Chapter 1 First Person
I had just ascended to the Immortal Realm. Because I carried some merit from saving the world, I was directly granted a title by the Heavenly Emperor and a satisfactory position, along with my own immortal abode.
After settling down in the Immortal Realm, I began searching for news of Fairy Luo from various immortals.
However, the results surprised me. Not only did I not find Fairy Luo, but I also discovered that this Immortal Realm had no mobile phones, speakers, or various home appliances sold in the Good Fortune Building.
At a party hosted by immortals for me to make friends, I asked everyone, "Do you know what a mobile phone is?"
All the immortals shook their heads in unison.
"What about televisions and speakers?" I continued.
The immortals still looked bewildered and shook their heads.
I still remember their expressions clearly, no matter how many years passed.
Later, I also learned that there was more than one Immortal Realm. It was then I understood that Fairy Luo must be from another Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm I was in lacked things that other Immortal Realms possessed, which showed how inferior my current realm was.
Therefore, while cultivating, I decided to take some time to research how mobile phones and similar items were made.
After all, as a Dao cultivator, I had always advocated for following nature's way and governing by non-action. Researching mobile phones would not hinder my cultivation.
Not long after I ascended, my good friend Ye Wang also ascended. When Ye Wang learned I was researching mobile phones, he immediately took out the new Tomato 7 tablet released by Good Fortune from his storage ring. The Tomato 7 was significantly larger than the mobile phones I had seen and could also stream TV shows and movies.
TV shows and movies were inspired by cultivators in the Cang Ling Realm who, out of boredom, watched Good Fortune's television programs and movies. They then filmed them themselves using mobile phones and transmitted them to everyone's devices.
I took the Tomato 7 and fiddled with it for a long time, then looked at the movies and TV shows inside, marveling.
"Do these cultivators who film videos earn a lot of spirit stones?" I asked Ye Wang.
Ye Wang nodded, "Not just earn spirit stones, they are all incredibly popular in the cultivation world, adored by many. Some even give their services away for free."
I was almost shocked speechless. The Cang Ling Realm had indeed changed a lot.
Heaven helps those who help themselves. I spent many years of my free time researching the Tomato 7 and finally succeeded in creating a mobile phone that could transmit calls, make video calls, send text messages, locate people, take photos and videos, and even play a small game. Although it was far from the mobile phones sold in the Good Fortune Building, it was a significant advancement.
One day, the Heavenly Emperor contacted me via the mobile phone's contact information and video-chatted with me privately: "Immortal Lord Dao Yang, you have a good mindset, your strength progresses rapidly, and you possess such talent. I have a good opportunity here, would you be interested?"
After talking with the Heavenly Emperor, I learned that there was a Divine Realm above the Immortal Realm. Immortals who had not yet cultivated to godhood could only have a chance to be exceptionally promoted to the Divine Realm by passing the Heavenly Emperor's trials.
Thus, a suspicion faintly formed in my mind.
I bid farewell to my friend Ye Wang, telling him to cultivate well and that we would meet in the Divine Realm. Then, with the Heavenly Emperor's assistance, I arrived in the Divine Realm.
This Divine Realm was even vaster and more different than I had imagined.
The Divine Realm had gods, divine beasts, and immortals. Some gods ascended from countless worlds, while others were indigenous. The immortals, like me, were selected.
Many gods had very peculiar appearances.
Some had golden hair and blue eyes, wearing fluffy skirts. Others had fluffy curly hair and were very short. Some held magic wands, while others exposed their arms and legs, wearing shoes with what looked like sticks attached, which I later learned were called high heels.
In short, life in the Divine Realm was incredibly rich and colorful.
In the Divine Realm, I not only saw many shops I had never seen before but also the Good Fortune Building, identical to the one in the Cang Ling Realm.
At that moment, I realized that Fairy Luo was not an immortal at all, but a god.
I came to the Divine Realm and obtained a job in the Time and Space Administration. The work was relatively leisurely.
One day, I finally had the opportunity to bind a system and descend to the lower realms for training. When I arrived at Good Fortune to choose a shop, I saw someone I hadn't seen in a long time, someone I had searched for extensively—Yun Shi.
The moment I saw her, I couldn't help but recall the apocalyptic scene I had witnessed during my ascension tribulation, and my original fate.
If it weren't for this person descending to the lower realm on a mission and saving the Cang Ling Realm, I would have already perished.
Before meeting her, I had so many things I wanted to say. I wanted to say: "Fairy, you are quite a deceiver. Where did the Immortal Realm get mobile phones? Where did Fairy Luo come from?"
I also wanted to say: "Thank you for saving the Cang Ling Realm back then. You saved me too."
But when I saw her in person, all those thoughts vanished. I only wanted to say: "Long time no see..."