Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 383

Chapter 383 — Division of Power in the Immortal Realm

After Su Bai emerged from seclusion, Tianzhu, thanks to ten years of recuperation, finally returned to his peak.

There was ample immortal crystal here, pills refined by Su Bai, and on top of that Tianzhu already possessed extraordinarily strong regenerative ability.

Otherwise, his immortal bones wouldn’t have grown back automatically every thousand years.

It was precisely for that reason he had not been killed by the Gao clan.

More than that, the Gao clan had even fed him longevity qi so he would live longer.

As long as he lived, he could continuously produce top-grade immortal bones.

Only the man’s body and spirit had been dead, even if he still breathed.

A once peerless prodigy and ascendant with ninth-grade heavenly immortal cultivation had been treated like a beggar and humiliated at will.

Now, at last, he had recovered. His long, unkempt hair had been cut short; his beard was shaved clean.

His face was no longer filthy, and he wore a brand-new cyan brocade robe.

Most of all, his eyes—when the Gao clan had imprisoned him they had been dull, devoid of yearning, devoid of hope for the future.

Now, a keen edge flashed throughout his gaze, as if it could tear open the void itself.

“Gao clan, I will not forget the thousands of years you imprisoned me!”

He threw his head back and let out a long howl; he looked completely transformed.

Except that his immortal bones still needed several decades before they would grow again, everything else had returned to peak condition.

His strength had even advanced another step.

A ninth-rank peak heavenly immortal—his power was now comparable to the head of the Gao clan.

“From now on, you will be a guest elder of my Heavenly Dao Sect.”

A voice appeared beside him: it was Su Bai, who had just come out of seclusion.

Su Bai wore a white robe. After stepping into the Emperor Realm, his cultivation became thoroughly internalized; his aura swelled and receded at will, impossible to probe.

“Thank you, Sect Master!”

Upon seeing Su Bai, Tianzhu knelt immediately and bowed respectfully.

First, he thanked Su Bai for saving his life and restoring his freedom, freeing him from the Gao clan’s control.

Second, he thanked Su Bai for helping him recover—without that aid, he could not have healed so quickly; otherwise it would have taken thousands of years.

Third, he thanked Su Bai for taking him in, giving him the chance and hope for revenge.

“No need for thanks. You are now one of our Heavenly Dao Sect. We should help one another.”

“You have been in the Immortal Realm for a long time and know more about it than I do. I came to ask you about the division of power in the Immortal Realm.”

Su Bai stated his purpose; he needed a basic understanding of the Immortal Realm.

After all, destroying the Gao clan was only the first step.

For the Heavenly Dao Sect to establish itself in the Immortal Realm, toppling the Gao clan alone would be far from enough.

“As far as I know, the area where Gao Clan City sits is only on the fringe of the Heavenly Sword Immortal Domain, in a region called the Northern Realm.”

“The entire Northern Realm is vast, with an enormous number of family powers; the major factions intersect and overlap everywhere.”

“The Gao clan is merely one of the eighteen great true-immortal families of the Northern Realm. If it weren’t said to have the backing of a Big Shot from the Aoki Immortal Sect, it might as well be at the bottom.”

“Among those eighteen true-immortal families, besides the Gao clan, there’s the Shi clan that once aided the Gao ancestor, and also the Wang clan from the Northern Plains…”

Tianzhu spoke, laying out everything he knew.

Northern Realm — eighteen great true-immortal families!!

“What is the attitude of these true-immortal families toward ascendants?” Su Bai continued.

Tianzhu shook his head. “No different from the Gao clan. Across the Northern Realm there are ten Ascension Platform, controlled by the ten great true-immortal families, including the Gao clan.”

“These true-immortal families, each and every one of them is just like the Gao clan— they don’t regard ascendants as people at all. Enslaving and trading them is commonplace.”

“And even if an ascendant takes refuge with them, they refuse to trust them. Even when they employ an ascendant, they curse the ascendant’s soul to control their life and death!”

At the mention of the fate of ascendants, Tianzhu’s eyes flashed with boundless fury; he ground his teeth.

In his view, those so-called true immortals merely monopolized everything by leaning on the advantage of longer cultivation years!

Becoming a true immortal only after millions of years—to him, that made them nothing but trash!

Given time, he was certain he could surpass those so-called true immortals!

Only—there simply was no time for him!!!

The ascension pathways had already been completely controlled!

All the resources were held in the hands of those families, and the road to becoming a true immortal had been monopolized!

No resources—how could one cultivate?

“Ascendants have unmatched talent. Even if they’re just rogue-immortal ascendants, give them time, and reaching heavenly immortal should not be hard. Why wouldn’t these families use ascendants to expand their own power?” Su Bai asked.

Who among the victors who had fought their way out of a Great World was mediocre?

Once stepping onto a larger stage, their advancement would be obvious!

Take the Heavenly Dao Sect’s more than seven hundred ascendants now—almost every one of them became much stronger after ascending!

“Heh heh. Outsiders with peerless talent—would they dare to nurture them?” Tianzhu said.

“What if an ascendant they raised became a true immortal and suddenly surpassed them? They wouldn’t be able to control them—what do you think the consequences would be?”

“So they’d rather kill every ascendant with a single stroke than let any of them grow and seek vengeance!”

Tianzhu sneered repeatedly.

Hearing that, Su Bai nodded as well.

The potential of ascendants was indeed enormous!!

But at the level of true immortals, they dared not cultivate someone whose potential far exceeded their own!

“Is there anything in the Northern Realm that surpasses true immortals?” Su Bai asked.

Tianzhu shook his head. “Haven’t heard of any. There shouldn’t be. If something surpassed true immortals, there wouldn’t be so many true-immortal families—it would have unified the region long ago.”

“Besides the Northern Realm, what other powers do you know of?” Su Bai asked again.

Tianzhu fell silent for a moment, then said, “I don’t know much beyond the Northern Realm. The Immortal Realm is vast and its major regions are far apart. Only some gargantuan existences from the Immortal Realm reach the Northern Realm.”

“For example, the Aoki Immortal Sect, the Skywatch Tower, the assassins’ hall, and also… the treasure hall, and so on.”

Tianzhu listed four great powers in one breath. Any force mentioned alongside the Aoki Immortal Sect was surely a superpower of the same caliber!

Su Bai didn’t ask further. From the names alone he could infer what kind of forces they were.

The Aoki Immortal Sect needed no explanation—an old acquaintance.

Skywatch Tower—he had heard that name before when his avatar wandered Gao Clan City!

At Skywatch Tower you could learn any intelligence in the Immortal Domain—if you had enough wealth, of course.

The assassins’ hall… was likely a massive assassin organization.

The treasure hall, judging by the name, must possess many treasures—very likely a power specializing in trading artifacts.