Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Purifying Dust Immortal Lotus
This time, the ten consecutive draws yielded two rule fragments.
He quickly elevated 20 main rules directly from Chaos Level to Entry Level.
Then, he persevered and continued with ten more consecutive draws.
After using up his remaining points, leaving only over two billion, he obtained nine more rule fragments.
In just a few minutes, he had 110 rules reach Entry Level.
"Looking at it this way, 992 rules don’t seem so far away!"
After using up all the second-level Immortal Pills he just drew, his realm officially reached the Peak of Saint Tier, only one step away from becoming a True Immortal.
After that came a long and tedious period.
At least, that’s how it was for Brother Cheng.
Everyone around him was cultivating diligently, even the Frost Rabbit King and Female Chicken King were no exceptions.
The only two exceptions were Mo Chen and the Three-Eyed Tiger.
The former hadn’t found a suitable body while the latter was simply lazy.
As time gradually passed, everyone began to notice something strange.
The Immortal Yuan Qi here was growing increasingly thin.
Moreover, it hadn’t been able to recover.
"This is very strange."
Mo Chen frowned deeply and slowly said, "I’ve felt something was off about this Immortal Realm since the first day."
"It seems to be missing something."
Just like the Spiritual Qi in the Lower Realm, if too many people absorb it, it might temporarily become thin.
But due to the continuously generated new Spiritual Qi and the surrounding replenishing Spiritual Qi, the Spiritual Qi in a region should quickly return to normal levels.
It shouldn’t remain persistently thin and continue to decrease.
The Immortal Yuan Qi is the same way.
Now the concentration of Immortal Yuan Qi outside is even less than the Spirit Vein enhanced by Ah Huang within the Xuanji Map.
Forced by circumstances, Brother Cheng could only transfer his disciples back into the Xuanji Map.
On this day, the Feixian Sect welcomed a group of outsiders.
"Where is this?"
"Such a majestic mountain gate!"
"Is this an Immortal Sect in the Immortal Realm?"
"Everyone, be careful..."
Having been here for a short time, everyone hadn’t seen such impressive architecture before, let alone a formal mountain gate.
The group instantly became cautious.
Then, this group of people saw Jiang Cheng and Mo Chen, Qingsuo, and others.
"Sect Leader Jiang!"
"Gui Cang Sword Saint, you are here too?"
Upon meeting, it turned out to be acquaintances.
Among the three hundred sword cultivators from the Sword Domain, two hundred remained.
And aside from them, there were over a thousand experts from various domains.
But their current state seemed not too good, with many of them carrying injuries, clearly having gone through battles.
After discovering that this was Jiang Cheng’s base, they were all extremely surprised.
"How did Sect Leader Jiang achieve this?"
"Building a mountain gate here is truly a marvel!"
"Could it be that you found the dwelling left by an Immortal?"
Brother Cheng didn’t expect to show off again.
He calmly replied, "Oh, I built it casually, not worth mentioning."
Thus, the Sword Domain group looked up in awe.
This was built by him?
How was it done?
Even though these buildings weren’t of high value themselves, specialization matters.
Even with their skills, they couldn’t have built such a mountain gate in a few short years.
"Sect Leader Jiang is indeed extraordinary!"
"Such techniques, I admire..."
"Old Sword Saint, you are too kind. May I ask why you suddenly came here?"
Upon hearing this question, Gui Cang Sword Saint’s expression turned serious.
"To be honest, we just came to avoid turmoil and find a quiet place to cultivate peacefully."
He sighed and shook his head.
This statement greatly surprised Jiang Cheng.
This is the Sword Domain, ranked among the top three domains in the Lower Realm Ten Thousand Realms, with remarkable combat power.
Others fear them; why would they avoid others?
"What happened?"
Ling Xing Sword Saint spoke in a deep voice, "Sect Leader Jiang, you know our ascendancy this time is unusual."
"We all entered the same place!"
Jiang Cheng was even more surprised.
"You mean we, the Lower Realm Ten Thousand Realms, entered the Void Immortal Realm this time and are all together now?"
This is definitely unusual.
He had also heard Mo Chen say before that upon ascension, the location is random.
In the vast Immortal Realm, they may never meet again.
Originally, he was puzzled about how he ended up with the Heart Division upon arrival.
Now, hearing that at least tens of thousands of experts from the Lower Realm Ten Thousand Realms are still all together, he found it even harder to understand.
The Sword Domain group seemed to have some understanding of these rules.
Gui Cang Sword Saint slowly speculated, "We have yet to become true Immortals, so having not undergone Thunder Tribulation, we did not scatter randomly according to normal ascension rules."
"Then where are we now?"
"Rootless Island. This place is said to be a dead zone in the Immortal Realm, its periphery surrounded by the Devouring Immortal Mist Sea. Not to mention the Saint Tier, even True Immortals perish upon contact!"
"What?"
"How could it be?"
Qingsuo, Frost Rabbit King, and others exclaimed from the back.
Upon ascending to the Immortal Realm, they were still immersed in joy.
According to the Sword Domain group, they had entered a dead-end from which they couldn’t escape!
It would have been better to remain in the Lower Realm.
Sect Leader Jiang secretly transmitted a message to his ’encyclopedia old elf.’
"What’s the situation with Rootless Island and the Devouring Immortal Mist Sea?"
Mo Chen looked equally puzzled: "Embarrassingly, I’ve never heard of this place. But the Immortal Realm is too vast, what I know amounts to less than a tenth."
Apparently, this old Immortal is not a Master of All Things either.
Sect Leader Jiang sighed and asked the Sword Domain group across, "How do you know these names?"
The Sword Domain group were all from the Lower Realm and logically shouldn’t know these secrets of the Immortal Realm.
Gui Cang Sword Saint said solemnly, "There are five real Immortals on this Rootless Island!"
"Immortals are also trapped on this island?"
"Indeed, those five are True Immortals; they were swept into this place years ago."
Ling Xing Sword Saint said, "According to them, there are only two ways to leave."
"What are the ways?"
"One way is to cultivate to the Celestial Immortal Realm, but the resources here are scarce; the generation of Immortal Yuan Qi is extremely slow, nearly impossible."
What, Celestial Immortal Realm?
Brother Cheng hasn’t even reached the True Immortal Realm yet.
How many years would it take to cultivate to that level?
"What is the other way?"
"Every million years, the Devouring Immortal Mist Sea will produce a Purifying Dust Immortal Lotus. Using this lotus as a vessel, one can safely cross the Mist Sea and enter the Immortal Realm Continent."
"Do we have to wait that long?"
Sect Leader Jiang felt extremely frustrated; how could it be millions of years? He’s only been in this world for a few years, really unbearable.
Still, Mo Chen again transmitted a message: "Purifying Dust Immortal Lotus? I haven’t heard of that either."
Brother Cheng replied irritably, "You know too little. The Sword Domain people are more informed, not to mention Upper Realm Immortals."
Mo Chen felt very ashamed hearing this.
He felt that his position as the core confidant of the Child of the Plane in the inner circle wasn’t so stable.
"Are you all planning to wait a million years?"
Gui Cang Sword Saint bitterly shook his head, "But the Purifying Dust Immortal Lotus blossoms only once, and can only carry ten thousand people. With Immortals present, we’re unlikely to get that opportunity then."
"What? There’s a seat limit?"
Brother Cheng gritted his teeth; if it really takes millions of years, he’ll have to snatch that Purifying Dust Immortal Lotus for himself!