Volume 16: The Wheel of Reincarnation Chapter 55: Heaven, Earth, Humans, Gods, Ghosts and Monsters
'System prompt: You have received a gift from the Taoist master of 'Qinghuai Dao'!'
'System prompt: You have opened the basic player manual of the entire Eastern world. Now, the basic worldview of the Eastern world has been unfolded to you.'
'System prompt: Your talisman has included the coordinates of the 1,763 small worlds, 142 medium worlds, and 17 large worlds in the six realms. As well as the random teleportation coordinates of the six realms. Now it has been added to your player manual, and you can teleport through the Immortal Road at any time.'
'System prompt: The Eastern world is not a complete world, and time and space turbulence may appear in every corner at any time. This world has been torn apart by countless monks, and their universe was destroyed before it was formed. Therefore, there has never been any suppression area or promotion area. The entire Eastern world is under the charge of its respective leader and powerful mana. If you do not understand the rules of the local world, you will be responsible for any violation of the law.'
'System prompt: The knowledge of the Eastern world is being transmitted. It is integrated with the knowledge of the other world given by Shangqing Dao, and now it is integrated into a separate skill table, Eastern world. Tai Shang Qing Jing Lun has been completed, Bao Pu Zi has been completed, Tai Chi Lun has been completed, and other related classics are being sorted out. This time, your energy is more compatible with the entire Eastern world, and you are gradually unlocking your own abilities. But please note that even if you are in your prime, you are likely to die in some accidents in this mysterious world. Please always pay attention to your personal safety. '
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In the old man's eyes, it might have been just a moment of distraction, but Li Lin quickly realized what a fucked-up world this was.
Countless years ago, even in the cultivators' view of time, the concept of cultivating immortals was born in this world. Because the first cultivators may have had obsessive-compulsive disorder, they were extremely eager to complete the work of an entire civilization by themselves.
In fact, they did succeed. Each immortal cultivator was a civilization-like structure. They could produce and sell everything by themselves until the end of the world. Their life span was extremely long, and their accumulation of knowledge was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. However, the long accumulation brought about a cognitive gap. Although there was no evil sect that killed people to prove their truth, they eventually broke out into a terrible war because of their different ideas.
At the beginning, the Eastern world was just a whole world. The sky was like a dome, the earth was like a chessboard, but it was so vast and boundless that even the strongest monks needed countless years to understand the edges of this world. But in the war of different ideologies, this endless world called "primitive" was eventually torn into six pieces, each scattered in the space storm. The raging storm separated their fragments from each other, but many monks were not fools. They knew the consequences of working in isolation, and also knew what would happen if they really split. So they used great magic power to tie up the fragments.
Chains and channels one after another, as the war continued, the fragments split and spread more and more, eventually forming an Eastern world like a web.
And because of each other's pursuit, their respective worlds also appear differently.
The heavens pursue the ultimate transcendence and advocate transcendence, so most buildings and life are located above the sea of clouds, and there are no ordinary creatures living in the heavens. Although the population is sparse and the area is vast, the elite education and strong historical heritage of the heavens allow the heavens to hold the most fragments.
The Earth Realm pursues tolerance and inclusiveness, and advocates stability and persistence, so it gradually cut off contact with other realms countless years ago. This has led to the fact that there are no people on the road to immortality in the Earth Realm all year round. Many people even suspect that the people in the Earth Realm may have died. Even if there are cultivators from the Earth Realm who occasionally appear, it is difficult for people to understand what kind of changes they have gone through to become like that.
As the name suggests, the human world is where the monks who pursue self and self gather. They laugh loudly, cry loudly, and have joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness just like ordinary people. They pursue their true nature and have the strongest desire to attack in all realms. Especially compared with the ghost world who thinks that the cycle of life and death is just two sides of the same coin and often breaks the cycle of life and death, and the god world who thinks that they are sacred and incomparable, born to transcend and control everything, these two realms are often their main targets of attack. The last demon world is the last private land of other excluded elements and unlucky scattered immortals, and it can be said to be the weakest realm.
But because there are all kinds of people in it, no one will take the demon world as a soft persimmon. In the past, many powerful people had the idea of attacking the demon world, but they were beaten up by monks who came out of nowhere. Although they are weak, they help each other, that's probably it.
Wars in the Eastern world are both long and swift; a clash of magical powers may be completed in an instant, while changes in the realm may take hundreds of years.
This also means that if you don’t have the signposts of the various realms, then after you embark on the path to immortality, all that remains is probability.
"So all I have to do is... choose one out of six?"
"It's one out of five."
The old man corrected Li Lin's words and said in a serious tone:
"Since you, the Immortal, do not have the exact coordinates of the Heavenly World, and unfortunately I do not have them either, then we can only use 'fate' to determine it. If the Immortal's fate is sufficient, then he can enter the Heavenly World naturally. But if the fate is not enough, then he may drift to other realms, or even the world outside the realm."
"Outside world?"
"Yes. The chaos back then was earth-shattering. Not only the six realms, but also some small realms were scattered outside. Cultivators often found the inheritance of ancient immortals. Although many things are outdated, treasure hunting itself is a great pleasure. After all, a hundred years of hard study is just to cultivate immortality and seek freedom. If you can't live comfortably, what's the point of cultivating immortality? If you can't be comfortable and transcendent, how can you seek great transcendence?"
"I'm not from the heavens, so you don't need to tell me about the cultivation ideas of the human world. And I just have something to do with the Shangqing Sect, so don't misunderstand me."
"That's the little Taoist Meng Lang. I hope the Immortal gets what he wants."
The long-bearded leader didn't say anything, just smiled, bowed, and turned away gracefully, without any intention of getting entangled. Looking at such a decisive leader, Li Lin inexplicably felt as if he was being used.
...Perhaps the struggle for orthodoxy in this world is more peaceful than imagined, but there are definitely many barriers.
Recalling the old man's eager look when they first met, Li Lin shook his head and moved the talisman according to the instructions. The light text on the road to immortality soon trembled and twisted, tearing a tiny passage in the void. Li Lin didn't feel any particular nostalgia for this completely unfamiliar world, and simply continued his next journey.
But when he felt the tearing sensation around him gradually weaken and the world in front of him became clearer, he knew he must have come to the wrong place.
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"...Hi? How are you guys?"
Looking at a group of strange-looking guys who might be monks standing at the gate of the Immortal Ascension Road, Li Lin stared at them for a long time, then waved his hand awkwardly.
