I Time My Moves to the Millisecond on the Brink of Death

Do you believe death can be avoided?

Lin Xia does!

For a long time, the equation has been: body + wealth + aptitude = cultivation level.

These four values are like the two sides of a scale, keeping people walking along a knife's edge. One careless step and they may be doomed forever.

Once the difference between the values on either side reaches 20, it's death.

Otherwise, you're safe.

…

Countless people in the cultivation world do everything they can to grow stronger and seize opportunities. Lin Xia does the exact opposite.

Faced with a supreme legacy or great wealth, Lin Xia refuses without hesitation.

In the eyes of countless people, that makes him an idiot. A lunatic.

Lin Xia thinks to himself: “I want it too, but I can't afford it!”

When faced with an aptitude-boosting opportunity that's almost certain to kill him, Lin Xia gives all his wealth to other people, then enters as if making arrangements for his own funeral.

In the eyes of countless people, he's a complete madman.

Lin Xia thinks to himself: “You don't know squat. I can give up my wealth and push my aptitude to the limit without dying.”

When Lin Xia is broke, he simply looks for a chance to rob the factions that have offended him.

In the eyes of countless people, that's just asking to die.

Lin Xia thinks to himself: “You don't know a damn thing. As long as I can control the numbers, I'm as steady as they come!”

…

Many years later, Lin Xia is a mystery to countless people.

Lin Xia is an idiot, a madman, a great benefactor, a bandit…

No matter how many things people say about him, Lin Xia remains silent. Only one line continues to be passed down.

Perhaps it's Lin Xia's warning to future generations, or perhaps it's his explanation for those who try to understand him.

[Death is no vague notion. There are signs leading to everything.]