Born with immortal seed

Chapter 808 Ascension Well

Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, Fairy Garden.

This city radiates throughout the entire region, sharing teleportation arrays with thirteen other immortal cities, and even has two super teleportation arrays that can directly reach other immortal realms.

It was once the number one city in the Immortal Realm. It has declined slightly in the last ten thousand years, but it still ranks among the top three.

There are also a hundred Ascension Wells in the city, each corresponding to a hundred different worlds, receiving cultivators from various lower realms.

However, with the passage of time, most of these ascension wells have lost their spiritual light, becoming dark and lifeless.

The wellhead was covered in dust, and there were even spider webs.

Part of it is the destruction of the world, or the slide towards the end of Dharma, gradually drifting further and further away from the celestial realm.

The Ascension Well can no longer connect to the corresponding world, and even if one reaches the required cultivation level, one still cannot pass through the ascension passage.

Some deliberately blocked the ascension passage from the lower realms, not wanting to ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm.

These kinds of worlds are often occupied and completely dominated by the Heavenly Demon Realm or the Heavenly Monster Realm.

In the past hundred years, Langyuan has accepted fewer than ten ascended cultivators, which is of little importance to the entire Immortal Realm.

Even though the ascended cultivators have considerable potential, with more than 30% able to break through to the Void Refinement stage, unless they can cultivate to the Body Integration stage, they will not be able to cause any significant disturbance in the vast and boundless Nine Heavens Immortal Realm.

Outside the Ascension Well, only two blue-armored guards patrolled and watched over the area, while another team of white-armored guards were scattered and on duty.

Even so, it was because hundreds of years ago, three ascendants suddenly appeared on the border of the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm and fought a great battle with the Dao Court guards, which is said to have caused quite a stir.

The Dao Court didn't take the ascendants seriously, and ended up suffering a hidden loss.

Otherwise, there would only be ordinary white-armored guards guarding the Ascension Well, and the blue-armored guards wouldn't be alerted.

To be promoted to the Azure Armor level, one must make great contributions at the Refining Void Realm or the Nascent Soul stage.

Even the most gifted ascension cultivator cannot compare to a battle-hardened blue-armored guard who has grown up in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Even though the Daoist court was in decline, the armored guard system that maintained its rule had not been completely corrupted and still possessed high combat effectiveness and operational efficiency.

While maintaining order in the immortal realm, they also fought against the demon and monster races, forging many geniuses amidst the flames of war.

Most of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Dao Court come from the Armor Guard system.

"There are still five years left before this rotation ends. It's such a waste of time... We've only guided a handful of ascendants, and it's hard to tell how many of them have any future. This kind of 'incense offering' is useless."

The guard on the left, clad in blue armor, had a murderous look on his face and cold, ruthless eyes. He spoke in a deep, muffled voice.

"Being assigned here is worse than hunting star beasts. If you can get a star core, you'll get at least five immortal crystals!"

“Brother Guan, the salary is less, but it’s more stable… As you know, those three ascendants inexplicably appeared outside the Ascension Well last time, and it’s said that there were even ownerless demons among them. How could we not capture them and interrogate them properly? As a result, they put up a stubborn resistance and even injured a team of white-armored guards. Lord You lost face, so how could he let it go?”

The guard on the right, clad in blue armor, was much older, with a long beard and a kind face.

"If you want a high salary, then volunteer to go to the front line of Tianyuan... As long as you survive three rounds, you will be promoted and receive a salary increase, and you may even have the opportunity to choose a creation artifact."

Guan Xian was clearly somewhat intimidated by his more experienced colleagues, and chuckled twice: "Those who go to Tianyuan are either desperados or cultivators at the Fusion stage. It's not a suitable place for us... Brother Tian, ​​have you still not captured those ascendants?"

“We’ve mobilized over a hundred guards, and even the Lord of Qingxuan Palace has personally led the operation, but those three seem to possess extraordinary treasures and have managed to escape the encirclement time and again… We haven’t been able to capture them after all these years, so they’ve probably escaped the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain or hidden in those desolate regions.”

Tian Chengyang comes from a family of armored guards. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he inherited the position left by his elder brother and was exempted from the assessment to become a white-armored guard directly.

His elder brother inherited it from their great-grandfather.

Only those who died as guards could pass their positions to their closest blood relatives.

Having served as a guard for nearly three thousand years, and with several of his elders and relatives holding immortal positions in the Daoist court, it was not difficult for him to gather information.

He even heard an elder mention that he suspected the three ascendants were carrying a magical artifact from the creation of the heavens.

Otherwise, it would be acceptable if they joined forces to repel a single blue-armored guard, but it is abnormal that the Lord of Qingxuan Palace failed to achieve anything after three consecutive divine calculations; there must be something fishy going on.

The Lord of Qingxuan Palace is at the peak of the Void Refining realm, his name is on the Jade Register, he is most skilled in predicting fate and is proficient in divination. No matter how a mere Nascent Soul cultivator tries to hide, he cannot escape his sight.

Moreover, the aura of the ascended beings has not yet fully merged with the Earthly Immortal Realm, making them stand out like fireflies in the dark.

What other things, besides celestial treasures, could a cultivator in the lower realm achieve this level of skill?

But by the time the guards realized what was happening and laid a trap, the three had already fled.

Just when everyone thought the day's inspection would pass uneventfully with conversation, a strange thing suddenly came from a flying well in the center, emitting a faint fluorescent light.

Immediately afterwards, the earth, fire, wind, and water elements swirled back and forth in the well, the sound growing louder and louder.

"Someone actually ascended to immortality today? Brother Tian, ​​how about we bet two spirit stones to see what level of cultivation this person possesses?"

Guan Zhang stopped and said with great interest.

"It must be the completion of the Nascent Soul stage."

Tian Chengyang narrowed his eyes, his hands behind his back rapidly calculating, and said confidently.

"Why is this? Did the ascended beings in this well give us advance notice? It doesn't seem like it. The well doesn't have a gold rim, so it's not from the lower realm where those important figures came from."

Guan Zhang became a Blue Armor Guardian after passing several rounds of assessments after reaching the Void Refinement stage. Although he had only been in this position for a few hundred years, he had still received some unspoken rules from his predecessors.

For example, some of the ascendants are of noble status and can even make arrangements with the Dao Court before ascending.

The moment it appeared in the Ascension Well, it was taken away by designated personnel.

Those people were either so-called immortal descendants or direct descendants of sects from the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Only sects at the Integration level are qualified to do this.

"If I'm not mistaken, this Ascension Well corresponds to the Hidden Dragon Realm... For tens of thousands of years, there have been a steady stream of cultivators ascending to immortality, and the Moral Sect has a lineage in this world. However, something happened in the lower realm later, and the number of ascending cultivators plummeted. The last time they were registered was twelve thousand years ago."

Tian Chengyang spends most of his time moving around the internal affairs department of the Jiawei Guard, where he has a wide network of contacts and can find out about anything.

"The Moral Sect? Their family was ambushed by the Heavenly Demon Realm. After the sect leader and several elders died in battle, they haven't recovered yet. They must be having a hard time."

The Moral Sect is not a sect in the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, but it produced a powerful figure of the level of the Five Sons of the Human Race hundreds of thousands of years ago, so it is quite well-known.

As the two were chatting, the ascension well suddenly trembled, and the darkness seemed to stretch out.

A beam of white light shot into the sky, and a refined-looking cultivator stepped out, riding the waves.

Just as Tian Chengyang said, it was indeed the perfect state of the Nascent Soul realm.

……

The ascension passage is completely different from the void realms we've encountered in the past.

It was a spiraling passage, so wide that it was practically the size of a prefecture or county.

The surrounding area was completely black, and outside was an indescribable turbulence, with a few flashes of light that could be vaguely seen exploding.

That was the last glow of a star destroyed and shattered by the turbulent void.

There is a blacker black than black itself, which can be vaguely perceived as drifting in the void.

Even through the ascension passage, an extremely dangerous sense of palpitation was transmitted.

"If I weren't in the Pure Bright Sect's ascension passage, I would have to face these things head-on..."

Bai Zichen suddenly realized why so many ascendants over the past ten thousand years had fallen at the last step.

Even he felt it was dangerous, so how could anyone else possibly stand up to it?

"Those dark figures... Do such enormous creatures still live in the void? Why are they not mentioned in any records?"

During the ascension, they had to contend with both the turbulent void and the mysterious behemoth.

Even if Bai Zichen manages to get through it, he'll still be severely punished.

After an unknown amount of time, his primordial spirit felt dizzy, and his consciousness was so weak that he could not see clearly. He could only obediently shrink back.

Holding fast to the sea of ​​consciousness, it continues to rise, while the surrounding space rapidly shrinks.

Fortunately, Zhulong's Yin-Yang Eyes are still functioning, so he doesn't go blind.

After a long, long time, even the true energy within his body began to run out and was in dire need of replenishment.

He clasped his hands together in a top-grade spirit stone, drawing spiritual energy to restore his true essence.

In the extreme environment of the Ascension Passage, apart from those who master the Great Dao of Space, no one can absorb spiritual energy from the outside to restore their true essence.

They can only rely on the spiritual energy generated by their own grotto to replenish themselves.

He only stopped after draining sixteen top-grade spirit stones in a row.

This time, a glimmer of light appeared in the boundless darkness above, only as thick as a needle tip.

It continued to rise for a long time, but the sliver of light showed no sign of expanding or getting closer.

Looking closer, the cicadas were too far away; even if they flew thousands of miles upwards, they would still be less than a hundred or so, so no change could be seen.

Endure the loneliness, identify your goal, and get closer step by step.

With Zhulong's Yin-Yang Eyes seeing through the void and pointing out the correct path, there was no need to go astray.

After replenishing his true essence twice with top-grade spirit stones and draining the spiritual energy from the Shaohua Cave Heaven, the sliver of light had expanded into a huge crack.

After leaping forward, when I opened my eyes again, I could finally see other colors.

The swarming spiritual energy around him made him feel like a thirsty tourist who had just emerged from the desert, frantically replenishing his fluids.

'Is this the Immortal Realm? The spiritual energy here is comparable to that of Qingxia Cave right after ascension...'

After a while, Bai Zichen realized that he had stepped out of an ancient and wild well.

There are many other wells nearby that are similar in style, but with different patterns.

It seems that the passage from the mortal realm to the immortal realm is these deep wells.

"Cultivators who have ascended from the Hidden Dragon Realm, please state your name and lineage."

A question came from outside, which made Bai Zichen realize that there were two blue-armored guards standing outside the Ascension Well.

Its aura was like the sea and an abyss, its bottom unseen.

The person who could evoke such a feeling in someone who had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage must undoubtedly be a Void Refinement cultivator.

As for the fusion stage, based on the information he had, those cultivators were at the top level in the Earthly Immortal Realm, so how could they possibly be waiting for a mere ascending cultivator like him?

"Bai Zichen of Qingfeng Sect greets the two seniors from the Upper Realm."

Bai Zichen bowed respectfully but did not reveal the name of the Jingming Sect.

According to the two spirit puppets, Tai Xi and Tai Yi, after ascending to immortality, Shao Yang Immortal Lord should have continued the Dao lineage and was doing very well in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Even the Taiping Talisman Scripture of the Taiping Sect mentions that the most original ancestor, Immortal Lord Nanhua, was an extraordinary figure in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

However, being new to the place, they were unclear about the power structure within the Immortal Realm.

Randomly attaching oneself to others could lead to trouble if one runs into a rival of the Jingming Sect.

His plan was to first settle down as an ordinary ascended cultivator, understand the situation in the Immortal Realm, and then attempt to break through to the Void Refinement stage.

Once you have a solid foundation, then you can consider other things.

(End of this chapter)