Jiuzhou World—Mountain and Sea Painting Realm

In the empty grand hall, two people sit opposite each other in front of a tea table, the fragrance of tea curling up.

"Master Chen, are we really not going to the Great Thousand Worlds?" Gu Feiyu lay bored on the stone table, drawing circles on the surface with his fingers, "Feng needs our help!"

Chen Tianwen lifted the teacup and leisurely took a sip, glancing at him.

This kid does have remarkable game skills, capable of ascending to immortality before him, which is quite a feat, but his personality... is honestly quite irksome. Talkative, restless, unable to sit still, like someone with ADHD.

After more than a year’s effort, the two finally became immortals. Others, however, still remained clueless.

Although immortal, the cultivation realm of both was still very low. Chen Tianwen was merely at the True Immortal Realm, while Gu Feiyu was worse off, only at the Scattered Immortal Realm.

Though in the Jiuzhou World they could walk sideways with their status, Chen Tianwen remained uninterested in venturing to the Main World.

In contrast, Gu Feiyu, a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, often eager to try, wishing he could immediately ascend to the Great Thousand Worlds to "help Feng fight the Demon Lord."

"How many times have I told you?" Chen Tianwen put down his teacup, sounding resigned, "If we really needed to help, your Brother Jie would definitely send us a dream. Since he hasn’t, it means he doesn’t need us—at least not urgently."

He paused and glanced at Gu Feiyu: "Moreover, what could you, a mere scattered immortal, do? Not even enough to be a snack for the Demon Lord. Better to reincarnate and cultivate with me; maybe you can advance a step. Look at me, I succeeded in ascension after only thirteen reincarnations, and then with four more, I advanced from scattered to true immortal. If I reincarnate a hundred more times, maybe I can enter the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm directly in this world."

Yes, Chen Tianwen’s ascension method is reincarnation; anyway, with the connection with Yama, dying casually retrieves people.

Naturally, it must be fully utilized; each reincarnation means starting cultivation afresh, but many skills and talents from previous lives can be accumulated.

Most importantly, Merit Points can be perfectly inherited, and it was through thirteen lives’ accumulation of merit and talent that Chen Tianwen successfully ascended to immortality.

However, this did not halt the steps of reincarnation cultivation; since each reincarnation offers higher limits than the previous, one might as well reincarnate infinitely, and although the Small World’s level cap is only Level 50, the realm can eventually be elevated.

Gu Feiyu, however, pouted, looking unwilling: "I hardly encountered this Immortal Fate! Who knows if I can find it after reincarnation? What if I can’t become immortal? You think everyone is like you, reincarnation like shopping?"

"Besides, with your constant reincarnation, are you still the same you?"

Reincarnation is not without risks; each one means losing some memory, even the smoothest reincarnation and shortest immersion in the Nether River inevitably results in some memory loss.

Once or twice is nothing; this Master Chen has already reincarnated seventeen times, accumulating forgotten matters, and coupled with new experiences and memories from each reincarnation, his personality seems to have undergone substantial change.

He now seems like a different person from the original Chen Tianwen.

The proverbial Ship of Theseus, Gu Feiyu greatly doubts whether this guy still counts as the original Chen Tianwen.

Chen Tianwen shrugged,"Don’t you understand? Human memory naturally replaces itself over time, even without reincarnation, from childhood to old age, with age changes and memory updates, people inevitably change. I merely choose another way for these changes."

"Oh, come on!" Gu Feiyu rolled his eyes, "I still prefer normal memory updates. Besides, my physical body in reality hasn’t been lost; after reincarnation, I would be stuck in this world forever, wouldn’t that be boring?"

He stretched lazily and stood up: "Forget it, I’m logging off. Since we can’t go to the Great Thousand Worlds, I’ll find a girl to have fun with."

"Why rush off?" Chen Tianwen laughed, gesturing him to sit, "Why not stay and have another cup of tea with me, discuss philosophy and question the Dao, wouldn’t that be delightful?"

"Discuss philosophy and question the Dao?" Gu Feiyu gave a look of disdain, "Come on, with our limited skills, what philosophy to discuss, what Dao to question? We’d be like a chicken talking to a duck..."

Words left unsaid—

"Brother Tianwen remains as leisurely as ever; but you, Feiyu, despite becoming an immortal, have no taste at all, only thinking of girls and fun every day."

A strange yet familiar voice suddenly sounded behind them.

When the two turned around, they saw Xiao Jie standing there with a smile.

"Brother Jie!" Gu Feiyu shouted with excitement, bouncing up like a spring, and hurried over.

Xiao Jie smiled and patted his shoulder: "Haha, Feiyu has also become immortal? Congratulations."

"Hehe!" Gu Feiyu proudly puffed his chest, "Of course! Just look who I am!"

Suddenly remembering something, he curiously asked, "Brother Jie, why are you back? Have you saved the world?"

Chen Tianwen wasn’t as excited as Gu Feiyu. He merely looked quietly at Xiao Jie, a flash of understanding in his eyes.

"Finally, Xiao appears." He spoke slowly, his tone calm, "So... the final moment has arrived?"