In the years that followed, Qin Shou sat cross-legged on the mountaintop, splitting into hundreds of divine thoughts that went to the mortal realm. He wanted to take a good look at this world that he had never seriously looked at before.
The world is vast and boundless, and all living beings seek salvation.
He was like a passerby, attached to the consciousness of each human being, watching their life trajectories, birth, aging, sickness and death.
There are young prodigies, spirited and arrogant, laughing at the world... There are dragon-slaying heroes who end up becoming dragons themselves... There are emperors, extravagant and licentious, obsessed with immortality... There are evil cultivators who slaughter cities, cannibalizing hearts for cultivation... There are times of famine, when people eat dirt, gnaw on tree bark, and even exchange their own children to eat... There is the charcoal seller, "His clothes are thin, but he worries that charcoal will be cheap and wishes for colder weather"... There is the tragic society of "the rich feasting on meat and wine while the poor freeze to death on the streets"... There is the righteous scholar, devoted to the people, who uses his pen to punish the wicked, only to be harmed by them in the end... There is the blind old mother, lighting an oil lamp, waiting day and night for her son to return from war... There are so many more...
This was the first time Qin Shou had opened his eyes to see the world like this.
He was deeply shaken.
However, he still believed that under the Great Dao of Immortality, everything was merely a passerby in time.
Even if he sees many injustices today and takes action to resolve them, what will happen in the future?
How vast is heaven and earth, how boundless is the universe... He is but a mortal, so what if he were an immortal?
The universe operates on nothing more than the 'Dark Forest Theory': those seeking salvation must first save themselves. If one cannot even save oneself, then even the Buddha is merely a mocking spectator...
But the soft-hearted 'god' is always bound to feel pity for those 'ants' whose lives are far inferior to his own...
Qin Shou thus contemplated his philosophy of life through the experiences of others' 'reincarnations'...
Time flies.
More than a hundred years have passed quietly.
On this day, the Tianxuan Continent ushered in a day that would eventually be recorded in history.
But then, a vast celestial calamity descended upon the sky above the Tianxuan Continent.
A mortal ascends to immortality, a sight of unparalleled beauty on earth.
"Is someone about to undergo immortal tribulation?"
In the Central Plains, on the Vermilion Bird Divine Court Palace, sat a round-faced girl, swinging her two little feet.
"I wonder which unlucky soul it is this time."
Beside him, Xiao Xuan stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly.
"Perhaps they can succeed?"
"Cotton Moon Girl tilted her head and said."
"The laws of heaven and earth are now at their most oppressive in ten thousand years. I ask you, in the entire world, besides myself, with my exceptional talent and handsome appearance, who else is confident of transcending the tribulation and becoming an immortal?"
Xiao Xuan smoothed a strand of dark hair at his temple and smiled.
"Ugh—you're shameless!"
Cotton Moon Girl was as disgusted as ever.
"Hahaha…… "
Xiao Xuan flicked his sleeve and laughed loudly.
But the next moment, he saw that tall figure soaring upwards, bathed in the celestial tribulation, and it seemed strangely familiar. Although the celestial tribulation interfered with his vision and he couldn't see the face clearly, Xiao Xuan felt as if he had seen the person before.
Master!
Could it be that Master is undergoing his immortal tribulation?!
Look at that flamboyant demeanor; even from millions of miles away, it stands out so strikingly.
Xiao Xuan gradually became very certain.
"If he really succeeds, then it's time for this young lady to leave."
Cotton Moon Girl clapped her hands and stood up.
"You're also going to undergo the Immortal Tribulation?"
Xiao Xuan inquired.
“No, that’s not it.” Cotton Moon shook her head. “This is the end times, and the laws of the Great Dao are suppressing things too much. The laws of the upper and lower realms that I cultivate still repel each other. Although I have a 50% chance of successfully transcending the tribulation, I have a good father, a good mother, and a good family background. I don’t need to take that risk.”
"Then you are..." Xiao Xuan asked.
"Hehe, if this person truly succeeds in transcending the tribulation, the mortal-immortal passage will be briefly opened at the moment of ascension. I'll seize this opportunity to unleash the contingency plan my father left me, and then I can return to the Immortal Realm."
"Little Xuanzi, when you reach the Upper Realm, just mention my name, the Moon Goddess Mianyue, and I'll protect you."
Mian Yue patted Xiao Xuan on the shoulder and said with great enthusiasm.
"Come on, you almost got beaten to death in the lower realms." Xiao Xuan curled his lip.
Cotton Moon immediately pouted and huffed, "That was hundreds of years ago! You make that old monster crawl out of the ground now and see if I don't beat him to tears!"
"Yes, yes, Miss Mianyue is adorable and invincible, inspiring admiration."
"Hehe, no, no." Shy girls are usually not too bad. "Alright, Little Xuanzi, when we reach the Upper Realm, I'll take you as my Moon Servant. I'll have my father teach you immortal arts."
"What does the Moon Servant do?"
"Of course, it's for washing the feet of the most beautiful girl in the Moon Palace!"
"For your mother?"
"........"
"Hehe, does your dad agree?"
"......."
"If you agree, I can wash them both together."
"You bastard!"
......
Boom!
The celestial tribulation was vast, seemingly capable of destroying the world.
Qin Shou was bathed in the lightning tribulation, as if struck by lightning, which was incredibly intense.
For a mortal to ascend to immortality, their physical body and soul must undergo nine tribulations of lightning to completely shed their mortal form and transform into an immortal, thus achieving a leap in their level of life.
During this process, the person undergoing tribulation cannot rely on any external objects.
However, it was a piece of cake for the Qin beast.
His foundation was even more solid than Yi Cheng's big belly, and he was the 'strongest' in every realm. Even if the Great Dao suppressed him severely, it was useless, after all, he was the 'protagonist'.
"They've transcended their tribulation! Someone else has transcended their tribulation!"
"Tsk tsk, a sight that was rare for tens of thousands of years in the past has become quite common in the last hundred years."
“............”
Three months later.
Qin Beast successfully transcended the tribulation, his entire body bathed in immortal light, and his life level completely leaped, stepping into the path of immortality.
Above the sky, a portal slowly opened above the original vortex of thunder, and strands of immortal light poured down. Qin Shou glanced at the scene beyond this world, but did not choose to ascend. Instead, he slowly raised his hand and closed the portal. As the immortal light slowly dissipated, Qin Shou's figure also disappeared from the sky.
Holy crap!
"You've successfully overcome the tribulation!"
"This person actually succeeded in transcending the tribulation!!!"
"Did he ascend to the Immortal Realm?!"
"Damn it, I'm so envious I'm grinding my teeth to powder!"
At this moment, exclamations of amazement erupted from every corner of the Tianxuan Continent.
In this degenerate age, someone has actually transcended tribulations and ascended to immortality!
This is simply...unbelievable!
They originally believed that in this world, only the exceptionally talented emperor of the Vermilion Bird Dynasty had a sliver of hope of successfully transcending the tribulation...
"My master... has successfully transcended his tribulation!!"
"Did he... ascend to the upper realm...?"
Xiao Xuan murmured, then frowned, and then wailed: "My thigh, my thigh just flew away like that?!"
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