Emperor Zun's temperament had changed drastically. He had left behind a means of resurrection on Flying Immortal Star. The Immortal Emperor was still alive, yet a Divine Thought had been born. One matter after another revealed strangeness and ill omen.
Lin Xian could not help but ponder deeply. Was this related to Nirvana and rebirth?
Longevity methods were often tied to Reincarnation. Sometimes, after living out a Lifetime, an additional Reincarnation Seal would appear within one's body.
After shedding the old body and even replacing the Primordial Spirit with a new one, was I still myself?
There was great terror between life and death; that was what it meant, much like the Ship of Theseus.
A ship that could sail upon the Sea of Bitterness for centuries, millennia, or even ten thousand years would constantly be repaired and have parts replaced. Whenever a plank rotted, it would be replaced, and so on, until every functional component had been changed. Once it reached the Other Shore, was it still the original ship?
"If the mortal world is like a Sea of Bitterness, the flesh is like a precious boat. The boat carries its passenger toward the Other Shore."
"After a million years of crossing, of renewal and replacement, it had changed no fewer than nine times."
"Perhaps in one of those Lifetimes, some great change occurred. Not only did the body transform, but even the Primordial Spirit changed."
"Perhaps Emperor Zun truly died back then and was buried on the Primordial Ancient Star. His emperor corpse underwent Spirit Awakening and cultivated anew. That was why his ascension had been so slow, why he had yet to refine the universe."
"On the Immortal Emperor's Immortal Ascension Road, he may have encountered a great calamity and truly died once. That was why a