NOVPUB"Cloud Sky Realm, Wanxiang Sect? A ninth-generation disciple under the guidance of Chongyuan Patriarch?"
Wang Ba and Qu Shentong exchanged glances, both detecting a hint of shock in the other’s eyes.
Qu Shentong couldn’t help but speak up,
"Senior Jiang, it’s not that Qu doubts you, but how could you have come here from the Cloud Sky Realm?"
Jiang Yi seemed unsurprised by Qu Shentong’s reaction and said indifferently, 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"In this Third Realm Sea, it indeed is very difficult for those who are not top-tier Tribulation Crossing Practitioners to traverse between realms."
Upon hearing this, both Qu Shentong and Wang Ba were inwardly shaken.
Could it be that Jiang Yi was also a Tribulation Crossing Great Power?
But what exactly was this Third Realm Sea?
Observing their confusion, Jiang Yi continued with a hint of helplessness,
"It’s not as you think… Though the Cloud Sky Realm’s position is far above this realm and abundant in Spiritual Energy, I am merely a Refining Void Cultivator."
"To come to this realm, I relied entirely on a lock of hair left here by the Patriarch in ancient times as a marker and reversed the cosmos with a Secret Technique to be reborn here."
Just a Refining Void...
Wang Ba and Qu Shentong were secretly astonished.
To think that, in their eyes, the scarcely seen Refining Void Cultivators were deemed ’merely’ by someone from the Cloud Sky Realm; they could hardly imagine what that realm was like.
Yet they were still shaken by the information revealed in his words.
"There’s actually such a Secret Technique... then can we also use this technique to be reborn into the Cloud Sky Realm?"
Wang Ba couldn’t help but inquire.
Jiang Yi looked at him and nodded calmly,
"Yes, as long as there is a Tribulation Crossing Great Power like Chongyuan Patriarch in this realm to employ this Secret Technique for you. Oh, and you must at least be a Refining Void Cultivator to withstand it."
"Chongyuan Patriarch has already ascended to Tribulation Crossing?!"
Upon hearing this news, the two men were not put off by the slight mockery in his tone and were once again surprised.
Hearing their response, Jiang Yi appeared proud,
"In the past, Chongyuan Patriarch ascended to the Cloud Sky Realm at late-stage Refining Void, quickly advanced in his cultivation, and in just thirty to forty thousand years, he became a Tribulation Crossing Practitioner. Along with Qin Lin Ancestor and Qitian Patriarch, the three of them each reestablished Wanxiang Sect, Youxian Temple, and Longevity Sect, becoming legends as Three Tribulation Crossers from one sect."
"Qin Lin Ancestor?"
Qu Shentong showed a trace of confusion.
Jiang Yi added indifferently,
"That is the teacher of both Chongyuan Patriarch and Qitian Patriarch, also known as the Royal Family Qin’s Patriarch from the Jin Dynasty in this realm."
"However, apart from Chongyuan Patriarch who still holds this realm’s lineage in his heart and specially arranged for my visit, the other two Patriarchs have been in seclusion for many years, indifferent to worldly affairs."
Both Wang Ba and Qu Shentong came to a realization,
And they couldn’t help but marvel.
They hadn’t expected that even in The Heavens, the Three Sects would still be so united.
It was no wonder that any disputes within the sects of the Little Cang World were quickly settled.
Nevertheless, this news was quite shocking for both of them, so much so that after Jiang Yi finished speaking, Wang Ba and Qu Shentong were slow to respond, still digesting the aftershocks of these revelations.
Jiang Yi did not urge them, and Elder Pang Xiu, who stood by, also remained silent, evidently already aware of this information.
Soon,
Wang Ba slightly bowed to Jiang Yi in a gesture of respect and then respectfully said,
"May I ask Senior Jiang, since the Patriarch is a Tribulation Crossing Great Power, why doesn’t he personally come to take us away, instead of... going through such complications?"
Qu Shentong also snapped out of his thoughts at this and couldn’t help but look towards Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi shook his head slightly,
"The stronger the realms, the harder it is to break through their realm membranes, oh, what you call the Realm Membrane, it’s all the same."
"In somewhere like the Little Cang World, a middle-stage Refining Void Cultivator can cause such destruction; it’s just an indication that this world is already terminally ill and extremely frail. Without that Cultivator’s intervention, it wouldn’t be long before it falls in status and contracts its domain."
"In Cloud Sky Realm, a Tribulation Crossing Practitioner can barely tear open the Realm Membrane, but that’s about it. The moment it’s torn, the counter-strike from the Cloud Sky Realm would be unbearable even for a Tribulation Crossing Practitioner. The Patriarch does have means to barely withstand it, but the cost is considerable—something he is prepared to pay for the approach of the Tribulation Crossing Treasure Raft..."
The two men suddenly understood.
Obviously, Chongyuan Patriarch’s intervention comes at a certain cost, which he is willing to pay, but only if the Cultivators of Little Cang World could successfully reach the vicinity of the Cloud Sky Realm.
This was both unavoidable and a kind of test.
If they couldn’t pass, such a lineage, though regrettable, wasn’t necessary to be saved.
Both of them, now senior members of their sect, quickly understood the considerations and compromises behind Chongyuan Patriarch’s decision.
They didn’t really feel much about it.
Even after thirty to forty thousand years, this founding patriarch had not forgotten the lineage from Little Cang World and had arranged many methods—it was already more than dutiful and beyond reproach.
The only regret was the sudden appearance of Ye Cangsheng from Huangji Continent, completely disrupting the many years of planning by the Wanxiang Sect.
"It’s a pity, now that Heaven and Earth have declined, even the path to Immortal Ascension is utterly severed; we no longer have any hope of leaving this realm."
Qu Shentong couldn’t help but sigh.
Wang Ba’s feelings were more complex.
Cultivators cultivate not only for immortality and longevity but also for the power to protect their way.
Thus, the yearning for higher realms is almost instinctual.
Yet for him, it was not the case.
The eternal life others crave, for him, was already realized.
