The five states belong to the Cangnan Region.
The Cangnan Region alone is vast and boundless.
Beyond the Cangnan Region lies an even more vast space.
In a mountain range, Ling Yi and Lan Haoyue followed a group of cultivators, flying deeper into the forest.
"Beyond the Cangnan Region, there are said to be eighty-one other domains. The Cangnan Region is just a relatively barren and remote one among the eighty-one domains," Lan Haoyue said to Ling Yi.
However, her gaze kept drifting to the black wings on Ling Yi's back and the black Raven on his shoulder.
At this moment, Lan Haoyue was basically certain that Ling Yi was not a Spirit Severing Stage at all.
It doesn't even qualify as the Nascent Soul Stage.
Otherwise, Ling Yi wouldn't be unable to keep up with her flying speed and would need to rely on the black cesium wings on his back to barely keep up with her speed.
Of course, if Ling Yi uses Teleportation, that's a different story.
Ling Yi did not hide anything from this. He frankly stated that his cultivation method was special, and that his Body Cultivation level had not reached the Nascent Soul.
As for Teleportation, it is only described as a technique.
This made Lan Haoyue very curious about Ling Yi.
Coincidentally, Ling Yi mentioned that he had no fixed destination, which gave Lan Haoyue the idea of taking Ling Yi back to Central Province and back to the Lan Family.
"However, I have never left the Cangnan Region, and I don't know much about the Cangnan Region."
"The ancient Demonic Sect Blood Demon Sect, originated from outside the Cangnan Region. It is said to have a history of 100,000 years, and comes from a place called the Demon Region!"
"Every three thousand years, the Blood Demon Sect appears in the Cangnan Region, and each appearance brings bloodshed."
"They used the Blood Refining Grand Formation to Refinement the Qi and Blood of countless living beings for cultivation, thereby increasing their strength!"
"But during the great invasion by the Blood Demon Sect three thousand years ago, the Blood Demon Sect did not gain any advantage. The Blood Demon Sect's Holy Son was seriously injured and escaped, and almost all the members of the Blood Demon Sect were wiped out."
"However, in the last great war, the Cangnan Region sent out almost all its strongest warriors, suffering heavy losses. Many powerful warriors perished, and eight sects of the Third Pin or above were wiped out."
" Blood Demon Holy Son?"
Lan Haoyue gave a wry smile, "Yes, the Blood Demon Holy Son. It is said that the Blood Demon Sect produces one every three thousand years, and our Cangnan Region is the Land of Trials for the Blood Demon Holy Son."
Oh, so that means the Blood Demon Sect is treating the Cangnan Region like a dungeon to farm?
It's just that last time, the Blood Demon Sect's Holy Son didn't do well and almost killed himself in the dungeon?
I knew I couldn't have played it safe. If I had, how would I have known all this, and how would I have encountered this secret realm?
Yes, the reason Ling Yi and Lan Haoyue followed this group of cultivators was because someone had discovered a secret realm in the center of Canglong Mountain.
It is said to be a secret realm belonging to a powerful cultivator in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
Ling Yi and Lan Haoyue weren't sure if it was true, but since they had encountered it, they naturally wanted to go and see for themselves.
If it's true, then there must be a great opportunity involved.
Ling Yi didn't care about opportunities or anything like that, but he was very curious about the so-called secret realms.
His Gene Engine was already itching for more.
Only by continuously analyzing stronger matter and stronger energy structures can Ling Yi become stronger.
"What realm has the strongest person in the Cangnan Region reached?" Ling Yi asked again.
"Six individuals in the Mahayana Stage, all from Central Sacred Province!"
" The Mahayana Stage? Why not Ascension?"
"What Ascension?" Lan Haoyue asked, puzzled.
Now it was Ling Yi's turn to be dumbfounded. "Holy crap, you don't know about Ascension? Are you kidding me?"
Cultivators are divided into nine realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Spirit Leaving the Body, Spirit Transformation, Spirit Severing, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, Mahayana.
Only after Tribulation Transcendence can one Mahayana.
According to the cultivation novels Ling Yi read in his previous life, wouldn't one be able to Ascension at any time Mahayana Stage?
Does this world not have Immortal Realm, and no concept of Ascension?
"Tell me about the realm a cultivator reaches after Tribulation Transcendence!" Ling Yi changed his question.
"You want to ask where cultivators in the Mahayana Stage go after Tribulation Transcendence, right?" Lan Haoyue asked.
Ling Yi nodded.
"After Tribulation Transcendence, the Spiritual Vein, having been baptized by the heavenly tribulation, can then accommodate Immortal Spirit Qi."
"To advance further, one needs to absorb Immortal Spirit Qi and transform the Nascent Soul into Immortal Nascent Soul, but the Cangnan Region has no Immortal Spirit Qi."
"Only the Heavenly Court Region possesses Immortal Spirit Qi."
Heavenly Court Region? What a great name!
In other words, without the Immortal Realm, the Heavenly Court Region is equivalent to the Immortal Realm.
Without Ascension, after Tribulation Transcendence, one must personally travel to the Heavenly Court Region to advance further?
"In other words, if Mahayana Stage wants to reach the Heavenly Court Region, they still have to travel through various domains and personally go to the Heavenly Court Region?"
"That's true, but there are many dangers along the way. There are forbidden areas separating different domains, and to reach the Heavenly Court Region, one must pass through at least nine forbidden areas."
"In reality, less than 30% of cultivators are actually able to reach the Heavenly Court Region."
"What if we don't go to the Heavenly Court Region?"
Lan Haoyue shook her head.
"If you don't go to the Heavenly Court Region, you will have to undergo the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation again every thousand years. Each time you undergo it, you will gain 10% more Immortal Spiritual Power within your body."
"However, the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation becomes increasingly severe and dangerous with each iteration. Generally, Mahayana Stage who can withstand three Heavenly Tribulations is already considered extremely powerful."
"Very few can withstand the second Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation."
Ling Yi nodded and asked, "How many Mahayana experts did those who remained in the Cangnan Region experience the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation?"
"Not even once!" Lan Haoyue shook her head.
"Each Mahayana Stage expert can stay in the Cangnan Region for a maximum of Wu Bai. After Wu Bai, they will inevitably leave. If other Mahayana experts fill their positions, that's fine."
"If no one fills the gap, then when the Blood Demon Sect invades, we won't even have the slightest power to resist."
"Why not undergo the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation before leaving? If you undergo the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation, you will possess Immortal Spiritual Power within your body, wouldn't you have a better chance of traversing the forbidden area?"
" The Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation is terrifying; nine out of ten people cannot survive the first Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation."
"Cultivation is inherently difficult; no one would risk it to challenge the less than 10% success rate."
"Therefore, almost all Mahayana Stage experts who have Tribulation Transcendence have gone to the Heavenly Court Region after staying for Wu Bai."
"The six Mahayana Stage from the Cangnan Region will all be leaving in two to three hundred years, while the next invasion by the Blood Demon Sect is still Wu Bai away!"
"If no other Mahayana Stage fill the vacancy during this period, or even if they Mahayana Stage, they are unwilling to do so, then the Cangnan Region will likely be finished in Wu Bai."
" The Blood Demon Holy Son has the cultivation level of the Mahayana Stage?"
"No, the Blood Demon Holy Son is said to only have a cultivation level of around the Spirit Severing Stage, but his Dao Practitioner are all at the Mahayana Stage."
"The real trouble comes from the Dao Practitioner of the Blood Demon Holy Son."
"Of the eighty-one domains, only the Heavenly Court Region contains Immortal Spirit Qi?" Ling Yi asked.
"Yes, only the Heavenly Court Region!"
Ling Yi became interested in the Immortal Spirit Qi, but unfortunately, none of the six Mahayana Stage had yet passed the Mahayana Heavenly Tribulation.
Otherwise, if they could analyze the Immortal Spirit Qi, then the Blood Demon Sect would naturally be no threat.
Do you know where you can access Immortal Spirit Qi?
" Legend has it in the Cangnan Forbidden Land, but it's just Legend!"
"Forbidden area?"
I'll go take a look when I have time later.
"You don't actually want to go to the forbidden area, do you?" Lan Haoyue asked, glancing at Ling Yi.
Ling Yi didn't continue that topic, but instead asked, "Then the Blood Baleful Energy Sect and the Blood Demon Sect are related, right?"
"There must be a connection. Only the Blood Demon Sect possesses that Blood Refining Grand Formation. However, even though there are still Wu Bai to go, we don't know why the Blood Demon Sect appeared ahead of schedule."
"However, this is also a good thing. It just so happens that those six Mahayana Stage haven't left the Cangnan Region yet. If the Blood Demon Sect were to invade now, they would surely not return."
"Is it possible that the Blood Baleful Energy Sect simply obtained the Blood Refining Grand Formation by accident?"
"It's not impossible. Once things are settled here, I'll go check out the Blood Baleful Energy Sect."
At this moment, Ling Yi and his group had already flown into a valley.
The area is full of jagged rocks, with not a trace of greenery.
In the very center of the valley, a blue celestial shadow was hovering and moving.
Amidst the light and shadow, occasionally, images of figures being struck by lightning in Void would appear.
Below the light and shadow was a portal of light.
The portal seemed unstable at the moment, flickering and trembling slightly.
Hundreds of cultivators were standing in front of the gate of light, seemingly waiting for something.
Ling Yi folded his black wings and looked towards the direction of the light gate, his eyes glowing blue.
[Scanning in progress...]
[Analysis complete. Current analysis consumed 5000 crystals and took 6.2 seconds (processing speed 800 crystals)!]
[Current Energy Genes analysis: Space Spiritual Power Type 2, Power of Space Type 5, Spirit Body Magnetic Field Type 4!]
[Analyzing the gene ability...]
[Saving target capabilities...]
[Automatically updating repeating Energy Genes capabilities...]
[Initiating the development of Energy Genes ability templates that can Fusion and attached!]
[Updating the already Fusion and mounted Energy Genes ability templates...]
[Analyzing the target's Matter Genes...]
[Analysis complete. Current analysis consumed 2000 crystals in 2.5 seconds (processing speed reached 800 crystals)!]
[Currently analyzed Matter Genes: 41 types!]
[Updating the Matter Genes Bank...]
Lan Haoyue also saw the blue light in Ling Yi's eyes and Dawei curious.
Your eyes!
Ling Yi shook his head and went straight to the point. "It's a secret!"
Although Lan Haoyue was curious, since Ling Yi had said so, she naturally didn't ask any more questions.
But Ling Yi seemed even more mysterious than before.
This person, in terms of both ability and strength, is different from ordinary cultivators.
This cave dwelling/secret realm has a problem, a very big problem.
Putting everything else aside, the energy intensity of that Spirit Body Magnetic Field alone reached two million crystals.
What does two million crystals mean?
Spirit Transformation Stage expert.
In other words, there are at least Spirit Transformation Stage experts within this cave dwelling.
Although this person hid himself very well, he couldn't escape the scanning and analysis of the Gene Engine.
Ling Yi became increasingly curious about this secret cave.
However, Ling Yi didn't tell Lan Haoyue any of this.
There's no need to say it.
Anything that can be analyzed can be used for my purposes.
If Ling Yi ever encounters something that cannot be explained, he will definitely turn around and leave.
As time went on, the light gate gradually stabilized.
Some impatient cultivators rushed forward before the light gate was fully stabilized.
However, after hitting the portal, it didn't pass through; instead, it screamed and turned into a cloud of blood mist.
This cloud of blood mist was directly swallowed and absorbed by the portal, which looked extremely bizarre.