Pausing, Ashley then continued, "As a cultivator, Marcius Stark didn't hold back at all from his search for immortality. When he became a court official, he most definitely also practiced the same utilitarianism to climb the ladder to political power, even altering his birth records just to get the fortune of a smooth official career. He's just that ruthless."

Vera felt a chill run down her spine as she paled and murmured, "If that's true, then he was just 997 years old in 1663, years away from