Douluo: I, a Prehistoric Dao Venerable, Am Being Livestreamed by the Sky Screen

Hearing that an Immortal Gate was recruiting disciples here, she followed the crowd over.

"Next!"

After a long wait, it was finally her turn.

"Name?"

"Xuenü."

An old Daoist in a yellow robe sat behind the desk.

After asking the routine question, he formed a hand seal and raised an ancient mirror, shining it upon the Snow Empress. A flash of golden light passed through his eyes.

"A transformed spiritual being of heaven and earth. Your foundation is passable, but your base is far too weak and your cultivation too low!"

The old Daoist spoke indifferently.

"Consider yourself lucky this time. You may begin as a menial disciple!"

He picked up a jade register and wrote down several lines:

Name: Xuenü

Origin: Snow Spirit Transformation

Aptitude: Innate Ninth Grade

Then, he took a jade plaque from the side and handed it to the Snow Empress.

"Keep this safe. It is your proof of identity. Go to the back and collect your entry items!"

"Next!"

The Snow Empress gripped the icy jade plaque, a wave of bitterness rising in her heart.

She was the ruler of the Extreme North, an unparalleled Ferocious Beast with nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.

Yet in this world, she was only worthy of becoming a menial disciple?

Spirit City, Worship Hall.

Upon witnessing this scene, the grand hall fell into dead silence.

The towering mountain gate, the profound Dao aura, the casual judgment that reduced the ruler of the Extreme North to a "menial disciple"... all of it fiercely shattered everyone's understanding!

A seven-hundred-thousand-year soul beast—

to them, it had been a legendary existence, yet here, it was only fit to enter the sect as a menial disciple?

Extreme North.

The Ice Empress stood frozen in place, her emerald eyes filled with shock and confusion.

The Snow Empress clenched her identity plaque and followed a blue-robed attendant along a stone path shrouded in mist.

They arrived before an ancient, unadorned hall.

The plaque above its entrance read, "General Affairs Hall."

The hall's furnishings were simple. A beautiful woman took the jade plaque and inspected it briefly.

Then she turned around and retrieved a set of Daoist robes along with several miscellaneous items.

"This is the sect's basic cultivation method, the Yunling Art, as well as disciple robes!"

"Now that you have entered the Immortal Gate, you must cultivate diligently!"

Her voice was gentle, yet it carried an innately peaceful strength.

"My Du Xian Sect has a deep heritage. Even menial disciples have a path that reaches Tongtian!"

"Just a few days ago, a menial disciple broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage and became an official disciple!"

"The Nascent Soul Stage?"

The Snow Empress caught this unfamiliar term.

Unable to resist, she asked,

"Senior, may I ask how the stages of cultivation are divided? What stage am I... currently at?"

The beautiful woman was slightly surprised. "You do not know the realms of cultivation?"

Seeing the Snow Empress shake her head, she smiled faintly.

"Very well, then I shall explain it properly to you!"

"Human Race cultivation is generally divided into nine realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Void Refinement, Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence."

She pointed a slender finger into the air, and spiritual energy naturally gathered.

It transformed into hazy images of light.

"Qi Refining is like a dragon traveling through the hundred meridians; Foundation Establishment is like jade knocking upon the mysterious gate; consuming rosy clouds and breathing essence forges the Dao bones; when the Violet Palace first opens, one sees the true core..."

As she spoke, corresponding scenes appeared within the light.

Qi Refining cultivators guided energy through their meridians like hidden dragons roaming... Nascent Soul cultivators sent their primordial spirits from their bodies, wandering through the void...

Beyond those realms,

there were even incredible great divine abilities such as Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth, moving mountains and filling seas, and merging the soul with the Dao.

Though the visions lasted only a fleeting moment,

they were enough to leave the Snow Empress dazed and entranced.

As the light gradually faded, the beautiful woman looked at the Snow Empress.

"The spiritual power within your body is sparse and circulates sluggishly. You can barely be considered at the Late Qi Refining Stage!"

"Ordinary Demon Race members

generally need to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage before they can transform."

"To take human form at a realm like yours... is indeed rare!"

Her tone remained calm.

There was no contempt in it, as if she were merely stating an ordinary fact.

Everyone knew this.

The deeper one's origin, the greater the accumulation required for transformation.

Her being able to enter the Immortal Gate was also thanks to having transformed from a spiritual being of heaven and earth.

The Snow Empress stood there blankly, utterly dejected.

This scene was simultaneously displayed upon the Douluo Sky Screen.

At the bottom of the Lake of Life.

"Seven hundred thousand years of cultivation... only equivalent to the Late Qi Refining Stage? And only fit to be... a menial disciple?"

Scarlet King's voice trembled.

"Then I... might not even qualify for Qi Refining?"

Wan Yao Wang muttered, his tone filled with disbelief.

"The Nascent Soul Stage... if an existence like that made a move, I am afraid I would not even be able to withstand a single strike."

Di Tian silently watched the cultivator whose primordial spirit had left his body, unable to hide the horror in his eyes.

Gu Yuena closed her eyes.

The pride belonging to the Lord of Soul Beasts had, at this moment, been ground into the dust.

Not to mention the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

She likely could not even hope to reach the Mahayana Stage!

In the depths of the sea,

the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was too shocked for words.

He had once sensed the Snow Empress's aura and knew she was only slightly weaker than him.

But now—

she was merely at Qi Refining, only worthy of becoming a menial disciple.

Then what about him?

For the first time, he doubted his own strength.

"That Heavenly Emperor, that Dao Venerable... they are likely already at the realm of Tribulation Transcendence!"

Within Heaven Dou City.