I, the mortal, come from the great world of Xuanhuang

"Look, a hundred years of life is but a fleeting existence. So why pursue immortality? True immortality is that even if heaven and earth perish, I will not perish; even if heaven and earth perish, I will not perish. This is true immortality, but it is only theoretical immortality, because even so, there is still a time of annihilation. You may escape the destruction of heaven and earth once, but can you escape it two, three, four, or five times? As far as I know, even the supreme Celestial King can only live for twenty eras. Do you know how many years an era is? No, you don't know at all. Even I don't know how many years an era is, let alone you. In short, the time of an era is far too long, far too long for us to covet, and we cannot reach that state. There is a state called 'living as long as heaven and earth,' a state where one can live and die with heaven and earth: when heaven and earth perish, I will not perish." I die; heaven and earth perish, and so do I. In short, if heaven and earth die, I must die. To transcend this, one needs to reach the realm of the Heavenly Ruler. What is a Heavenly Ruler? It is the sovereign of heaven, someone even the Heavenly Emperor cannot command. Can you reach that level? You cannot. You simply cannot reach that level. So, don't even think about it, don't even ask. This is simply not a realm you can reach. Therefore, you only need to do what you need to do, slowly and steadily, bit by bit. The rest is none of your concern. Sometimes, in certain places, at certain times, things are beyond our reach, at least for you and me. Whether you believe it or not, it's like this. Whether you want to believe it or not, it's like this. Whether you can believe it or not, that's how it is. That's all I can tell you. Believe it or not. It's all your business, it has nothing to do with me. I'm only talking to you so much because I don't want to cause trouble for myself. But I still feel like you don't really believe me. But that doesn't matter anymore. Whether you believe me or not, it's not important. What's important? The important thing is that we don't bother each other, we don't interfere with each other. You go your way, I'll go mine. You go your path, I'll go mine—isn't that a wonderful thing? Why do you insist on going against me? Why do you insist on being my enemy? I just don't understand—or rather, I mean you all—you've repeatedly schemed and gone to great lengths to drive me out. What's the point of driving me out? Do you think you can get what you want by driving me out? That's a complete joke, a pipe dream. You can't do it. I can't do it either. No one can do it, no one is capable of doing it. Sigh, to be honest, I'm really tired, really, really tired. I don't want to be this tired, but I have no choice. If I'm not this tired, it's others who will be tired. You know, I'm such a good person, working so hard to protect others, right? If it weren't for that, I couldn't have done so much. Don't you think that makes sense? But unfortunately, no one understands, no one can comprehend my thoughts, no one can understand my current pain, no one can understand any of this. They always think I'm a scourge, a scourge that shouldn't exist in this world. But am I really a scourge? I don't think I'm a scourge.

"I know you probably think I'm just complaining, and yes, I am. I just want to tell you that I'm really not a menace, and I really don't want to be one. I hope you can understand me and realize that everything I'm doing now isn't a menace. I just want to protect myself. Why won't you believe me? Why do you insist on believing those wild speculations instead of what I'm saying? Is it because I'm not from your world? Is it because I haven't paid any price for what I'm doing here?"

"Actually, none of this is very important. Don't you understand? It's not important at all. It's completely unimportant. If it were important, there would be too many important things. But in reality, it's not important, and we don't need to care too much about it. I always feel that you are all too narrow-minded!"

"Your narrow-mindedness is beyond words. I just don't understand. Can't you be a little more open-minded, broaden your horizons, and make them clear and understandable to others, instead of being so narrow-minded that it's just a dark void, preventing others from even seeing you and making them think you're a bunch of narrow-minded and gloomy people? These kinds of people really shouldn't exist because they're too dark, too narrow-minded, to the point of being a headache. At least I hadn't thought about how to face these things because your narrow-mindedness made me unable to find a way to deal with you, but now it seems I have no choice but to face you narrow-minded people."

"No need to be so righteous. Whether we're narrow-minded or not has nothing to do with you. You should know very well that you shouldn't exist in this world at all, so it would be better for you to leave as soon as possible. This would be extremely beneficial for both you and us. If you continue to stay in this world, it won't be good for this world, and it's even worse for you. You should know this very well, but you just won't leave. What is it for? For your so-called justice, for your so-called change of tragedy?"

"This has nothing to do with you, right? I said you already left, so why did you come back? Was it just to yell at me like this? If you were, you're completely overthinking it. Trying to silence me with words like that is utterly unrealistic, completely impossible. It's completely impractical, so don't even bother trying. It's pointless. I'm not someone who's easily defeated. Don't do things that are pointless. Doing them makes you look stupid, and not doing them makes you look useless. Don't you agree? If you know something is pointless, don't do it." "Doing it is pointless, but not doing it makes you look stupid and useless. Don't you think that makes sense? I don't want to say it a third time; I only want to say it twice to make you understand that I am an invincible being. Don't think about anything else. I am an invincible being. Under these circumstances, you just need to obediently follow my instructions. As for those who don't follow instructions, don't worry about them. They have nothing to do with you. They are meaningless to you. You only need to know this much. You don't need to know or care about the rest. Paying attention to them is completely pointless and useless."

"Do you realize how incredibly foolish you are right now? You should be doing your most important thing: quickly cultivate yourself into a god, overcome your tribulation, and become a deity. Only then can you save the world you're meant to save. If you can't even do that, how can you expect to save the world? You're just joking! You're completely joking, playing a huge joke, a truly enormous joke. This joke is hilarious, yet it's not funny at all, you know? Because this joke makes you seem incredibly foolish, utterly foolish, truly, utterly foolish, beyond imagination, unbearable. Because no one wants to clean up this mess for you, and you don't even realize it."

"To be honest, you are really too stupid, unbelievably stupid, so stupid that it's unbearable for me. I have never seen anyone as stupid as you. It is a miracle that you can be this stupid, really, it is a miracle, it is just too amazing."

"I want to know how you cultivated to this level. This is a very crucial question, and a very important one. I really want to know."

“Unless this point is clarified, I really can’t feel at ease. I’m not saying you have any faults, but I hope you understand what you should be doing instead of interfering in my affairs. You don’t need to interfere; it has nothing to do with you. Even if you want me to leave, you need to come up with a legitimate reason, a reason that I can believe. Only then will I leave. If you don’t even have such a reason, why should I leave? Don’t you agree? Isn’t that right? That’s exactly it, isn’t it? That’s exactly it. And to find a legitimate reason, frankly, that’s a very difficult thing. At least with me, you won’t find one. You simply can’t find a legitimate reason.”

"Alright, alright, I've made myself perfectly clear. Think about it carefully. If you still can't figure it out, ask the people around you. They should be able to tell you. After all, those old fogies still have some skills. If they didn't have those skills, it would be a real pity, a very regrettable thing. To be honest, it would be very disappointing and very regrettable."

"There's no need to say anything more. You should leave now. You must leave. If you don't leave, it won't do the world any good. If you want to change the world, the best way for you to do so is to leave here as soon as possible. You shouldn't stay here any longer. Staying here won't do you any good. You should be very clear about that."

"You're right, you're absolutely right, you're so good, you're absolutely perfect, really."

"Why should I leave? What right do I have to leave? I've already come into this world, so there's no way I can leave. There's absolutely no way I can leave. Don't even think about it. If I leave, it will definitely not be a good thing for me. It will be a terrible thing for me. Why should I leave? There's absolutely no way I can leave. Don't even think about it. Seriously, don't even think about it."

"I've already made myself perfectly clear. I want to change the tragedies in this world. I must change those tragedies. These tragedies are what I must change, just so I can be a little happier, a little more joyful. I don't have any other ambitions. Honestly, these are very good things for me. If I'm in a good mood, I might just leave, but if I'm in a bad mood, I definitely won't leave. Do you understand? Oh, right, you don't understand. If you did, you wouldn't have asked me that stupid question earlier. I hope you understand how stupid that question was, and don't ask me again. That question was really stupid, extremely stupid, you know? The stupidity of that question was beyond imagination, beyond expectation. I never thought you would ask me such a stupid question. It was so stupid that I didn't even know how to answer you. You are truly incredibly foolish."

"No matter what you say, you should leave this world now instead of staying here. Your continued presence here will do none of us any good. Don't you understand that? Do we need to say it again? You must leave. If you don't leave, it will do you no good."

"My leaving is my own business, not something you can tell me to do. Who are you? You're completely joking with me, utterly joking. You're talking about something incredibly stupid, utterly stupid. I can't leave; you can completely give up on that idea. Because my departure won't benefit you at all. I could clearly change many tragedies, so I can't leave. Since it doesn't benefit me, I won't leave, and you don't need to think about it anymore." (End of Chapter)