Chapter 166 -166-Realm of Immortality
Owen quickly calmed his excitement, forcing his turbulent emotions back into check, and turned his gaze toward the center of the stone pillar. There, embedded in the middle, was a small depression.
Inside the depression lay a key no larger than a thumb—the Key of Immortality—emitting a pure and potent aura of life. Through it, one could faintly perceive the flourishing vitality of countless living beings, as if entire worlds were thriving within its light.
"A single Key of Immortality extends one’s life by a full century."
The moment Owen read this description, his eyes sparkled with an almost feverish gleam.
For many aged beings on the brink of death, the extension of life was something they would give anything for. And the demand for such a treasure would undoubtedly be astronomical. After all, those who had the need—and more importantly, the means—to acquire such a key were bound to be immensely wealthy and powerful.
And that was not all.
Each being could use up to twenty of these Keys of Immortality in their lifetime. That meant the potential to extend their lives by as much as two thousand years!
This was no trivial enhancement. It was a monumental transformation.
In this vast plane of existence, the overwhelming majority of lifeforms were not deities. For them, two thousand years of extra life could mean a second life—or even a third.
Among humans, whose lifespans were already far shorter than those of spellbeasts, the contrast was even more striking. Even high-tier Awakeners—those who had reached tier-eight, the apex of human power—could naturally live for no more than six hundred years.
And even the legendary "Celestial Gods," the mythic paragons of divinity, typically lived only a few thousand years. Rarely did any reach ten thousand years. Spellbeasts, despite their mighty physiques and mana-rich bodies, faced similar limitations.