Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 526 - 523: Where the Ancestral Witch Is

Somewhat reasonable.

The various events from ancient times indeed reveal many astonishing secrets, at least when Zhang Tongxuan was excavating the Immortal God's Tomb, quite a few descriptions of the decadence and confusion of that era were unearthed.

The modern writings about Uncle Liu are mere trivialities, compared to some incredibly worldview-shattering things.

Queen Mother of the West...

Lu Ren's face was filled with inexplicable emotions, and when Sun Wukong saw it, he couldn't help but say: "The Queen Mother of the West willingly fell into slumber and did not dissipate her Taoism Fruit, merely to resist the mysterious changes of the external heavens and earth, to avoid discovery by those Outer Demons, she intentionally hid her Taoism Fruit in an unknowable place and fell into a deep sleep."

At this point, Sun Wukong teased: "I strongly advise you all to try not to awaken her, otherwise, it's possible she still senses external changes during her slumber. Whatever you do to her now, in the context of the Mythical Era, could be considered as a disaster of epic proportions.

If she doesn't flay you alive and torment your souls for ten thousand years, I would not consider it the Queen Mother of the West's style."

Laughing mischievously, Sun Wukong continued with a voice like a quacking duck: "Back in the day, the Queen Mother of the West ruled over female immortals in the Celestial Court and even had two legions of a hundred thousand composed of True Immortals, contending with the Jade Emperor, exalted as the most honored in heaven and earth.

The way you treat her, if she still retains awareness of the external world, when she awakens... hahaha."

Though Sun Wukong didn't finish speaking, the meaning was clear.

Lu Ren frowned deeply, realizing this path was completely blocked. If they truly awaken the Queen Mother of the West, there's a great likelihood that humanity would face total extinction because of it.

Regardless of the Queen Mother of the West's former status as a Witch, and Lu Ren steering the whole of Huaxia toward a covert transformation to the Witchcraft Path, physical intrusion of this nature absolutely violates the dignity of an Earth Immortal.

Lu Ren sighed inwardly, knowing this path is unfeasible, as true disaster would surely loom.

Seeing Lu Ren's troubled expression, Sun Wukong pondered before speaking.

"Actually, in my era, some witches hidden were still present, but after I reached the True Immortal Realm, they had completely vanished. At that time, countless Celestial Soldiers in the Celestial Court, countless Buddhist Monks on Ling Mountain, were almost overwhelming, searching everywhere, under such high-pressure circumstances, the extinction of witches was inevitable.

However, the physical form of the Ancestral Witch was not so easily erased."

Even Sun Wukong couldn't help but marvel: "That was a formidable body beyond my understanding; to this day, I don't know what caused its demise."

"Ancestral Witch?" Lu Ren asked.

"Yes." Sun Wukong nodded slightly: "You must understand, the Ancestral Witch represents the pinnacle of witchcraft, and beyond that, no further realm has been heard of. Since you are on this path, you must explore it on your own."

"Where is its body?"

Sun Wukong flashed a sly smile: "A required course for every Immortal Path aspirant journeying to the ultimate path is to enter the True Realm, endure the baptism of True Wind, withstand the whispers of unknown presences, and evade the corrosive miasma. With each experience, one moves closer to the deepest layers of the True Realm.

When all preparations are complete, holding your self-consolidated True Token, enter the innermost, most authentic image of the True Realm, the Inner Image!

There you may find what you seek; even Earth Immortals encounter many inexplicable phenomena."

Round and round, everything leads back to exploration of the Inner Image.

After returning from Sun Wukong's place, Lu Ren didn't go back to his Lingming Mountain but instead to a space monitoring research center specializing in the True Realm field.

Here, after decades of research from nothing to something, enough data has accumulated on the nature of the True Realm. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Mr. Lu, the true True Realm very likely represents a dark side of the primary substance, that is to say, it's a dimensional reflection, a twisted feedback of the main material world, mirroring everything of the real world but differing in some aspects, calling it Subspace isn't wrong from this conclusion."

A white-haired professor with reading glasses patiently explained the research and exploration of the True Realm.

When Lu Ren first met this professor, he was less than thirty, just graduated with a doctorate in the space quantum field from Huaxia Science and Technology University, assisting a professor at the time. After forty to fifty years, he had become an old man.

This was Yi Weixin, the head of the research center.

Looking at the unchanged visage of Lu Ren now evoked Yi Weixin's many sentiments, stating the path of cultivation indeed gathers great power unto oneself, allowing complete control over one's body.

"So to say, the so-called True Realm is the reflection, the positive and negative meanings of the primary material world?"

Yi Weixin shook his head slightly: "Not absolutely, that space is complex, and cognitive changes in dimensions mean that..."

He paused, looking around before continuing: "We and those entities essentially exist in the same space, but perception, cognition, and spatial sense make them like two parallel lines, never intersecting.

Yet, over such long periods, various accidents occasionally create intersections between these parallel lines, causing changes."

Yi Weixin looked at Lu Ren: "And a cultivator like Mr. Lu has the ability to break these parallel lines, allowing temporary intersections."

Lu Ren understood, meaning that world actually overlaps with the present world, both in the same space, one reality.

Yet due to different dimensions, cognition, and perception, they remain two never intersecting parallel lines.

After some discussion, a notion slowly formed in Lu Ren's mind. These beings from the True Realm gradually influence the present world, those bizarre existences hidden in the True Realm begin to gaze upon the present world; could the frequent exploration into the True Realm by Immortal Path cultivators have drawn their attention?

But it's all speculation, for the Immortal Path has been developed over countless ages, each essential cultivation step holds profound meaning.

A mature cultivation system has endured unfathomable trials, no one can imagine.

Especially a path like the Immortal Path, standing firm through unimaginable history.

Yet after learning all this, Lu Ren felt somewhat disappointed, as modern science is still in its infancy in dimension space research, and many things are vague.

However, Yi Weixin's words indeed offered him a new perspective.