Breakthrough to the Martial Saint Realm

After all this was done, your lifespan finally could not sustain the continued use of the Seven Radiance Power.

Your projections across the world vanished simultaneously.

White-haired, withered and aged like a dried-up husk, you fell freely from the sky, plummeting rapidly toward the ground.

The wind howled in your ears.

The blue sky and white clouds filled your vision.

The earth was at your back.

“It’s over...”

Five simulations, five lives.

This time—the longest, the richest in experience, and the one where you connected with the most people.

You counted the gains you had gathered along the way and felt it was worth it.

Over... was it?

Li Lingyue burst forth from the earth and caught you as you fell from the sky.

“Chen!”

Looking at you, aged beyond recognition, tears filled Li Lingyue’s eyes.

“Don’t grieve... Lingyue, fulfill your role as the Guardian... the human realm still has a long road ahead...”

“How can you leave before me! Hold on, I’ll find a way to extend your life!”

You let out a bitter laugh.

Your lifespan was simply gone. On top of that, you had taken out a life loan earlier, and now it was time to repay it.

Even if Li Lingyue managed to keep you alive a little longer, when the debt came due, if you couldn’t pay, you’d still be dead.

Just as you were about to pass away, someone came to your side.

“Third brother-in-law?”

Shen Qingshan arrived from the star region, speaking urgently.

“The Ancestor said he left a great gift for you. Use this method to claim it!”

Shen Qingshan transmitted a cultivation method to you and told you to circulate it.

You struggled to sit up, crossed your legs, and began to channel your energy.

Your mind entered a mysterious space, bright all around, filled with light everywhere.

“This is...”

Within these lights, seven figures walked toward you.

They were the seven Martial God-level powers that had served as the Seven Radiance Immortal Array’s focal points.

Shen Yang and Li Wentian came side by side, walking in the front.

Li Wentian still wore that air of unrivaled supremacy.

“Descendant! You did not disappoint My power and won this boundary war!”

Shen Yang smiled.

“Chen Yi, the Seven Radiance Immortal Array is immensely powerful. It is not an object from the Void Realm, and using it there didn’t unleash its full potential. After my power entered the array, I discovered it has a small ‘side effect’—good news for you...”

You asked curiously.

“What ‘side effect’?”

“It can help you elevate your cultivation!”

“Really?”

“Haha, with seven Martial God-level powers infused into you alone, aided by a True Realm formation, it’s no trouble to push your cultivation up a notch, right?”

Li Wentian waved his hand grandly, and the surrounding light began to converge into your body.

“Take it, descendant!”

Congratulations! Your realm has broken through to the Martial Saint Stage!

Your theoretical lifespan is extended to four hundred years!

You gain +2 equippable affixes, and the chance to draw high-quality affixes increases!

Previously, you had borrowed two hundred years through a Life Loan.

—The maximum lifespan a Life Loan can borrow equals the current theoretical lifespan limit.

Although you reached special states like Martial Saint, Martial God, Supergod, Unity of Heaven and Man, and Seven Radiance Ascension through affix effects, your true realm remained Martial King.

At the moment the loan was completed, your theoretical lifespan reached four hundred and forty years.

Subsequently, the Seven Radiance Immortal Array consumed more than three hundred years of your lifespan, and your own age exceeded one hundred years.

In other words, your remaining lifespan just now was infinitely close to zero, putting you on the verge of death.

Now, your true realm has broken through to the Martial Saint Stage, and a Martial Saint has two hundred more years of life than a Martial King.

Therefore, your remaining lifespan is now two hundred years.

Your current age is less than half of your theoretical lifespan. The effect of Everlasting Half-Emperor activates, making your surface realm reach Martial God Stage.

Through the Life Loan, you borrowed two hundred years. From now on, you must repay five years each year for a total of sixty years, with principal and interest totaling three hundred years.

So, may I ask: how many more years can you live?

I know you can’t do the math, but don’t worry—this simulator will calculate it for you.

Barring any surprises, you can still live for 33.33333333... years.

“You really know how to calculate...”

Chen Yi outside the simulation didn’t care how many years he had left.

Even if it ended right now, he would have come out ahead.

“The interest on this loan is pretty steep—borrow two hundred and pay back three hundred? The key is, if you don’t have enough life span, borrowing two hundred years won’t let you actually live two hundred years...”

So, this affix couldn’t be used carelessly.

The best time to use it was when your own lifespan was about to run out. Borrow the maximum for a grand finale.

Never borrow it in your prime—you’d only sacrifice the years rightfully yours.

“A twist of fate... I didn’t expect this simulation to last another thirty-plus years. Let’s see what the human realm looks like after the war.”

Year eighty-six, age one hundred and five.

Drawing affix...

Draw successful!

Martin’s Morning (Green Rare): Every morning when you wake up, you turn into a random person, including race, appearance, gender, height, and other externals, without affecting cultivation, combat power, lifespan, or racial talents.

Would you like to adjust affixes?

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You equipped Proficiency!

You equipped Bad News Spreads Through the Cultivator Circle!

The war is over.

The human realm has returned to peace.

Everything is in ruins and awaiting revival.

Though you only have thirty-odd years left to live, your current remaining theoretical lifespan is still quite long.

So right now, you still look middle-aged.

With Martial God-level power, even without the Black Wind, you can freely roam the human realm.

In today’s human realm, you and Li Lingyue are the only Martial God-level powers left.

One of you is the female emperor of the entire realm and its Guardian.

The other is a savior who rescued the world, revered by the people as the Divine Chen.

Your temples are always built close together.

Or you are enshrined together.

Romantic tales about the two of you began to spread among the folk and gradually became widely known.

“Lingyue, this thing called the ‘Guardian’—why is it you, or why was it Senior Flower, and not someone else? What is the proof?”

In these peaceful times, you occasionally played in the sea of flowers in the Southern Wastelands with Li Lingyue.

When you had nothing else to do, you asked her for more information about the Guardian.

“There is no particular proof. It feels more like a power that can be inherited.”

“What manifestations does it have?”

“A Guardian can live for three thousand years.”

“That much!”

You remember that even Martial Gods only live for a thousand years.

That is the limit of the Void Realm.

Even if someone, like you or the Dragon Human Heavenly Sovereign, reached power beyond the Martial God level through some means, their realm could never surpass the world’s limit.

"Guardians protect their realm, and the realm in turn bestows its blessings."