"A Blessed Land is precisely what this place is!" the Black Banner laughed. "Lord Chen is an Immortal reincarnated. In your previous life, you possessed great divine abilities, but you no longer remember them."
What reincarnated Immortal? An Evil Fiend descended from beyond the heavens would be closer!
Chen Cuo kept the thought to himself. Since the other party was willing to talk, he certainly would not stop him.
But the Black Banner had treated him with respect this time. What was he plotting? Remembering the warning "When you meet the Black Banner, trust nothing," Chen Cuo wondered if the banner had finally decided to start deceiving him.
With that thought, Chen Cuo grew wary and went along with him. "As I understand it, immortals dwell in the Beyond-Mundane Realm. That is the fifth realm of cultivation, also called Five Steps Beyond the Mundane, and they command a Peach Paradise. What, then, is a Blessed Land? Is it connected to a Divine Treasury?"
"Divine Treasuries are precious. Most were left by the gods of Primordial Antiquity, whether as Divine Husks or abodes. Some were left by Immortals, while others are projections reflected from Beyond the Mundane. They take ten thousand forms. But an Immortal would not reincarnate for a mere Divine Treasury..."
The Black Banner gave a rasping cackle. "From antiquity to now, Divine Treasuries have not been plentiful, but neither have they been few. Some are renowned far and wide, with riches within that benefit not just one person but an entire sect, even the Upper Realm. Others bring nothing but misery to whoever enters. They do harm and no good."
Chen Cuo could not help asking, "You know a great deal about Divine Treasuries?"
"Cackle, cackle. I once accompanied others into three different Divine Treasuries, each unlike the