Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 283 - 37: Science’s Frenzy

"I seek longevity, eternal life... but the result of my pursuit for the Dao proves that I cannot be eternal."

"Every time I execute the Silent Annihilation Sky Burning Palm, I'm afraid... afraid I'll die... The scene in my hands is the end of the cosmos, one day the universe will turn into this... One day, those who seek immortality will suffer daily from the power of the Silent Annihilation Sky Burning Palm, and eventually, unable to endure, will succumb to thermal death..."

At this point, tears fringed the corners of Yang Ziping's eyes, "If I hadn't known this, I could have lived on, confused and ignorant, but now that I know... I... I..."

At that moment, Su Junyu, who had been fiddling with the calculator on the side, finally found Yang Ziping's information, "Yang Ziping, Senior Brother Yang, graduated from Lijing Immortal Institute twenty-six years ago as a True Inheritor of Fentian Prefecture. Five years later you reached Foundation Establishment, left the Mountain Gate, and in another eight years achieved Foundation Establishment Perfection... But in the last eleven years, your cultivation has actually regressed rather than improved."

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"I cultivated to seek longevity... If I can't live forever, then what's the point in cultivating!" Yang Ziping's eyes shot out a resentful light, "What's more detestable is that Modern Cultivation has made me aware of such a despairing fact... With my talent, what could I not cultivate to share the same lifespan as Heaven and Earth? But once I learned of this layer of Heavenly Mechanism, I could no longer continue my cultivation."

"So you turned to Ancient Method Practitioner?" Su Junyu looked disgusted, "Besides, you were the Security Guardian in charge of this area. Last year, in late spring, the incident concerning the death in battle of Security Guardian Li Ziye—does that involve you?"

"Hng hng hng..." Yang Ziping let out a cold laugh with his gradually decaying lungs, "What do you think?"

Su Junyu seemed quite angry and was about to burst, but Wang Qi was much more direct, stepping on Yang Ziping's face and saying, "Pah."

Ai Qinglan hurriedly shared a strand of her Life Flame infused into the top of Yang Ziping's head, "Hey hey, Junior Brother, be careful!"

Su Junyu also said, "Junior Brother, comportment, comportment."

Wang Qi spit out, "I was wondering why there would be Modern Cultivators deigning to fall from grace, and it turned out to be for such trite reasons. Remembering that I almost died here for such a pathetic excuse just pisses me off..." As he spoke, his shoe continued to grind a few times over Yang Ziping's face.

At that moment, Wang Qi's mind echoed with Zhen Chan's voice, "Kid... is what this guy said true?"

He was an Ancient Method Practitioner, also seeking longevity.

Wang Qi said nonchalantly, "Yes, it's true. The cosmic lifespan is about... how many years was that again?"

Su Junyu cleared his throat, "Roughly sixty billion years, give or take a few billion years as part of normal fluctuations; then according to the stars, it's already been over fourteen billion years, right? The exact number can't be calculated anymore."

Zhen Chan heaved a long sigh, "So it's really like this... Is longevity truly unattainable, then?"

Wang Qi continued to step on Yang Ziping, paying him no more attention, and turned to ask Zhen Chan, "When did life beings first appear in this world of Shenzhou and Heaven and Earth?"

Zhen Chan didn't know, but Ai Qinglan answered for him, "About four billion years ago, under the great power of Heaven and Earth, the simplest lifeforms appeared. After countless years, Life Source Material emerged. And after countless more years, truly meaningful life beings appeared."

"How many years have the Human Clan been around?"

This Zhen Chan did know, "About one hundred thousand years, as recorded by the Heavenly Calculation Theory."

"What about the Modern Cultivator?"

"Just two thousand years."

Wang Qi spoke, "In this universe that is inevitably moving towards chaotic extinction, the very creation of orderly life is a miracle. Life beings evolve, becoming more orderly and complex, that's another miracle. And when the Spirit Sense in our brains or souls orderly forms consciousness, and consciousness orderly comes together as Human Dao, isn't that a miracle, isn't that something the Great Dao treasures?"

Zhen Chan said gloomily, "If you're trying to convince me that being born is a miracle and I should be content with that, there's no need..."

"No," Wang Qi replied gravely, "What I want to tell you is that you will witness even greater miracles."

"From the birth of the universe to the emergence of Life Source Material, it took ten billion years; from lifeforms to Life Source Material, it took over a billion years, and from Life Source Material to truly living beings, it took another billion years; but from the earliest life beings to the Ancient Demon Clan, it only took another billion years! There were several steps taken in this process!"

"The evolution from the earliest life beings to the Human Clan took several billion years, yet from the emergence of the Human Clan to the peak of the Ancient Method, it only took sixty thousand years; the Modern replaced the Ancient in less than a thousand years. And after another thousand years, Modern Cultivation has already far outstripped the Ancient Method."

"Let me ask you, if I gave you a piece of Life Source Material and told you it would evolve into myriad life beings one day, would you believe it? If I restored a group of Ancient Demon Apes and told you they would eventually become the Human Clan and ignite the Human Dao Holy Fire, would you believe it? Not to mention, if I told you a thousand years ago that the Immortal Dao would develop into what it is today, would you believe it?"

After saying so much in one breath, Wang Qi finally showed a trace of a smile, "The Great Dao is wonderful, beyond human measurement, but I can tell you that as long as we don't take the wrong path, we can't even imagine the heights we will eventually reach."

Zhen Chan inquired, "What about eternity?"

"Now may not be possible, but that doesn't mean it can't happen in the future," Wang Qi replied emphatically. Back when he was in Europe, he had heard such wild speculations from his scientific colleagues—String Theory is the unifying theory for all fundamental laws, but there isn't just one model. When humanity becomes the String Plucker, changing physical laws is not impossible.

Having encountered the completely unique physical laws of this Shenzhou world, Wang Qi had a vague sense that this wild speculation might not be so fantastical.

Evolution, progress, or rather, Negative Entropy is a non-linear process, and the route signposted by Science has already pointed out an infinite path.

Thus, Wang Qi thought to himself, "To give up and want to destroy everyone on this path just because of a roadblock billions of years in the future is freaking disgusting." Meanwhile, he kept grinding Yang Ziping's face with the sole of his shoe.