Ji Ran suffered terribly as a child and swore to cut down every obstacle in his path. Though beset by thorns and faced with a dark future, he never wavered in his determination to ascend to heaven and become an immortal.
After a thousand years of cultivation, he was only half a step away from immortality. He earned the name "Ji Immortal."
Everyone respectfully called him the Immortal Undying.
At the moment he was about to ascend, Ji Immortal was filled with joy
Heavenly Dao Daddy: Your karma is tangled all around you. Unless you sever it, you can't attain an immortal's golden body or take your place among the immortals.
Ji Ran: ...Damn it. Go ahead and say that again, then hit me with lightning.
Ji Ran's life of striving to become an immortal can be summed up in a few words: a power fantasy progression story.
Countless beauties, confidants, and spiteful enemies had entangled themselves with Ji Ran through karma. Unable to count them all, Ji Ran decided to return to the past and sever every karmic tie from the beginning.
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Since the Heavenly Dao wouldn't allow one person to exist in two places at once, Ji Ran couldn't go in his own body, even with a magic treasure to twist space and time. He had no choice but to make contact with himself by using the bodies of people on the verge of death, while also resolving the hosts' lingering obsessions.
His first body belonged to a beggar from a ruined family who wanted revenge.
His younger self had the eyes of a wild wolf and bit him hard enough to draw blood.
Ji Immortal pondered: No problem.
His second body belonged to a wealthy young master whose father didn't care for him and whose mother didn't love him.
His younger self, who had just embarked on the path to immortality, gave him a cold, appraising look.
Ji Immortal was satisfied: No problem.
His third body belonged to a demon cultivator who had failed his tribulation and was about to scatter into the world.
His younger self, who had already made a name for himself, wore a mask that concealed his expression.
Ji Immortal frowned: Why are you wearing a mask?
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Though their paths to maturity differed, the two of them were one and the same. Ji Immortal was Ji Ran, too.
He wanted nothing more than for [Ji Ran] to become an immortal.
When Ji Immortal had finished his task and was ready to leave, he happily prepared to depart, only for himself to hold him back.
"I know it's you. It's always been you."
"...Please stay."
The face, identical to his own, was filled with pleading.
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Three people once appeared in Ji Ran's life.
One helped him escape his cage and gave him dignity, then closed his eyes on a lonely, rainy night;
One stole his treasured artifact, ruined his love life, and died on a clear autumn day;
One watched from afar, their strength impossible to fathom, always smiling quietly.
As the last one was about to disappear, Ji Ran grabbed his wrist and begged him to stay.
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His determination to ascend to heaven had not changed, nor had his resolve to become an immortal.
No matter what, he would become an immortal.
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[Advance Notice]
* Selfcest, same person as top and bottom, age gap with younger top.
* A story of self-redemption.
* Title undecided.
* Screenshot saved on 2023.03.18
Theme: The sun shines overhead, and the flowers smile at me.
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