12dz Chapter 488 Cultivation Alliance! The Four Great Immortal Realms!
Chapter 488 Cultivation Alliance! The Four Great Immortal Realms!
"You guessed right... I knew I hadn't misjudged you. As long as you're willing to help me escape, I'll kill all those people outside for you!"
The old patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect spoke in a hoarse voice, as if he were talking about a trivial matter!
Chen Fan remained silent.
He thought to himself that the patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect was a powerful cultivator in the Integration Stage, and even though he had been sealed for ten thousand years, he was not completely dead!
Compared to these Nascent Soul cultivators, they are not even in the same league!
A bold idea suddenly popped into Chen Fan's mind. He gritted his teeth and then spoke softly:
"That's not enough... We want you to revive our Daoist partner..."
"Completely annihilated, soul and spirit..." The patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect was stunned for a moment, then murmured softly:
"Even if a Mahayana cultivator came... they wouldn't be able to turn the tide..."
Chen Fan gritted his teeth and remained silent after hearing this!
"However... it is said that there is a celestial treasure within the Cultivation Alliance, an item with the power to bring the dead back to life," the patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect added.
"I know a few people in the alliance. If you help me escape this predicament, I can take you on a trip to the Cultivation Alliance!"
Cultivation Alliance?
Chen Fan's eyes flickered!
The words of the Soul Refining Sect patriarch exploded in his mind like a thunderclap.
Celestial Treasure!
Bring back to life!
Every word was like a key, prying open his long-dead heart.
But Chen Fan did not respond immediately.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze calmly meeting the withered, corpse-like face of the Soul Refining Sect's patriarch!
"The Cultivation Alliance?" Chen Fan asked, his voice hoarse. "What kind of place is that?"
A flash of bloodlust appeared in the eyes of the Soul Refining Sect patriarch, seemingly surprised by Chen Fan's composure, but it quickly turned into amusement.
"It seems you really are just a frog in a well." He slowly walked back to the crimson altar, sat down cross-legged again, and gently tapped his withered fingers on his knees.
"Very well, I will tell you about it, so that you may know... just how vast this world is."
He paused, his voice carrying a hint of reminiscence, as well as an undisguised arrogance.
"The Tiannan Star you are on is just a cultivation star under the rule of a third-level cultivation nation. A third-level cultivation nation controls an independent cultivation star and has ten second-level cultivation nations under its command, of which the Zhao Kingdom is one."
Below the Zhao Kingdom, there should also be ten first-level cultivation kingdoms…”
Chen Fan's pupils contracted slightly.
He had never heard of this information before.
In his mind, Tiannan Star was the entire world, the Void Refinement stage was the pinnacle, and the Body Integration stage was legendary.
"Above the third-level cultivation kingdoms, there are fourth, fifth, sixth... up to the ninth level," the patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect continued.
"Nine level-nine cultivation kingdoms have jointly formed a cultivation alliance. The strongest within it is a ninth-level Tribulation Transcending cultivator, and there are also rogue immortals who failed their tribulation and are now in charge. The alliance manages ascension matters and governs the entire alliance star field!"
"Ascension?" Chen Fan caught the word.
"Excellent." A burning glint flashed in the eyes of the Soul Refining Sect's patriarch. "Transformation into Deity, Refinement into Void, Integration into Body, Great Ascension, Tribulation Transcending... Successfully transcending the tribulation allows one to ascend to the Immortal Realm!"
He looked up at the dome of the main hall, as if he could penetrate the seal and see the endless starry sky.
"The Immortal Realm consists of four elements: wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, each governing a specific path. Every hundred years, an envoy from the Immortal Realm descends upon the Cultivation Alliance to guide those who wish to ascend and to maintain order within the Alliance."
Chen Fan listened in silence, his heart filled with turbulent emotions.
It turns out that the Nascent Soul stage is just the starting point.
It turns out that Tianxiangzi's soul was scattered, but she was not entirely beyond saving.
It turns out that the world is so vast, so vast that it takes your breath away, yet it also gives rise to a faint glimmer of hope.
The patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect withdrew his gaze, looked at Chen Fan, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.
"As for Tiannan Star... ten thousand years ago, because of the existence of my Soul Refining Sect, it was once a fifth-level cultivation nation! Nascent Soul cultivators were as common as dogs, Void Refining cultivators were everywhere, and there was even one Body Integration cultivator! It's just a pity..."
His eyes suddenly turned bloodshot, and his voice abruptly became stern.
"Unfortunately, that old thief who sealed me with the rules of destiny, together with several Transcending Tribulation old monsters from the Cultivation Alliance, laid down this ten-thousand-year seal, plunging the Soul Refining Sect into dust! As a result, Tiannan Star also fell to the territory ruled by a third-level cultivation country, its spiritual energy dissipated, its lineage incomplete, and it became a desolate borderland!"
At this point, the Soul Refining Sect patriarch's aura of ferocity surged, and the runes on the four walls of the hall lit up as if to suppress his emotions.
After a long while, he slowly calmed down and his gaze returned to Chen Fan.
"Now, do you understand?"
Chen Fan nodded slowly.
He got it.
He understood why the Nascent Soul stage was the peak in the sealed land, why the Divine Transformation stage was so difficult to find, why the formations in the Soul Refining Sect ruins were so profound, and why the Fixed Word Technique shared the same origin as the sealing.
Everything is connected.
"Where is that immortal treasure that can bring the dead back to life in the Cultivation Alliance?" Chen Fan asked the most crucial question.
The patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect smiled.
That smile was dry and eerie, like a withered tree cracking open.
"This treasure is called the Reincarnation Mirror, the treasure of the Cultivation Alliance, jointly held by three Loose Immortals. It cannot be used without great merit, great opportunity, and great cost."
He stared at Chen Fan, his voice full of seduction, "But I still have some old acquaintances in the Alliance. If you help me escape this predicament, I will take you to the Alliance to see my old friends and borrow their wisdom!"
Chen Fan's heart skipped a beat.
The Mirror of Reincarnation!
Tianxiangzi's pale and peaceful sleeping face reappeared before my eyes.
At that moment, he almost blurted out "yes".
But just as he was about to speak, Chen Fan abruptly stopped himself.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
That breath was icy cold, carrying with it the turmoil of struggle within Chen Fan's heart.
Help the Soul Refining Sect's patriarch escape his predicament?
This person has been sealed away for ten thousand years, possessing immense ferocity. Once he is released, he will surely cause mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
As for the old acquaintances he mentioned, are they true or false?
Chen Fan had no idea!
Even if it were true, given his current state of depleted cultivation and numerous enemies, could he really persuade a rogue immortal to lend him the Mirror of Reincarnation?
not to mention……
Chen Fan slowly opened his eyes.
There was no more hesitation in his eyes, only a deathly still clarity.
"Senior," he said, his voice eerily calm, "you've said so much, all you want is for me to help you break the seal."
The old patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect's smile froze slightly.
Chen Fan continued, "You said the Cultivation Alliance has a celestial treasure that can revive Tian Xiangzi, that you have an old acquaintance who can help, and that you will take us there after helping us escape... We believe all of that."
He paused, his gaze sharp as a knife, piercing towards the patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect.
"But I believe even more that human nature is inherently evil, especially for those who have been sealed away for ten thousand years and are filled with boundless hatred. The first thing you will do after you break free is probably not to take me to the Cultivation Alliance, but to devour all the Nascent Soul cultivators here, restore your cultivation, and then... massacre Tiannan Star to avenge the grudges of that year."
The blood-red color in the eyes of the Soul Refining Sect patriarch suddenly intensified.
Chen Fan seemed not to see it and continued speaking to himself:
"By then, when your cultivation is fully restored, or even advanced further, what use will our family be to you? We'll just be a used pawn, disposable at will. As for reviving Tianxiangzi... ha, that's probably just a pie in the sky you're drawing for us, something we can see but can't have."