Beast Tamer Ascension-Book 7: Chapter 20: Walking the Immortal Path Alone
Vol 7 Chapter 20: Walking the Immortal Path Alone
During the five years his incarnation spent in secluded cultivation in the Ancient Immortal Realm, two thousand springs and autumns had passed in the Cultivation World.
Two thousand years could bring about many changes. Even for Dao Inquiry cultivators at the highest realm of the Cultivation World, two thousand years represented one-fifth of their lifespan.
For Dao Inquiry cultivators who could live ten thousand years, their prime cultivation age only lasted for the first two millennia.
Unknowingly, the prodigies who had grown up in the same era as Lin Jing had gradually moved beyond the concept of "prodigies" according to the traditional "golden cultivation age" standard. Both their spell comprehension and cultivation speed had noticeably slowed down.
In reality, the cultivation environment in the Lower Realm had actually become more hostile.
As the Demon Lord used the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure to drain the spiritual energy from the Lower Realm, cultivation difficulty had doubled, making achieving Dao Inquiry as challenging as ascension had been in the past.
Those prodigies who wanted to accumulate more experience in the Lower Realm were forced to ascend to the Immortal Realm due to their slowed cultivation speed.
Over these two millennia, Lin Jing's main body had been continuously searching for the Ascension Path in the Lower Realm, cultivating while seeking new methods to reach Earth.
However, whether due to demonic interference, Earth's current unsuitability for ascension, or simply bad luck, he had been unable to find this path.
The Immortal Realm also had no solutions against the Demonic Race.
The Demon Lord seemed to have made further breakthroughs in controlling the Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure.
Nevertheless, the Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor reassured Lin Jing not to worry, as no magical treasure could be used without limits, especially not a Heavenly Dao's Supreme Treasure.
After this incident, the Demon Lord would likely remain dormant for a long time to recover his expended energy, preventing him from pursuing other ambitions.
Unable to find the ascension channel and facing rapidly declining spiritual energy in the Lower Realm, Lin Jing's plans faced serious obstacles.
This meant he couldn't help talented cultivators ascend to the Ancient Immortal Realm to assist his incarnation.
Given the Demon Lord's extensive efforts this time, it was impossible for Lin Jing not to worry about his incarnation's situation.
Additionally, he began persuading a group of friends to ascend to the current Immortal Realm. In the present Cultivation World environment, merely avoiding cultivation regression was considered an achievement, let alone accumulating foundations.
He couldn't delay others' cultivation progress just to seek assistance for his incarnation, especially since the Ancient Immortal Realm might not be an ideal destination anyway.
The situation there remained unknown.
In the blink of an eye, how many familiar faces remained in the vast Lower Realm? Lin Jing didn't know.
He had already drunk many farewell wines.
From Senior Brother Ouyang, who had entered the immortal gate ahead of him.
To the wealthy Gao Sheng and Cold Moon Sword Immortal Feng Ning, whom he met through the Ice Soul Gu.
Then to Wang Xiao and his batch of old academy classmates, and even their descendants, who had all achieved Dao Inquiry and ascended.
There was also Senior Sister Xu Qingyao... Thousand Illusions Sect's ancestor Huan Li...
Even Elder Mo and the Black Bear Spirit, who initially couldn't ascend due to poor aptitude - Lin Jing, unable to bear watching them die, obtained Constitution Pills and Ascension Elixirs for them, helping them ascend one by one to seek better opportunities in the Immortal Realm.
As for the spirit creatures from the Origin Realm, they went without saying.
Counting them all, currently in the entire Lower Realm, only the Old Demon Mo Pine and the Demon Emperor stubbornly remained.
Besides them... Gu Qianqiu, who returned from the Origin Realm, and Mosquito Woman, whom Lin Jing had mentored, absolutely refused to leave no matter what.
Plus, there was the Taoist Zhu Yan - even if he wanted to leave, Lin Jing wouldn't allow it, as he still needed his help searching for the Ascension Path. In this vast Lower Realm, only these five people could still be considered familiar to Lin Jing.
"I have an agreement with the Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor. He promised to take care of those who ascended from the Tianyuan Realm."
"As long as I guard this Lower Realm against demonic invaders for one day, they will receive protection from the Immortal Emperor's lineage in the Immortal Realm for that day."
Of course, besides these five people, Lin Jing still had his group of pet beasts around him.
Except for the Mechanized Turtle, each pet beast possessed the qualifications of Immortal King-level bloodlines.
And because of the Heavenly Emperor's Seven Dominions, even if they achieved Immortal King status in the future, they would be among the stronger Immortal Kings.
Even now, before achieving immortality, they could all battle True Immortals, with each one possessing strength surpassing former Demon Generals.
The Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse, with its ultimate comprehension ability, had mastered spatial power to perfection over these years to help Lin Jing find the Ascension Path. As a single entity, it rivaled cross-realm teleportation arrays, easily transporting Lin Jing between multiple galaxies. Its internal space had expanded to absurd levels, already storing numerous stars - essentially a small universe within itself.
The Dragon Carp, possessing ultimate offensive power, though not yet immortal itself, could easily refine mid-grade immortal artifacts with its terrifying flames. Probably even the creator of the Flame Emperor Divine Ability, before achieving immortality, didn't possess one-tenth of its divine ability's power.
The Ice Soul Gu, with ultimate speed, was even more bizarre. Its toxin spread could reach dozens of planets within one second, capable of bewitching numerous Cultivation World creatures with a single thought.
The Mechanized Turtle, with ultimate divine consciousness, had continuously explored the Lower Realm for two thousand years. Its greatest achievement was successfully exploring the Immortal Emperor's Dao Field that Zhu Yan had discovered earlier. While being pursued by the Immortal Emperor's will, it stole a damaged superior-grade immortal artifact. With its invincible divine consciousness and artifact spirit body controlling it, this damaged superior-grade immortal artifact became its ultimate trump card.
The Star Longevity Crane, with ultimate vitality, could instantly heal any severe injury. Reviving low-level cultivators wasn't difficult, and it could even mass-produce Longevity Bodies, granting others longevity power. However, becoming a long-lived species also meant bearing certain disadvantages of long-lived species, and acquired Longevity Bodies weren't necessarily entirely beneficial.
The Heavenly Emperor Frog, with ultimate defensive power, possessed physical strength comparable to high-grade immortal artifacts, making it the best training partner.
And the Holy Egg, with ultimate spiritual power, showed considerable potential as a New Holy Clan member. Its Holy Clan Power had transformed through the Heavenly Emperor's Seven Dominions, already capable of affecting royal-blooded demonic race members. Its spiritual power reserves were the greatest among all the pet beasts, with domains that could continuously cover an entire Cultivation World for over a century without exhaustion!
Therefore, once Lin Jing found the path to ascend to Earth and sent these pet beasts there...
He believed that no matter what enemies the Demonic Race dispatched to Earth, with these pet beasts assisting his incarnation, there would be nothing to worry about.
Of course, that moment would also signify one thing.
That after this final group of people and pet beasts ascended, there would be no creatures left in the entire Cultivation World that Lin Jing knew. Though the pet beasts could leave incarnation clones to accompany him, the limited existence time of such clones meant they couldn't last forever.
"Lin, Brother Lin."
"I found it."
Several hundred years later, Zhu Yan rushed over excitedly, transmitting his surprise: "I finally found the Ascension Path, but..."
"But what?" Lin Jing took a deep breath. Had this day finally come?
"But saying I found it isn't quite accurate - it was more like the Ancient Immortal Realm suddenly shone brightly, and then I discovered it."
"Based on my deductions, I think it's because from this day onward, Earth's rules... have likely become more complete, already capable of... supporting Immortal Lord realm."
Lin Jing's expression changed subtly. If nothing went wrong, his incarnation would be in danger.
Even if his incarnation had brought considerable resources, it was absolutely impossible to jump from True Immortal to Immortal Lord in just a few short years.
Even if, by some remote chance, he managed to break through to Immortal Lord realm, the gap between first heaven and ninth heaven of Immortal Lord was unimaginably vast.
He couldn't imagine what methods his incarnation could use to resist the coming invasion. But fortunately, the Ascension Path had now been found.
"Are you all ready?" Lin Jing asked his pet beasts, especially... asking the Holy Egg. It might be his incarnation's hope for turning the tables.
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Book 7: Chapter 20: Walking the Immortal Path Alone
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