If he had found a way to bypass the requirement of the host techniques and used something to forcefully fuse all of his life seeds, like a medicine made from golden core of a dead fourth mortal coil human or beast, then he would be at risk of losing control.
But he didn't use any external items to advance, so the transformation continued peacefully and pleasantly. Everything about his transformation felt natural and the result was perfect.
After it was done, he had become taller, more handsome, more muscular, and more durable.
He still had violet skin, violet eyes, and violet hair with silver runes carved all over his body, but he was a changed man. Not only did he look different, but he also felt different and more powerful.
This marked the end of the advancement process and the start of his journey in the fourth mortal coil.
The first thing he did was to check the Mountain Sitting Dao.
-MOUNTAIN SITTING DAO
State of Existence: Fourth Mortal Coil (First Transformation of the Golden Core)
Life Span: 53 > > 54/(400 + 500)
-DIVINE ABILITIES
1. Mountain Karma: Level 5 (542,763,343,386/10,000,000,000,000)
2. Mountain Foundation: Level 4 (64,435,178,532/100,000,000,000)
3. Fate Identification: Level 5.
4. Fate Binding: Level 4.
5. ????: ------
-POWER.
1. Power (Body Refining) = 20 (Body) × (20+20) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 4,096,000 (409.6D/4.096C).
2. Power (Energy Refining) = 20 (Mind) × (20 + 20) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Life Seed Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 4,096,000 (409.6D/4.096C).
-ATTRIBUTES.
1. Mind: 11 > > 20. Mental Energy: 1,000 > > 2,000.
2. Internal Energy (Quantity): 1,024,000. Internal Energy (Quality): 11 > > 20.
3. Body: 10 > > 20. Life Force: 11 > > 20.
4. Golden Core Power: 1,024.
5. Armament Power: 20 (Life Force) + 20 (Internal Energy QLTY) = 40.
-TECHNIQUES.
C: RANK 3.
1. Unification of Hearts, Mind, and Body Weapon Technique: 100% Mastery.
2. Wood Element Host: 10% > > 50% Mastery.
3. Lightning Element Host: 10% > > 50% Mastery.
4. Beast Link.
5. Life and Death Lightning Art: 51% > > 95% Mastery.
6. Lightning Angel Spell: 100%.
7. Lightning Wood Spell: 100%.
8. Wood Burial Spell: 100%.
9. Wood Army Spell: 100%.
-TALENTS.
1. Plant Affinity and Communication.
2. Lightning Call.
3. Wood to Lightning Conversion.
4. Lightning to Wood Conversion.
5. Lightning Resistance.
6. Overclock Mode.
7. Magnetic Field Manipulation.
The most glaring change was his life span. The increase popped up at him as soon as he laid his eyes on his status. and it caused his eyes to pop out in delight.
He had received an extra life span of 500 years. This is twice as much as other cultivators usually receive.
This much extra life span doubled the previous amount of life span that he had and raised it from 400 years to 900 years.
He shook his head and thought to himself in wonder, "To think that it is possible for a person to live this long. And this is even though I lost a lot of life span at the second mortal coil when I first mastered lightning and despite the fact that this is only the fourth mortal coil."
"There are still the fifth, sixth, seventh, and maybe even eighth and ninth mortal coils to experience. I wonder how long those people get to live. Will they just have immortal life at some point?"
He couldn't help but wonder what the end result of transcendence will be. He has gone through three processes of transcendence and has shed three mortal coils and many weaknesses along the way.
One of the weaknesses that he just shed is the limit on the level of transformation he can undergo. He still can't grow infinitely, but he suspects that one day, after a lot of shedding of one's mortal coil, mortals will shed the weakness that is the limit of life span or even shed the weakness that is death.
Just thinking about it made his eyes light up in anticipation and wonder. He wants to experience such a level of existence even if he only has to feel it for a few seconds.
But then he shook his head and laughed deprecatingly while saying inwardly, "Look at me being human and greedy. Nothing will ever be enough for me."
"I just got a life span that is nearly a millennium, and I am already fantasizing about immortality. If I were on earth, many people would have killed billions of people to get this kind of life span. Heck, I died trying to extend my life."
"Even if I eventually transcend the limit of life span and can live forever or transcend death, I'm sure that there will be something else that I will want. Something like creating a universe or something."
He laughed for a while. What he said amused him so much that he thought he was going off the rails. He laughed so hard that he teared up.
After laughing for a while, he said to himself, "I don't think it is possible to create a universe. But then again, I won't know for sure until I reach the limit of cultivation."
He remembered when he got his first jolt of motivation for cultivation. It was from his mother.
At that time, she was pushing him to train his body and lift weights. He thought that she was pushing him too much. But that opinion of his was discarded after he learned about the benefits of shedding one's mortal coils.
Once he learned about the increase to life span as one transcends, he became highly motivated to do his best to cultivate. He worked hard for years to achieve that goal, and fortunately, his hard work has paid off.
In fact, his hard work more than paid off because what he was aiming for back then was a life span of 500 years for a golden core elder. But he has gotten almost twice as much as that, so he has nothing to complain about in that aspect.