Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

Chapter 471 The Divine Power of the Realm of Life and Death!

Chen Fan continued to ponder.

He recalled the frail, aging Nascent Soul ancestor he had seen in the former territory of the Changchun Sect. That ancestor was waning in life, exuding an aura of death, clearly on the verge of death. Yet, a sliver of life stubbornly clung to him, sustaining his feeble existence.

This is the tug-of-war between life and death on an individual.

"The power of life and death might be able to simulate this tug-of-war," Chen Fan pondered. "When facing an enemy, one can turn life into death to accelerate the loss of the opponent's life force, or turn death into life to nourish oneself or one's companions."

But this is not enough.

The cycle of life and death exists not only for individuals, but also for the interconnectedness of all things.

"Divine powers should be able to manipulate the surrounding life and death energies, forming a cyclical domain." A gray glint flashed in Chen Fan's eyes. "Within this domain, life and death are determined by the heart, and the cycle continues endlessly."

By the end of the three hundredth day, the general framework of the supernatural power had taken shape in Chen Fan's mind.

A supernatural power centered on the cycle of life and death, which also encompasses the transformation of individual life and death and the regulation of life and death in a domain.

After the framework was completed, Chen Fan once again entered a state of deep comprehension.

And another hundred days passed during this period of contemplation!

In this process of contemplation, Chen Fan first pondered the form of supernatural powers.

The sword is the causal slash, and the realm is the rising sun and sinking yin.

What form should the supernatural powers of life and death take?

"The sword's sharp shape is suitable for severing, but not for cycling." Chen Fan shook his head. "It has a wide domain, which is suitable for control, but the cycle of life and death is not only about space, but also about time."

He thought of the process of falling leaves.

That was a timeline from birth to death.

"Perhaps... it can be transformed into a wheel?" Chen Fan's heart stirred.

The rotation symbolizes cycles, the passage of time, and the alternation of life and death.

The divine consciousness re-condensed in the sea of ​​consciousness.

This time, the grayish-white energy no longer merely swirled, but slowly condensed into shape. Initially blurry, it gradually became clearer, eventually transforming into a phantom wheel about a foot in diameter.

The roulette wheel, a mix of gray and white, slowly rotates. As it turns, life bursts forth from its edges like spring buds, while death settles like autumn leaves, a cycle of life and death that never ends.

"The Wheel of Life and Death," Chen Fan named it in his heart.

With the cycle of life and death complete, the next step is to determine the method of execution and its specific power.

Chen Fan began to deduce again.

In his view, the supernatural power of the Wheel of Life and Death should have three transformations.

The first level is the cycle of life and death for the individual.

It can condense the phantom of the Wheel of Life and Death in the palm of one's hand or on a magical artifact. When facing an enemy, the energy of life and death circulates as the wheel rotates.

It can either unleash death energy to erode the opponent's life force, or it can transform death energy into life force to nourish oneself. This transformation focuses on the individual's life-and-death transformation and is suitable for one-on-one combat.

Chen Fan deduced the process within his sea of ​​consciousness.

A phantom image of an opponent materialized from divine sense, and the phantom image of the Wheel of Life and Death appeared in his palm, slowly rotating. As it rotated, a wisp of death energy silently coiled around the opponent, causing their life force to slowly drain away. Conversely, if the direction of rotation changed, the death energy could be transformed into life force, replenishing the opponent's own consumption.

"This change is subtle and gradual, like a gentle rain nourishing the earth," Chen Fan commented. "Unlike the sharp and decisive Causal Slash and the balanced offense and defense of Ascending Yang and Sinking Yin, the individual transformation of the Wheel of Life and Death is more gentle and enduring, yet its power is boundless."

The second level, Chen Fan believes, should be the realm of life and death.

It can unleash the Wheel of Life and Death, expanding it to a range of several or even tens of feet, forming a domain of life and death cycles.

Within his domain, the energy of life and death is under his control; he can accelerate the loss of life force in the enemy, or gather life force to nourish his own side. The domain revolves with the cycle of life and death, endlessly circulating and forming a self-contained entity.

Chen Fan continued his deductions.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Wheel of Life and Death expanded to three zhang in size, hovering in mid-air and slowly rotating. Beneath the wheel, a gray-white domain unfolded.

Within this realm, the withering and flourishing of vegetation accelerates, and the life and death of insects and ants are decided in an instant.

With a thought, Chen Fan gathered death energy within his domain, which then eroded the illusory opponent, causing the opponent's life force to decline at a visible speed.

"This change focuses on range control, using the power of the domain to influence the battle situation." Chen Fan's eyes gleamed. "It is similar to the domain of Sheng Yang Chen Yin, but the domain of life and death focuses more on the cycle of life and death transformation, rather than simple offense and defense."

The third level, Chen Fan determined, was the Seal of Life and Death Reincarnation.

This is the highest transformation of the Wheel of Life and Death, requiring an extremely deep understanding of the meaning of life and death to be able to unleash it. It can condense the power of the Wheel of Life and Death's origin, transforming it into a gray-white mark, which can be injected into the enemy's body or soul.

Once the mark is planted, it can trigger the life-and-death cycle within the enemy's body, causing an imbalance between their vitality and death energy. At best, it can lead to a decline in cultivation and a sharp reduction in lifespan; at worst, it can reverse life and death, resulting in immediate death.

It can also be used on oneself to balance life and death, heal hidden wounds, and even restore life.

Upon reaching this point in his deductions, Chen Fan felt a slight chill.

This third transformation touches upon the entirety of the concept of life and death, possessing unfathomable power. However, it consumes a great deal of energy and requires an extremely high level of understanding. With his current cultivation level, he can probably only manage to perform it once.

"Three transformations, from shallow to deep, from the individual to the domain, from appearance to origin." Chen Fan was lost in thought. "The transformation of individual life and death is the foundation, the domain of life and death is the expansion, and the cycle of life and death seal is the killing move. Only when the three are integrated can the complete cycle of life and death divine power be formed."

With the framework, form, and changes all determined, Chen Fan began to integrate them in the last two hundred days, attempting to truly condense the power of the Wheel of Life and Death.

He started practicing from the most basic individual life and death transformation.

The divine consciousness continuously condenses the illusory image of the cycle of life and death in the sea of ​​consciousness, practicing the rhythm of the cycle, the regulation of the life and death energy, and the subtlety of transformation.

At first, the cycle was sluggish, and the energy of life and death often went out of control. Either the vitality was too strong and harmed the body, or the death energy was too heavy and difficult to transform.

Chen Fan proceeded slowly and deliberately, trying again and again to adjust the control of his divine sense and comprehend the subtle balance of life and death in the cycle of reincarnation.

One hundred days later, he was able to skillfully condense a life-and-death wheel about a foot long, which rotated smoothly and seamlessly, with the energy of life and death flowing freely and transforming exquisitely.

Next, Chen Fan began practicing the Domain of Life and Death.

Expanding the cycle of life and death to form a domain is several times more difficult than individual transformation. Within the domain, the distribution, flow, and regulation of the energy of life and death require precise control by divine consciousness; the slightest carelessness can lead to the collapse of the domain or backlash.

Chen Fan sat quietly under the dragon beard fruit tree, trying again and again.

Initially, the domain could only last for a few breaths, its range was only a few feet, and the life and death energy was chaotic and disordered.

He was not discouraged. After each failure, he reflected and adjusted, combining his understanding of the meaning of life and death to optimize the domain structure.

A hundred days later, he was able to open a three-zhang (approximately 10 meters) domain of life and death and maintain it for half an incense stick's time. The life and death energy within the domain circulated in an orderly manner and could be controlled at will.

As for the Life and Death Reincarnation Seal, Chen Fan only made a brief deduction and did not actually attempt to condense it.

This seal consumes too much energy and requires a very high level of artistic conception. He felt that his own accumulation was not yet sufficient, and forcibly using it might damage his fundamental abilities.

"It's not too late to try it when my cultivation has improved and my understanding has deepened," Chen Fan thought to himself.

As the six hundredth day was drawing to a close, he opened his eyes under the dragon whisker fruit tree.

Chen Fan slowly raised his right hand, palm facing upward, his mind stirring slightly.

A wisp of grayish-white energy emerged from the palm of his hand, slowly rotating and gradually condensing into a phantom wheel about a foot in size.

The Wheel of Life and Death!