"What should we do, then?"
Yuan fell silent for a while before speaking.
"There is only one way."
"Accept reality."
Jiang Ding remained silent for a long time.
"The first step on the Path to Immortality, the step at the Void Refinement Grade—I am bound to miss it. In this narrow world, there simply is no material foundation capable of producing something close to a True Immortal. There is no such foundation."
"This is the helplessness of cultivators like us."
"Perhaps there will still be a chance at the Dao Integration Stage..."
He spoke wistfully.
That long Path to Immortality had blocked how many heroes and outstanding figures since ancient times? How many of the strongest heavenly prodigies over countless billions of years had ultimately died when their lifespans ran out? And now, it welcomed another.
All things in this world were always like this, without the slightest novelty.
The two no longer discussed the matter and instead began talking about Immortal Dao Science.
"This is called the True Sun Fire Barrier."
Yuan pointed at the transparent shield enveloping the Solar System. "It was successfully refined and put into use over a thousand years ago. Its raw materials were those thirty-six Dragons of Starlight, along with many Natural Treasures and technologies such as the old Dyson Solar Fortress. In the end, it became an entirely new eighth-grade treasure."
"The True Sun Fire Barrier is currently the Immortal Sect's most powerful magic treasure."
"It is refined using numerous stars as its energy source. At a critical moment, it can unfold and draw a Heavenly Being cultivator inside, shrinking them to the size of a fist, then use terrifying heat to refine the Heavenly Being within into ashes."
An animation appeared in Yuan's hand.
It showed a transparent barrier the size of