Though many minor incidents had occurred along the way, the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory continued hurtling through the skies of the Immortal Realm at a terrifying speed. Under such circumstances, all living beings within the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory were undergoing immense, unseen changes.
Zhao Tao, one of the three thousand Military Court cultivators who had once accompanied Yan Qing of the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace on his journey, received his first "vacation" back home.
He was not an Innate Being of the Immortal Realm, nor was he descended from natives of the Great World. He was merely an unremarkable ascended cultivator of the Demon Race in the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory. Having been alone for many years, he had chosen to enlist.
He had also caught the last train of the three thousand Military Court cultivators. After settling into mining for a time, he had gone to guard the borders of the Star Domain.
Yet while mining, he had met a female Demon Race cultivator who had ascended from another Domain. In this seemingly lonely Immortal Realm, they had supported one another in those exceptionally harsh mines and become comrades-in-arms.
Later... they became Dao companions.
But ascended cultivators had exceptionally shallow foundations in the Immortal Realm. From birth, their Immortal Dao foundation was several great eras behind that of native cultivators of the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory. To truly gain a foothold here, Zhao Tao knew what he needed to do.
Five Aggregates Immortal Domain.
Outside a vast medicinal field, the wind swept through ten thousand trees. A Demon Race woman stood outside the medicinal field's grand formation, craning her neck in anticipation.
"Qi Yun!"
"Zhao Tao..." The woman cried out in surprise, then shouted again, "Zhao Tao!"
"Ha ha ha..."
A hearty, booming laugh rang out from the