Chapter 1979: Chapter 961
“After I left Fire Cloud Palace, I also made a trip to the Dao De Sect. As for that matter, the Shenxi Sect Master ensured he had not communicated with Hong Yun.”
Xing Ji mentioned that the alliance led by the Fire Cloud Palace targeting the Five Elements Sect was secretly directed by the Dao De Sect. However, according to Ye Qing’s investigation, this was not the case.
“Then it seems I misunderstood. Xing Ji never explicitly named the Dao De Sect.”
Chen Mobai reflected on his conversation with Xing Ji. The latter merely guided him to consider the direction of the Dao De Sect, leading Chen Mobai to sigh over how cunningly the old fox spoke without leaving a single gap.
Ye Qing also revealed something else. This time when he went to the Dao De Sect, he happened to encounter Dustless True Monarch emerging from seclusion, having refined a batch of Rejuvenation Pill.
With it, his master and Dustless True Monarch could extend their lives by several cycles of 60 years, allowing them to remain in the Tianhe Realm for a longer time.
“It seems that both seniors are ready to ascend at any moment.”
After hearing Ye Qing’s words, Chen Mobai immediately understood his meaning.
The lifespan of a God-Transcending cultivator is around two thousand years, and Profound Heaven True Monarch had achieved his Dao fifteen hundred years ago, which means his lifespan should have long reached its limit.
But given Profound Heaven True Monarch’s status and position, he must have consumed plenty of Longevity Elixirs. For example, the Dao De Sect’s Rank-5 Immortal Tea Longevity Eyebrow can extend one’s lifespan by 360 years.
And Profound Heaven True Monarch’s lifespan had long surpassed two thousand years. Without new Longevity Elixirs, he would have to consider breaking through realms to ascend in order to survive.
“My master could have attempted to ascend long ago, but due to lingering ties and the lack of a successor in our sect reaching Divinity Transformation, he remained in the mortal world. However, Dustless senior is still a bit lacking.”
Ye Qing spoke honestly, and hearing him mention ascension, Chen Mobai continued the topic.
He had been curious for a long time about ascension in the Tianhe Realm.
“There are two paths to ascend in this realm. One is to wait for the Immortal Mansion to open, using the Pure Spirit Immortal Essence of the Ascension Platform to cleanse the worldly qi, transform into an Immortal Body, and ascend. The second is to break through to the Void Refining Realm and forcefully shatter the void to ascend.”
“However, to shatter the void and reach the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm, one must endure the Ninth Level Heavenly Tribulation, which everyday weaker Nascent Soul cultivators can hardly overcome.”
“But when the Ghost Mother descended into the mortal realm, to prevent the True Immortals of the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm from descending, she buried the Immortal Mansion along with the Ascension Platform into the Netherworld. So now, God-Transcending cultivators in the Tianhe Realm must break through the void as their only path to ascend.”
Ye Qing didn’t hide anything from Chen Mobai, disclosing these secrets known only to the great holy lands.
“After the Ghost Mother calamity, were there no seniors or sages who ventured into the Netherworld to bring back the Immortal Mansion and the Ascension Platform to the mortal realm?”
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai recalled the time the Primordial Ancestral Master forced his way along the Yellow Springs Path and wondered if that was what he intended to do.
“Of course there were, but the deepest part of the Netherworld is occupied by the remnants of the Ghost Mother’s soul and numerous powerful Ghost Gods. When Sun World cultivators arrive there, due to the environmental factors, they can only exhibit thirty to forty percent of their strength.”
“In Central State, there was once a cultivator ready to ascend who ventured into the Netherworld, intending to bring back the Ascension Platform, but ultimately never returned.”
“Nowadays, God-Transcending cultivators in the Tianhe Realm who are at the end of their lifespan and unable to shatter the void also attempt to venture deep into the Netherworld to seek the Ascension Platform.”
Hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but be greatly astonished.
To think that the Huangquan Netherworld was so perilous—Luo Yixuan being carried into it and surviving was indeed a stroke of fortune.
However, it might also be because she didn’t delve deep into it.
Considering this, the Yellow Springs Path sealed by the Primordial Ancestral Master might eventually become a road to ascension.
Taking advantage of Ye Qing’s presence, Chen Mobai asked further about the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm.
“The Spiritual Void Immortal Realm is right above the Tianhe Realm. By passing through the Nine-level Tian Gang and enduring the Ninth Level Heavenly Tribulation, one can ascend there. The Ascension Platform is a shortcut; you can think of it as a teleportation array from the Tianhe Realm to the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm. However, it was originally left by the Taixu True King for the cultivators of this realm.”
Ye Qing shared another secret, making Chen Mobai hold the Taixu MiaoMiao Palace in even higher regard.
No wonder it’s a superpower with holy lands across all five continents of Tianhe.
“Since Nascent Soul cultivators can shatter the void to ascend to the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm, why can’t the True Immortals of the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm come down directly? Why do they still need the Ascension Platform?”
Chen Mobai pondered over this question.
“Thirty thousand years ago, a Supreme True Demon from beyond the realms descended into the Tianhe Realm, capable of splitting into countless Heart Demons, possessing cultivators, causing a terribly frightening magic disaster. Eventually, one of the Heart Demon Avatars of this Supreme True Demon ascended to the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm and was detected by the great abilities of the Upper Realm.”
“When True Immortals descended, they discovered that each major sect had this True Demon’s Heart Demon Avatar. No matter how many cultivators they killed, they couldn’t find its True Body. Now the Hua Shen Demon Sect within the Demon Path is the legacy of this Supreme True Demon.”
“Finally, several Daoist Monarchs from the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm joined forces to perform the Heaven Reaching Great Method, altering the Tao regulations of the Tianhe Realm, forcing all beings above Divinity Transformation to ascend and leave this realm, eventually forcing this Supreme True Demon out.”
“To break through the Ninth Level Heavenly Tribulation and the Nine-level Tian Gang descending into the Tianhe Realm, one must use the power of the Void Refining Realm. However, if the nature of the Void Refining is revealed, it will be detected by the Tao regulations of the Tianhe Realm, compelling ascension.”