Chapter 1563: 1563
"Such a decision condemned them to an endless cycle of battle, slaughter, and pain… But in exchange for a spark of hope for mankind, they were willing to make such a sacrifice!" Sword Saint Xing's eyes reddened a little as he spoke .
"It is thanks to their protection that mankind has been able to develop stably over the past ten thousand years . Humans are still able to live in peace in huge cities instead of being enslaved by others!
"Based on what I know, there's an Ancient Sage who was only five hundred years old when he went into hibernation . He still had at least a good thousand year ahead of him, and more importantly, he had just wedded another Ancient Sage during that period of time… However, when he came to learn that it was impossible to achieve a breakthrough to Ancient Sage anymore, he decisively used the temporal secret art on himself and fell into a deep sleep .
"Over the thousands of years, the only occasions that he got to see his wife from afar was when war broke out, but even so, they never found a chance to say a single word to one another . What was even more tragic was that during a major battle five thousand years ago, his wife was cornered by three Otherworldly Demonic Emperors… In order to save her, he set his life force aflame, and eventually, he departed from the world with his loved one in hand .
"Had he not chosen such a life, he and his wife would have had a good thousand years ahead of them . They would have been able to roam the world freely, enjoying a carefree and blissful life . Perhaps, they would also have had many students and children . Yet, in order to defend mankind, he gave up all of that!
"There's also an Ancient Sage whose daughter had just been born when she made the decision to go into hibernation . Her daughter wasn't too talented, such that she didn't even managed to reach Saint realm . On one occasion, she sustained grievous wounds in a battle with an enemy, causing her to die before she could even reach a hundred years old… There was no war during that period of time, so the Ancient Sage remained asleep . To the day that her daughter had died, she had not been able to see her!
"When she was finally woken, she learned that her daughter had already been dead for dozens of years, and she was silent for a very long while before charging solemnly into the battlefield… Eventually, she met her end in that very battlefield…"
Sword Saint Xing could not help but tremble a little as he recounted the sacrifices that the predecessors had made in order to protect mankind .
There was a long moment of silence before Zhang Xuan asked, "Does the temporal secret art of the Ancient Sages halt their time, or do they continue ageing?"
This secret art reminded Zhang Xuan of the cryonics technology in his previous world . The concept of cryonics technology was centered around freezing a human body to seal its current condition, thus allowing the possibility of resuscitation in the future .
But no matter how well a person's body was sealed using cryonics technology, there would still be gradual wear and tear over time . Even if someone was successfully resuscitated in the future, there was no way that their body could function as well as it did before .
"The secret art of the Ancient Sages allows one's lifespan to be extended significantly, but even in the state of hibernation, their vitality will still slowly seep away . In other words, they will continue to age even while they are in hibernation, just that the ageing process is slowed considerably! While it sounds complicated, the concept behind it is actually rather simple . To put it in other words, they are sleeping in a dimension where the flow of time is slower than the real world!
"One year within the dimension is equivalent to ten years outside!" Sword Saint Xing said grimly . "However, even with a one to ten ratio, they still age . The passing of ten thousand years means that they have already aged a thousand years .
"Even the younger Ancient Sages during the time of the hibernation are already reaching the end of their lives, not to mention that the frequent battles with the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe have caused destructive killing intent to seep into their body, thus hastening the ageing process!
"The Ancient Sages who chose to go into hibernation then are already approaching their final years… The Otherworldly Demonic Tribe has yet to successfully overcome the seals and launch a mass invasion, but once we lose the strength of the Ancient Sages, it will only be a matter of time before we are annihilated!"
Zhang Xuan fell into deep contemplation .
To make an analogy, Ancient Sages were somewhat equivalent to the atomic bombs in his previous life . Even without using one, the very possession of such a weapon deterred enemies from running amok .
The Otherworldly Demonic Tribe had been eyeing the Master Teacher Continent for many years, lying patiently in wait for the humans to expose an opening for them to strike .
In this matter, the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe held the definitive advantage due to their longer lifespan . Even if they did not go into hibernation, they would still be able to easily outlive the hibernating human cultivators .
This was the fundamental difference in their constitution . There was nothing that could make up for it .
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