Chapter 1338: Immortal Spirit Realm (Part One)

But in the other person’s eyes, Li Yan saw only surprise, not killing intent, greed, or other negative emotions. Li Yan was certain that what he had seen in that instant was not false.

Subsequently, Li Yan vaguely said that while traveling in the void, he had accidentally been swept into a black hole. When he tried to escape, he had fainted from exhaustion.

After that, he saw Yu Banjiang’s expression grow even more surprised. As the two conversed, both with probing intentions, using the ancient language, Li Yan finally confirmed that he had ascended to the Immortal Spirit Realm .

At that moment, Li Yan was silent for a long time, constantly frowning. His expression also greatly surprised Yu Banjiang.

He had heard that many lower-realm cultivators would go through nine deaths and one life to break through the chaotic space in order to ascend, and once they arrived, they would all be ecstatic.

But the person before him seemed completely unwilling to have ascended, as if he had really just ascended by accident. But even so, this should have been the most fortunate event, completely different from what he had heard.

Although the other person had saved him, the silent Li Yan still subconsciously checked his own body. For several reasons, he didn’t speak for a while.

His Divine Sense was severely damaged, but he could vaguely sense the other party’s cultivation level; he was likely not a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The reason he frowned was that when he used the minuscule amount of Divine Sense he had left, the excruciating pain in his Sea of Consciousness forced him to do so. He just didn’t cry out in pain.

That bit of Divine Sense had probably been slowly recovered on its own after he fell unconscious. It was almost negligible, and he could only endure the severe pain to investigate.

After quickly examining his body, Li Yan’s heart sank even further. Thanks to the Qiongqi Purgatory Art and the Undead Nether Phoenix Essence Blood , his physical body had recovered about fifty to sixty percent.

However, the magical power in his Dantian was almost completely depleted. His Sea of Consciousness was filled with cracks, like a porcelain vase about to shatter, which would break into pieces with the slightest touch.

Although Li Yan had not specifically cultivated any techniques for the Sea of Consciousness , there were pills in the world that could repair it.

Although they were expensive, with his wealth, he should be able to afford such pills to aid his recovery.

Especially if he could cultivate the True Scripture of Gui Water , that cultivation method itself had a restorative effect on the Sea of Consciousness , though not as fast or effective as pills.

Just by seeing that while he was unconscious, the almost depleted magical power in his body was still circulating on its own according to a certain path, and he had even recovered a trace of Divine Sense , one could see the power of the True Scripture of Gui Water .

So, later, as long as he diligently cultivated the True Scripture of Gui Water , once his Sea of Consciousness recovered slightly and he could condense a trace of Divine Sense again, he would be able to communicate with the Earthen Patch and retrieve what he needed.

The few storage pouches, spirit-storing pouches, and the spirit-storing ring on his person had all been completely destroyed in that strange and terrifying blood mist.

This had caused Li Yan to lose a considerable amount of spirit stones, as well as other items.

Fortunately, he had a habit of putting all his good things in the Earthen Patch . More than seventy percent of his belongings had been preserved, but he just couldn’t access them at the moment.

That trace of his Divine Sense was extremely weak, like a candlelight in the wind that could be extinguished at any moment, even weaker than that of an ordinary Qi Condensation cultivator.

It was completely insufficient to support opening a separate space. Li Yan knew that if he tried to communicate with the Earthen Patch , his Sea of Consciousness would probably shatter before the Earthen Patch even opened.

What shocked Li Yan the most was that his Nascent Soul , perhaps due to burning his Nascent Fire , had fallen into a deep slumber. Li Yan could barely sense any connection to it.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t use his Divine Sense to investigate in detail, which was what frightened him the most.

In the Earthen Patch , there were also soul-nourishing and other pills, especially more than half of a True Essence Pill .

Li Yan felt that just that half of a True Essence Pill should be enough to heal most of his injuries. It was something he had always kept as a life-saving measure.

After assessing his physical condition as best he could, Li Yan came to a rough judgment: he wouldn’t be able to use any of his Dharma cultivator arts until his magical power recovered.

However, his physical strength remained, and he estimated he could still exert the power of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, but at most, it would be at the mid-stage Nascent Soul level.

Without his Divine Sense , he could only estimate his combat power based on his past feelings for his physical body. Even a Body Cultivator needed Divine Sense in a fight. Without it, his strength would be greatly reduced.

In other words, if Li Yan were to fight someone now, he could only rely on his past experience to make judgments and react in battle, unable to perceive things in advance with his Divine Sense .

In reality, it would be impressive if he could unleash the combat power of an initial-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. This was Li Yan’s own guess. Therefore, he knew that before his Divine Sense recovered, he should try his best not to fight with others.

If he had to fight, he must strike first and kill the opponent in one blow, leaving them no time to launch an attack.

After his investigation, although Li Yan hadn’t figured out the origins of the person before him, the fact that the person hadn’t killed him while he was unconscious meant that, for the time being, he had no intention of harming him.

After another series of thanks, he asked Yu Banjiang some more questions. The first thing Li Yan asked was where he was.

Upon learning that he was in the other’s sect, Li Yan felt a slight sense of relief. Judging by the other’s speech, he seemed to hold a certain status within the sect.

And Yu Banjiang seemed very enthusiastic towards Li Yan, answering his questions one by one. This immediately aroused suspicion in Li Yan’s heart, and he secretly began to condense the Fragmented Poison . This was his fastest and most concealable method of killing at the time.

This was also why he had asked where he was. He had to prepare different responses for different environments.

Since he was in the other’s sect, although the Body Cultivator’s killing methods were fast, once he made a move, it would cause a bit of a commotion.

Of course, all of this was Li Yan preparing for the worst. He naturally wouldn’t take the initiative to kill the other person. It was just that Yu Banjiang’s attitude felt a bit strange, a bit overly enthusiastic.

In the subsequent questions, Li Yan also learned more information. He had actually been dragged into a cave by a third-rank Demonic Eye Illusion Wolf, and Yu Banjiang had only saved him by chance.

This also made Li Yan secretly feel fortunate. If he had fallen into the depths of the Heavenly Demon Prairie, he might already be dead by now.

And the reason Yu Banjiang had identified him as an ascended cultivator at a glance was that after he woke up and his aura was exposed, a subtle repulsive force had appeared around Li Yan’s body.

If Li Yan’s Divine Sense were intact, he would have been able to sense the abnormality in his surroundings himself. However, he could still feel the turmoil in his soul.

It was just that initially, Li Yan had thought it was due to his severe injuries. In that state, every part of his body was uncomfortable, so he wouldn’t have thought of other reasons.

Later, after Yu Banjiang confirmed that Li Yan was a cultivator who had ascended from a lower realm, he also told Li Yan some other information.

Due to the rules of heaven and earth, his soul would experience rejection here, just as the laws of the lower realm would reject cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage and above.

However, the two were different. One was a case of the large accommodating the small, and the other was the small accommodating the large. Therefore, even if Li Yan’s soul was rejected by the laws of heaven and earth, his physical body could still exist in this world.

But he had to use a medicinal liquid called “Immortalization Liquid” within a year, soaking in it for a day, before he could truly integrate into this world.

Otherwise, after a year, although Li Yan would not be expelled from this world, his soul would rapidly wither. And this withering and shrinking was irreversible.

It would only take three days. No matter what kind of cultivator you were, your soul would dissipate, and you would become a walking corpse.

Li Yan was terrified when he heard this. After entering the Nascent Soul realm, he had been busy with cultivation and preparing for various matters related to the Wind God Continent .

As for the matter of ascension, he had planned to study it carefully when he was preparing to ascend in the future. He was completely unaware of the situation Yu Banjiang described.

That day, seeing that Li Yan was not in a good state, Yu Banjiang had a brief exchange with him, then left a few pills and departed…

These past few days, although Li Yan had been cultivating here, the effects were not very good.

Although his physical injuries had recovered a lot, because his Nascent Soul had fallen into a deep slumber, when Li Yan circulated his cultivation method, he no longer had the feeling of being like a fish in water as before.

It often took him five hours to complete one Heavenly Cycle circulation of his magical power, which meant the amount of magical power he accumulated was pitifully small.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy here was extremely dense. Even the spiritual energy in Ping Tu’s secret chamber was probably inferior to this place. This was the Immortal Spirit Realm ; the spiritual energy of any sect was astonishingly dense.

It was just that Li Yan didn’t know if the “Broken Army Sect” was considered a large sect. After a few days of cultivation, there was finally a tiny bit of effect, but to him, it was slower than a snail.

Today, upon seeing Yu Banjiang arrive, Li Yan immediately asked about this matter.

“A bottle of Immortalization Liquid costs about four hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones and is sold in various markets.”

Hearing Li Yan’s question, Yu Banjiang was not surprised. The other’s injuries must be very severe, otherwise he wouldn’t have waited until today to ask.

“Oh? It’s that expensive!”

Although Li Yan was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback. He never thought that a bottle of medicinal liquid could be so ridiculously expensive.

Although Li Yan was wealthy, if he were to take out such a large sum of spirit stones, and high-grade spirit stones at that, his fortune would also shrink considerably.

And in the Chaotic Flow Space, he had also lost a lot of spirit stones, magical treasures, and medicinal pills. Those were things he needed for daily use, and their value was also not insignificant.

Seeing the surprised look on Li Yan’s face, Yu Banjiang had already expected it. He smiled faintly.

“It is very expensive, but this is absolutely not an exaggeration. If you don’t believe me, you can find any market later and ask around, and you will know.”

Li Yan’s brow furrowed.

“But this isn’t four hundred thousand low or mid-grade spirit stones. Most of us ascended cultivators probably can’t afford that.”

Li Yan felt that in this situation, not many cultivators who had ascended from the lower realms would have the strength to buy it. Don’t be fooled by their transactions of tens of thousands or millions in the lower realms.

Those, at most, used mid-grade spirit stones. Could the wealth gap between cultivators of the upper and lower realms be so large?

Although Nascent Soul cultivators in the lower realms were all considered ancestors of their respective sects, the amount of spirit stones they possessed, aside from magical treasures and medicinal pills, was usually not this much.

Nascent Soul cultivators consumed even more spirit stones for their cultivation. Unless they obtained something like supreme-grade spirit stones , they might consider keeping them for critical moments. Most other spirit stones would be used for cultivation.

But supreme-grade spirit stones were something that could only be chanced upon in the lower realms. Especially when they ascended, most of their spirit stones would be converted into various defensive magical treasures, medicinal pills, talismans, and so on, needed for the ascension.

“There’s nothing to be done about that. I am only a Golden Core cultivator. I’ve heard that the raw materials for refining ‘Immortalization Liquid’ are also very precious.”

A helpless expression appeared on Yu Banjiang’s old face. However, seeing Li Yan’s tightening brow, he chuckled again.

“Actually, to ‘achieve immortality,’ there are usually two ways in the Immortal Spirit Realm . One is to buy it yourself, but besides that, there is another way…”

At this point, he glanced at Li Yan.

“Oh? Please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist!”

Li Yan’s brow relaxed, but his expression remained largely unchanged.

“That would be to join a sect, and then the sect will provide the ‘Immortalization Liquid’!”

After saying this, Yu Banjiang took another sip of tea. Li Yan nodded after hearing this, and instantly, recalling Yu Banjiang’s attitude, he already had a guess in his heart.

“It seems your sect has the ‘Immortalization Liquid’? But why would you give such a precious item to an outsider?”

Although Li Yan had his guess, he still didn’t understand the reason.

“Hahaha… Just based on the fact that I saved your life, I, Yu, don’t think I would harm you. Otherwise, I would have made a move on you long ago. I believe Fellow Daoist won’t deny this.”

Yu Banjiang suddenly said this. Li Yan did not speak again, merely nodding once more and continuing to look at him.

“To be honest, the native cultivators of the Immortal Spirit Realm all hold ascended cultivators from the lower realms in high regard, because the spiritual energy where you come from is thin. It could even be said to be very barren, and the competition for cultivation resources is even more brutal.

Yet you can still cultivate all the way to Nascent Soul , or even Spirit Transformation . Your strength itself is much higher than that of native cultivators of the same rank in the Immortal Spirit Realm .

Especially after being soaked in ‘Immortalization Liquid,’ your soul, magical power, and physical body will all undergo a major transformation, which will further enhance your combat power.

In the Immortal Spirit Realm , there have even been cases where an ascended cultivator from a lower realm, after being soaked in ‘Immortalization Liquid,’ at the initial-stage Nascent Soul , killed a native late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the Immortal Spirit Realm .

Of course, the more normal situation is that you can easily defeat a native cultivator one minor realm higher than you. Therefore, you are all objects of contention for the major sects.

Even if you have your own sect in the Immortal Spirit Realm , at least half of the cultivators who ascend are unable to land in the realm where their upper-realm sect is located.

Without cultivation resources, Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation cultivators are not considered great experts here. Perhaps they would perish before even flying to their upper-realm sect.

Usually, they can only join another sect first to raise their realm before considering anything else. Even if they contact their own sect later, they can still be an elder of two sects at the same time.”