Prosperity, prosperity, and yet more prosperity.
This was a world of indescribable grandeur, vast and immense, especially when compared to other smaller realms.
The boundaries of this colossal world before them were unknown, its expanse immeasurable, and the number of powerful beings within it was equally a mystery.
Compared to the periphery of a bustling region like Qingrao Domain, this truly opulent, giant world was a universe apart, a celestial difference.
If Li Qi were present now, comparing it to the small world where Xu Qingfeng once resided in his memories, he too would likely deem this magnificent, gigantic world superior.
But alas, despite its outward splendor, this prosperous giant world possessed a peculiar characteristic.
Certain areas within this flourishing realm were imbued with an incredibly dense spiritual energy, so concentrated that it defied description.
Simply put, it surpassed even Li Qi's own Earth Void minor world, which had already ascended beyond the Mahayana stage.
Conversely, other regions within this world were utterly devoid of spiritual energy, as thin as the void itself.
Prolonged stays in these energy-depleted areas would even make cultivators feel profoundly uncomfortable.
From Li Qi's understanding, this was an exceedingly strange world, where even breathing spiritual energy seemingly came at a price.
And this, naturally, was the Upper Realm, known as Cangyun Realm.
At this very moment, at the heart of Cangyun Realm lay its most prosperous district.
It could be unequivocally stated that among the countless worlds within the boundless void, the "Prosperous Region" stood out as the most opulent.
And at the center of the Prosperous Region, the Upper Realm's Cangyun Realm was the pinnacle of prosperity.
The most prosperous area of Cangyun Realm was its very core.
The concentrated spiritual energy, so elusive to ordinary beings, flowed here like majestic rivers.
If a mortal were fortunate enough to live for a century in this spiritually rich environment, even with the most inferior aptitude, they would ascend to the Nascent Soul stage simply by inhaling the ambient energy, without the need for any cultivation techniques.
However, it was a tragic irony that those capable of entering this central region of Cangyun Realm could hardly be considered ordinary.
Within it dwelled countless powerful cultivators in the Tribulation and Mahayana stages, who were considered paramount in the surrounding prosperous territories.
Yet, upon entering this central domain, all of them displayed the utmost humility.
Perhaps they were here to attend to matters of utmost importance, or perhaps fortune had granted them the opportunity to enter.
For everyone knew.
The central region of Cangyun Realm was the domain of three Immortals, the supreme beings standing at the apex of Cangyun Realm.
Immortals – beings transcending the Mahayana stage.
The term "cultivator" seemed insufficient to describe them.
However, the precise nature of these three beings remained unknown, for even cultivators at the peak of the Mahayana stage struggled to articulate their true level.
Thus, they had come to be universally referred to as Immortals.
After all, only the word "Immortal" could befit these three beings who had surpassed the Mahayana stage and ascended to unfathomable realms.
And now, within a forbidden area at the center of Cangyun Realm, inaccessible to outsiders.
Three ethereal figures, shrouded in a hazy spiritual aura, sat in contemplation.
They exuded a terrifying aura that no one had ever witnessed before.
Indeed, if anyone were to stand beside these three, even a Mahayana cultivator would instinctively feel like an insignificant ant.
At this moment.
The three simultaneously opened their eyes.
They raised their gazes in unison.
In the sky above, a blurred face materialized.
This indistinct visage bore an incomprehensible, terrifying pressure, but unlike any other, it radiated a pressure akin to the Heavenly Dao, yet immeasurably more potent than any other Heavenly Dao pressure.
Immediately, a piece of information appeared in the minds of the three, startling them.
"What? A new Mahayana minor world has been born?"
"The last time a Mahayana minor world emerged was, it seems, over two thousand years ago."
"A new minor world has broken through to Mahayana intensity, that is good."
The calm voices of the three resonated.
One of them spoke with a detached tone.
"However, a new Mahayana minor world should be recorded. Cangyun Heavenly Dao, where is the location of that Mahayana minor world? We shall dispatch someone to guide it to the periphery of the Prosperous Region."
In response, the blurred face in the sky began to flicker.
But the next moment, the information transmitted by Cangyun Heavenly Dao to the three caused them all to freeze in surprise.
"What, you say you cannot locate the newly emerged Mahayana minor world???"
"How is that possible? Even in the most remote corners of this void, how could it escape your perception as the Heavenly Dao of the Upper Realm..."
Beneath their bewildered expressions, the information from Cangyun Heavenly Dao was transmitted once more.
Eventually, the three fell into complete silence. They exchanged glances, their eyes deepening in contemplation.
"Strange, strange, so very strange. Even Cangyun Heavenly Dao cannot pinpoint the location of the new Mahayana minor world."
"But this is a new Mahayana minor world, after all, and it cannot be allowed to slip beyond our control. We must devise another method to find it."
One of them remarked, and the other two offered no further words, merely nodding slightly.
"Arrange for subordinates to handle it."
With these few sentences, their course of action was decided.
The silence returned to the surroundings, and these three Immortals, who stood at the pinnacle of Cangyun Realm, closed their eyes once more.
And at this moment, the three Immortals appeared to have regained their composed, unruffled demeanor, as if undisturbed.
Yet, in reality, no one noticed.
The moment Cangyun Heavenly Dao admitted its inability to locate the newly formed Mahayana minor world, their eyes had involuntarily flickered with subtle unease.