Chapter 680: True Immortal Realm

One day, thirty years later, Jialouluo was sitting cross-legged on the ground, eyes slightly closed, seemingly having entered a state of meditation! A faint sound came from one of the stone chambers!

The sound was not loud, but it did not escape Jialouluo's ears. He quickly opened his eyes and swept his gaze across the several stone chambers, discovering that the chamber from which the sound originated was precisely the one where Zhang Nuo was!

Just as his gaze was fixed on the stone chamber, a figure flashed out from within, and in the blink of an eye, arrived before Jialouluo!

Zhang Nuo was also wearing a set of white robes, but his aura was already completely different from before!

"Just as this venerable one thought! The first person to enter the True Immortal Realm is indeed the Human Emperor!"

With a knowing smile, Jialouluo had already sensed Zhang Nuo's current cultivation level: True Immortal Realm First Layer! The Great Accomplishment Stage and the True Immortal Realm were actually separated by only a thin layer of window paper, but how to pierce it depended on the cultivator's own ability to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth!

Among the many in the Great Accomplishment Stage, Zhang Nuo being the first to advance was a matter of inevitability! Back when he was in the Underworld, he had used Profound Gold to refine the physical body of the Chaos Insect King; once he could fully merge with that body, his strength would certainly increase greatly, not to mention that when Zhang Nuo was in the Great Accomplishment Stage, he was already a being far beyond his peers!

All that was missing was an opportunity! Now that he had arrived in the True Immortal Realm and felt the unprecedented Spiritual Qi, his state of mind opened wide, his thoughts merged with heaven and earth, and the window paper separating the Great Accomplishment Stage from the True Immortal Realm was pierced with a single strike!

"So this is what the True Immortal Realm is like. Zhang thought it would be something profound?"

Feeling the changes in his body, Zhang Nuo was not particularly surprised. Compared to the Great Accomplishment Stage, his cultivation strength had not increased by much, but he had gained a new sensation! It seemed as if all things in heaven and earth were within his heart, and with a mere shift of his thoughts, he could easily mobilize the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi around him!

It could even be said that the things around his body could be picked up at will! Fluctuations in his state of mind could directly influence the surrounding environment!

This was the situation that could be sensed at the True Immortal Realm First Layer: merging with heaven and earth! Gaining insight into the infinite power of the laws of heaven and earth!

"Human Emperor, in fact, your cultivation was already far beyond your peers when you were in the Great Accomplishment Stage, so once you entered the True Immortal Realm, you naturally wouldn't feel it so intensely. But as your realm improves, you will gradually come to know the benefits of the True Immortal Realm!"

Jialouluo explained slowly, a look of excited smiling on his face!

"En!"

Nodding, Zhang Nuo only gave a light 'en', but then he immediately said:

"May I go out for a walk? I have been in the True Immortal Realm for so long, yet I have not been outside once."

As soon as Zhang Nuo's request left his lips, Jialouluo's expression changed! Hiding in this underground karst cave was for the purpose of staying concealed and preserving their strength, to prepare for rescuing the various True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction in the future. If they were to go out rashly and be discovered by cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction, it would likely lead to great trouble!

Seeing Jialouluo's dilemma, Zhang Nuo did not force the issue and was just about to retract his words, but at this moment, Jialouluo remembered something and immediately said to him:

"With your current strength, even if you go out and encounter a Patrol Envoy, you can safely escape! Let's do this: this venerable one originally intended to handle this matter personally, but since the others have not yet come out of seclusion, you shall handle it! However, be careful along the way! You must absolutely not make contact with any big figures of the Anti-Immortal Faction!"

Upon hearing that he could go out, Zhang Nuo's eyes lit up!

"What is the matter?"

"The members of the Shunxian Faction are sealed within Wuling Mountain. Even if everyone currently in seclusion advances to the True Immortal Realm, relying on our strength alone, it is impossible to break it. This venerable one needs you to go to a certain place to see a person! This person has some friendship with this venerable one from years ago and is also proficient in the way of Arrays. As long as you can obtain the method to break the Wuling Mountain seal from him, the rescue mission will surely succeed!"

Jialouluo said with a solemn expression.

"Zhang has just arrived in the True Immortal Realm; how could a friend of Fellow Daoist Jialouluo trust me?"

"You do not need to do anything for this; this venerable one will give you a token. Upon seeing this object, that person will certainly believe you!"

As he spoke, Jialouluo lightly flipped one hand, and a very exquisite Gold-Inlaid Jade Token appeared in his palm! This token was the size of a palm, surrounded by a ring of golden metal, while the center was a piece of beautiful jade. On the front of the jade was carved a strange beast head that looked quite cute!

"Take this Gold-Inlaid Jade Token and go! That person will certainly take action! However, the journey is very long; if you encounter a powerful opponent, remember not to fight them head-on! Through this trip out, perhaps your state of mind will become even more stable, and you will have a better chance of advancing to the True Immortal Realm's second layer!"

Jialouluo said with a smile, his face full of firm belief! If Zhang Nuo were always left to meditate here, his state of mind could not possibly fluctuate, and as such, it would be of no help to his cultivation at all!

"About how long will it take?"

Hearing Jialouluo's words, Zhang Nuo shifted his thoughts and asked.

"Given your escape speed, I am afraid it will take more than fifty years!"

Zhang Nuo raised his eyebrows slightly. His current escape speed was already very fast, and he had not expected it to take such a long time. After thinking about it, he felt that being able to go out was much better than being stifled in the underground karst cave, so he agreed!

At this time, Jialouluo gave Zhang Nuo a Jade Slip inscribed with the topography of the True Immortal Realm and repeatedly urged him not to fight with high-level cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction!

To Jialouluo, Zhang Nuo was his greatest trump card upon returning to the True Immortal Realm! Before the great war began, his true strength must absolutely not be leaked!

After Zhang Nuo agreed, he sank his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip. After a moment, he memorized the route, then stood up and left the underground karst cave. His figure rose and he shot into the high sky! He turned into a streak of escape light and sped off in a certain direction!

Like a bird released from a cage, feeling the wind beside him, looking at the mountains and rivers below, and breathing the air of the True Immortal Realm, Zhang Nuo's mood suddenly became much brighter!

Releasing his Divine Sense, the region for tens of thousands of miles around was under his coverage. This feeling of being able to gain insight into all things between heaven and earth was truly wonderful! Without realizing it, Zhang Nuo pushed his escape speed to the maximum! In the blink of an eye, he had traveled a distance of hundreds of thousands of miles!

Five days later, Zhang Nuo's figure stopped in a mountain valley. The Sword Box inside his body turned slightly, concealing all of his aura! Afterwards, countless green branches and leaves emerged from the surface of his body; viewed from afar, he looked just like a small tree half a zhang tall!

Just as Zhang Nuo had finished doing all this, two streaks of escape light streaked across the sky above the valley and soon disappeared into the distance! Only when the shadows of the two streaks of light could no longer be seen did Zhang Nuo return to his original form, a faint cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth!

Just while flying earlier, Zhang Nuo had suddenly sensed two not-so-weak Spiritual Pressures moving toward him. For the sake of safety, he had landed on the ground and disguised himself as a small tree!

Judging by the cultivation of the two people just now, both were around the Great Accomplishment Stage; they must be the Patrol Envoys Jialouluo had spoken of. If Zhang Nuo wanted to take action and wipe these two out, it would not take any effort at all, but doing so would cause many issues!

After thinking about it, Zhang Nuo set off on his journey again! Five years later, Zhang Nuo had already flown a very long distance, and the number of True Immortal Realm Patrol Envoys he encountered on the road was not small!

According to Jialouluo's previous description of the Patrol Envoys, Zhang Nuo felt something was not quite right! It seemed that during this period, the frequency of patrols had increased! Could it be that the cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction had already become cautious of them?

The more this was the case, the more cautious Zhang Nuo became! This day, he used the same method to avoid a team of Patrol Envoys, and just as he had reappeared, a cold voice suddenly rang out from behind him!

"Who are you? Why have you sneaked into the True Immortal Realm?"

Upon hearing the voice, Zhang Nuo shrank his neck in fright. With the sharpness of his Divine Sense, he had actually not noticed someone approaching him; what kind of secret technique had the other party used to hide their cultivation!

Quickly turning around, what appeared in Zhang Nuo's eyes was a man of about thirty years old, wearing a set of golden armor. His cultivation was only around the Great Accomplishment Stage, and a pair of dead, silent eyes were looking at him unkindly!

Upon seeing the newcomer's cultivation, Zhang Nuo let out a long breath. Since it was not a cultivator at the True Immortal Realm Third Layer or above, he was confident he could deal with him!

With his Divine Sense wide open, he discovered that within these tens of thousands of miles, he was the only one! Zhang Nuo smiled slightly and said:

"This must be a Patrol Envoy, right! I have just ascended from a lower realm and have not yet understood the rules of the True Immortal Realm?"

Because Zhang Nuo had been suppressing his cultivation to the Great Accomplishment Stage, from the surface, he looked very much like someone who had just entered the True Immortal Realm!

However, the golden-armored man opposite him let out a cold, angry snort!

"Hmph! If you ascended from the lower realm, then blame your bad luck! During this period, the Immortal Lord has issued a strict order! Any cultivator who ascends from a lower realm is to be killed without exception!"

Before the voice had even faded, the golden-armored man grabbed at the void in front of him with one hand. Following a flash of Golden Light, a giant golden sword half a zhang long appeared in his hand! His figure flashed as he rushed to Zhang Nuo's front, raised the giant sword in his hand, and slashed down without mercy!

"What is the meaning of this, Fellow Daoist! I am just an ascended cultivator!"

Zhang Nuo retreated, pretending to be confused, but in his heart, he understood everything in an instant! It seemed that the people of the Anti-Immortal Faction had already sensed something; otherwise, they would never have issued such an order!

After missing with one strike, the golden-armored cultivator did not reply, but instead backhanded the giant golden sword into the ground!

With a muffled 'Boom—', the giant sword sank more than halfway into the soil! Immediately following this, a bizarre scene occurred!

Countless earthen hands emerged from the ground for a hundred miles around! Each of these earthen hands was several zhang in size, and they all reached out to grab Zhang Nuo!