Cursed Immortality

Chapter 24 The Truth

In endless darkness,

An old man with a tall and bony body was floating aimlessly without any clothes. His wrinkled face was peaceful, while his murky eyes were staring into the dark void without blinking.

This old man was none other than Jacob in his actual old frame before his sudden death.

ʼSo, it was just a dream, after all.ʼ He thought bitterly, ʼI have really outdone myself in creating such a reality like a dream… sigh… death… death… death… I wasnʼt able to escape you in the end, even in my dreams, heh.

ʼI always wonder; was life so weak that it canʼt even win against death? Now I got my answer… life and death. They said they both have two sides of a coin… but itʼs wrong, itʼs indeed a coin, but you didnʼt have the luxury to flip this coin because itʼs constantly flipping endlessly until it eventually fell and stopped.

ʼIn the end, the side of death always wins… the period it took while flipping is the life which will come to an end, but it still gave false, painful hope that it will fall on the side of life, but the truth is there isnʼt a life on any side of this coin only death and misery….ʼ

ʼHahahaha…ʼ

At this moment, Jacobʼs thoughts were suddenly interrupted by an eerily laughter, which frightened him.

ʼWhat? Iʼm hallucinating again?ʼ Jacob thought.

That eerily voice spoke this time, ”Well said, old brat, well said! Equal life and death cycle are just bullshit. Thereʼs only endless death and fleeting life. Thereʼs just no comparison!”

Jacobʼs mind jolted this time. He finally understood he wasnʼt hallucinating because he could clearly hear this voice inside his head, and he didnʼt seem to move his body at all. It was the same feeling he felt when affected by the parasite gem, but it was far more horrible!

He shouted in his mind, ”Who are you?!”

The eerily voice playfully replied, ”What, you already forget that youʼre the one who awakened me!”

Jacobʼs mind trembled when he heard this, suddenly remembered the mysterious white book, and promptly asked, ”Youʼre the Immortal Making Journal?”

”Hahaha…” The eerily laugh rang again before it said playfully, ”That name was just to trick everyone. Thatʼs not my true form!”

Jacob felt a chill all over his body when he heard this and questioned with an unfriendly voice, ”So, it wasnʼt a dream, but why did you want to trick others? Are you a ghost that wants to possess me?”

Jacob wasnʼt an idiot, and he knew if this thing wanted to trick others, then this meant it wasnʼt something good, so he quickly raised his guard.

The eerily voice replied with a hint of disdain, ”Of course, to find a worthy successor that can inherit me. But alas, those fools can never condense the Immortal Mark and always end up dying by walking on the wrong path.”

Jacob was shocked by this sudden realization and asked, ”So, youʼre saying that Immortal Making Journal was just a big test that no one could pass?”

”Yes, the first two parts, ʼHeart Changingʼ and ʼBlood Changing,ʼ were a kind of test to see if the other could condense an Immortal Mark which would awake me, but alas, those inferior beings were just too talentless and never able to awake me.

”Some of them thought these words were empty, and they were afraid to change their heart because it sounded too unrealistic and dangerous. Very few believed my incarnation words and tried it, but almost 99% died because they had a very weak soul.

”You see, in my endless years of existence, only ten beings could condense the Immortal Mark, but those idiots didnʼt have the courage or patience until I woke up, and they always either threw my incarnation away or didnʼt wear the Infinity Pendant.

”All because they thought I was too suspicious or when they felt the pain of immortal mark drilling through their hearts, they become even more determined that Iʼm harming them. One of them even threw away the Infinity Pendant once after calling it ugly, and that ugly swine died cluelessly after following my incarnationʼs third modification.

”She didnʼt know the pendant will always return to me, no matter what and where it was. That arrogant swine deserved to die, nevertheless.

”The last one was even more excessive, and that little lizard even dared to seal me with a ghost-eradicating talisman and then buried me deep underground. That fool was just too damn hateful. It even tried to burn me and then decomposed me. But he has no idea that the great me canʼt be destroyed even if he awakened his ancestors, humph!”

Jacob was completely speechless after hearing such truth and couldnʼt help but feel this book was just too arrogant and unrealistic. But he has no way to retort it since he knew this book was unearthed by Deckerʼs party and heard its last phase. It was clear it was telling the truth.

He also knew this ʼInfinity Pendantʼ was the same pendant hanging around his neck, and he finally remembered a snake eating its tail was also the ancient symbol of infinity!

He couldnʼt help but ask, ”Then that strand of energy that drilled through my heart was an Immortal Mark?”

The eerily voice said with a hint of excitement, ”Yes! The Immortal Mark only forms after the modified heart completely resonates with the body and new blood. But your heart not only resonated but also mutated, which was almost unbelievable.

”Thatʼs why your immortal mark was unique, and you could control it at will, and you even managed to open all the meridian channels and acupuncture points of your body with it as well.

”I must say, youʼre really something. Not only did you manage to condense the special immortal mark, but you even used to turn the table on that little idiot who wouldʼve died just by the first modification. He was just foolishly experimenting on everyone while completely ignoring the fact his body structure differed greatly from others, nor did he know about the soul strength.”

Jacob finally understood everything and couldnʼt help but feel chills when he thought just how this book created such cruel tests to find a successor, and no wonder no one could succeed.

Because only crazy people will dare even to consider changing their heart and blood and then even wait until something is drilled out of their heart!