Chapter 638: Two Major Forces of the True Immortal Realm

Jialouluo's anger persisted for an hour before showing signs of easing; finally, he let out a long sigh, his eyes revealing an indescribable look of bitterness!

"Actually, what happened back then is not too complicated. In the True Immortal Realm, there are two major forces, the 'Shunxian Faction' and the 'Anti-Immortal Faction'. These two forces make up almost the entirety of the True Immortal Realm!"

Listening to Jialouluo speak slowly, Zhang Nuo's face remained expressionless. 'Follow-Immortal Faction' and 'Anti-Immortal Faction'—these were two very strange terms he was hearing for the first time!

However, it was not hard to understand from the literal meaning that these were two completely different forces! They even implied opposition! Monk Jiemie was also hearing about the True Immortal Realm from Jialouluo for the first time, and he immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

"The Shunxian Faction has the majority of people in the True Immortal Realm, while the Anti-Immortal Faction, though smaller in number, consists of ruthless individuals! The difference between the two lies in whether or not they participate in the War of Seizing Heaven!"

"What is the War of Seizing Heaven?"

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo became even more confused. According to his understanding of True Immortals, as long as one reached the realm of a True Immortal, one could live forever and be as eternal as heaven and earth. How could there still be battles in the Immortal World? A battle capable of making True Immortals mobilize must certainly be incomparable to ordinary fighting!

"Speaking of this, perhaps you will understand. When one's cultivation reaches the Refining Void Stage, every cultivator must endure the test of the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons. The War of Seizing Heaven is the battle against those Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons, and its purpose is to protect the safety of the many realms!"

Hearing Jialouluo's explanation, Zhang Nuo and Monk Jiemie both suddenly realized. So, Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons did not only appear when a cultivator was breaking through; in the True Immortal Realm, the True Immortals of the Follow-Immortal Faction faced materialized Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons!

Seeing that the two understood a little, Jialouluo said again:

"The Shunxian Faction refers to those who follow the Heavenly Dao! The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility one shoulders. The Anti-Immortal Faction, however, ignores the life and death of the various realms, seeking only to live as long as heaven and earth themselves! These two ideologies have already formed an opposition in the True Immortal Realm! Every War of Seizing Heaven sees True Immortals perish; the True Immortals of the Anti-Immortal Faction are simply unwilling to take such risks for the sake of all living beings!"

Zhang Nuo understood these words in his heart. Which of those who could become True Immortals had not succeeded after several trials and tests of life and death? If they lost their lives in the War of Seizing Heaven, wouldn't all the efforts they had made before be in vain?

"Senior Jialouluo, Emperor has one more thing I do not understand. Once the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons invade the various realms, even if those True Immortals of the Anti-Immortal Faction can survive, they will have no place to live! Why would they do this?"

Zhang Nuo's question hit the point! No matter what one does, there is always a certain interest driving it. If it were a thankless task, he believed no one would do it, especially those True Immortals who had lived for at least tens of thousands of years; they wouldn't fail to think of even this!

Jiemie Heshang also nodded; he highly agreed with Zhang Nuo's view!

"Naturally! The True Immortals of the Anti-Immortal Faction have already reached some kind of agreement with the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons in secret. As long as they join forces with the demons, they can easily conquer any realm. Once that happens, the demons will take over the various realms, and they will no longer have to endure that miserable life outside the territory! In this way, the True Immortals will no longer have to fight and can achieve true eternal life with heaven and earth. But in doing so, the living beings of the lower realms will suffer! Not only will it disrupt the order of the several major realms, but the several major realms will even turn into a purgatory of demonic seas! Countless living beings in the world will thus no longer fall into reincarnation! Over time, it will become a dead land!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo and Jiemie Heshang both broke out in a cold sweat! So that was how things were; the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons had such ambitions! If the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons were really allowed to take over the various realms, the consequences would be unimaginable!

They had never thought that the Immortal World was also in a dangerous state, and what they were protecting were the countless living beings of the various realms!

They had always thought that the life of a True Immortal must be carefree, but who would have thought that such a heavy burden was pressed upon them?

Zhang Nuo was silent for a moment. Although True Immortals were free from the threat of the Heavenly Tribulation and could exist in the world for a long time, there were still those who would perish in the War of Seizing Heaven! Responsibility and immortality existed side by side!

"Since the Anti-Immortal Faction has already reached a consensus with the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons, why hasn't the Shunxian Faction taken action yet?"

Monk Jiemie asked a very important question! Hearing this, Zhang Nuo also cast his gaze toward Jialouluo.

"Hehe! Although there are more True Immortals in the Shunxian Faction, there are also many powerful cultivators in the Anti-Immortal Faction. If the two were to fight, even if they could kill those of the Anti-Immortal Faction, the number of cultivators lost by the Shunxian Faction would not be small! Furthermore, there are not many True Immortals in the True Immortal Realm to begin with! If they were to continue killing each other, it would certainly cause the strength of the entire True Immortal Realm to be greatly damaged! You must know that every time a True Immortal ascends from the lower realm, it takes tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years, while the War of Seizing Heaven occurs every million years!"

With a bitter smile, Jialouluo said helplessly.

Zhang Nuo nodded slightly. It seemed these True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction were afraid of damaging their own strength!

"Has the Shunxian Faction never thought of helping the cultivators of the lower realms produce more existences at the Great Accomplishment Stage?"

Since the War of Seizing Heaven was so important, if the True Immortals were willing to take action, there would certainly be more cultivators ascending from the lower realms!

"Of course, this has been considered, but a very tricky problem has arisen. If the cultivators of the lower realms do not go through too much suffering and the tempering of their will and intent, even if they ascend into the Immortal World, it is very difficult for them to contend with the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons. Moreover, if the cultivators who come up are all cowards who fear death and join the Anti-Immortal Faction, it would be an even greater disaster for the True Immortal Realm!"

Zhang Nuo suddenly understood! He lowered his head slightly; it seemed the things the True Immortals considered were truly comprehensive!

"However, the Shunxian Faction has not completely abandoned the idea of letting lower-realm cultivators ascend to the True Immortal Realm faster. Do you know that pale blue light curtain that separates the inner sea and outer sea of the Demon Thunder Sea?"

He nodded; Jiemie Heshang had already told Zhang Nuo about this matter before!

"That light curtain was released by the True Immortal Realm, and its purpose is to guide lower-realm cultivators to ascend to the upper realm! But some things are not easy to explain too clearly, so we can only wait for those with affinity to discover this point! If it were in the past, cultivators in the lower realms who wanted to ascend into the True Immortal Realm had to find the spatial nodes themselves! That is very time-consuming!"

Zhang Nuo looked toward the distant sky, where a light curtain descending from above emitted a faint blue glow. No wonder this light curtain had such great power; it turned out to have come down from the True Immortal Realm!

"Now that you both understand a little about the True Immortal Realm, back then, the Anti-Immortal Faction suddenly attacked the Shunxian Faction, causing the entire True Immortal Realm to become turbulent. Many True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction perished, and some were sealed away for a long time. As for me? I luckily escaped; although I wasn't sealed, I was chased by several cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction and almost ended up perishing!"

Only then did Zhang Nuo understand why Jialouluo, an existence of a True Immortal, had ended up in his current state!

"By the way, the Red Blood Demon Sword that you, Emperor, obtained belonged to one of my companions back then. This person's cultivation was peerless; even with several people from the Anti-Immortal Faction joining forces, they could not kill him, so in the end, they could only work together to trap him. Where did you get the Red Blood Demon Sword? Is my companion still there?"

"He has already perished!"

Recalling everything in the Tianfa Forest, Zhang Nuo also understood where that True Immortal had come from!

"Perished! How do you know?"

Jialouluo seemed not to believe Zhang Nuo's words!

"Senior Jialouluo, Emperor is not lying to you about this. Your companion was trapped in the Tianfa Forest of the Immortal Domain. That forest is very peculiar; it contains the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. Emperor suspects that he likely perished under the Heavenly Tribulation!"

Zhang Nuo explained, his gaze looking toward Jialouluo!

"Those guys from the Anti-Immortal Faction actually used the Heavenly Punishment Tree Array! No wonder my companion perished!"

Gritting his teeth so hard they were almost crushed, Jialouluo muttered to himself. From the meaning of his words, it was not hard to hear that the Tianfa Forest in the Immortal Domain seemed to be a very profound Array! It could trigger the Heavenly Tribulation!

"Zhang Nuo, now that I have told you everything, what are your plans? Do you still intend to ascend into the True Immortal Realm?"

Jialouluo suddenly raised his head, a look of anticipation flashing in his eyes! According to his description, the True Immortal Realm seemed even more dangerous than the other realms. If a cultivator with greed in their heart heard this, they might immediately give up the idea of ascending. Even if one could live forever in the upper realm, in the face of so many things, it might be better to be a king in the lower realm! Even if one perished in the Heavenly Tribulation one day, it would still be better than going up there to suffer!

Especially the current True Immortal Realm, which was already ruled by the cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction, who would join forces with the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons at any time! If one did not collude with the Anti-Immortal Faction, it would also be a dead end!

"Emperor has always liked doing challenging things! Emperor is definitely going to the True Immortal Realm! Senior Jialouluo, you should just recuperate here! After Emperor finishes my business and my cultivation advances to the Great Accomplishment Stage, I will naturally come back to find you!"

Zhang Nuo smiled coldly, his words firm and decisive.

"Good! Haha, truly a real man with a proud backbone! I like that! It's settled then, I will wait for you here!"

Jialouluo let out a long howl. At this moment, no matter how he looked at Zhang Nuo, he found him very pleasing to the eye! The previous hostility was gone!