Cosmic Trading System

Just as Xia Qingqing and her party had guessed.

It would take time for stronger beings to descend from the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm.

Firstly, they needed to report to the power structures in the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm they belonged to. Many powerhouses cultivated in isolation for long periods. Deciding which of these to send required coordination.

Secondly, the spatial nodes connecting the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm to Earth could not accommodate alot of power each time they were opened.

This led to a result: powerhouses who were too strong could not descend.

Level seven cultivators were the limit.

Of course, because the spiritual energy of the mortal world could not be compared with the Immortal World or the Heavenly Realm, descending from these realms was akin to an ordinary person going from a place with fresh air to a place severely polluted.

Moreover, many powerhouses cultivated in blessed lands, or even the Higher Heavens World, places that far surpassed an average site in the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm. For them to descend was similar to an ordinary person falling into a cesspit.

Therefore, many powerhouses did not want to come down.

Actually, this also explained why the power unserged through the spatial nodes, connecting the two realms with Earth, was not so high each time.

If too much power were broken through, it would only waste effort, since not many formidable powerhouses were willing to descend.

Thousands of years of development had made the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm a vast world, home to many ordinary people, some of whom also had good procilivity towards cultivation.

If it were not for the plentiful of resources in the mortal world, and the fact that every fifty years or so, they broke through the spatial nodes between the two realms, enabling some individuals with high talents in the mortal world ascend, this rule passed down thousands of years ago could have been abolished.

So, it would take some time to dispatch stronger beings from their power structures to descend.

Because Qingyun Company's Cloud Three and Cloud Four were showcased before the stronger beings in the Immortal World and Heavenly Realm descended, those beings didn't dare to act rashly.

On the other hand, Xia Qingqing and her party were also wary and waiting.

For a moment, Earth was blessed with a rare moment of tranquility.

...

Immortal World.

In a place shrouded with cloud mist, at the foot of a tall immortal mountain there was a grand gate with the name "Golden Immortal Gate" written across.

"What? The mortal world has developed to such strength? Out of the over dozen people who descended, nine perished?"

"All the powerhouses from different power structures, over six hundred people, almost four hundred were fallen?"

A middle-aged man in the position of the sect master and several elders below expressed their shock.

It was unprecedented in thousands of years for there to be such heavy losses among those who descended from the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm to the mortal world.

"The technological strength of the extraterrestrial civilization? Qingyun Company?"

"This technological strength... could it be the kind mentioned by the saints and great powers thousands of years ago?"

Several people mumbled quietly, their expressions shifting constantly.

Thousands of years ago, numerous saints appeared, bountiful and auspicious forces descended. After the departure of the saints, the rest of the great powers used a vast amount of energy to isolate the mortal world, in order not to let the Auspicious Power proliferate and to gather the spirit of Heaven and Earth.

They artificially created a vast blessed land.

The Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm were actually this blessed land.

In the beginning, the spiritual energy in the mortal world was not much different and the passage between the Immortal World, the Heavenly Realm, and the mortal world was often open, with many cultivators descending. Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire

Even some cultivators interfered with the management of the various power structures in the mortal world.

Late on, the spiritual energy of the mortal world became increasingly sparse.

In order not to let the spiritual energy of the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm rush into the mortal world each time the passage opened, the space channel between the Immortal World, the Heavenly Realm, and the mortal world began to close for long periods of time, and orders were given to prohibit cultivators from descending at will.

After a few years, communication between the Immortal World, the Heavenly Realm and the mortal world was completely cut off. As the spiritual energy of the mortal world became scarce to the extreme, some great powers felt that Earth was the root of the cultivators in the Immortal World and the Heavenly Realm, and could not bear to let it be as it was.

To make up for the loss of the mortal world, it was decided that every fifty years or so, when the passage between the two realms and the mortal world was at its weakest, the various power structures would send some people to descend to recruit some individuals with high talents as disciples, while at the same time collect some resources from the mortal world.

Thousands of years ago, during the era of the saints, when the saints and great powers traveled through the universe, the notion of tech strength was mentioned.

However, at the time, the saints and many great powers believed that tech strength was not the right path. If humans were to develop it, it could even affect their cultivation.

Therefore, they did not introduce tech strength to Earth.

But, some people knew that some tech equipment could indeed assist in cultivation. Especially for the lower class, some disciples of saints and great powers had surged in growth due to this, thousands of years ago.

"I didn't expect that Earth is already involved with extraterrestrial civilization and has developed such powerful tech strength. Thousands of years ago, our power wasn't enough. We had difficulty traveling across the universe and couldn't obtain powerful tech equipment. We could only watch disciples of the saints and great powers use them..."

"If the news from the mortal world is true, we need to send some people down there..."

Some people murmured quietly.

"Indeed, this matter concerns the rise and fall of our sect. Golden Immortal Gate must send people to the mortal world!"

"The longer the passage between the Immortal World, the Heavenly Realm, and the mortal world is closed, the stronger the closure becomes. It becomes more and more difficult to open. If we want to send level eight or even higher cultivators down, we would need to contact other power structures..."

"Tech strength... Many old generation individuals of the various power structures know about it. They will certainly not let this opportunity pass. Let's have a discussion together about sending people to the mortal world..."

As they discussed, their eyes flickered undecidedly.

Haotian Gate... Immortal Sword Sect... Dependence Mountain Sect...

At the same time, similar things were happening in other places, within other power structures.

...

Not far from Earth, in a region of space.

In the endless ominous cosmos, there appeared a black battleship.

"Rumble—"

Several small asteroids or celestial bodies were flying at high speed in this area of space and immediately crashed into this black battleship. The formidable protective layers on the black battleship broke one after another.

"Hum—"

At that moment, an invisible energy covered these small asteroids or celestial bodies, weakening their force rapidly.

Finally, when only three protective layers remained, all the asteroids or celestial bodies were extinguished, and the black battleship entered a safe route.

"Finally, we have again successfully executed a space jump. Now, we are very close to Earth..."

In the core control room, a young man in white deeply inhaled, whispering.

"Lin Yun, how long before we can reach Earth?" A middle-aged man came to the young man's side and asked in succession.

"Uncle Lin, approximately one day, then we will reach Earth." The young man responded.

These two were indeed the Lin Yun and Lin Yuanshan traveling through the cosmos.