Chapter 1358 - 232: Kunlun Sect Saint Heir

Chapter 1358: Chapter 232: Kunlun Sect Saint Heir

"Do all Five Sects and Twelve Palaces possess a Zhen Sect Dao Soldier similar to the Heavenly Dao Seal?"

Despite Ji Ying’s praise, Shen Changqing wasn’t too concerned and continued to ask his question.

Upon hearing this.

Ji Ying said, "To be listed among the Five Sects, there generally must be a powerful Zhen Sect Dao Soldier present; otherwise, merely having a strong expert at the Fourth Realm of God King is difficult to sustain a sect."

At this point, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

"To be honest, among the Twelve Palaces, I suspect some senior Divine Kings have secretly broken boundaries, advancing from the Third Realm to the Fourth Realm, but without a Zhen Sect Dao Soldier, they cannot replace the Five Sects.

Or rank among the top, transforming Five Sects into Six Sects or Seven Sects."

Ji Ying’s words.

Made Shen Changqing understand something.

The ranking of forces in the Central Profound Realm not only depends on the number of experts but also on the presence of powerful Dao Soldiers.

Only five forces possess the Eleventh Grade Zhen Sect Dao Soldiers, hence the term Five Sects.

If six or seven sects possessed such Dao Soldiers, the Central Profound Realm wouldn’t be Five Sects but Seven Sects Twelve Palaces.

Additionally...

From this perspective, the depth of the Central Profound Realm exceeds what he previously envisioned.

"There’s another question."

"Please, go ahead."

"How do you enter the external Heaven and Earth from the Central Profound Realm, is there a specific location?"

Shen Changqing asked solemnly.

He asked this question mainly because if the Heavenly Realm exists for countless ages, and if any place in the Central Profound Realm presents the Heavenly Realm form, then there should be records of the Central Profound Realm in the external world.

There’s only one possibility.

Not every place in the Central Profound Realm can serve as an entry or exit point.

But.

Speculation is speculation.

Shen Changqing still needs to get the answer from the other party.

"You’re correct, the Central Profound Realm has specific entry points with the external world, totaling nine, all located at the boundaries where spiritual energy is most sparse, and human traces are rare, aside from some Fierce Beasts, no one else enters these places.

Simultaneously, as nodes identical to the external world, each sect has experts stationed there to prevent anyone from venturing into the external world, or from entering the Central Profound Realm from outside."

Ji Ying responded.

After he finished speaking, Shen Changqing asked, "If someone from the external world truly enters the Central Profound Realm and leaves the Heavenly Realm’s scope, wouldn’t they detect the existence of the Central Profound Realm?"

"Impossible."

Ji Ying shook his head with utter certainty.

"Any forbidden land is guarded by each sect’s experts. If anyone from the Human Clan leaves the forbidden land’s boundary, they will be immediately eliminated by the experts, with no chance to escape."

Shen Changqing nodded approvingly.

He secretly felt fortunate.

Thankfully.

When he initially entered the Heavenly Realm, he did not leave its boundary, otherwise, he would likely have fallen at the hands of the experts guarding the Heavenly Realm.

Experts guarding forbidden land are at least God Realm existences.

Back then, he wasn’t capable of facing the God Realm, not even high-level Demon Evil.

A newly reborn Shimohe wouldn’t stand a chance either.

If God Realm hands were involved, Shen Changqing couldn’t see any chance of survival.

Soon after.

Shen Changqing thought of another issue: "As you mentioned Central Profound Realm rejects external individuals, has anyone from the outside ever successfully stayed in the Central Profound Realm for a long period?"

"That’s not certain, as long as one has the protective aura of a Central Profound Realm force, they can remain in the Central Profound Realm.

As time passes, once they gradually adapt to everything in the Central Profound Realm, they won’t need to worry about being expelled even if they leave their original force."

"I understand now."

Shen Changqing nodded.

If one truly wishes to stay in the Central Profound Realm, one’s presence must be as a stepping stone with forces to gradually adapt to everything there.

Once fully adapted, they can stay longer in the Central Profound Realm.

This implies the rule of Central Profound Realm doesn’t allow beings from outside Heaven and Earth to stay, yet those who manage to stay longer will have the realm’s imprint on them, thus not being rejected by the rules.

Though Ji Ying’s words, carried some doubts.

Why, if there is a fixed way for entry into the external world within Central Profound Realm, does the Heavenly Realm’s emergence seem so unpredictable within the external world?

When Shen Changqing presented this query, Ji Ying was equally puzzled.

"By the way, have you ever heard of the Immortal Dao?"

"Immortal Dao?"

Ji Ying was momentarily taken aback, then uncertainly: "Regarding Immortal Dao, I think I’ve seen something about it in a certain sect’s scripture, but it didn’t have much record of Immortal Dao, only saying it’s completely different from Divine Path.

Those who cultivate Immortal Dao, their power returns to themselves, not bound by faith..."

At this point.

He stopped abruptly, looking at Shen Changqing with shock.

Not bound by faith!

Power returns to oneself!

If he remembers correctly, the person before him is one who hasn’t mastered Faith Divine Power, right?

As for matters concerning the Immortal Dao, Ji Ying only saw them in ancient texts a long time ago, and he quickly pushed them aside.

So earlier, he didn’t associate Shen Changqing’s affairs with the Immortal Dao; he merely thought the other had cultivated a brand-new system.

But now.

Upon hearing the other’s question and considering its characteristics.

Ji Ying could almost confirm that what the other was following might not be any new system but rather the Immortal Dao system once recorded by the Heavenly Dao Sect.

According to legend.

The Immortal Dao is more powerful than the Divine Path.

But when he saw the ancient texts, he did not believe it in his heart.

Until now, after witnessing the power Shen Changqing displayed, Ji Ying gradually began to believe.

If the Immortal Dao weren’t powerful.

How could the other possess such strength?

If the Immortal Dao weren’t powerful.

How could the external Human Clan produce such a level of strong individuals in just a few hundred years?

"Is what Your Honor has cultivated the rumored Immortal Dao?"

He asked his inner doubts, wanting confirmation from Shen Changqing.

"Immortal Dao... you could say it’s that."

Shen Changqing did not deny it.

Immortal Dao is the saying of the Ancient Imperial Court, but in his view, it’s more appropriate to call the current Immortal Dao as Martial Dao.

However.

A designation is just a designation, and it doesn’t change anything.

But his answer shocked Ji Ying’s heart.

"What Your Honor has cultivated is indeed the Immortal Dao; the Immortal Dao has long vanished in the Central Profound Realm, and it’s rumored that the Immortal Dao is a taboo. Anyone who cultivates the Immortal Dao will bring destruction to the Central Profound Realm.

Now that Your Honor has cultivated the Immortal Dao, the outside world hasn’t perished.

It seems that the records in the ancient texts may not be completely correct."

He couldn’t help but suspect that the person who wrote the ancient texts perhaps knew the power of the Immortal Dao, feared others following the Immortal Dao system, and thus created misleading narratives.

But one thing.

Ji Ying could ascertain was, the Immortal Dao has indeed vanished.

As the Holy Son of Heavenly Dao Sect in the Central Profound Realm, not only did he not see others follow the Immortal Dao, but even heard nothing about it from others.

With this spoken.

Ji Ying sighed again: "Before I met Your Honor, I thought the one who entered the Kunlun Sect two hundred years ago and became the Kunlun Holy Son was the strongest person with talent and strength from the outside world in a millennium.

But after seeing Your Honor, I finally understand what it means by ’Heaven beyond heaven, person beyond person.’"

That Kunlun Sect Holy Son is far lacking compared to the other.

The other remains only a Saint Heir after hundreds of years.

Looking at the one before him now, he was already someone who could challenge a sect’s Supreme Elder, not just challenge, but firmly suppress a Supreme Elder of a sect.

Such strength.

Being at the absolute pinnacle of the Central Profound Realm would not be an exaggeration.

Shen Changqing’s expression subtly shifted: "Kunlun Sect Holy Son? The Kunlun Sect Holy Son you’re talking about, is he from the outside world?"

"Naturally."

Ji Ying spoke as if it were obvious: "Although Spiritual Energy was sparse in the outside world before, occasionally there were some talents born, so every now and then, strong individuals from the Central Profound Realm would come out to walk around.

Their purpose was to find some talents worth nurturing and bring them back to the Central Profound Realm to cultivate."

Basically, these talents brought into the Central Profound Realm, as long as they didn’t fall midway, could ascend to the God Realm; whether they could prove the path to Divine King was another matter."

Talent scouting!

Shen Changqing understood why, for thousands of years, no strong individuals from the Human Clan managed to break their original boundaries; all potential breakthrough talents were all being scoured and taken to the Central Profound Realm.

In this way.

The external Human Clan would only decline, with no hope of rising.

"The Kunlun Sect Holy Son you mentioned, what’s his name?"

"Gongyi Fei."

"Gongyi Fei!"

Upon hearing this familiar name, Shen Changqing’s expression paused.

This name he had heard of.

The first time he heard of Gongyi Fei’s existence was from Tan Tianji.

From the other’s mouth, he learned that Gongyi Fei was someone who had almost reached the absolute pinnacle of Martial Dao at that time.

"I’ve heard of this person; he was a strong individual two hundred years ago who later fell due to exhaustion of his lifespan. But now it seems he didn’t fall; rather, he entered the Central Profound Realm?"

"Indeed, at that time, the outside world’s Spiritual Energy had dwindled to the extreme, and heritage was severed. When Kunlun Sect found Gongyi Fei, he was the only cultivator at that time who broke through to the Soul Nurturing Realm.

Kunlun Sect viewed him as a Supreme Treasure and immediately took him back to the Central Profound Realm, not to mention it didn’t take long for him to become a Saint Heir, cultivated with almost all-out effort."

Ji Ying spoke here, his expression holding some jealousy.

He thought of some unpleasant matters, making him slightly disgruntled.

An external Human Clan member having such opportunities truly causes envy.

People get vexed in comparison.