Within the Beast Tomb of the Fallen Kingdom.
With both his Life Element and Death Element breaking through to the Super-tier, the boundless power of life and death repeatedly washed over Lu Jun's body. His vitality and blood condensed, every bone and limb was tempered, and all of his internal organs underwent subtle transformations, gradually approaching flawless perfection.
Every inch of his flesh flowed with an immortal luster. Whether it was his internal systems or external physique, everything had reached a perfectly harmonious beauty.
At this moment, he felt as though every movement contained supreme divine strength. With only the slightest exertion of force, heaven and earth trembled. He had become the ultimate form of humanity. Though his organs still resembled those of an ordinary human, their very essence had become completely different.
With his vitality reaching the Eighth Realm, the toughness of his body alone was already comparable to that of a mid-tier Monarch-level creature or above. Setting aside his magical cultivation, he could easily engage Monarch-level demons in close combat. If he further empowered himself with the Supernatural Talents of all eight Elements, he could punch Supreme Monarch and kick Sub-Emperors with ease.
Closing his eyes, he examined his spiritual world.
Eight boundless magical oceans floated within the silent cosmos, radiating platinum, dusky yellow, black-red, azure blue, moon-white, dark silver, black-gray, milky white, and countless other brilliant colors. The dazzling streams of light illuminated the otherwise tranquil universe.
All Elements had reached the Super-tier! Eight Star Oceans!
Lu Jun's body now contained an inexhaustible amount of magical energy, as though an entire world had been compressed within him.
At the same time, he finally comprehended the Super-tier Magic of both his Life Element and Death Element.
They were vastly different from the Super-tier Magic of ordinary mages who cultivated the Healing or Necromancy Elements.
The Super-tier Magic of the Life Element was called Genesis.
His mastery over life itself had reached the pinnacle, no longer confined to the simple concept of healing.
The first effect of Genesis was known as Transcendence.
It affected only the caster himself, reaching into the very essence of life and evolving its host into a state of flawless perfection.
Every living being possesses flaws of one kind or another.
Even the most beautiful woman with flawless features and a perfectly proportioned figure could still suffer from body odor, athlete's foot, chronic rhinitis, or countless hidden imperfections.
Likewise, every species has its strengths and weaknesses.
Felines possess flexibility and agility but lack endurance and durability.
Elephants boast immense strength and tremendous body mass but are comparatively slow and cumbersome.
Every species has shortcomings.
Transcendence eliminated those weaknesses, allowing every aspect of a living being to reach a relatively perfect balance.
At the very least, from the perspective of the individual itself, it became completely flawless.
More importantly, the greatest ability of Genesis · Transcendence lay in its capacity to continuously adjust the body according to its environment, enabling perfect adaptation.
In an apocalyptic world, it could develop resistance to radiation.
In a magical world, it could gradually acquire resistance to every elemental magic.
It resembled a phoenix undergoing Nirvana or a serpent shedding its skin.
Whenever it encountered a life-and-death crisis, its life force would erupt explosively.
During the process of recovery, it would absorb experience from that ordeal and rapidly become stronger.
The greater the crisis, the greater the feedback.
Especially after dying and returning to life, its evolution would become even more perfect.
Lu Jun discovered that the Super-tier Life Magic, Genesis · Transcendence, functioned as a permanent passive ability.
Originally, his resistance to all eight Elements was already extraordinary.
Now, after repeatedly being struck by lightning or burned by flames, his corresponding elemental resistance would continue increasing.
"To transcend oneself, that is the true essence of life. Genesis it truly lives up to its name."
He finally understood.
Genesis originated from the Biblical account of God creating the world.
Among all creation, living beings were the final masterpiece, possessing endless mysteries.
Compared to the creation of the entire world, however, the mysteries of life represented only the first stage, which was why Transcendence ranked as the first effect of this Super-tier Magic.
Lu Jun also realized that Genesis resembled an advanced version of the fourth-tier High-Tier Life Spell, Life Vase · Nirvana.
The latter merely offered a certain probability of resurrection after death, allowing the user to return stronger than before.
Transcendence, on the other hand, could be activated consistently.
Its only uncertainty was the success rate, which depended upon the firmness of one's will and the durability of one's soul.
He could hardly suppress his excitement.
"This could be considered another form of immortality."
As Lu Jun advanced to the Super-tier, the accumulated feedback from all of his Elements strengthened his Life Origin.
Exactly how long he could now live remained unknown.
Living for several hundred years would certainly be no problem, though there would still eventually be an end.
Now, with the existence of Genesis · Transcendence, when he reached old age, he could gather his life force, undergo Nirvana, shed his aging body, and be reborn into a second life with an even stronger physique.
Naturally, it also possessed the ability to restore one's youth.
From Lu Jun's perspective, although the limits of this alternative path to immortality remained unknown and it was far from perfect, it at least offered a glimpse of hope.
Furthermore, the reason his physical body had advanced to the Eighth Realm of Vitality was largely thanks to this Life Element Magic.
It merely made subtle adjustments throughout his body, yet the results were immediate, greatly reducing countless forms of unnecessary internal energy loss.
Next, Lu Jun shifted his attention toward the Super-tier Magic of the Death Element.
It stood at the exact opposite extreme of the Life Element, directly targeting the very essence of death.
This magic was called Day of Twilight.
It represented the state of withering and decay that descends upon all things just before the end of existence.
Of course, it was also a metaphor.
When Lu Jun cast Day of Twilight, he could release a twilight light of annihilation that illuminated the entire land.
Its first effect was known as Constant Light.
All living things would gradually wither and decay, becoming eternally frozen within the state of twilight.
Even if a powerful being died under its influence, it would completely eliminate any possibility of that being transforming into an undead creature.
Neither alive nor dead.
Unable to transcend death forever.
If Lu Jun were to fix this twilight light of death upon himself, lifespan itself would lose all meaning.
Even when his natural lifespan reached its end, his life would remain forever frozen in its former state, eternal and indestructible.
Its effect was somewhat similar to the first-tier High-Tier Life Spell, Constancy, yet fundamentally different.
The latter merely maintained one's body at its peak condition. Once one's lifespan was exhausted, one would still age and die instantly. Its primary purpose was only to preserve an extended period of peak vitality.
"The drawback of Day of Twilight is significant. Once Constant Light is fixed in place, cultivation and every other aspect of growth will come to a complete standstill. Fortunately, Genesis · Transcendence perfectly compensates for that weakness."
Lu Jun pondered quietly.
The two Super-Tier Magics, Life and Death each possessed their own strengths and weaknesses.
On their own, either Element could only achieve a false form of immortality.
Only when both existed together could they complement and complete one another.
At that moment, he finally understood why Athena had never truly attained eternal life.
As the supreme master of the Healing Element, a mid-tier Human Emperor, the possessor of Resurrection Magic, and the wielder of the Healing Calamity Talent, she had still ultimately perished.
In the past, Lu Jun had believed the problem lay solely with the soul.
Now he realized that explanation accounted for only part of the truth.
Besides, Athena's attainments in the Psychic Element had also been exceptional, it was simply that she had never possessed a Calamity Talent in that Element.
Only now, after simultaneously mastering both Life and Death, while possessing Calamity Talents that ranked among the greatest Life Sovereigns and Death Sovereigns throughout the entire history of Healing and Necromancy Calamity users, had Lu Jun finally glimpsed the true threshold of eternal life.
Indeed, true immortality was a false proposition if interpreted too simply.
The first requirement was eternal longevity, an endless lifespan.
The second was the ability to survive every external calamity.
If one could still be killed, one could hardly be called truly immortal.
At most, that was merely extraordinary longevity.
True immortality should instead be viewed as a constantly evolving state.
An immortal must continue progressing every single moment, forever surpassing their own limits and transcending everything.
Lu Jun's heart surged with excitement.
A Roof Emperor was not the end.
The road beyond still stretched endlessly ahead.
One had to remember that even after Mo Fan became the Evil Holy King in the original timeline, countless mysteries of magic still remained unsolved.
Many things even the Evil Holy King himself had never understood.
Those very mysteries were now what Lu Jun was personally uncovering and experiencing.
Strictly speaking, Lu Jun had already slain nearly a handful of Emperor-level beings.
That was something Mo Fan in the original timeline had never accomplished.
Most of Mo Fan's battles had been consumed by internal conflicts within the human world.
Even during the Battle of Magic City, every Sea Monster Emperor ultimately escaped.
In addition, Lu Jun examined his own body.
Thanks to the permanent effects of the two Super-Tier Magics of the Life and Death Elements, he had naturally awakened the Transcendental Power of both Elements.
At last, all eight of his Elements had reached the Super-tier.
All eight now possessed their own Transcendental Power.
At the Super-tier, Lu Jun had truly reached the absolute limit.
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