Chapter 1013

1st Stage of Divine Abilities Magical Power Realm, corresponding to the Golden Core Realm of this world.

2nd Stage of Divine Abilities True Qi Realm, corresponding to the Nascent Soul Realm of this world.

3rd Stage of Divine Abilities Gang Qi Realm, corresponding to the Cave Void Realm of this world.

4th Stage of Divine Abilities Yin-Yang Realm, corresponding to the Empty Darkness Stage of this world.

5th Stage of Divine Abilities Heavenly Man Realm, corresponding to the Tribulation Crossing Stage of this world.

6th Stage of Divine Abilities Return to Oneness Realm, corresponding to the Great Accomplishment Stage of this world?

7th Stage of Divine Abilities Golden Core Realm, corresponding to the Heavenly Immortal Realm of this world.

9th Stage of Divine Abilities Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect, corresponding to the Jin Xian Realm of this world.

10th Stage of Divine Abilities Defying Heaven and Changing Fate, corresponding to the Mysterious Immortal Realm of this world?

This seems to be a barely passable correspondence, but when it comes purely to combat power, how could it be so easy? Take the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities realm, for instance — in the Eternal Life Realm, it is a realm where combat power skyrockets. Some Heavenly Man Realm experts only possess the strength of ten thousand Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds, but some Heavenly Man Realm experts' magic power can reach the strength of tens of millions of Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds.

For an absolute genius who has cultivated numerous Great Dao Divine Abilities — such as one who has cultivated the Great Origin Art, the Great Five Elements Art, the Great Yin-Yang Art, the Great Sealing God Art, and the Great Calamity Art — it is entirely possible to cultivate the strength of tens of millions of Xuanhuang Fierce Steeds at the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities, leap across several realms to slay enemies in reverse. Placed in the Stellar Transformation world, this would mean directly slaying Heavenly Immortal experts, or even Jin Xian experts, at the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

But in the Eternal Life Realm, if a cultivator does not cultivate to the Longevity Secret Realm, the upper limit of their magic power will be locked, at most being the strength of one Primeval Heavenly Dragon. Yet in the Stellar Transformation world, it seems there is no situation where magic power gets locked.

Comparing the realms of the two worlds is not such a simple matter; some realms cannot be matched one-to-one.

Speaking of which, it is also wondrous — in the Stellar Transformation world, the Mysterious Immortal realm is still above the Jin Xian, and Mysterious Immortals are divided into nine grades. The lowest-grade Mysterious Immortal is called a First-Grade Mysterious Immortal, then step by step one advances, reaching Second-Grade Mysterious Immortal, Third-Grade Mysterious Immortal, all the way up to Ninth-Grade Mysterious Immortal.

This world has some of its own characteristics, such as Third-Grade Heavenly Immortals, Fifth-Grade Golden Immortals, and Eighth-Grade Mysterious Immortals.

In the Eternal Life Realm, a Heavenly Immortal is a Heavenly Immortal, a Mysterious Immortal is a Mysterious Immortal, a Jin Xian is a Jin Xian.

"Uncle Lan!"

While Fang Yu was pondering, that woman, upon seeing the middle-aged man's arrival, showed a few hints of joy on her face.

"Fellow Daoist may address me as Fellow Daoist; as for you, just like Jiang Lier, call me Uncle Lan."

This middle-aged man's gaze turned toward Fang Yu, seemingly sensing some of Fang Yu's wondrous qualities, addressing Fang Yu as Fellow Daoist. And when his gaze turned toward Qin Yu, he permitted Qin Yu to call him Uncle Lan.

"Greetings, Uncle Lan."

Qin Yu's heart stirred. His gaze also looked over, and he discovered that this Uncle Lan's strength should be far above his own, and that Uncle Lan was also older than him, so calling him "Uncle Lan" posed no problem at all.

Yet Fang Yu, this Upper Immortal, was addressed as Fellow Daoist by Uncle Lan — truly, different people, different forms of address.

And that woman, called "Miss Jiang Lier"?

He could sense that this Miss Jiang Lier carried not the slightest demonic aura on her body — she seemed to be a human — and yet this Miss's realm was actually only the Golden Core Realm, which was truly somewhat inconceivable.

A woman nurtured by the spiritual essence of mountains and rivers should not have such a low realm.

This was Qin Yu's feeling.

"Fellow Daoist, barbecuing here on the sea — given Fellow Daoist's realm, there is no danger. But I would like to invite Fellow Daoist to go have tea, how about it? Being able to meet an existence like Fellow Daoist here is truly somewhat wondrous."

This Uncle Lan spoke now, smiling at Fang Yu.

His gaze turned toward Fang Yu, and he felt that this existence, Fang Yu, was truly unlike any he had encountered in the past.

Within his physical body, it seemed there existed numerous Great Dao Laws he had never seen before, seemingly containing an unimaginable temperament — that temperament like a god, yet also like a demon; seemingly capable of goodness, sheltering all living beings of the world, yet also seemingly capable of evil, as if it could devour all existence.

Whether it be a cultivator's soul, or physical body, or even all the Xu Yuan Qi of the world, it seemed all could be devoured by this existence at any moment.

Rare.

An existence rare in all the world.

Such an existence, and yet in the mortal realm.

"Good, better to obey than to be polite."

Fang Yu was not worried this Uncle Lan would make a move against him. He nodded and went toward the bottom of the sea together with the middle-aged man.

In the undersea world, there was a place — six bamboo cottages, three in front, three behind, with a courtyard in the center. Neither the bamboo cottages nor the courtyard had a trace of seawater, while outside the bamboo cottages were endless surging waves. Clearly, there were restrictions outside the bamboo cottages that directly blocked all seawater, leaving these bamboo cottages entirely unaffected.

In the central courtyard, Fang Yu, Uncle Lan, and Qin Yu sat facing each other.

As for that "Jiang Lier," she returned to her room.

"Fellow Daoist's cultivation base is so high, yet this Jiang Lier's cultivation base is actually only the Golden Core Realm — truly somewhat strange."

Fang Yu, seated in the center, spoke to "Uncle Lan."

"Jiang Lier's natural talent is outstanding, but she has no interest in cultivation. If she wished to cultivate, she would have long surpassed me, yet she does not wish to cultivate, which is why her cultivation base is as it is."

Uncle Lan smiled.

"So that is how it is. But many matters under heaven — if one wishes to make one's own decisions, one must have profound cultivation. Only with high cultivation can one be one's own master."

Fang Yu also smiled.

"What Fellow Daoist says is absolutely right."

Uncle Lan nodded.

But at this moment, a clear, serene sound of the qin arose, like the tinkling of spring water, like Gaoshan and flowing streams. This qin music seemed like the surging waves of the great sea, wave after wave rolling in. After a long while the qin music changed again, like boundless forests of trees, the pine winds rolling on. At the very end, the qin notes grew cold and clear, as if causing one to step into a realm of snowy lands.

At this moment, filling the sky and covering the earth, it seemed all was a stretch of snowy white.

"It seems Miss Jiang Lier's hometown is in a land covered in ice and snow."

Fang Yu blew out a breath, and instantly the heavens turned cold and the earth froze. Snow began to fall throughout the entire bamboo grove — white snow blanketed the ground, cold winds howled, the whole world turned a stretch of pure white, like an Ice and Snow Divine Kingdom.

"Jiang Lier's hometown is indeed in the snowy lands of the north. But Fellow Daoist — your mastery of Daoist arts and Divine Abilities, the circulation of Laws, has actually reached such a marvelous, transcendent level. Truly intriguing — I wonder where Fellow Daoist actually comes from."

Across from him, Uncle Lan's face showed a peculiar expression. He gazed at that icy, cold Divine Kingdom, and sensed an extremely dense aura of Dao rhyme and Laws. This kind of mastery over the Great Dao Laws, even placed in the Divine Realm, seemed to be something only extremely high existences could control.

"I come from a mortal realm, wandering through this world, wanting to comprehend the true essence of time, yet I always feel I am still missing a sliver."

Fang Yu spoke.

"Time, is it."

Uncle Lan's heart stirred, and he immediately knew to what level the strength of the Fellow Daoist before him had reached.

"Time is everywhere, yet to comprehend it is no easy matter. I myself, back then, in order to comprehend time, also spent a great while. At this moment, I am willing to discuss the Dao with Fellow Daoist here."

Uncle Lan spoke. His entire person sat in the void, but around his body, ripples appeared, as if they were the ripples of time flowing.

"Good."

Fang Yu grunted, and around him, numerous Great Dao Laws began to flow.

Although he did not have the Great Dao divine abilities of the Three Thousand Great Daos — the Great Five Elements Art, the Great Yin-Yang Art, the Great Chaos Art — Fang Yu still activated several other Great Daos, such as the Great Star Art. Above his head, a tome of the Limitless rose up, and endless power of the stars rolled in from various higher-dimensional spaces, manifesting the forms of countless stars.

Then came the rolling force of Primordial Magnetism, arriving from various higher-dimensional spaces, displaying a fearsome, boundless pressure.

Three Thousand Great Daos — the Great Primordial Magnetism Art.

Then the power of Life flowed in. Although he did not possess that Life Meteor, Fang Yu's comprehension of the power of Life was also extremely formidable. The Three Thousand Great Daos' Great Life Art from the Eternal Life Realm could greatly enhance a cultivator's life force, and of course, it also granted all manner of inconceivable regenerative abilities.

There was also another Great Dao divine ability — the Three Thousand Great Daos' Great Return-to-Illusion Art. All things return to illusion; it was also a supreme Xiulianfa Sect for spirit and soul.

With a single move, Fang Yu displayed the profound wonders of numerous Great Dao divine abilities.

Opposite Fang Yu, Uncle Lan manifested only the wonder of a single law — the power of Time.

At this moment, both beings clicked their tongues in wonder at each other.

"This Daoist friend has actually comprehended so many Dao-method divine abilities? How on earth did he manage it?"

Uncle Lan could hardly believe his own eyes. Around Daoist friend Fang Yu, he sensed countless Great Dao divine abilities — each one, to comprehend, would likely require countless years of bitter cultivation — yet this being had comprehended them all.

The Dao of the myriad heavens and stars, the Dao of Life, the Dao of Primordial Magnetism… they were simply too wondrous, too delicious.

"The Law of Time — a single strand of its variation."

Fang Yu, too, clicked his tongue in wonder. This time, Uncle Lan's display of Time's slow flow finally allowed Fang Yu to glimpse some of Time's true essence. A thought stirred in his heart, and he felt he could comprehend a single branch of the Law of Time.

It seemed that day was not far off.

"This… this is… what is happening?"

Beside Fang Yu and Uncle Lan, Qin Yu was already entranced.

Not far away, an ape arrived, sensing that something seemed very wrong up ahead.

This monkey was called Hou Fei, a disciple taken in by Uncle Lan. His true form was a rare primordial species, the Fire-Eyed Water Ape, and he had now cultivated to the mid-Nascent Soul realm.

With his mid-Nascent Soul realm, he had virtually no rivals in this area; even against three demon cultivators of the same realm, it would be no problem.

Originally, this monkey had wanted to come and challenge the newly arrived guest, but now he sensed a great terror emanating from up ahead.

"Bizarre, too bizarre!"