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Midnight, Immortal Tomb.
Ambrose Lu stood quietly in the center of the tombs, for a long, long time.
Suddenly, he looked up at the sky, a sharp smile curling at the corner of his mouth, no longer the gentle demeanor of the past.
“Your ideas and methods are not bad, but it’s a pity that this Emperor is immortal. I only grow stronger and stronger. What can you do to me?”
Ambrose clenched his fist and laughed to himself, “In the myriad worlds… no one can suppress me, Ambrose Lu.”
With that, his cyan cloth slowly faded away, disappearing.
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Four Directions Immortal Realm, Southern Immortal Realm.
When Ambrose Lu leisurely emerged from the ascension passage, he saw a turtle shell wobbling on the sand ahead, like a rocking chair.
He walked over with a smile and stepped on it.
A turtle head poked out from the shell, grinning sheepishly, “Master, Old Turtle has been waiting here for you for years.”
Previously, Old Turtle had been sent flying to an incredibly distant place by a single palm strike from Ambrose. It took him two years to return to the ascension passage, knowing that Ambrose would come to the Immortal Realm, so he didn’t go to the Spirit Dust Realm. Instead, he waited here, sleeping on and off for five years.
Ambrose glanced at Old Turtle and moved his foot away.
Old Turtle quickly enlarged his form, showing respect.
Seeing this, Ambrose stepped onto the turtle shell and said, “Let’s go, no need to rush.”
“Hehe, got it, Master.”
Old Turtle floated into the air, moving his limbs like paddles.
In the vast desert, one man and one turtle soon disappeared into the wind and sand.
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The Four Directions Immortal Realm is divided into five Immortal Realms, vast and seemingly endless, with no one knowing where the edge lies.
Below the Immortal Realm, there are countless lower realms like the Spirit Dust Realm, where all cultivators dream of ascending to the Four Directions Immortal Realm.
Only upon reaching the Immortal Realm does the true path of cultivation begin.
The Southern Immortal Realm, one of the Four Directions Immortal Realm, is vast and prosperous, living up to its reputation.
The entire Southern Immortal Realm is divided into three major Immortal Continents in regions where life can be found.
Each of these Immortal Continents is far larger than any Spirit Dust Realm, extremely vast.
They are the Whirlwind Immortal Continent, the Chaotic Star Immortal Continent, and the Imperial Martial Immortal Continent!
Among the three Immortal Continents, there are countless regions, with countless sects and palaces like stars in the sky, with strict hierarchies. The sect levels range from one to nine stars, from low to high.
The Tianheng Grand Sect that Ambrose destroyed earlier was merely a one-star sect on the edge of the Whirlwind Immortal Continent.
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Whirlwind Immortal Continent, Langtian Domain.
Ambrose rode Old Turtle out of the desert.
A fifty-meter-tall city came into view, imposing and grand.
Countless streams of light moved back and forth in the sky.
In the Immortal Realm, there is no distinction between the secular world and the cultivation world as in the Spirit Dust Realm.
Cultivators and ordinary people live together.
Therefore, the ordinary people of the Four Directions Immortal Realm are not surprised by cultivators.
Old Turtle carried Ambrose to the city gate, then transformed into a human form.
The passing mortals and cultivators only glanced at them before looking away, as they were used to such sights.
“Hehe, Master.”
Old Turtle looked at Ambrose with a sly smile. In the Immortal Realm, he was clearly more excited than in the Spirit Dust Realm, as there were more things to play with in the Immortal Realm.
Ambrose glanced at him and walked forward with his hands behind his back.
The fully armed city guards saw two cultivators approaching and wanted to stop them, but Old Turtle had already thrown a top-grade Spirit Stone over.
“Hehe! Welcome to Sand City, honored seniors, please!”
The city guard caught the top-grade Spirit Stone, his eyes lighting up. He swallowed and warmly welcomed Ambrose and Old Turtle.
They must be rich!
The entry fee for two cultivators was originally just one mid-grade Spirit Stone, but they casually handed over a top-grade Spirit Stone!
That’s enough for two thousand cultivators to enter!
“Hehe, no need for change, Grandpa Turtle has plenty of Spirit Stones!” Old Turtle laughed heartily and swaggered in.
The city guards watched Ambrose and Old Turtle leave with envy, their eyes filled with admiration.
It’s great to be rich.
In the city, by the street, at a noodle shop.
“Hehe, two Immortals, your noodle soup is ready.”
The waiter brought two bowls of noodles to Ambrose and Old Turtle, smiling.
“Enjoy, call me if you need anything.”
The waiter smiled, bowed, and left.
Facing Ambrose and Old Turtle, the waiter’s expression was calm and respectful, yet natural, steady as an old dog.
If it were in the Spirit Dust Realm, the mortals would have worshipped the Immortals. The difference between the Immortal Realm and the lower realms was immediately apparent.
Ambrose picked up his chopsticks, twirled the noodles, and put them in his mouth, smiling lightly, “Not bad.”
It was unclear if he was referring to the noodles or something else.
Old Turtle paused his noodle-eating, naturally knowing what Ambrose meant. He rolled his eyes and flattered, “Master, although some people have violated the Immortal Code you established for the ascension passage, the Immortal Code that cultivators must not bully mortals without reason is still well enforced by the Four Immortal Emperors.”
Ambrose took a sip of the noodle soup and nodded.
Seeing this, Old Turtle lowered his head and silently continued eating, his thoughts drifting.
In the Immortal Realm, among mortals, the most revered figure was naturally his master, the Immortal Emperor of Longevity.
For no other reason than the Immortal Code that cultivators must not bully mortals without reason.
Millions of years ago, mortals in the Immortal Realm were like ants in the eyes of cultivators, who could kill them at will. Life was unbearable. But since the Immortal Code was issued, the happiness index of mortals in the Immortal Realm had skyrocketed!
“Hey, recently the Huang Immortal Clan, the Chen Immortal Clan, and the Chu Immortal Clan have been having a tough time…”
“Who says otherwise? Twelve years ago, the Tianheng Grand Sect got into some trouble, and the entire sect, within a radius of ten thousand miles, was reduced to ruins! I went to the scene back then, it was terrifying.”
“Yeah, some say it was divine punishment, some say it was man-made… there are all sorts of theories.”
“There’s no helping it, this isn’t a small matter. Tens of thousands of disciples… I heard people from above came to investigate. In our Langtian Domain, besides the Tianheng Grand Sect, there are the three major Immortal Clans. They will definitely investigate the three major Immortal Clans, as they could pose some threat to the Tianheng Grand Sect if they joined forces.”
“Hehe, ridiculous. Even if the three major Immortal Clans joined forces, they couldn’t reduce the entire Tianheng Grand Sect to ruins in an instant!”
“Hey, Daoist Friend, everyone understands that, but they can’t find anything, so someone has to take the blame. Isn’t that just basic operation…”
The conversation at the next table reached Ambrose and Old Turtle’s ears word for word.
Old Turtle paused, recalling twelve years ago when Ambrose took Chu Xiruo and Nathan Zhang into the ascension passage. He hesitated and asked, “Master, is the Tianheng Grand Sect they mentioned…”
Ambrose finished the last bite of his noodles and asked, “What?”
Old Turtle smacked his lips and laughed dryly, “Nothing… nothing.”
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