Are the legendary gods and immortals different?

Zhulong’s question undoubtedly made me not know how to answer it for a while.

Since ancient times, people in the world have longed for the immortal gods with great supernatural powers and immortality.

It is obvious that when someone mentions gods and immortals, the two are often mentioned together, and it is rare to hear someone mention gods or immortals alone, just as if the two have long been bound to each other and are indispensable.

But now, Zhulong actually asked me seriously, are there any differences between the two?

For us, whether it is a god or an immortal, it is a legend that is too old. We cannot even be sure whether there are gods and immortals in the world. How can we think of the difference between the two?

Because of this, everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak out his answer.

However, after a long silence, someone finally stood up and looked at Zhulong and replied tentatively.

"Senior, I don't know the real difference, but I once heard a statement that believes that in the mythological system of Shenzhou, gods and immortals are actually two completely different concepts, which can be seen by the way of writing the two words."

Hearing this person's answer, everyone looked at him, and then they realized that the person who spoke was Chunting who had been silent for a long time.

I think so, besides the same mysterious spring pavilion, who can touch the legendary god and find out the difference between the two?

When Zhulong heard what Chunting said, he became interested and his tone was full of encouragement.

"Oh? You might as well tell me what you said."

Seeing that Zhulong had no intention of stopping him, Chunting nodded slightly and replied respectfully.

"Then I'm not as respectful as I'd be more than obedient."

Then, Chunting took a step forward, then stretched out his right hand and wrote a word in the air.

"The word "Divine" of a god originated from the bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The specific way of writing is to first write a word indicating the altar on the left, and then write a person who is sacrificing on the right."

Seeing us stretching out our fingers to imitate him, Chunting smiled and explained to us in a tempting manner.

"If we look at the shape of the character, then the word "Shen" originally refers to the person who is sacrificed. Then you might as well think about it, who needs to be sacrificed?"

"dead!"

Hearing this, I suddenly understood the meaning of the spring pavilion and quickly replied happily.

"Sacrifice is a kind of faith activity? In addition to the faith of heaven and earth, the most important thing for the ancients was the faith of ancestors. Only dead ancestors need to be sacrificed by future generations!"

Hearing my answer, Chunting smiled even more and nodded to me with satisfaction.

"That's right, let's look at the word "Xian" again."

After the words were finished? Chunting once again stretched out his right hand and wrote another word in the air.

"The way to write the word immortal in seal script is to go up and down the mountain? "Shuowen Jiezi" once explained that people are on the mountain? If you enter the mountain and live forever, you will become immortal. In other words, anyone who practices through entering the mountain and finally achieves immortality is immortal."

"And obviously? Those who can enter the mountain to practice will definitely not be dead people who need sacrifices, but living people."

Although I don’t know if Chunting’s remarks are true at this time, after hearing this, we have a rough understanding of what Chunting said.

The word "Divine" is next to the word "Shi"? Since "Shi" represents the altar, then God represents the dead.

The word "Xian" is next to the word "Herman"? To be simple, the word "Xian" represents a person who is still alive.

So? Chunting’s words just now meant to us that among the words he heard, the most essential difference between gods and immortals is that gods are taught to death, and immortals are cultivated through life.

To put it more simply, it means that the body can only be an immortal. If the body is destroyed and has died, it can only be named a god.

If we think from this perspective, then there is indeed a huge difference between the so-called gods and immortals. The immortals are free and free, and live with the heaven and earth, but the gods have died once, without physical body, and are invisibly restricted.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that in myths and legends since ancient times, gods come to the human world and are called manifestation, which is usually invisible or touched, while immortals come to the human world and are called descending to the earth, and their physical bodies are visible and no different from ordinary people.

Similarly, it should be precisely because of this reason that those who died tragically in the battle to kill the generals and cast the gods were eventually named gods rather than immortals, because they had all died once, their bodies were destroyed and they could not become immortals.

From this point of view, the gods and immortals that people often call are actually closer to the so-called immortals.

After all, no one wants to be named God after he dies once.

"You are right. Gods and immortals do have essential differences, but later generations do not know the reasons, so they are collectively called gods and immortals."

Just as we were all aware of Chunting's explanation, we saw Zhulong nodding slowly and agree with what Chunting said just now.

"For you human cultivators, you are a human being in your life, a ghost after death, an immortal in your body, and obsessed with the deity. Except for a few special existences that can directly become sanctified in your body, this is all possible."

"In the mythical era, those powerful people who can move mountains and fill the seas and pick stars and moons have actually entered the realm of so-called immortals. Because of this, the era was extremely exciting, and the human race had no way to fight against immortals like the might of heaven."

"But after the spiritual energy of Shenzhou was exhausted, this world entered the Dharma-Ending Age. The remaining spiritual energy in the world was no longer enough to create a new immortal, so after the former immortal disappeared, there was no trace of immortals in Shenzhou."

"It is precisely because of this reason that people in later generations cannot determine whether the so-called immortals exist, because in the era in which they live, it is no longer possible to see a living immortal."

"But the gods you know are different. Although it is impossible for new immortals to appear in this world, the so-called gods do not have such restrictions."

With this story, Zhulong's tone changed again. He seemed to sneer at the so-called god, and his tone was full of unconcealed disdain.

"There is no doubt that because the physical body has been destroyed, the status of the god is far lower than that of the immortal, and his magic power cultivation cannot be compared with that of the immortal. The so-called gods rely more on the power of heaven and earth, but in fact they may not have very advanced cultivation."
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