Just as the Mortal Realm was rejoicing over Ling Wuyuan's departure.
As the figure they had feared.
After a period of traveling through spacetime—or perhaps ascending through its dimensions.
Guided by the Divine Light of Reception amid a rather wondrous sensation, Ling Wuyuan was finally about to reach the Immortal Realm.
At this moment.
He could clearly sense a certain force repeatedly examining the karma upon him.
In but an instant.
Ling Wuyuan determined that the force served to [categorize], assigning ascenders to corresponding regions according to their karma, thereby preventing them from ascending directly into wholly unsuitable areas.
For example, tossing righteous figures glowing all over with Buddhist light into the core territory of Demonic Path forces and getting them killed on the spot...
In this regard, as a manifestation of the spacetime laws within the Xikong Immortal Realm, the Divine Light of Reception was far from intelligent, yet its practical effects were actually fairly decent.
The next moment.
Since Ling Wuyuan did not interfere with the examination.
Very soon.
The Divine Light of Reception decisively judged him to be a Demonic Path cultivator—and one with particularly grave sins at that!!
This meant he would most likely be thrown into a rather dangerous region.
Do not ask why it was dangerous...
Even if those regions had originally been quite safe.
Once the number of Demonic Path cultivators throughout an entire region reached a certain level, it would inevitably be difficult to speak of safety.
Thus, compared to righteous cultivators, who upon first ascending to the Immortal Realm could generally ascend into safe regions, a Demonic Path cultivator's first trial in the Immortal Realm basically always came from other Demonic Path cultivators.
Those old men loved picking soft persimmons and bullying newcomers!!
One could only say...
Birds of a feather