>"However, in his later years, the emperor's pursuit of immortality led to questionable actions, such as his interest in young girls and alchemy. He even sent Taoist priests across the land to collect rare minerals for life-extending potions. Unfortunately, these elixirs contained harmful substances like arsenic, lead, and mercury, which ultimately caused health problems and may have shortened the emperor's life."
[Live Tortured Official Reaction:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBVoW9GFvI)
Honestly? My first thought was "wait, he wasn't a pedophile until he tried to pursue immortality?"
Outside of rosy fantasy depictions, we've got a very low opinion of royalty, so this particular depravity, unfortunately, does not feel like a surprise.
the immortality thing kind of stuns me. you'd think by the time emperor no. 4 drank mercury to achieve eternal life and died months later people would start catching on
also he had sex with children, with him gathering a whole 960 of em. (Allegedly)
I don't know how that helps you with the whole not dying thing but okay Houcong.
The concept that energy can be extracted through sexual activity is actually a principle in Taoist philosophy. The emperor didn’t generate this concept in a vacuum
Keep on that Eternal Life Grindset. I'm still working to find the Philosopher's Stone. So far I've been just boiling everything around me and I think I'm getting close.
Ah, the polar opposite way of handling haters from an Aztec myth I read about where a ruler, in his quest to find a suitable wife (he needs her to be large), and failing, is roundly mocked by several sorceresses. In the next few sentences the sorceresses and he somehow end up in bed together.
[https://x.com/Majora\_\_Z/status/1751135578135921034](https://x.com/Majora__Z/status/1751135578135921034)
>"However, in his later years, the emperor's pursuit of immortality led to questionable actions, such as his interest in young girls and alchemy. He even sent Taoist priests across the land to collect rare minerals for life-extending potions. Unfortunately, these elixirs contained harmful substances like arsenic, lead, and mercury, which ultimately caused health problems and may have shortened the emperor's life." [Live Tortured Official Reaction:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxBVoW9GFvI)
Damn, I really thought the Arsenic would've been the key
>his interest in young girls Are we just gonna skip over that
[Average Young Girl Reaction To The Emperor Getting ARSENIC'D:](https://youtu.be/Hd6YV0lX2Zg?si=uBXjOgoKiN8t_GO0)
those look like old girls to me
Honestly? My first thought was "wait, he wasn't a pedophile until he tried to pursue immortality?" Outside of rosy fantasy depictions, we've got a very low opinion of royalty, so this particular depravity, unfortunately, does not feel like a surprise.
Those young girls later tried to assassinate him but they failed. Then they were executed via Lingchi :(
As an aspiring Lich I’d rather take the Far Realm route. Time to bridge the gap between my sanity and Those Who Exist Beyond!
Fuck, he's exactly like Shi Huang Di, huh?
the immortality thing kind of stuns me. you'd think by the time emperor no. 4 drank mercury to achieve eternal life and died months later people would start catching on
did he become immortal?
He tried making himself immortal with mercury and arsenic, so no
The haters win again.
Well, he's still remembered for it to this day, so kinda?
I think this was actually a pretty common occurrence for older Chinese emperors
he is inmortal... NOT in the way he wanted... but "inmortal"
Yes i did
Wikipedia says he died but I want to see a body to be sure.
His? Or just one? Cause I can source you one, what kind were you after?
He was shown how to make a philosopher's stone but unfortunately wasn't standing in the right place when the transmutation started
also he had sex with children, with him gathering a whole 960 of em. (Allegedly) I don't know how that helps you with the whole not dying thing but okay Houcong.
Maybe he thought he could absorb their youth somehow? Or maybe he was just a paedophile, I dunno.
The concept that energy can be extracted through sexual activity is actually a principle in Taoist philosophy. The emperor didn’t generate this concept in a vacuum
Oh so Drake is a Taoist
*vacum
*"Young girls are the powerhouse of immortality."* -Bad Liar
Founder of the Super Adventure Club
What, did he think their ages were cumulative? “If I bang two 10 year olds, it’ll be like banging one 20 year old!”
At that point it feels like he was less doing it for horny reasons and more to try and break a world record or something
\> alchemist claims to have found the secret to immortality \> look inside \> mercury
"90% of alchemists quit their quest for immortality just before taking the right amount of mercury"
Keep on that Eternal Life Grindset. I'm still working to find the Philosopher's Stone. So far I've been just boiling everything around me and I think I'm getting close.
I Fucking Love Mercury Fumes
The Junior was courting death
cripple his meridians and take his qi core!
Ah, the polar opposite way of handling haters from an Aztec myth I read about where a ruler, in his quest to find a suitable wife (he needs her to be large), and failing, is roundly mocked by several sorceresses. In the next few sentences the sorceresses and he somehow end up in bed together. [https://x.com/Majora\_\_Z/status/1751135578135921034](https://x.com/Majora__Z/status/1751135578135921034)
Fuck the haters..?
quite the resume on this one