Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

Song Ciwan had barely defeated the Fox Demon, but the cost was immense.

The Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death was a Spiritual Artifact, and Spiritual Artifacts required at least a Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivation to activate. To complete the Refinement of this treasure, Song Ciwan had even spent ten thousand years of her lifespan, which showed just how difficult it was to use.

Of course, after the Refinement was complete, Song Ciwan no longer needed to constantly sacrifice her lifespan to wield it.

Unless, that is, the True Qi in her Dantian was insufficient and her Power was lacking. In that case, the Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death could still burn her lifespan for fuel.

And that was exactly what had happened.

Tushan Keji was a Celestial Pride of the Demon Race. His true Power had reached the Mid-Stage Demon Core, which was equivalent to the Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation for Human Race Cultivators.

Song Ciwan was still only at Qi Cultivation Great Perfection and hadn’t even broken through to Divinity Transformation. For her to fight Tushan Keji head-on was far more than a simple matter of crossing a Great Realm.

After all, Tushan Keji was a Celestial Pride Level talent. For Celestial Prides, fighting across Great Realms was a routine affair.

Tushan Keji could easily defeat ordinary Human Race Cultivators at the Late-stage Divinity Transformation, Divinity Transformation Great Perfection, or even Half-Step Refining Spirit.

If he encountered a weaker Refining Spirit expert or one at the Divine Refining Stage who wasn’t skilled in combat, Tushan Keji could at least escape with his life, even if he couldn’t defeat them.

One must understand that the gap between the Refining Spirit and Divinity Transformation realms was countless times greater than the one between Divinity Transformation and Qi Refining.

Refining Spirit and Returning Void—those in the Divine Refining Stage could already be called Earth Immortals!

Compared to Divinity Transformation, this was not just a leap across a Great Realm, but a fundamental transition in the very essence of one’s being.

The fact that Tushan Keji could survive an encounter with a weaker Refining Spirit expert was already a testament to his incredible prowess.

Song Ciwan was only at Qi Cultivation Great Perfection, so it was no surprise that her Power couldn’t compare to Tushan Keji’s.

Fortunately, the Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death was an exceptionally unique Spiritual Artifact. Although its rank was only Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact, it possessed a special Time Divine Skill.

Just as when Song Ciwan had once wielded Shao Guang, causing Lv Yun, whom she held in her palm, to wither and die of old age under its light, the Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death had inherited some of Shao Guang’s properties. It could manipulate time in an instant, causing any being caught by this Divine Skill to lose a massive amount of their lifespan in a flash.

However, compared to Shao Guang’s crude, indiscriminate Attack, the Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death was controllable in Song Ciwan’s hands.

In the end, Song Ciwan had sacrificed five hundred years of her lifespan to take one thousand five hundred years from the Fox Demon!

Compared to the short-lived Human Race, the Demon Race was generally much longer-lived.

A typical Divinity Transformation Cultivator had a lifespan of only eight hundred to twelve hundred years. As for the Qi Cultivation Stage, their limit was five hundred years at most. Even with all sorts of life-extending treasures, it was difficult to surpass six hundred years.

A Demon Race member at the Demon Core Stage, however, would have a lifespan of at least three thousand years.

Some special long-lived species could even live for tens of thousands of years without issue.

For example, wood-based plant demons, or naturally-born strange species like Profound Turtles and Taisui, were all extremely long-lived.

As a member of the Nine-tailed Fox Race, Tushan Keji had cultivated four tails, giving him a lifespan of five thousand years.

Losing one thousand five hundred years in an instant was something even a Fox Demon with a five-thousand-year lifespan couldn’t withstand. In the end, Tushan Keji had no choice but to sever one of his tails to save his life.

He severed one of his tails, his Cultivation was greatly damaged, and after fleeing for a thousand li, he instantly dove into a deep pool.

Three hundred meters below the surface of this deep pool was one of the Fox Demon’s lairs.

Tushan Keji had built this lair in secret, and its existence was unknown to any other living being.

But unexpectedly, upon returning home this time, he found a Profound Snake loitering at his doorstep.

Tushan Keji immediately shifted from his original Fox Demon form into a humanoid shape with a fox’s head. He hid the fact that he had lost a tail and that his Power was greatly diminished, and while the Profound Snake had yet to react, he turned to leave.

But the Profound Snake’s senses were extremely sharp. Just as Tushan Keji turned, the snake shot forward, instantly appearing before him and blocking his path.

The Profound Snake was ten zhang long. Its jet-black body coiled and drifted in the pool’s water, looking at first glance like a black satin ribbon, its silky form exuding a bone-chilling cold.

Tushan Keji, unwilling to show his weakness, stopped trying to force his way out and instead said with feigned indifference, "Xuan Yin, what are you doing here?"

Xuan Yin flicked her forked tongue. Her voice was soft and delicate, with a hint of charming naivety; it was a pleasant female voice.

She said gently, "Ah Ke, my heart felt a pull, and so I came here. I didn’t know I would actually run into you."

The implication was that Xuan Yin hadn’t come here to intercept Tushan Keji; their meeting was largely a coincidence.

As she spoke, the Profound Snake swayed its body gently in the water, and a moment later, transformed into a woman clad in black gauze with a human torso and a snake’s tail.

Her face was soft and alluring, with a few black scales on her cheeks that hadn’t fully transformed. This only added to her demonic aura, making her both beautiful and bewitching, possessed of a uniquely strange charm.

Tushan Keji’s gaze swept over her casually. He only said, "So you’ve come, and you’ve seen me. What now?"

Xuan Yin wasn’t embarrassed by Tushan Keji’s coldness. She just said softly, "Ah Ke, it has been over twenty years since you left the Supreme Profound Heaven to travel the Mortal World. The Star Flowers on Mount Tushan have already withered. Are you still unwilling to return?"

Tushan Keji sneered. "What does it matter to me if the Star Flowers wither another ten times? In the Supreme Profound Heaven, is there really anyone who misses me? The masses only know of Tushan Jing. What kind of big shot am I, Tushan Keji, to warrant you coming all this way to persuade me?"

His words, laced with sarcasm and passive-aggression, immediately caused Xuan Yin’s gaze to dim.

Xuan Yin skipped over his previous topic and asked, "Ah Ke, you’ve been in the Mortal World for twenty years. Have you achieved Great Success with your Senluo Wanshang?"

This question struck a nerve with Tushan Keji!

He had been traveling throughout the Nine Provinces, seeking out others to discuss the Dao, all for the fundamental purpose of cultivating Senluo Wanshang.

Unfortunately, after many years of seeking the Dao, Tushan Keji felt that despite having devoured countless books from the Mortal World, he still couldn’t even touch the threshold of the true "Dao".

He was like a starving traveler who knew countless delicacies lay ahead. He had tried every conceivable method and exhausted every means, and in a daze, it seemed as if he had tasted something...

But in reality, he felt as if he had eaten nothing at all!

An invisible, intangible chasm seemed to forever separate him from that true feast. Though it felt as if only a single step lay between them, he was utterly unable to cross it.

And now, after Song Ciwan had severed one of his Fox Tails, that chasm had grown even wider.

Tushan Keji was filled with resentment and immense pain, yet he couldn’t reveal even a hint of it to the outside world.

He had to maintain the principle he had set for himself, just as his name suggested: Keji—self-restraint.

Therefore, Tushan Keji finally said, "Senluo Wanshang is vast and profound. My aptitude is dull; how could achieving Great Success be so easy? Xuan Yin, if you’re only here to speak such nonsense, then there’s no need for us to talk any further today."

With that, Tushan Keji turned to leave.

Xuan Yin’s voice drifted from behind him. "Ah Ke, are you aware that numerous Golden Core Secret Realms have appeared in the Nine Provinces? I entered the Nine Provinces this time because the clan heard of this matter, and the King ordered me to investigate."

Tushan Keji immediately whipped his head back around. "What?"

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