Immortal of the Nine Realms-Chapter 1334: Langgui Constellation

"So, you're saying... the Immortal Realm brought about its own destruction?" Fang Chen murmured. "What a method indeed."

There was no way the great figures of the Immortal Realm were all fools. No matter how fierce internal struggles became, there would normally be limits, a degree of control. For the Immortal Realm to collapse entirely, Fang Chen suspected someone had uncovered the methods of the Demons, and that discovery had triggered this cataclysmic war.

If the Immortal Realm had been wiped out, leaving only a handful of people struggling to survive within the Minor Immortal Realm, it meant both sides had suffered equally tragic losses. The Immortal Realm had not been utterly defeated; its adversaries had to have paid dearly as well.

Fang Chen mused, "No wonder the Nine Mortal Realms still exist. It seems the old man and the others had some measure of victory in that war, at least enough to counterattack."

Fang Chen cast a detached glance at Ji Tiandu and Lady Suya. "Tell me, what standing does your Ji Family hold within the Minor Immortal Realm? Do you have any seventh-transformation Ancient Immortals?"

Even Wei Wuxian's gaze lit up with interest at that question.

Lady Suya beat Ji Tiandu to the answer. "The Ji Family is nothing but a minor clan within the Minor Immortal Realm. It's barely worth mentioning. We don't have any seventh-transformation Ancient Immortals. The strongest in our line, our ancestor, is only a fifth-transformation Earth Immortal."

"A fifth-transformation Earth Immortal?" Fang Chen's brows arched in surprise. "Your ancestor isn't following the True Immortal Path?"

Wei Wuxian was equally taken aback. As a member of the Spirit God Sect's Qingming Expedition Team, he knew far more about the various immortal paths than ordinary Loose Immortals. In the Nine Mortal Realms, the Earth Immortal route ended abruptly at the fifth transformation. Beyond that, no one knew what immortal herb was needed to proceed. Any Loose Immortal with a decent foundation would never deliberately choose that path. Only those with no other options would resort to taking the Earth Immortal path.

Lady Suya continued softly, "The Minor Immortal Realm is vast, perhaps no smaller than an entire Mortal Realm. The Ji Family sits at the very bottom of the hierarchy, so they don't have access to the True Immortal Path. That's why, after Lord Ji Tianjun awakened memories of his past life, he sought another path, refusing to continue on the same old road that generations of the Ji Family had walked."

"Mhm. Ji Tianjun intends to walk the Immaculate Immortal Path, correct? I heard this path produced many strong cultivators in the Immortal Realm," said Fang Chen casually.

The first part was something he remembered Li Jingnian mentioning before. The latter half, he ad-libbed. Truthfully, he knew little about the Immaculate Immortal Path, nor how far it could go.

Ji Tiandu and Lady Suya exchanged looks of shock.

He even knows about this? Is he really some reborn ancestor?

Lady Suya hurriedly replied, "That's absolutely right, my lord. My husband indeed intends to follow the Immaculate Immortal Path. According to him, this path can reach as high as the seventh transformation."

"I see." Fang Chen nodded. "And after your repeated failures in acquiring Anomalies, and even the Yang Essence, what is Ji Tianjun planning to do?"

"He's... probably still planning on purchasing Yang Essence some way or another. He might even find a way to capture an Anomaly," reasoned Lady Suya. "If both cannot be done in the short term, he may proceed to advance to the third transformation first before attempting to pursue the Immaculate Immortal Path."

Fang Chen gave a slight nod, then questioned the two regarding the overall power structure of the Minor Immortal Realm. However, he soon realized that their standing was far too modest to know any details. Their accounts were rough and vague.

Still, he did learn something useful. In the Nine Mortal Realms, the Minor Immortal Realm had established ninety-nine Immortal Gates throughout the Nine Mortal Realms, the same kind found within the Ancient Immortal Roads. It was through these gates that they could travel between the Nine Mortal Realms and the Minor Immortal Realm.

Each gate was staffed with personnel to verify identities and prevent ordinary cultivators from slipping through. There were sixty of these gates within the Lower Six Realms, while another thirty-nine lay within the Upper Three Realms.

Fang Chen's eyes turned upon Wei Wuxian. "Your turn. Speak of yourself."

Wei Wuxian's expression stiffened. He lowered his voice and said, "I am Wei Wuxian, a member of the Spirit God Sect's Qingming Expedition Team."

"Tell me about this exploration team."

"The Spirit God Sect has three thousand such exploration teams. Our duty is to explore places within the Nine Mortal Realms where no Starry Sky Great Transfer Formation has yet been set down. Certain elite teams also target the Ancient Forbidden Regions. In Ancient Forbidden Regions, it is possible to unearth new immortal paths or mend the incomplete ones of today. Many rare materials, spirit herbs, and even true immortal herbs can also be found there."

"Your Spirit God Sect truly has impressive methods. Three thousand Exploration Teams? Does each one have a Loose Immortal to lead them? Do you have any seventh-transformation Ancient Immortals?" asked Fang Chen.

"Of course," answered Wei Wuxian. "The Exploration Teams are all commanded by a council of three seventh-transformation Ancient Immortals."

Thereafter, Wei Wuxian divulged all he knew about the exploration teams.

These teams held a special role within the Spirit God Sect. They did not partake in operations involving the creation of Blood Spirit Pills. Nor did they meddle in inter-sect struggles or conflicts. Their sole purpose existed in exploration. First, exploration of the Ancient Forbidden Regions. Second, exploration and development of unclaimed territories, like Ziyuan Star.

If Fang Chen hadn't intervened, they would have constructed a Starry Teleportation Formation on Ziyuan Star, allowing Spirit God Sect cultivators to arrive and build a base here. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Except for the exploration team, Wei Wuxian knew almost nothing about the core information of the Spirit God Sect. As for whether he was hiding anything further, Fang Chen couldn't be bothered to ask. He simply had Empress Ci drag him over for interrogation.

Even if he were hiding anything, he couldn't keep his mouth shut for long; a few rounds of interrogation would eventually drag it out of him.

***

A few days later, all of Fang Chen's avatars—aside from Fang Tianzun, Fang Xuanyang, and Fang Renjian—went back to condensing the Dao.

Fang Chen left Fang Yinbing in the Floating Pagoda Realm, as his Dao was suited to cultivation there.

Fang Bahuang was handed over to Li Wuwang and joined the Heavenly Sword Division.

Fang Pusa was left with Xia Ji.

Fang Canglei took charge of the Three Thousand Dao Sect of the Central Continent.

As for Fang Liubi, Fang Yanguang, Fang Wushi, and Fang Dashen, Fang Chen ordered them to wander the Mortal Realm.

After everything was arranged, Fang Chen placed Huang Wuji into the World Gourd and, without notifying Xia Ji and the others, crushed the invitation letter from the Enlightenment God Palace.

In just an instant, after a slight feeling of dizziness, similar to traveling through a Starry Teleportation Formation, Fang Chen found himself in a vast and empty hall.

A figure walked into the hall from outside. This person's aura had reached the stage of a Loose Immortal, and his eyes, sharp as lightning, swept over Fang Chen.

"Who are you, and what’s your cultivation level?"

Fang Chen cupped his hands in salute. "I am Fang Chen, from Daotai Mountain of Nanqing Constellation, the Cangyuan Sect."

"Oh, yeah. I recall an invitation letter being purchased at the Immortal Exchange Conference in the Daotai Mountain area," said the man with a slight nod, the suspicion in his eyes already fading. The newcomer's background was clean. A simple check would confirm it.

"Senior, may I ask where this is?"

"You are in the Fangcun Realm, which is under the jurisdiction of the Enlightenment God Palace. This is the Qingyu Immortal Sect, in the Langgui Constellation."