Chapter 1620: The Upper Realm Today

The Upper Realm.

In the Central Region, within the Tianhe Sword Domain.

This is an ancient domain of the Upper Realm, with a capacity limit of Heavenly Dao cultivators, let alone those of the Dao-Integration or Void-Refining levels.

Due to the rich environment, the numerous eighth-grade spiritual veins scattered everywhere, various opportunities, sects of all sizes with long-standing inheritances, plus the perfect Dao-essence unique to the Fallen Immortal Realm, all these reasons have made this place a land where strong ones have emerged since ancient times, even giving birth to a Supreme One in the past.

Here, it now belongs to the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, the ancestral land of the Immortal Sects' Spirit Treasure Realm seized at the end of the Great Calamity.

Decades of thousands of years ago, this place seemed to be called the Baohe Domain?

Not entirely clear.

Such matters, throughout the entire Central Region, perhaps only the high cultivators at the Tianhe Palace, the seat of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, could know; as for other cultivators, even a Dao-Integration Divine Lord would lack the inheritance in this regard. In the Cultivation World, one is always qualified to understand history only at the highest levels.

After experiencing the Great Calamity, the strong remain strong.

In the past, the human race had the Nine Great Immortal Sects; after the Great Calamity, there are the Seven Great Immortal Sects. The three most ancient Immortal Sects, in the late stages of the Great Calamity, wildly swallowed up the four directions, occupying numerous Upper, Central, and Lower Regions, as well as large and small Zhong Senior Qian Shi Gao Jie outside the realms, far surpassing the newly born Immortal Sects in foundation.

Take the Immortal Artifact Sect, for example.

Compared to the past Spirit Treasure Realm, the territory of the Immortal Artifact Sect has shrunk by nearly half, almost all of which was swallowed by the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm.

This is precisely the irreconcilable, life-and-death contradiction between the old and new human Immortal Sects.

No one knows if, by letting the ancient Immortal Sects continue to grow and accumulate foundation, a monster will one day emerge that surpasses all Immortal Sects, a monster that takes a step toward the Immortal.

Once such a strong one appears, no one in the entire Great Thousand World will be able to stop them.

On this day, in the Dahe Qingse Jianzong, a Dao-Integration level sect subordinate to the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, a youth in green robes walked through the gate of the Scripture Pavilion.

His divine sense flowed into a classic involving the sect's history and current situation, reading slowly.

The disciples around, the Void-Refining elders, and the Dao-Integration Divine Lords meditating in the back mountain, everything was as usual.

This youth in green robes seemed to come from beyond time and causality.

When he arrived, he caused no flow of spiritual energy, causality, rules, or any matter, as if he were an outsider from the heavens independent of this world, untouched by any dust.

"Dahe Qingse Jianzong,"

"Founded ten thousand years ago by a Heavenly Dao disciple of the Frost Prison, a sect subordinate to the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm..."

Jiang Ding silently read the history of this sect.

Compared to the antiquity and glory of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, the numerous Dao Sects and True Sects below changed very frequently, and were often related to the rise and fall of a Heavenly Dao.

He skimmed over these histories, focusing on the present.

"Over ten thousand years ago,"

"The battle between the Immortal Artifact Sect and the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm within the Great Thousand World drew to a close."

"After the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm was no longer internally divided, numerous Heavenly Dao of the Sun and Moon lineages, along with many Heavenly Dao who followed these two lineages, threw themselves into the battlefield. The mid-to-low level battlefield advantage of the Immortal Artifact Sect, formed by flesh-and-blood Heavenly Demon Puppet Dao Soldiers, instantly collapsed. They continuously lost cities and territories, and Heavenly Dao perished..."

"Had the Lei Yang Heaven Sword Realm not thrown itself into the battlefield, attacking the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm fiercely from another direction, the Immortal Artifact Sect might even have been pushed by the many strong ones of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm to the vicinity of their sect."

"After this, both sides entangled and slaughtered each other. The Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, a single sect, fought alone against the Immortal Artifact Sect and the Lei Yang Heaven Sword Realm, two great Immortal Sects, with victories and defeats on both sides, and the situation became deadlocked."

"In this process, five Dao-Integration Divine Lords of the Dahe Qingse Jianzong died in battle, all perished, three of whom were killed by the Immortal Artifact Son."

"Especially in the Void-Refining realm, the Immortal Artifact Son and the Heaven Sword Sword Son were invincible; the Moon and Sun Sword Sons could only cover one direction at a time, and the Sword Realm suffered heavy losses..."

"The Immortal Artifact Son..."

Jiang Ding's heart pounded.

While the two great Immortal Sects were fighting and restraining each other, there seemed to be an opportunity.

Even if the Immortal Artifact Son could not be slain on the first attempt, forcing out his Jiang Jiang Jinxian life-saving trump card would not be bad, because theoretically, a Jiang Jiang Jinxian life-saving trump card is not offensive; it would only carry the Dao Son away to flee.

However, continuing to read, he felt somewhat disappointed.

"Over five thousand years ago, tired of the entanglement within the Great Thousand World, the Sword Realm, led by the Yang Bone Heavenly Dao and the Yan Prison Frost Prison Heavenly Dao, once again opened a battlefield beyond the heavens, launching attacks on the numerous world clusters controlled by the Immortal Artifact Sect and the Lei Yang Heaven Sword Realm, achieving great victories in succession."

"Until today, the expedition beyond the heavens has continued for five thousand years."

"The next round of the sect's recruitment of ten thousand sword Dao soldiers will be in one hundred years. Disciples, you must sharpen your long swords and await war. This is the fate of us sword cultivators; without war, there is no growth for sword cultivators. The sect has bestowed upon us abundant resources for growth..."

Jiang Ding withdrew his divine sense from the classic.

This was the third year since he arrived at the Dahe Qingse Jianzong. Due to the need to maintain the highest level of concealment, the speed at which his divine sense read information was slow, and only today did he complete the reading of the entire Dahe Qingse Jianzong's inheritance.

"A battlefield beyond the heavens?"

Jiang Ding frowned.

The Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm opening a battlefield beyond the heavens was indeed a stroke of genius. Compared to the Great Thousand World, which had numerous constraints, the battlefield beyond the heavens was more suitable for the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, which possessed numerous Heavenly Dao.

But this was not good news for him.

The battlefield beyond the heavens is not the Great Thousand World; it is a battlefield with no constraints. Let alone Heavenly Dao, even a Jiang Jiang Jinxian existence could appear at any time.

Speaking with some pride, the Pure Yang Sword Son now already possesses the qualification to make a Jiang Jiang Jinxian existence waste a little time.

A Sword Dao Supreme One might

not be so; a sword cultivator who has reached Jiang Jiang Jinxian is absolutely full of pride. The possibility of them taking the initiative to attack a lower-level sword cultivator is almost non-existent. Even if it allows the Pure Yang Sword Son to grow to the same realm, what of it?

It is merely a piece of Immortal Dao nourishment; a very good thing.

A Law Cultivation Supreme One, however, is not necessarily so.

Such an existence, whose path is very unconcerned with snuffing out future threats in the bud, and the cost is merely some time, is truly a highly profitable deal.

"Lying low,"

"Still need to lie low, waiting for an opportunity..."

Jiang Ding sighed.

The Immortal Sect battlefield has already surpassed the limit of his ability to influence.

There are simply many helplessnesses in this world, facing many difficulties, yet one must still walk forward step by step.

Jiang Ding temporarily shifted his gaze away from the intelligence on the Immortal Artifact Son and the Heaven Sword Sword Son, turning his attention instead to the various battlefield news, mainly concerning the battlefield beyond the heavens, because the battlefield within the Great Thousand World has now fallen into a deadlock.

'The Yang Bone Heavenly Dao has slain another Heavenly Dao... impressive. This old senior is surpassing the lineage masters of the Pure Yang lineage of past generations.'

'The Blossom Rain of the Sword Realm, the Flower and Leaf Celestial, has perished...'

'The Heavenly Illusion Immortal Butterfly clan has launched war against the Heavenly Blood Dragon Court. As a quasi-immortal race that rose in the late Great Calamity, their audacity shocks all—our human race must intervene...'

'The Yin-Yang Sword Realm soldiers and the Great Sun Longsword Army invaded the Tiangong Star Chain world cluster, and for thousands of years battled the Qi Sect's Flesh-Melting Furnace soldiers and the Thunder Sun Sword soldiers.'

'The Yin-Yang Sword soldiers emerged victorious; the Great Sun Longsword Army suffered catastrophic defeat. Half of the hundred thousand Soul Transformation sword cultivators and numerous Void-Refining and Dao-Unifying soldiers perished, fleeing in disarray...'

'Oh?'

Jiang Ding raised an eyebrow.