Lu Ren followed Elder Zixu, riding a crane through the void.
Immortal Qi suffused the void, thick as clouds and mist.
Standing on the crane, Lu Ren felt the strength of the space around him and could not help saying, "Elder Zixu, this Nine Heavens doesn't seem much different from the Third Heaven!"
"This isn't the Nine Heavens," Elder Zixu replied.
"Not the Nine Heavens?" Lu Ren was startled.
"This is a secret realm created by the Immortal Dao Palace—the Calamity Platform Secret Realm. It can help cultivators anchor their Calamity Origins and break through to the Transcendence Realm!" Elder Zixu said.
"I thought you could anchor your Calamity Origin in the Nine Heavens simply by being there?" Lu Ren asked.
"Even among those who anchor theirs in the Nine Heavens, there are differences in strength!" Elder Zixu explained.
"Why is that?" Lu Ren asked in surprise.
"How much of their Calamity Origin a cultivator can anchor depends on their foundation and talent. Some can anchor ten percent, others twenty percent, while exceptional prodigies can reach sixty percent or even higher!"
"And with the help of the Calamity Platform, they can not only anchor more of it, but also break straight through to the Transcendence Realm!" Elder Zixu explained.
"I see!" Lu Ren nodded.
Before long, Lu Ren followed Elder Zixu out of the Calamity Platform's space.
The next moment, Lu Ren found himself amid a range of towering mountains.
As far as he could see, peaks rose one behind another into the clouds. Immortal Qi swirled among rare flowers and grasses, rosy light bloomed, and all kinds of precious natural treasures could be found everywhere, breathing in and out the Immortal Qi.
Countless immortal waterfalls hung around them like rivers of stars suspended upside down. Powerful ancient restrictions had