Had Emperor Zun not yet become a Red Dust Immortal?
Azure Emperor's voice was calm yet forceful, echoing through the heavens. The powerhouses of the Three Realms perceived it and could not help but be shocked. Everyone had witnessed Emperor Zun's combat strength—suppressing Human Dao Heavenly Emperors was effortless for him, and he could blow up a Chaotic Ancient Emperor in just a few moves.
Such power was like a Great Emperor suppressing a Quasi-Emperor, terrifying to the extreme, like something out of a ghost story.
Yet even someone as powerful as Emperor Zun did not count as a Red Dust Immortal. The heroes of the Human World could not help but feel disheartened. The Immortal Dao was so arduous and so lofty that its end could not be seen.
"Even Emperor Zun has not achieved it. Then who can?"
Even a Dao Heart as radiant as the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's was furrowed with concern at this moment. He said solemnly, "Could entering the Immortal Realm be the only path?"
"Not necessarily."
Duan De had now taken the Alternative Path to Enlightenment and awakened part of his past-life memories. His horizons had risen ever higher. Looking toward the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor, he slowly said, "Turning an Immortal Artifact into a Red Dust Immortal is also a path. It is easier than becoming a True Immortal and may be called a Weapon Immortal, enough to rival a Human Immortal."
"As for entering the Immortal Realm, that merely grants immortality. It does not mean becoming immortal. Even in the Immortal Realm's heyday, True Immortals were not insignificant figures. They stood only beneath Immortal Kings, much like divine generals under a Great Emperor."
"As for Red Dust Immortals, they are far stronger than True Immortals. They can reign supreme among immortals, invincible