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

"You want me to be the savior of this world, even the entire universe, mainly because you're after the energy behind me. You've discovered the secret to immortality within me. I can tell you, immortality doesn't exist. It's a non-existent thing. If you insist on pursuing it, I can only wish you good luck. If you're unlucky, you might go down this path to the very end and fall into eternal darkness. Because this is an act beyond words, a road of no return, a dead end, no way out, only death. There are no other choices, no other possibilities, only this one path to walk, only death! Nothing but death, I can tell you clearly. You should understand this principle, but if you insist on going down this path to the end, then I can only say you've lost your minds. Really, I'm warning you with good intentions. My warning represents only my goodwill, without any other emotions."

“I don’t want you to do anything that would lead to your death. That kind of behavior is really stupid. It would make me seem like I’ve come to a stupid world, and I don’t really welcome such a world. I know you’re doing this in pursuit of something that’s unrealistic, impossible, and will never lead to immortality.”

"This path to immortality is a dead end, one that is utterly impossible. I hope you can understand this. If you really don't understand, then I can only tell you that I've met a bunch of idiots, a bunch of idiots even more idiotic than someone whose brain was squeezed in a door. Really, I really wonder if I made a mistake by meeting such a bunch of idiots, really?"

"This path is the one we have chosen, so could you please open it for us as requested? If we succeed, you might also gain eternal life. Isn't that the perfect thing you're talking about? No one wants to die, no one wants to die, and no one is unafraid of death. Therefore, eternal life is the common wish of all living beings, and it is something that all living beings desire."

“You’re right. No one is unafraid of death, and I am too. My lifespan is comparable to that of heaven and earth, and I might even surpass it one day. But it will eventually come to an end because I cannot escape my fate, nor can I avoid the destruction of my lifespan. Lifespan cannot be eternal; in fact, it cannot exist forever. To want to live in pursuit of immortality is a very foolish thing. No one can live forever. You don’t need to think about that anymore, but you insist on thinking about it. You insist on believing that you can get the immortality you want from me.”

"If immortality were so easy to obtain, why haven't I pursued it? Why haven't I searched for it? Isn't that the logic?"

"That only proves one thing: your power is not enough to obtain the immortality you desire, or you have not yet met the most basic conditions for immortality, which is why you have not obtained immortality. Only we, or perhaps we have the power to grant you and all of us immortality. Isn't that a good thing?"

"What's the point of you gaining immortality? What's the value of it? If you gain immortality, you can control this universe and this world forever. In that case, the weak will always be weak, and the strong will always be strong. You can trample on other people's freedom and lives at will. As long as you don't like someone, they will have to give up their lives to you because of their weakness, right?"

"Therefore, true immortality does not exist in this world. Even if you could achieve immortality, even if you could truly live forever, in the end, you would be annihilated by an even more powerful being. In that case, it would still not be immortality. No one can reach that point, no one can do it. You should know this very well, you should understand this very well, but you just don't think that what you are doing is a foolish thing. You just think that what you are doing is the right thing, and that I am the only one stopping you."

"I didn't mean to stop you, nor did I want to. You should know this very well. If I wanted to stop you, I might be dead by now. But I didn't stop you because I want to live. As you said, no one is immune to the fear of death. How could anyone want to die? I'm no exception. Of course, I don't want to die; I just want to live well. But I also know very well that immortality doesn't exist; it's something that simply doesn't exist. Under these circumstances, no matter how much or how well you do it, it's meaningless. Any meaning is worthless. You should know this very well. If you don't, then there's only one path left: death. There's no other choice. I think you should know this, I think you should understand."

"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean we can't. Your inability only means you haven't tried hard enough, your power hasn't reached that level yet. You should be very clear about this, you should understand this perfectly well. All you need to do is open this path for us, and then you can save this world, you can obtain this world, and you can obtain this universe. Isn't that a good thing? Isn't this what you've always wanted? Isn't this what you've always wanted to pursue? Is there something wrong? Could it be that something bad has happened? Or that some problem has arisen?"

"If I can't do it, then I can absolutely guarantee that you can't either, because I understand that world better than you do. The reason I'm letting you have it is because I understand that world too well. I understand that world far better than anyone else. That world is not a good place. That world is more cruel than this world, more brutal than this universe. To survive in that world is the first thing you must do, but very few people can survive. Everyone's life is not under their own control. Everyone tries desperately to control their own life, but in the end, there is only one outcome: death. There is no good outcome."

"You should understand this, you should know it. After all, you've experienced countless life-and-death situations, countless deaths, and countless bad things. So you should know what I mean by what I'm saying. But why do you still do this?"

“Because we don’t want to die, because we want to live, it’s that simple. We just want to live, is that so wrong? We just want to keep living, is that wrong? Or is it something wrong with wanting to live? We just want to live forever, just like you said, we use our voices, we just want to live forever,” “But that’s completely unrealistic, you know that, but you insist on courting death, so I can only say sorry, your dreams, your ideas are simply impossible to realize, and will never be realized, I can guarantee that, I can also be sure that you can’t realize your ideas, it’s an impossible thing, if there was even the slightest possibility, you wouldn’t have ended up like this, I can tell you that it’s true, completely true.”

"If you think otherwise, then it proves I'm wrong, and I won't think I'm wrong either. Anyway, I can prove one thing, and that is that your goals and your ideas will never be achieved. No matter how hard you try, it's impossible. No matter how much effort you put in, it's still impossible. So I hope you can understand this. To be honest, I don't want to do this either, but I have no choice. I really have no choice."

"If there were even the slightest way, things wouldn't have gotten so bad. Really, if there were even the slightest way, things wouldn't be so bad. I'm telling the truth, and I hope you understand. I hope you can comprehend this and not do anything foolish. Those things are truly foolish, so foolish that even I'm hopeless. I want you all to live, but that's impossible. I want everyone to live, but that's impossible because resources can't exist forever. Resources are finite; they're regenerated and circulated, but eventually they'll be exhausted. Once there are no resources, no means to sustain life, how can life exist? Have you thought about this? I haven't either, to be honest, because I can't understand how resources can exist forever. I really don't know. Like you said, resources will keep circulating and becoming something else. But if this thing keeps monopolizing the resource and is constantly devouring other resources, won't it one day devour all the resources in the entire universe?"

"When the entire universe runs out of resources, how will humanity survive, and how will all living things continue to exist? Have you ever thought about this question? I feel that you have never thought about it. You just think that everything you say and do is correct and without any mistakes. I can assure you that this is indeed very correct, but it is also quite wrong, quite outrageous, extremely outrageous."

"I can't even find a reason to refute this statement because I don't know how to explain it to you. It's a perfectly normal question, but I've found that no matter how I explain it, you always find other reasons to refute me. Since that's the case, there's no need for me to explain it to you anymore. I don't want to explain it to someone who can't understand me. That way, I might feel a little more at ease and won't have such a headache."

"You understand this principle, you know this principle, I think you are definitely clear about this principle, right? If you are not clear about it, then pretend I never said it, but I think you are a very clear-headed person, a very rational person, and a very clear-headed person."

"No matter what you say, we still want to pursue that eternal life. All we want to pursue is eternal life. We know that this pursuit is difficult, but we know that if there is only one person in this world who can open this path, it is you, because you have come from this path. Your running away does not mean that we do not want to pursue it. I hope you can understand our predicament. We really want to exist forever. We really want to become stronger and more terrifying. Only in this way can we protect the people around us, our family and friends. Only in this way can we obtain those things that we could not obtain before. These are really important, and you should understand them too."

“You’re absolutely right, very right, absolutely correct. I really wish you could say something even more correct, but I don’t want you to go down this path, because it’s a dead end. If I open this path, it would be the same as harming you, and I can’t forgive myself for doing such a foolish thing.”

"This behavior is incredibly foolish. It makes me feel like a complete idiot, and I don't want to be that kind of idiot. So I hope you can understand me and my predicament. Really, I really hope you can understand my predicament. If there's nothing else, please don't bother me anymore, okay?"

“We have something very important that we need your help with, so we have to come and bother you. We have no other choice. Unless you agree to our request, which is to open the path to eternal life, we promise that we will never bother you again. This is what we can promise, and it is what we are willing to promise. Really, we can promise this, and we can promise you forever. We have no demands, really. We don’t know if you are willing to help us.”

"Are you stupid? Or do you not understand? I've made myself perfectly clear. I'm not willing to help you, and I can't help you. Go back to where you came from and stop bothering me. It's pointless and worthless. I won't be bothered by you, and you shouldn't bother me anymore, lest I become even more annoyed with you. You should be smart and stop bothering me. Really, stop bothering me. It's pointless, really pointless." (End of Chapter)