Chapter 1279: The Tongtian Realm!

"Wuchen, you old ghost, the kid has already mastered the Heavenly Dao. How much longer do you plan to hole up?" Kunwu suddenly said.

Ye Yuan was startled, somewhat confused, because Kunwu was speaking to him.

Suddenly, a faint gray figure appeared before the two, an aged old man.

The old man's form was very faint, almost like a transparent person.

"You block of wood, knowing full well I am very weak right now, yet you still call me out!" Wuchen scolded with a smile.

Kunwu laughed: "It's not that I wanted to call you out, but he needs your help!"

Wuchen smiled bitterly: "Oh, you. Fine, since it's about him, I cannot refuse!"

As he spoke, Wuchen gently waved his hand toward Mu Lingxue, and a mysterious force instantly enveloped her.

Then, Mu Lingxue turned into a stream of light and actually entered Ye Yuan's brow.

This scene startled Ye Yuan.

Mu Lingxue had actually entered the Soul Suppressing Pearl!

"Senior, this..." Ye Yuan said in surprise.

Kunwu laughed: "Wuchen, that old ghost, is the artifact spirit of the Soul Suppressing Pearl. My move could only preserve a wisp of that girl's consciousness, but it wouldn't last long. To maintain her vitality, we must rely on the power of the Soul Suppressing Pearl."

Ye Yuan was extremely shocked; he never expected that this old man was the artifact spirit of the Soul Suppressing Pearl!

He quickly bowed to Wuchen and said, "I entrust this to you, Senior!"

Ye Yuan could sense that Wuchen's condition was not good; taking Mu Lingxue's physical body into the Soul Suppressing Pearl had already consumed much of his power.

Wuchen smiled: "You are the new master of the Soul Suppressing Pearl, so this is naturally my duty. Besides, without you, I could not have reawakened. But my current state is very unstable; maintaining that girl's vitality requires replenishment of soul power."

Ye Yuan suddenly thought of the Death Soul Tree and Li Kui. Could it be that the Death Soul Tree and Li Kui had been devoured by this old man before him?

This thought startled Ye Yuan.

A being as powerful as the Death Soul Tree had been so easily devoured by the Soul Suppressing Pearl?

"Senior, the replenishment of soul power you mentioned... is it devouring souls?" Ye Yuan asked.

Wuchen smiled: "Correct! The souls of beings in the Xianlin Domain are too weak to revive me. Only a creature like the Death Soul Tree is barely enough to satisfy my appetite."

Ye Yuan was speechless. The Death Soul Tree was already an invincible existence in the Divine Domain, yet it was barely enough to satisfy his appetite!

But thinking that Wuchen had only recovered this much after devouring the Death Soul Tree, he felt relieved.

The artifact spirit of a Heavenly Sovereign treasure was beyond his comprehension.

"The Soul Suppressing Pearl is a Heavenly Sovereign treasure for soul defense, with boundless power! If Wuchen, that old ghost, could recover to his peak state, even if a Heavenly Sovereign came in person, they could not attack your soul! Such Heavenly Sovereign treasures are extremely rare even in the Tongtian Realm!"

Clearly, Kunwu held the Soul Suppressing Pearl in high regard.

Wuchen, however, smiled: "In my current state, I can at most block soul attacks at the Insightful Divine Realm. Anything stronger, and I would probably fall into slumber again."

Ye Yuan was curious: "Then the Death Soul Tree..."

"The Death Soul Tree was born in the Xianlin Domain, and I am a Heavenly Sovereign treasure of Xianlin. No matter how strong it was, it couldn't escape my grasp! Besides... it was originally imprisoned by me in this Divine Forbidden Land, intended for devouring. But... I fell into slumber first." Wuchen said.

Ye Yuan marveled at this; he never expected such a thing.

So, the Death Soul Tree was merely a captive nutrient for the Soul Suppressing Pearl!

No wonder it had been cursing that old ghost—it was referring to Wuchen.

Ye Yuan clasped his hands to Kunwu and said, "Senior, may I ask what exactly is the method to save Lingxue?"

This was what concerned him most now.

Undoubtedly, the method to save Mu Lingxue lay in the outside world.

Even the Xianlin Heavenly Sovereign could not achieve it, so how difficult it must be!

This path might be even more thorny than the path of revenge!

Kunwu smiled: "Don't rush. Since you want to go to the Tongtian Realm, let me first tell you about the situation there, and then you can consider whether to go."

Ye Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Please speak, Senior!"

Kunwu nodded: "The Tongtian Realm is a completely different concept from the Xianlin Domain! It is not a higher-level space than the Xianlin Domain, but a world that has existed since ancient times! It is called the Tongtian Realm because there is a divine mountain there called Tongtian Mountain! In the Tongtian Realm, what you call the Divine Realm is just the starting point!"

Ye Yuan's expression changed. Kunwu's words meant that he, standing at the pinnacle of the Xianlin Domain, would be just the most ordinary person there!

Just like... a mortal!

But Ye Yuan felt more longing for the Tongtian Realm.

He very much wanted to see how strong the experts of that world truly were!

"Tongtian Realm? Tongtian Mountain? Senior, what kind of existence is the Xianlin Heavenly Sovereign in the Tongtian Realm?" Ye Yuan murmured.

Kunwu smiled: "The Divine Realm has six major realms: Insightful Divine Realm, Clairvoyant Divine Realm, Return-to-Void Divine Realm, Divine Lord Realm, Heavenly Divine Realm, and True Divine Realm! Above the True Divine Realm is the Heavenly Sovereign Realm! Heavenly Sovereigns are also great power-level existences in the Tongtian Realm, transcending the Divine Realm! And above Heavenly Sovereigns, there are two more realms: the Heavenly Emperor and the Dao Ancestor! The true rulers of the Tongtian Realm are the Dao Ancestors!"

Ye Yuan listened with fascination, never imagining that the Divine Realm had so many realms.

In his eyes, Heavenly Sovereigns were already unattainable. He never expected there were even higher realms above them!

Seeing Ye Yuan's expression, Kunwu laughed: "Don't have such unrealistic thoughts! The realm of Dao Ancestors is beyond your imagination! In the Tongtian Realm, there are only nine Dao Ancestors. They are the supreme existences recognized by one aspect of the rules, having existed for countless billions of years! They are invincible! One aspect of the rules recognizes only one Dao Ancestor. Unless they die, even if your talent surpasses that of a Dao Ancestor, you cannot reach their realm!"

Ye Yuan gasped in shock: "Such a thing exists?"

In Ye Yuan's understanding, as long as one had enough talent and effort, they could eventually reach the supreme realm.

But this idea seemed unworkable in the Tongtian Realm.

Only when a Dao Ancestor dies does one aspect of the rules become vacant.

But Dao Ancestors are the strongest beings at the pinnacle of the Tongtian Realm; who could make them fall?

Unless they kill each other!

Yet Kunwu said they had existed for countless billions of years, meaning none could overcome the others.

Thus, this became a paradox!

Kunwu was right; no matter how extraordinary one's talent, they could not become a Dao Ancestor.

Kunwu looked at Ye Yuan's expression and laughed again: "I said, this is not something you should consider now. What you need to consider now is how to get through the spatial turbulence!"