After Nora and Lucrezia left, Liens pondered a question alone in the room—why do humans have a lifespan limit?

According to the explanation from his previous Life, it's because human body cells have a division limit; once that limit is reached, cells stop dividing, new cells are no longer produced, and Life gradually fades away.

However, in this world, the upper limit of body cell division is no longer the primary factor determining lifespan.

Whether it's Knights, Mages, or Priests, they all have their own ways to increase the upper limit of body cell division, such as various body-strengthening abilities and magic.

In reality, for existences like Liens and Alfred, who possess the power to level mountains and fill seas, a lifespan of merely a hundred years is already quite unreasonable.

With their strength, if placed in a xianxia world, Liens and his peers would at least be at the Foundation Establishment or even Core Formation level.

Not to mention immortality, but at least extending their lives for several hundred years shouldn't be too difficult.

Yet, Liens is still constrained by his remaining ten years of Life, and the reason is the damaged and nearly depleted "Life Origin" within him.

In the battle seven days ago, he truly gave his all; if it weren't for Lucrezia's 'Divine Healing' before the battle, his condition would definitely be much worse than it is now.

Alas, even so, he still failed to kill Alfred and complete his rebellion against fate.

Perhaps his 'impulsiveness' was already predetermined fate.

This is also why Liens was able to calmly say, "This is probably fate," when he heard that Alfred hadn't died.

Before waking up, and even before the battle, he had already prepared himself mentally.

Recalling the scene from seven days ago, a deep color flickered in Liens's eyes, but soon, he discarded the distracting thoughts in his mind and continued to ponder the issue of lifespan.

In this world, what truly determines a person's lifespan limit is the innate "Life Origin."

It's like a lock, restricting the upper limit of normal Life.

Even if there are things like the "water of Life" that seem to increase lifespan, they only repair the accidental wear and tear of Life activities and cannot truly break through this upper limit.

Unless one can complete a Life transformation and reach the Legend domain, evolving completely into a transcendent Life form.

Otherwise, no matter how hard mortals try, they cannot achieve immortality.

This is the shackles that 'Life' imposes on all beings.

Therefore, even the promise made by the God of Absolute Fairness Elthorp to Liens in Kara City earlier was only to repair his damaged "Life Origin."

It was not to directly increase his lifespan or grant him immortality, because he simply couldn't do that.

Since even Elthorp couldn't do it, Liens naturally wouldn't overestimate himself by challenging the authority of 'Life.'

He just wanted to try out the inspiration he gained during the 'discourse' just now, to find a way to repair the 'Life Origin.'

"I'll go find Miss Nora."

After spending some time roughly setting up the framework for his new ability, Liens decided to enter the instance to ask Nora for some experimental data.

He was very curious: both are mortal beings, and their body structures don't seem to differ much, so why do elves have such a much longer lifespan than humans?

In fact, the lifespans of most other races are not that different from humans, but elves are uniquely special.

What allows elves to have such a high lifespan limit?

With this question in mind, Liens entered the instance.

The scene shifted.

Liens's figure appeared on a bustling street, flanked by Nora and Lucrezia, two exceptionally charming beauties.

This was Vikaro Avenue, and this was the first time Liens met Nora.

"Miss Nora, would you like to spar?"

Nora, who had just finished her self-introduction, was a bit bewildered by Liens's challenge, not understanding why he suddenly made such a request.

"You should have just woken up, right? Your condition hasn't fully recovered, and using too much power will slow down your recovery."

Nora said with a frown.

She didn't actually want to refuse Liens's challenge; in fact, she was quite interested in Liens's strength.

When she joined the Rebel Army, Balder and the others had briefly introduced her to some of Liens's circumstances, and she knew that Liens was the Rebel Army's main force against the Lord Demonbane.

She had even visited the battlefield ruins herself and could roughly imagine how much energy had erupted on that battlefield at the time.

Therefore, she was truly curious about Liens, but she didn't want to fight him while he was in poor condition, as that would hinder his recovery and might even worsen his injuries.

Not everyone possessed strong recovery abilities like her.

She and Liens were not enemies; on the contrary, they were comrades, and there would always be opportunities to spar, so there was no need to rush.

When Liens heard Nora's concern for his condition and her worry about affecting his recovery, he began to explain the current situation.

"This is an illusion created by my ability. Nothing that happens here will affect reality. The real us have already completed our conversation."

Liens briefly explained the 'instance.'

"Illusion?"

Upon hearing this, not only Nora but also Lucrezia, who was beside them, couldn't help but frown.

Lucrezia quickly thought of her speculation that Liens possessed a 'dream' ability, but she hadn't expected this 'dream' to be so special.

Nora was initially somewhat suspicious that Liens was deceiving her, as her senses had detected no sign of being in an illusion.

But then she thought that Liens had no reason to fabricate such a lie, and seeing the seriousness on Liens's face and the realization on Lucrezia's, she began to believe him a little.

The world is vast and full of wonders.

It wasn't impossible for such an ability to exist; wasn't that why she left the Elven Forest—to witness more unknown things?

Thus, curiosity gradually overshadowed doubt, and a spark of light appeared in Nora's eyes. She examined the surroundings up, down, left, right, front, and back, one by one. After a while, she exclaimed:

"What a realistic illusion! I can't detect any falseness at all... I'm really curious how such an illusion is constructed?"

Nora looked at Liens curiously, as if hoping he could answer her doubts.

"Even now, I haven't been able to discern its essence."

Liens shook his head, indicating that he couldn't answer her question.

"You, who have already reached this realm, can't even clearly discern the essence of your own ability. It seems you harbor a great secret."

"Never mind, such secrets are not for me to know... Didn't you want to spar? Let's go to that battlefield outside the city."

Nora looked at Liens with profound meaning in her eyes, no longer focusing on the 'illusion' issue, but choosing to accept Liens's challenge.

"Hmm."

Liens nodded, about to fly towards the battlefield from seven days ago, but Nora suddenly called out to stop him.

"I still have a question. You said we've already communicated in reality. What kind of communication did we have?"

Nora asked with a curious expression.

Liens knew Nora still had doubts, which was normal, so he briefly explained their discourse process, emphasizing Nora's 'Maiden's Way' to increase credibility.

Although he could also directly attack Nora and force her to fight within the city, his mindset had changed after his reshaping.

For him, all things were the unknown he was pursuing and about to pursue, the laws that his 'Myriad Phenomena' path would inevitably uncover.

Therefore, he didn't want to easily destroy these 'laws,' nor did he want to easily slaughter the Lives that carried these 'laws.'

After listening to Liens's explanation, Nora's trust in the 'illusion' increased a little more. Then, she feigned a suspicious expression and teased Liens:

"Your ability is so special, you haven't already used it to do something to us two beauties, have you?"

"Like peeking, body checks, seducing, tricking into bed, fighting for days and nights, and finally leaving a mark or something."

Lucrezia, who was beside them, also chimed in, "Liens, if you're willing, you can always come to me. There's no need to vent your desires through an illusion. My body is always open to you."

Lucrezia's expression was alluring, and her tone was gentle, making it impossible to tell whether she was joking or serious.

Before Nora could be surprised by Lucrezia's relationship with Liens, Liens calmly continued to tell her, "I do plan to do something to you later."

This statement made Nora's face stiffen. She had only been joking, just habitually running her mouth, and she hadn't expected that she might actually be subjected to such things.

Although she probably wouldn't feel it, that kind of thing...

"No!"

"That kind of thing is very serious; without the blessing of emotion, true happiness cannot be obtained."

"I know I'm beautiful, with big breasts and long legs, but you must hold back. Don't let desire defeat reason... If it's really impossible, we can develop some feelings first."

Nora directly pounced on Liens, hugging him and looking up with a pitiful expression.

Seeing her expression, Liens didn't know whether to laugh or be speechless.

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