Chapter 404

It seemed as if it was about to come back to life!

Meng Zhangqing had no energy to pay attention to these.

At this moment, he was utterly immersed in his insight.

Time passed slowly.

Roughly half an hour later.

The two major acupoints had become like stars in the night sky, radiating brilliant light.

And the life-and-death intent on Meng Zhangqing's body had grown immensely dense, nearly solid!

Crack!

In an instant!

A sound of rupture echoed within his body!

Meng Zhangqing's aura surged violently!

He had clearly crossed into a higher level!

Life and Death Realm!

Whoosh!

The surrounding void trembled, and then a wondrous sight occurred.

Thin strands of white mist appeared.

They seemed brimming with vitality.

One strand, two strands... until seven hundred strands!

This was the Heavenly and Earthly Lifespan!

After opening the Life Acupoint, one could seize the Heavenly and Earthly Lifespan.

It was equivalent to integrating a portion of Heaven and Earth's vitality into oneself!

And based on the depth of one's insight, the amount of Lifespan each person could obtain differed.

The deeper the insight, the more Heavenly and Earthly Lifespan one could obtain!

Seven hundred strands meant exactly seven hundred years!

Even Xi Yingqing here would be shaken, for it was truly too much; generally, gaining two hundred years or so was about right, and a bit more might reach three or four hundred.

And seven hundred years?

It was truly rare.

But who could blame Meng Zhangqing for having such profound foundations?

First, the Sacred Spirit Killing Sword Art laid the groundwork; then, superlative insight, plus Unity with Heaven and Earth.

This outcome was entirely reasonable.

Xi Yingqing himself had no such foundations.

At least the first volume of the Heavenly King Technique, he only mastered it when he reached the Life and Death Realm.

Dense streams of white mist surged wildly into Meng Zhangqing's body, making his flesh appear ever more vibrant, brimming with endless vitality.

"1st stage of the Life and Death Realm!"

Meng Zhangqing suddenly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, life-and-death intent alternated ceaselessly.

Enough to plunge those with weak wills into boundless illusions.

Countless lives flashed by in an instant, life and death repeating endlessly, without end.

Aside from increasing Lifespan and enhancing recovery, the Life and Death Realm primarily manifested in offense—each attack carried the effects of the Life Acupoint and Death Acupoint.

That meant stripping away vitality and bestowing death qi.

Thus, the Life and Death Realm's breakthrough into the Divine Connection Realm was nearly crushing; as soon as combat began, the opponent's vitality was inevitably affected.

And if time passed long enough.

Even without the Life and Death Realm user exerting full strength, the Divine Connection Realm cultivator's vitality would already be drained, reduced to a corpse.

As for those within the same realm, as long as the sub-stage gap isn't too great, it still comes down to each individual's martial foundation!