Above the Dragon Court, the winds and clouds churned violently. The Abyssal Sea covered most of the Heavenly Immortal Realm's sky. This immense cavern abyss truly deserved the name Abyssal Sea, resembling an ocean within a cavern abyss.
The power of the Great Dao of the higher realms permeated the Abyssal Sea. Yet even the Ancestor could hardly manipulate this power; otherwise, he would not have been so battered in his battle with Yin Yuanzi.
Inside and outside the Dragon Court, all the dragons raised their heads and looked upward.
This cavern abyss was larger than the combined total of all the cavern abysses the Dragon Clan had summoned in the past!
Even after seeing this cavern abyss again, Xu Ying still found it utterly shocking.
"During the Dragon Court Era, anyone who cultivated to the Dao Eighth Realm had to control tens of thousands of immortal mountains and blessed lands across the Three Realms, with their daily output of Immortal Spirit Qi all turned over. Upon reaching the Dao Ninth Realm, one needed nearly thirty percent of the spiritual energy produced by the Three Realms."
The Ancestor gazed at the Abyssal Sea in the sky and said, "After I cultivated to the Dao Realm Ninth Layer and became immortal, I discovered that merely breathing consumed forty to fifty percent of the Immortal Spirit Qi in the Three Realms. If my cultivation continued to rise, I would soon reach sixty, seventy, or even eighty percent! I had already become a colossal burden restricting the Dragon Clan. With me around, no one else could cultivate to the Dao Realm Ninth Layer. I searched through Heaven and Earth and discovered the Abyssal Sea. That gave me an idea."
His idea was to abandon his physical body and let his Primordial Spirit ascend