Although the Desolate Heaven Emperor had turned the tide and protected some living beings,
the original Immortal Domain had still been shattered into fragments, divided into many pieces.
Yet due to the Immortal Domain's unique nature and the subsequent repairs, most of those fragments retained complete immortal Dao laws and Longevity Substance.
Some of the smaller fragments had formed strange little worlds containing Longevity Substance, like the one where Wu Shi and Undying confronted each other.
The Immortal Ascension Path connecting the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to the Immortal Domain likewise led only to a relatively intact fragment of the Immortal Domain.
Even so, the divide between immortals and mortals, between Human Dao Supremes and the immortal Dao, remained as vast as heaven and earth.
Advance one step and become immortal, gaining longevity and eternal youth; retreat one step and remain mortal, bound by a lifespan of merely ten thousand years.
In truth, Quasi-Emperors and Great Emperors both belonged to the realm of Human Dao Supremes. In the past, they had been considered a single realm. Within the Immortal Domain, where complete immortal Dao laws and sufficient Longevity Substance existed, even Sages could live forever, while Quasi-Emperors could attempt to touch upon the immortal Dao if fortune favored them.
As for Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors, beings who stood at the pinnacle of the human Dao, they would originally have been exceedingly rare even in the Immortal Domain—rarer still than True Immortals.
For the Immortal Ascension Path, which ordinary beings found impossible to touch or break through, they had every chance of succeeding.
The Immortal Ascension Path held two primary trials. The first was the countless Dao-law immortal spirits formed from the immortal Dao laws after the path connected to the Immortal Domain. Every one of them possessed at