Chapter 1036: The Three Immortal Realms
"Hey! Qi Lin! If you're interested in that woman, you should go there and meet her." Long Feng suddenly shouted at one of his best friends.
Zhu Hong and the others immediately followed Qi Lin's gaze, and Xiao Xiao informed them. "Her name is Huang Yin, and she comes from the silver eagle demihuman race. We met them in the Burial Realm, which is the original realm of the humans who enslaved their race in the past. However, the appearance of their two ancestors changed their situation, and they succeeded in freeing them from human slavery.
After that, they slaughtered those humans and took over their realm, but they had already ascended to the supreme realm long ago."
"Do you know the name of their ancestor, elder sister?"
"No." Xiao Xiao replied to Qi Lin as she shook her head. "We don't know their identities, but one of them is a fey dragon, and the other one is a dark abyss tiger."
All of them turned to Xiao Xiao with expressions full of shock, especially since they were natives of the supreme realm and had heard of them. However, they didn't know about their past, so they were truly shocked to learn they were human slaves before.
Hu Zhongnan then spoke. "Elder sister, the fey dragon is Long Yao, and the dark abyss tiger is Hu Shenyuan. Although they are not as strong as Uncle Tianhuo, they are still powerful compared to other cultivators, especially humans. According to history, they did not immediately make a move after they ascended to our realm, and they secretly built up their strength.
After they were truly prepared, they began to spread their name by challenging other cultivators, be they humans, beasts, demons, or other demihumans. My ancestors also fought with them, but they lost badly to them."
"They also once challenged my race, elder sister." Xiao Xiao immediately turned to Jing Li. "My ancestors also suffered significant losses at the hands of Hu Shenyuan, with several of them nearly losing their lives due to his extreme ferocity and cruelty. Fortunately, Uncle Tianhuo came to their aid, and he defeated him with one blow, but he didn't kill him."
"That's true, elder sister." Long Feng said this to Xiao Xiao with a nod. "Our father is one of the strongest in our realm, and his cultivation is already at the middle stage of the three immortal realms."
"Can you guys tell me about the stages in the three immortal realms?"
"Elder Sister, there are only three stages in the three immortal realms: immortal king, immortal emperor, and immortal supreme. These three do not have minor stages." Lu Lanqi answered Xiao Xiao first. "Breaking through each stage is far more difficult than our breakthrough from the heavenly god realm to the supreme god realm.
Even Uncle Tianhuo needed thousands of years to reach the immortal Emperor, and he is still far from the immortal Supreme."
Xiao Xiao fell dumbstruck, as she felt that breaking through every stage of the five god realms was already so difficult. She had not even touched the barrier to the middle heavenly god realm, even though Ling Yun had repeatedly helped her with his Yang Qi.
However, her father, who lived in the supreme realm, needed thousands of years just to break through one level, even though the quality and quantity of Qi in that realm were much better than in the upper realms.
Lu Lanqi and the others chose not to say anything, and they waited for Xiao Xiao to recover from her shock. In fact, they themselves, as natives of the supreme realm, also felt that these stages were indeed too difficult to achieve.
After some time, Xiao Xiao finally recovered from her shock, took a deep breath, and asked them a question. "Does that mean that no cultivator has managed to reach the Immortal Supreme yet?"
"No." They shook their heads at Xiao Xiao, but Zhu Hong later spoke to her. "Elder Sister, I don't know for sure about this, but I once heard that a cultivator managed to reach the Immortal Supreme way back in the past. However, that person suddenly disappeared, and there were no more cultivators who managed to reach that stage afterwards."
Long Feng also spoke to Xiao Xiao. "I've heard about that person from our father, but he also doubted the truth, especially since no one knows that person's identity and there are no records showing his or her existence."
"Actually, that person really existed, and he is still alive today." They immediately looked at Zhou Yu, who was already hovering above them, and she laughed softly before telling them. "Hehe! I'm the spirit of the void, and there's no place I can't go, so I've met him a few times.
Anyway, his name is Zhizun Buxiu, and he doesn't like appearing in public, so he lives in a hidden place in the Peach Garden Valley."
"Eh?" They gasped in shock, especially since they had visited the Peach Garden Valley, their realm's most beautiful place. However, they were unaware of the existence of a hidden place within the Peach Garden Valley, nor were they aware of Zhizun Buxiu's presence there.
"Are you serious about that, Senior?" Nian Luo, who had been silent for a long time, finally asked. "My race has managed the Peach Garden Valley for hundreds of thousands of years, but we never knew about that secret place or the existence of that man there."
"Do I need to lie to all of you?" Zhou Yu responded with a shake of her head. "Zhizun Buxiu lives in that place, but he lives in his own sub-realm, and no one can enter it except me. Even so, he often leaves his place to look for something, but he always disguises himself as someone else, and he also suppressed his aura so that no one could feel his presence, including you Nian Beasts."
"Isn't that kind of life too boring, Senior?" Jing Li questioned Zhou Yu.
"You're not wrong about that." Zhou Yu replied with an affirmative nod. "Anyway, you guys are still young, so it's natural that you think that kind of life is boring. As for Zhizun Buxiu, he has already lived too long; even the sum of your ages combined still hasn't reached one hundredth of his age. That's why he was bored with the outside world, and he decided to shut himself away."
They smiled bitterly at Zhou Yu's answer, especially since all of them were still too young, and most of them had not even reached thirty years old.
Listening to their conversation, their seniors decided to approach them, and Long Yingtai spoke to them. "Since Zhizun Buxiu's cultivation has reached the Immortal Emperor, it means he has reached the pinnacle of the cultivation world. He must have tasted the bitter sweetness of cultivation, so I think it's natural that he feels bored with everything."
Long Feng and the others nodded in agreement with Long Yingtai, but Zhou Yu's next words shocked them once again. "Unfortunately, you're wrong about that, especially since the Immortal Supreme isn't the peak of cultivation. Honestly, I don't know the truth myself, especially since I've never met anyone who managed to pass that stage.
However, Zhizun Buxiu once told me that his cultivation still hasn't reached its peak, and he feels that there should be another stage above it. Unfortunately, he has been cultivating for too long, but he still hasn't managed to reach a higher stage, so I can't say for sure about that."
After hearing that, all of them, especially Long Yingtai and the seniors, fell into contemplation, but they also appeared doubtful about Zhou Yu's words. After all, they had not even broken through to the Three Immortal Realms, and their leaders had not yet broken through to the Immortal Supreme Level, so they felt doubtful about the final stage that Zhizun Buxiu was referring to.
Seeing their expressions, Zhou Yu spoke to them again. "At first, I couldn't believe Zhizun Buxiu's words either, so I decided to stay with him for a while, and I can confirm that his cultivation has indeed not reached its peak. Regardless, there's no need to dwell on unproven truths; instead, you must concentrate on the path that lies in front of you, or you guys will reach a dead end."
All of them released heavy sighs, whether juniors or senior cultivators, and Xiao Xiao suddenly said to Qi Lin. "You should go see Huang Yin now, so you won't stay curious like that."
Qi Lin nodded in agreement with Xiao Xiao and immediately went to see Huang Yin. She then asked her little brother a question. "Are you really not interested in women your age?"
"Haha." Long Feng laughed awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head. "Elder sister, I really don't like women my age, especially since they are too spoiled; an example is Qi Jingyi. That's why I'm seeking a woman with a character similar to our mother, but there's no one who can match her in the supreme realm, particularly in terms of her maturity and gentleness."
Lu Lanqi and Jing Li crooked their foreheads at Long Feng's answer, especially since they weren't spoiled women like Qi Jingyi. Long Feng naturally noticed their expression, so he immediately shifted their conversation. "Anyway, how long will my brother-in-law have fun with the spirit of lust?"
- To Be Continued -
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