Ask the Mirror

Hewasprecociousfrombirth.Bytheageofsevenoreight,healreadyhadsomeclearpersonalrules.However,duringhisfiveyearsattheTwinImmortalsSect,hehardlyeverdidanythingwillingly.So,aftergaininghisfreedom,hestrivedtomakesureeverythinghedidalignedwithhiswishesandmadehimfeelatpeace.Thiswasn’taneasytask,butheenjoyeditimmensely.It’struethathepursuedimmortality.Buttheimmortalityhesought,orrather,yearnedfor,wasnothingliketheruthlessandcruelimmortalityoftheTwinImmortals,ZiLeiandChiYin.NorwasitthepettyandsordidkindsoughtbytheSunLightSectortheThousandSpiritGate.Manytimes,hewoulddothingsthatseemedinexplicabletoothers:unrelatedtomorality,unrelatedtoprofit,unrelatedtorightorwrong,goodorevil.Therewasonlyonesufficientreasonbehindallthis:immortalityencompassesallmeaningfulpursuits.Ihaveamirror,reflectingthemountainsandriversoftheuniverse;Ihaveasword,cuttingthroughtherealmsofhumanheartsandghosts;Ihaveacity,seatedamongthecloudsoftheNineHeavens;Ihaveaheart,smilingthroughthetrialsonthepathtoimmortality.Whydopeopleseekimmortality?Becauseimmortalityembracesalldesiresandsignifiesinfinitepossibilities.