Cultivating Immortality Starts with Rubbing a Computer

Chapter 232 Every second that has passed is 586 trillion trillion trillion years

Fang Jun looked at Mo Yiyi, who had appeared on the beach, and said in a daze, "You saw her."

After saying that, he realized how ridiculous his words were.

The greatest being in this world is undoubtedly the Lord of the Dao.

Even the afterglow of the main force.

It is also far superior to the Refinement of Emptiness.

Fang Jun smiled and said, "Yes, you saw it."

Mo Yiyi asked in confusion, "Immortal, why does that woman look so much like me?"

Fang Jun landed beside Mo Yiyi: "She spoke to me, she is also an immortal. How dare you be so disrespectful! Aren't you going to suffer the consequences? Have you forgotten that your original wish was to seek immortality and ask the Dao?"

Mo Yiyi's face showed panic, but also disgust: "No, I think that woman is a bad immortal? A bad immortal wouldn't let me obtain immortal destiny."

Fang Jun asked, "Are you that confident?"

Mo Yiyi hesitated for a moment, then puffed out her chest: "I trust my intuition!"

Fang Jun shook his head: "Intuition? Isn't it because you know all the changes?"

Mo Yiyi asked in confusion, "Immortal, what does this mean?"

Then, she suddenly realized and said, "I understand! Immortal, you are testing my comprehension. Only when I understand will you accept me as your disciple!"

The more she talked, the more excited Mo Yiyi became. Her previously gloomy expression turned into one of jubilation.

Fang Jun was taken aback, then seemed to realize something. Looking at Mo Yiyi, he seemed to see that great being from 100,000 years ago, and remained silent for a long time.

Mo Yiyi blushed unconsciously as Fang Jun stared at her: "Immortal..."

Fang Jun came to his senses: "Mo Yiyi, you're right, I was testing you. Now I have a question, if you can answer it, I'll take you as my disciple."

Mo Yiyi confirmed Fang Jun's meaning, and the blush of shyness was diluted by the blush of excitement, but her ears were still red: "Immortal! What question is it? I will definitely be able to answer it."

Fang Jun said, "Don't be so confident. If you can't answer, your chance at immortality will be completely gone."

Mo Yiyi's face showed some nervousness, but it vanished in an instant: "No problem, I can do it, Immortal!"

Fang Jun sighed, his voice low and somber: "Tell me, why should people be afraid of the death of their loved ones?"

Mo Yiyi immediately replied, "Because it will make me sad."

But she seemed to know that this answer would not satisfy the immortal, so she added, "If a loved one dies and you can never see them again, you will definitely be sad."

"Think about it, wouldn't it be terrifying if you could never see your loved ones again one day?"

"It's like when I was three years old, my mother gave me a kite, which was my first kite."

“I put it on the windowsill and looked at it every day. Until I was five years old, the house caught fire. I was fine, but I never saw the kite again, and I felt boundless fear.”

"The disappearance of things I used to see every day and take for granted terrified me. It was then that I truly understood what loss meant."

"I think the same applies to the death of a loved one."

Fang Jun said, "You've never truly experienced the death of a loved one?"

Then he sighed, "Yes, you won't experience that. Apart from losing the kite this time, you'll never lose anything else unless you get tired of it."

Mo Yiyi gave her a "how did you know?" look, but she quickly relaxed and said, "Immortals are truly wise and know everything about me."

Fang Jun shook his head: "You mean if someone never loses anything again, then as time goes by, that thing will only become something they're tired of?"

Mo Yiyi's eyes widened: "Immortal, how could you think like that? No, things have a place in people's hearts. Some things, like beautiful food, if you find them unpalatable, you'll get tired of them no matter how beautiful they are."

"But like family, you'll never get tired of them."

Fang Jun said, "Is that really the case? When you are young, if you make your parents angry, you will feel afraid of being abandoned. But when you reach adolescence, you will feel annoyed by your parents' control and wish that your parents would stay away from you."

"Just like when you disregarded your parents' rules and secretly went out to seek immortality. At that time, you were thinking that your parents were really too much of a nuisance."

Mo Yiyi was struck dumb: "Immortal, I never thought of this."

Fang Jun stared at Mo Yiyi's shocked eyes until she lowered her eyelids and murmured, "As expected, nothing can hide from an immortal. I did have such a thought. But..."

Mo Yiyi's eyes widened: "But, immortal! I didn't hate my parents, I was just in a bad mood and my thinking was wrong. Besides, I know my parents spoil me and indulged my willful desire to seek immortality, which is why I finally met an immortal!"

Fang Jun said, "No matter what, it will lead to boredom, right? Even the smallest possibility will be magnified infinitely over time."

Mo Yiyi quickly said, "But even boredom can turn into liking. If we follow the immortal's idea, even the smallest possibility..."

Fang Jun interrupted Mo Yiyi: "That's right, you're right. Anything can happen on an infinite timescale. Thank you, Yiyi, I understand."

Mo Yiyi was completely bewildered: "Immortal, what do you understand? No! No! No! Immortal, have I passed the test?"

Looking at Mo Yiyi's nervous expression, Fang Jun smiled and said, "Guess."

Before Mo Yiyi could say anything more, Fang Jun's figure disappeared.

Mo Yiyi asked blankly and in a daze, "An immortal?"

……

As Fang Jun walked on the Sea of ​​Light, his eyes peered out and he learned that the two immortals who made the bet to create the Sea of ​​Light were two Nascent Soul cultivators from 150,000 years ago.

When the Great Tribulation arrived, they were forced to abandon the Great Dao and leave the Immortal Ruins World.

It has long since left the star system and set off for the outer galaxy.

However, as Nascent Souls, they are still affected by the time dilation effect.

In their subjective timeline, they had only been away from the Immortal Ruins World for half a year.

In addition, his relatives in the Immortal Ruins World had long since passed away.

These Nascent Soul cultivators who traveled far did not find the 150,000-year journey particularly difficult.

This is probably the universe's last act of mercy.

May these travelers on their long journeys not be corrupted by the passage of time.

But these are useless to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Having mastered virtual particles, they can smooth out the time dilation effect and truly view the passage of time in the universe from their own perspective.

Reaching the Void Refinement stage is even more terrifying. Using Planck time as the unit, every Planck time, a Void Refinement cultivator must receive information from the Void Refinement timeline.

If its "now" advances one second into the positive timeline, it becomes an astronomical number of years multiplied by the Refining Void Timeline (unit: second).

The memories of those who have reached the Void Refinement stage are certainly not able to hold so much information, so they will delete and eliminate useless and repetitive information from their memories.

Only valuable memories are left behind.

If the knowledge of the Void Refining stage increases within this astronomical number of years, then the Void Refining stage itself can also increase.

If not, then it's not possible.

If you don't know, then you don't know.

Therefore, the infinite time of refining emptiness is just a joke, not truly infinite.

And clearly, in every aspect of knowledge at the Refinement of Emptiness stage, there is progress in the collection of non-virtual particles.

All of these require an endless amount of time.

Besides the fact that the practice of refining the mind is limited by the influence of knowledge,

The most fatal flaw is that scientific research into nature is the investigation of natural phenomena in the universe.

Quantum mechanics can only describe the world 1 × 10⁻¹² seconds after the Big Bang.

Why are there such restrictions?

It means we can't observe many more natural phenomena.

In other words, if a natural phenomenon doesn't exist in the universe, then even the most elaborate model, like string theory, is nothing but a castle in the air. It's as if the universe itself contains a natural shackle, preventing you from stepping into higher realms.

You'll be stuck at that step forever.

This is why Nascent Soul cultivators, Deity Transformation cultivators, and Void Refinement cultivators are so attached to the Immortal Ruins world.

Because the Five Elements, Heavenly Secrets, and Great Dao of Fortune in the Immortal Ruins World, as well as the Immortal Ruins World itself, are natural phenomena that are still being revealed to the outside world in the universe.

Of course, this is a very long period of time.

The impact on an individual living being is extremely terrifying.

Just like the weariness that Mo Yiyi mentioned, even if the reverse time sequence of the Void Refinement is only 1 second, it is still 586 trillion trillion trillion years of accumulated time.

A mortal who has existed for such a long time would have long since lost himself.

Or perhaps he died long ago.

For ordinary people, let alone such a long period of time, even ten thousand years would cause mental abnormalities.

The light information that Fang Jun glimpsed came from a distant and long period of time in the universe.

He knew of some interstellar civilizations that had entered the universe, and even some that had not yet left the interstellar space.

The destruction of civilization is a direct result of the failure to keep pace with the development of material civilization in the development of spiritual civilization.

This is what is meant by: "Cultivating only the physical body and not the mind is the first ailment in spiritual practice."

Fortunately, there is a legitimate path to heaven in the Immortal Ruins world.

Starting from the Golden Core stage, one gradually gains control over self-awareness.

When one reaches the Refinement stage, even a long period of time cannot erode their spiritual essence.

However difficult to erode, it is not perfect and leak-proof.

It's not that refining emptiness cannot create a perfect, unrevealed self, but rather that a perfect, unrevealed self is locked away.

Fang Jun also learned from the distant universe that some civilizations, when they were extremely wealthy, began to search for a path of fairness and justice, so that all individuals in the civilization could achieve happiness.

These civilizations actually succeeded.

The method is simple: it involves cutting into one's self-awareness.

To mold every individual within a civilization into a perfect being within that civilization.

And in order to limit civilized individuals from breaking this self-consciousness constraint.

These civilizations also limited wisdom, causing individuals to resist the influence of knowledge.

In this way, the individual's civilized mind is fulfilled.

Civilization is timeless.

However, the development of civilization also stagnated.

Even with their technology, this civilization could exist for millions, or even hundreds of millions of years.

But it lacked the spark of wisdom.

These civilizations will never reach the level of refining emptiness.

Is this kind of civilization good?
In Fang Jun's view, these civilizations were truly wonderful because their morals remained unchanged through the ages, individuals could understand each other through technology, poverty was eliminated, class distinctions were eliminated, and there was no pain or suffering, only boundless joy.

Immortality or death, both are part of the joy.

Such a civilization is the paradise that most civilizations in the universe yearn for.

Moreover, this universe, apart from virtual particles, cannot exceed the speed of light.

This heavenly kingdom is also extremely difficult to encounter enemies.

With their technology, there is no cosmic catastrophe they cannot resolve except falling into a black hole.

It is truly an ideal and blissful paradise.

However, Fang Jun is not satisfied with this path now.

To achieve individual and societal fulfillment by sacrificing the stagnation of civilization.

Fang Jun believes this is unacceptable. The reason why intelligent life is intelligent is not only because of its pursuit of a perfect world, but also because of its pursuit of knowledge.

When early Homo sapiens first opened their eyes and gazed at the vast starry sky and the boundless earth, an unprecedented curiosity and longing sprouted in their hearts.

They began to observe the flight paths of birds, feel the temperature of flowing water, and listen to the sound of the wind rustling through the trees.

They struck flint with rough stones, and the sparks that flew ignited the first flame of human civilization.

They used simple symbols to record the alternation of the sun and moon and the cycle of seasons.

Gradually, as they became human, they were no longer satisfied with the instinct for survival, but began to question the underlying principles of phenomena.

Why do stars move?

Why do plants grow?

Why do lives end?

These questions prompted them to weave myths, establish religions, and develop science, gradually unveiling the mysteries of nature.

Until the establishment of modern civilization.

What makes intelligent life intelligent is this insatiable thirst for knowledge.

Therefore, these civilizations that created perfect people are by no means perfect.

And as it turns out, the so-called heavenly kingdom was nothing more than an illusion created by Lianxu.

The civilization has not reached the level of refining emptiness.

In this universe, it's just someone else's dream.

But is refining to the Void really a good thing?
No self is completely solidified, and no mind is perfect and flawless; everything can be changed.

Just like the internet in Fang Jun's previous life.

A slight disturbance in information or the intake of some knowledge can turn conservatives into radicals and radicals into conservatives.

No matter how resilient one's self is in the process of refining emptiness, how can one persevere through the long passage of time?

With the advancement of technology and the improvement of cultivation, the number of memories that need to be discarded in the Void Refinement stage is decreasing.

Until the moment he transcends the Refinement of Emptiness and becomes the Dao Lord.

It's unlikely that every piece of information transmitted over Planck time could be recorded.

No further deletion is needed.

Not to mention that the Dao Lord fell towards the origin of the universe, and the scale of life expanded with the expansion of the universe.

The closer we get to the origin of the universe, the more we can observe the early phenomena of the universe and the more we can understand its laws.

Is the mind of the Daoist Master still the same mind it once was?

"But so what!"

"I'm not a Dao Lord, why should I concern myself with the mind of a Dao Lord!"

"Now that I have overcome the mental tribulation to achieve enlightenment, I am still myself."

“When I am not ‘me’, I am thinking about things that are not ‘me’.”

"All I need to do is win beautifully, win perfectly, and slap those Void Refinement cultivators in the face hard."

With that thought in mind, Fang Jun no longer hesitated, and his consciousness once again extended along the timeline into the past.

(End of this chapter)