Shen Qingxuan, a loser with four spiritual roots, discovered a paradox on his way to immortality - the higher the realm, the more he forgets. The so-called attainment is actually amnesia.
He investigated the cause of his parents' death and found out about the sect's sacrifice; he overcame the heavenly tribulation and discovered that there was a face in the heavenly tribulation; he entered the virtual realm and learned that the three realms are cages, spiritual roots are shackles, and all monks are delivering nutrients to the "way of heaven".
And the truth is even crueler: Tiandao is his clone in his previous life. What he wants to break is the rules he established himself.
When memories are tampered with time and time again, when it is difficult to distinguish friends from enemies around him, when the chain of cause and effect points to himself - he chooses the solution: destroy his cultivation, break the cage, and return freedom to the world.
True immortality is not eternal life, but free will.