Chapter 620: Jumping Out of the Chessboard

Immortal Emperor Donghuang smiled.

"The Demon Race reopened the ascension channel. As an Immortal Emperor, although it is difficult to interfere in the lower realm with magic power, projecting a strand of consciousness is still easy to do."

"Little friend, I really didn't misjudge you. Thanks to you wiping out the Heavenly Demons in the lower realm, this forced the Demon Race to reopen the ascension channel. However, you should know the Demon Race's intention in reopening the ascension channel, right?"

Lin Jing nodded.

"Nothing more than wanting to get me to the Immortal Realm, so that there will be no obstacles in the lower realm."

"Correct." Immortal Emperor Donghuang said: "So I want to ask you, little friend, to give up ascension and forever guard the lower realm. Whenever any Demon Race tries to touch the lower realm, wipe them out completely."

Lin Jing replied: "Before coming to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, I was already seriously ill. It was the Emperor who gave me a second life. This kindness cannot be repaid. The junior is willing to forever guard the lower realm, but the junior has one request."

"Speak."

"It is naturally no problem for the junior to guard the lower realm, but my relatives and friends, my... pet beasts..." Lin Jing looked at the pet beasts sleeping and recuperating in his primordial spirit space after the great battle and said: "I can guard the lower realm, but they do not have destiny, no eternal immortal body, no immortal body. Their lifespan is less than one-tenth of mine, and sooner or later, they will pass away before me."

"With such talent, it would be a pity to die in the lower realm."

"I hope that if my relatives and friends ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future, I can ensure they are safe in the Immortal Realm. At the very least... they will not be affected by the grudge between me and the Demon Race."

"If my pet beasts choose to ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future, it should be the same. I can stay in the lower realm, but I cannot delay their talent. And for those among them who do not choose to ascend to the Immortal Realm, I hope there is a way for them to obtain the same lifespan as me."

"Without their company, in these long years, I am afraid that I... will go crazy."

"Your request is reasonable." Immortal Emperor Donghuang nodded and said: "Anything else? Only this request?"

Lin Jing shook his head: "Besides this, the junior feels that the Demon Race opening the ascension channel has another reason."

Immortal Emperor Donghuang said "Oh?".

"Ancient Immortal Realm, Earth." Lin Jing said: "During the period of wiping out the Demon Generals, the junior discovered that among the four foreign Immortal Emperors who joined forces to attack the ancient Heavenly Court, one was the ancestor of the Demon Race. Earth's spiritual energy is recovering, and the Demon Race has long been eyeing Earth, intending to retrieve the clan-suppressing demon artifact from the Heavenly Emperor's tomb."

"Perhaps the Demon Race is taking this opportunity to shift their focus to retrieving the clan-suppressing demon artifact. If the Demon Race succeeds, the Demon Race will probably be even harder to deal with. The junior guarding the lower realm is ultimately treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Only by completely wiping out the Demon Race can we ensure the peace of the two realms. If the Demon Race retrieves the clan-suppressing demon artifact, then... it will undoubtedly be even more difficult to wipe out the Demon Race."

After Lin Jing finished speaking, Immortal Emperor Donghuang immediately attached great importance to it. He didn't expect the Demon Race's hand to reach Earth.

"Your thoughts." He asked Lin Jing.

Lin Jing replied: "Now Earth is still in the stage of spiritual energy recovery, and the Heavenly Dao is not yet complete. It can only carry cultivators 'below the Immortal Realm' at most. I can still travel between the two realms and wipe out all enemies plotting against Earth."

"However..."

"But when Earth recovers to the state that the Ancient Immortal Realm should have, it will be the new 'Immortal Realm'!"

"A new Immortal Realm with complete rules cannot be traveled at will. By then, if the junior wants to guard the lower realm, I will not be able to ascend to the 'Ancient Immortal Realm'. If the junior wants to guard the Heavenly Emperor's tomb, I need to ascend to the Ancient Immortal Realm. Once I reach the True Immortal Realm, it will be difficult to return to the lower realm to block the Demon Race."

"And the Demon Race, which possesses the 'Heavenly Dao supreme treasure', since they can easily seal the ascension channel, then by that time, it is not impossible for them to let the Demon Race's immortals go to Earth and block immortals from other forces from going to Earth. By then, Earth will probably become the Demon Race's territory."

"Indeed, the Demon Race does have the possibility of abandoning the Immortal Cultivation Realm and plotting against the Ancient Immortal Realm." Immortal Emperor Donghuang nodded. The Demon Race had laid out plans in the lower realm for countless years, and many forces in the Immortal Realm subconsciously believed that the Demon Race could not abandon the lower realm.

However, an Ancient Immortal Realm about to revive is also a treasure land, and the Demon Race might not covet it.

The reopening of the ascension channel also makes it more convenient for the Demon Race to enter the Ancient Immortal Realm.

And the Heavenly Dao supreme treasure in the Demon Lord's hand does indeed have a certain degree of control over the realm, as Lin Jing said. It is definitely not as easy and convenient for True Immortals and Immortal Monarchs of other forces to go to Earth as it is for the Demon Race's powerhouses.

By then, the situation in the Immortal Cultivation Realm might be replicated in the Ancient Immortal Realm.

And there is only one Lin Jing.

Unable to take care of both the Immortal Cultivation Realm and the Ancient Immortal Realm at the same time...

Lin Jing cupped his hands and said: "The junior has a strategy."

"As everyone knows, an avatar's destiny is incomplete and cannot leave the main body to ascend to the Immortal Realm alone."

"However, the Ancient Immortal Realm is currently in a damaged state, which is very different from the complete Immortal Realm. My avatar and main body are located in the lower realm and the Ancient Immortal Realm respectively, and will not be affected."

"Perhaps we can let my avatar guard the Ancient Immortal Realm until the Ancient Immortal Realm is completely restored."

"In the end, let the avatar detach from the main body and become an immortal in the Ancient Immortal Realm. In this way, it will not affect the main body guarding the lower realm, and there will be enough time for the avatar to lay out plans and accumulate foundation in the Ancient Immortal Realm to resist the Demon Race that may invade Earth in the future."

"Of course, the avatar does not have destiny after all, and is an 'incomplete body', so its potential is limited. If the Demon Race really sends Immortal Monarchs or even Supreme Immortal Kings to Earth, the avatar alone may be difficult to resist."

"Therefore, for the safety of the Ancient Immortal Realm and to stop the Demon Race's ambition, I hope... the Immortal Realm can provide support to the junior, and provide my avatar with enough resources, at least enough to achieve the Supreme Immortal King realm, so that he can smoothly grow into an Immortal King in the Ancient Immortal Realm and wipe out all enemies."

Lin Jing knew that the great beings of the Immortal Realm would definitely keep him in the lower realm. He had no ability to refuse. Since that was the case, it was better to take this opportunity to ask the Immortal Realm for enough resources.

Then, with the help of the Ancient Immortal Realm Earth, let the avatar become an immortal... or even become an Immortal Emperor.

Only by jumping out of this chessboard of the lower realm can he have the opportunity to become a chess player like the Demon Lord and Immortal Emperor Donghuang in the future.

Whether it is the avatar going to the Ancient Immortal Realm or the pet beasts ascending.

If the main body, avatar, and pet beasts all stay in the lower realm, then there really is an end to be seen in a lifetime. He can only become a pawn for the various Immortal Emperors to counter the Demon Race.

Of course, letting the avatar be independent of the main body, transcending several great realms, and becoming an Immortal Emperor first is something that has never happened before. Lin Jing is just gambling, so he needs to ask the Immortal Realm for enough resources. Relying solely on the opportunities of the Ancient Immortal Realm... is not enough!

Immortal Emperor Donghuang pondered for a long time and said: "This strategy is feasible."

He didn't care what thoughts Lin Jing had, as long as he could truly resist the Demon Race, that was enough.

"What do you want? Just speak up. Anything that can be satisfied will be satisfied for you."