Within the Immortal Domain, ordinary immortals could generally break through to the mid stage of Ascension Immortal in around a hundred thousand years, while reaching the late stage often took more than five hundred thousand years.
Even immortals from Earth Immortal blessed lands generally needed one or two hundred thousand years to cultivate to this realm.
Yet Chen Nianzhi had been an immortal for barely over thirty thousand years and had already reached the late stage of Ascension Immortal. Even among those grotto-heavens and blessed lands, he would likely be considered one of the most exceptional prodigies.
Moreover, Chen Nianzhi had cultivated three Dao Fruits simultaneously, bringing all of them to the towering-heavens realm. The weight of such achievement was far beyond what an ordinary late-stage Ascension Immortal could rival.
"I was able to cultivate to this realm not only because of my exceptional talent. The Stellar Glazed Realm and the Immortal Peach Tree accounted for more than half the credit."
Chen Nianzhi murmured happily, then swiftly suppressed the thought.
Pushing open the door to his secluded cultivation chamber, he found that all the immortals who had been in seclusion within the Stellar Glazed Realm had gathered outside.
The Dao Palace Lord immediately smiled and clasped his hands. Overjoyed, he said, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist. Now that you have broken through to the late stage of Ascension Immortal, the Earth Immortal realm should be within reach."
"Yes, yes." Black Tortoise Patriarch nodded repeatedly, beaming as he said, "Reaching the late stage of Ascension Immortal in just over thirty thousand years—such talent would be among the very finest even in the Sky-Pillar Immortal Domain."
The immortals all smiled at those words. They were now members of the Guixu Alliance, so naturally they were delighted by Chen Nianzhi's growing strength.
Seeing this, Chen