Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension

"If I'm a mere ant, aren't you all worse than me?"

As soon as Tian Yun uttered these words, the face of the man who had just attacked him twisted in anger.

He clenched his fist and was just about to rush forward before a young man looking to be in his late twenties stepped forward and shot the other man a cold glance, causing him to restrain himself.

Then, with a fierce glint in his eyes, the young man stared down at Tian Yun.

"The Saint Master of Second Great Mortal World's Kunlun Divine Mountain, do you really wish to take action against us? Do you not understand, or are you just not willing to acknowledge the powers standing behind us?"

Tian Yun raised his hand to stop him before speaking, "The Upper Realm has long since lost the awe it held in my eyes. Tell me, why do they have to go this far? To collude with the demonic forces and drive the righteous path to a corner? Since you all treat living beings of the Lower Realm as ants, there is no need for me to practice restraint in front of you."

An oppressive pressure filled the air as the two sides confronted eachother, and it was visible at a glance that neither was willing to back down first.

Seeing this, the young man laughed in anger, his voice reverberating throughout the heavens, "Hahahahaha! Alright, Tian Yun, you have successfully provoked me this time! Don't think that just because you have cultivated for a longer time than me means anything! It's just because your talent is too poor even compared to a peasant child in the Upper Realm! You may have a trace of the bloodline of the Divine Dynasty's Ancestral Heavenly Family, but you were only born in the Lower Realm, after all!"

A terrifying Spiritual Energy rolled over, covering the sky and shaking the seas below.

"Today, I'll let you know the difference between a Lower Realm Half Immortal and Upper Realm Half Immortal!"

The extremely pure Spiritual Energy bombarded the surroundings, shaking the heavenly rules as it surged forth to engulf Tian Yun in a sea of Spiritual Energy.

Tian Yun's eyes flashed with fury at the other party's words, and his Sword Intent was completely unleashed in an instant. He no longer planned to hold back.

Just the name of the Tian Family instilled a bad taste in his mouth, whether it be the Tian Family of the Lower Realm or the Upper Realm.

The Ancestral Heavenly Family mentioned by the other party was naturally the Tian Family of the Upper Realm, specifically the Second Great Immortal World.

It was recognized as the strongest force within the Moon Water Divine Dynasty, standing side by side the Imperial Family. The Moon Water Divine Dynasty itself was publicly recognized among the strongest powers in the Second Great Immortal World.

It was mainly because a peerless genius emerged in the Ancestral Heavenly Family over a hundred million years ago, leading it to great heights. This figure, along with another supreme genius of the Moon Water Divine Family, were accepted as disciples of an extremely powerful faction from the Divine Realm, elevating their overall status and power in the Second Great Immortal World.

Of course, Tian Yun wasn't even qualified to know this much information as a resident of the Lower Realm. However, a certain Immortal God from Kunlun who was very optimistic about Tian Yun's Celestial Sword Heavenly Spiritual Root appeared in his dream once, he was fortunate enough to be able to know one or two thing about the Ancestral Heavenly Family from him and some advice for the Sword Dao.

This happened more than ten thousand years ago, and Tian Yun hadn't seen that senior since then.

The power structure of the Upper Realm was too complex. Taking action against one party would trigger a chain reaction.

However, despite all that, Tian Yun still decisively cut off all connections with the Tian Family, making his stance clear.

Now, the young man in front of him said those words, it was to deliberately mock him and state that Tian Yun was still nothing without the power of the Tian Family.

The news of a Celestial Sword Heavenly Spiritual Root cutting off all connection with the Lower Realm Tian Family and joining Kunlun was known in the Upper Realm.

The Celestial Sword Heavenly Spiritual Root was indeed an extremely powerful talent and could be called high rank even in the Upper Realm, and although the cultivation speed was only equivalent to a normal Heavenly Spiritual Root, the Sword Dao talent was too abnormal, being basically invincible in terms of the Sword Dao at the same level unless a even high level Sword Dao talent was the opponent.

The Ancestral Heavenly Family could definitely not keep such a threat around, but they also could not do anything to Tian Yun because of the behemoth that was the Kunlun Divine Mountain.

In fact, Tian Yun wouldn't have fallen for such a nonsensical attempt to make him furious by the young man, but his words also made Tian Yun's heart cold as a realization swept through him.

The young man in front of him...was definitely from the Moon Water Divine Dynasty!

Perhaps even the disciple of a certain Immortal God from the Ancestral Heavenly Family!

It meant that the Ancestral Heavenly Family, the Moon Water Divine Dynasty, and perhaps even other top tier forces in the Second Great Immortal World that were involved in this.

This is too absurd... there's even a chance that the Divine Realm's forces have a secret hand behind all of this, perhaps this is why even Kunlun cannot do anything...

Tian Yun had a faint feeling in his heart that said what he thought was true, but this was an extremely terrifying possibility.

He and his master, the Sword Venerable, had previously speculated that only the Upper Realm was involved, and the Upper Realm Kunlun Divine Mountain couldn't handle the pressure from several powerful forces.

After all, Kunlun may be powerful, but in their eyes, could it afford to offend several powerful forces that dominate the Upper Realm just because of a single Lower Realm branch?

They were already planning to take Tian Yun and Wang Daoyun away soon, the rest of the people in the Second Great Mortal World's Kunlun did not hold any real value to them.

But now Tian Yun realized that the Divine Realm was probably involved, it explained why Kunlun was willing to withdraw its two most talented people from the Second Great Mortal World and let the other powers do as they pleased.

"You are really bold. Tell me your name so that you won't die in vain."

Tian Yun's confident words echoed in the sky, causing the young man's eyes to turn even more resentful.

"Listen carefully then! This one will let you Lower Realm creature know who I really am!"

The dense Spiritual Energy roared, void shattering and the heavenly rules breaking as it continously exploded around the young man yet didn't seem to harm him in the slightest.

"I'm the youngest disciple of an Immortal Realm mighty figure from the Ancestral Heavenly Family, the Venerated True God of Divine Fortune! My name is Hong Xuanchen!"

However, before he could even finish his last sentence, the heavenly rules trembled, not because of too much pressure, but this time, it was because of absolute terror.

The True Name and Dao or Dharma Title of an Immortal God.

It must never be spoken lightly.

At that very instant.

Immeasurable heights above the Lower Realm.

A Grotto-Heaven shuddered faintly.

Inside the Grotto-Heaven, infinite universes and hundreds of dimensions converged into a single point.

Extremely pure Immortal Qi flowed freely, swirling like a mist. However, if one were to sense carefully with their Divine Sense, they would find that every single particle in the Grotto-Heaven was an infinitely expanding universe itself, filled with Spiritual Lifeforms.

These Spiritual Lifeforms were very much like other living beings, just that they were formed from any type of Qi, be it Spiritual Qi or Immortal Qi. However, these Spiritual Lifeforms could naturally produce extremely dense Spirit Qi, and even Immortal Qi production was possible if their cultivation base was high enough.

Of course, many beings in the Upper Realm coveted Spiritual Lifeforms to refine them for benefits.

However, in this Grotto-Heaven which was an extremely high plane of existence, capable of accommodating many Lower Realms and even an infinite number of Myriad Worlds as a whole, there were unending Spiritual Lifeforms in each universe that was a tiny particle, continously supplying the Grotto-Heaven with high quality Spirit Qi which was then compressed, elevated, purified on a dimensional scale, and refined into an unparalleled energy, Immortal Qi, by the formations and other incomprehensible means of the Grotto-Heaven.

At this moment, deep within the ethereal mountainous terrain of the Grotto-Heaven that looked like a paradise, Immortal Qi from the surroundings surged towards a certain high mountain.

Atop the high mountain, an old man sitting cross-legged slowly opened his eyes, his gaze unfathomable and mysterious, as if there were entire worlds inside of his eyes with signs of vicissitudes.

Immediately, his gaze deepened, penetrating layers of heaven and earth before landing on the Second Great Mortal World and Hong Xuanchen.