There Is No Immortal in This World

The land of Qilu has a cultural heritage that lasts for thousands of years. Mountains and seas hide roads, and all virtues become immortals. Han Liangyu, a son of a Confucian doctor in Weixian County, aroused the desire to search for immortals because of the three unique ancient steles in the Chenghuang Temple. On the sixth day of June in the Bingwu year, he drove out of the customs and looked eastward along the Bohai Sea. He visited the Jiaodong Immortal Sea, the Lunan Sacred Vein, the Taiyue River, and the Beize plains, and visited sixteen cities in Shandong to visit the thousand-year-old Taoism, ancient sacrificial rituals, Quanzhen ancestral courts, and the traces of saints and virtues. The whole book is based on traditional Taoism, official history books, epigraphic inscriptions, and local government records. Every word is well-founded. It does not describe strange powers and chaos, and does not record false prophecies. The so-called immortals are not the magical powers of soaring into the clouds, but the ultimate virtues of guarding the heart, helping the world, being diligent, fulfilling filial piety, and benefiting the people. One mountain hides one vein, one virtue proves one immortal. After thousands of miles of patrolling, he finally came to Weitu and saw through the truth of the eternal road: there are no gods born in the world, only virtues can be cultivated in the world. It describes the hardships of ordinary people on the road to seeking immortality, and illuminates the original intention of the world with the eternal holy relics.