139: Point out the way

[Name: Profound Limitless]

[Realm: Earth Immortal Late Stage (Recovering)]

[Talent: Ten Thousand Tribulations Immortal Physique]

[Identity: Qingyang Sect Sect Master]

[Background: Originally a powerhouse of the Immortal Venerable Realm who shook the Upper Triple Heavens, the Sect Master of the Qingyang Sect... Due to certain reasons, a terrifying existence sealed the vast majority of his memories and cultivation, casting him down to the Lower Heaven... After ten thousand years of ups and downs, he relied on instinct during his muddled state to rebuild the Qingyang Sect... Deep in his heart, there remains an unextinguishable obsession, desiring to find everything he lost and revitalize his lineage...]

"Immortal Venerable... what Realm is that exactly?"

Lin Chen was puzzled. He had only heard of Earth Immortals, Heavenly Immortals, and True Immortals, but never of the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Could it be that the Immortal Venerable Realm is a higher Realm than the True Immortal?

"System, what Realm is an Immortal Venerable?"

"Who is that terrifying existence?"

"Why Seal his cultivation and memories?"

"Who has the capability to Seal an Immortal Venerable?"

"..."

Lin Chen asked a series of questions, desperate for answers.

[Ding! Insufficient permissions! Relevant information can only be unlocked after the Host encounters a more Advanced map or triggers a specific task.]

"Damn it, you dog System!"

Lin Chen cursed.

[Above the True Immortal, there are even higher Realms!]

[The Immortal Realms of Lingxuan Heaven are divided into nine grades from low to high: Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Immortal Emperor, Immortal Venerable, and Immortal Emperor.]

[Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, and True Immortal are called Lower Three-Grade Immortals.]

[Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Grand Unity Golden Immortal are called Middle Three-Grade Immortals.]

[Immortal Emperor, Immortal Venerable, and Immortal Emperor are called Upper Three-Grade Immortals.]

[The Ninth-Grade Immortal is the Immortal Emperor, the supreme Dominator of Lingxuan Heaven.]

...Just after Lin Chen cursed the System, it suddenly provided information on the Realm divisions.

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then began to study it carefully.

"Immortal Venerable... an Eighth-Grade Immortal?"

"Second only to an Immortal Emperor?"

"Unlike the Great Emperors of the Cangxuan Realm, the Immortal Emperors of Lingxuan Heaven are few and far between, numbering less than a handful. Any Immortal Venerable in Lingxuan Heaven is already a regional overlord, a nearly invincible existence!"

"When Immortal Emperors do not appear, who can compete with them!"

"Hiss..."

Lin Chen sucked in a breath of cold air.

Above the True Immortal, there were actually so many more Realms.

It seemed his path still had a long way to go.

And this young man named Profound Limitless, although appearing to be only at the Earth Immortal Late Stage, was actually an Eighth-Grade Immortal—a genuine powerhouse of the Immortal Venerable Realm!

It was just that he had lost his memories and cultivation.

But regardless, such a peerless powerhouse must be befriended!

"Senior Half-Immortal, why are you so unwilling to perform a calculation for me?"

"...This, the Karma on your body is too great, this old man... cannot bear it." Liu the Half-Immortal sighed and spoke helplessly.

"...Fine."

Profound Limitless's eyes were lonely. He stood up and was about to leave when Lin Chen suddenly called out to him, "Brother, perhaps I can perform a calculation for you."

"You know fortune-telling too?"

Profound Limitless looked at Lin Chen with doubt, half-believing and half-doubting.

It wasn't surprising that Profound Limitless was skeptical; Lin Chen looked too young, not at all like a person of great attainment. Saying he could tell fortunes was as believable as an old sow climbing a tree or Qin Shi Huang coming back to life.

"Naturally."

Lin Chen smiled. "I can see through all things in the world with a single glance. In this Lower Heaven, perhaps only I can help you."

"Alright."

After a long silence, Profound Limitless nodded.

"Fellow Daoist, you must not!"

Liu the Half-Immortal, who seemed to be a decent person, hurriedly warned, "The Karma on him is too great. If you rashly calculate for him, you will surely suffer the backlash of the Heavenly Dao. You won't be able to bear it!"

Lin Chen smiled faintly. "No matter! There is no Karma in this world that this... er, that I cannot bear! You aren't afraid I'll steal your business, are you?"

"What kind of talk is that! This Immortal is not that kind of person!"

Liu the Half-Immortal said huffily, "This Immortal kindly warns you, and if you don't appreciate it, then forget it! If you want to die, who's going to stop you!"

Lin Chen smiled, not minding it.

Turning to Profound Limitless, he said, "It's not convenient to talk here. Let's find a place to have a good chat. How about... the Drunken Immortal Tower! I heard the wine there is good; let's go have a taste!"

"Don't worry, you don't have to pay. It's my treat!"

Lin Chen added.

"Alright!"

Profound Limitless had an open-minded personality and didn't care about such details.

After taking a few steps, Lin Chen looked back at Liu the Half-Immortal and smiled. "Old gentleman, would you care to join us for a few drinks?"

"Good, good, good!"

Liu the Half-Immortal immediately changed his expression, beaming with joy.

Firstly, he could get a free meal, and secondly, he wanted to see what would happen to this boastful young man... Outside a private room in the Drunken Immortal Tower, a Big Black Dog lay on the ground complaining, "The Sect Master actually won't let me in. This is too much! This Immortal can't escape the fate of being a gatekeeper wherever I go!"

Meanwhile, inside the private room, an invisible barrier isolated the noise from the outside world.

Profound Limitless stared blankly at Lin Chen's finger pointing toward the sky. In those eyes, deep as a sea of stars, there was first confusion, and then waves surged like a pebble thrown into an ancient well.

"Upper Heaven... my Dao... is in the Upper Realm?"

He muttered to himself, his body trembling slightly, as if something tightly sealed was frantically striking against its shackles.

An unspeakable sorrow, anger, and a sense of belonging originating from his Soul's instinct surged into his heart like a flood breaking through a dam.

"Correct."

Lin Chen's voice was calm and certain. "Your Foundation is in the Upper Heaven. Being cast down to the Lower Heaven is a tribulation you were meant to face. The day the tribulation is complete will be the day you return to the Upper Realm and take back everything that belongs to you."

"Then how should I return? When will this tribulation be complete? Just who... who sealed my cultivation and memory?!" Profound Limitless asked urgently.

"Heavenly secrets must not be revealed."

"Can you really not say?"

"When the time is right, you will know for yourself. As for the one who placed the Seal... the secrets of heaven are in Chaos, and the implications are vast. It cannot be spoken, it cannot be said." Lin Chen shook his head slightly, putting on the air of an otherworldly expert.

"..."

Beside them, Liu the Half-Immortal was already dumbfounded, his heart churning.

This, this, this... these were all his lines!

But when he had just started his calculation, he was blocked by a terrifying power. In his shock, he didn't dare to peer into the heavenly secrets any further.

Yet Lin Chen had easily spoken of Profound Limitless's past and future.

What kind of heaven-defying method was this?

Could it be... that Senior Lin Chen's deduction techniques had reached the point of ignoring the backlash of the Heavenly Dao and seeing through the Origin?

"Senior has a Wisdom Eye as sharp as a torch, waking me from my dream! I, Profound Limitless... thank Senior for the grace of pointing out the way!"

This bow was sincere.

Lin Chen's words were like lighting a lamp in his dark Sea of Consciousness, giving him a sense of direction, even if the road ahead was still shrouded in mist.

Lin Chen accepted the bow calmly, but his thoughts were racing.

Enlightening a fallen Immortal Venerable—this Karma was truly immense.

Whether it would be a blessing or a curse in the future was still unknown.

But for now, this undoubtedly forged a positive karmic bond for the Wending Sect, and perhaps... planted a seed capable of stirring the Upper Heaven.

And while they were talking, a familiar figure appeared outside the Drunken Immortal Tower.