Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension

Sensing this presence, Tian Yun and Tian Yongheng both stood up abruptly and looked towards the stone pavement leading to the platform from the entrance of the floating mountain.

An old man's figure gradually appeared in their eyes, walking on the stone pavement with both of his hands behind his back, a free and unfettered aura emanating from him which was difficult to describe in mere words, like he was above the laws of this world, unrestrained and invincible.

He had a soft smile on his slightly wrinkled, but not too old face, and even with his eyes closed, there was a heart palpitating Sword Intent brimming out of them that seemed to question Tian Yongheng's Dao Heart.

With every step the old man took, space rippled and void shook, countless visions of the collapse of heaven and earth appearing around him.

This was an actual Immortal God roaming the Mortal World.

How powerful was an Immortal God?

Tian Yongheng didn't know, but he knew that it was impossible for his current self to even touch a strand of the other party's hair.

"Disciple greets master!"

Seeing the Sword Venerable, Tian Yun immediately bowed and cupped his fists, reverence evident in his eyes.

"Greetings to the senior."

Tian Yongheng also cupped his fists, addressing the Sword Venerable respectfully, and just as he was about to bow, an invisible force restricted him, not even allowing him to look down.

This force was extremely terrifying, as if a power that had completely surpassed the heavenly rules of the Mortal World, beyond Mortal comprehension.

[Sword Venerable has developed favorability towards you.]

[Current favorability: 1-Star]

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Tian Yongheng was surprised, but he didn't resist. This power seemed extremely soothing, but in fact, it was capable of destroying worlds.

He wouldn't dare to be arrogant before someone stronger than him, not to mention an Immortal God like the Sword Venerable, who was already a being of the Immortal Realm.

Unexpectedly, Sword Venerable developed favorability for him for some reason.

He immediately checked the information of the Sword Venerable.

[Sword Venerable: Grand Perfection of Vagrant Immortal Realm.

Immortal in the Mortal World. Former Saint Master of Kunlun Divine Mountain. Human Demigod. The one rejected by the heavens. Strongest in the world. He was the Saint Lord of Kunlun Divine Mountain more than ten million years ago, and after reaching the end of human potential and becoming a Vagrant Immortal, he could not advance any further. Knowing this, he used the secret formation of Kunlun Divine Mountain to stay behind in the Lower Realm and avoid the perception of the Heavenly Dao. Rejected by the rules of heaven, he cannot upgrade his potential, and could only wait here, protecting the Kunlun Divine Mountain within its boundaries.

Because of his human limits, he has not attained true divinity, thus remaining a Human Demigod, one of the weakest beings among the Vagrant Immortals of the same level. Despite all this, he still managed to cultivate to the Grand Perfection of Vagrant Immortal Realm, becoming the truly strongest existence in the entire Lower Realm. He has seen through your cultivation and, although he can't decipher your bone age or soul age despite being superior to you in cultivation because of your Connate Providences, he understands that you might not be the reincarnation of a supreme being but a peerless genius at least comparable to the heavenly prides of the Immortal World, developing favorability towards you.]

[Reminder: Immortals can read the minds of mortals.]

Before he could think of anything else, the last line of sentence immediately entered Tian Yongheng's vision and he cleared out all his thoughts in an instant.

Immortals can see through mortals' thoughts!

He would have exposed too many things had the system not reminded him!

The Sword Venerable stroked his long beard with a smile, seemingly satisfied with Tian Yongheng's polite behavior.

"There's no need for such courtesy, it's a blessing for me that I can meet a supreme genius such as yourself while approaching the end of my lifespan."

Sword Venerable directly ignored Tian Yun, leaving him bitter and embarrassed, but there was no real unwillingness in his eyes. It seemed he had gotten used to this.

At the same time, he also had a look of malencholy on his face as he heard the Sword Venerable's words.

"Senior, you mean to say..."

Tian Yongheng also couldn't help but ask, not finishing his sentence.

How long could Vagrant Immortals live?

From the system's explanation, the Sword Venerable has existed since over ten million years ago, which means the minimum lifespan limit of the Vagrant Immortal Realm should be at least ten million years.

It could be even more than that, considering the Sword Venerable was already at the Grand Perfection Stage of Vagrant Immortal Realm.

"Haha, indeed, this old man does not have long left to live. However, let's not dwell on that for the time being."

Sword Venerable dismissively waved his hand and walked under a tall willow tree, a gentle breeze sweeping past him as he sat down on a recliner chair lazily.

"I believe you have already realized the recent attitude of the Upper Realm towards the Mortal World—no, the entire Lower Realm."

His tone of voice gradually became heavy as both Tian Yun and Tian Yongheng listened attentively.

Tian Yongheng had already realized this.

For some reason, the Upper Realm had abandoned the Mortal World, including those old ancestors of the major factions who had already become Immortal Gods.

This was a piece of news that would make countless waves across the entire world if it was released. The demonic forces would be willing to abandon everything and go all out to make the righteous path go extinct after what happened to them during the Heaven and Man Crusade.

At that time, even the deterrence of Kunlun may not be able to stop them. After all, the Sword Venerable, no matter how powerful, could not leave the vicinity of the secret formation.

Sword Venerable turned to look at Tian Yongheng with a particular gaze, but the latter didn't feel uncomfortable. Instead, he felt a sense of acknowledgement from this Immortal Realm mighty figure before him.

"The matter of the Upper Realm, it's not as important as the revival of the Demon God right now. I'm unable to directly interfere, but that doesn't mean I cannot provide indirect assistance."

As soon as he said this, a mysterious smile appeared on the Sword Venerable's face.

The next moment, a seemingly ordinary jade slip manifested in his hand.

"This jade slips contains a sliver of my Sword Intent, the prototype of a kind of Sword Intent I have been trying to pursue my entire life but couldn't complete due to my limited potential. It not only has the insights of a Sword Intent that completely surpasses the mortal world, but also my own insights of the first realm of immortality. Using this, not only can your Sword Intent reach a great height, but it will also provide a clear path for you above the Half Immortal Realm.

Although I don't know how strong you will be after reaching the Immortal Ascension Realm, I'm sure that you'll be able to defeat the revived Demon God who will have not yet stepped into the realm of immortality, at least not for the first couple of years after his resurrection."

Sword Venerable spoke as he threw the jade slip to Tian Yongheng.

Tian Yongheng wasn't surprised that the Sword Venerable knew about him only being in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm right now, his previous guesses and the system's explanations were only confirmed.

Instead, he was surprised by how high the Sword Venerable thought of him.

Such a broad mindset really suited an Immortal God who had lived for over ten million years.

However, he also caught onto a key point in the Sword Venerable's words.

"Senior, what do you mean by saying that the Archaic Forbidden Demon God would not reach the realm of immortality just after being resurrected?"

He couldn't help but ask, still holding the jade slip in his hand, feeling a little afraid.

This was an Immortal God they were talking about!

The gap between him and an Immortal God was still extremely huge at the moment!

Hearing this, the Sword Venerable let out a soft sigh before explaining, "Indeed, the Archaic Forbidden Demon God was actually a being in the realm of immortality before his soul was sealed in a spacetime crack by the Divine Sovereign. The base of the demonic forces is probably around that spacetime crack.

After being sealed for so many years, even the origin lifespan of those who's cultivation base is above me will inevitably get exhausted. By using some special means, he can probably recover his cultivation to the peak of the mortal world as soon as he gets resurrected or even advance a bit further, but he'll probably not be able to reach the realm of immortality again so easily."

He turned his gaze towards the heavens above as he continued, "With your talent, defeating him before he reaches the realm of immortality won't be too difficult."