I attained immortality in the real world.

The Azure Heaven Realm, the Supreme Emperor Huangzeng Heaven.

Down below, researchers remained busy, while up on the mountain, four people drank tea and chatted, creating two contrasting scenes.

Meng You eloquently recounts his grand ambitions, based on his experiments with the banished immortal and with the divine mandate as his guiding principle. His logic is meticulous, his plans detailed, and he has boundless and beautiful visions for the future of humanity.

Wu Ji was deeply moved upon hearing this, regretting that he hadn't lived another hundred years.

Meng Sheng opened his mouth as if to argue but remained silent. Everything he heard was correct, but something just felt off.

Chen Jingxian tapped the teacup but received no response; however, his mind was racing, experiencing the sensation of his brain working at high speed.

When discussing the Dao, I rarely refuse any suggestions from fellow cultivators of the same level, because even if I don't gain any knowledge, it can still spark my thinking.

Meng You picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, then suddenly said, "The Lord of Heaven's position is the authority to rule the world."

"The path to immortality is the key to obtaining the authority of Heaven. We live in such a great era, how can we miss such a great opportunity? Fellow Daoist, are you interested in the experiment of banished immortals?"

Is this... an attempt to recruit me?

The discussion of Taoism even contained an intention to recruit people.

But that's not surprising, because every cultivator at this stage is a treasure.

Chen Jing pondered for a moment, but did not answer Meng You's question directly. He did want the method of immortality, but he was not really willing to sell himself.

He continued, "One certificate for eternity sounds good, but in the real world, interests come first. Unless one continuously dedicates oneself to creating benefits like Fuxi, it is very difficult to consolidate power in the name of God."

Modern people cannot accept someone being as high and mighty as an emperor.

The more abundant one's material needs are, the stronger one's demand for self-esteem, freedom, and human rights becomes.

Meng You also understood that humans would never be satisfied, and that a ruler could not please everyone unless he was as impartial as the Heavenly Dao transformed by Fuxi.

"I don't want to live off my immortality for the rest of my life, nor do I want to be respected by everyone. With your help, fellow Daoist, it won't be difficult to seize the power held by the secular world."

"The study of physiognomy excels at understanding human nature. If one abandons the path of immortality and devotes oneself to worldly affairs, gathering followers and forming alliances, how can one not consolidate power?"

"In a world ruled by men, those who wield power are also men; understanding human nature is the key to controlling it."

"Physiognomy is a discipline that understands human nature. Those who cultivate physiognomy at the second level are focused on scheming for power. At that time, they also have the authority of the Heavenly Lord. How could they possibly fail?"

"As long as you agree, the Immortal can share the results if the experiment is successful; if the experiment fails, then all is out of the question."

Chen Jing: "…………"

Wu Ji glanced at the silent Chen Jing and asked, somewhat puzzled, "The chance to achieve immortality is right in front of you. There's no loss if you fail. What's there to hesitate about when it's something harmful and pointless?"

Is it really—beneficial and harmless?

It's easy to give up cultivating immortality right now; it's just a fleeting thought.

But once the thought of giving up arises, the Dao heart is lost. Once the thought of giving up is raised and the hope is placed on others, the same thought will arise a thousand times. It will be difficult to pick up the Dao heart again and cultivate immortality!

Saying goodbye to asceticism, meditation, and the pursuit of power, and thus engaging in worldly intrigue and power struggles, is tantamount to becoming a mere appendage of Meng You, playing a role similar to Yao Zhi or Xu Zui.

How is one any different from chickens and dogs if one relies on others for longevity and places one's hopes and future on others?

"Slurp!!"

Chen Jing picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, then suddenly changed the subject: "God! One witness for all time, the Third Tianyuan Conference?" "In the end, I suffered from starting my cultivation too late. I didn't even participate in one of the three conferences that could influence the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or structure of the world). I was completely clueless and couldn't find my way."

Meng You frowned slightly, and the atmosphere instantly became somewhat heavy.

I thought the terms I offered were generous enough, but I never expected Chen Jing to be so ungrateful.

Wu Ji also sensed something was amiss, and driven by his personality, he spoke up: "It's easy to predict the overall situation. You cultivators are all shrewd people. I don't believe you can't guess the contents of the Tianyuan Conference."

Three conferences that changed the world order naturally fall into the category of things that are easily predicted.

The meetings were all scheduled before the Metaverse Capsule launch event, which coincides with the third revolution in virtual reality technology, so the main content of the meetings is not difficult to deduce.

The first-generation Metaverse pod was a pure virtual reality technology, also known as the Metaverse.

The meeting should have focused on exploring the use of virtual reality technology, combined with the spiritual world discovered in ancient times, to create a spiritual world that allows for immersive and experiential engagement.

The second-generation dimensional capsule is a combination of spiritual world and virtual reality technology, which is the cultivation world. However, the combination of the two is like water and oil, and only cultivators can immerse their consciousness in it.

The conference aimed to promote the integration of the spiritual world and virtual reality to create a second world, enhance the potential of the human race, and elevate the foundation for higher pursuits.

The third-generation dimensional capsule has not yet been released. It corresponds to the Azure Heaven Realm, where the spiritual world and virtual reality are completely integrated. Ordinary people can also immerse themselves in it, and all six senses can be affected.

Being influenced by it naturally allows one to experience the wonders of cultivation. Just as Chen Jing guided Yao Zhi and Xu Zui into meditation at Yuntai Ridge, this will become a common auxiliary method.

The path to cultivation will become much easier. In the coming decades, while not everyone will become a cultivator, at least one in a hundred will.

One hundred million of the billions of humans will become cultivators, enhancing their wisdom, thinking efficiency, knowledge, and perspective. This will be the cornerstone of the human race, laying a solid foundation for the development of human civilization.

The topic of the third meeting was, naturally, immortality, officially kicking off the pursuit of immortality.

The three meetings spanned nearly sixty years, and if you include the time spent developing virtual reality technology, it's probably close to a hundred years. Tianyuan Group's strategic planning can only be described as far-reaching.

But the general trend is always unchangeable, so it has little value to speak of, and is not as valuable as the three words "on behalf of God".

"........."

Meng You glanced at Chen Jing, but showed no intention of seeing him off. The discussion was all about interaction. He had answered Chen Jing's questions about the God of God, and now it was Chen Jing's turn to answer!

Suddenly, he asked, "Fellow Daoist, you disagree with joining the Eternal Laboratory, but do you also have unfinished longevity experiments, or do you have a plan to evolve the human race?"

The two prerequisites for becoming one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Lords are finding a practical path to immortality for humanity and making a leap forward for the entire human race.

Chen Jing could become the first successor of God, perhaps because he had an immortality experiment to complete. However, Chen Jing shook his head: "There is no project. My becoming the first successor of God was a trick."

"First, use the insights gained from the primordial era to condense the image of the Azure Emperor, and then use the image of the Azure Emperor to forge the primordial spirit."

"By taking advantage of the opportunity to jump into the innate Bagua plate and transform into the Dao, he used the billions of souls in the underworld to tamper with the Heavenly Dao settings of the Azure Heaven Realm, and refined the innate Bagua hexagrams ahead of time to become the Heavenly Emperor."

Meng You's eyes widened instantly.

How can someone who has attained the position of God be manipulated like this?
No, to be precise, it is the Heavenly Emperor, the common Lord of the Thirty-Six Heavens, who only became the successor of the Lord after the loopholes were repaired.

He asked again, "The Azure Emperor was also an ancient person from seven thousand years ago, and could not escape the influence of barbarism and ignorance. Since there was no experimental project, what was the value of the sacrifice?"

Chen Jing replied, "The purpose of condensing the physical form is to explore the path of cultivation to the third realm. The Heavenly Emperor's achievement was merely a fortuitous coincidence." (End of Chapter)