Hope

Every Transcendent Immortal who ascended from a lower world had a past worthy of a legend.

Wang Yan was no exception.

When she ascended from Qinling World, her first destination was not the Eastern Tranquility Realm, but a world called Nine Mountains.

Nine Mountains was vast, comparable to the Starry Sky World Chen Jichuan had experienced in his previous life.

Cultivators were countless.

True Persons were worth less than dogs.

Spirit Transformation cultivators walked everywhere.

Only Rogue Immortals at Divine Metamorphosis could throw their weight around.

When Wang Yan first ascended, she was merely a fresh-faced True Person who had just entered the Second Rank. Although she had inherited the cultivation methods and spells Chen Jichuan had accumulated over several lifetimes, what counted as top-tier in Jade Spring World and Qinling World was mediocre in Nine Mountains.

Fortunately, Wang Yan was an ascender.

Generally speaking, ascending from an impoverished lower world required talent, perseverance, wisdom, and fortunate opportunities. Not one could be missing.

Even in Nine Mountains, ascenders from lower worlds were highly sought after.

Of course.

Wang Yan was not an ordinary ascender. At most, she possessed the latter three qualities. As for talent, that was a matter of opinion.

But others did not know that. They only knew she had ascended from a lower world.

Thus, Wang Yan was able to join an Immortal Gate in the Cloud Mountain Region of Nine Mountains and begin cultivating there.

She knew she was different from the other ascenders.

So she worked harder and risked her life even more.

Within the sect, she fought to rise above the rest.

Outside the sect, she fought for opportunities.

Many of her fellow disciples usually cultivated within the sect, only occasionally venturing out to temper themselves. Wang Yan, however, spent years away, braving one