The so-called Immortal Fate.
To those players who did not understand the truth and genuinely believed they were merely playing a Full Simulation Virtual Game, it was nothing more than a Game Quest.
It would let them lift the veil of the game, proceed with the following Main Quest, and further enjoy the fun of the game.
But to those players who knew that Metaphysics Hong Huang possessed true immortality and Supernatural Power.
Immortal Fate was simply not something that a mere Game Quest could represent!
It was their life, their future, everything they would have in the days to come!
Put another way.
Imagine that you had transmigrated into the Journey to the West World. Faced with the temptation of immortality yet unable to find the path to the Dao, you could only live as an ordinary person, studying how to cultivate the Dao while farming, indifferent to all other matters.
Then, very suddenly.
One day, you discovered that an old man at the village entrance—someone you had no real friendship with and who enjoyed playing chess—was actually the Bodhi Patriarch, hiding nearby in search of someone destined for him, intending to impart the Dao and pass on his teachings.
And yet.
In the end, unlike in the stories, he did not teach you the Dao.
Instead, because you had no connection whatsoever and he believed there was no fate between you, he simply left right in front of you.
Then you came to a sudden realization: your overly fanatical expectations had caused you to perfectly miss the opportunity, ultimately turning you into the kind of negative example so often found in stories.
And that was undoubtedly the sort of shock and regret that made one want to have an epileptic fit, enough to bring tears to one's eyes...