On his way back, Tian Yongheng’s mind was filled with countless thoughts.

If a Heavenly Family could only attain that status by having produced at least one Immortal Emperor, then does that mean the Heavenly Yang Family was actually a top power from the 33 Heavens Divine Realm?

Beings above the Golden Immortal Realm couldn’t even appear in the Upper Realm, much less a legacy spanning the ages and an Immortal Emperor level Dao Lineage, who was said to be the most exalted being in the 33 Heavens Divine Realm.

But then again, why did the system say it belonged to the Upper Realm?

Was the system inaccurate?

Or was there some deeper truth behind it?

Tian Yongheng shook his head, not dwelling on these thoughts any further.

At least now, he knew the path beyond the Vagrant Immortal Realm.

The Immortal Sovereign Realm was actually so high above; he couldn’t even imagine he had come into contact with such beings so early on in his cultivation journey.

Beyond the Vagrant Immortal Realm, there was the Earth Immortal Realm, then the Heaven Immortal Realm, and so on...

Right now, he was just a measly Half Immortal, not even having stepped into the domain of Immortals and Gods, strictly speaking.

There was still a long way to go ahead!

As for Tian Zhaojun and Tian Chen...

They had already ascended. He would find a way to deal with them later.

He couldn’t barge into the Upper Realm just now, or else, all those powerful beings who had surpassed the Vagrant Immortal Realm and developed hatred for him would pinch him to death.

With the Dao Field blocking the perception of the Heavenly Dao and secrets of heaven and earth for him, he could cultivate for as long as possible in the Lower Realm and come out directly after becoming an Immortal Sovereign, or even an Immortal Emperor.

At that time, all problems will no longer be problems.

There was no need to take risks before that.

This time at Kunlun, he didn’t see the Sword Venerable, but from how much his favorability had increased just now, he wasn’t worried much about it.

At the same time, he also gained favorability from those two guardians of the Second Great Mortal World and several Immortal Gods from the Upper Realm who possibly had grudges with the Ancestral Heavenly Family.

Having finally avenged his family after centuries of cultivation, he was in a good mood, his heart relaxed on a deeper level despite the many threats still looming in the sky.

A sudden enlightenment seemed to struck him, and he accelerated his pace towards the Eastern Continent, sending a message to Yan Jingfei and Tian Yunchen.

"I’m going to travel around for a while, don’t look for me. I’ll be back within a couple of centuries at the latest."

Yan Jingfei and Tian Yunchen, who were both far away in Qingyun Region, were stunned upon hearing this.

The battle in the Heavenly Region had concluded not long ago, and the news had yet to spread beyond the Central Continent even with the powerful methods of cultivators. It would still take around a week or so for the most powerful factions in the world to know about the Qin and Tian Immortal Families’ demise, and even more so for the rest of the cultivation world.

However, both of them knew how powerful Tian Yongheng was, so they weren’t worried at all, just confused as to why he suddenly decided to travel the world.

Tian Yongheng didn’t explain, and they didn’t ask.

At this moment, Tian Yongheng had already exited the Heavenly Region, the goal clear in his mind.

It was the Jiangnan Region of Eastern Continent.

...

Upper Realm, Second Great Immortal World.

A divine light flashed, and two figures appeared, bathed in golden celestial light.

Surrounding them was a majestic city, floating buildings and flying islands everywhere around it, the lowest level cultivators in the city were at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and even Vagrant Immortals could be seen from time to time.

Great Immortals laughed as they streaked across the sky on clouds and lights, and Immortal Maidens with a beauty transcending the comprehension of mortals traveled on ancient spirit beasts almost extinct in the Mortal World.

Immortal Qi filled the air, and the scene was like that of a celestial land situated in the heavens above. Which, technically, it was.

This was one of the few Ascension Cities under the Ancestral Heavenly Family, in the domain of the Moon Water Divine Dynasty of the Second Great Immortal World.

Ascension Cities were where Immortal Cultivators of the Lower Realm and the Myriad Worlds ascended to, and an important place for any faction to select Earth Immortal seeds.

All Ascenders, even those with the weakest talent, possessed the potential to attain the Earth Immortal Realm, hence they were called Earth Immortal seeds.

It was because they had been baptized by the Ascension Light, enhancing both their original cultivation base when ascending and their natural talent by several times.

The more powerful the original cultivation base and talent, the stronger the effects of the baptism.

This was why even though cultivators could ascend from the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, those in the Lower Realm and with extensive knowledge preferred to strengthen themselves as much as they could before ascending.

Most Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators who ascended to the Upper Realm either did so because they were unaware of these things or because they were driven to a desperate situation, such as being at the end of their origin lifespan or having powerful enemies.

Even then, those who only had the cultivation base of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and exhausted talent, after being baptized by the Ascension Light, had their potential directly reach the Earth Immortal Realm alongside having advanced several minor realms, sometimes even directly reaching the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm in one go.

With the Immortal Qi and Dao filled environment of the Upper Realm, they could quickly cultivate to the Immortal Ascension Realm within a hundred years. As for those who were already at the peak of Tribulation Transcendence Realm, they advanced straight into the Immortal Ascension Realm.

If a Immortal Ascension Realm and Half Immortal Realm cultivator ascended, the Ascension Light could enhance their talent so much that the Earth Immortal Realm was only their lower limit; their upper limit could very well reach the Heaven Immortal Realm or Origin Immortal Realm if they had originally sufficient talent as well, even higher was possible.

Ascenders were valued in the Upper Realm mostly because of this, secondarily because they had seen much of the world and had extensive combat power.

Thus, the value of Ascension Cities where Ascenders mostly landed was even more.

Even the Moon Water Divine Dynasty, this behemoth with a territory spanning nearly three percent of the entire Second Great Immortal World, with a Golden Immortal Divine Emperor and another Golden Immortal Divine General, could only have less than a hundred Ascension Cities under its domain.

Out of those hundred, the Ancestral Heavenly Family had control over 9 of them, the highest number besides the Imperial Divine Family, which had control over 50 of them. The rest were divided between other powers loyal to the court.

At this moment, Tian Zhaojun’s appearance, specially his aura that was already at the Late Stage of Vagrant Immortal Realm, shocked everyone in the city present.

A Half Immortal ascending was already a once in a thousand year event, much less a Perfect Half Immortal who directly reached the Late Stage of Vagrant Immortal Realm upon arrival. Most Perfect Half Immortals only reached the peak of Early Stage Vagrant Immortal Realm, while a few rare ones who had great talent and were considered Heaven Immortal seeds with potential for the Origin Immortal Realm even reaching the Mid Stage of Vagrant Immortal Realm upon ascending.

But... the Late Stage of Vagrant Immortal upon ascending!?

That was already a Origin Immortal seed!

Origin Immortal, what kind of exalted existence that was!

In the current Moon Water Divine Dynasty, Origin Immortals were all top tier individuals; even the City Lords of the Ascension Cities in Moon Water Divine Dynasty were only at the Heaven Immortal Realm! 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

However, just as several Divine Senses approached him to investigate, they suddenly shrank back, recognizing the familiar aura.

Ancestral Heavenly Family bloodline!

Tian Chen stood beside Tian Zhaojun, as if in a daze, his cultivation having already crossed a major realm, directly attaining Half Immortal status on the spot.

He seemed to have realized something...

"We didn’t undergo Lightning Tribulation?"

He suddenly asked, looking strangely at this "old ancestor" besides him.

Had it not been for him, he would have to pay dearly to escape from the Second Great Mortal World, and even then, his safety would not have been guaranteed even with the Harem Divine System in his possession because that fellow was too strange.

"I used two special puppets to fool the heavenly secrets and let them bear the Lightning Tribulation in the Lower Realm for us. You don’t need to worry about this, we need to report the situation back to the Ancestral Heavenly Family as soon as possible."

Tian Zhaojun replied in a grave tone.