Longevity Candle

Chapter 74: Author's Note on Launching the Book, and Subsequent Plot Developments

It will be released at 12 o'clock tonight.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye; time really flies.

Let's talk about the results first. Thanks to the support of my adoptive parents, the book is doing well and has been listed on Sanjiang Bookstore. Of course, in the end, it still depends on the subscriptions.

Next, let's talk about this book.

It mainly depicts the changing dynasties, the vicissitudes of life, and the cycles of reincarnation.

Each dynasty will not be written for too long.

I don't want to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong.

The path to immortality and the path of following the will of Heaven are both pursuers on the path to immortality.

Mortals pursue profit, while immortals pursue longevity; each has their own goals.

Li Qingping was the initiator of the mortal path to immortality, but not the one who opened the path to immortality.

With the development of the times, and with the help of the Green Lamp, the path from mortal to immortal will be opened, allowing mortals to cultivate immortality and become cultivators of the immortal path, gradually evolving into the world of cultivation.

Of course, those who are born with the talent for immortality will cultivate faster and become more powerful.

The imperial dynasty will also gradually change as immortals enter the mortal realm.

For example, the spirits of mountains and seas, immortal masters and Taoists are no longer enshrined in the temple, but the wandering souls of mortal Qi cultivators after their death. They walk the path of immortality, protect the area, and replace the spirits and immortal masters of the past.

Therefore, the following plot involves mortals and immortals, Qi cultivators, national fortune masters, mountain gods and local deities, and so on.

The ambition for peace will be passed on in every era, with people striving towards the seemingly impossible goal of universal peace.

As time goes by and various reasons arise, mountain and sea spirits and immortal masters will not remain hidden in the mountains and forests forever. They will gradually enter the world, look down upon the mortal realm, and various methods will flow into the secular world.

Those who sought immortality in the past will eventually become relics of the past, evolving into seekers of the Dao.

As time goes by, the ancient path to immortality and the pursuit of it will be revealed.

Over the long years, one of Qingdeng's identities is that of a member of the ancient path to immortality, who once pursued the flickering light of candlelight and explored the pursuit of eternal life.

The oldest path to immortality was for those who were purely seeking immortality, but they all perished on the road to immortality.

As for your concerns about whether you might do sit-ups and come back to life, there's no need to worry.

There are methods of resurrection, such as Nirvana Fire, Taiyin Youying's Lowered Eyes, and Xiao Youming's Rebirth, but none of them are true resurrection.

Nirvana and rebirth in the underworld are both new life, using everything from the past as sustenance, forgetting the past, and becoming a new life.

This kind of rebirth is also limited; mortals, with their fragile souls, can only have it once.

Only two beings can truly reincarnate infinitely: Phoenix and Green Lamp. Those who died before and failed to obtain the Nirvana Flame cannot be resurrected, so there's no need to worry about sit-ups.

As for why Li Qingping remembered his past memories after his rebirth, that will be explained later.

The lamp is a benefactor, a preacher, and a witness to the passage of time, but it cannot make people live forever. All it can do is use its candlelight to record the shining moments of each era.

Years later, they will be forgotten by the world, abandoned by elves and immortals, but someone will always find that green lamp, start a new chapter, and become a new lamplighter. They are the protagonists of the era, they will drive the development of the era, and they will also witness the past of the green lamp, exploring the long-lost ancient in the candlelight.

Okay, that's enough rambling. It will be available at 12:02 tonight.

Let me update it with 10,000 words first.

Please subscribe and give a deep bow to my godparents.

As for the extra chapters, we'll decide on the rules based on the sales performance after the book is released.

If the subscription performance and readership are too poor compared to what is being read, then the rules for adding extra chapters are unreasonable and would be laughable.

One more thing, two free chapters were updated today. After all, the update time was before the official release, so what should be free should still be free.

Finally, a book dedicated to a close friend:

Title: The Unorthodox Path to Immortality: I Can Synthesize Everything

Young Cen Hao was tricked into entering the Blood River Sect, a demonic sect, by his long-lost uncle, and became a lowly outer disciple.

Fortunately, I obtained the extraordinary treasure, the Jade Wheel of Creation, which can combine three identical items into one of higher quality!
Three blood-nourishing pills can be combined into a single blood-strengthening pill, constantly replenishing the body's essence and blood, making one as strong as a dragon or tiger.

To cultivate the White Bone Yama Divine Power, one must slaughter millions and collect fresh corpses. In the future, one will inevitably be subject to the Blood Demon Heavenly Tribulation.
Cen Hao could easily replace it by combining three parts of decaying human bones into one!
Sword cultivators possess exceptional combat prowess, requiring them to refine their flying swords with their own blood essence, maintaining this practice for a century to achieve true unity between man and sword.

Cen Hao simultaneously refined nine swords, and in just one year, he easily obtained a flying sword comparable to one that had been painstakingly refined for hundreds of years...

Thus, on the already extreme and fast-paced path of unorthodox cultivation, Cen Hao, relying on the Jade Wheel of Creation and various unorthodox and clever methods, made rapid and steady progress on the path of cultivation!
Along the way, he drew talismans, learned alchemy, raised poisonous insects, and tamed demonic beasts... After many years, he stood at the end of his cultivation path and looked back.

At some point, the righteous cultivators who used to shout and kill evil spirits and heretics began to bow their heads and chant the name of Dao Lord in his presence.

Book Title: The Immortal of Immortality in the End Times
Sages and worthies of the past are all lonely, those who cultivate immortality and attain the Dao leave their names behind... It is a pity that Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han eventually returned to dust, and Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song could not escape the fate of heaven. In the end times, no one can achieve immortality, and all are submerged in the dust of history.

Zhao Wuji arrived with the priceless Nine Yin Nine Yang Pearls and became a royal physician. He noticed that something seemed amiss in this world, and those who had once sought immortality seemed to have truly achieved something.

However, in this degenerate age, spiritual energy is waning, and cultivators hide behind the scenes, manipulating the world and strictly controlling the resources of immortality. He must lie in seclusion, cultivating in seclusion, refining elixirs and brewing wine, raising Gu poisons and controlling souls, until he achieves the perfection of the Nine Yin and Nine Yang, only then can he attain immortality.
Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Techniques, thirty-six Heavenly Divine Powers... This is a story of a modern man seeking immortality...

Book Title: The End of the Immortal Path

The talking ox, me stealing clothes, and the fairy forced into marriage.

Looking at all this, Jiang Man, who had just transmigrated, felt a strange sense of familiarity.

(End of this chapter)