Prologue: Immortality

Immortality seems to be an eternal topic for mankind.

In the fantasy world of human beings, both in the East and the West, there are their own legendary immortal characters.

Such as Western angels, Eastern immortal practitioners and so on.

Almost every god in mythology is immortal.

Even in modern society with advanced technology, humans have never stopped their research on longevity.

The desire for immortality seems to be engraved in human genes.

In reality, people have long begun exploring immortality.

For example, there were alchemists in the West who searched for the elixir of life.

As early as two thousand years ago, Xu Fu sailed eastward to seek the elixir of life for Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Since then, countless emperors have sought Taoist elixirs in order to hold on to power forever.

Of course, they all failed.

Some returned empty-handed.

Some even died of poisoning.

It seems that no one can stop the program originally set by the Creator, causing each human being to continue to age and die.

But is it true that there are no immortals in history?

According to legend, there are quite a few immortals.

For example, historical records show that Liu An, the King of Huainan, was forced to commit suicide after his conspiracy was exposed. However, some unofficial histories said that he not only did not die, but also took an elixir and ascended to heaven, and even his chickens and dogs became enlightened with him.

Huangdi ascended to heaven riding a dragon.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a female Taoist priest named "Xie Ziran" who ascended to heaven in broad daylight in full view of everyone.

Of course, these are more like legends in our modern society where technology is advancing at a rapid pace.

After all, humans have been able to explore Mars, so where can you ascend to?

But the legend of immortality is not just about ascension.

Peng Zu was eight hundred years old.

Li Qingyun is two hundred and fifty-six years old.

There was a man named Chen Jun in the Tang Dynasty who lived to the Yuan Dynasty. It is said that he lived to be 443 years old.

There are also rumors that Zhang Sanfeng, the well-known founder of the Wudang sect, lived to be 218 years old.

And...the famous Taoist priest Chen Pu is over 300 years old.

It seems that these are all true.