[Resources from other worlds? If by that, An Jing, you mean the small Grotto-Heavens around Huaixu, then no.]
Ancestor Chengguang had returned to his youthful state. He was handsome and dignified, and looked only a generation older than An Jing. He instinctively reached to stroke his beard, then, finding none, shook his head. [The power of the Huaixu Heavenly Dao encompasses an immense range. Let alone the Grotto-Heavens and minor worlds nearby—even distant Taixu falls within its domain. In the past, there were Pure Yang and Lingxiao cultivators who tried to leave Huaixu and prolong their lives through the Immortal Dao, but every one of them ultimately fell into immortality.]
[Even a martial artist like your master, Ming Guangchen, who for various reasons now resides in a foreign great world far beyond Huaixu's control—even if he were to die, the Grotto-Heaven and Array Realm formed from his fallen true body would drift along with karma, slowly returning to Huaixu. It is only a matter of time. There are no exceptions.]
Heavenly Monarch Chengguang spoke with certainty, as if he had witnessed many such cases. He himself had probably tried all sorts of methods in secret, but without success.
[When all is said and done, the Ascension Path is part of the Immortal Dao. As long as you cultivate, the Huaixu Heavenly Dao will mark you. Materials from another world might free you from some of its shackles, but it would be exceedingly difficult.]
Heavenly Monarch Xi Yi shook his head with a smile. Chenyinzi also said regretfully, "Jing'er, though you used divine materials from another realm to forge the Zhulong Battle Armor and let Xi Yi break through, in my view, the cost was enormous. Even you couldn't afford to do that more than a few times."
"Even if you