Simulated immortality allows me to calculate talent stats.

"Junior brother..."

The vague murmurs gradually became clearer; they were not words, but rather a direct imprint of consciousness on the mind.

Your jade-like eyes and golden pupils pierced through the surrounding chaotic black mist.

[A hazy white light appeared, drifting in from afar.]

Clear and serene, imbued with boundless mystery.

[Her ethereal figure, like a celestial being ascending to heaven, swayed and soared through the air.]

The ancient white robe fluttered, its edges shimmering with points of light like scattered fireflies.

[The eldest disciple, surrounded by a serene aura and radiant wisdom, with an elegant and dignified face, greets you with a warm smile.]

[It really is Senior Brother Yu Shou!]

A steadfast will makes you immune to confusion and deception.

[And the way the eldest brother's soul transcended into immortality was something few in the world could fake.]

That was pure, overwhelming, and terrifying mental power.

[Soul, spirit, consciousness, thoughts, profound ideas, insight...]

[The entirety of the mind.]

"Senior Brother! What are you doing here?"

[Spending years alone, wallowing in the desolate, deathly silence, the torment to the mind and spirit is terrifying.]

It's no different from being locked in a dark room.

You're naturally happy to see someone you know.

[The eldest disciple, with his ethereal and otherworldly grace, left a trail of clear white light as he floated down from the sky.]

[Suspended before you.]

"Junior brother, it's been a long time."

[The voice possesses a unique clarity and brightness, with an intimate tone.]

[The power of the mind reveals your current state.]

[This can roughly deduce what you've experienced.]

[After a soft, regretful sigh.]

[He asked with concern, "Did you flee to the underworld to escape a massacre?"]

Your black robe flutters, and you lightly wave your wide sleeves.

"Senior brother, don't put it so harshly. I'm making a strategic retreat, retracting my fist to gather strength, and looking for an opening to strike."

"Okay, okay..."

The eldest brother smiled gently, agreeing with your sophistry.

[He asked, "Have you found a solution to the predetermined fate of this calamity?"]

You sit suspended in mid-air, lost in thought.

"It's a long story..."

"Your senior brother has plenty of time now."

[Your senior brother, Yu Shou, interrupts your feigned profundity.]

[You briefly described his ascension to immortality and the events that occurred after his death.]

I've heard that my second senior brother's golden light dissipated, my third senior brother merged with the power of thunder, and my master also perished after slaying an immortal.

The eldest disciple, Duanxuan, could not hide his grief.

[Then I learned that you had experienced the chaos of the Central Courtyard battle, Taiyuan's scheming, and your willingness to face the calamity, ultimately with the help of your kind senior sister.]

[Arrived in the underworld.]

[The eldest disciple, Yu Shou, couldn't help but sigh.]

[He has only been dead for a few years, yet so many changes have occurred in the world, and you have faced numerous life-or-death crises.]

[Feeling guilty and ashamed: "Junior Brother, I heard your call, but I was trapped in the Underworld and could not show myself to help you."]

"It wasn't until you arrived in the underworld that I followed your earlier call and came looking for you."

You waved your hand dismissively, "How could I blame my senior brother?"

[In that situation, even if the eldest disciple could actually manifest...]

[It can still only affect the balance of the battle; in reality, the killing is predetermined and there is no room for doubt.]

The calamity will eventually come.

On the contrary, the current outcome can be considered a narrow escape from death.

"Senior Brother, what are you doing in the Underworld? And what state are you in now?"

[The eldest brother sits in meditation in the void, just like you.]

[Clear, bright eyes recall memories.]

"It's a long story..."

"Senior Brother, I don't have much time left."

The eldest disciple couldn't help but chuckle; trapped in the Land of the End, he was speaking to someone for the first time in a long time.

[This also made him feel happy and pleased.]

"After I died that day, when I regained consciousness, I was already here."

"Like a lost soul, I wander and search, finding nothing changed; the endless, vast land is all the same."

"Until I rediscovered the profound mystery of insight and cultivated the mind-only body."

"Those who are divinely enlightened sense that this place is a hellish realm destroyed in ancient times."

"And then... we discovered that your call had moved from the human world to the underworld."

"Then I came looking for you."

[You will deeply memorize the senior brother's description, and at the same time, dissect and analyze it.]

The eldest brother was resurrected directly in the underworld after his death.

[Then, he didn't know at the time that he was in the underworld.]

Instead, they rediscovered the profound mysteries of the universe and cultivated a mind-based body.

[A divine and insightful perception.]

In other words, the eldest brother's path to enlightenment is connected to the underworld.

His presence here was not accidental.

[Perhaps his path of cultivation was predetermined, leading to his ascension to immortality and his fall into the underworld...]

It's all part of a predetermined destiny.

If so, what is the purpose?

What impact will the eldest disciple have on the underworld, which was destroyed long ago?

Please share your analysis and questions.

[The senior brother nodded in approval.]

He pondered, "I have also considered what you said. Now that the path of cultivating the mind is freed from the constraints of human rules, one must constantly seek enlightenment."

"My understanding of the underworld also gradually improves as my cultivation progresses."

Your heterochromatic eyes are deep and mysterious.

"So, Senior Brother's understanding of the Underworld is linked to his cultivation level?"

"When you fully ascend to the pinnacle of the path of self-cultivation, will you completely understand the true nature of the underworld?"

The eldest disciple smiled and said, "Perhaps."

You fell silent.

The connection between the eldest disciple and the underworld must involve unspeakable schemes and plots.

What is the purpose then?

[Using the eldest disciple to revive the underworld? To reconstruct the cycle of reincarnation?]

Inferences without clues are meaningless; stop overthinking.

"So, Senior Brother, are you now planning to cultivate in seclusion in the Underworld, awaiting an opportunity for enlightenment?"

【"Um."】

The eldest disciple smiled and nodded.

"Now I have a basic understanding of the underworld, and I know how to leave if I wish."

"However... given my current level, rank, and condition, what changes will occur after I leave the Underworld is unknown."

You are suddenly surprised by a piece of information revealed in your senior brother's words.

"Senior Brother, do you know how to leave the Underworld?"

[The eldest disciple, Yu Shouqing, looked puzzled.]

"I do know that Yu Jing cares so much. Do you still intend to leave the Underworld?"

He can see into your physical condition.

[In a few years, he will die of old age.]

He has already devised a plan: he will use the path of idealism and the mysteries of the underworld.

[Refer to his process of "ascension and fall."]

[To bring you new life from the end of death.]

Besides, even if you didn't have the issue of lifespan, you came to the underworld to escape calamity.

[We absolutely cannot leave.]

Otherwise, upon returning to the mortal realm, the karmic cycle of cause and effect, and the calamity of death, will descend once more.