The only way

Chapter 931 The Three Realms Stele

"The human realm is also known as the human world."

"The Three Realms are vast, and no one can say for sure how big they are. Just the human realm where we live is called the Three Thousand Realms."

"And these three thousand realms are just three thousand great worlds. Below the great worlds, there are middle worlds, and below the middle worlds, there are small worlds."

As Chonghe Zhenjun spoke of each world, he pointed to three wisps of gray mist, one large, one medium, and one small.

"Apart from the three thousand great worlds, which are fixed by the Heavenly Dao and have remained unchanged since time immemorial, the middle worlds and small worlds beneath the great worlds have never been fixed. In the universe, worlds may be born or perish at any moment."

"Our Spirit Ruins Realm is a middle world, belonging to the Great Heavenly World."

"The Great World of the Heavens?"

Ling Chu, who had been quietly listening to the secrets of the Three Realms, couldn't help but ask a question.

The Spirit Ruins Realm has had ascension cultivators in the past, and now it also has Nascent Soul cultivators. If these are only middle-level worlds, how powerful are the cultivators of the Great Worlds? Or are the Great Worlds simply larger in area? Or are they more ancient?
"The so-called Great World is actually composed of countless small and medium-sized worlds; it's just a collective term and doesn't actually refer to a single, specific world."

Seemingly noticing Ling Chu's confusion, Chonghe Zhenjun explained in detail, "The distinction between small and medium worlds is actually quite simple. A small world is one where no one has ascended, and a medium world is one where someone has ascended."

The Spirit Ruins Realm has existed for an unknown period of time, and many people have ascended to immortality. According to the records of the Three Pure Ones Daoist Sect, a new cultivator ascends to immortality approximately every five thousand years.

For a period of time, cultivators ascended to immortality every thousand years, and the Spirit Ruins Realm at that time was truly a golden age of cultivation.

However, it has been nearly ten thousand years since any cultivator has ascended to immortality.

Chonghe Zhenjun looked at Lingchu, "Do you know what it means that no one has ascended to immortality in ten thousand years?"

Ling Chu looked up and saw the sorrow and resentment in the sect leader's eyes. After a moment of thought, she replied, "Since a world with ascension is a middle world, does that mean that if there are no ascensions for ten thousand years, it is no longer a middle world, but a small world?"

Could there be some other mystery in this small world? Otherwise, the sect leader wouldn't be so concerned about this issue, and his emotions wouldn't be so volatile.

Chonghe Zhenjun was not surprised by Lingchu's intelligence and keenness; on the contrary, he looked at her with admiration. This girl was clever by nature, and besides, none of those who could cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm were truly stupid.

"The Sanqing Dao Sect has been established for tens of thousands of years, and there are eight clearly recorded cultivators who ascended to immortality, including the three patriarchs who founded the sect."

Thirty thousand years ago, the celestial realm and the human realm were not yet completely isolated, and the ancestors who ascended to the upper realm could occasionally send messages down to the lower realm.

It was during that time that we learned there were different worlds, large, medium, and small, and we also learned for the first time that there was a supreme treasure born of nature in the upper realm, called the Three Realms Stele.

Chonghe Zhenjun was only a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he naturally did not personally experience the events that occurred tens of thousands of years ago. He only learned most of the secrets after becoming the head of the Sanqing Dao Sect.

For example, this Three Boundaries Stele.

The Three Realms Stele, as its name suggests, encompasses the entire Three Realms universe, with everything within the Three Realms standing on it.

According to the information from the ascended ancestors, it is said that, according to rumors in the Heavenly Realm, the Three Realms Stele has the power to connect heaven and earth. Whenever there is a change in the Three Realms, it will appear on the Three Realms Stele. Once a name is left on the Three Realms Stele, a connection will be established with the Three Realms Stele.

Whether it is the birth or destruction of a realm, whether there are any ascendants, the name of the realm, or its location, the Three Realms Stele can tell you all.

The Three Realms Stele may sound like just a precious record, but the Heavenly Realm considers it quite important.

After years of investigation, it was discovered that the size of the world is actually defined by the Three Realms Stele. Establishing a connection with the Three Realms Stele, or being defined as part of the Middle World by the Three Realms Stele, seems to have a certain impact on that world.

After thousands of years of observation and comparison with ancient texts, the immortal sects discovered that since the first person ascended to immortality and the Lingxu Realm was designated as the Middle World, the Heavenly Dao seemed to have become more perfect.

This conclusion was reached after discussions and research led by Mahayana cultivators and by several Nascent Soul cultivators.

The perfection of the Heavenly Dao may not seem like much, but from the Nascent Soul stage onwards, cultivators must begin to comprehend the power of heaven and earth and come into contact with the laws of the Heavenly Dao. The more perfect your Heavenly Dao is, the stronger the power of heaven and earth will be, and the better the laws will be.

For high-level cultivators, this means a significantly increased chance of ascension.

Meanwhile, after nearly ten thousand years of comparison, the various immortal sects also discovered changes in the concentration of spiritual energy.

Every time a cultivator ascends to immortality in the Spirit Ruins Realm, the concentration of spiritual energy will continuously increase over the next thousand years before stabilizing.

In other words, once a world is defined as a middle world and a cultivator ascends to immortality, it is a good thing for the entire world, whether it is the perfection of the Heavenly Dao or the increase in spiritual energy concentration.

All of this is very likely related to the Three Realms Stele.

The fact that the Heavenly Dao and spiritual energy can influence a world is enough to show how terrifying the Three Realms Stele is, and it's no wonder that the Heavenly Realm values ​​it.

Ling Chu listened quietly to these matters, which could be called secrets of the human world, and pondered them in her heart.

In short, what Chonghe Zhenjun said is that both the perfection of the Heavenly Dao in the Middle World and the abundance of spiritual energy brought by ascension are related to the Three Realms Stele in the Heavenly Realm, and also to ascension.

When a cultivator ascends to immortality, the world will be designated as the Middle World by the Three Realms Stele, the Heavenly Dao will be perfected, and the spiritual energy will become more abundant.

This perfectly illustrates the saying, "When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

But at the same time, the root of all this lies in the matter of ascension.

So, what will happen to the Spirit Ruins Realm, which has not had any ascendants for ten thousand years?

Ling Chu already realized what Chonghe Zhenjun was about to say.

"Success and failure both stem from ascension."

Chonghe Zhenjun sighed and said, "Since 20,000 years ago, the world has undergone tremendous changes, and the Lingxu Realm has gradually cut off the path to ascend to the upper realm. For the next eight thousand years, no cultivator has broken through the boundary gate and ascended to the heavenly realm."

"It was also during this period that the various immortal sects discovered that the Heavenly Dao was becoming obscure and the spiritual energy was becoming thinner. After eight thousand years, the various immortal sects once again received a message from the ancestor of the upper realm."

"On the Three Realms Stele, the name of the Spirit Ruins Realm began to flicker eight thousand years ago. Over the next eight thousand years, it continued to dim. The ancestors of the Upper Realm also noticed that the passage between the two realms was blocked. They knew that a great change must have occurred in the Spirit Ruins Realm. After investigating in many ways, they realized that the dimming of the name on the Three Realms Stele meant that this realm was on the road to annihilation."

The annihilation of a world means that this world will be completely destroyed and return to being a speck of dust in the universe.

This is a long process, perhaps tens of thousands of years, or perhaps hundreds of thousands of years.

However, for a cultivation world, if the Heavenly Dao is weak and the spiritual energy dissipates, then it is already the end of the immortal sect.

And this ending will surely come before the annihilation of the Spirit Ruins Realm.