Chapter 527: Chapter 527: Letting Go and Gambling_1

Translator: 549690339

Qin Changqing pondered for a moment before tucking it away.

There were quite a few things in his storage bag, so many fairy stones that even he didn’t know the exact count.

The resources of Spirit Realm were even more abundant. A Mahayana powerhouse spending a substantial amount of time in the Spirit Realm would probably amass a significant amount of these resources.

“Thank you, Brother He.”

Said Qin Changqing.

Seeing Qin Changqing accepting the meeting gift without aversion and also addressing him as Brother He, the Sect Leader of Three Saints Sect had a beaming smile on his face.

“Your reputation, Brother Qin, has long resonated through the Spirit Realm. With your abilities, your return to the Immortal World would no doubt be a breeze.”

The Sect Leader of the Three Saints Sect then proceeded to compliment him.

The fact that a seasoned Mahayana powerhouse was speaking such words of praise sufficiently reflected the considerable value he placed on Qin Changqing.

“Heh, Brother He, you’re rather quick.”

At about this time, a voice sounded.

Another Mahayana figure revealed his presence.

Upon looking at the individual, Qin Changqing noticed that this Mahayana also looked like a middle-aged man.

“So, this one here is Qin Changqing?”

This Mahayana figure, having expressed his regards to the Sect Leader of the Three Saints Sect, then turned his keen gaze towards Qin Changqing.

“Haha, Qin Changqing, you are even younger than I imagined. I’ve prepared this meeting gift specially for some years—it should contain items you require.”

The newly arrived Mahayana too, had transferred a storage bag into Qin Changqing’s hands. This bag was filled notably with abundant artifact refining materials.

These artifact refining materials were generally the kind used to craft Dao Artifacts, and some of these materials could even be used to refine Immortal Artifacts.

This gift, presented as a meeting gift, was indeed quite substantial.

Qin Changqing accepted it as well.

These items could only be found in the Spirit Realm, so Qin Changqing didn’t plan to spend any substantial amount of time exploring mysteries of the Spirit Realm.

Qin Changqing had a natural understanding of these Mahayana figures. To him, acquiring these items for enhancing his growth and increasing his power was an opportunity. All it would take in the future would be some time to protect the ascension of these Mahayana figures, which was no big deal.

Shortly after the arrival of the second Mahayana, a third one made his entrance.

These Mahayana figures were essentially all Holy Land Leaders.

The third Mahayana figure was the Leader of God Sword Palace, who, upon arrival, also presented Qin Changqing with a lavish meeting gift.

Next in line, the Leader of Sky Inquiry Academy arrived.

By the look of things, each Holy Land essentially had a Mahayana. These Mahayana had lived for quite some time.

Naturally, Qin Changqing felt that they all had reached the stage of Mahayana Perfection.

“All of you have reached Perfection, haven’t you?”

Qin Changqing asked.

“That is correct, we have long reached Perfection. However, we have been unable to find the right chance to ascend. Ascension in the Spirit Realm is perilous. Only when the Spirit Realm Passage opens can we get back to the Xianlin Realm for some time, which is equally perilous.”

The Sect Leader of Sky Inquiry Academy said.

“It’s mainly because of the formidable rise of Demon Cultivators. In these hundred thousand years, too many separated immortals have been lured into the demonic path, making ascension increasingly difficult.”

The Leader of the Purple Gold Holy Land also sighed and said.

Mahayana powerhouses had already reached the peak of power.

Each of them had already achieved Perfection. In the absence of any disturbance, honestly, each of them had a high possibility of ascending.

But the problem was, it was impossible for ascension to occur without any disturbance now.

Before the Spirit Realm passage opened, Bingmeng Fairy had almost failed.

After the opening of the Spirit Realm passage, their ascension endeavours had become even more difficult.

Despite the achievement of Mahayana Perfection, the gap between them and the separated immortals was significant. Although the possibility of ascension success for separated immortals was far less than that of Mahayana, separated immortals had gained much more power through their trials.

This was particularly the case for the separated immortals who had passed the stages of a hundred thousand years or two hundred thousand years.

“There is still some time before the hundred thousand years limit, we are not too concerned as of now. Nonetheless, if the Demon Cultivators continue to enhance their power, the situation might worsen.”

Said the Sect Leader of the Three Saints Sect.

Through their words, Qin Changqing could fathom the quandary of these Mahayana figures. Each of these Mahayana figures had been born within the last hundred thousand years.

A hundred thousand years ago, ascension was relatively easy. Provided you had achieved Mahayana Perfection, there was indeed a reasonable chance of successful ascension.

Naturally, not everyone could succeed, but there were still some who did.

Back then, in the many Holy Lands, there would always be someone ascending after a certain period.

However, within the recent hundred thousand years, with the rise of Demon Cultivators and the strengthening of the Demon Saint Palace, the number of separated immortals being lured into the demonic path increased significantly and that caused the difficulty level of ascension to escalate.

“The Alliance Leader is here.”

The Sect Leader of the Three Saints Sect spoke at that moment.

Qin Changqing looked and saw a woman dressed in vibrant and colourful clothing appearing before them.

From the words of the Sect Leader of Three Saints Sect, this was none other than the Leader of the Immortal Alliance, and also the Leader of Taixu Holy Land, Caidie Fairy.

There was another Mahayana cultivator, a woman, standing beside her. This Mahayana figure should be the Leader of Celestial Temple.

There were, in total, only two women among the Leaders of the ten Holy Lands.

As for the Beidou Holy Land, after the ascension of Bingmeng Fairy, there was still one Mahayana figure left, who was their Leader. This Mahayana figure was quite old now.

He was nearing the limit of hundred thousand years.

If a Mahayana doesn’t ascend within a hundred thousand years, the chances of ascension diminish significantly and in time, they would face various Heavenly tribulations.

The Leader of Beidou reluctantly reached Mahayana. Hence, after these many years, he only just managed to reach Mahayana Perfection.

The appearance of Caidie Fairy, however, imparted a very youthful impression to Qin Changqing. Her strength had also apparently reached Perfection.

That is to say, in the current Spirit Realm, the Mahayana of each among the ten Holy Lands had all basically reached Perfection.

They were all capable of ascension, but none dared to venture into ascension.

This was quite normal. Like Bingmeng Fairy, they would have taken the risk of ascension if they had accomplished Perfection within ten thousand years of their achievement of Mahayana.

“Leader Qin, Bingmeng was a descendant of my old friend. She was able to ascend entirely due to your help. This map was obtained in some ruins by me and Bingmeng’s mother. Bingmeng’s mother passed it to me and I am now bestowing it upon you.”

Upon seeing Qin Changqing, Caidie Fairy extended a map to Qin Changqing.

Upon examination, Qin Changqing found that the map had mountains and rivers, it looked extremely stunning.

“This is the Mountain and River Map, there are spiritual grasses and medicines planted on the mountain, and the mountain itself shelters several spirit stone mines ensuring the abundance of spiritual Qi in it. You can also use this map to store people, but you won’t be able to use it to carry people to the Upper Immortal World while ascending.”

Said Caidie Fairy.

This Mountain and River Map was quite precious. Though it looked like a map, it contained an unusually vast space within. Caidie Fairy seemed to have used it for planting spiritual medicines.

“I thank the Alliance Leader.”

Qin Changqing took it.

“The number of Separated Immortals backing the Demon Saint Palace is uncountable. However, our initial estimates hint at about a dozen or so.”

“The strongest among them is the very culprit behind the rise of the Demon Saint Palace. He came from elsewhere and ever since he stepped into our corresponding area of the Spirit Realm, the Demon Cultivators have been steadily growing stronger.”

At the Spirit Realm Passage, the Leaders of the various Sects of the Mahayana stage shared the history of the Demon Saint Palace’s rise with Qin Changqing as well as the current situation in the Spirit Realm.

The situation in the Spirit Realm was not looking good, to say the least.

The Demon Saint Palace could be back by somewhere around a dozen Separated Immortals.

Although being referred to as Separated Immortals, these were, in fact, all demonic entities of the Separated Immortals level.

And the rise of the Demon Saint Palace ten thousand years ago stemmed from a Separated Immortal who came from another Spirit Realm.