Chapter 1762: Life-and-Death Affinity

The black-and-white affinity flickered like a tiny flame between Li Luo's massive dragon claws, the phase force it radiated extremely faint, like a dying candle that could go out at any moment.

Yet this faint wisp of affinity caused waves to surge in Li Luo's heart, refusing to settle for a long time.

Life-and-Death Affinity!

This dual affinity imbued with the power of life and death had never been heard of before, so in a sense, this might well be the first time the Life-and-Death Affinity had appeared between heaven and earth.

This was no small feat.

Li Luo himself hadn't expected that he would manage to produce such a startling result, but he also understood that his comprehension of the "Life-and-Death Affinity" was primarily built upon the foundation of the "Wither-and-Flourish Affinity." Under the constant erosion of death and vitality brought upon him by the "Ten Affinities Heavenly King Fiend," he had gained an insight, sublimating the withering-and-flourishing power into something greater.

In the end, he had carved out this unprecedented affinity.

"Life and death..."

A murmur rose in Li Luo's heart. These two affinities were extraordinarily special and powerful. If their grade could reach the same level as his other affinities, then the life energy they released would bring him unimaginable benefits.

However, right now this newly born "Life-and-Death Affinity" was still extremely faint, not even possessing a grade, and at this moment Li Luo had no spare phase palace to bear it.

If it were an ordinary person here, even if they comprehended it, they could only watch helplessly as it gradually dimmed and dissipated.

But Li Luo was, after all, different.

He raised his dragon claw, and saw this faint black-and-white flame slowly rise, drilling straight into the mysterious, grand Ten Thousand Affinities Wheel behind him, and hiding within the central fire cauldron.

"Boom!"

The Ten Thousand Affinities Wheel rumbled into operation, the power of the ten affinities being converted at this moment, ultimately all poured into that faint "Life-and-Death Affinity."

Fusion of all affinities!

In an instant, this "Life-and-Death Affinity," which had originally been extremely faint, suddenly began to grow at an unprecedented speed, its grade skyrocketing at a frantic pace.

In just a few breaths, it had already advanced to Super Ninth Grade.

Super Ninth Grade, Life-and-Death Affinity!

Vast black-and-white phase force roared out from the Ten Thousand Affinities Wheel at this moment, all of it flooding into Li Luo's Celestial Dragon remnant body, which had already been worn down to less than ten thousand zhang.

The next instant, unimaginable life energy erupted from within the Celestial Dragon remnant body.

The mangled flesh and blood recovered at a startling speed in an instant; the broken dragon body, the dimmed dragon scales... the body previously destroyed by the "Ten Affinities Heavenly King Fiend" was now restored almost in the blink of an eye.

That terrifying recovery speed was simply more astonishing than the combined recovery effects of Li Luo's own Water Affinity, Light Affinity, Wood Affinity, and other affinities that possessed restorative properties.

Hiss!

Li Luo himself couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath. The recovery effect brought by this vast life energy almost allowed his physical body to maintain an indestructible level!

As long as he wasn't instantly killed and had all his consciousness erased, then no matter how severe the injury, he could recover rapidly.

This was practically an unkillable existence!

It was hard to imagine when his opponent exhausted all killing moves to grievously wound him, but the next moment he suddenly recovered as before, bouncing around alive—what utter despair that opponent would feel inside.

Li Luo's heart brimmed with wild joy. After feeling the power of the Life-and-Death Affinity, he had to thoroughly incorporate this affinity into his body no matter what.

So the most important thing right now was to immediately advance into Heavenly King, open up his sixth phase palace, and place the "Life-and-Death Affinity" within it. Otherwise, without a phase palace to bear it, after briefly growing, this Life-and-Death Affinity would be like a rootless duckweed, gradually dimming and dissipating.

Above the God Stair, Li Luo's transformed Celestial Dragon remnant body had now fully recovered, and the massive dragon body seemed to have become even more majestic, with surging life energy gushing out, bringing forth many strange phenomena.

And the "Ten Affinities Heavenly King Fiend" had already gradually dissipated at this moment.

Li Luo could feel that, at this very moment, a mysterious resonance was beginning to form between him and the world, as if the energy of heaven and earth was moving in tandem with his breathing.

At the end of the God Stair, rays of colored light emerged, shining down.

Li Luo's massive dragon body rapidly shrank at this moment, finally transforming into a tall, upright human form.

He stood within the colored light, his handsome face appearing somewhat profound and dignified under its illumination.

At this moment, it seemed as if countless gazes of awe from across the world were being cast over, because all living beings sensed the energy of heaven and earth converging toward Li Luo's location.

Vast energy tides swept across every corner of the Outer Shenzhou, and these grand-scale energy tides were all surging toward the Spiritual Phase Cave Heaven.

However, upon reaching ten thousand zhang around Li Luo, the vast energy tides quietly prostrated themselves, like subjects paying homage to an emperor—obedient and reverent.

Li Luo then stepped forward, ascending toward the end of the God Stair.

This time there was no longer any obstruction. He climbed step by step, and on both sides of the God Stair, vast energy surged, as if emitting the pious murmuring of countless living beings in worship.

Li Luo's footsteps now stepped onto the end of the God Stair.

The worshipping voices of the entire world, the rumbling of energy, all seemed to abruptly stop at this moment. The world seemed to freeze. In Li Luo's pupils were reflected the Outer Shenzhou, the sun, moon, and stars.

Behind him, the mysterious Ten Thousand Affinities Wheel rumbled into motion, continuously expanding, becoming ever more grand.

Li Luo extended his palm, and between his palm, boundless energy gathered, ultimately—amid countless utterly shocked gazes—four beams of divine light condensed to the extreme emerged within.

The divine light swirled and condensed, finally transforming into Dignities.

Those were—four Dignities!

Even ancient powerhouses like Yan Changsheng and Su Ying couldn't help but show shock on their faces. What terrifying foundation was this? Stepping into Heavenly King, and directly forging four Dignities!

Doesn't this mean that the next step, as long as Li Luo gains even slight control over the four Dignities, he can use them to directly achieve the Divine Fruit Stage?!

Advancing from Unparalleled Ninth Grade to Heavenly King—Yan Changsheng and Su Ying had not failed to witness it, but among them, the best had only forged three Dignities, and some with lesser foundations had only two...

But forging four Dignities in one leap to the heavens—what kind of terrifying foundation must that require?

In this era facing desperate straits, could such a figure still be born?

At this very moment, even from the void beyond the Outer Shenzhou, some shocked gazes were cast over—those belonged to the many Heavenly Kings paying attention to the Outer Shenzhou...

And amid those countless shocked gazes, Li Luo's expression grew ever calmer. His pupils reflected the sun, moon, and stars, and in his mind flashed countless scenes.

Nanfeng City, Sacred Phoenix Star Academy, the Holy Grail War, the House Luolan Mansion Grand Ceremony...

The Li Li Tianwang lineage, the Spiritual Phase Cave Heaven, the Boundary River Domain, the Heavenly Mirror Tower, returning to Daxia... and now to this moment.

Along this road, through countless hardships and obstacles, Li Luo had walked for seventeen years.

Perhaps from the very beginning, no one could have imagined that the once-empty-phase youth could, in just seventeen years, reach this step.

Such an achievement could be called unrivaled across ancient and modern times.

Seventeen years—and that empty-phase youth had finally become the Supreme.

(I started writing books in 2008, and it's already been seventeen years. Time slips by, youth fades away — thank you all for accompanying me on this journey.)