"It is said that the Three Thousand Dao Provinces were once exceptionally prosperous. In the past, many Supremes of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands joined forces, using three thousand Dao laws to bless the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and suppress the Barren Lands. Unfortunately, as time passed, the Three Thousand Dao Provinces gradually declined."
"Yet precisely because of that, the Three Thousand Dao Provinces became a suitable place for prodigies like us, who are affiliated with the Immortal King Chu Clan, to train."
"Of course, that does not mean we are picking on the weak. It is because the cultivation levels among our batch of cultivators vary greatly. The strong ones are comparable to descendants of Immortal Kings from the Immortal Domain, such as the three legendary Lords of the Chu Family whose bloodlines are closest to the Chu Family Ancient Ancestor. In a world like the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where the laws of heaven and earth are incomplete, those three can sweep through all opposition and remain invincible. Even the so-called Extreme Dao Supremes of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands cannot be mentioned in the same breath as those three peerless freaks."
"The slightly weaker Chu Family prodigies can still easily crush the heirs of those renowned supreme sects and Eternal Life Clans above the Nine Heavens. Like that Purple Sun Celestial Lord—or Purple Sun Tyrant, whatever he was called—and that Jin Family fellow who called himself the leader of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands' undefeated myth, yet was defeated by a Chu Family prodigy in just a few exchanges."
"Actually, I really want to enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and witness the peerless splendor of the Chu Family's prodigies as they look down upon the Eight Desolates and six directions. Unfortunately, one must at least ignite Divine Fire—reach the Divine Fire Realm—to enter the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands."
"And cultivators like us, whose cultivation is low and who have yet to ignite Divine Fire, can only come to small worlds like the Eight Regions, where the highest realm is merely the Venerable Realm."
Seeing Ning Rongrong's confused expression, Zhao Xiao thought for a moment and immediately realized what he had failed to explain clearly.
Although he had said so much, he had not introduced the cultivation realm divisions at all!
Zhao Xiao wiped away all the circles he had drawn with Spiritual Power to represent the Immortal Domain and the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Then he drew a horizontal line, writing "Immortal Dao Domain" above it and "Human Dao Domain" below it.
"I was not clear enough. I forgot to mention that cultivation realms are broadly divided into two categories: the Human Dao Domain and the Immortal Dao Domain. The Immortal Dao Domain consists of the True Immortals and Immortal Kings I just mentioned. True Immortals are divided into Ordinary True Immortals and Extreme True Immortals, while Immortal Kings are divided into Quasi-Immortal Kings and Ordinary Immortal Kings. As for the divisions above Ordinary Immortal Kings, I do not know."
"As for what realm lies above an Immortal King, I know even less. I do not even know whether such a realm exists, though I imagine it probably does."
As he spoke, Zhao Xiao wrote, from low to high within the Immortal Dao Domain: Ordinary True Immortal, Extreme True Immortal, Quasi-Immortal King, Ordinary Immortal King, followed by a series of dots above them. Then he pointed to the Human Dao Domain beneath the line.
"The Human Dao Domain has far more subdivisions. From low to high, they are the Blood Transporting Realm, Hole Heaven Realm, Spirit Transformation Realm, Inscription Realm, Array Realm, Venerable Realm, Divine Fire Realm, True One Realm, Saint Sacrifice Realm, Celestial God Realm, Void Dao Realm, Self-Severing Realm, Escape One Realm, Supreme Realm, and between the Supreme Realm and True Immortal lies the Extreme Dao Supreme Realm, also called the Peak of the Extreme Dao. This realm is considered half a step beyond the Supreme Realm. Though it is still considered part of the Supreme Realm, it is the highest level that even other Supremes at the ninth level and ninth tier find difficult to enter."
"Only by reaching the Extreme Dao Supreme Realm can one truly stand at the pinnacle of the Human Dao Domain!"
As he spoke, Zhao Xiao erased all the Spiritual Power-made words except for the six realms of Blood Transporting, Hole Heaven, Spirit Transformation, Inscription, Array, and Venerable.
"You do not need to know the later realms in too much detail. It is enough to know that they exist. Now, I will focus on explaining the first six realms."
Hearing this, countless people across Douluo Continent who had been holding pens and preparing to take notes all sighed.
They had wanted to carefully record the cultivation realms of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, as well as the specifics of each realm!
In the end, they only learned the names of the realms.
According to Zhao Xiao, the Blood Transporting Realm and the Hole Heaven Realm were largely similar to what Lin Wanwan had previously told Qian Renxue, though there were some slight differences.
For instance, Zhao Xiao said that the ultimate limit of the Blood Transporting Realm was 108,000 jin in one arm, 8,000 jin more than the 100,000 jin Lin Wanwan had mentioned.
Zhao Xiao also said that the ultimate limit of the Hole Heaven Realm was for ten Hole Heavens to merge into one and transform into a single Supreme Hole Heaven. This went a step beyond Lin Wanwan's claim that ten Hole Heavens condensed into a ring!
Within Spirit Hall, the Soul Master specifically assigned to record Zhao Xiao's words looked doubtfully toward Bibi Dong, who sat upon the throne.
"Your Holiness, should we revise the previous records regarding the Blood Transporting Realm and Hole Heaven Realm that Lin Wanwan spoke of?"
With a casual gesture from Bibi Dong, the paper before the Soul Master, which recorded the information Lin Wanwan had previously given about the Blood Transporting Realm and Hole Heaven Realm, flew into her hand.
After examining it carefully, Bibi Dong sent the paper back before the Soul Master.
"Revise it. Of course it must be revised. The Hundred Flowers Palace where Lin Wanwan is from is merely a first-rate sect in the Heavenly Domain. Though it possesses some knowledge, how could it compare with what Zhao Xiao from the Immortal Domain knows?"
"For the time being, treat what Zhao Xiao says as the standard for everything recorded from here on."
"Yes, Your Holiness."
Tuoba Xuanfeng, who stood opposite Bibi Dong, looked at her in confusion.
"Your Holiness, there is something I do not understand. I ask that you enlighten me."
"You wish to ask why what Lin Wanwan said differs from what Zhao Xiao said, correct?"
"Yes. If there were discrepancies in other matters, I could understand. But even their descriptions of the realms differ. That is something I truly cannot understand."
"Logically speaking, descriptions of realms should be universally known, just like in the Soul Master system. Everyone knows that levels 1 to 10 are Soul Scholars, levels 11 to 20 are Soul Masters, levels 21 to 30 are Soul Grandmasters, levels 31 to 40 are Soul Elders, levels 41 to 50 are Soul Ancestors, levels 51 to 60 are Soul Kings, levels 61 to 70 are Soul Emperors, levels 71 to 80 are Soul Saints, levels 81 to 90 are Soul Douluos, and levels 91 to 99 are Title Douluos."
"Of those, levels 91 to 95 are ordinary Title Douluos, levels 96 to 98 are Peak Douluos, and level 99 is a Peerless Douluo."
"Everyone on Douluo Continent, even three-year-old children, knows these things by heart. There is no possibility of error. So why do Lin Wanwan and Zhao Xiao say different things?"
Bibi Dong lowered her gaze to Tuoba Xuanfeng and spoke softly.
"Have you considered that compared to Douluo Continent, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands are simply too vast? Information does not circulate smoothly there. Moreover, Zhao Xiao comes from the Immortal Domain, while Lin Wanwan is a native of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. One could even say that an entire great world lies between them."
"Furthermore, as I said, Lin Wanwan's sect is merely a first-rate sect. Its foundation is limited, and so is its knowledge. Naturally, it cannot compare with what Zhao Xiao from the Immortal Domain knows."
"And there is another possibility. The ultimate limit of the Blood Transporting Realm being 108,000 jin, and the ultimate limit of the Hole Heaven Realm being ten Hole Heavens merging into a single Supreme Hole Heaven—perhaps those major powers deliberately conceal this information from outsiders, so that their disciples can gain a greater advantage when fighting other cultivators."
At the end, Bibi Dong added something that made Tuoba Xuanfeng feel proud.
"No matter what world it is, there are ultimately far too few forces like Spirit Hall, willing to awaken Martial Souls for common children free of charge and teach ordinary civilians knowledge."
Indeed, there were truly far too few forces like Spirit Hall that cared for commoners!
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