@OwenGeo Thank you for your response.
This is disappointing as this news article says that we should be able to display live content inline (no mention of the restriction on the immersive block).
At this point i have two questions to help find a solution:
1. if we were to recreate the surveys using Survey123, would we be able to display them on the immersive block?
2. If we keep the Story Map on the classic site as it is now, is it possible to make copies of it to recreate shorter versions. We were not able to make a copies of the classic story and edit it. I am not sure if this is due to the classic being retired or if it is something with the permissions. (the classic story map is set as public).
Thank you for any help you can provide.