Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

Soon, we'll be able to step inside.

The girl turned around and walked back to the city gate, ignoring the countless bewildered and confused soldiers of the Great Zhao, and entered the city with her light-footed skills.

Having gone through hundreds of save/load attempts, she has undergone many changes compared to before she joined the war.

My mindset, strength, ability, knowledge, and so on have all increased significantly.

Inside the city, the ground was ablaze with raging fire.

Despite the desperate efforts of the people to save the fire, the flames surged like a raging flood, unstoppable by human power.

The raging fire burned throughout the city, with only a few flames being extinguished around the long river that ran through the city.

Fortunately, both of the Dark Heavenly Sect's major bases are located beside this long river.

The Dark Heaven Sect has a large number of members, capable of directly saving two outposts and leading the surrounding people to fight the fire. With the combined strength of many people, they were able to extinguish the flames of several houses.

But now the entire city of Goldstone is burning, and some houses that have just been saved are burning again.

This cycle repeats itself, limiting the areas where they can maintain stability to only a small region.

Xi Heng was skilled at killing, but he was also incapable of putting out fires; he could only watch as the flames engulfed the city.

However, she was actually quite calm.

After reloading save files hundreds of times, the deaths and injuries of ordinary people no longer matter much to her... as long as they don't bother her.

Although she is powerless against the raging fire today, if she finds immortal techniques and masters the art of summoning wind and rain in the future, she may be able to extinguish it in one fell swoop.

Xi Heng swept across the burning buildings and bungalows, ignoring the people's wild shouts and desperate, hoarse cries, and continued on his way.

Before long, her extremely skillful light footwork propelled her to her destination—the Dark Heavenly Altar.

At this moment, outside the altar, the newly appointed chief priest named Chen Xiang, along with a temple master, was directing the congregation and the surrounding people they had recruited to put out fires in various places.

Xi Heng arrived at the center of the arena, surveyed the busy crowd, and then approached the chief priest to address him:

"The Tianliang army has been quelled. You have collected valuables and supplies during your firefighting efforts to prepare for future reconstruction and relief of refugees... I will be in seclusion in a quiet place at the altar for the next few days. Please do not disturb me unless necessary. Just send someone to deliver some simple meals each day."

After briefly explaining, seeing the high priest bow respectfully in response, Xi Heng went back into the church against the flow of people carrying water buckets and rushing outwards.

Upon entering the main room of the altar, passing the sacrificial area and the long corridor, Xi Heng pushed open the door, drank a cup of water, and then sat down cross-legged on a futon on the floor inside.

She closed her eyes, her heart as still as water.

She gradually separated herself from the external noise, and with a single sword strike, her mind became completely silent.

In my subjective perception, time seemed to slow down, and every breath felt like an eternity.

Xi Heng focused most of his attention on the noise and was not distracted by temperature changes.

With Kenshin's unique abilities, she entered her own mental space.

Taking two steps forward and opening my eyes, I saw a wide-open space.

Not far ahead, a blurry figure was floating.

With a thought, Xi Heng's blurry figure gradually solidified, transforming into himself, covered in blood, with crimson eyes gleaming, looking like a demon.

A strong killing intent emanated from the front, but she remained calm and unmoved.

With another slight ripple of the mind, the entire blurry white mental space around him began to twist and change, as if in a dream.

Gradually, various hues filled the space.

The entire scene gradually transformed into the sword training ground in the Red Thread Sword Academy that Xi Heng was most familiar with.

Upon seeing this, the demon tilted its head slightly, then inexplicably curled the corners of its mouth.

"I wonder how long this seclusion will last..." Xi Heng muttered to himself.

"One month? Two months? Half a year?"

"In short, I swear I will not leave seclusion until I have reached the Transformation Realm."

After speaking briefly, she drew her sword in her mental space and faced the demon in front of her.

"Hmm." The demon seemed quite satisfied with Xi Heng's attitude at this moment, and nodded slightly.

"Come and kill me."

Xi Heng did not respond. Everything in this space was caused by the fluctuation of her mind and consciousness.

The demonic figure before him was nothing more than an image projected by an unstable mental fluctuation through a stable sword heart.

After assuming a sword stance, she dashed towards her formidable opponent.

The demon raised his sword and thrust it upwards. The blades clashed, and sparks flew as they rang out.

……

Xi Heng meditates every day, and after meditation, he sleeps to rest when he is mentally exhausted, ignoring the affairs of the outside world.

One day, three days, ten days, half a month... time gradually passed.

She herself, every day, uses her sword heart to duel with herself in the spiritual space, constantly honing her sword skills and moves.

Upon waking, he would continue to sit cross-legged and hone his swordsmanship.

Close your eyes, lie on the bed, and drift off to sleep in a few seconds.

He had no dreams every night, and apart from the 'sword', Xi Heng rarely had any other thoughts.

During this period of seclusion, she felt like a robot with a pre-set goal, with everything revolving around that goal except for maintaining her own normal functions.

Apart from swordsmanship, there was nothing else impure.

Although I sometimes think about my senior sister, or about the future.

However, since loading the save file would instantly erase the vast amount of time currently spent in seclusion, Xi Heng stopped reminiscing.

This time, it is imperative to achieve the level of "Transformation Force".

After that, you can do whatever you want with your senior sister—be loving and affectionate, like a harmonious couple, inseparable.

As he pondered this, Xi Heng felt an even stronger longing for a long psychological lifespan.

She didn't want everything she had experienced, or her very existence, to one day disappear.

In that case, everything one desires would be nothing more than a fleeting moment in the grand scheme of things, under the immense power of time.

She didn't want to be just a fleeting moment.

She wanted to achieve eternity.

"Immortality."

These four words became her determination, propelling her forward.

"I will surely reach the pinnacle of this world and find the way to immortality," Xi Heng murmured to himself.

In the realm of the mind, as he battled demons, his pupils suddenly became extremely sharp.

The sword moved at will, and with the shattering of her internal meridians and the forward push of her hands, it broke through space at a speed that even she herself could hardly react to, piercing into the demon's chest.

The hidden force erupted twice, piercing a hole the size of a bowl in the demon's heart.

Through the hole, you can see the bamboo forest surrounding the sword-fighting arena behind you.

“That was a good strike.” The demon’s crimson eyes met Xi Heng’s, and he raised his right hand to grip the longsword in his chest. “However, it’s still lacking.”

"The sword of death is not only in two pieces, it can also deliver an additional blow."

Xi Heng continued, "At the same time, three strikes were launched."

"The Three Swords of Death".

As soon as the demon uttered those four words, it transformed into a writhing black shadow and vanished.

"Yueyin, sever life, end life." Xi Heng's body also collapsed, turning into a distorted void.

On the other side of the mental space, another figure stepped forward and picked up the longsword that had just fallen onto the stone slab.

Xi Heng looked up at the front, where the demon she had fought countless times reappeared. He twisted his wrist, and two blood-stained longswords swirled in the air.

This time, the demon did not immediately start the battle. Instead, he said, "Using your blood and qi to sever your meridians and pour it into a sword is not the limit. Why not pour your entire life into this sword?"

"vitality."

Xi Heng seemed to be talking to himself, so he naturally replied, "Store your vital energy into the sword as well."

Vital energy is the vital energy in the human body that sustains life.

The functioning of the heart, lungs, muscles, bones, and meridians is not driven by blood and qi, but by primordial qi.

Without vital energy, the heart will not beat, the stomach and intestines will not move, and the liver and kidneys will not function.

Previously, Xi Heng used the Life-Taking Technique to cut off his lifespan and replenish his qi and blood, which depleted the vital lifespan that was crucial for maintaining his body's growth and development.

Besides lifespan, there is another fundamental vital energy, which is the driving force used to maintain the normal functioning of the current physical body.

If one cuts down the foundation and vital energy, one will either fall seriously ill or die.

If one's fundamental vital energy is severely lacking, even the heart will stop beating, and the person will naturally die.

The Bloodline Forbidden Technique that Xi Heng used before involved connecting two important acupoints containing vital energy with bloodlines, and then connecting the Ren and Du meridians to infuse vital energy into the meridians and deliver it to the limbs and bones, thereby multiplying physical fitness—vital energy itself has a similar ability to blood and qi, enabling the body to exert power beyond its limits.

"Using the Bloodline Forbidden Technique, I unleash the vital energy within my body, concentrating all my strength into a single sword strike..."

The demon before him responded:

"Whether it's obvious force, hidden force, qi and blood, or primordial energy... all the power is concentrated in a single strike of the sword. It doesn't matter if internal organs break down or the body collapses. All that remains is a sword in the world."

"The combined strength of the visible and invisible forces, gathering all of one's power, is all for this one sword strike." Xi Heng looked down at his palm:

"I understand."

"In the end, all martial arts lead to the same goal. No matter what method you take, as long as you keep progressing, the obvious strength and the hidden strength will eventually overlap and become the transformative strength."

"Transformation into internal strength is not something distant, vague, or difficult to see... Whether you focus on physical strength, internal energy cultivation, mastering your own strength, or, like me, seeking the most powerful moves... at a certain stage, you will enter the realm of transformation into internal strength."

"It's like climbing a mountain. No matter which path you take, whether it's treacherous or smooth, as long as you don't encounter any accidents along the way, if you keep going upwards, you will eventually reach the same summit."

Xi Heng chuckled softly. She had seen clearly her path to mastery—to concentrate all her power into a single sword strike.

"Once I master this move, with the interplay of visible and hidden strength, I will probably reach the level of Transformation Strength."

She spoke softly, then raised her eyes to look at the demon in front of her.

"Perhaps it won't be necessary to sacrifice one's life. As long as one can achieve a fusion of overt and covert strength in sword techniques, and then use one's lifespan to integrate them, then one can achieve the transformation of strength," the demon responded.

“No.” Xi Heng shook his head: “I want the strongest one.”

The demon grinned, his tone now tinged with pleasure: "As expected of me."

She stepped forward, spun around, and brandished her two long swords, unleashing a burst of bloody light.

The two streaks of blood collided and dissipated simultaneously in an instant.

……

Outside, Xi Heng sat cross-legged on a futon, looking quite peaceful and relaxed, while the room was filled with fragrance.

The sky outside the window changed from pale blue to dusky yellow, and then to a deep, dark black.

After a long time, Xi Heng finally opened his eyes due to mental exhaustion.

"I'm very close to the Transformation Realm... just a little bit more, just a tiny bit more."

She has been in seclusion here for a month, not concerning herself with outside affairs.

I wonder how well the Dark Heavenly Sect is doing in recruiting and helping disaster victims.

Jinshi City was almost completely burned down by such a huge fire, and what is the official response... Also, does Senior Sister miss her?

Xi Heng shook his head, returned to the bedside, sat down, and took off his clothes to prepare for sleep.

"Hurry up and reach the Transformation Realm, then reload the save," she muttered to herself.

The moon sets and the sun rises, in a cycle that repeats itself.

Another month passed, and Xi Heng finally grasped the Sword of Life after constantly rehearsing it in his mind.

Previously, she could feel that she was only a little bit away from reaching the Transformation Realm, but that 'little bit' was as insurmountable as an insurmountable chasm.

One idea is not enough to support her in achieving the Transformation Realm; she needs to turn the idea into reality step by step. The things she needs to consider will emerge one by one, like the branches of a tree constantly growing and branching out.

For example: How should the Qi and blood in the meridians circulate when using a move? How can the Yuan Qi, which is essentially different from Qi and blood, circulate so that it can converge on the sword like Qi and blood? Under what circumstances is the best time to use a move? And how to seize that instant... All of these require constant experimentation and practice.