As the tribulation clouds were swallowed, the tides of spiritual energy surging in from all around vanished without a trace.
Shi Lan's cultivation on the Immortal Path stopped at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, matching her own cultivation.
After glancing at the people standing frozen all around her, Shi Lan went straight back to the barren mountain and carefully absorbed the transformation the Immortal Path had brought.
That nameless immortal scripture remained engraved above her sea of consciousness, still shining with golden light.
After founding the Heavenly Derivation Sect, Shi Lan had a vague sense that she had taken on a tremendous karmic burden. It left her somewhat restless.
Along with this immortal scripture came a portion of hidden knowledge about the Immortal Path.
In martial cultivation, Body Tempering was the beginning. Only after entering the Xiantian Realm could one shed the mortal body. The Earthly Fiend and Heavenly Dipper Realms that followed were all about excavating the body's potential. Only upon reaching the Myriad Forms Realm could one open the sea of consciousness and develop spiritual sense.
The Immortal Path was quite different. It skipped Body Tempering altogether. Once one drew qi into the body, the Qi Refining Realm was enough to transmute it into true qi.
This was worlds apart from martial cultivation. As long as one possessed true qi, one could wield magical artifacts and kill someone from a hundred paces away. With a powerful treasure in hand, one could even unleash strength far beyond one's own cultivation.
Even a ninth-layer Body Tempering martial cultivator would be no match for a first-layer Qi Refining Immortal cultivator wielding a magical artifact. They would be slain in an instant.
The Foundation Establishment Realm that followed Qi Refining was even more different from martial cultivation. Immortal cultivation