Chapter 369: Demi-Immortal

Chapter 369 -142: Demi-Immortal

High above, beneath a great golden sun.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Strands of chaotic light swirled and darted around Fang Rui, while auspicious purple qi gathered from the east, forming a massive ceremonial canopy above his head.

“What a Divine Technique: Immortality!”

This time, Fang Rui deeply felt the difference between a Lifebound Divine Technique and other Limit-Breaking Divine Techniques derived from Skills.

It was a complete domination at the origin level!

If the Divine Technique ‘Outside the Calculation’ was merely an illusory wisp in the Void Realm Space; if the Divine Technique ‘Godslaying Spirit Shattering’ was just a killing move targeting the Divine Soul True Spirit; and if the Divine Technique ‘Withered Wood Evergreen’ was simply the manifestation of Life Essence Power, an external representation of youthfulness…

Then, the energy produced by activating the Divine Technique ‘Immortality’ pointed directly to the primordial origin. In other words, it was close to the Dao!

What did it mean to be close to the Dao?

The chaotic Wuji, vast and ineffable!

Wuji gives birth to the beginning of all things, which are the five great Innate stages: Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Tai Chi. The energy produced by the Divine Technique ‘Immortality’ was similar to this.

‘The concept of ‘Immortality’ is likely far more difficult than I ever imagined. I fear that not even some ancient Great Power Spirit Master at the Celestial Heart Realm could achieve it. And my panel… it’s even more mysterious than I thought.’

Under the influence of that Primordial Energy, reversing back to his origin, Fang Rui was growing younger year by year!

White hair turned to black; wrinkles on his skin vanished in an instant; his aged body began to burst with vitality once more…

This rejuvenation was not like the Divine Technique ‘Withered Wood Evergreen’ infusing him with Life Essence Power—which was like water without a source, or a tree without roots. This was a thorough and complete youthfulness, from the outside in!

That’s right! It wasn’t just his appearance. His internal energy, and even his soul, were all growing younger. Even his True Spirit was undergoing some kind of profound, subtle change.

“Huh? What’s this?!”

Fang Rui looked within his body and saw extremely fine, illusory black dots within his Martial Arts Spiritual Essence and Spirit Master Spiritual Power. They were like a cancer clinging to his bones, forming illusory chains.

During the process of reversing back to his origin, these dots manifested. Even though they weren’t being specifically targeted, they were caught in the process and began to melt away like ice and snow, causing the illusory black chains to snap one by one.

‘The Spiritual Poison?! Just as I suspected. When the Divine Technique ‘Immortality’ is activated, my body reverses to its origin, and this poison is washed away and purified as a side effect.’

Fang Rui mused to himself, immersing his mind and spirit in the novel experience of returning to youth.

Sixty years old!

Forty years old!

Twenty years old!

…

This rejuvenation, which started from the outside and moved inward, felt like a young blade of grass unfurling its tender leaves and bursting with life under the spring sun. It made Fang Rui want to let out a long cry.

The only problem was that the process showed no signs of stopping.

‘Holy crap! Is this “returning to youth” thing literal? Is it not going to stop until I turn into a toddler?!’

Fang Rui carefully sensed the process and discovered that was indeed the case.

The Divine Technique ‘Immortality’ was a one-time activation. Once started, it could not be stopped, because the one hundred thousand Tribulation Points had already been completely converted into Primordial Energy.

However, he could expel the excess Primordial Energy from his body and transform it into other forms of energy.

But.

That would be a huge loss!

This Primordial Energy was extremely special and highly unstable. It could only affect Fang Rui’s body and cause his rejuvenation under the constraints of the Rule of the Divine Technique ‘Immortality’.

The moment it was transferred, expelled, or otherwise removed from the protective Rule of the Divine Technique ‘Immortality’, it would immediately degenerate from Innate to Acquired, losing its miraculous rejuvenating effect and dropping massively in value.

To use a specific analogy, it would be like exchanging Cosmic Currency for RMB!

‘Forget it. I’ll have to take this loss. I have no desire to become a toddler.’

Fang Rui sighed inwardly and took out his Lifebound Magical Artifact, the ‘Taiyi Golden Pearl’.

Perhaps because they were Heart and Spirit Linked and considered one entity to some extent, when the Primordial Energy was transferred into the ‘Taiyi Golden Pearl’, the degeneration wasn’t too severe. It retained ten to twenty percent of the Primordial Energy’s effects.

This was a massive benefit!

The very core of the Taiyi Golden Pearl was the wisp of ‘Pseudo-Chaos Qi’ that Fang Rui had refined through Acquired methods. But how could such ‘Pseudo-Chaos Qi’ possibly compare to Primordial Energy?

BUZZ!

The Taiyi Golden Pearl erupted in brilliant golden light, hovering in mid-air as it spun rapidly.

Its core wisp of Chaos Qi was continuously purified and sublimated, approaching a state of true primordial chaos. Its fundamental nature and potential were greatly enhanced.

In the process, the ‘Spiritual Poison’ from this world that had tainted it—manifested as illusory black chains—all shattered.

Unfortunately…

After only three to five breaths, it began to buzz and vibrate, indicating it couldn’t take any more.

‘Sigh, I guess the remaining Primordial Energy will just have to be expelled from my body.’

‘Still, I should control the process. Exchanging Cosmic Coins for RMB is one thing, but if it turns into Zimbabwean Dollars, then I’ll really have lost my shirt!’

Sighing, Fang Rui turned his hand over, and a turbulent mass of chaotic energy appeared in his palm.

This was the Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin!

After all, the highest-level energy he could control so far was the Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin, so it was only natural to transform the excess into it.

A moment later, Fang Rui looked at the mass of Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin in his palm and nodded with a pained expression. “I took a bit of a loss, but it’s not too bad. This pure, untainted Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin can be used to maintain my Realm, or as a trump card for a short burst of infinite mana.”

The mass of Chaos Dragon Pearl Origin he had obtained back in Huaiyin Prefecture had already been mostly used up over the past seventy or eighty years. The last of it had been squandered powering the Divination of heaven and earth.