Upper Realm, Hehuan Sect.
Along a quiet, floral path, the beautiful young woman, who had been swaying her hips with a charming, seductive air, was startled out of her wits by Hu Liena's words.
She nearly lost her footing and tumbled over.
The color drained from her face in an instant, leaving her deathly pale.
The beautiful woman glanced around in a panic, and only after confirming that no one was nearby and no divine sense was probing them did she pat her heaving chest with lingering fear. She lowered her voice and hissed at Hu Liena:
"You ignorant girl, who gave you permission to utter those four words?!"
"Forget the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; even across the myriad worlds, that place is forbidden to be named!"
"If someone with ill intent were to overhear you, it wouldn't just be you—the entire Hehuan Sect would invite disaster because of your words."
Hearing this, Hu Liena trembled, her seductive fox-like eyes filled with terror.
She swallowed hard, then asked in a trembling, bewildered voice:
"S-Senior, is it really that exaggerated?"
"The junior sees that the Hehuan Sect is so magnificent, and Senior's own strength is unfathomable. Is the gap between us and that Primordial Immortal Court truly so vast?"
From what Hu Liena had seen along the way, even the lowliest servant disciple of the Hehuan Sect felt far more terrifying to her than Bibi Dong on the other side of the Sky Screen.
Someone capable of establishing a sect in this territory had to be a hegemon-level existence.
As for that Primordial Immortal Court, while powerful, surely there had to be a limit?
However, upon hearing Hu Liena's naive words, the beautiful woman of the Hehuan Sect sighed, shook her head, and explained:
"The gap? Hah..."
The beautiful woman looked at the earnest Hu Liena before her and gave a self-deprecating laugh.
"Girl, do you have any idea how vast this world is?"
Hu Liena shook her head blankly.
Seeing this, the beautiful woman sighed again, sat down on a nearby stone stool, and cast her gaze into the distance:
"You do not cultivate the Dao, but if you did, seeing the Immortal Court would be like a mayfly looking up at the vast blue sky."
"What you see is merely the tip of the iceberg of this world, or perhaps just a speck of dust among dust."
At this, the beautiful woman paused, as if organizing her thoughts, before continuing:
"This world is vast and boundless, roughly divided into the Lower Realm and the Upper Realm."
"The Lower Realm consists of the Eight Regions, while the Upper Realm is the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
"Beyond these, there is the Foreign Realm, the Burial Earth, and the legendary Immortal Domain."
"Of course, there are rumors of mysterious lands that our kind of cultivators have never stepped foot in, but those are beyond what you or I could ever hope to glimpse."
Hearing this, Hu Liena was stunned into complete silence.
The beautiful woman's voice continued:
"The Eight Regions of the Lower Realm include the eight areas of Universe Flood Desolation and Heaven Earth Profound Yellow."
"The laws there are incomplete, the Spiritual Energy is thin, and the so-called peak realm is merely the Venerable Realm."
"The world we reside in is called the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
As she spoke, the beautiful woman held up a finger and drew a massive circle in the air:
"These Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are composed of nineteen vast continents and the starry sky."
"It is said that before the extremely ancient Immortal Ancient Era, this was once a complete, unbroken world. Its size was so vast that even the current Nine Heavens and Ten Earths combined cannot compare to it."
"But later, due to a great war with the Foreign Realm, this complete world was shattered, forming the nineteen fragmented continents we have today."
"Hiss—"
Hearing this, Hu Liena, who had been in a daze, couldn't help but gasp, her beautiful eyes wide with shock.
Shattering an entire world?
What kind of terrifying, god-like power was that?
It wasn't just her; the people of the Douluo Plane, watching this secret history through the Sky Screen, were collectively petrified on the spot.
"Then... then what about our Hehuan Sect?" Hu Liena finally managed to calm herself enough to stammer out another question.
"Our Hehuan Sect is located in one of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
As she spoke, the beautiful woman pointed to the ground beneath their feet:
"Among these Three Thousand Dao Provinces, our Hehuan Sect is barely considered a third-rate power. The strongest in our sect is a Heavenly God Realm expert."
"And above us, there are the Void Dao, Self-Slashing, Escape One, and even the supreme existences of the Supreme Realm!"
"Immortal lineages and eternal dynasties that possess Supreme Realm masters—there are several of them just within these Three Thousand Dao Provinces alone!"
"Each one of them is an existence that our Hehuan Sect cannot afford to provoke. To think you would compare our Hehuan Sect to such an entity; you truly are ignorant of the heights of the world."
Hearing this, Hu Liena felt completely numb.
Heavenly God Realm?
Supreme Realm?
Just hearing the names of these realms made her scalp tingle, let alone encountering the beings themselves.
"As for the Primordial Immortal Court you mentioned..."
At the mention of this name, a trace of reverence surfaced in the beautiful young woman's eyes once more:
"That is a true behemoth, a terrifying existence standing high above the Nine Heavens."
"It does not reside within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but in the legendary Immortal Domain!"
"Immortal Domain?" Hu Liena repeated subconsciously, her face filled with shock.
"That's right, the Immortal Domain."
The beautiful young woman took a deep breath, her tone gradually becoming somewhat dreamy:
"It is the sacred land of cultivation that all cultivators dream of; not only does it possess complete Great Dao laws, but longevity substances can be found everywhere."
"And in that Immortal Domain where Immortal Kings stand in great numbers, the Primordial Immortal Court is the hegemon among hegemons, a forbidden existence that must absolutely not be provoked!"
"Setting aside whether any disciples from the Primordial Immortal Court have come to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to establish sects, or whether some longevity clans have any connection to the Primordial Immortal Court."
Speaking of this, the beautiful young woman took another deep breath to steady herself before continuing her explanation:
"Just within that legendary Immortal Domain, the subsidiary forces under the jurisdiction of the Primordial Immortal Court include nine great immortal dynasties and nine great immortal sects!"
"Within these dynasties and sects, there are not just one, but multiple True Immortal-level powerhouses holding the fort."
"As for those sects that possess powerhouses in the Supreme Realm, they are as numerous as the hairs on an ox under the Primordial Immortal Court's banner, far too many to count!"
"And I have heard that the territory occupied by the Primordial Immortal Court alone is likely larger than our entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; it is truly vast and boundless!"
"Tr... True Immortal?" Hu Liena muttered as she listened to the beautiful young woman's introduction, feeling as though her brain could no longer process the information.
"That's right, True Immortal!"
The beautiful young woman nodded, her eyes sparkling with longing:
"They are true immortals who live as long as the heavens and earth, shining as brightly as the sun and moon!"
But then she seemed to recall something and offered a bitter smile.
"Yet even True Immortals must bow their heads and submit before the Primordial Immortal Court; they dare not act presumptuously at all."
"Why?" Hearing this, Hu Liena could no longer hold back, seizing the opportunity to ask the question that puzzled her most.
"Since everyone is an Immortal King-level orthodoxy, why is the Primordial Immortal Court so strong? Why are they the hegemon among hegemons?"
Before you continue
Explore the wiki