Seeing that I possessed strength at the Heavenly Dao Realm, the other party frowned as he sized me up. "No wonder. You look unfamiliar, Daoist friend. Did you come from the Human Immortal Land, or somewhere else?"
"I was born in what the Human Immortals call the Outland. In recent years, I heard that something major had happened in the Heavenly City and that Heavenly Dao energy had leaked out. So, risking my life, I secretly entered the ring around the Heavenly City. It was indeed just as the legends said. I then cultivated in a deserted interface, comprehended the Apex Realm, and became an immortal at the Heavenly Dao Realm." I delivered my lines according to the script, then took out a plaque and said, "Daoist friend, take a look. This is a plaque from my birthplace. It proves that I was once an immortal of Demon Dragon Valley."
If I wanted to infiltrate this place and investigate, I naturally had to make some preparations. A jade identity token was essential.
"Heh-heh. You really went the long way around. You could have entered the Heavenly Dao Realm with ease, yet you went all the way to the Heavenly City to court trouble. How laughable. Still, to think you managed to cross the Heavenly Dao Realm's tribulation threshold through your own strength—you truly possess extraordinary Dao fortune. Anyone else would probably have died and had their Dao extinguished." The other party's words dripped with sarcasm.
I pretended to be shocked. "The long way around? Are you saying that the Heavenly Dao Realm's tribulation threshold here can already be reached at any time?"
"Hmph. Didn't your friend tell you?" he asked suspiciously.
"Oh, I haven't been in contact with that friend for a long time. Yet recently, he suddenly invited me