The territories of these three great immortal domains each rivaled an entire mortal realm. Between one immortal domain and another lay natural perils and forbidden lands far more fearsome than the North Magnetic Origin Light.
With his Spirit Transformation cultivation, he might have been able to pass through those natural perils and forbidden lands, but there were simply too many "uncertainties" along the way.
Bandit cultivators ran rampant in the Spirit Realm, far more fiercely than in the mortal realm.
That was because quite a few of them were cultivators of other races.
When bandit cultivators of other races targeted human cultivators, they were not merely after treasures and cultivation resources. They also bore the important task of "pruning away" the strength of the human race in the Spirit Realm.
Thus, they were far more vicious than ordinary bandit cultivators.
For instance, the Mist Ghost Clan, which had become Wei Tu's enemy...
Because this clan possessed racial talents such as "spirit parasitism" and "possession," they could easily conceal their identities. They often mingled among human factions and secretly preyed upon lone human cultivators... especially human prodigies, who were even more to their liking.
A thousand years ago, Jianglingzi, who had ascended to the Spirit Realm, had been assassinated several times by Mist Ghost Clan assassins in the Myriad Bright Immortal Domain ruled by the Myriad Bright Sect.
That was also why Jianglingzi had thought so highly of Wei Tu when he learned that Wei Tu intended to ascend to the Spirit Realm through a smuggling route.
It was true that some among the human race were jealous of talent and intolerant of the capable, but such people were ultimately few. So long as their core interests were not touched, they would not rashly attack "ascended cultivators."
The ones he truly