Chapter 424: Terror of the Earth Immortal Realm

At this moment, in the Eastern Continent.

Within the Eternal Peak, an ancient garden was shrouded in dense Immortal Qi.

The garden was not particularly large, yet every inch of land contained profound Dao intent and dharma charm.

Ancient spirit herbs grew beside a clear pond, some of them being barely a few hundred years old yet more potent than ten thousand year old herbs due to the nourishment by Immortal Qi, while several Immortal flowers bloomed silently beneath the shade of an ancient tree.

However, there was no leisurely atmosphere within the garden at this moment.

Several figures were gathered together.

Yan Jingfei, Lu Qingfeng, Liu Ruoxue, Jian Qi, Yang Wei, Wei Qiushan, Tian Yunchen, Su Yanlan, Zhao Ye, Sun Hao, Zhou Yi, Ao Longchen, Mo Yuxin, and Qing Yunzi were all present.

These people could be considered the true pillars of the Eternal Peak.

Every one of them possessed extraordinary cultivation and talent, yet at this moment, their expressions were incomparably solemn.

Yan Jingfei sat beneath the ancient tree, her beautiful face carrying an unusual seriousness.

She slowly swept her gaze across everyone.

"The Cleansing is no longer something we can treat as a distant possibility; master has personally confirmed it."

The surrounding people remained silent, naturally understing the severity of the matter, especially those who had followed Tian Yongheng for many years.

They knew better than anyone that the Peak Master’s personality had actually always been quite cautious.

If he had publicly stated that the Cleansing would descend within fifty years, then there was almost certainly no possibility of him being mistaken.

Lu Qingfeng’s fingers gently tapped the table beside him.

His eyes were calm, yet there was an extremely sharp aura hidden within them.

"What are we going to do?"

Yan Jingfei shook her head.

"We cannot decide anything yet. Master is currently attempting to break through. Until he returns, we should first stabilize the Eternal Peak and prepare everything we can."

Everyone nodded.

Indeed, the Eternal Peak’s greatest foundation was Tian Yongheng.

As long as he remained alive, there was still hope, but if he were to fall...

No one dared entertain that thought.

The garden once again became silent.

At this moment, Wei Qiushan, who had been silent from beginning to end, suddenly lowered his eyes, his expression changing several times.

He had originally intended to conceal his identity until he at least achieved immortality once again.

After all, being an Immortal reincarnation was an enormous secret.

Even in the Upper Realm, such a person could attract countless covetous gazes.

But now, if he continued hiding everything, perhaps everyone would eventually die without ever knowing why.

Moreover, the enemy this time was the Upper Realm.

Wei Qiushan had lived there before and understood just how terrifying the Upper Realm truly was.

Finally, he took a deep breath, a flash of determination passing through his eyes.

"There is something I should tell everyone."

Everyone’s attention immediately shifted towards him.

Yan Jingfei also raised an eyebrow.

Is this brat finally going to reveal his secret?

Wei Qiushan hesitated for several breaths before slowly speaking.

"I am... a reincarnated Immortal."

The garden instantly became quiet, with even the flowing spiritual water in the nearby pond seeming to become particularly loud.

Even though she had already expected it, Yan Jingfei’s was still shocked when she heard her disciple admit it himself.

Lu Qingfeng’s pupils contracted slightly, and Yang Wei, Qing Yunzi, and the others similarly revealed astonishment.

Only Jian Qi was not overly surprises, as he was the one who initially told Yan Jingfei that Wei Qiushan was hiding his cultivation.

Although the others had long suspected that Wei Qiushan possessed an unusual background, none of them had expected this.

A reincarnated Immortal, not one from speculation, but an actual, real reincarnated Immortal God.

That was an entirely different matter.

Yan Jingfei stared at him for several seconds, her expression complicated.

"You... sigh..."

Ultimately, all her words turned into a soft sigh.

She had personally accepted Wei Qiushan as a disciple after discovering the tremendous Providence surrounding him through the Fortune Defining Great Art.

Had it not been for Jian Qi being by her side at the time who detected him to be hiding his cultivation, she wouldn’t have known that he was a reincarnated Immortal God.

Wei Qiushan smiled bitterly.

"I didn’t intentionally deceive everyone; I simply didn’t know when it was appropriate to reveal it."

Yan Jingfei remained silent for a moment before shaking her head.

"Forget it. At this point, it doesn’t matter. Both me and junior brother Jian have known since we first met you."

Now it was Wei Qiushan’s turn to be stunned.

What the hell?

A trace of confusion swept past his eyes before he forcibly suppressed it.

Since they already knew, so be it.

On the othee hand, Liu Ruoxue’s eyebrows raised slightly, naturally a little surprised as well.

But because she herself possessed memories from a previous life, she understood Wei Qiushan’s hesitation better than anyone else.

After all, reincarnation was not something that could be casually revealed.

One could never know whether the person standing beside them today would become their enemy tomorrow.

Liu Ruoxue’s gaze flickered.

For a brief moment, she wondered whether she should reveal her own secret.

But ultimately, she remained silent.

Some secrets were better left buried, and hers was far too significant for this group of people right now.

If those old monsters who participated in her fall in the 33 Heavens detected the karmic fluctuations when she uttered her true identity, it would bring massive trouble.

Wei Qiushan continued.

"The Upper Realm is far more terrifying than everyone here imagines."

Everyone’s expressions became solemn as Wei Qiushan slowly explained.

"Above the Vagrant Immortal Realm are the Earth Immortal Realm, Heaven Immortal Realm, Origin Immortal Realm, Profound Immortal Realm, and Golden Immortal Realm, and above Golden Immortals is the realm of legendary Immortal Sovereigns."

Everyone’s breathing became faintly heavier, even Yan Jingfei was no exception to this.

They had long known that Vagrant Immortal Realm, the so-called ascending to immortality, was not the end.

But hearing Wei Qiushan personally describe the realms above them still produced a profound impact.

Wei Qiushan continued.

"Immortal Sovereigns don’t exist in the Upper Realm; they reside within the 33 Heavens Divine Realm. Only Golden Immortals who have reached the absolute limit can trigger the Sovereign Tribulation, and after passing successfully, can ascend to the Divine Realm to become Sovereigns."

Several people had their expressions change slightly at the explanation.

They had grown up listening to the tales that above the Upper Realm was an even vaster world, the legendary Divine Realm, and that Kunlun descended from that impossibly distant place.

So the prerequisite to enter that world was to become an Immortal Sovereign, how ridiculous...

They didn’t even understand what an Immortal Sovereign was!

Wei Qiushan’s expression became increasingly solemn as he continued.

"However, those things are way too distant from us. What I want for everyone to understand is that the most important thing isn’t the number of realms, it is the transformation of one’s existence after reaching the Earth Immortal Realm."

"What transformation?" Jian Qi couldn’t help asking curiously.

Wei Qiushan slowly replied.

"The transformation of Natural Elements!"

Everyone frowned as Wei Qiushan explained further.

"Before reaching the Earth Immortal Realm, cultivators still fundamentally depend upon the natural elements, worldly laws, and heavenly rules. No matter how powerful they become, their existence remains connected to the surrounding world. But Earth Immortals are different; they begin condensing the natural elements within their own state of existence."

The expressions of everyone gradually changed.

Wei Qiushan spoke again.

"At that point, their bodies, souls, and Dao no longer depend upon the natural environment in the same manner, but possess its own internal foundation."

He paused before saying something that caused the entire garden to fall deathly silent.

"An existence below the Golden Core Realm, having yet to touch natural elements, cannot even harm an Earth Immortal in the most miniscule way."

Everyone was stunned at these few simple words.

Yan Jingfei’s pupils contracted as she blurted out instinctively.

"What?"

Wei Qiushan nodded.

"Even if billions of cultivators under the Golden Core Realm attacked simultaneously, it would be impossible to injure an Earth Immortal by even a fraction of a billionth even if they did nothing at all, not even defending themselves."

The surrounding people fell silent, feeling a bit disoriented.

One had to know that this was an extremely terrifying concept.

They had always understood that higher realms possessed overwhelming advantages.

A Half Immortal could slaughter thousands, tens of thousands of Immortal Ascension cultivators.

But no matter how overwhelming the difference in cultivation was, they were ultimately still in the category of "living beings".

If enough people surrounded them, enough enemies attacked them, and the battle continued for thousands of years, even a Half Immortal would eventually get exhausted and fall.

There was always a limit.

But an Earth Immortal...

Those entities had already begun transcending that limitation.

Wei Qiushan looked towards everyone.

"This is why the Upper Realm is so terrifying. An Earth Immortal is already a being at a fundamentally different level of existence."

These words caused everyone’s hearts to tremble.

If an Earth Immortal could possess such a transformation, what about a Heaven Immortal?

With "Heaven" in their name... wouldn’t they have formed their own worldly laws surrounding their existence?

Then what about an Origin Immortal?

Profound Immortal?

And even Golden Immortals?

They simply couldn’t imagine it.

Perhaps this was what it meant for Immortals to be incomprehensible to mortals.