Seeing that the inter-realm competition was going too far astray and was about to turn into a contest of politeness, You You had to come up with a solution to bring the competition back on track. He temporarily had Shuiyan and Lin Feng suppress their cultivation to the Golden Core stage and hold a performance-style competition to guide everyone on the correct way to participate in the competition.
It must be said that the two truly deserve to be the first outstanding graduates of the True Transformation Sect. Although they suppressed their Nascent Soul stage cultivation to the Golden Core stage for the fight, they still fought to a great extent, which was incredibly exciting and spectacular. Not only the disciples of various sects, but also the female cultivators of the Immortal Spirit Realm were amazed, perfectly achieving the effect of a promotional example.
The disciples of various immortal sects finally remembered the fear they had felt during the last grand competition when they were dominated by the girls of the True Evolution Sect. They were no longer distracted and began to take their battles with the female cultivators seriously, treating them as real opponents.
The girls in the Immortal Realm were also shocked that Lin Feng, as a man, could cultivate such powerful swordsmanship and cultivation. For a time, they became wary and competitive towards all the male cultivators in the Immortal Realm, and dared not underestimate them anymore.
And so, the competition gradually returned to normal.
The competition lasted for ten days, and the number of disciples from both sides was roughly equal among the top ten. The champion was a female cultivator from the home realm, the Immortal Spirit Realm, but the second and third place winners were both from the Immortal Ze Immortal Sect. The result was pretty much as You You had predicted; the strength of both sides was indeed evenly matched.
Overall, the inter-realm competition was quite successful, and the exchanges between the two realms went smoothly. Some celestial maidens and rulers even exchanged private communication tokens, hoping to maintain long-term contact.
You You was happy about this, as the two worlds were quite similar, and more interaction would promote mutual understanding. She also told everyone how to open the boundary between the two worlds, but since it was the dividing line between the two worlds, even though she had tried her best to weaken the seal, it would still require more than five Nascent Soul cultivators to open it. Apart from that, it could only be opened automatically once every hundred years at a specific time.
Youyou originally thought that the deadline could be shortened appropriately, or gradually eliminated directly, allowing the two worlds to merge and thus solve the problem of the severe imbalance in the population ratio between the two sides. However, after the bizarre unfolding of the Grand Competition, she felt that allowing the two worlds to connect directly without any obstacles was a matter that required careful consideration.
She realized she had oversimplified the issue, assuming that mutual understanding and familiarity would prevent major conflict and turmoil. However, the blatantly contradictory attitudes displayed during the competition served as a wake-up call; she had overlooked a crucial issue…
"Xiao You, what's been bothering you these days?" Yuan Qi asked, looking at You You who was sighing incessantly and looking troubled. Ever since returning from Jingling Academy, she seemed to have been in this state, as if she was caught up in some kind of problem.
You You glanced at Yuan Qi, then sighed again and said, "I'm wondering if it's the right decision to connect the Immortal Realm and the Immortal Spirit Realm?"
As soon as the words were spoken, not only Yuan Qi, but also Feng Rong, who was holding her son beside him, was stunned. "Why do you think that? Although the Immortal Realm is a world of its own, it was also born from the origin. They are originally one!"
Feng Yuan, who was sitting obediently on Feng Rong's lap, nodded his little head vigorously and said, "That's right! Yuan Yuan is Daddy's son! The Immortal Realm is of course Daddy's too."
"I'm your father!" Feng Rong corrected, her face darkening. "She's your mother!"
"..." Feng Yuan ate his hand in a daze.
“That’s not what I meant…” You You frowned, unsure how to explain for a moment. After thinking for a while, she said, “What I mean is, if the two worlds are completely connected, will they really coexist peacefully and progress together as we expect?”
“But… now that the Seven Realms have been formed, how can we solve the problem of the extra lives if we don’t do this?” Tianqi said. The situations in the two mortal realms of Xianze and Xianling are now completely opposite.
Women are scarce in the Immortal Realm because of a legacy from before the Great Calamity; the resentment of women has accumulated, and they do not wish to be reborn as women. The Immortal Realm, however, is the opposite. Women are revered there, and the very origin of that world favors women, resulting in a relative scarcity of men.
Now that the Seven Realms are complete and their origins are connected, although the mortal realm is still isolated, the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld is not. Over time, more women will be willing to be reborn in the Immortal Realm, while men will go to the Immortal Marsh Realm. If this continues, something bad is bound to happen.
That's why the two worlds need to be balanced. Although the problem of too few women can't be solved immediately, a balance can be achieved over time.
"Not only that," Feng Rong added, "During the cataclysmic cataclysm, resentment arose throughout the world, which is why noble ladies are so rare. Over the years, although much of the resentment has dissipated, it has not completely disappeared, but the Immortal Realm is free of any resentment!"
As a demon god, he was naturally most sensitive to negative auras such as evil and resentment. During the cataclysmic event that destroyed the world, the entire six realms were filled with resentment, but the Immortal Realm had no such resentment at all.
"No! How could that be?" Yuan Qi was shocked. Was this why there were so many celestial women, and why they didn't reject being reborn as women?
“Because they’ve already taken their revenge!” Before Feng Rong could speak, little Feng Yuan suddenly said, “Once they’ve taken their revenge, they naturally have no more resentment.”
The group immediately thought of a certain culprit race that had been completely wiped out. Was that the reason why there was no resentment in that world? It has to be said that the method of revenge was simple, brutal, and logically sound.
“If the two realms are connected and influence each other, the resentment left by the immortals will gradually dissipate, and at that time, there will naturally be more and more women in the world, and the ratio of living beings can be balanced,” Feng Rong continued.
"And then?" Youyou asked.
"Huh?" The three of them were taken aback. What, then?
"Sigh..." You You sighed again before continuing, "Don't forget, men in this world don't have spiritual roots." If the resentment from the last calamity completely dissipates, there will indeed be more and more women, and they will even become overpopulated. At the same time, the status of men will decline, eventually leading to the current situation of immortals, or even worse.
"But there are still celestial maidens in the world?" Feng Rong asked subconsciously. With celestial maidens, men can still cultivate immortality.
"Even so... with more and more women in the world, and each one capable of cultivating immortality, are you sure the celestial maiden still has the opportunity to establish her own sect?"
"..." The three remained silent.
It's true that men lack spiritual roots and need celestial maidens to plant them before they can cultivate immortality; this is the origin of the various immortal sects. However, if there were many women, and each one could cultivate immortality, they wouldn't need celestial maidens at all; they could simply establish all-female cultivation sects. In that case, the existence of celestial maidens would become meaningless.
Even more so, sects that don't rely on celestial maidens for their inheritance are more likely to survive and grow stronger over generations. However, sects founded by celestial maidens have to start from scratch, which inevitably leads to a short-lived competitive path and eventual elimination.
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