"Elder Celestial Master, you..."
Wei Cheng hesitated, a torrent of complex emotions churning within him.
Birth, aging, sickness, and death—not even a Saint Expert could escape them. A lifetime of Cultivation would ultimately end as a handful of dust.
What was more terrifying was that Saint Experts possessed Spiritual Sense, allowing them to vaguely perceive the limits of their own lifespan. It was like watching the finish line draw closer every day, a pressure that was one of the world's greatest horrors.
For this very reason, countless powerful figures throughout history have craved Longevity. Before the dawn of the new era, when information was scarce and the masses unenlightened, the sole purpose of Cultivation was, in fact, Longevity.
Even the Corpse Dissolvers, with their peerless Cultivation, sought Longevity. They willingly abandoned their own bodies and hid themselves from the world, all to find a way to be reborn in a new vessel.
