I attained immortality in the real world.

【die!】

Inside the life support pod, Shen Xian's brain turned into a mess, his heart stopped beating, and his soul was no longer in his body.

The vast amount of information contained in the Heavenly Dao of the Azure Heaven Realm overwhelmed the brain, and the illusory information became the tool for dissolving the corpse. Consciousness was immersed in the great web woven by information, becoming confused, sinking, and easily corrupted.

The immortals are undergoing a passive transformation. Only when they can sort out the information of the Heavenly Dao and their thinking can accommodate the changes of all things will it be possible for them to regain their individual consciousness.

A long nirvana, a rebirth, that is, becoming a being of the three realms who can control the Heavenly Dao.

Ascend!

Shen Xian concealed his thoughts at the anchor point, and although his consciousness was submerged, he transcended the physical barrier and ascended to the Heavenly Realm according to the pre-set program.

Cultivators who reach the Three Realms can establish a connection with the human realm. Ascension does not require the guidance of the Heavenly Emperor, nor does it require sacrifices or imperial decrees. They can ascend successfully on their own.

With the release of the third-generation Metaverse Capsule, the thirty-six acting Celestial Lords officially took office.

However, none of the Heavenly Lords noticed that a celestial spirit had quietly appeared in the Heavenly Realm, becoming the first ascendant of the modern era before the modern ascension method was completed.

The place where Shenxian ascended to heaven is not any one of the thirty-six heavens, but a realm in the Cangtian Realm that no one else can enter—the Outer Heaven.

It exists independently of the Thirty-Six Heavens, isolated from the spiritual pollution of the human consciousness gathered in the Azure Heaven Realm, yet it maintains a slight one-way connection with the other Thirty-Six Heavens.

The will of the third realm of Shenxian remains a single thought, unaffected by information erosion, executing the instructions before the fall, moving towards breaking through the third realm, actively absorbing spiritual energy to continuously strengthen consciousness, and the will of the three realms can be maintained forever, thus transforming into the Heavenly Dao without losing oneself.

"........."

Lucheng.

Wanxiang Laboratory.

Suddenly, a thought struck me, and I sensed a change in the river of humanity.

The first step of the third realm is to transcend the limitations of intention, using a point of intention as the anchor of 'self', thereby breaking through the limitations of 'self' and touching upon the consciousness of humanity. There is no change in the individual's spirit and body, but an additional information pathway is added compared to the second realm, with intuition being transformed into concrete information.

The moment Shen Xian completed his corpse dissolution and ascended to immortality, Chen Jing, who was also at the third realm, sensed something and realized that he was the only remaining cultivator at the third realm in the world.

"Proving the Dao!"

"After reaching the third realm, two more steps are needed to fully enter the third realm. First, how to establish a connection with all living beings; second, how to resist the influence of the Tao and avoid losing oneself."

"However, life is subject to birth and death. If I try to understand the will of all beings with my own will, this method is like trying to stain a river with ink. It is like the great vow of Ksitigarbha: 'I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty.' Even if I spend my whole life, I will not be able to empty hell."

"The ancient sages were under limited conditions."

"His intention was to transform into teachings, and his person became a god, thus proving the Way through this unavoidable method."

"Modern people possess an advantage that ancient sages did not have. Shen Xian uses the Azure Heaven Realm as a tool for spreading seeds and passing on the fire. He does not need to present his own will to all living beings, but rather gathers the will of all living beings together."

"To achieve what the Buddha described as the world of a single flower and the realm of a single page, and to accomplish what the ancients could not, will solve the first difficulty in breaking through the three realms."

"The means to resist the transformation of the Dao is the Outer Heaven. The core principle of ancient cultivation and ascension is to use the Heavenly Realm to resist the transformation of the Dao. Only if the Heaven does not perish can the immortals be revived."

"As long as the Tianyuan Group's Cangtian Realm remains open and the Outer Heaven does not collapse, whether one succeeds in attaining enlightenment seems to depend solely on whether one's 'intention' can persist until breaking through the three realms."

Chen Jing knew Shen Xian's method of attaining enlightenment, but remained noncommittal.

Although they are all in the same realm, their understanding of worldly affairs differs, and each person has their own method of attaining enlightenment.

In Chen Jing's eyes, Shen Xian's method of proving the Dao had a 100% failure rate, but Shen Xian had absolute confidence in his own method and believed the success rate was 100%. Similarly, Chen Jing had absolute confidence in his own method of proving the Dao, but in Shen Xian's eyes, the failure rate was also 100%.

Even though they are all in the same realm, their understanding of worldly affairs will differ.

Each person has their own way of attaining enlightenment. They have done their best in the known aspects, and their success or failure depends entirely on the unknown, on their own guesses about the unknown.

"........."

three days later.

Chen Jing's thin frame became muscular, and he quickly skimmed through the information obtained by the main god, gaining a basic understanding of the projects in various laboratories.

During this period, the Impermanence Messenger flawlessly captured the souls of 121 targets, letting the world know that this was not a method of spiritual killing, but a strategic weapon of the mind that could kill whoever it targeted.

Without corresponding countermeasures, no one will target the Wanxiang Laboratory, so there's no need to worry about security for the time being.

The four from Yaojing returned to their respective laboratories with the data. Xu Zui, who was guarding outside the Wanxiang Laboratory, saw Chen Jing come out and quickly asked, "Chen Jing, where are you going?"

It was no big deal for the two to call each other by their first names since they were college classmates, but they started calling each other "boss" after they started working at Wanxiang Laboratory.

Chen Jing glanced at Xu Zui and replied, "After you've recovered and digested the results from various laboratories, it's time to try and see if this path is viable."

Prove the Way.

More ethereal than ascension.

Ordinary people cannot understand the concept of corpse liberation and ascension; death is simply the death of a person.

Only after cultivating immortality did I understand that ascension and death, leaving one's consciousness in the world, can also be considered as living; life is not limited to one form.

Even after becoming a cultivator, Xu Zui still didn't understand the path to enlightenment in the three realms, just like when he was an ordinary person and he saw cultivators pursuing ascension to become immortals.

If Xu Zui were to think for himself, he would simply assume that Chen Jing was going to commit suicide. However, he was more convinced of Chen Jing's wisdom and asked, "Will there be a chance to see him again? Why not go and say goodbye to your parents?"

Chen Jing nodded: "I've always been here, it's just a matter of how long it takes you to find me."

"........."

Twenty-two days ago.

The cultivation laboratories stepped to the forefront, and many of them were merged, completely squeezing out the already cramped space of ordinary laboratories, leaving them with no resources whatsoever.

Wanxiang Labs also took the opportunity to acquire many other labs, including one called Yongmian Lab, which researched cryopreservation technology. This was not unusual among similar labs, or rather, all labs researching cryopreservation had been stuck on the same bottleneck for over a century.

Chen Jing did not think it was a technical problem. First, living people were unwilling to participate in cryopreservation experiments. Second, ordinary people had limited control over their bodies and would die during the freezing and thawing process.

With current technology, at least a cultivator at the second level of immortality can complete the cryopreservation experiment.

"God! Activate the cryo-chamber. The revival program will be initiated ten days after activation."

Chen Jing arrived at the basement of the Eternal Sleep Laboratory, where there was only one advanced cryo-chamber. He lay down inside, preset the thawing and revival time, and started the cryo-chamber.

In an instant, blood was rapidly being drawn from his body, and the temperature inside the cabin dropped rapidly. His consciousness should have become increasingly hazy due to the effects of his body, but Chen Jing remained perfectly conscious.

Within a minute, the breath grew weaker and weaker until it stopped completely.

Even as the body turned into a frozen corpse, a wisp of consciousness remained, detaching from the frozen form and, without the aid of a dimensional pod, logging into the Azure Heaven Realm—the Taihuang Huangzang Heaven. (End of Chapter)