The Seventy-two Realms were not regarded as highly as the Thirty-Six Heavens. At least, Jue Honglian and Zilian had never before seen a cultivator with strength like yours. While her elder sister was in secluded cultivation, immersed in enlightenment, Jue Zilian had eagerly sought to enter your command.
Had it been any other one of the Seventy-two Realms, you might have considered it further. But Jue Zilian had some ties with you and, in your memories, had done quite a few things for Qingming Hetong Heaven. Other than rebelling against Jue Honglian, she had no other dark history. In your view, she was someone whose roots and character were relatively well known, so you did not refuse this trouble. You intended to make this place a source of personnel for Qingming Hetong Heaven's future expansion.
To make the Seven-Colored Lotus Realm truly give its heart to you, you decided to establish contact with it, connect the positional cornerstones of the two realms, and exchange the cultivation resources each side lacked. Though Qingming Hetong Heaven, as one of the Thirty-Six Heavens, would most likely be the supplying side and gain little in return...
That same year, when you were preparing to leave, Jue Honglian had yet to emerge from her state of enlightenment. As was your habit, you spent half a month conducting a thorough investigation of this world...
The Seven-Colored Lotus Realm was not large, and you had not held much hope to begin with. You simply did not wish to overlook any opportunities. Yet, to your surprise, deep beneath a sea region east of the Seven-Colored Lotus Realm, you truly detected something amiss. After approaching and investigating more carefully, you discovered that a great quantity of highly concentrated Immortal Essence had been sealed off within the space there.
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