Realms and Lifespans

Xia Jiuyou arrived quickly and left quickly.

But after Xia Jiuyou and his group left, Tu Fei immediately asked, "Zhou Tong, you just said you were going to greet Senior Gai? Does that mean that the invincible Senior Gai Jiuyou from eight thousand years ago is still alive?"

Tu Fei was shocked. The name Gai Jiuyou was too famous. Eight thousand years ago, Gai Jiuyou was famous Central Plains and his fame even spread to the Eastern Wasteland. He was invincible. Some people even thought that he might become Great Emperor.

Unfortunately, he was born too close to the time of the Azure Emperor, and ultimately failed to defy the heavens.

Everyone thought that Gai Jiuyou was dead and had passed away somewhere in the Eastern Wasteland; but now, according to Zhou Tong, Gai Jiuyou is still alive?

This is a big deal!

"Is it strange that Gai Jiuyou is alive?" Zhou Tong looked at Tu Fei and asked in return.

"Eight thousand years! Besides the Great Emperor, who else could live that long?" Li Heishui exclaimed in surprise.

"Gai Jiuyou is at least a Quasi-Emperor is close to achieving enlightenment. Is it really that difficult for him to live for eight or nine thousand years?" Zhou Tong said.

Is it difficult?

Everyone glanced at Zhou Tong, speechless. An eight-thousand-year lifespan—few throughout history have achieved that, and you're asking us, "Is it that difficult?"

Seeing their expressions, Zhou Tong sighed, "None of you are knowledgeable. It seems I need to give you a little explanation of the concept of lifespan."

"Do you know how many years a powerhouse at each level can live?" Pang Bo was also curious, as even the memories of the old monster he inherited didn't contain such information.

Zhou Tong said, "In fact, the so-called 'ten thousand years' in various legends is just a figurative number. If a Great Emperor is free from disasters and diseases, he can live to be around twelve to fifteen thousand years old. If the Great Emperor himself has an extraordinary physique, he can even live to be thirty thousand years old!"

Zhou Tong thought of the Desolate Heaven Emperor Desolate Heaven Emperor, whose Lifetime lasted 30,000 years, which was simply a miracle.

Of course, this is also related to the Desolate Heaven Emperor's physique. He has Supreme Being Body, and he has undergone Supreme Being Body several times.

Judging solely from physical constitution, Zhou Tong suspected that the Desolate Heaven Emperor's Supreme Being Body, which had undergone several rebirths, surpassed even the Chaos Body. After all, the Desolate Heaven Emperor's third supreme treasure technique had played a significant role in the battle against Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

This also shows the importance of physical constitution.

The notions that "physical constitution is not important" and "ordinary people are the strongest" are actually false propositions.

Great Emperor with a weak constitution may only have a lifespan of 12,000 to 13,000 years; but Great Emperor with a strong constitution can have a lifespan that is more than twice as long.

Even if Great Emperor with a weak constitution were to live two lifetimes with the help of a divine medicine, his lifespan would probably not be as long as that of Great Emperor with a strong constitution in Lifetime lifetime.

This is inherent, the greatest injustice!

For Great Emperor with a weak constitution, after attaining enlightenment, studying the Heavenly Heart Imprint and further refining his scriptures to solidify his Great Emperor Dao Fruit would consume two to three tenths of his lifespan...

How could such Great Emperor, who didn't even have time to study the Longevity Method, possibly embark on the Path to Immortality?

To embark on the path to immortality, the first requirement is a strong physique. Even if one is not born with it, one must, like the Ruthless Great Emperor and the Demon Emperor, change this as early as possible; otherwise, the path to immortality will not be long.

In fact, for people with ordinary physiques, the best cultivation methods to embark on the path to immortality are the two scriptures, "Indestructible Heavenly Merit" and "Demon Emperor Scripture".

The "Indestructible Heavenly Merit" targets the human race, changing their physique to Chaos Body; while the "Demon Emperor Scripture" targets the Demon Clan, transforming their physique into True Dragon body.

"Fifteen thousand years, or even thirty thousand years!?" Everyone was shocked.

The so-called great beings probably only have one-tenth of their lifespan!

"What about Senior Gai Jiuyou?" Pang Bo, who was standing to the side, was very curious about how long Gai Jiuyou's lifespan was.

"Senior Gai Jiuyou did not attain Dao, but was the Quasi-Emperor closest to the Great Emperor. Logically, he should have lived for around ten thousand years," Zhou Tong said softly. "However, unfortunately, he failed to break through to the Great Emperor realm, so his lifespan was definitely reduced considerably. His limit is estimated to be around eight thousand years..."

Gai Jiuyou was indeed defying the heavens. He failed to break through to the Great Emperor realm, but only lost some of his lifespan; most of the other failures died directly. He, however, survived, which was simply heaven-defying.

However, the side effects of failing to become Great Emperor are also obvious. In addition to his lifespan, Gai Jiuyou has now "fallen in realm," similar to those Supreme Beings in the Forbidden Zone who cut off their own power.

Normally, Gai Jiuyou can only maintain the state of a peak Great Sage; once he ascends to the peak, he probably won't live long.

"The lifespan of a typical Quasi-Emperor is roughly between eight and nine thousand years!" Zhou Tong continued. "Great Sage at the sixth level of the Immortal Platform has a lifespan of roughly six to eight thousand years; Saint King at the fifth level of the Immortal Platform has a lifespan of roughly six to seven thousand years; and a Saint at the fourth level of the Immortal Platform should have a lifespan of five to six thousand years."

"Kings are roughly three to five thousand years old, while great beings are roughly two to three thousand years old."

Everyone was shocked by Zhou Tong's words. It was the first time they had ever known about the state behind the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, and also the first time they had ever known about the lifespan of each realm.

"The sixth level of the Immortal Platform is the Great Sage? Then the Quasi-Emperor is the seventh level of the Immortal Platform?" Tu Fei asked immediately.

The exact number of levels in the Immortal Platform Secret Realm has been a question that few people have been able to answer since ancient times.

Zhou Tong said calmly, "How would I know? I'm not Quasi-Emperor!"

Zhou Tong was somewhat speechless. The original novel did indeed state that the sixth level of the Immortal Cultivation Realm was Great Sage, but it never mentioned that the seventh level was Quasi-Emperor. Perhaps the Immortal Platform Secret Realm only has six levels in total, and perhaps the so-called Quasi-Emperor is a transformation after reaching the peak of the Immortal Platform and connecting the other secret realms with the Immortal Platform Secret Realm?

After all, the original work clearly mentions that the Quasi-Emperor wanted to study the origin of the Great Dao Runes contained in the blood.

Moreover, the Quasi-Emperor level is extremely special; during the Chaotic Ancient Years, Quasi-Emperor were also known as Supreme Beings.

In that era, it was impossible to reach the Supreme level without being over five hundred years old; even the five-hundred-year threshold might still exist today. Ye Fan in the original story broke through to Quasi-Emperor when he was over five hundred years old. Among the geniuses of his time, in an era when all the geniuses of all ages gathered, none of them crossed this Daoist Sect.

In later generations, only the second son of the emperor and Ye Fan's son with the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo crossed this line.

Therefore, without cultivating to that level, and since the original work did not describe whether the transformation of Quasi-Emperor was a complete transformation or a transformation within the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, Zhou Tong dared not say what the Quasi-Emperor's state was.

It could be a transformation of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, or it could be a complete transformation of the body.

Perhaps starting from the Quasi-Emperor, it's about gradually opening up all the doors in one's body that haven't been opened yet, thus progressing step by step.

As for the countless memories seen through the memories of the Immortal Divine Medicine, those were merely the memories of the Immortal Divine Medicine, not the memories of the cultivators themselves. There was also no mention of what Quasi-Emperor actually was.

Only if Zhou Tong could personally witness the memories of a quasi -Quasi-Emperor could he determine what exactly the so-called Quasi-Emperor cultivation was.

Although he had once used the Reincarnation Mirror to examine the Divine Thought of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, the time was too short to find out the cultivation situation of the Quasi-Emperor part; moreover, Zhou Tong did not intend to look for this thing at that time, after all, the Quasi-Emperor realm was still too far away from him.

Of course, if one could receive guidance from a quasi -Quasi-Emperor, one could also find the answer.

"You know way too much about the realms of ancient sages!" Pang Bo looked at Zhou Tong. "How do you know all this? Who told you? Did you see it in some ancient book?"

Ye Fan also somewhat surprised. "This kind of thing should require a huge amount of data to compile. Who exactly did it? Or did a Great Emperor do this kind of statistics?"

As someone from modern civilization, Ye Fan's first thought was: how many samples would be needed to compile such data, and who could produce such statistics?

"Isn't it normal for Great Emperor to do this kind of statistics?" Zhou Tong glanced at Ye Fan.

This data has certainly been compiled by someone, but it hasn't been made public, or it's in a state of being kept secret. However, Zhou Tong's data comes from the original work, so he naturally can't reveal it directly.

Ye Fan didn't delve into this question, as studying things like lifespan was perfectly normal in the cultivation world. He continued, "So, the third level of the Immortal Platform is the King Realm? The Second Layer of Immortal Platform is a Great Power, and the first level of the Immortal Platform is a Half-Step Great Power?"

Zhou Tong nodded. He was quite clear about the lower levels of cultivation, and there was no problem with this classification.

The levels of Immortal Half-Step Great Power, Immortal Second Layer Saint Lord Great Power, Immortal Three Dao-Slaying King, Immortal Four Saint, Immortal Five Saint King, and Immortal Great Sage are all very well defined.

The only uncertainty is the Quasi-Emperor realm.

"So many realms... the future is going to be amazing! I really want to see the view from the top!" Ye Fan also showed a hint of longing.

After hearing Zhou Tong describe so many realms, Ye Fan felt his horizons broadened and he couldn't wait to witness the grand spectacle of the pinnacle of the cultivation world.

But when Ye Fan glanced at Pang Bo and Zhou Tong beside him, he couldn't help but think of what had happened on Earth...

"No matter how wonderful the cultivation world is, I still want to go back to Earth!" Ye Fan sighed softly, his thoughts once again turning to his parents at home...