Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Especially now, Li An’s power of time has grown enough to influence many things; it is no longer just the few thousand years’ worth of power that, to heaven and earth, was merely a drop in the ocean, not worth mentioning.

If he were to use this technique to kill enemies or to disrupt heaven and earth, he would not be tolerated by the heavens. He would have to, by his own strength, resist the power of the entire current world’s time and space... This would likely require paying with his life.

He is strong, but definitely not to the point where he can resist the power of an entire era by himself.

After all, the essence of time he absorbs is merely the remnants from past eras, mere imprints of less than one in a hundred from those epochs. If there were ever a day when he could truly absorb an entire complete time and space, then his power of time might have a gleam of hope to rival the present heaven and earth.

By then, he might then truly be able to freely display, to explore creation at will, to change time and space...

Of course, by that time, he would no longer be an ordinary cultivator in some sense.

He would already be another "Heavenly Dao"!

But achieving this step is extremely difficult, almost impossible. Even if he absorbs all the essence of time in the Space-Time Secret Realm, the power of time he gains is still far from matching the power of the present world.

After all, the essence of time in the Space-Time Secret Realm is like drops of rain left on lotus leaves, small ponds left after lakes dry up... But the present world is an ocean of time, an endless river of space!

In short, this technique is against the heavens, but should not be used lightly, or it will inevitably bring disaster to oneself.

"As long as I remain undefeated, that is enough. There are great Celestial Immortal techniques to kill enemies, why rely on borrowed power!"

To Li An, the power of time is usually enough to protect himself, serving as a trump card that should not be used unless absolutely necessary.

"With my current strength, I should be able to fight a Golden Immortal?"

He pondered.

The Golden Immortal is a watershed.

Three Flowers Gathering at the Top is called Immortal, Two Qi Fusion is called Profound, forming a Grotto Heaven is called Celestial Immortal, and the indestructible body is called Golden Immortal.

At the level of the Golden Immortal, the biggest characteristic is that the body has been tempered by heavenly thunder and earth fire, three disasters and six tribulations, and has almost become an immortal treasure body. Even when the Primordial Spirit of many Golden Immortals dissipates, the body still remains, and can be refined into various Magical Artifacts, Immortal Artifacts, and so on.

The physical body of a Golden Immortal is extremely powerful, so killing a Golden Immortal is extremely difficult.

Even though Li An’s body has not yet reached this level, with the protection of a million years of power of time, he should also be able to contend with a Golden Immortal!

As his mind moved, a dense layer of armor appeared on his body, which was almost transparent and undetectable, yet perfectly protected his entire energy and flesh and blood. As he casually gestured, flames came burning towards him, but he remained unmoved, the fire at the Celestial Immortal level could not even burn him.

Not even burning through this layer of armor.

"I shall call you the Armor of Time!"

Li An smiled slightly, then retracted the armor, the power of time hidden within the Life Seed, not actively displayed.

"The other essences of time seem too insignificant compared to the ones left from the Era of Eternal Life... Why is this? Is it because the Era of Eternal Life was more magnificent than other times and spaces?"

Li An took out other essences of time, all of which were scavenged from various geniuses, from stars like White Rock Star and Residual Star, etc.

Before, he thought they were invaluable treasures, but now he finds them somewhat trivial.

The ones from the Era of Eternal Life added a million years of strength to him, while all the other essences of time combined are estimated to only add about two hundred thousand years of strength.

However, this is normal, as other stars have long been truly dead, with only the essence of time remaining, yet on this Bone Transformation Mountain, the Heaven and Earth Dao rules remain to support his breakthrough to the Celestial Immortal, Bone Transformation Mountain is indeed very special.

Indeed, Li An thought that perhaps the entire Space-Time Secret Realm exists because of this place? The essence of time from other eras, in some respects, is merely an accompaniment.

After a long time of scattered thoughts, he descended from the tree, sat beside a stone table, feeling a lot, suddenly he perceived something, and looked up, only to be a little dumbfounded.

Only now did he notice that the old withered tree on the mountaintop, although its leaves had fallen and the tree had withered, the posture and shape of it is identical to his Life Seed tree... every branch and twig’s position, even the proportions, etc.

Li An felt a bit creepy, did this tree that had already died in the Era of Eternal Life rebirth by relying on its own in this life?

Is this where the cause and effect begin?

Was this tree also someone’s Life Seed in the Era of Eternal Life?

Or, because he drank the essence of space-time from the Era of Eternal Life, and was nourished by the same power, did the Life Seed grow so similarly?

He did not know.

But there was nothing to fear, as the causes and effects he currently bore were already many, why fear one more?

"I should go out and take a look."

Li An then walked out from Bone Transformation Mountain, and as he went down the mountain, he couldn’t help but be a little amazed, because the bodies of Ye Cauldron, Yunxi, and other people had already decayed into dust.

What’s going on?

Before entering Bone Transformation Mountain, it should have only been a short while, and in his perception, only a few days have passed? At most a month?

The bodies of Ye Cauldron, Yunxi, and others, because they were whipped by Li An many times, had been repeatedly "plowed" by Bone Transformation Mountain, losing all their Immortal Dao Material, thus becoming like mortal flesh and still subject to decay, but decayed to this extent, it must have been at least a few decades, right?