When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 1007 - 387: I Am God

"Are you Xu Fu?" Li Xiu looked at the strange man, somewhat surprised.

Though it was just a sentence, in thousands of years of human history, the person worthy of this sentence is only one – Xu Fu, who was ordered by Qin Shi Huang to lead thousands of boys and girls to go out to sea in search of the Elixir of Longevity. Besides him, no one else could bear this sentence.

"Could it be that Xiaoyue and the others are the girls who followed Xu Fu out to sea? Are those sleeping in the coffins the very boys and girls?" Li Xiu suddenly connected many things.

Yet there were still many questions. Xu Fu should be a human from Earth. Even if there was a real quest for the Elixir of Longevity, it should have been on Earth. How did he end up in the Dead Sea of the Demon Spirit Realm? And how could he stay above the Dead Sea for thousands of years? What did he mean by saying Xiaoyue and the others are not humans? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

The strange man smiled and said, "It seems you have heard the story of Xu Fu going out to sea, but the story I’m going to tell you today might be a little different from what you’ve heard."

Li Xiu stared at the strange man silently; he really wanted to know what kind of story the weird man would tell.

"Do you know the origin of the legend of immortality?" the strange man asked with a smile.

"Isn’t it a hypothesis proposed by alchemists?" Li Xiu pondered.

"Alchemists were initially a group of people pursuing the immortal path, seeking immortality indeed was what they did, but whose proposal was it, and there should be a source for this belief," the strange man said.

"That’s something I haven’t researched," Li Xiu shook his head and replied.

The strange man smiled, saying, "Pangu opened up the heavens and earth, Nuwa and Fu Xi created humans, Kuafu chased the sun, Hou Yi shot down the suns. In ancient myths, humans only played the role of being rescued. Until the time of the Emperors Yan and Huang and Chi You, humans were still mere supporting characters in the world. To say who gave humans the belief to seek the path to immortality, everyone may have their answers, and my answer is the appearance of the Tao."

"Taoism?" Li Xiu muttered.

"You mentioned Taoism and not the Taoist religion, which shows you have some knowledge in this area, so my story will be easier to explain."

The strange man gazed into the distant sea and said softly, "My story begins with someone who discovered the Tao."

"Tao has never been a religion. There are countless religions in the world, yet all have gods and demons, and humans can only seek protection from them. Only Tao pursues the laws and truths between heaven and earth. Saying Taoists were ancient scientists is not far-fetched. Long ago, there was a young man who aspired to establish his own school of thought, becoming the founding ancestor whose teachings would endure through the ages. But in that era, great masters were everywhere. Though the young man had some talent, he was notably inferior compared with the prominent figures of his time."

"Though the young man knew that with his talent, it was almost impossible to establish his own sect, he was proud and refused to give up. Until he met someone, someone who should have died long ago."

"Who?" Though Li Xiu vaguely guessed whom the person might be, he still wanted to hear the answer directly from the strange man.

The strange man didn’t answer him and continued, "That person took the young man to a world he couldn’t even dream of imagining. Even the Immortal Realm was likely comparable, delivering an unimaginable shock to the young man. Proud as he was, he had to admit, compared to this world, all his previous thoughts were naive and laughable."

"After returning from that peculiar and colorful world, the person told the young man that soon he would receive a tremendous opportunity. If he could grasp it, he would have the chance to seek the path of immortality. But the person mentioned a few tasks the young man had to complete, or else he would miss out on the immortal destiny."

"Sure enough, not long after, when the young man accompanied the reigning emperor during a coastal inspection, they saw an apparition of a fairy mountain over the sea. The sight shocked everyone, including the supreme emperor of the Mortal World, who was left dumbstruck..." The strange man narrated slowly.

Li Xiu knew the event the strange man referred to, should be when Qin Shi Huang saw the mirage by the sea, the legend about him sending people to search for the fairy mountain and the Elixir of Longevity’s starting point.

"I know what you’re thinking. I can confidently tell you that what they saw was not a mirage. Do you think the emperor, who swept across the lands, would not know what a mirage is? Even if he didn’t know or hadn’t seen one, wouldn’t there be unusual scholars among his people who had knowledge of it?"

The strange man chuckled, "The young man saw the phenomenon and knew the opportunity mentioned by that person had arrived. Boldly, he recounted his experiences in that unbelievable world, persuading the emperor and following the tasks given by the person, he petitioned to go out to sea to seek the Elixir of Longevity, using the sacred tree to build a ship and taking boys and girls as sacrificial offerings."

"So, Xu Fu took the boys and girls out to sea as offerings, which is why the strange man said Xiaoyue and the others are not humans," Li Xiu thought to himself.

"The young man was ambitious, believing that after this expedition, he would surely acquire immortality, becoming an existence above kings of the Mortal World. Once he stood at such a height, establishing a sect would be trivial. He could even defecate on the emperor’s crown, and no one could stop him. But when he really took the boys and girls out to sea, he realized everything was wrong... profoundly wrong... It was a decision he would regret for the rest of his life..."