Am I still alive? : Living for the first time in my 1000th life

It is said that surviving and living are similar but different. But what if you've died hundreds of times? Could you call this living? Or is it just surviving?

Iterum who've died hundreds of times has faced his 998th death as a slime. As the beast crushed his core the last thing he sincerely utter was "Please let me die!"

But unfortunately, he woke up for his 999th life. But now an unknown voice was heard, saying: live for once, even just for this life. Then it returned his lost memories from his very first life.

Living, surviving rather, for 999 lives has ended. Now he can live for real. I'll live for the first time in this 1000th life.