Heaven Beyond Heaven

"Heaven Beyond Heaven?"

"That's right, in the Cultivation Realm, the place beyond this world is called the Heaven Beyond Heaven!"

What's there?

The old woman shook her head. "Nobody knows!"

"Didn't you just say that someone had explored it before?"

"That's right! Or rather, there have always been people trying to explore the Heaven Beyond Heaven! Some say the Heaven Beyond Heaven are the Immortal Realm, and those who ascended went Heaven Beyond Heaven, after all, those who ascended did indeed leave in the direction of the Heaven Beyond Heaven!"

After taking a sip of tea, the old woman continued, "Some people say that the Heaven Beyond Heaven are beyond the realm! Outside are Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon who have always coveted the Cultivation Realm, wanting to conquer Cultivation Realm. Those who ascend are transcendents, transcending to the Immortal Realm, thus avoiding being corrupted by the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon when they invade one day!"

"Some people say there's nothing outside, and there are all sorts of opinions, but no one has ever actually been to the Heaven Beyond Heaven!"

"Good heavens!" Yi Xuan thought to himself, "I thought scientists were good at making hypotheses, like the brain in a vat or the Yi Xuan's hypothesis. In my previous life, I thought those top scientists had wildly imaginative ideas. But compared to the seniors in the Cultivation Realm, they seem like mere amateurs."

Scientific hypotheses are at least based on some theoretical support, but these conjectures in the Cultivation Realm are completely far-fetched. They've even mentioned Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon! Is the next step Pangu to create the heavens and prove his Dao?

However, Yi Xuan didn't care about these assumptions; he just wanted to know what became of those cultivators who explored the Heaven Beyond Heaven that the old woman had mentioned.

"Grandma, what happened to those who once explored the Heaven Beyond Heaven?"

"The result? There was no result!"

The old woman shook her head and said, "Do you remember what I told you before about the suppression of Divine Sense by the sky?"

"Hmm! What does this have to do with the Heaven Beyond Heaven?"

"In fact, the suppression of cultivators by the sky is not limited to their Divine Sense; once they reach an altitude of ten thousand meters, their cultivation level also begins to be suppressed to a certain extent!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Xuan nodded. He already knew this, as the Firmament often flew at high altitudes.

Despite being only a Qi Refining Realm cultivator, Yi Xuan felt his strength was restricted the first time he was at an altitude of 10,000 meters. The circulation of his internal True Qi slowed down, and the consumption of True Qi was much higher than on the ground.

Fortunately, high altitudes have no effect on Spirit Stone, which is why the Firmament was able to help Yi Xuan carry out so many flight missions safely.

However, even back then, Yi Xuan guessed that the sky of this world was not friendly to cultivators, otherwise why would he rarely see cultivators flying at tens of thousands of meters in the air?

Now, through the old lady's words, Yi Xuan has finally confirmed this matter.

"Those cultivators who were curious about the Heaven Beyond Heaven once piloted all sorts of flying magical Law Artifact and flew towards the Heaven Beyond Heaven, but in the end, they all fell down because they exhausted their True Essence."

Yi Xuan nodded, surprised that the sky's suppression of cultivators' True Essence had reached such an extent.

"However, it is said that five thousand years ago, a cultivator who was about to Tribulation Transcendence actually went to the border between the Cultivation Realm and the Heaven Beyond Heaven!"

"And what was the result?" Yi Xuan asked curiously.

"It's said that the boundary feels like a wall of energy; once you get there, you can easily pass through. But this seemingly harmless wall of energy prevented even a single inch of Divine Sense from penetrating that expert at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Perfection!"

Yi Xuan nodded but did not speak, waiting for the old lady to continue.

"The man found that his Divine Sense could not penetrate it, but since he had already arrived, he was unwilling not to investigate further, so he risked extending one of his arms!"

"And then what happened?"

"Result?"

The old woman looked at Yi Xuan and gave a bitter smile, "Then his arm instantly seemed to be corroded, withering away rapidly. Seeing that, that senior was very decisive and cut off his arm!"

Hearing this, Yi Xuan breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed that the life of this senior cultivator had been saved.

Seeing Yi Xuan's expression, the old lady understood his thoughts and said, "Things didn't go as you expected. Don't be fooled by how decisive he was in his actions; it was too late. A strange gas seeped into his body through his arm, and he didn't last half a day before dying! His body was completely destroyed by that gas!"

"This..."

Yi Xuan couldn't understand what that Heaven Beyond Heaven was. Yi Xuan had previously thought it was outer space, but outer space is a vacuum; how could a gas that could corrode the human body exist there?

Moreover, those were not ordinary humans; they were cultivators who Tribulation Transcendence Realm Perfection, the pinnacle of combat power in this world.

To put it simply, if a cultivator at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Perfection were to stand there completely unprepared and allow Yi Xuan to attack, even if Yi Xuan used his strongest weapon, he wouldn't be confident that he could make the cultivator move even half a step!

It's utterly unbelievable that such a powerful weapon from the Cultivation Realm could be destroyed by a gas.

After listening to the old lady's extensive introduction, Yi Xuan realized that very little of the information was actually useful to him.

It seems that it's better to rely on yourself than others in this kind of thing. After saying goodbye to the old lady, Yi Xuan went straight back to No. 1 Base.

However, this exchange was not without its gains. At the very least, Yi Xuan learned about a powerful weapon against cultivators: the gas from the Heaven Beyond Heaven.

He couldn't even imagine what it would be like if Yi Xuan could control that gas.

Wouldn't that make you invincible in the entire Cultivation Realm?

At that point, who cares about your technology being stifled by cultivation masters? When they arrive, they'll just issue a gas warning, wielding a tube of mysterious gas that even Tribulation Transcendence Perfection cultivator couldn't control—are you scared yet?

Why don't you come and help promote this technology worldwide?

With this in mind, Yi Xuan's desire to develop rockets became even more urgent. "Once I have rockets," he thought, "I don't care what other realms are Heaven Beyond Heaven. I'll just send them there in a rocket, and then I'll know everything, from the Immortal Realm to Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon!"

Yi Xuan's mindset is also subtly changing. If the purpose of developing rockets was to launch quantum satellites, then deploying quantum satellites has become a side effect. What is truly important has become exploring the Heaven Beyond Heaven!

With this in mind, Yi Xuan ordered No. 01 to begin independently developing a quantum communication satellite while simultaneously bringing up the operating interface and starting to conceive his first rocket.

With a wave of his hand, several well-known rockets from various countries in his previous life appeared before Yi Xuan. Faced with so many choices, Yi Xuan was momentarily at a loss.

With such excellent performance, which one should I choose?