Although, taken as a whole, the North Spring Realm fell far short of a vast, almost boundless world like the Spirit Realm.
Since connecting to the Fa Yuan Realm, however, it had used the power of a higher-level world to strengthen itself. In a certain sense, the North Spring Realm actually stood slightly above the Spirit Realm.
The most direct comparison lay in the stability of their space and worlds.
To Gu Yuanqing's senses now, the Spirit Realm had become exceedingly fragile, as though the slightest exertion on his part would leave it unable to bear the strain.
The North Spring Realm presented no such difficulty.
Moreover, as the master of the North Spring Realm, he held everything here within his control. His growing strength would not make it harder to manage.
After seventeen hundred years of cultivation, he had finally ascended to the rank of Immortal!
To other cultivators, that might have seemed an inconceivably swift achievement, with no shortage of shortcuts taken along the way.
But when Gu Yuanqing himself looked back, every step had still been fraught with hardship.
Back then, his aptitude had been mediocre. In the Prince's Manor, he had wanted only to live as a wealthy young man, safe and sound, marry, have children, and coast through his life. That alone would have been a blessing.
Then, because of a single misguided decision by Gu Yuanxuan, the Gu Family's heir apparent at the time, he had been imprisoned deep in the mountains.
Had Li Miaoxuan not done everything she could to stop the enraged Li Haotian back then, his soul would likely have departed for the western heavens before he could even bind himself to Spirit Mountain.
The path afterward had seemed like steady progress, but in truth, powerful enemies had surrounded him with