The following is an outline design of the novel catalog based on the content of "The Book of Immortality". It combines the themes of cultivation, enlightenment and life philosophy, and is divided into six volumes:
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### **Volume 1: Hongchen Asks**
**Chapter 1: Mortal encounter with immortality**
- The protagonist, a young man in the city, accidentally obtained the broken "Eternal Life Sutra" and got his first glimpse of the threshold of cultivation.
**Chapter 2: Heart Sutra Reveals Spiritual Wisdom**
- Reciting scriptures awakens the spirit of clarity and understands the debate between "immortal mind" and "false body".
**Chapter 3: Drinking and sex test the heart**
- Tested in the brothel illusion, breaking the four precepts of "drinking, smoking, poisoning and sex", and first realizing "the cessation of sorrow and joy".
**Chapter 4: The old beggar points the way**
- The mysterious beggar enlightened me on "compassion is the root of spiritual practice" and gave me the Qiankun Sun and Moon Pendant.
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### **Volume 2: Heart Refining Tribulation**
**Chapter 5: The three poisonous formations of greed, anger and ignorance**
- Face your inner desires directly in the secret realm, and shatter the illusion of greed with the sound of sutras.
**Chapter 6: Watching Life and Death on Bones**
- Seeing the child turn into withered bones, he realized that "all things change, but change is eternal."
**Chapter 7: Eight Bitter Roads in the Red Dust**
- Incarnate as a mortal and experience life, old age, illness and death, and witness love, hate and separation as easily as fireworks.
**Chapter 8: Building Immortality in the Heart Realm**
- Transformed into the "Sutra Sound Enchantment" at the Lingtai, and first became the immortal Taoist heart.
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### **Volume 3: Qiankun Asks**
