As the words fell, some strange phenomenon seemed to appear in the unseen world, only to be blocked from outside by something just as mysteriously.
After taking a deep breath, the Wet Nurse revealed another secret. "After the Immortal King comes the Quasi-Immortal Emperor!"
At the mention of Quasi-Immortal Emperors, the Wet Nurse paused. When nothing bad happened, she spoke with fervor and reverence:
"And beyond the Quasi-Immortal Emperor lies the ultimate realm of this world—the Immortal Emperor!"
!!!
It was only a simple explanation of the realms, yet for some reason, hearing it from Nurse Wang inspired an instinctive sense of awe.
Whether it was Zhu Zhuqing in the Spirit Beast Garden or all the viewers before the Sky Screen, everyone felt their scalps prickle the instant those words fell!
"Quasi-Immortal Emperor, Immortal Emperor..." Zhu Zhuqing was completely stunned. She had thought the Immortal King was already the pinnacle of this world. Who could have guessed there were two even more terrifying realms beyond it?
"Once you reach that level..." The Wet Nurse shuddered, her eyes filled with fear. "It cannot be spoken of, nor even thought of."
"You need only know that to such beings, so-called rules and order—and even the birth and destruction of the Great Thousand World—are all matters of a single thought."
"Even the souls of the dead can be reflected across the heavens and brought back to life."
"Those are truly supreme beings!"
At those words, the people of Douluo, already utterly shocked, were even more shaken.
To regard rules and order as nothing, create or destroy a world with a single thought, and reflect the dead across the heavens to bring them back to life?
Could cultivation really reach such a realm?
Yet the Wet Nurse seemed unwilling to say more about this weighty subject.
For one thing, she didn't know enough. For another, she didn't dare speak of it.
Even what she had just said was no more than a few scattered words she'd once come across while leafing through ancient sect records.
With that, she waved a hand and casually pulled a slightly yellowed booklet from her robes, passing it to Zhu Zhuqing.
"Enough. Those things are far beyond your reach."
"Take this and cultivate well."
Zhu Zhuqing accepted the booklet with both hands. Seeing the bold, flowing characters for "Primordial Body Tempering Technique" on its cover, she clutched it tightly against her full chest as though embracing a priceless treasure.
But she didn't open it right away. Hesitating, she bit her lip and asked, "By the way, Wet Nurse, there's something else I don't understand."
"Once I've mastered this Body Forging Technique, will it have its own specific realms? And will they conflict with the realm I had before?"
"And also, with my strength right now..." Zhu Zhuqing paused, then finally gathered the courage to ask, "About what realm would I be considered in this world?"
As soon as Zhu Zhuqing asked this question, the entire Douluo Continent fell silent.
At Shrek Academy, Tang San, Zhao Wuji, and the others stared fixedly at the scene on the Sky Screen, their ears pricked up like antennae.
At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong gripped her scepter, grinding her teeth as she wished she could know the answer this very instant!
Even the God of Destruction in the Divine Realm stopped shouting and fixed his cold gaze on the screen.
Until now, it had all been speculation. But with Zhu Zhuqing asking this question, they might finally learn the most truthful answer.
At that moment, everyone was thinking about the same thing.
Just how strong was the Douluo Continent compared to this world?
Even if they were at the very bottom, there had to be some sort of limit, right?
In the Perfect World, within the Primordial Immortal Court.
Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's question, the Wet Nurse gave her an amused once-over.
"You?"
"Girl, you ate a Blood-Qi Fruit and had a mouthful of Spirit Crystal Rice, so your physical condition is much better than it was when you were an ordinary mortal."
"But by the standards of this world, I'm afraid you're still a long way from even reaching the threshold of the early Blood Moving Realm."
The Wet Nurse's words poured over everyone on the Douluo Continent like a basin of ice water.
It would have been bad enough if Zhu Zhuqing hadn't reached the threshold of the early Blood Moving Realm—but she was still a long way from it???
"No! Impossible! This can't be!"
At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai—the prince of the Star Luo Empire and Zhu Zhuqing's fiancé—was the first to cry out:
"Zhu Zhuqing is a Soul Ancestor of level forty-plus! She's eaten so many immortal fruits and grown so much stronger. How could she still not have even entered the realm?!"
"That old woman must have gotten it wrong! She must have!"
But the Wet Nurse's next words struck even deeper:
"Hmm... Let me think how best to put it."
She rubbed her chin and pondered for a moment.
"In the villages of the Great Wilderness, some three-year-old children who've only just been weaned might have a thousand jin of strength in one arm after undergoing Beast Blood Baptism."
"Those with outstanding talent should be able to reach the early Blood Moving Realm after just a few more days of cultivation."
"As for your strength right now..."
"You're probably about as strong as a newborn baby. That may not be entirely accurate, but in this old woman's view, it's the most reasonable way to explain it."
Pfft!!!
At this, countless Soul Masters spat blood on the spot.
A level-forty-plus genius Soul Ancestor was as weak and feeble in this world as a newborn baby?
What the hell was the point of cultivating, then?!
"A... newborn baby?" Hearing the Wet Nurse's "most reasonable explanation," Zhu Zhuqing—who'd still held a glimmer of hope—was badly shaken. Her pretty face turned deathly pale.
She nearly lost her balance, swaying unsteadily, and the pair of heavy thunderbolts on her chest swayed with her.
The talent she'd always been proud of was so worthless here?
"Don't lose heart."
Seeing her dejection, the Wet Nurse glanced at the Pegasus Meteor Hammer on her chest, then looked away and comforted her.
"You're not this weak because you're lacking. It's because of the energy inside your body..."
"What was it called again, Soul Power?"
"Right, that Soul Power."
The Wet Nurse curled her lip in disdain. "That stuff is far too low-grade—loose and feeble, with too many impurities."
"Using that energy to drive your body is like feeding pig slop to a True Dragon. No wonder it can't become the king of all beasts."
At this, Nurse Wang suddenly slapped her forehead, as though she'd remembered something important.
"Oh! I almost forgot. Good thing you reminded me."
"Your body is full of that worthless Soul Power, and it's clogged your meridians. You can't cultivate the Primordial Body Tempering Technique at all."
"If you don't get rid of that Soul Power or transform it, then even if you practiced for the rest of your life, you'd never cross the threshold of the Blood Moving Realm!"
"So you'd better give it some serious thought."
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