It seemed that Lady Lanxiu was struck by the aura of Cheng Ziang. She froze in place, staring at him blankly for quite a while before snapping out of her daze.
The words of Cheng Ziang, without a doubt, revealed the unspeakable tragedy of cultivators—the stark impossibility of achieving true ascension into immortality. At most, one could only reach the state of a Nascent Soul, becoming neither fully human nor fully a ghost.
Cultivation does have an endpoint, yet no one dares to admit it. All cultivators relentlessly pursue boundless power, but in the end, are trapped in the half-human, half-ghost state of the Nascent Soul Realm. If this truth were spoken aloud, it would undoubtedly send shockwaves across Kyushu and the entire East Continent.
