Chapter 122: Ascenders and Native Inhabitants

If ascension is truly impossible, then smuggling from the Void Immortal Realm to the Immortal Domain seems very necessary. It’s not just for him, but for this group of disciples as well. "What does the Sect Leader mean by this? I can’t understand." Mo Chen was puzzled upon hearing this. Jiang Cheng then explained the information Lan Ti had previously conveyed to him. Anyway, Mo Chen was undoubtedly one of his own, so it didn’t matter if he told him. Even so, this genuine Immortal still appeared confused after hearing it. "Such things exist? I’ve never heard of this!" "Aren’t you an Immortal? You seem quite ignorant." Jiang Cheng was disappointed; he had hoped for some constructive opinions from this Immortal. But it turned out they were both in the dark. "Sect Leader might not know, I fell during a major war in the Immortal Domain over ten million years ago, and at that time, the Void Immortal Realm probably hadn’t appeared yet." "After that, I lingered within the Blood Transformation Immortal Blade, unaware of the outside world." "Alright." Jiang Cheng sighed, it seemed he could only rely on himself to explore. Mo Chen pondered for a long time, then suddenly remarked, "If the lower realms truly cannot ascend anymore, it might be great news for many in the Immortal Domain." "What do you mean?" "Sect Leader might not know, but the major forces in the Immortal Domain are not very welcoming to ascenders from the lower realms." "Why?" "It’s a long story." Following Mo Chen’s explanation, Jiang Cheng slowly began to understand. The first Immortals in the Immortal Domain ascended a countless number of epochs ago. As more ascenders followed, numerous top forces gradually emerged. Many people have rooted and flourished in the Immortal Domain, forming extensive noble families. Though the Immortal Domain is vast, like the lower realms, there are power struggles and resource conflicts. Even if it has abundant resources, that doesn’t change. Because where there are people, there are comparisons, and there are conflicts. New ascenders will find out that the best Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands are already taken, and all Heavenly and Earthly Treasures are controlled by major forces. Even when traveling in the Immortal Domain, they must pay Immortal Crystals as tolls. One could say that their initial situation is very difficult. On the other hand, these ascenders are often far superior to most native inhabitants of the Immortal Domain in terms of conditions. Most people in the Immortal Domain are descendants of early ascenders. Passed down through generations, their population now accounts for at least ninety percent of the Immortal Domain. These people have lived in the Immortal Domain since childhood, nurtured by Immortal Spirit Qi, using Immortal Crystals and Immortal Pills, essentially born with a silver spoon. Even if they fell from grace, procurement of Sacred Artifacts and Holy Pills is not difficult. According to Mo Chen, even with Luo Yuan’s talent before his enhancement, he would have eventually become an Immortal in the Immortal Domain. Because their conditions were far too favorable. There are top-tier geniuses among native inhabitants, but they are ultimately few. In contrast, ascenders are the other extreme. Those who manage to ascend are the top prodigies of regions in the lower realms. Considering they could ascend with lower realm resources, it’s clear how outstanding their talent is. From the Body Tempering Realm, they faced trials and broke through innumerable hardships, finally standing out among countless cultivators. Those who could achieve this were undoubtedly tenacious and resilient individuals. Moreover, they were mostly leading figures in the lower realms, either Sect Leaders or Supreme Elders. They had sat at high positions for many years, possessing superior perspective, strategy, and ambition. People like them, thrown anywhere, would eventually accomplish great things. Though their starting point was low upon entry to the Immortal Domain, as long as they survived, most ascenders would experience a reverse in their fate. "Three hundred and seventy million years ago, someone named Lin Xuan from the lower realms ascended, but luck did not favor him, and he landed in an Immortal Crystal Mine controlled by a cultivation family in the Southern Edge Celestial Realm." "Do you know what happened after, Sect Leader?" "What happened? Did he claim all the Immortal Crystals?" "Ahem..." Mo Chen, despite being the storyteller, struggled to follow Jiang Cheng’s line of thinking. "Having just ascended, he was only a First Grade True Immortal; that cultivation family even had Third Grade Celestial Immortals, so he could not contend against them. Thus, they captured him, placed an Immortal Soul Lock on him, and forced him to become a miner slave, extracting ore day and night." "Quite tragic?" "Indeed, however, he was not one that the cultivation family could suppress. In just thirty thousand years, he became a Ninth-grade Celestial Immortal!" "And then?" "Then he secretly removed the Immortal Soul Lock, annihilated the entire cultivation family, and seized their resources." Mo Chen continued slowly, "The incident caused an uproar at the time, and all neighboring noble sects and families mobilized, but they couldn’t find him anywhere." "Until three million years later, a formidable person named Profound Luo Immortal King returned to the Southern Edge Celestial Realm and slew all those noble sects and families." "What happened later?" "Later, all major Immortal Kings pursued him, yet he still survived and grew stronger. Eventually, after thirty million years, he became an Immortal Emperor, no longer to be trifled with!" "That’s impressive..." Brother Cheng couldn’t help but applaud him from a distance. He finally understood why native inhabitants of the Immortal Domain were not welcoming to ascenders. For ascenders to develop, they would inevitably conflict with native inhabitants who have already divided the resources. If only lower-level conflicts, let it be, but monstrous ascenders like the Profound Luo Immortal Emperor could even change the existing order of the Immortal Domain. Let alone native inhabitants, even early ascenders who built their way up in the Immortal Domain wouldn’t want more competitors like themselves appearing. Eventually, they too would join the natives’ ranks. Suddenly, Jiang Cheng had an epiphany. "Do you think... the emergence of the Void Immortal Realm was contrived by those in the Immortal Domain?" Mo Chen froze. He initially thought the suggestion was absurd. But upon contemplating, it seemed quite possible. The biggest beneficiaries of no new ascensions from the lower realms were the native inhabitants of the Immortal Domain. Their lives became much more comfortable. "Blocking the ascension channels from the Lower Realm Ten Thousand Realms is quite a grand undertaking." "It wouldn’t have been enough with just a few Immortal Emperors or Celestial Domains." Mo Chen slowly lifted his gaze to the vast skies. "I’m afraid all the top powers in the Immortal Domain were involved in this." "Sect Leader, we can’t miss the Void Immortal Realm; otherwise, we may never get another chance!" Jiang Cheng also realized this; the agreement with Lan Ti was only five months away, and it was time to depart. Moreover, he planned to take all his disciples with him this time. "It seems our Feixian Sect should relocate as well." The relocation of the Feixian Sect is quite simple. All disciples are in the Xuanji Map and can be carried along. Mo Chen could revert to the Blood Transformation Blade form and be taken with them. The Three-Eyed Tiger is a Demon King and can easily follow along. What he was more concerned about was his daughter Ah Huang, and whether she could be moved.