent, borrowed from Senior Sister's Stellar-level martial art, relying on the Life and Death Intent Realm and three complementary Planetary-level martial arts to create it."

"Then let's call it—the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor!"

Lu Sheng spoke with a smile, and as his voice fell, the dark golden jade seal within his body instantly trembled, as if possessing its own sentience, sending out circles of dark golden ripples that continuously nourished Lu Sheng's physical body.

Seeing this, the smile on Lu Sheng's lips deepened, and with a thought, the system panel directly appeared.

[Name: Lu Sheng]

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Realm: Imperishable Realm (45/100)]

[Seal of the Life-Death Emperor: (1/100) LV1]

On the system panel, the information for the Undying Art, the Flourishing Decay Art, and the Undying Resolve had all vanished, replaced by the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, the name Lu Sheng had just given it!

A Stellar-level martial art created from three Perfected Planetary Arts.

A truly meaningful Stellar-level martial art created by Lu Sheng, unique to him!

"Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, the cycle of life and death, suppressing all, substituting death for its master!"

"Moreover, whether it's the Undying Art, the Flourishing Decay Art, or even the effects of the Undying Resolve, all are contained within the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, with effects more than ten times stronger than the previous three Planetary martial arts!"

Lu Sheng's consciousness flowed into the dark golden jade seal, and he spoke softly.

"This—is the effect of the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor!"

Lu Sheng said, slowly standing up.

"The Seal of the Life-Death Emperor not only possesses the Life and Death Intent Realm's ability to convert life and death, turning life into death and death into life, but also has the effect of suppression."

Lu Sheng slowly extended his hand, and the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, which should have been suspended within Lu Sheng's body, appeared in his palm.

In an instant, a powerful suppressive force suddenly emerged.

The yellow sand beasts deep within the Deathly Silent Desert instantly prostrated on the ground, emitting mournful cries of submission, their gazes towards Lu Sheng filled with fear, and even a reverence befitting one looking upon a superior.

"Under the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, those with cultivation lower than mine can be suppressed, forced to submit to me!"

Lu Sheng said, holding the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor in one hand, his entire being resembling an earthly emperor walking between heaven and earth, his every move filled with a powerful majesty.

"Even for transcendents whose realm is above mine, the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor still has a suppressive effect. As for the strength of the effect, it depends on the difference in cultivation between me and my opponent. The smaller the difference, the greater the effect."

"Even—as long as their cultivation does not exceed the sixth stage, reaching the seventh stage, all transcendents will be unable to escape the suppressive effect of the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor."

"The suppression of enemies, however, is an amplification for me."

Lu Sheng smiled slightly, a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Besides this, the greatest benefit of the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor for me is not in combat, but in the effect of substituting death for its master!"

Lu Sheng said, his gaze shifting to the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor.

"The Seal of the Life-Death Emperor's death substitution effect can block one deadly calamity for me, unless a seventh-stage powerhouse makes a full-force attack, severing and shattering everything of mine. Otherwise, simply shattering the jade seal will block this deadly calamity!"

"Of course, after the jade seal is shattered, the power of this Stellar-level martial art will decrease in the short term, and it cannot substitute death a second time, requiring re-condensation before it can do so!"

Lu Sheng looked at the dark golden jade seal in his hand, growing more and more satisfied.

"As for the Life and Death Cycle effect, in addition to retaining the effects of the Life and Death Intent Realm, it can also absorb vitality and deathly silent energy, using it to strengthen myself."

"And if I convert my vitality into deathly silent energy, unleashing the power of slaughter—"

Lu Sheng pondered for a moment.

"Now that I have entered the mid-fifth stage, the vitality within my body is several times richer than that of ordinary mid-fifth stage powerhouses, enough for me to survive for thousands of years, or even nearly ten thousand years."

"If I convert all the vitality within my body into deathly silent energy, strengthened by the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, and then amplified by the Seal Radiance, even late-sixth stage powerhouses would suffer serious injuries from me!"

"Moreover, the consumed vitality can be replenished later by the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor."

"Most importantly, the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor can also grow with my cultivation. With such effects, even if I fuse new Stellar-level martial arts in the future, perhaps I can choose to retain this Seal of the Life-Death Emperor."

"This is my true trump card now!"

"With this Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, I can be considered to have truly stood at the very top among all the students of the School of Life!"

Lu Sheng said, a surge of heroic spirit welling up in his heart.

Three years of accumulation in the library, three years of insights on the Ancient Temple Star, finally creating a Stellar-level martial art that belonged to him.

If there wasn't someone guarding this place, Lu Sheng would have loved to roar.

After a moment, Lu Sheng gradually recovered from his excited state and calmed down.

"The Stellar-level martial art has been created. Next, I need to seize the time to improve my cultivation."

"With the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, cultivating in this Deathly Silent Desert is twice as effective. This deathly silent energy is the best cultivation resource for me!"

Lu Sheng looked at the giant beast's tooth, smiled slightly, and the dark golden jade seal in his hand disappeared. Lu Sheng returned to his original position and sat down quietly again.

Within his body, the dark golden Seal of the Life-Death Emperor instantly erupted with an extremely powerful suction force.

The deathly silent energy within the giant beast's tooth turned into a frenzy, instantly surging towards Lu Sheng's body.

The deathly silent energy was then transformed into vast vitality under the Seal of the Life-Death Emperor, constantly nourishing Lu Sheng's physical body and enhancing his cultivation.

Amidst the scouring of the deathly silent energy, the river of time flowed again.

Soon, another three years passed.

On the Ancient Temple Star, deep within the Deathly Silent Desert, next to the snow-mountain-like tooth, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes.

An extremely powerful aura erupted from Lu Sheng's body.

[Name: Lu Sheng]

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Realm: Imperishable Realm (60/100)]

"Finally—I've entered the late-fifth stage!"

Looking at the system panel in front of him, a hint of joy flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes.