Divine Wood Well, Divine Brain (Two-in-One)

"Looks like you're very confident that you'll gain immortality?" a clear voice said with a laugh. "What is death? What is immortality?"

Everyone dies. Those who wholeheartedly seek death were, after all, few and far between. From ordinary commoners to emperors and prodigies, everyone feared the arrival of death.

Nearly all faiths were built around the boundary between "life" and "death."

Cultivation was pursued for the sake of eternal life.

Buddhism was practiced for the sake of an afterlife.

Even those who stood at the pinnacle of power and became the greatest person under heaven would still fear the arrival of old age and death, and would foolishly and forcefully pursue the so-called elixir of immortality.

"From the perspective of the common people, you indeed won't die. His consciousness will live on and become an Ancient Capital Undead, a King of Hell, or something else entirely."

The Divine Wood Well said, "But is that really you? I know you humans have an interesting story called 'The Ship of Theseus.'

"When all the parts of an entire ship have been replaced, is that ship still the original ship?

"Is the immortal you truly the same person as the one you are now? The moment you chose to take this step, you were already dead."

The voice was teasing, yet the more one thought about it, the more chilling it became.

Were Ying Zheng and the Ancient King really the same person?

After Wen Tai became the Dark King, was he truly still that Holy Son?

—Then, who could guarantee that after Xu Fang became immortal, he would still be that carefree, unrestrained blond?

Xu Fang said nothing.

The Divine Wood Well's voice surrounded him, sometimes near and sometimes far.

It sounded like a sincere warning delivered face-to-face, yet even more like