Chapter 298 - 258: Fighting Against a Divinity Transformation, Blood Burning Secret Technique

Chapter 298: Chapter 258: Fighting Against a Divinity Transformation, Blood Burning Secret Technique

Amidst the mountains, an incomparably vast hall was faintly visible.

From time to time, immortal cranes and Spirit Beasts flew across the sky.

Beneath a lush Spirit Tree, two elders were engaged in a game, each holding pieces of black and white.

The two elders possessed a profound aura, their cultivation unfathomably deep.

If a Great Cultivator at the Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm were present, they would recognize that both elders also possessed Late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation.

The game on the chessboard was shifting, and the two elders were locked in a fierce match.

A flash of light streaked by, and a figure appeared near the chessboard.

"Hall Master, Elder Mo."

The figure belonged to a man in a cyan robe, who exuded the cultivation of an Early-stage Nascent Soul.

"What is it?"

One of the two, an elder with a white hair and beard, asked calmly.

"Hall Master, a message has arrived from the Celestial Knowledge Tower. A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator is inquiring about the Great Realm!"

"Where is this person now?"

"Hall Master, the Celestial Knowledge Tower left a tracking imprint on the Jade Scroll. We can find him by following it."

"Good. I understand."

The elder spoke calmly, setting down the white stone he was holding.

"Elder Mo, let’s call this game a draw for now. I’ll go take a look myself."

On the board, the black stones had formed a great dragon, poised to strike. The white stones were in grave danger. With just a few more moves to secure its eyes, the black dragon would complete its encirclement and annihilate the white army.

"Hall Master, why don’t we finish the game? I’ll win in just a few more moves!"

The elder, known as Elder Mo, grew anxious.

’I’m about to win! How can we just stop now!?’

"Elder Mo, this matter was personally decreed by the Ancestor. Are you planning to defy his command?"

The elder with the white hair and beard said with a stern expression.

Hearing this, Elder Mo was left speechless, a look of helplessness on his face.

The elder with the white hair and beard stood up with a grave expression, though inwardly he was quite pleased.

’That was close. I almost lost!’

Just as he was about to leave, a Divine Sense message passed through the air.

"It’s fine. I will go myself."

"Ancestor!"

"Ancestor!"

The Canglan Hall Master, Elder Mo, and the man in the cyan robe all rose to their feet and bowed respectfully.

The area fell silent. For a long time, there was no reply.

It was as if the owner of that Divine Sense had simply vanished.

"Hall Master, let’s continue!"

A smile spread across Elder Mo’s face.

The Canglan Hall Master sat down with a bitter smile.

’I thought I’d managed to escape this, to avoid a loss.’

’Who would have thought the Ancestor would decide to go personally!’

For years, the Ancestor had been focused on matters concerning the Great Realm. He didn’t just investigate it himself; he paid special attention to any cultivator who tried to probe into the Great Realm.

Behind every cultivator who sought information on the Great Realm, there was bound to be an unknown secret or a valuable piece of intelligence.

For the Ancestor, this was also a way to gather new information.

Monitoring and understanding matters of the Great Realm was one of Canglan Hall’s most important duties.

Canglan Hall had also entrusted this task to the Celestial Knowledge Tower.

Although the Celestial Knowledge Tower was a neutral power...

Canglan Hall was the hegemon of this Cultivation Realm. If the Celestial Knowledge Tower wished to remain neutral, it had to live by Canglan Hall’s whims. They had no choice but to give face to Canglan Hall.

...

Even though it was only the "detailed" tier of information, the Celestial Knowledge Tower’s introduction to the Great Realm was quite comprehensive.

In the vast cosmos, innumerable worlds existed. These worlds varied in size and strength.

The largest spanned hundreds of millions of miles and were home to Great Power Cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Realm and above.

The smallest were merely tens of thousands of miles across, with their strongest cultivators reaching only the Golden Core or Nascent Soul Realm.

However, regardless of the type of world, in essence, they could all be considered ordinary worlds.

Above these worlds, however, existed the Great Realms.

There are a total of four Great Realms in the cosmos!

The names of these four Great Realms were not recorded on the Jade Scroll.

Before the ancient era, cultivators from the Great Realms often traveled to Cangyu for trade and exchange.

But since the ancient era, no cultivator from the Great Realms has ever come to Cangyu. Cangyu cultivators, however, could still travel to the Great Realms using Teleportation Arrays.

The Great Realms were teeming with powerful experts and filled with unknown dangers.

Generally, only cultivators from Cangyu who had reached the Divinity Transformation Realm would dare to venture into a Great Realm.

This act was also what the Ancient Cultivators called Ascension!

To ascend from the Cangyu World to a Great Realm!

However, after the ancient era, a great Human-Demon War erupted in the Cangyu World, with numerous Divinity Transformation Cultivators taking part.

In that battle, numerous Teleportation Arrays were destroyed.

Ever since then, it has become incredibly difficult for cultivators from the Cangyu World to travel to the Great Realms.

Later, as Teleportation Arrays became increasingly rare, almost no cultivator could reach the Great Realms at all.

Middle-Aged Cultivators called this state "hopeless Ascension."

Rumor had it that the Spiritual Qi in the Great Realms was incredibly dense, over a hundred times more than in the Cangyu World.

All sorts of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and opportunities to seek immortality were said to appear one after another.

If one could travel to a Great Realm, the path of immortality would be within reach!

Xu Chang’an carefully absorbed the Jade Scroll’s records about the Great Realms.

"The Great Realms..."

A glimmer of longing shone in Xu Chang’an’s eyes.

’It would have been fine if I never knew, but now that I know the Great Realms exist... if I get the chance, I must go to a Great Realm and experience a truly flourishing path of cultivation!’

Xu Chang’an only stayed in Canglan Immortal City for half a day before leaving.

He hadn’t forgotten about the tracking imprint on the Jade Scroll.

’If I just stay inside the Immortal City, how will the fish take the bait!?’

’Now that I’ve reached the Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm, and with all my preparations, I have enough confidence to face any challenge!’

’I only have the "detailed" records on the Great Realms. I need more complete information.’

"Celestial Knowledge Tower, coming after me will be the biggest mistake you’ve ever made!"

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「In a valley over a thousand li outside Canglan Immortal City.」