Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

"I hope your spiritual root test score exceeds fifty points."

"May you have exceptional talent for cultivating immortality and possess a rare and unique celestial spiritual root."

"Damn it, you're the one with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, your whole family has Heavenly Spiritual Roots."

On the street, two young men glared at each other like two angry fighting cocks, spewing extremely vicious words at each other. If they weren't worried about attracting the attention of the Immortal Alliance's law enforcement officers, they would probably have already started fighting.

Seeing this scene, Duan Xuan's eyes were glazed over, and he felt a sense of unreality.

"Ah Xuan, it's your turn."

A reminder came from behind, and Zhou Ran patted Duan Xuan on the shoulder. Ever since the accident, his friend had often been in a daze after waking up.

"Forget it, I don't want to buy it."

Duan Xuan stepped out of the line and gave up his spot.

"What? You're not buying it?"

Zhou Ran's face showed an incredulous expression: "Hey, do you even know what you're saying? This time, the Divine Mechanism Puppet was modeled after Fairy Yunzhong. Do you know how popular Fairy Yunzhong is right now? Do you know how much the Immortal Alliance paid to obtain her authorization in terms of image, voice, and physical characteristics?"

"And what did I sacrifice to get the exclusive first-release rights to this limited edition? You're my childhood friend, that's why I brought you along, and now you're saying you don't want to buy it?"

"How could you do this to me? This is even harder than subscribing to pre-IPO shares."

"Since you like the Fairy in the Clouds so much, why don't you go and cultivate immortality?"

"Cultivate immortality? Ah Xuan, have you suffered some kind of shock that made you so desperate to want to cultivate immortality?" Zhou Ran's expression grew increasingly strange: "You weren't like this before. You used to talk about wanting to go to the Dark Alchemy World to secretly test your spiritual roots. If your aptitude was high, you would try to save money to buy Dark Elixir that could destroy spiritual roots..."

Before he could finish speaking, Duan Xuan covered his mouth: "Do you want to die? I was just talking nonsense when I was young and ignorant."

"How can you say something like that in the street?"

Duan Xuan turned to look around. Fortunately, no one was paying attention, so he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but look ahead again.

Above, one could see flying chariots speeding through the clouds, and occasionally, streaks of light transformed from cultivators would flash across the sky like lightning.

Further away, a magnificent palace floats above the clouds. This is the landmark building of Illusion City, the Heavenly Core Palace.

Meanwhile, the huge 8DGG sign was repeatedly playing a promotional video produced by the Immortal Alliance, which guided and encouraged people to test their spiritual roots and embark on the path of immortality.

On the side, thousands of drones were also performing in coordination.

Finally, they formed a magnificent pattern that was clearly visible throughout the city: "One person cultivates immortality, the whole family is honored; one who evades cultivation of immortality will spend his life in prison."

This is fucking magical!

What's even more surreal is that I was able to travel through time because the original owner of this body was just over eighteen years old and was constantly on edge about the upcoming spiritual root test.

Fearing that if the test results showed that his spiritual root aptitude was too outstanding, he would be forced to embark on the path of immortality according to the "Obligatory Immortal Cultivation Law" promulgated by the Immortal Alliance.

Then, this guy became depressed.

His condition worsened, and after several twists and turns, he finally went to the rooftop.

To avoid cultivating immortality, you freaking...

When the transmigration ended and he gradually adapted to this body, slowly merging with and reviewing the other's memories, Duan Xuan admitted that his worldview had been greatly impacted.

In his previous life, as a frequent visitor to Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform), he had seen all sorts of ways protagonists died after transmigrating, so he was quite knowledgeable. But to avoid cultivating immortality, he had actually killed himself... Forgive him for not being well-read, he had never seen anything like it.

This guy has certainly set a precedent in history.

Then a question, or rather a doubt, was placed in front of Duan Xuan... Is cultivating immortality in this world really that scary?

To the point that people were driven to the rooftop?

Could it be that being a mortal is more enjoyable than becoming an immortal?

Duan Xuan felt confused.

"Ah Xuan, what are you daydreaming about? Come on, come on, there are only ten days left for the spiritual root test. If it is found that you have good aptitude, you will only have two choices: cultivate immortality or go to jail."

"No time to waste! Let's make the most of these last moments of fun and think carefully about how we're going to have a blast!"

"Ranzi."

"Um?"

Is cultivating immortality really that terrifying?

"Why are you asking such a silly question again? Oh, I forgot, you suffered some memory loss after the accident last time."

"You haven't answered my question yet."

"Cultivating immortality isn't scary, but only fools do it."

"what?"

"Alright, stop talking. I know a newly opened club with excellent service; all the staff are the latest-model 'Divine Mechanism Mystic Couple'!"

……

As time went by, Duan Xuan gradually regained some of his long-forgotten memories.

This gave him a deeper understanding of this brand new world.

This place is called Shuiyun Star, or Shuiyun Continent, and is one of the three thousand worlds attached to the Spirit Realm Guixu.

Of course, there are countless spirit realms, but Guixu is unique.

This spirit realm and all its associated smaller worlds are not only thriving in the realm of immortals, but also advanced in science and technology. In fact, they have perfectly integrated the realm of immortals with technology, bringing unimaginable convenience to people.

Mortals also live extremely comfortably, especially with the breakthrough in gene technology. After gene modification, even without cultivating immortality, mortals can easily live for three hundred years.

The abundance of material life has freed everyone from work.

Thus, the roll became a legend.

The purpose of life is reduced to mere enjoyment; lying down is the most basic thing; even learning doesn't require hard work, as ordinary knowledge is directly imparted through immortal techniques.

To put it another way, the ordinary people living here live in no way inferior to the emperors of ancient times.

They have no worries about food and clothing, and even have nothing to worry about in terms of love and procreation. The perfect fusion of immortality and technology creates divine puppets that are like a dimensional reduction attack when facing handsome men and beautiful women in real life.

Just like that old saying, "If you can imagine it, you can do it."

The Divine Machine Mystic Puppet can fulfill all your fantasies, bringing users a brand new experience every day. Since its launch, it has achieved a 99.999% positive review rate...

In this situation, who the hell would still cultivate immortality?

The purpose of cultivating immortality is to enjoy life. I'm already having a great time, so why would I want to cultivate further? Wouldn't I be out of my mind?

Most people are prone to laziness when faced with a comfortable life.

Although in theory, cultivating immortality can lead to a longer lifespan.

But the price to pay for that would be much higher.

Moreover, the hope of achieving immortality was originally slim.

Even mortals can live for three hundred years, so who would think that far ahead...?

With everyone around them lying down, living a life of debauchery and intoxication, how many people would still have the motivation and desire to cultivate immortality?

Everyone lies down, only caring about having fun; this world is like the legendary paradise.

Until one year, the sky... collapsed!