The Dao Ancestor's चिंता: Life and Death Reincarnation Cannot Exist Without Death!

Hongjun Daozu's voice was very soft.

But in the hearts Laozi Taiqing, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu, a monstrous wave was stirred up.

"It's been too long... since anyone died?"

The Tongtian Jiaozhu was the first to laugh out loud, his divine sense still playing with the K-lines of "Jie Tian Entertainment" that were hitting their daily limit.

"Master, this is an incredibly wonderful thing!"

"This shows that our Primordial World is peaceful and prosperous! All living beings are happy and content, and even conflicts have turned into paid battles of civilization. Isn't this the golden age you most want to see?"

Yuanshi Tianzun held the Three Treasures Ruyi. Although he did not speak, a hint of approval was revealed in his eternally calm eyes.

There was no death, no chaos.

This is precisely the ultimate "order" he seeks.

Only Taiqing Laozi, with eyes that seemed to be one with the Great Dao, slowly opened his eyes.

He didn't say anything.

They simply turned their gaze toward the light screen of the Metaverse.

In the light screen, the muscular man who had just subdued the "Rock Armor Tyrannosaurus" and whose ID was "One Punch for Every Whiny Monster" was lying sprawled on the grass, letting the warm sunlight bathe his entire body.

His majestic battle companion, "Iron Bull," was carefully peeling the skin off a magical fruit for him with its enormous, divine claws, and then respectfully offering it to his mouth.

The burly man opened his mouth to catch it, chewing as he lazily turned on his Live Broadcast Room.

Zhurong's "Ancestral Shaman Gym" was bustling with activity.

The burly man watched with great interest, even symbolically raising his arm to mimic the actions in the video.

[Ding! You have watched the Great Shaman's training and are greatly inspired. You have gained the "Spiritually Full" buff, which lasts for one hour!]

The burly man smiled with satisfaction.

Watching others work themselves to the bone while you not only don't get tired, but you also get rewards.

A huge profit!

The scene then changes.

Shi, the leader of the Youchao Shi who once led his tribe through hardship and invented the "Hydraulic Lumber Mill," is now reclining on a "Fully Automatic Eight Treasures Glazed Massage Chair" made by Gongshu Ban.

His Moving Castle, once hailed as a "war fortress," has long been transformed into an extremely luxurious mobile palace.

The construction of the tribe? The future of the tribe?

What is that?

Wouldn't a world tour of the Sound Demon God "Ling" be better than driving a campervan, bringing your pets, and chasing after her around the world?

Throughout the entire Metaverse, from top to bottom, from the powerful to the mortals, a chilling sense of "laziness" and "decadence" permeated the air.

For the first time, Taiqing Laozi's brows furrowed deeply.

He finally understood.

"Master."

Taiqing Laozi's voice, unusually, deepened.

"You are right."

"If there is birth but no death, then reincarnation is meaningless."

"If one only advances and never retreats, the Great Way will have no driving force."

His finger slowly touched the light screen.

"They have forgotten the fear of 'death'."

In the Metaverse, what is death?

It was just a brief moment of darkness followed by a sudden brighter light, and I was reborn at the respawn point.

Losing a little experience is insignificant; I'm too lazy to even pick up the equipment.

When the cost of death approaches zero, the most primal sense of awe rooted deep within the souls of all living beings vanishes completely.

No one is struggling to survive anymore.

No one is risking their life anymore to become stronger.

Anyway, I won't die.

Since you're not going to die, why not lie down and enjoy yourself?

"A civilization that has completely lost its reverence for death..."

The voice of Hongjun Daozu was as cold as ten thousand years of black ice, resounding throughout the Order Divine Court.

Its ultimate goal is not immortality.

"Instead, it rots completely in absolute comfort, ultimately ending itself!"

Upon hearing this, it was as if all the air in the Divine Court had been sucked out!

The smile on the face of the Tongtian Jiaozhu froze instantly. His proud "entertainment empire" now seemed like a colorful malignant tumor that numbed the masses.

The Yuanshi Tianzun's expression turned solemn. His perfect "order" was nothing more than a magnificent but lifeless specimen!

"Then... what should we do?"

For the first time, the Tongtian Jiaozhu felt panic.

We can't just shut down all entertainment and force players back to the barbaric era where they fight tooth and nail for a piece of meat, can we?

"Death must exist."

Hongjun Daozu spoke each word slowly and deliberately, Words Manifest Reality.

"But, one must die with 'value'."

His gaze seemed to pierce through time and space, landing deep within the underworld on the six vortexes of reincarnation that had not been operating on a large scale for a long time.

"We need a new set of 'rules'."

"A set of rules that can connect the 'fake death' of the Primordial World with the 'true death' of the Metaverse!"

"A set of rules that will remind them that life is only once, how precious it is, and worth burning with all their might!"

The words had barely left his mouth!

A figure appeared out of thin air—it was Fuxi, holding the River Diagram and Luo Script!

He didn't even have time to bow; his eyes gleamed with an infinite light that seemed to predict the Qiankun, and his face was filled with a fanatical excitement!

"Dao Ancestor! I understand!"

"You mean... 'Death Penalty'!"

Fuxi's voice trembled slightly with excitement, and the River Diagram and Luo Script spun wildly in his palm, with billions of runes appearing and disappearing.

"We can introduce the concept of 'True Spirit Wear' into the Metaverse!"

"With each death, a faint but absolutely irreversible 'crack' will appear in the player's true spirit!"

"When the cracks accumulate to a certain extent, say... ten times!"

Fuxi suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed on the direction of the underworld where Empress Houtu was, and his voice suddenly rose in pitch!

He will not respawn at the respawn point!

"His true spirit will be forcibly kicked out of the Metaverse and directly fall into—the true Six Paths of Reincarnation!"

"At that time, the underworld will determine their merits and demerits, and decide their reincarnation, based on their actions throughout their life in the Metaverse!"

"If he actively participates in construction and is happy to help others, he can enter the Heavenly Human Dao, or even the Immortal Dao, and be reincarnated as a disciple of a great power, ascending to heaven in one step!"

"If he commits many evils, is lazy and decadent, then the Animal Path, the Hungry Ghost Path, and even the Eighteen Levels of Hell will be his only destination!"

"In this way, 'death' will once again become the Sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head!"

"And 'life' will once again have meaning in the struggle! Because every choice you make in the game will determine your next life!"

Fuxi's plan, like a ray of primordial light, instantly illuminated the minds of all the Sage!

Perfect!

This is simply a heaven-level collaborative design!

"Brilliant!"

Even the Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't help but clap his hands in praise, his stern face revealing admiration for the first time.

This "random" cycle, where players' fates are determined by their own actions, is precisely a higher-dimensional form of "order"!

Just as all the saints were excited about the upcoming release of this "Death Plus" version.

Lin Shen, who had been quietly cradling the Panda Pet in Taiqing Laozi's arms as if indifferent to everything, suddenly raised his chubby little hand.

He blinked his large, pure eyes, devoid of any impurity, and asked a question in a childish voice that made all the Sage freeze in shock.

"That..."

"What if they don't want to die?"