So even though Hao Yi successfully broke through to the Martial Arts Master realm today, he did not gain any extension to his lifespan.
The three years of life that were returned to him from his blade were spent, leaving him, theoretically, three years left to live, actually a little more.
But even that lifespan was consumed in that last strike.
Without doing so, he could not have defeated Xu Jing, who possessed three Divine Skills and was only a step away from becoming a Grandmaster.
"At that time, Xu Jing was constantly attacking me with the Water Control Divine Power. If I had to strike with all my might, I would surely have been killed by the Water Control Divine Power first."
Hao Yi explained to the two of them, "So I exchanged the last bit of my lifespan for Life Essence."
Put simply, he converted his lifespan into an 'HP bar'. At that moment, like Li Fei, his 'HP bar' was very thick, so he wasn't killed by Xu Jing's Water Control Divine Power.
