Lifespan

## Description

In Swallowed Star living beings can live from ages as low as 0 to as high as immortality or undying, depending on their Cultivation. Still, there are universal limitations for a lifespan that Original Laws placed on each cultivation rank. Lifespan is not the same for every species but instead, some species might have higher lifespan and some lower compared to humans. It is stated that Space Beast has 10 times the life span of a human world master, so we can conclude that different races/species have a different lifespan but there is one constant and that is Non-Special Lifeforms are not immortal Pre-Immortal cultivation level.

> *All the creatures in the universe were children of the universe, and the universe loved them. Special life forms had eternal lives when they were first born. Ordinary life forms, however, had to become undying before they had eternal lives. Otherwise, they would die. There was no need to elaborate on non-undying. Undying fighters were those who fully comprehended the easiest laws and gained eternal lives with the help of law ocean.* - I Eat Tomatoes
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## Time Conversion

* 1 **Era** = 10,081 Years
* 10 **Eras**= 100,810 Years
* 100 **Eras**= 1,008,100 Years (1.008 Million Years)
* 1,000 **Eras** = 10,081,000 Years (10.08 Million Years)
* 1 **Reincarnation Era** = Approximately 7\*1016 = 70 Quadrillion Years = 7 Trillion Eras

## Age Limitation (Humans)

The following are the age limitations that the universe has on each cultivation level for humans. Pre-Immortal Stage Age Restrictions are different among Races, however, Post Immortal Stage Age Restrictions are the same among all beings.

Immortals and Above don't have an infinite lifespan but instead, it is limited to the rules of the Reincarnation Cycle.

## Life Gene and Lifespan

It is not specifically mentioned in the novel but Lifespan may also be dependent on the Life Gene Level, for example, Space Beasts have a Life Gene of 10, therefore, their Lifespan is 10 times more than Humans. So the baseline for Lifespan is Life Gene Level and the normal Life Gene Level in the Original Universe is 1 which translates to 1,000 Eras.

## Holy Land Lifespan

If a being is part of a Holy Land and their cultivation is at or above the Immortal stage, then they cannot die due to natural causes. Becoming a citizen of the Holy Land allows the beings to have the same lifespan as the owner of the Holy Land. As an example, if Xu Xin was not part of the Holy Land she would have died as soon as the Original Universe went through its destruction cycle, but as a part of Luo Feng's Milky Way Holy Land Universe, she has the same lifespan as Luo Feng which is eternal.

There are four ways a being part of the Holy Land can die.

* Destruction of the Holy Land.
	+ The owner doesn't die, their Cultivation stagnates or largely slows down. It's unknown whether techniques exist that could restore the Holy Land.
* Death of the Owner of the Holy Land.
* Unnatural Death of the Being.
* Owner of the Holy Land killing the Being.
	+ Since the Owner of the Holy Land has complete control over their Universe they can kill whoever is part of their Universe.

## Eternal Body

Living beings who have eternal bodies cannot cultivate and they have the same lifespan as World Masters. After Xu Xin committed suicide the couple's necklace, Eternal Love that Luo Feng gifted her resurrected her with an Eternal Body.

> *“The universe is fair. Granting them eternal bodies, but also making them unable to get much stronger through training. If they wanted to train, the only way for them is to leave their original bodies and steal someone else’s.” Babata said, “Even though they are unable to train, think of the lure of eternity, Luo Feng, you’ll understand. Just like the children of Undying beings, they are at the Universe level, but their life spans are only ten eras. They would of course be willing to put their own children’s souls in the eternal bodies.”* - Babata
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Eternal Body Limit

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 469
2. ↑ Chapter 1106
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 264
4. ↑ Chapter 265