Heavenly Dao Sacred Land—Lingtian Peak.
Inside the room, True Man Qingwei sat before Jun Wangyou.
Jun Wangyou had asked the same question as Ye Lingtian.
Hearing the question, True Man Qingwei sighed gravely and asked in return,
"Dear disciple, do you know that there is a barrier between the Immortal Realm and the Mystic Realm that can only be crossed after becoming an immortal?"
Jun Wangyou froze slightly, somewhat puzzled.
"Of course I know. It seems that few cultivators in the Mystic Realm are unaware of it, right? Why are you bringing this up, Master?"
The question was far too basic. Jun Wangyou even suspected that True Man Qingwei was padding the word count.
True Man Qingwei sighed, saying in disbelief,
"Because just now, that barrier disappeared!"
"What?!"
Jun Wangyou's eyes widened, his expression utterly shocked as his breathing quickened.
"Master, you mean... that barrier which could only be crossed after becoming an immortal... is gone?!"
True Man Qingwei slowly nodded and said with emotion,
"Yes, it is gone. And from today onward, the Mystic Realm will likely no longer have such a thing as ascending in broad daylight."
"From now on, even mortals can enter the Immortal Realm!"
"Because there is no longer any barrier between the Immortal Realm and the Mystic Realm. In other words, they have merged together."
"This is a world-shaking change unprecedented since ancient times!"
Even someone of True Man Qingwei's status and insight found it unbelievable.
For a time, the room fell silent.
Whether it was Jun Wangyou or True Man Qingwei, all they felt at that moment was shock upon shock.
Because no one had ever imagined, much less expected,
that one day, there would be no barrier between the Immortal Realm and the cultivation world!
This meant that even an ordinary mortal from the cultivation world could enter the Immortal Realm without restriction.
Conversely, immortals from the Immortal Realm could also appear freely in the cultivation world.
And those immortals from the Mystic Realm who had successfully ascended to the Immortal Realm in the past might return as well!
The balance of power in the Mystic Realm was about to undergo earth-shaking changes!
One had to know that throughout the ages, many factions to which immortals once belonged had already been destroyed.
Even Heavenly Dao Sacred Land had destroyed quite a few factions that had produced immortals.
And today, those immortals were returning.
If they learned of these matters, Heavenly Dao Sacred Land would likely face a disaster beyond imagination!
After a long while, True Man Qingwei rose to his feet, took a deep breath, patted Jun Wangyou on the shoulder, and smiled reassuringly.
"Dear disciple, do not worry. Just cultivate in peace.
"The reason I am telling you this is so that you can be prepared. Everything you can think of, I have thought of as well."
"My Heavenly Dao Sacred Land has endured for tens of thousands of years. What storms have we not weathered? We have no fewer than eight hundred, if not a thousand, ancestors who ascended to immortality. Once they return, every problem will be easily resolved."
With that, True Man Qingwei slowly departed.
Inside the room, Jun Wangyou was still slowly processing this astonishing information.
The heavens had changed!
What did it mean for the heavens to change?
This was exactly that.
No matter who learned this news, they would find it unbelievable.
This information was simply too shocking.
And while Jun Wangyou slowly processed the news,
inside his storage space, Master Pagoda was so shocked that his eyes nearly fell out.
Master Pagoda had seen the world. To put it bluntly, no one in this world could compare to Master Pagoda in terms of knowledge and experience.
He also knew that what the people of this world called the Immortal Realm was actually known in full as the Three Thousand Immortal Domains!
Beneath every Immortal Domain were dozens, even hundreds, of subordinate cultivation worlds like the Mystic Realm!
Thus, a world like the Mystic Realm was utterly insignificant to the Three Thousand Immortal Domains, as lowly as dust.
But precisely because of this, Master Pagoda was immensely shocked!
"Heavens, how could this happen?!"
"What exactly happened in the Three Thousand Immortal Domains?!"
Master Pagoda paced anxiously in circles, desperately wanting to know what had happened in the Three Thousand Immortal Domains.
But unfortunately, there was nothing he could do.
Outside, most people were unaware of this news.
Those able to learn of it had to belong to factions with at least Tribulation Crossing Experts.
Yet the outside world was still shaken.
Because the Demon-Monster Allied Army had withdrawn!
The ten billion demon-monster troops from thirteen major continents withdrew at the same time.
Their retreat came without warning and without conditions.
The shadow hanging over everyone in the Mystic Realm—the greatest calamity the Mystic Realm had faced since ancient times—vanished just like that for no apparent reason!
Countless people found it unbelievable, then celebrated excitedly.
After all, no one liked war.
The days passed one after another.
Before long, the Mystic Realm returned to its former peace and tranquility.
The only difference was that some people discovered
cultivation had become easier!
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth had somehow become incomparably dense!
Breakthroughs became easier, and bottlenecks that had once troubled countless people were gone.
There were even rumors from several major factions that some ancestors had become immortals without undergoing an immortal ascension tribulation, though no one could verify the news.
Mo Prefecture, at the ruins of Xuantian Sacred Land, which had been destroyed a thousand years ago.
Xuantian Sacred Land had been Mo Prefecture's foremost sacred land three thousand years ago.
Its strength had even surpassed that of today's Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.
However, three thousand years ago, after Xuantian Sacred Land's greatest prodigy in history, Xuanyuan Jiankong, ascended to immortality,
Xuantian Sacred Land declined from then on.
It quickly fell into decay and was jointly destroyed by numerous enemies a thousand years ago.
Its ruins had also become both a scenic destination and a holy ground for treasure hunting in Mo Prefecture.
Every day, large numbers of visitors wandered through the place.
Some came to seek treasures, some to pay their respects, and some simply to sightsee.
But today, the ruins of Xuantian Sacred Land welcomed a strange man.
He was dressed lavishly, and no one knew what material his clothes were made from. They radiated streams of divine light and seemed extraordinarily mystical.
He was also strikingly handsome, with an otherworldly temperament, like a lofty divine sovereign of the Ninth Heavens—cold, proud, and sacred.
Though he appeared young, he carried an air of ancient weariness.
The moment he appeared, he drew the gaze of everyone present.
Yet strangely, as he looked upon the ruins of Xuantian Sacred Land, tears flowed from his eyes.
In an instant, a sorrowful atmosphere spread through everyone present.
"Master, Junior Sister, Jiankong has returned too late!"
The man knelt toward the ruins, his face filled with grief as he kowtowed three times.
Then he raised his head and swept his icy gaze over everyone present.
"Get out!"
With that roar, it was as if a sonic attack had erupted, and everyone present was blasted into blood mist.
The terrifying power made all who witnessed it shudder in horror.
The man slowly rose, waved a hand toward the ruins, then silently muttered something.
Immediately afterward, a shocking scene unfolded.
The ruined remains of Xuantian Sacred Land began to slowly rebuild under the control of an invisible force.
Even Ascension Realm experts were utterly incapable of such immortal means!
Before long, Xuantian Sacred Land had been rebuilt.
Because of the available materials, most of the reconstructed Xuantian Sacred Land was made of stone.
At that moment, the space in the sky behind him silently split open.
A group of figures with exceedingly terrifying auras emerged.
They descended behind the man, then respectfully knelt on one knee.
"Greetings, Jiankong Sacred Transmission. What are your orders?"
That was right. This man was Xuanyuan Jiankong, Xuantian Sacred Land's greatest prodigy from three thousand years ago!
Xuanyuan Jiankong turned around, cast the group an indifferent glance, and said coldly, "Go investigate! I want to know who destroyed my Xuantian Sacred Land!"
"Yes! We shall obey the Sacred Transmission's command!"
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