Eternal life is yet another situation where a void game (no result: neither player wins, but neither player loses) can occur, under rulesets which permit such a thing. Several special rules, such as superko and the Ing Ko Rule, forbid the recurring sequence to occur.

However, eternal life is so rare in games that if one occurs, a Chinese Go text says that:

You should buy fish, vegetables, meat and wine
And have a good party to celebrate yourself