Absolute Destiny Game

"An Immortal disciple, huh... sigh."

Long Xingtianxia sat in front of the computer, looking at the event introduction on the official website for a long time, letting out a complex and indescribable sigh. In this sigh, there was a yearning for Immortal Fate, a helplessness towards reality, and even a sense of being a high-ranking person yet unable to reach a higher level.

Behind him came a steady yet slightly dragging sound of footsteps, accompanied by an old yet gentle inquiry: "President, why are you sighing?" Long Xingtianxia didn’t need to turn around to know that it must be Hong Fu Qitian. This originally young core member, due to the repeated use of a secret technique that consumes life span at critical moments, had his appearance turned like an elder in his fifties or sixties, and his voice carried the hoarseness of years.

"Just lamenting that this Immortal Fate... came a bit too late." Long Xingtianxia did not turn around; his gaze remained fixed on the screen’s shining words "Immortal disciple".

With Dragon Soaring Country’s current status of annexing the Three States and a rising sun-like national power, along with his vast guild resources and elite legions, should Long Xingtianxia personally take the field, it would be almost effortless to secure a top ten spot on the [World-saving Merit] board. With the merits that could be gained through national war command and resource allocation, no one could surpass him.

It might not even be impossible to take first place. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Unfortunately, his current level has already exceeded Level 40, and he has successfully advanced to a unique hidden profession — [Heavenly Destiny Monarch]. This profession was recognized and unlocked by the system after he, as the Dragon Soaring Country Master, successively took over the lands of Beiming, Fengyin, and Longhua. Not only does it possess [King’s Decree] (greatly enhancing the morale and attributes of subordinate NPC armies), [Permanent Territory] (accelerating resource output and popular support in occupied areas), among such powerful ruling skills, its core talent [Destiny] is legendary — blessed by a heavenly mandate of humanity, it significantly weakens curses, misfortunes, and instant death effects against him, and can even invoke a trace of national luck to shield him in dire straits, making it one of the strongest life-preserving and leadership talents in the current version.

However, no matter how powerful this "Heavenly Destiny Monarch" is, it still pales in comparison to the Legends of Immortals, who transcend the world, live eternally, and wield the Power of Laws. It is a gap in the essence of life and power.

The more crucial point is that, in the view of Long Xingtianxia and his think tank, the gate of the Immortal Path is, for him, nearly closed. This belief is based on the in-depth research by Dragon Soaring Guild’s professional analysis team on the only known Immortal — "Hidden Moon Following Wind".

As the first and, so far, only player to clearly exhibit an Immortal posture, Xiao Jie’s gaming career was thoroughly explored by Dragon Soaring’s expert team. They meticulously analyzed every phase of Xiao Jie’s profession advancements: Level 10 Beast Tamer, Level 20 Ancient Qi Refiner, Level 30 Demon Refiner... The clear trajectory of this profession route isn’t hard to relate to.

Therefore, Level 40 is naturally the Immortal profession — Ten Thousand Transformations Immortal.

Thus wrote the analysis report — it is very clear that to achieve an Immortal Position, not only is opportunity necessary, but one must also go through a series of specific and rare prerequisite profession promotions to eventually reach it. Among these, ’Beast Tamer’ might not be an absolute prerequisite, but ’Ancient Qi Refiner’ and ’Demon Refiner’ are clearly closely related to the Taoist traditions of Qi Refinement and mastering spiritual objects."

Therefore, the expert team came up with a critical inference: the lower the level, the greater the possibility of switching to the Immortal Path. Players must retain at least two profession advancement opportunities to possibly touch the Immortal Gate on the third advancement.

Considering the current game level cap is Level 50, players beyond Level 40, having lost a critical third advancement opportunity, can no longer switch to being Immortals. The best window period might be even below Level 30.

Hong Fu Qitian walked to Long Xingtianxia’s side, looked at the content on the screen, and revealed a knowing and serene smile: "President, why sigh? As they say, losing in East Slope, gaining in the mulberry fields. You’ve achieved this unique [Heavenly Destiny Monarch] profession, blessed by destiny, holding the Three States under reign, with a future hopeful of unifying the Nine States to accomplish the Human King domination, this is already the pinnacle sought by all players in the game. In life, one shouldn’t be too greedy." He paused, with a demeanor fitting his ’elder’ appearance, "Young man, heed my advice, as they say, ’The moon waxes only to wane, water brims only to overflow’, those content have eternal joy."

Long Xingtianxia couldn’t help but find amusement in his old-fashioned words, secretly thinking: "You’re actually only in your twenties, pretending to be some elder before me?" However, when he turned back and saw Hong Fu Qitian’s wrinkled face, eyes filled with wisdom and time-worn, the teasing words he had prepared couldn’t bear to come out.

He vividly remembered, during that decisive national war where Dragon Soaring Country overwhelmed the fierce enemy Ritian Kingdom and ultimately forced the Supreme Emperor’s surrender, Hong Fu Qitian’s colossal contribution. Several key battles, at a stalemate, were turned decisively by Hong Fu Qitian’s relentless life-risking releases of Great Divine Powers, laying the foundation for victory. The old age before him bore the mark of merit.

Long Xingtianxia took a deep breath, suppressing the complex emotions in his heart, and solemnly declared: "Ah Fu, this time, for the opportunity of the Immortal disciple, our Dragon Soaring Guild will spare no effort to secure you a spot!"