The guide, who was at the Refinement Realm, was checking the list of newcomers.

After all, beneath the Upper Realm lie countless Lower Realms...

Therefore, every day, cultivators descend to the mortal realm.

The guide will record their age and cultivation level.

"Hmm... the people who have come up recently have been pretty average, there haven't been any top talents."

Suddenly, a streak of light landed in front of him.

Chu Tianyao arrived in front of the Refining Void Guide.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute to the guide and said, "Guide, it's been three years since we last met. How have you been?"

This guide had once protected him, and Chu Tianyao was grateful for this favor, regardless of whether the other party had other motives.

Therefore, he was very polite to the envoy.

The Void Refinement Realm guide was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are too kind... Fellow Daoist is indeed a genius, having actually reached the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm in just three years!"

"Fellow Daoist's current realm is already above mine."

Chu Tianyao smiled faintly, "It's just good luck. Lord Guide, I've come to inquire about someone from you."

The Void Refinement Realm guide was slightly taken aback. "Who do you want to inquire about?"

"In the Lower Realm where I previously belonged, have any cultivators successfully ascended in the past few years? Has there been a woman named Xiao Ruoli?"

The guide for the Void Refinement Realm thought for a moment, then said, "Please wait a moment while I look at the registration form."

He activated his divine sense and selected one from countless rosters.

The guide flipped through the roster and said, “Fellow Daoist Chu, there was indeed a cultivator from your Lower Realm who ascended to this realm two years ago.”

Chu Tianyao was overjoyed. "Is that person named Xiao Ruoli?!"

The guide shook his head. "The cultivator who ascended here is named Ye Linyuan."

"..." Chu Tianyao was silent for a moment, then said, "Thank you for your help in investigating, Master Guidance."

As he spoke, he took out one hundred spirit stones from his pocket and handed them over.

"If Xiao Ruoli ascends here, please inform me."

The Void Refinement Realm guide accepted the spirit stones and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Chu, rest assured, if such a person ascends to the upper realm, I will definitely send you a message."

Chu Tianyao nodded and prepared to leave...

But then the guide said, "Does that ascended cultivator, Ye Linyuan, need my special attention?"

"No need... Just treat him according to the normal procedure."

In Chu Tianyao's heart, although Ye Linyuan and he had fought to the death, they actually had no enmity.

With his current level of cultivation, he no longer takes Ye Linyuan seriously...

Chu Tianyao bid farewell to the guide and wandered aimlessly on his sword.

"Logically speaking, Ruoli should already be able to ascend to the Upper Realm. The reason there's been no movement yet... is most likely because she's still trying to consolidate the Azure Dragon Dynasty!"

"After all, although the other forces in the Lower Realm have been destroyed, it will still take some time for Ruoli to ascend the throne and truly unify the world... Let's wait for her a little longer."

"And...where is Pei Yuhan, who ascended to this realm a few years before me? And what realm has she reached?"

"This Upper Realm is many times larger than the Lower Realm! I'll wander around and explore!"

Chu Tianyao flew eastward on his sword for tens of thousands of miles...

A towering mountain peak appeared before us, reaching into the clouds!

"This should be Tiandu Peak!"

Tian Du Peak is located in the central position of the Upper Realm...

It stands tall and majestic, piercing the clouds, like a giant pillar supporting the sky of the entire Shangzhen Realm.

From a distance, Tiandu Peak is shrouded in a thin, ever-changing mist of spiritual energy, giving it a mysterious and otherworldly feel.

At the summit of the mountain, clouds and mist swirl around, appearing and disappearing intermittently, resembling a fairyland.

Sunlight filters through gaps in the clouds, casting dappled shadows and adding a touch of mystery to this sacred mountain.

"I heard my master say that Tiandu Peak is a place connected to the Immortal Realm... Cultivators in the Upper Realm who cultivate to the Tribulation Transcending Realm will undergo their tribulation and ascend to immortality at Tiandu Peak."

"Not only that... every hundred years, a crack will appear on Tiandu Peak... and celestial beings will briefly descend upon the Upper Realm."

Chu Tianyao traveled another thousand miles on his sword, only to feel the increasing resistance to flight!

"As expected of the number one peak in the Upper Realm... even with my current strength at the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm, I still find it difficult to get close..."

"I'm afraid only cultivators at the Mahayana realm are qualified to ascend to the summit of Tiandu Peak..."

Chu Tianyao looked at Tiandu Peak, then raised his eyes to gaze at the sky.

"How long will it take me... to become the number one person in the Upper Realm and ascend to the Immortal Realm?"

He changed direction and headed north...

After flying for about half a day, Chu Tianyao arrived at Winter City.

"This is the far north of the Upper Realm... It is covered in snow all year round and extremely humid, making it an excellent place to cultivate water-based spiritual roots and ice-based supernatural powers."

“Back then, when I fought Gu Yuehan of the Cold Moon Sect in the Lower Realm, she once unleashed combat power that surpassed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.”

“I once thought that there was a Cold Moon Sect in the Upper Realm... but I asked my master before, and he said that there is no such sect in the Upper Realm.”

"Then...where did Gu Yuehan's Blood Moon power come from?"

Chu Tianyao arrived in Winter City. "I heard from my master that the city lord of Winter City is called True Man Xueyuan, a powerful figure at the fifth level of the Mahayana stage!"

"Master Xueyuan is a sword cultivator who possesses the divine weapon 'Hanyu'. Legend has it that the Hanyu sword resembles the feathers of a black bird, both supple and sharp..."

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