Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension

At this moment, Tian Yongheng was somewhat conflicted.

He didn't dare to think too deeply in front of the Sword Venerable, fearing that he would expose the existence of the system and other special knowledge he had, but he still thought about what he should do now.

If he accepted the jade slip in his hand, then he would inevitably have to go and fight against the Archaic Forbidden Demon God or directly prevent the other party's revival.

However, the latter option was obviously invalid, otherwise, the Saint Master of Kunlun wouldn't be just sitting here without taking action. He could singe handedly suppress most of the demonic forces and kill the Demon Saint if it was so simple.

It seemed other higher forces were involved in this, which can be why the Upper Realm has cut off all connection with the Lower Realm.

And if he fought or somehow managed to kill the Demon God, then he would be indirectly offending those higher forces. Was just the Sword Venerable really enough to protect him from those huge forces which could orchestrate this entire thing without even making an appearance?

This was a gamble, a massive gamble.

With his personality, taking this huge risk was definitely not the way to go.

But if he chose to reject, wouldn't he be making an enemy out of the Sword Venerable?

Seemingly sensing his inner turmoil, the Sword Venerable waved his hand as a said in an unhurried tone of voice, "I'm not forcing you to accept my offer, and neither would I hold a grudge if you were to reject this. However, this is a very helpless situation for the mortal world."

He let out a helpless sigh before continuing, "I cannot take action outside of Kunlun, and the revived Demon God would also not be stupid enough to directly provoke Kunlun in its own territory. He will first swallow up all the other forces, and after my remaining lifespan ends, he will surely not let Kunlun off, which is to say that he'll conquer the entire Second Great Mortal World in less than a thousand years. The Eternal Peak won't be left intact either, and even if you become an Immortal God at that time, you'll either have to ascend or leave the Second Great Mortal World at the very least. No place in the Lower Realm will be safe at that time because the Upper Realm does not want to interfere with it, hence the Archaic Forbidden Demon God will run wild.

The situation will spiral out of control at that time, and even if you choose to ascend now or later, you cannot bring people below the Tribulation Transcendence Realm to the Upper Realm. If you choose to fight the Demon God then, you'll still inevitably offend those forces behind the Demon God. But if you choose to accept my offer right now when everything is still within control, then I can guarantee you that Kunlun Divine Mountain from the Upper Realm will definitely protect you and the people close to you, even going as far as to ignore the heavenly rules to let them ascend alongside you.

How about it, are you willing?"

Sword Venerable said everything in a breath, even going as far as to expose the secret of Kunlun Divine Mountain's suggestion as he stroked his beard and waited for Tian Yongheng's answer.

He really couldn't help it.

Tian Yongheng was too rare of a genius!

Forget Wang Daoyun with his Heaven and Earth Immortal Sword Intent, even the Divine Sovereign from back then paled in comparison to this monstrous talent!

He had a hunch that as long as Tian Yongheng was allowed to grow for a few more thousand years, he would, without a doubt, become a giant in the Immortal World.

Even attaining the status of a so called illusory Sovereign was not impossible!

The path of cultivation after becoming an Immortal was far tougher than as a mortal.

Each minor realm breakthrough in the early stages as an Immortal could take as long as a major realm breakthrough in the later stages as a mortal. The difference was too great.

And this was also only for those who possessed special talents at the Immortal level. It could take far longer for others.

Sword Venerable was the perfect example. He became a Human Immortal just at the age of around 180,000 years, and successfully stepped into the Vagrant Immortal Realm at over 700,000 years old.

However, it took him almost 2 million years to breakthrough to the Mid Stage of Vagrant Immortal Realm, around another 3 million years to reach Late Stage, and almost 5 million years to attain Perfection.

Even if he could surpass his potential, he would probably pass away due to insufficient lifespan in the next realm as well.

Tian Yongheng had supreme potential and possibly a great legacy. He could enter the Tribulation Transcendence Realm peak at just around 600 years and have combat power equivalent to Human Immortals who had just perfected their realm, there was a high chance he could become a Human Immortal by the time he turned a thousand years old.

If Kunlun of Upper Realm could take in such a prodigy, wouldn't the merits of his branch become exceedingly high, and the experts of Kunlun would pay more attention to ensure the remaining members of his branch were intact?

Even if he didn't join Kunlun, befriending such a prodigy would only do more good than harm.

"Senior, you mean Kunlun has not yet abandoned the Mortal World?"

Tian Yongheng couldn't help but ask. There was no way all of this would be as the Sword Venerable had said unless Kunlun was planning something else.

"To be exact, Kunlun has not abandoned Tian Yun and Wang Daoyun. Since it's come to this, I can only tell you the truth. I recieved a message from a Kunlun senior who said that Tian Yun and Wang Daoyun should first ascend to the Upper Realm, and Kunlun will deploy a special formation that will hide the secrets of heaven and earth for a period of time so that people close to those two or other geniuses below the Tribulation Transcendence Realm can also come to the Upper Realm without being detected by the Heavenly Dao.

If you are willing to trust me, then I'll do everything within my power in the final days of my life to bring the people around you to the Upper Realm. However, as for the rest of the Eternal Peak disciples, I cannot guarantee anything."

Sword Venerable said truthfully, waiting for Tian Yongheng's answer.

In fact, his conditions were already extremely good. Just bringing a group of people he wanted to the Upper Realm without making them forcefully ascend was a grace Tian Yongheng wasn't capable of repaying yet.

However... he was still a bit hesitant.

He immediately blocked all his thoughts with Divine Sense and began to speculate.

With his Dao Field, there was no doubt that the Demon God, even if he returned to his original cultivation, couldn't do anything to him.

But, obviously, the main problem wasn't the Archaic Forbidden Demon God. It was the forces behind the Archaic Forbidden Demon God.

He would probably have no peace and would have had to live in hiding until he became invincible in the Upper Realm, or perhaps, even in the Divine Realm.

That would take an unprecedentedly long period of time.

This was on the basis that the forces behind the Demon God did not directly send a supremely powerful being to kill him whom even the Dao Field couldn't stop.

If this were not the case, he would have directly chosen this option.

What was the Second Great Mortal World to him?

Or what was the lives of countless beings, mortals and cultivators, worth before his own safety?

He couldn't gamble with his own life just to have a chance at protecting these people he did not even know, right?

However, the situation was not as simple as that.

Kunlun Divine Mountain was a behemoth in not just the Nine Great Mortal Worlds and the Lower Realm, it was a supreme force that was entrenched deeply in both the Upper Realm and Divine Realm as well. Just the fact that they could have branches in all the Nine Great Mortal Worlds and also stand at their pinnacle was enough to show that.

Seeing as how the forces behind the Demon God would probably not intercept Kunlun from deploying that formation and taking away the geniuses of the Mortal World, they were probably afraid of Kunlun's retaliation, meaning he could indeed take refuge in Kunlun for the time being.

With Kunlun's protection, he would at least have some sort of reassurance.

There was no need to think further.

After this moment, Tian Yongheng deeply realized his own weakness. In the end, he still had to accept the help of another party.

He quietly set up a few small goals and one big goal in his heart.

Reach the Immortal Ascension Realm in less than 10 years, and step into the Half Immortal Realm befofe turning 800 years old!

Become an Immortal God and enter the Vagrant Immortal Realm by a thousand years of age!