Vol 7 Chapter 24: Smuggling into the Immortal Realm

Lower Realm.

After sending the pet beasts through ascension, the main body had been meditating on this abandoned cultivation star that was most easily connected to Earth.

"Nothing much!"

All the pet beasts wanted to leave behind an incarnation to accompany Lin Jing, but Lin Jing refused and summoned the Spell Elemental Mushroom instead, telling them to go with peace of mind.

Ascension didn't mean they could never meet or communicate again.

As long as the ascension channel remained open... there would be opportunities!

Immortals from the Immortal Realm could descend to the lower realms, so naturally the Ancient Immortal Realm's Earth could do the same.

Although communication would be somewhat troublesome, it wasn't impossible.

At worst, they could set a schedule to communicate once every thousand years.

Moreover, he wasn't completely alone on his side.

Still, each pet beast remained worried.

After all, while the spell elemental had consciousness, the cultivation world's consistent view was that spell elementals' consciousness resulted from the cultivator's own mental fragmentation.

And this Spell Elemental Mushroom child had been abstract since childhood.

BOOM!!!

"An immortal is descending to the lower realm!"

Accompanied by a vortex of immortal energy, Zhu Yan on the same cultivation star looked up at the sky in pleasant surprise.

An immortal descending to the lower realm was a method where immortals from the Immortal Realm forcibly descended to the lower realms through the ascension channel.

Generally speaking, using this method would at minimum suppress one's cultivation to the Seeking the Dao realm due to lower realm rules, or at worst, one's cultivation could actually fall below the immortal realm because of the descent, with higher cultivation levels suffering more severe suppression.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, immortals at the Immortal Lord level or above from the Immortal Realm didn't dare to descend in their true forms easily, at most projecting a wisp of consciousness or a strand of spiritual power to communicate with the lower realms, but even this required paying a considerable price.

Furthermore, these weren't the most critical points;

the most crucial thing was that when lower realm cultivators ascended through the ascension channel, it didn't affect the channel much, but when powerful beings from the Immortal Realm went against the ascension channel, obviously, such rough behavior would cause irreversible damage to the ascension channel, risking its collapse. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the major powers in the Immortal Realm had strict joint regulations that unless under special circumstances, immortals were not permitted to descend to the lower realms arbitrarily.

"Whoosh..."

Earth had just undergone rule restoration, and the ascension channel was still fragile. To prevent the ascension channel from collapsing, the Ancient Immortal Realm side only sent the Dragon Carp to project a wisp of its consciousness down to briefly communicate with the lower realms.

Watching the chubby-headed fish figure appear in the celestial energy vortex in the sky, Lin Jing smiled slightly, instantly understanding everything that had happened in the Ancient Immortal Realm.

"Incredible."

Learning that his incarnation had actually contracted with a fragment of the Way of Heaven, he felt both shocked and delighted, thinking to himself that it was indeed himself—even an incarnation was so outstanding. In that case, he, the main body... needed to work harder too.

"Since the Ancient Immortal Realm's safety isn't a concern anymore, I should send Senior Mo Pine, Senior Demon Emperor, and the others over."

"And Mosquito Woman, Gu Qianqiu—there's absolutely no need for them to remain in the lower realms, wasting their talents. They can develop better by going to the Ancient Immortal Realm."

Zhu Yan let out a breath, planning to have them all leave. Once everyone was gone, he could cultivate with single-minded focus... without any future worries.

"You go ahead." Of course, Lin Jing looked at the approaching Zhu Yan;

the one who probably wanted to ascend most right now should be Brother Zhu before him.

"Good!" Zhu Yan clasped his hands toward Lin Jing. His master and fellow disciples from the cultivation world had already ascended to the current Immortal Realm, the lower realms no longer suffered from demonic race rampages, and his sect didn't need his protection anymore. From now on, all fate would follow heaven's will, and he should return to Earth, to his hometown, to continue his cultivation path.

Several years later.

With Lin Jing seeing them off, Senior Mo Pine and Demon Emperor from the Demon Court, who had provided tremendous help during Lin Jing's early and middle cultivation periods, both chose to ascend to the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Not long after their ascension, under Lin Jing's arrangements, Mosquito Woman also ascended to the Ancient Immortal Realm, while the massive mosquito swarm slumbered deep underground in the Tianyuan Realm, not emerging.

As for the Longevity Body rescued by Lin Jing from the Guan Lion clan, and Gu Qianqiu who had guarded the Origin Realm for Lin Jing for countless years, they ultimately didn't choose to ascend.

"Becoming stronger through ascension isn't what I pursue, so don't try to persuade me."

"Then where will you go?"

"Since you'll be going into secluded cultivation in the Tianyuan Realm next, I'll leave this place for you to guard. It's time for me to wander among the stars for a while."

Gu Qianqiu's figure began appearing in various cultivation realms. Separated from Lin Jing, she established an organization called "Longevity Hall," recruiting those longevity body cultivators who, like her and Lin Jing before, had weak cultivation and were at the bottom of the food chain in various cultivation realms, taking them in one by one for training.

At this time, Lin Jing's main body deeply felt that he had reached a bottleneck in the Seeking the Dao realm. Even with the Limitless Immortal Physique, he chose to activate his Reincarnation Immortal Body and began his first re-cultivation. After sealing his previous life's power within his body, he started again from the Qi Refining realm.

Qi Refining first layer, Qi Refining tenth layer... Qi Refining twentieth layer... gradually building an even more terrifying dao foundation.

Ancient Immortal Realm, Earth.

"What a great place, what a great place." After ascending, Mo Pine happily occupied a famous mountain and began his immortal realm cultivation.

"Why is the demonic fortune in this realm so depleted?"

"Probably because... after the country was established, becoming spirits wasn't allowed." Beside him, Taoist Zhu Yan said evasively.

"This won't do!" the Demon Emperor said. "What did the demonic race do to you? Did they eat your family's rice?"

Zhu Yan said helplessly, "Demons don't eat rice, they eat people."

Nearby, the incarnation chuckled and said, "It's fine. After allying with the Beast Master Sect, there are no man-eating demons in the demonic race. Senior Demon Emperor, you can feel free to rebuild the Demon Court anywhere in the Ancient Immortal Realm and revive the demonic race... If any country dares to stop you, well, there doesn't seem to be any."

"Moreover, not everyone deserves the Dao Alliance's protection. Some people, if eaten, are eaten. Even among humans, they are far more evil than man-eating demons, since what they do are essentially human-consuming activities." Finally, Lin Jing looked at Zhu Yan.

"The previous Dao Alliance was too weak, but since you've returned, your senior brother's pressure should be much lighter."

Zhu Yan gave a bitter smile, clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Brother Lin. The world has indeed changed. My senior brother and I will conduct a major purge of these people. No matter what, we won't let such people set foot on the immortal path."

Lin Jing nodded. Previously, they had been too busy fighting the demonic race to bother with Earth's affairs. Now that things had stabilized, he only wanted to stay in a relatively pure land.

"Alright."

Having reached this point, Lin Jing looked in a certain direction. It was time... to consider opening the secret path and smuggling into the Immortal Realm.

Lin Jing, who had never set foot on that vast land, was too ignorant about the demonic race and the various Immortal Emperor dao traditions. The feeling of moving among them while knowing nothing was very unpleasant. He wanted to go see for himself.