Gu Zhen Ren
You know, I get that Fang Yuan pursues eternal life, but there's something I don't understand. Why? What do you get from eternal life? Is there something I missing? It's not like Fang Yuan's afraid of death either. What does he have to enjoy in life? What does he hope to gain? Fang Yuan cares about benefits, doesn't he? What benefits are there? He doesn't are about the world, so why? In this world, people even say that having eternal life would be depressing, so what encouraged the original Fang Yuan to chase after it, and why does he continue to do so today? This alone really confuses me sometimes, and I can't help but feel like there's something missing because of it. Can someone explain it?
This gambling den flashback clearly wasn't long into Fang Yuan's first life; the unscrupulous natures of people still surprised him. FY has done and gone through so much. I wonder, through all of his reincarnations, past lives, and illusory/parallel lives, how old could he truly be? Perhaps FY's indeterminate age is the author's tell that his exact age is irrelevant before the inevitable achievement of immortality.
I believe he did a circle around the World, before settling in Central Continent to form his sect. So one of these two paths: Southern Border, Eastern Sea, Northern Plains, Western Desert and finally Central Continent, or the other way around inverting Eastern Sea for Western Desert. I bet that someone can trace the path if they remember his mortal journey.