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nAnd then, it was like something inside Shang twitched.

nIt was like a mortal had been sitting for a long while, and their leg just did a small twitch after being in the same position for a while.

nIt was a subconscious action of little importance or thought.

nYet, this little subconscious action was just Shang’s mind activating his Domain of Entropy a tiny bit to clean his body and surroundings. It was just like when Shang was cleaning his clothes and body of blood.

nIt was simple and normal to Shang.

nYet, as soon as that happened, Shang suddenly felt like a dam of adrenaline had burst inside of him.

nAll of Shang’s energy returned, and he felt alert and awake!

nShang immediately focused on his body and mind.

nAnd then, his instincts were screaming at him.

nHe was nearly dead!

nHe was dying!

nOver half of Shang’s body had decomposed, and Shang’s life energy had reduced to only 20% or so!

nImmediately, Shang summoned a pill filled with life energy. He had bought a couple of those for emergencies.

nHe consumed the pill, and his body started to regenerate life energy at a rapid pace.

nShang focused on his body and used his Domain of Entropy to clean it of everything that didn’t belong to him.

nHis body immediately stopped decomposing, and all the half-decomposed parts turned into black dust.

nAn instant later, Shang’s body regrew.

nThe decomposition had stopped Shang’s life energy from acting earlier, but when Shang had used his Domain of Entropy to get rid of whatever was causing this issue, Shang’s life energy worked again.

nShang stood up again and took a deep breath.

nOnly now did he realize how close he had been to dying.

nDid he care about living?

nOf course!

nHe didn’t want to die!

nShang couldn’t come to terms with the fact that he had nearly let himself die just now.

nIt was like he had been someone completely different!

nShang focused on his body and mind, and he noticed something peculiar.

nIt wasn’t only his body that had been healed by his life energy but his mind as well.

nThis meant that Shang had gotten rid of something foreign that had been in his mind.

n‘It must have been this mysterious Mana in the surroundings,’ Shang thought. ‘I just exited the Isolation Chamber, and even though I was flooded with life energy by the Isolation Chamber, my body and mind still absorbed a lot of Mana from the surroundings. After all, I was deprived of Mana for around two months.’

n‘Was this the reason why I was so lethargic and apathetic towards my own life?’

n‘Yes, all this training sucks, but I’m doing this for my goal! I’m already 80% there! I won’t quit when I’m nearly done with all this Furnace Pill and Isolation Chamber business!’

n‘Yet, I was willing to just die just now.’

nShang focused on the mysterious Mana in the surroundings.

nHe decided to absorb some more of the Mana, and his energy quickly started to vanish.

nIt was like all of this wasn’t as important anymore.

nNevertheless, Shang used his Domain of Entropy for a second again.

nAnd all his energy returned!

nNo matter what kind of force there was in the surroundings, it couldn’t compete with the power of the Abominations.

nThe Abominations were the enemies of existence itself.

nShang tried it several more times, and he kept focusing on what he was experiencing.

nHe was also experimenting with absorbing the foreign Mana without putting his will on it, which resulted in his body decomposing again.

nBut this time, Shang was in control of himself.

nAnd eventually, Shang understood what was happening.

nYet, the understanding Shang had achieved this time was very weird.

nIt wasn’t that he consciously knew what was happening and how it worked.

nThis time, it was just a feeling.

nIt was very difficult to describe and explain.

nOne had to feel it to understand it.

nNevertheless, Shang managed to understand something.

nHe absorbed more of the mysterious Mana into his mind, but this time, there was no adverse effect.

nIt was just like any other form of Mana.

nBy now, Shang had already found out what this kind of Mana was and what he had been experiencing.

nDeath Mana.

nThe surroundings were filled with Death Mana.

nFire Mana heated things up.

nIce Mana cooled things down.

nWind Mana moved things.

nWater Mana made things wet and created water.

nLife Mana healed things.

nAnd Death Mana killed things.

nJust like how a person would die of hypothermia when being surrounded by too much Ice Mana, they would die and decompose when surrounded by too much Death Mana.

nOf course, in comparison to other kinds of Mana, Life and Death Mana were very difficult to find and interact with.

nShang accidentally created an area filled with dense Death Mana by isolating this hill from the outside while filling it with blood, death, and suffering.

nMana from the outside could still enter since Shang needed Mana for his training, but the kind of Mana that entered depended a lot on the surroundings.

nThe oppressive and cold atmosphere kept all kinds of Mana away while attracting scattered pieces of Death Mana.

nBy accidentally absorbing Death Mana into his mind, Shang’s mind started acting more in accordance with death.

nApathy, stillness, nothingness.

nWhen Shang had used his Domain of Entropy, the Death Mana was turned to Neutral Mana, and Shang’s mind recovered.

nShang had nearly died.

nYet, Shang was glad that it happened.

nOtherwise, he would have never gotten the opportunity to comprehend something this profound.

nBy now, Shang’s mind had reached the Late Archmage Realm, making it several times faster than it was previously.

nComprehending level one and level two Concepts was no longer something special to Shang.

nAnd today, Shang had comprehended two Concepts.

nThe level one Concept of Death, Sickness, which represented the decomposition of Shang’s body.

nAnd the level two Concept of Death, Weakness, which represented the apathy and lethargy in Shang’s mind.

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