Mu Linglong had vanished without a trace, and Chen Lin could not seek her out to verify it, so his suspicion only flickered through his mind.
There was still some time before half an hour had passed. Opportunities like this were hard to come by, so he seized the chance to continue asking Zishu for guidance.
"My lord, you said the energy level of my Soul-Destroying Finger is higher than Luo's, and Luo's energy level is higher than that of cultivators. Doesn't that mean the living beings of the Heavens and Myriad Realms exist on many different levels?"
Only an existence like Zishu could know such lofty matters, so this was the first question he asked.
Zishu glanced toward the Thread Ball. Seeing nothing unusual, he turned back, longing in his eyes. "Of course. In fact, cultivation is a process of continually raising one's level of life.
"Reaching True Immortal brings a qualitative transformation, putting one on roughly the same level of life as Luo. Naturally, that only means the same broad tier; the actual gap is still enormous. But if two True Immortals have Offspring, their level of life will naturally be a tier above ours."
He immediately added, "Differences in levels of life only mean suppression in terms of energy rank, along with a higher starting point. When you're weak, you're still weak. Water can subdue fire, but a single drop is helpless against a blaze. So a higher level of life doesn't mean you can do whatever you please in a lower-tier plane."
Chen Lin naturally understood this principle, but he still nodded to show he had taken the lesson to heart.
Inwardly, however, he was stunned. Cultivators actually needed to reach True Immortal before they could raise their level of life even once. He had always