Jiang Yan, along with his senior sister Fairy Furong, Yulan, and Qinger, quickly approached the beds where Murong Shixiong, Zhongli Danyang, Shangguan Zhengyi, and Situ Junwen lay on the verge of death, their breathing extremely weak. Jiang Yan immediately activated his supreme celestial medical technique—the Heavenly Medical Spirit Eye. As four intense beams of light swept across the bodies of the four men respectively, Jiang Yan turned to address the daughters and family members of the four great clans: "Your fathers and family patriarchs are indeed reaching the end of their lifespans due to advanced age and failing vitality. Furthermore, they are suffering from the extremely perilous Five Decays of Heaven and Man—specifically the Greater Five Decays. Life and death are dictated by fate, and this is the cycle of the Heavenly Dao; I cannot reverse fate or defy the heavens. However, I have a way to extend their lives by at least twenty years."
The Five Decays of Heaven and Man are standards of life and death used in the Celestial Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Cultivation Realm, the Martial Dao Realm, and the Mortal Realm to denote that a being's lifespan is nearly exhausted and their time is running out. They are divided into the Greater Five Decays and the Lesser Five Decays.
The Greater Five Decays:
First, Defilement of Garments—the magnificent and radiant robes of the celestials naturally become soiled as their fortune and lifespan come to an end.
Second, Wit…
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