229: speculation

Five hours later.

Lin Chen arrived at the super long-distance Great World Teleportation Formation, which was set up by the Human-faced Beast Realm, in his spaceship.

As soon as he arrived, his true spirit immediately scanned the area.

He discovered that this Great World Teleportation Formation was built on a small city suspended in the void.

There were over a thousand Human-faced Beasts stationed in the city, the strongest of whom was a Seven-Step Quasi-Emperor from the Human-faced Bird Clan.

Lin Chen had switched to an ordinary spaceship midway, and his arrival at the floating city did not cause much of a stir.

"From the Human-faced Elephant Clan?"

"Why are you only retreating from the Ziwei Great World now?"

The Seven-Step Quasi-Emperor looked at Lin Chen and asked, puzzled.

Lin Chen's current identity was a Dao Realm Human-faced Elephant. He looked at the Quasi-Emperor and said with a look of excitement:

"Many of my clansmen were slaughtered by that human boy from Hong Country, so naturally, I wouldn't return so easily."

"I've killed enough during this time, and now I'm going to the Lingxiao World to continue fighting!"

The Human-faced Bird Clan's Quasi-Emperor nodded in approval upon hearing this, saying:

"Not bad, not bad, you Human-faced Elephant Clan are all brave."

"Our clan's Demon General also died at the hands of that human boy. One day, our Heavenly Demon Kingdom's army will sweep through the entire Ziwei Great World and avenge the Demon General!"

"Go on, I have high hopes for you!"

Lin Chen rubbed his nose, feigning righteous indignation, and nodded heavily before entering the Great World Teleportation Formation...

The closest distance between Great Worlds is hundreds of millions of light-years.

The Ziwei Great World is 900 million light-years from the Lingxiao World, and this super long-distance Great World Teleportation Formation can transmit up to 5 billion light-years.

So Lin Chen arrived directly at the Lingxiao World in one trip.

However, this end of the Great World Teleportation Formation was a massive base suspended in the void!

The diameter of this base was 3 light-years, comparable to the main world of a small world.

After Lin Chen exited the Great World Teleportation Formation, he immediately sensed an Emperor Realm aura lingering on him for a few breaths. After finding no abnormalities, it disappeared.

"This should be the headquarters base that the Heavenly Demon Kingdom built outside the Lingxiao World."

Lin Chen was deeply shocked.

In just this short while, he had sensed over a dozen Emperor Realm auras!

Moreover, creatures from the Heavenly Demon Kingdom were constantly being teleported through the Great World Teleportation Formation behind him...

Ancestor Jin was currently in Lin Chen's Inner World.

Following Ancestor Jin's instructions, he arrived at a secluded corner of the base, then took a spaceship and flew towards the Lingxiao World.

He could have actually reached the Lingxiao World directly through another Great World Teleportation Formation, but that would have placed him in the area occupied by the Heavenly Demon Kingdom within the Lingxiao World.

His actions would undoubtedly be inconvenient then.

Therefore, Lin Chen chose to travel by spaceship.

Three hours later, he arrived at the coordinates Ancestor Jin had given him.

At this point, an boundless Great World was already visible to the naked eye!

Just then, Lin Chen noticed an old man in yellow robes sitting cross-legged in the void ahead, his aura completely contained, as if he were an ordinary person.

But with just one glance from Lin Chen, a sense of trepidation slowly rose in his heart...

"Lin Chen, that is Ancestor Guiyuan. He's here to pick us up."

Ancestor Jin said with a smile beside Lin Chen.

Lin Chen suddenly understood. Was this the pressure of a Seven-Step Emperor Realm expert?

The cabin door opened, and Lin Chen and Ancestor Jin stepped out of the spaceship.

"Nanshan, you've actually broken through to Quasi-Emperor. Not bad, not bad."

The old man in yellow robes instantly appeared before Lin Chen and Ancestor Jin, saying with a cheerful smile.

Lin Chen's eyelids twitched. This Ancestor Guiyuan should be skilled in the Great Dao of Space...

He then glanced at Ancestor Jin and understood.

This was the first time he had known Ancestor Jin's true name.

Ancestor Jin respectfully bowed to the old man in yellow robes, saying:

"Sect Leader, my breakthrough is not worth mentioning. This is Lin Chen, whom I told you about."

After Ancestor Jin finished speaking, he pointed to Lin Chen.

The old man in yellow robes then seriously examined Lin Chen.

In his perception, Lin Chen's entire body began to emit a strong golden light.

"This is... Emperor... Imperial Rank Golden Body?"

The old man's eyes immediately widened.

Lin Chen nodded slightly in response, but a hint of shock flashed in his eyes.

On the way here, so many Emperor Realm experts hadn't discovered his physical cultivation, yet this old man saw through it with one glance...

"It seems I need to deduce a secret art for concealing my aura."

Ancestor Jin, standing nearby, only now understood why Lin Chen had been so fearless all along the way.

It turned out Lin Chen's Golden Body had reached the Imperial Rank...

"Sect Leader, is Lin Chen's participation in the war on behalf of our sect acceptable?"

Ancestor Jin asked with a smile.

The old man in yellow robes glared at Ancestor Jin upon hearing this.

"You're so disrespectful when talking to me."

"However, for Lin Chen's sake, I won't bother with you."

Then, the old man in yellow robes smiled at Lin Chen and said:

"Lin Chen, I am the Sect Leader of the Guiyuan Sect. I presume Jin Nanshan has already told you."

"The Multiverse War will begin in just over two days. Without further ado, let's return to the Lingxiao World first."

"Since you two arrived so suddenly, the candidates for the Multiverse War have already been decided. I need to go and handle that."

Lin Chen was stunned upon hearing this. In that case, he felt quite embarrassed...

However, looking at it from another perspective, the chosen candidates would have gone in vain anyway. This Multiverse War would be exceptionally fierce, unlike previous ones...

Then, led by Ancestor Guiyuan, the group boarded a spaceship and entered the Lingxiao World.

Along the way, Ancestor Guiyuan continuously introduced the current situation of the Lingxiao World to Lin Chen.

The situation in the Lingxiao World was not good; half of its territory had been occupied by the Heavenly Demon Kingdom.

And the human race in the Lingxiao World now only had the Guiyuan Sect as a single power.

Originally, the peak powers, hegemon-level powers, and so on, of the Lingxiao World had all merged into the Guiyuan Sect to seek protection.

The Guiyuan Sect was indeed powerful; the remaining four Emperor Realm experts were all above the Four-Step Emperor Realm!

At this point, Lin Chen became curious.

Could it be that this Guiyuan Sect did not follow the immortal cultivation path?

"Sect Leader Qingyun, Ancestor Jin once told me about your past. I wonder if there's any difference between the cultivation systems in the Immortal World and here?"

Lin Chen asked, puzzled, as he was truly too curious about immortal cultivation.

Ancestor Guiyuan, whose name was Qing Yunzi, replied with a smile:

"Lin Chen, you're still interested in this."

"Well, let me tell you about it."

"Alas... a myriad of years have passed in the blink of an eye."

"The cultivation system in the Immortal World is indeed different from here."

"However, all Great Daos lead to the same destination. In the end, it all comes down to comprehending the Source Great Dao and creating Great Daos..."

"There, the initial realm is called Qi Refinement. One needs to absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth into the body, strengthen the physical body, and lay a foundation."

"Next are Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcension..."

"Actually, among countless dimensional worlds, the realm division of the Endless Realm is the most widespread."

"Nascent Soul is equivalent to the Transcendent Realm, and Soul Transformation corresponds to the Source Beginning Realm."

"The later realms correspond one-to-one with the Endless Realm. Tribulation Transcension is equivalent to Quasi-Emperor, and one also has to go through nine heavenly tribulations."

"After Tribulation Transcension, one can break through to the Immortal Realm, comparable to the Emperor Realm here!"

"Currently, only the four of us old fellows still follow the immortal cultivation path..."

After listening, Lin Chen suddenly understood.

It really was the Immortal World he knew.

As far as he knew, above the Immortal Realm in the Immortal World, there were many other realms, such as Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal...

If these corresponded one-to-one with the martial Dao Realms, wouldn't the Immortal World have Ancestor Realm existences like Yuan?

"Sect Leader Qingyun, what is the highest realm in the Immortal World?"

The old man in yellow robes said patiently:

"The highest realm is the Golden Immortal Realm. As for what lies beyond the Golden Immortal Realm, that is unknown..."

Golden Immortal Realm?

If they corresponded one-to-one, was this Golden Immortal Realm on the same level as the Eternal Saint Lords in the Primordial World?

If divided according to the immortal cultivation realms he was familiar with, above Golden Immortal, there were Immortal Lord, Immortal Venerable, and Immortal Emperor!

Wouldn't that be even stronger than the Ancestor Realm!

Lin Chen's pupils trembled slightly.

He seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

If that were truly the case, the Ancestor Realm was not the strongest!

There must be realms above the Ancestor Realm!

At this moment, Lin Chen's horizons expanded once again...

The ultimate pinnacle of martial dao was too captivating!