I just figured Kyoshi lived that long because Death was too afraid to come for her...

Netero died and got reincarnated in the avatar universe

Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony But then everything changed when the chimera ants attacked...

2:47 Correction: Guru Pathik was 150 years old when he met Aang. Meaning he was 38 years older than King Bumi.

potentially waterbenders could have that kind of ability if they could self heal to the point that damaged cells and dna are repaired

With kyoshi being 230 years old, they need to make a whole series on her. So much potential for a great story!

*Avatar Fans:* So acording to your timeline, *Kioshi has to be more than 200 years old.* *Avatar Writers:* It's not a bug *it's a feature!!*

Boomi was the master of neutral jin which he pretty much summed up as “doing nothing”, which is what a stagnant pool does doesn’t it ?🤔🤔

It amazes me how Avatar continues to remain relevant to this day and is showing no signs of fading away

Lmao, bruh that’s a green colored Netero. If he existed in Avatar he would clap all of them no difficulty. I thought you were talking about Bumi.

Bumi tells Aang that his Earthbending Master will be someone who 'listens', and Toph goes on to display her supreme ability to listen and manipulate the world around her. It seems likely that Earthbending masters who extend their life are masters of listening to their own internal flaws to find the places to 'correct'.

Bumi learned nen and prolonged his life force with it.

Well the Earth Kingdom and earthbenders are modeled after the chinese, and some of the chinese emperor was obsessed with achieving immortality. I can see the connection.

Air : flying Earth: immortality Fire: ascendency to the spirit world Water: blood bending without the moon

Now I'm thinking that this may be the way that Aang survived in the iceberg for so long. He was in the avatar state and took what Kyoshi learned from this discipline to keep himself alive and in the same shape as before.

It's similar to Airbenders learning to "become lighter than air" after they've lost all earthly attachments. All the elements have one of these nth level esoteric skills, imo.

Sounds like the reverse of aang’s training. Instead of opening the chakras, you purposely close them. Or create a closed loop

Imagine if Netero was an Earthbender. He'd be able to move and perform bender techniques in less than a second, instant GG.

The fire chakra is an expression of energy. Which is often mistaken as having unlimited or substantial amounts of power in the body. However, this isn't the case or fire benders could create endless flames without break. No the fire chakra deals with the efficiency the body is able to produce, handle, and direct energy. As Iroh explained lighting bending it takes all of these into one. Producing the current, then being able to handle the energy without destroying your body then directing it to where you want it to go. Water Chakra is an expression of control. Control refers to the transition of one type of energy to another. To remove or add all speak to transition. By being aware of the transitioning of energies one can maintain a precise charge. This can be seen in healing or blood bending. Healing finds the charges in the chi to keep the body in a state of recovery. Thus boosting healing abilities. Blood bending is to also lock onto this charge. So those who are greatly imbalanced can easily be controlled. Air chakra deals are an expression of freedom. To eliminate the distinctions that are in the soul allows communication with the whole. Despite not having seeing it the potential for sound bending would express this. By finding the precise distinctions that create noise one would be meld with it. Allowing one to hear a precise conversation from miles away. This also speaks to spirit bending. By removing the distinction that the physical and spiritual are separate allows one to transcend their consciousness to another plane. Earth Chakra deals and expression of stability. This stability can be seen through compression and realignment. To move yet to remain firm is the root of earth bending. As the body ages tear, cracks and all other damages lead to growth. Like building muscles, you essentially rip your muscles than as they repair they become more firm resulting in strength. The same idea with bones in their breakage the greater their stability the harder it is to break down and realign which is why earth benders can't bend pure metals like platinum. Its stability is pure so it won't change. With all this in mind, this is why when seeing benders who combine practices of another element's teachings gave them greater abilities than a regular bender. Before the Rava situation, I believed any bender was able to bend any element. As guru Pathik (probably got that wrong) said everyone has chakras. However, life can disrupt and even close certain chakras. Yet those who are able to find balance in multiple gain new insight into the world. This insight allows for new skills. To take inventory of the entirety of the body would need earth and air nation ideologies. To remove the distinction that the body is separate and go deeper one can find these minuscule breaks in our bodies' aging process. Then by using earth bending to lock a certain distinction in place you can limit the effects of aging. Whelp this what I learned from analyzing countless books referring to chakras, alchemy, psychology, and spirituality. Which you tend to find like in Avatar they pretty much say the same exact thing. However, people want to keep focusing on the details not the picture as a whole.

I always figured a waterbender would figure out virtual immortality given the healing abilities unique to waterbending.

When you search for a pic on Google of an old, wise and badass looking animated character for the thumbnail of your KZfaq video and you come across Netero like “yup that’s the one imma be using” 😂😂

this makes sense because even at 112 Bumi was still as childish as he was when Aang knew him. Kiyoshi was known for being stubborn. They were both "Stagnant" as Lao Ge said. and so they could master this technique. they sacrificed growth for longevity. That's deep

Why is Netero on the thumbnail?😂

The whole concept to me sounds like a complete mastery of neutral Jing. It would explain why Bumi was able to live so long. It's possible that it's not even just an earth bending ability

Immortality can be achieved through all 4 elements of bending if bent properly, Because our bodies are comprised of all 4 elements.

Omg after 2 years I just realized that you are part of jkfilms

That is the most realistic profile of Master Netero I've ever seen. Sneaky sneaky

Hm, I wonder why Zuko, Toph, and Katara were so disabled as elderly benders when characters like Jeong Jeong, Iroh, and Pako formed the original White Lotus with Boomy. It makes me wonder if Boomy was really the only one from that group with the ability to utilize that earth technique. It also makes me wonder if Iroh used it in his training regimen while preparing to escape from prison, and if so, it might be a technique that many people could learn if given the practice like understanding the relationships between water and lightning bending for redirection purposes and such.

Lao Ge means older brother, but it's also how we say comrade or something like that

Originally, I theorize that Kyoshi was influenced by the Sozin's Comet at a young age. Fire Benders who gained power from the Sozin's comet not only increase their power but increase their life expectancy. If Kyoshi absorb the Sozin's Comet early in life, then she is able to live 100 years to receive a second one and eventually a third one before passing away. To make things simple Kyoshi is born in 312 BG Received the Sozin's Comet in 300 BG at age 12 Received the 2nd Sozin's Comet in 200 BG at age 112 Received the 3rd Sozin's Comet in 100 BG at age 212 But with this new information, maybe she combine Lao Ge's method of immortality plus Sozin's comet equal long life span like Bumi and Guru Pathik. Anyway, good video Antoine, always enjoy some good avatar content

Think about it: specific water tribe members get gifts from the moon spirit. Yue literally returns her life force back to the moon. Sozin turned his being into a comet, and Guru Lagshima and Zaheer untethered themselves from the earth learning to fly. Is it so wild to think that specially gifted earth benders could extend their life force?

Due to a continuity error Kyushu is 230 years old, or perhaps she learned some of that power.

I feel like every aspect of the four main bending has a level of immortality: this placement thing, blood bending, “using the fire of life or something”, and spiritual enlightenment. Essentially, all these aspects could lead to immortality in benders. Now taking that into account, it seems like toph, katara, aang, and zuko have the potential to learn these traits, but obviously didn’t OR chose not to because it isn’t something they want. I feel like Katara has always intended to be a grandma and rest with her family in peace, Toph’s biggest dream is to be able to do nothing and have every right to do nothing in old age, Aang has an inevitable death tbh, and zuko has a really close tie to the people he loves. If everyone were gone, why would he want to strive to live forever? Bumi, on the other hand, seems to have no emotional ties or boundaries, and he has motive in keeping fit

Lol I love how netero is in the avatar thumbnail.... I knew he didn't have anything to do with the actual video but It drew me in anyway.

Earth benders and immorality? Explains why Kioshy was so old

It's very interesting that these amazing abilities such as immortality or weightlessness come with some equally high costs. Yes, you could spend your life flying effortlessly, but to do that you would have to let go of everything and everyone you ever knew or care about. Yes, you could become immortal and live for generations, but you would have to give up all change and personal growth, the cornerstones of human existence. No wonder these abilities are so rare, not only are they difficult to achieve, but those who have done so most likely don't have any wish to teach them on to others. It does seem like a cursed existence you wouldn't want to pass on to anyone...

On one hand I dont want spoilers, but antoine vids are pure gold

The real reason why Kyoshi is 230 years old: the editors couldn’t stop simping from her feet so they kept her alive until another character to simp on came

Haha Hey Antoine! I didn't even realize this was your channel, I just saw the title and was interested since the Last Air Bender is the sh!t! Going to subscribe for sure!

I'd expect immortality, or the bending of living energy, to be a form of firebending, or maybe waterbending, but not earthbending.

Why is netero on the cover?!??!??????????!??!

given the fact that cells are based on carbon compounds, I guess the key to immortality would be the bending of said carbon to work against the aging process

Maybe the context behind this philosophy translates that in order to attain everlasting life requires a correction of the world around you and to be pure in your mentality, therefore not to worry about many of the petty things in life and restrictions that may hold you. Stress plays a major part in the short mortality in us human beings we never really bother to clear our minds from lifestyles and the environments we cramp ourselves in, record granted the story of Avatar in our world would be roughly 400-800 years ago, but the point is still there. Nowadays we all worry so much to succeed for things like: Fame, College, and dreams in our careers. Because of those you could say we lost our ability to feel spiritually enlightened and since we now face with the many struggles and wonders of modern living (such as Social Media) it makes harder to bond with that kind of spiritual connection because we hardly bond with the natural world; it's reason why that some Airbenders are able to fly, it's the reason behind why most Earthbenders, prior to Korra, preferred to go barefoot in order strengthen their bending, and it's likely why very few people are able to live longer than expected both in the Avatar and in the real world. Further adding unlocking "Immortality" also would require you to eat healthier, to exercise, and perhaps to take things at a steady pace, the reason behind the longevity of Turtles and Crocodiles aging is because of their slow metabolism they don't require all the necessary needs like us mammals do and age much slower than other animals; that's likely what Lao Ge meant by placing parts of your body *"back into the correct order"* . Of course, this is naturally difficult because we as humans are very active and therefore have faster metabolisms. However, that doesn't mean that we cannot learn from these animals in order to better maintain our short lifespans and that is likely what earthbenders like Lao Ge and Bumi were able to tap into. The key to unlocking Immortality is through *spiritual enlightenment and to do... nothing* (working hard but doing very little.)

there is also the spiritual guru from A:TLA that was a friend of Gyatsu, which means he was as least as old as Bumi

What’s interesting is how short of a life Aang actually had. I mentioned this on a different video, but considering how long Kyoshi lived, and how long Roku could have lived if he didn’t die from the volcano, the 100 years Aang spent in the ice shouldn’t have been an issue for Aang and he could have lived a very long time. But, considering how short his life actually was after the end of TLA, he did get a lot done!

Cat looks like he's saying "What, who, why, where, when, which, huh?" All at the same time lol

Amazing video as always. Could you do a video on Guru Laghima and Zaheer? Their story (if explained anywhere and you know it) would be amazing. Thanks again and salute to you ✊🏾

Thank You for the video

On a tangent... if (beyond) master earthbenders can attain longevity and immortality by maintaining structure of the "earth" aspects of the body... maybe by bending the elements of telomeres as one step... Then can a master firebender gain the same results by constantly bending "life" since firebending is not just bending fire but energy and life?

Lol it means older brother, we also us it like bro for men older than us within our generation. TieGuai (Tye-gwai) is one of the eight Daoist immortals who achieved immortality by cultivating the Dao. His name translates to iron crutch and is often depicted with an iron leg. With Kuvira bending ferrofluid I can see him bending ferrofluid as a limb like Ming-Hua

i like your flow bro. Peace, Love and Blue oxen to you friend.

I love all of your videos!

Always thought it was weird that earthbender is didn't do anything with their own body considering your body is just made of earth

Thanks for the spoiler warning! I'll keep this in watch later!

You're so slick for using a picture of netero for this video lol. I love it.

I love your beanies dude.

And to be, it doesn't sound tied to earth benders, just something they discovered

He has either an insane control of chi or simply his body to the point that he could rearrange or recalibrate his body. DAyum.

As always great analysis I agree

I’m happy for you and your cat. Mine just died yesterday. I hope your’s lives a long life.

Well, I’d imagine that the Airbenders would have found the way to eternal life, given their knowledge of the spiritual world and it’s mysterious ways. I’d imagine that maybe they at least are longer lived that any other nations’ peoples. Like our world has people over 100 years old, mostly in Asia, in comparison to most other humans in the other parts of the world.

If he was just holding himself together does that mean he has complete control over his body and if so couldn’t he shapeshifter

Wtf antoine?! Didnt know u do these typa vids. Didnt know u even had a channel. Jus subbed

So to me the clear flowing river is a reference to the avatar cycle: the avatar spirit flows through the four nations like a river and the avatars themselves die an uncountable number of deaths provided the river is clear i.e. not corrupted. All meaning that while the spirit of Rava within the avatar reincarnation cycle isn't vanquished then the reincarnation cycle will be unbroken. Those who grow and die are regular people and benders and the stagnant immortal pool seems to be the ultimate form of earth bending - controlling the physical and making it unmovable, even by time. A poetic concept. I love this idea!

I'm pretty sure everything was just DNA,mitosis and telomeres being discussed simply.

Is nobody gonna talk about the fact Lao Ge looks almost exactly like that dude from Hunter x Hunter in the thumbnail ?

Honestly in awe at how GORGEOUS this set is!

Thanks for giving me more information about avatar Your the best!

I really want you to do a topic about Lion Turtles

When he said 嫪哥 instead of 老哥 I felt that 😔

great video keep it up

another addition to the theory could be bumi’s personality. In the last airbender, bumi is still as freaky as we saw him aang’s flashback

I mean idk if Iroh is immortal since he managed to transfer to the Spirit World.

The avatar universe ain't ready for nen lmao

3:44.. it sounds as if the immortal through focus can hold his atoms in suspended animation therefore stopping the ageing effect.

There is a meditation technique called vipassana. In this technique, you sit with a strong determination not to move while observing the sensations on your body as well as your natural breath. Becoming aware of the sensations on subtler levels as they are and accept them as they are. It is a practice of Stillness. When Boomy taught Aang about Jing, he taught them that earthbenders wait and listen. I believe that the immortal earthbender was and extreme vipassana meditator. He might also have been Boomy's teacher

If Kyoshi mastered that technique, the series would be Kyoshi: The Last Avatar HAHAHAHAHAHAHA and instead of Aang and Bumi being best of friends, it would be Kyoshi and Bumi with mentor/mentee relationship. Hahahahahahaha

I want to live forever

My girl Kyoshi was pushing well over 200 years old before she died... respect

The way he describes it corresponds with the moderne genetic theory that mitotic cell division renews the body by the cells dividing. Every time they divide something called Tellomers are shortened. In the cells of old people, it has been observed that the Tellomers are absent and the theory is that they get used up and eventually the mitotic cell division stops. In his understanding, he has achieved immortality by making a freeze-frame of his body that he over imposes on his current body. In modern genetic terms, he has stopped his mitotic cell division by taking a photocopy of his cells that he overlays on his body instead of letting the cells divide and cause the Tellomers to shorten.

This type of immortality was a thing that's possible in Shin Sekai Yori, too. I don't think one would even necessarily have to be a bender to do it, though it probably helps.

The person in the title looks like the guy off of hunterxhunter, doesn’t he?

I used to have that same. sweater! I gave mine to some girl who was shivering between classes and I haven't seen it or her since

I love the idea that there were others like Laghima who spoke on really the longevity of one's self. With his detachment of earthly tethers he lived a prolonged life, I love the idea of someone opposite that is rooted and tethered to the earth that is living either as long or longer it's really interesting.

Hunter x Airbender

I would believe Bumi's character but when he ate that crystal like he's eating crackers .. I disagreed ..no one can eat crystals like that .. lmao 😆😂🤣

We've had "esoteric magic," as you put it, among the bending disciplines for some time now. Anti-gravity for airbending, divination for firebending, and arguably healing for waterbending. Earthbending, by contrast, has been absent an "esoteric magic" technique until recently. These are all techniques that aren't strictly tied to an elemental or martial reading of the bending styles; one can easily make arguments that these "esoteric magics" could be used by other elements. Fire maybe could heal through the lens of purification, antigravity could be a product of earthbending, immortality could theoretically come from waterbending, and divination comes from everywhere.

in Shadow of Kyoshi, Lao Ge visits Fire Lord Zoryu in the final epilogue chapter. At some point he presses a finger against his chest, which of course shouldn't hurt him very hard, but it causes Zoryu to gasp and fall back in his chair. I think this was Lao Ge using earthbending to bend Zoryu's body in sone way.

Since it really is unclear to a few people what Lao Ge is referring to, here is my theory on how this "immortality" really works. In the books Lao Ge says "With the right mental focus, you could take an inventory of your own body and place each little piece that’s not where it should be back into the correct order.” he also says a bit more but overall interpret him as talking about the body at a scientific level. The reason why the body dies of old age is because cells mutate to a point where they stop working the way they should. Cancer is also caused by cell mutation and growth. So I think the technique he is using is a molecular process where they manually somehow and spiritually remove mutated/stop mutations, possibly by manipulating the very chemical structures of DNA or even by controlling hormones, like they could possibly manipulate singular blood cells because blood cells contain iron (but the precision for that would probably be unheard of). Of course this would be insane to do for the whole body but the spirituality is also a big part. He probably would meditate for years or for very long periods of time to complete this process but in the end the body would be reduced to a controlled state, it also helps that earthbenders can basically make a map of their surroundings in their mind (ex. Toph echolocation). Maybe when you start doing it at a certain age you seem to stop aging. If kyoshi started using the technique at the age of 30 it would explain how she is able to look so young for so long. Idk just a thought

Been thinking about this, and it possibly works as the spiritual counterpart to Zaheer's flight ability, locking oneself into the material world via Body Enhancement/Reinforcement, possibly tied to super strength-like, maybe tactile telekinetic, feats that some master earth benders display

you remember that scene where Toph helps Korra get the mercury(?) out of her system? If benders can move invisible things around or take it out of their body like that then maybe they can do that with cells too? Like if the body is made out water but also other building stones maybe that' something earth benders can tap in to and move their internal structure around to mend the signs of aging?

Just finished this book, and I'm blown away at how good the quality is and still aging up the formula (waterbending is deadly AF). If the critical eye of a fan since the first episode of ATLA can tell you that, I hope nobody will be on the fence about reading it and give it a shot.

Remember that famous waterbender, Guru Marina who unlocked the secret of adaptation and became detached from the mainland; living her final 3 secs without seeing the surface of the ocean?

It could be a very advanced form of earth bending, as Lao Ge mentioned that with the mental focus he can put back together the small pieces of the body which fall apart - perhaps because the body turns to dust after decomposition, the pieces of it can be considered earth when in a decaying state. Lao Ge did not mention anything about rejuvenation which may be why someone who can master this practice does not age further nor do they become more youthful - which makes sense if they are holding themselves together to avoid degeneration and decomposition.

The reason that earthbenders have this ability and not fire or waterbenders is because, basically the earthbenders are “too stubborn” to die just like how Toph was so stubborn about the fact that she couldn’t metal bend so she just learned how to

Thanks man

Actually the oldest person we met in avatar is Guru Patek he is 150 and bumi is 112

Do you realise it would of sucked to be Kyoshi, she outlived all her friends by accidentally being too badass for death to claim her

Actually that description of how to replenish your body missing resources makes complete sense as an earthbender and the primary components of the human body or foundations. So perfectly logical and surely cannon.

Wow... I've been subbed for a while and JUST realized that you're the same Antoine from JK...