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

Do you know the true method to achieve immortality?

Fang Yu was completely stunned by this question, or rather, by this follow-up inquiry. He hadn't expected the other party to ask such a question, but upon reflection, it was quite normal—after all, the other party had always been pursuing this goal: what is immortality, what is eternal life.

"When the world is destroyed, no matter how long you live, you will hardly escape death. Even if you can escape the destruction of one, two, or three worlds, you will eventually face destruction. For example, if the universe is destroyed, where can you escape to? Only by transcending the constraints of the universe, surpassing its rules, laws, mysteries, and origins, can you become the being you desire—an immortal being. However, this is only temporary. It is temporary because if the entire universe is destroyed, can you still live forever? Of course not. When the world perishes, you will naturally perish as well. Don't think you can escape when the world perishes; you haven't reached that level yet. If you could reach that level, you would have wiped me out long ago. But unfortunately, you cannot reach it, and it is impossible for you to reach that level."

"I hope you can understand this clearly. If you don't understand, then there's nothing I can do. If you have even a little bit of sense, you should know what I mean by all this. So don't think about pursuing immortality or eternal life. These are certainly worth exploring, but if you obsessively pursue them, you'll only be bringing shame upon yourself—because achieving these things is completely impossible, something that can't happen, and you can't do it at all."

"Under these circumstances, your attempt to achieve this is utterly unrealistic, because even Heaven and Earth wouldn't allow it. If you leave this universe with vast amounts of energy, primordial spirit, and origin, Heaven and Earth will weaken; only by dying within this universe can Heaven and Earth restore itself to its proper state. You all disappear one by one, leaving this world to pursue your immortality, but you take away the laws, rules, primordial spirit, and energy of this world. In this way, one, two, three, four… one day, Heaven and Earth will be unable to withstand it and will naturally perish. Under these circumstances, unless Heaven and Earth are foolish, unless they possess even a slight will, they will not allow you to reach this point, nor will they allow you to escape. The only way you can escape is to transcend Heaven and Earth, but how can you transcend Heaven and Earth? Can you even surpass Heaven and Earth? Think about it carefully, is such a thing truly possible?" "The ability? The ability to transcend heaven and earth—do you truly possess it? If you did, you would have already attained the immortality you desire. This is clearly impossible. After all, you exist in this world; everything you have comes from this world. How could you possibly transcend it? It's utterly impossible, fundamentally unattainable. I cannot describe this process in words, but I can tell you that you cannot transcend the constraints and interference of this world and this universe. This is something you simply cannot do. Don't even think you can; it's impossible. If there were even the slightest possibility, you would have already achieved it, but clearly you haven't. Therefore, this matter is completely impossible and unrealistic. I'm not saying it's impossible; it's simply the truth. It's inherently something completely impossible. I'm not trying to scare you; I'm merely stating a fact, a truth I know."

"What is this truth? It's everything I've said, everything I've told you. Whether you believe it or not is your business, it has nothing to do with me. Anyway, this is how I think, this is how I believe things should be. If one day you really can transcend this world, this universe, then it can only mean that you are incredibly capable—because in my opinion, this is completely impossible and will never happen. Do you understand? If you don't understand, then I can only say that you're overthinking it."

"Do you think you can one day transcend this universe? I think it's impossible. After all, everything you have comes from this universe, so how could you possibly transcend it? It's simply impossible, absolutely impossible. Even if you could live forever, you would only exist like this universe, and you would eventually perish. This is beyond doubt, it doesn't require much thought, it's something you can understand with a little thought, but you refuse to believe it, you don't want to believe it—because it's too hard for you to accept, even unacceptable. Under these circumstances, no matter how much I explain it to you, you won't believe what I say." You won't believe what I'm saying is correct; you'll only think I'm lying to you, just trying to make you accept your fate. Actually, you don't want to accept your fate, you absolutely don't want to accept it; you want to become a truly immortal being. But you must understand one thing: true immortality has never existed. You don't want to die, so you're among the most afraid of death. No, no, no, you can't be considered human; you're just a living being, and you should say you're among the most afraid of death. It's precisely because you're afraid of death that you've ended up like this; if you weren't afraid of death, you wouldn't have ended up like this. I'm not saying that your fear of death is wrong; on the contrary, there's nothing wrong with being afraid of death, it's very... It's perfectly normal, without any flaws or defects; it's truly a very normal thing. No one wants to die, no one wants to be born; it's perfectly normal, even for me. It's just that some people die meaningfully, which, in a sense, is a kind of immortality—because they will always be remembered, and they will be remembered by everyone, thus achieving a different kind of immortality. But there's another kind of immortality: physical immortality, like you are now, able to live indefinitely, even facing heavenly tribulations with confidence, no matter how many times. This is your ability, your skill; no one can change that, no one... "No, not even me can change that. This is something you earned through your own hard work and dedication; you deserve it, that's undeniable, there's nothing more to say, really, there's absolutely no point in saying anything. I'm just telling you this; how you choose is your business, it has absolutely nothing to do with me, and I won't change anything because it truly has nothing to do with me, not even a little bit. Under these circumstances, why should I care or ask? Isn't that just a joke? So what does it have to do with me? It has nothing to do with me. Whether you believe it or not, whether you want to believe it or not, that's your business, it has nothing to do with me."

"If you want to achieve immortality, then strive for it, strive as hard as you can. But whether you can achieve eternal life depends on your abilities. Immortality is easy, but achieving eternal life is impossible, utterly impossible. No matter what you do, it's impossible, there's absolutely no possibility—that's the truth about eternal life. What is eternal life? It's inherently a vague and ethereal thing, yet you're striving for it. Everything you're doing is not wrong, it's just unattainable. It's normal and admirable that you're striving for your goals, but precisely because of this, you'll only have to pay a higher and greater price now. Changing this is also impossible. I'm not deceiving you; deceiving you would do me no good. I've told you everything I wanted to tell you, which is enough to prove my sincerity, at least I think so. Whether you believe it or not is your own business, what does it have to do with me? You could say it has nothing to do with me, right? So, do what you should do, and don't ask about what you shouldn't do, because it's truly meaningless, utterly meaningless."

"All that you've said is just your own opinion; nobody knows the reality. What if true immortality exists?"

"You're right. If true immortality truly exists, you're absolutely right, and I admire your idea. At least I think you're absolutely correct; there's nothing wrong with that. But can you achieve it? I'll just ask you this one question: do you think you can achieve it? I think you can't. To do something that's fundamentally impossible, to insist on believing you can achieve it—that's foolishness. It's not just a mistake, it's pure foolishness. Knowing full well that what you're doing is incredibly foolish, yet still trying your best—what is that if not foolishness? It's truly, utterly, and completely foolish, undeniably foolish. Really, nothing is more foolish than..." This is even more foolish, yet you still do it—because you know that if you don't, you'll die. In this situation, although you're foolish, what you're doing is also quite right, right for you, because you're fighting for a chance to survive. What is this hope? How difficult is this hope? You should know very well, I don't need to say more, you should understand what I mean. I hope you understand this. To be honest, I really don't want to lie to you unless absolutely necessary, and I truly have no intention of lying to you, really no, whether you believe it or not, I really haven't lied to you in the slightest, not even a little bit, really.”

"There's no point in lying to you. I just want to tell you that I don't intend to leave this world, nor will I, because I want to change many things that only I can change. They can't change them, nor do they have the ability to change them. I think you should be very clear about this, I'm sure you are, and I hope you understand."

"What can I do even if I understand? What can I do even if I know?"

"And even if I believed what you said, what could I do? I couldn't change anything. I need immortality. I want to live, to live forever. I don't want to die in this situation. No matter what you say, even if I know immortality doesn't exist, I will still pursue it. After all, there are many things in this world that didn't exist originally, but they came into existence because someone created them—for example, cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, weapons, and this fire. These things didn't exist originally, but they came into existence because living beings created them. So why can't immortality be created? As long as you work hard enough, as long as you pay a high enough price, as long as you do your best, then there is a possibility of creating immortality, there is hope for immortality. Isn't this the truth? Isn't this the reality? Isn't this what we should pursue? This is what we should pursue."

"You're right, that's something we should pursue. But I still believe immortality doesn't exist. If you insist on pursuing immortality, then go ahead and pursue it; I naturally won't object. I firmly believe immortality is impossible. If it existed, countless immortals would already exist. In reality, there has never been such a thing as immortality. Everyone dies, everyone perishes, everyone disappears, everyone ceases to exist, everyone vanishes forever. That's the truth, that's the fact. I think you should understand this clearly, you should know this well. Don't think about anything else, nothing else matters." It's nothing, you just need to work hard. Since you want to pursue immortality, then go ahead and pursue it. Personally, I believe immortality doesn't exist, at least not in my opinion. Even though I come from a world and universe with legends of immortality, I simply don't believe immortality is possible. This is almost beyond doubt, requiring no further consideration; it's a matter of absolute certainty. I also hoped everyone could believe this, but it seems you simply cannot and will not believe such a thing. Since that's the case, then there's nothing more to say, no need to say so much. You believe in your path, and I believe in mine. (End of Chapter)