Chapter 249 Ending and Beginning
Chu Ming asked: "Aren't you going to go?"
The Immortal Emperor shook his head and smiled: "The pursuit of truth and Tao is naturally the lifelong wish of many immortals."
"This is the case with several Immortal Emperors I know."
"They would rather give up their desires, ascend to the realm of desirelessness, continue their cultivation, and become another brand-new consciousness."
"But in my opinion, what's the difference between having no desire and a dead thing?"
"Am I still complete without desire? Am I still the real me?"
"And if you can continue to practice even though you have no desire, does that mean you have become a machine that can only execute programs?"
"I don't want to be like that. It's better to end it here. This ending is pretty good."
Chu Ming nodded silently. As a person, it seems that if you completely abandon your desire, you can't be called a human being.
It might even mean losing yourself.
In that case, even if you enter a higher realm and have stronger strength, it doesn't seem to mean much.
Maybe after spending billions of leisurely years with your family in this life, and experiencing everything you want to play and do, you can choose to end it.
Death is also a part of life. As a living entity, there is no need to reject death.
What's more, he can enjoy all the joys of life while he is alive.
After experiencing such a perfect life, there seems to be no regrets in dying, right?
As for that limit, the ultimate truth of that world, he has no intention of pursuing it for the time being.
After learning about the existence of the Desireless Realm, he had a vague feeling that he had really reached that limit, and the result would be disappointing.
He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have learned a lesson, Brother Changsheng."
"I seem to have understood the meaning of life and death."
Then he disarmed the Soul-Eating Sword on Chengzhi and released all the immortal souls absorbed inside.
"I guess you don't want to die yet. If that's the case, then live well."
"It is rare to have the desire to live in this world."
The Immortal Emperor took the lead in thanking Chu Ming and intending to keep him as a guest.
Chu Ming wanted to go back first and talk to his family about the situation here.
After taking Chengzhi back to Dragon Territory, Chu Ming recounted everything that had just happened.
Compared to the Immortal Emperor who was beaten until he knelt down and begged for mercy, everyone was still more shocked by the existence of the Immortal Tomb and the Desireless Realm.
I didn't expect that the end of immortality would end like this, which is really disappointing.
And Chu Ming also told his plan.
After learning that Chu Ming also chose death as his end, everyone still felt a little heavy.
But Chu Ming smiled and said: "Why is it so? This world is like this, and the ending has been determined from the beginning."
"Besides, I'm not going to die now. I don't know how long I will live."
"Billions of years, tens of billions of years, or even longer."
"If you want to mourn, you have to wait until I die, right?"
"Maybe in the end, among this group of people, I will be the last one to leave."
Long Ling'er nodded and smiled: "That's true. I have only lived for 3 years, and it is still too early to die."
"But husband, I want you to promise me that you can't die until I don't want you to die."
Chu Ming smiled and held her in his arms, saying, "No problem. If my Ling'er misses me, how can I be willing to die?"
Xiao Yuying also showed a relieved smile and said: "There is an ending at the end of immortality, which may be good."
"Husband, let's go together when the time comes."
Chu Ming also took her hand and nodded with a smile.
Li Haimeng also said: "Since the Desireless Realm is so boring, there is no point in continuing to practice."
"I'm staying here too, staying with my husband, sisters, and children."
Jiang Zhilan said happily: "Death is not something that cannot be accepted. Anyway, there are still many things that can be done before death."
"Everyone finally got together today, so we have to celebrate."
After everyone heard this, they didn't say anything more and started celebrating.
Chu Ming saw his family, friends, and pets gathered together happily, and felt satisfied and at ease in his heart.
I haven't felt this way for a long time.
Maybe it's because knowing the ending of my life makes me feel more at ease and I don't feel that empty anymore.
In the future life, he does not need to deliberately cultivate, and can enjoy the rest of his life with peace of mind.
At night, Chu Ming slept with the four ladies.
The life between the couple has become much more harmonious, and they have regained the true happiness they had before.
Maybe it is because they know that their lives and love will come to an end in the future, so they are even more precious this point of view, whether it is life, love or other things, there must be a limit.
Infinity and eternity sound beautiful, but they also make some things lose their meaning of existence.
……
I don’t know how many years later, five more tombstones appeared among the immortal tombs in the immortal world.
Chu Ming and his four wives met to die and were buried together here.
Before that, they had done everything they wanted to do, and in the end they naturally left without any worries.
The moment they were buried in the immortal tomb, their souls and bodies all dissipated.
But before this moment, Chu Ming felt slightly uneasy.
It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but that he was afraid of not being able to die.
In the long years before, he couldn't help but think about a question.
Is death the final outcome?
Does consciousness really disappear completely with death?
Without consciousness at all, what kind of state is that?
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, vaguely feeling that something bad would happen after death.
……
The next moment, everything has an answer.
His consciousness went somewhere.
It is not accurate to say it is a place, because there is no concept of "place" here.
There is no light here, but there is no darkness either.
No length, no size, no space, no time, no emotion, no desire...
There is nothing, not even the concept of "nothing".
However, after his consciousness appeared, the existence of some things and concepts naturally appeared.
The name of this place can be called "Nothing".
And his consciousness can be called "being".
In this way, the first two concepts here appeared, and from there he and this place were divided into two opposing concepts.
His consciousness did not appear here after death, but has always been here.
The previous world could be said to have been created by him.
Here, with just a thought, he can create everything through his imagination.
To put it more cliché, he is the Creator.
After he created the concepts of time, loneliness, and boredom, he naturally wanted to create some additional consciousness to accompany him.
After that, more things and concepts were created, and then there were various worlds, and his consciousness continued to reincarnate in these worlds.
Before this, he had been reincarnated countless times.
But if you take it seriously, these things can be regarded as hallucinations. After all, they are just products of his consciousness.
What really existed was here, a place where there was nothing but his lonely consciousness.
As his consciousness moved, a transparent black platform appeared here.
On a chair, his consciousness materialized into the body of Chu Ming in his previous life, and he sat on the chair.
"Ugh……"
Sure enough, the thing he was most afraid of appeared, and his consciousness would not disappear at all.
Because existence and disappearance are concepts created by him.
A feeling of emptiness came over me.
This is immortality in the true sense. If given the choice, he would rather let his consciousness disappear completely.
It's really helpless to not be able to die even if you want to.
However, recalling the experience of this life just now, he couldn't help but smile.
At least in this life, he resisted the temptation to pursue the limit and chose to live a limited and happy life.
Although these can be called hallucinations and imaginations for him now, for this independent personality in his previous life, they were all real.
On its own, it was a wonderful experience.
He collected the experiences of this life as a collection, and if he missed them later, he would take them out and experience them again.
After that, he started to build a new world.
"In this life, make it more difficult..."
(End of this chapter)
Chu Ming asked: "Aren't you going to go?"
The Immortal Emperor shook his head and smiled: "The pursuit of truth and Tao is naturally the lifelong wish of many immortals."
"This is the case with several Immortal Emperors I know."
"They would rather give up their desires, ascend to the realm of desirelessness, continue their cultivation, and become another brand-new consciousness."
"But in my opinion, what's the difference between having no desire and a dead thing?"
"Am I still complete without desire? Am I still the real me?"
"And if you can continue to practice even though you have no desire, does that mean you have become a machine that can only execute programs?"
"I don't want to be like that. It's better to end it here. This ending is pretty good."
Chu Ming nodded silently. As a person, it seems that if you completely abandon your desire, you can't be called a human being.
It might even mean losing yourself.
In that case, even if you enter a higher realm and have stronger strength, it doesn't seem to mean much.
Maybe after spending billions of leisurely years with your family in this life, and experiencing everything you want to play and do, you can choose to end it.
Death is also a part of life. As a living entity, there is no need to reject death.
What's more, he can enjoy all the joys of life while he is alive.
After experiencing such a perfect life, there seems to be no regrets in dying, right?
As for that limit, the ultimate truth of that world, he has no intention of pursuing it for the time being.
After learning about the existence of the Desireless Realm, he had a vague feeling that he had really reached that limit, and the result would be disappointing.
He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have learned a lesson, Brother Changsheng."
"I seem to have understood the meaning of life and death."
Then he disarmed the Soul-Eating Sword on Chengzhi and released all the immortal souls absorbed inside.
"I guess you don't want to die yet. If that's the case, then live well."
"It is rare to have the desire to live in this world."
The Immortal Emperor took the lead in thanking Chu Ming and intending to keep him as a guest.
Chu Ming wanted to go back first and talk to his family about the situation here.
After taking Chengzhi back to Dragon Territory, Chu Ming recounted everything that had just happened.
Compared to the Immortal Emperor who was beaten until he knelt down and begged for mercy, everyone was still more shocked by the existence of the Immortal Tomb and the Desireless Realm.
I didn't expect that the end of immortality would end like this, which is really disappointing.
And Chu Ming also told his plan.
After learning that Chu Ming also chose death as his end, everyone still felt a little heavy.
But Chu Ming smiled and said: "Why is it so? This world is like this, and the ending has been determined from the beginning."
"Besides, I'm not going to die now. I don't know how long I will live."
"Billions of years, tens of billions of years, or even longer."
"If you want to mourn, you have to wait until I die, right?"
"Maybe in the end, among this group of people, I will be the last one to leave."
Long Ling'er nodded and smiled: "That's true. I have only lived for 3 years, and it is still too early to die."
"But husband, I want you to promise me that you can't die until I don't want you to die."
Chu Ming smiled and held her in his arms, saying, "No problem. If my Ling'er misses me, how can I be willing to die?"
Xiao Yuying also showed a relieved smile and said: "There is an ending at the end of immortality, which may be good."
"Husband, let's go together when the time comes."
Chu Ming also took her hand and nodded with a smile.
Li Haimeng also said: "Since the Desireless Realm is so boring, there is no point in continuing to practice."
"I'm staying here too, staying with my husband, sisters, and children."
Jiang Zhilan said happily: "Death is not something that cannot be accepted. Anyway, there are still many things that can be done before death."
"Everyone finally got together today, so we have to celebrate."
After everyone heard this, they didn't say anything more and started celebrating.
Chu Ming saw his family, friends, and pets gathered together happily, and felt satisfied and at ease in his heart.
I haven't felt this way for a long time.
Maybe it's because knowing the ending of my life makes me feel more at ease and I don't feel that empty anymore.
In the future life, he does not need to deliberately cultivate, and can enjoy the rest of his life with peace of mind.
At night, Chu Ming slept with the four ladies.
The life between the couple has become much more harmonious, and they have regained the true happiness they had before.
Maybe it is because they know that their lives and love will come to an end in the future, so they are even more precious this point of view, whether it is life, love or other things, there must be a limit.
Infinity and eternity sound beautiful, but they also make some things lose their meaning of existence.
……
I don’t know how many years later, five more tombstones appeared among the immortal tombs in the immortal world.
Chu Ming and his four wives met to die and were buried together here.
Before that, they had done everything they wanted to do, and in the end they naturally left without any worries.
The moment they were buried in the immortal tomb, their souls and bodies all dissipated.
But before this moment, Chu Ming felt slightly uneasy.
It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but that he was afraid of not being able to die.
In the long years before, he couldn't help but think about a question.
Is death the final outcome?
Does consciousness really disappear completely with death?
Without consciousness at all, what kind of state is that?
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, vaguely feeling that something bad would happen after death.
……
The next moment, everything has an answer.
His consciousness went somewhere.
It is not accurate to say it is a place, because there is no concept of "place" here.
There is no light here, but there is no darkness either.
No length, no size, no space, no time, no emotion, no desire...
There is nothing, not even the concept of "nothing".
However, after his consciousness appeared, the existence of some things and concepts naturally appeared.
The name of this place can be called "Nothing".
And his consciousness can be called "being".
In this way, the first two concepts here appeared, and from there he and this place were divided into two opposing concepts.
His consciousness did not appear here after death, but has always been here.
The previous world could be said to have been created by him.
Here, with just a thought, he can create everything through his imagination.
To put it more cliché, he is the Creator.
After he created the concepts of time, loneliness, and boredom, he naturally wanted to create some additional consciousness to accompany him.
After that, more things and concepts were created, and then there were various worlds, and his consciousness continued to reincarnate in these worlds.
Before this, he had been reincarnated countless times.
But if you take it seriously, these things can be regarded as hallucinations. After all, they are just products of his consciousness.
What really existed was here, a place where there was nothing but his lonely consciousness.
As his consciousness moved, a transparent black platform appeared here.
On a chair, his consciousness materialized into the body of Chu Ming in his previous life, and he sat on the chair.
"Ugh……"
Sure enough, the thing he was most afraid of appeared, and his consciousness would not disappear at all.
Because existence and disappearance are concepts created by him.
A feeling of emptiness came over me.
This is immortality in the true sense. If given the choice, he would rather let his consciousness disappear completely.
It's really helpless to not be able to die even if you want to.
However, recalling the experience of this life just now, he couldn't help but smile.
At least in this life, he resisted the temptation to pursue the limit and chose to live a limited and happy life.
Although these can be called hallucinations and imaginations for him now, for this independent personality in his previous life, they were all real.
On its own, it was a wonderful experience.
He collected the experiences of this life as a collection, and if he missed them later, he would take them out and experience them again.
After that, he started to build a new world.
"In this life, make it more difficult..."
(End of this chapter)
