411: What is a Holy Land?

"Good kid, you've made something of yourself!" The Third Elder, who was standing in the crowd like a nobody, stepped forward and heavily punched Lu Chen's chest.

As a result, the Third Elder gasped in pain. Lu Chen's Physical Body was too strong; this punch nearly shattered the Third Elder's hand bones.

It was also fortunate that the Third Elder didn't use real force, and Lu Chen hadn't circulated his vital energy; otherwise, with that one hit, the Third Elder would have been instantly vaporized.

Lu Chen looked at the increasingly youthful Third Elder before him, smiled knowingly, and bowed deeply: "Master, long time no see."

Lu Chen had always kept this Master from the Dongming Sect in his heart. Even though his strength now far surpassed the Third Elder's, he still treated him the same.

Because when he was weak, the Third Elder had helped him too much. Including the other Elders and Protectors of the Dongming Sect, they had all given him the best growth environment, and their kindness towards him was beyond words.

Lu Chen could never forget.

"Grand Elder, Second Elder." Lu Chen then respectfully greeted the two Elders beside him.

"Although we knew you would have the day you'd transform into a dragon and soar through the nine heavens, we never expected this day to come so quickly!" The Grand Elder couldn't help but exclaim.

The time it took for Lu Chen to rise was too short. He had personally witnessed Lu Chen entering the Inner Sect, and that was only three years ago.

Three years!

Before coming to the Dongxu Immortal Mansion, in three years, he couldn't even break through a minor Realm, but for Lu Chen, three years was already enough to ascend to the heavens.

A true ascent to the heavens.

At least, in the Grand Elder's eyes, Lu Chen with his 37 Dharma Forms was no different from an immortal in the sky.

"Thanks to you, kid, us three old fellows are doing very well in the Dongxu Immortal Mansion." The Second Elder finally spoke, smiling as he patted Lu Chen's shoulder.

Meeting old acquaintances again in the Middle Heaven, separated from the Azure Underworld by who knows how many Starry Sky and galaxies, Lu Chen felt a strange surge of emotion. He chatted a lot with his Master and the two Elders.

During this time, the many Elders and Protectors also tactfully did not step forward to interrupt, merely waiting from afar.

Only after they had finished reminiscing did the many Elders and Protectors step forward one after another to make Lu Chen's acquaintance, though they didn't say much.

Most of it was praise like 'Dragon among Men', 'Young Heavenly Pride', 'Heaven-Defying Talent', 'Destined to become an immortal in the future'. Lu Chen responded politely to each one.

When the many Elders, Protectors, and Supreme Elders dispersed, only the Third Elder, Grand Elder, Second Elder, and the three Tongtian Realm Elders from the Qingming lineage remained.

"For the Qingming lineage to produce a peerless Heavenly Pride like Junior Brother Lu, it is truly the fortune of our Azure Underworld, and also the fortune of our Dongxu Immortal Mansion," Meng Elder said, leading the way for Lu Chen towards the blessed land where the Qingming lineage resided.

The Dongxu Immortal Mansion was vast, with immortal mountains towering, vying for height and wonder. Palaces and halls were countless, and even above the sky, immortal palaces were wreathed in immortal mist, truly like entering an immortal sacred Realm.

Lu Chen followed Meng Elder as they traveled through the Dongxu Immortal Mansion, finally arriving at an immortal mountain also enveloped in rich spiritual mist.

The dozens of immortal mountains in this vicinity all belonged to the Qingming lineage.

During this time, Meng Elder and the other two Elders told Lu Chen a lot.

The Azure Underworld was just a life star, incomparable to the various heavens, and its status within the Dongxu Immortal Mansion was actually not high.

It hadn't even produced an Ascension Realm cultivator, and its strongest individuals were only a dozen or so Tongtian Realm Great Power.

It's worth mentioning that over three thousand years ago, the Dongming Sect of the Azure Underworld also produced a good Heavenly Pride. He became a True Disciple in two years, left the Azure Underworld in three years, and entered the Dongxu Immortal Mansion, progressing by leaps and bounds in his cultivation. However, later, in order to cultivate the nine Dharma Idols, he wasted time, so much so that he only made it onto the tail end of the Ten Thousand Clans Prodigy Ranking when he was close to three thousand years old, but he quickly fell off the ranking.

Now, he is also an extremely powerful Tongtian Realm Great Power, named 'Ji Qianqiu'. Before Lu Chen appeared, he was the most promising existence from the Qingming lineage to reach the Ascension Realm.

It was also because of 'Ji Qianqiu' that the status of the Qingming lineage in the Dongxu Immortal Mansion rose sharply. However, before Ji Qianqiu became a true Ascension Realm cultivator, the Qingming lineage could still only rank at the bottom in the Dongxu Immortal Mansion.

But now with Lu Chen, whether Lu Chen can succeed as the Holy Son or not, the Qingming lineage will become one of the main lineages of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion.

'Ji Qianqiu?' This name was somewhat familiar to Lu Chen, because when he was in the Dongming Sect, Disciples had mentioned him, saying he was the most stunning Heavenly Pride from over three thousand six hundred years ago. It is indeed extraordinary that he could achieve this today.

Furthermore, Lu Chen was somewhat surprised that the Qingming lineage could have over a dozen Tongtian Realm Great Power in the Dongxu Immortal Mansion, because from Lu Chen's perspective, although there were people born with Spirit Treasures in the Azure Underworld, most had limited potential. Although they were called Heavenly Pride in the Azure Underworld, in reality, after entering the Starry Sky, they would quickly become ordinary, let alone reaching the Tongtian Realm; even reaching the Faxiang Realm would be difficult.

And the Tongtian Realm, if you don't count the peerless Heavenly Pride on the Heaven's Pride Rankings and the extremely rare Ascension Realm cultivators, is actually an existence truly standing at the pinnacle of the Starry Sky.

In some more remote Starry Sky, the Faxiang Realm could roam unimpeded and suppress everything, while the Tongtian Realm was truly heaven.

And the Azure Underworld is merely a life star. For the Dongming Sect lineage alone to produce over a dozen Tongtian Realm cultivators is indeed not easy.

But, how should I put it!

In Lu Chen's Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin, there are now four hundred and twenty-six Hundred Transformations Dao Soldiers comparable to Tongtian Realm Great Power. If you add the Dao Soldier Clones, that would be four thousand six hundred and eighty-six.

Moreover, his Hundred Transformations Dao Soldiers are extremely powerful. With his Dharma Idol's enhancement, they basically have no match within the Tongtian Realm.

Even those like the Dragon Clan Hundred Transformations Dao Soldier that is about to transform into a True Dragon, and the Sun Moon God Clan Dao Soldier, can even be compared to Ascension Realm cultivators.

In comparison, the strong individuals accumulated by the Qingming lineage over long years seem...

Well, not counting Lu Chen himself, they are actually very useful.

Afterwards, Meng Elder and the other Seniors from the Qingming lineage gave Lu Chen a general explanation of the vast heritage of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion.

Within a true behemoth like the Dongxu Immortal Mansion that spans the entire Starry Sky, only by reaching the Tongtian Realm can one become an Elder or a Protector, but there are also differences between Elders and Protectors.

There are official Elders who hold real power, whose strength is unfathomably powerful, and some even exist in the Ascension Realm.

There are also those who are unwilling to stay within the Dongxu Immortal Mansion. They can go and oversee the territories of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion itself, either governing a region of the Starry Sky, known as a Domain Lord, or governing a life star, known as a Star Lord.

Chen Tianshu is a Domain Lord, and Jiang Daoqing is also a Star Lord.

There are also branches like the Dongxu Immortal Mansion in the Mystic Heaven. Sect Leader Qui Xinghe of Qingxuan Cave Heaven is also in the Tongtian Realm, and is also a Great Power sent out by the Dongxu Immortal Mansion to guard a region.

And besides the official Elders who hold real power, and the Tongtian Realm cultivators like Domain Lords, Star Lords, and Sect Leaders who oversee regions outside, there are also many Elders within the Dongxu Immortal Mansion who do not hold real power, known as nominal Elders.

These Elders are the most numerous, but are relatively weaker. They generally teach the outstanding younger generation of their respective lineages within the Immortal Mansion.

Those who are stronger oversee a region, collecting cultivation resources for the Dongxu Immortal Mansion and their respective lineages.

The other few Elders from the Qingming lineage also oversee regions outside, collecting resources while also searching for geniuses with outstanding talent and foundation.

This is the root cause of why the Qingming lineage could produce over a dozen Tongtian Realm Great Power. Relying solely on the Dongming Sect of the Azure Underworld is ultimately not enough.

Lu Chen quietly listened to the words of the few Senior Elders from the Qingming lineage, but his heart was already filled with endless admiration.

It was only at this moment that Lu Chen truly knew what a Void Immortal Sect was, and what a true behemoth spanning the entire universe starry sky was.

The Dongxu Immortal Mansion was too, too vast, and the number of strong individuals was also too many to count.

Let alone the Faxiang Realm Disciples of the Immortal Mansion, it might not even be possible to meet all the Tongtian Realm Great Power of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion.

At the very least, if Lu Chen were to ascend within just ten years, it would be impossible for him to meet all the Tongtian Realm Great Power of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion within those ten years.