The Demon Immortal Realm is a vast cosmic space, almost infinite. The entire cosmic space is filled with endless Primordial Spirit Qi, which is a level higher than the "nature’s spiritual energy" of the Mortal World.

In the entire Demon Immortal Realm, there are mainly four large regions: the Immortal Realm located in the east of the entire cosmic space, the Demon World located in the south, and the Demon World located in the west and north; in the northeast region, there is also a special force.

At the same time, the Immortal Realm, the Demon World, and the Demon World, including that mysterious region. These four regions are not very clearly separated, and the places where they connect are intertwined and complicated.

The Blue Bay Star Domain where the Immortal Realm and the Demon World connect.

The Blue Bay Star Domain just has Ten Star Systems, each of them vast beyond measure. Each star system has countless planets, of course, the number of inhabited planets is much fewer.

Don’t assume that the lowest in the Demon Immortal Realm are the Heavenly Immortals, Heavenly Demons, and Heavenly Demons.

Because even in the Demon Immortal Realm, there are countless cultivators. This began when some male and female immortals had children, and those children became the first cultivators.

Within the Demon Immortal Realm, due to the endless Primordial Spirit Qi, the babies born are at least at the Innate Realm from birth.

Cultivators of the Mortal World cannot absorb Primordial Spirit Qi.

However, the cultivators of the Demon Immortal Realm are different, their original ancestors were immortals, and from birth, they absorbed Primordial Spirit Qi. They can cultivate by absorbing Primordial Spirit Qi.

Within the Demon Immortal Realm, babies born are mostly at the Innate Realm, and their qualifications are much better than those of the cultivators of the Mortal World, generally becoming immortals after cultivating for a hundred years.

Compared to cultivators from the Mortal World who need thousands of years, it’s simply not the same class.

Of course... Becoming an immortal so quickly also means that these immortals who successfully cultivated in the Demon Immortal Realm cannot match up to the immortals who ascended from the Mortal World.

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In the Silver String Star System of the Blue Bay Star Domain, there are thousands of cultivation planets, with Fengyue Star being an upper-middle cultivation planet within the Silver String Star System, with tens of millions of cultivators, over ten thousand Heavenly Immortals, but only a few Golden Immortals.

With so many Heavenly Immortals on just one planet, one can imagine how many there are in the entire Demon Immortal Realm.

In the Blue Bay Star Domain where the Immortal Realm and the Demon World meet, within a cultivation planet in the Silver String Star System, ’Fengyue Star’.

By the lakeside in the outskirts of Liufeng City, one of the three major cities on Fengyue Star.

A blue-clothed youth in his twenties is kneeling by the lake, his tears already flowing.

"Mother, after so many years of cultivation, I’m already twenty-five years old today, yet I’m still in the Golden Core Stage, still in the Golden Core Stage. Now, among those in the Golden Core Stage in our clan, apart from me, the oldest one is only sixteen!"

The face of the blue-clothed youth was full of indignation.

To be so lowly talented was unprecedented in his clan.

"I have been very hardworking, cultivating very hard, but no matter how much I cultivate, it’s useless, all useless!" The blue-clothed youth pounded the ground fiercely with his fist. "Without Low Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, just relying on absorbing the Primordial Spirit Qi from nature, when will I be able to reach the Nascent Soul Stage? My only chance, in this competition within the clan, ended up beyond the hundredth place again."

The expression on the face of the blue-clothed youth was all about helplessness.

The clan competition, that was a comparison among peers.

Among his peers, besides him, all were at the Nascent Soul Stage or higher. If he wasn’t at the bottom, who would be?

"My power is weak, and I always end up last in family competitions. The family hasn’t even given me a low-grade primordial spirit stone. Yet, those with higher power are treated as elite disciples and nourished with low-grade primordial spirit stones for their cultivation. Without these stones, my strength becomes weaker and weaker, while theirs grows stronger and stronger. The gap between us widens! This burden becomes heavier by the year. With each passing year, the gap widens, and I lose more and more confidence. I... really can’t hold on anymore."

Tears streamed down the face of the blue-clothed youth.

"I show respect to the elders in the family and practice so diligently. But... it’s useless, utterly useless. Without strength, I am of no use. If this continues... I will never become an elite disciple of the family, and I will always be trodden upon at the very bottom." The entire body of the blue-clothed youth trembled.

"Dad is so strict with me, but... there’s nothing I can do. I spend most of my day cultivating, but my talent is simply not enough, nowhere close to the others. My meridians are so fragile, when will I ever turn things around?"

There was a somber look on the face of the blue-clothed youth.

"Liu Hanshu, the ’Liu’ surname is a great surname, such a glorious last name, but it brings me endless pressure. I’m exhausted in my heart, I can’t take it anymore." The blue-clothed youth was indeed ’Liu Hanshu’.

The Liu Family, one of the three great families of Fengyue Star.

After countless ten-thousands of years of development, the Liu Family naturally had many descendants, and the competition within the clan was extremely fierce. Liu Hanshu was the weakest among his contemporaries.

Newborns generally start at the Innate Realm, those of normal talent reach the Golden Core Stage by five or six years old, and the Nascent Soul Stage by ten.

Yet, Liu Hanshu was already twenty-five and still within the Golden Core Stage, moreover at the Middle Stage of Golden Core.

His lack of talent required no further explanation.

"Dad had poor talent, hence he is very respectful towards others. Once an immortal master helped open up the meridians and dantian inside my father, allowing him finally to catch up with ordinary people, reaching the Cave Void Stage now. I am respectful towards others too, but I haven’t met such a benefactor. Dad said to bow and say complimentary words whenever meeting a master. But bowing for a lifetime, enduring all that humility, I just can’t handle it."

Liu Hanshu laughed self-deprecatingly.

"Mom, I have no talent, no strength, no wealth, and still I wish to stand tall with pride; am I dreaming?" Liu Hanshu laughed bleakly.

The past years had been too exhausting for Liu Hanshu.

An adult still at the Golden Core Stage? Walking on the streets, he would be disrespected, probably every twelve or thirteen-year-old at the Nascent Soul Stage could easily defeat him.

Disrespected by strangers, disrespected by his own family, scolded by his father, looked down upon by his peers...

These days had almost driven Liu Hanshu mad.

He too wished for respect, for praise, for a warm home. But... this is a competitive world, a world where the strong are revered.

He was weak.

It’s not that he didn’t try; he tried, even harder than most, but his talent was just too poor.

Whenever he couldn’t bear it anymore, he would come to this lakeside.

Because his mother, a strong cultivator, was killed here by a Cultivator at the Kongming Stage. His mother was very strong, reaching the Kongming Stage in her thirties. If his mother were still here, maybe his life would be somewhat better.

But... that was just a fantasy.

"Life must go on, I must go back. Fengyue Star is only so big, where can a cultivator not find me? I must face reality and go back to continue cultivating earnestly." Liu Hanshu stood up with a bitter smile.

If Liu Hanshu returned as usual, he would likely spend his whole life diligently cultivating, yet living at the bottom of Fengyue Star. However, this time was different from the past.

Liu Hanshu had already turned around, ready to go back.

"Hey, young man," a voice called out.

On Fengyue Star, Liu Hanshu was one of those lower-class people. Hearing someone calling him, how could he dare not respond? Liu Hanshu immediately turned around, his expression shifting instantly from ’desolate’ to ’respectful and friendly’.

This was the way to live a good life without being insulted by those with superior powers.

Liu Hanshu looked carefully at the person who approached.

A figure flashed in the air, and a person appeared before Liu Hanshu.

"So fast, undoubtedly a Kongming Stage expert." Liu Hanshu had lived for years, and he wasn’t lacking in judgement.

The person, clad in black robes with a billowing gown and messy hair fluttering in the wind, had eyes cold as stars that seemed to penetrate the depths of one’s spirit.

The visitor was none other than Qin Yu.

When Qin Yu and Shi Xin ascended together, Qin Yu initially thought they might end up in the same place. Only to realize after arriving that Shi Xin was nowhere to be found.

Even relying on a ’soul’ connection to sense Shi Xin, he found that Shi Xin was far in the west, an unimaginable distance.

Clearly, Shi Xin had ascended to the Demon Realm, whereas Qin Yu ended up on this planet.

"The younger Liu Hanshu pays respects to the elder," Liu Hanshu immediately said respectfully.

Qin Yu watched Liu Hanshu and nodded inwardly. With a sweep of his Immortal Consciousness, Qin Yu found out that Liu Hanshu’s cultivation was at the Golden Core Middle Stage, though Liu Hanshu’s meridians were unusually fragile.

"Such fragile meridians enabling cultivation to the Golden Core Stage?" Qin Yu was internally shocked.

In the Mortal World, such fragile meridians would hardly reach the Innate Realm, let alone achieve the Golden Core Stage. However, Qin Yu’s perspective was flawed; he forgot that Mortal Cultivators couldn’t compare with those in the Immortal, Demon, and Beast Realms, who cultivated Primordial Spirit Qi.

"How old are you this year?" Qin Yu inquired.

He wanted to know how long it took for a person with such frail meridians to reach the Golden Core Stage.

Liu Hanshu’s face wore a bitter smile.

Twenty-five, Golden Core Middle Stage—this was indeed an embarrassing fact.

"This younger one is twenty-five this year. My natural talent is poor; it took me so long just to gain this bit of strength," Liu Hanshu replied respectfully; he dared not ignore Qin Yu’s question.

Qin Yu was surprised.

"Twenty-five? With such talent, and you’ve reached the Golden Core Middle Stage by age twenty-five? You’re not lying to me?" Qin Yu was astonished.

Back on the Hidden Dragon Continent, an ordinary cultivator would need several decades to reach the Golden Core Stage, and reaching the Middle Stage typically took over a hundred years. Achieving this at merely twenty-five was indeed the mark of a genius.

Even Qin Yu was nearly twenty when he reached the Star Nebula Stage.

"Indeed, I didn’t deceive you, Elder, I wouldn’t lie about such an embarrassing matter," Liu Hanshu felt helpless in his heart, but he also felt that Qin Yu was different from the experts of the past. The former experts were mostly extremely arrogant, while Qin Yu actually greeted him with a smile.

"Embarrassing?"

Qin Yu was astonished.

Although Qin Yu had looked up some information about the Demon World before arriving, his focus was only on information about Golden Immortals, Immortal Emperors, and general geographic knowledge. Why would he care about the cultivators of the Demon World?

However, he was unaware that the cultivators of the Demon World were special.

Seeing Qin Yu’s astonished expression, Liu Hanshu gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Usually, children around five or six years old can reach the Golden Core Stage, and those around ten or eleven can reach the Nascent Soul Stage, while people in their twenties can reach the Cave Void Stage. I am in my twenties and only at the Golden Core Stage, isn’t that embarrassing?"

Qin Yu was utterly shocked upon hearing all this.

Golden Core Stage at five or six? And that’s normal?

He himself almost reached the Star Nebula Stage at twenty and was revered by countless descendants of the Qin Family. If he were in the Demon World, wouldn’t this achievement be considered a humiliation?

"Shuo Yan, why is the Cultivation speed of cultivators in the Demon World so fast?" Qin Yu wondered in his mind.

Shuo Yan from the Ten Thousand Beasts List started to explain the details about the cultivators of the Demon World to Qin Yu. Their mind-link allowed them to communicate a lot though it only took a blink of an eye.

"So that’s how it is." Qin Yu gained understanding.

Actually, the present Qin Yu also faced some dilemmas.

That was about the complete map of the entire Demon World.

Usually, powerhouses at the level of Golden Immortal (Demon Kings, Heavenly Demons) do not leave their Star Systems, at most traveling between a few planets through Transmission Arrays. Those Spiritual Beasts within his Ten Thousand Beasts List were also only familiar with a few planets of the Demon World. They knew nothing about the overall map of the Demon World.

In the Demon World, without a map, interstellar travel seemed utterly impossible.

"Liu Hanshu, which planet is this? Does it belong to the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, or Demon World?" Qin Yu asked.

Liu Hanshu felt that Qin Yu’s question was somewhat ’idiotic,’ but still respectfully answered, "Elder, this planet is Fengyue Star, belonging to the Blue Bay Star Domain, Silver String Star System. The Blue Bay Star Domain doesn’t belong to the Immortal Realm or the Demon Realm. It’s a Star Domain connected to both, containing planets controlled by Immortal Realm masters as well as those controlled by Demon Realm masters. And Fengyue Star is under the control of the Immortal Realm."

Qin Yu understood.

So... after his ascension, he ascended to a place that belonged neither to the Immortal Realm nor to the Demon Realm.

Currently, he had only unlocked the first level of the Ten Thousand Beasts List, and those Heavenly Demon level Spiritual Beasts probably had no understanding of even a bit of the Immortal or Demon Realms, let alone this Fengyue Star.

"In the Demon World, those below the level of Golden Immortal Demon Kings simply don’t qualify for interstellar travel. For now, I’ll settle down on this Fengyue Star, and once I slightly increase my power and unlock the second layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List, I’ll set out!" Qin Yu decided his plan of action in his mind.

Qin Yu also realized that this Liu Hanshu must be at the very bottom in terms of status on this planet.

"Liu Hanshu, I am not familiar with this Fengyue Star, could you lead the way? This Middle Grade Primordial Spirit Stone shall serve as your compensation," Qin Yu casually took out a Middle Grade Primordial Spirit Stone from the Qingyu Immortal Mansion.

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