Yao Xian's departure from home for training was known only to the closest members of the Yao family.
The reason the Yao family kept it so secret was not to protect Yao Xian, but to make her training more authentic and harsh. If they were to publicize that the Yao family's little princess was out training, many forces in the Jade Pool Immortal Domain would surely become wary. If their subordinates accidentally offended Yao Xian, it would be a disaster for their entire clan.
Yao Tianchen had put a lot of thought into preventing these forces from being overly cautious.
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In many great worlds, the worlds of mortals and cultivators are separated by powerful individuals. The purpose is simple: the battles of cultivators often destroy the heavens and the earth. A casual aftershock of a battle is enough to kill billions of mortals. Separating the mortal world from the cultivator world into different dimensional spaces is to protect mortals from the impact of cultivators' battles.
The world where mortals live is collectively called the Mortal Realm.
Yao Xian's first stop for training was the Mortal Realm!
This was something she had carefully discussed with her father and mother for the past two months, and there were two main reasons.
First, the Yao family came from the Mortal Realm, which is different from most inherited powers. Their ancestor was a complete mortal.
Second, although mortals have short lifespans, they accomplish more in a century than cultivators do.
For cultivators who have achieved some success in cultivation, a hundred years is just a short retreat. But mortals are different. A hundred years of life, from birth to learning to speak, then to studying in youth, seeking a career in adulthood, and then getting married, having children, and experiencing birth, old age, sickness, and death—these are all major life events. In addition, there are countless experiences during this time, whether it's ordinary people seeking three meals a day or the political intrigues in the court...
It can be said that the pace of a mortal's century is countless times faster than that of a cultivator's century. The faster pace leads to a much more exciting century for mortals.
Yao Xian's talent is very strong, there is no doubt about it. She was born a sage, and even without deliberately cultivating for the past twenty years, her cultivation has reached the peak of the Saint Realm.
However, Yao Xian lacks life experience. The best way to make up for this is to take a trip to the Mortal Realm.
Refining the heart in the mortal world, even someone as strong as Gu Changsheng experienced it in the past.
Yao Xian went to the Mortal Realm, but Gu Changsheng did not follow her immediately.
The Underworld Sect is also located in the Profound Sky Continent, but the Yao family is in the central area of the Profound Sky Continent, while the Underworld Sect is much more low-key, with its headquarters located in the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes in the southern part of the Profound Sky Continent.
The southern part of the Profound Sky Continent is famous for gathering the most volcanoes in the Profound Sky Continent, and among the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes, Mount Fire God is the most famous.
According to legend, in the ancient times of the Great Void Realm, a Fire God fell in the southern part of the Profound Sky Continent, creating the spectacular scene of the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes. It is even rumored that the treasure of the Fire God is hidden inside Mount Fire God.
However, even if there is a treasure, no one dares to covet Mount Fire God. Because Mount Fire God is the headquarters of the Underworld Sect.
Hundreds of years ago, a True Immortal of the Underworld Sect was born, occupied Mount Fire God, and moved the headquarters of the Underworld Sect to this place. From then on, no one dared to covet the Fire God's treasure.
In the Profound Sky Continent, and even the entire Jade Pool Immortal Domain, no one would dare to oppose a powerful force with a True Immortal sitting in charge for the sake of a vague treasure legend, unless the Yao family took action.
Those who have the ability to obtain the Fire God's treasure look down on it, and those who want it don't have the ability.
So it was taken advantage of by the Underworld Sect.
However, when Gu Changsheng arrived at Mount Fire God, he found that the Underworld Sect was deserted, with only some "old, weak, and disabled" people left to guard Mount Fire God.
Gu Changsheng casually found an old man whose lifespan was nearing its end to ask questions.
"They all ran away?"
The old man also knew that his days were numbered. He looked up at Gu Changsheng, his eyes already filled with death. He slowly nodded and said, "They all ran away."
"When?" Gu Changsheng asked.
"They ran away two months ago when the news of the Sect Leader's death spread," the old man said calmly.
"That's decisive." Gu Changsheng naturally knew what was going on. He was the one who killed the Sect Leader of the Underworld Sect, but he didn't expect the Underworld Sect to run away that day.
But they can escape the temple but not the monk.
He said he would destroy the Underworld Sect, and he would destroy the Underworld Sect. Even the Heavenly King wouldn't be able to stop him.
Gu Changsheng ignored these "old, weak, and disabled" people. Obviously, these people had been abandoned by the Underworld Sect, and those who could be abandoned obviously couldn't get in touch with the World Plunderer Organization.
Gu Changsheng didn't have the idea of rather killing the innocent than letting one go. People who have this kind of thinking are just not strong enough.
Gu Changsheng took a step and left Mount Fire God.
The old man was not surprised to see this. If he was still young, he might be shocked, but now he didn't know how many days he could live, and he had already faced death calmly. If he wasn't afraid of death, what was there to be shocked about?
"Buzz!"
A slight vibration came from the side. The old man looked over and saw an old woman who had sat down in place and passed away, transforming into the Dao.
A trace of color flashed in the old man's eyes. The old woman was his senior sister. Many years ago, he had secretly loved her, but unfortunately, on the road of immortality, they were all green leaves for others, not even green leaves.
The old man closed his eyes and waited for the arrival of death.
Gu Changsheng left Mount Fire God, but he didn't leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the south.
The Underworld Sect was deserted, but the place where they were hiding was an underground secret realm under the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The secret realm was not natural, but man-made. When Gu Changsheng came to Mount Fire God, he discovered the abnormality of Mount Fire God.
The legend of the Fire God was obviously false.
This underground secret realm was the treasure of the Fire God.
When Gu Changsheng entered the secret realm, he saw magnificent palaces in groups, full of vitality, obviously it had been developed for a long time.
Gu Changsheng didn't intend to hide himself at all. The moment he appeared in the secret realm, he was discovered.
"Who are you? How dare you break into my Underworld Sect's important place!"
Two strong men from the Underworld Sect immediately stopped Gu Changsheng. These two were both in the Return to One Realm, but here they were just patrolmen. In comparison, the Yao family was at a disadvantage.
However, Gu Changsheng could see that these two were not normal cultivators who had reached the Return to One Realm, but used methods similar to forced growth. Although they had reached the Return to One Realm, they could not make any further progress in their lives.
"Why bother talking to him? Just take him down and take him back for interrogation."
Another person said coldly. After speaking, he directly stretched out his big hand to capture Gu Changsheng.
But Gu Changsheng just glanced at him lightly, and this person's body exploded into countless pieces, not even a blood mist appeared.
"You..."
Seeing this, the other person's eyes were filled with fear. He now realized that he could not see through the other party's strength, and his heart was shocked. He immediately turned around and wanted to escape, and even took out a jade slip to ask for help.
"Bang!"
Before he could make any move, his body was also like his companion's.
Gu Changsheng glanced at this secret realm. The Underworld Sect was indeed a force supported by the World Plunderer Organization. There were three hidden Immortal Venerable experts alone, and countless Immortal Kings. If this force was released to the outside world, it would be enough to subvert the Great Void Realm.
However, these Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerables also used methods of forced growth, and were much weaker than normal cultivators of the same level. Gu Changsheng estimated that Taixu alone could suppress them.
Perhaps it was for this reason that they remained hidden.
But now it doesn't matter whether they launch or not. If they provoke Gu Changsheng, even if their master comes, they will have to kneel.
Gu Changsheng's eyes flashed, and then he disappeared.
After that, news spread in the south that the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes had disappeared for no reason, but a magnificent secret realm had appeared, which attracted the attention of countless cultivators. They connected the legend of the Fire God and began to head south.
The secret realm had already appeared, and they didn't care about the Underworld Sect or anything. Moreover, since the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes disappeared, the Underworld Sect also disappeared with it.
Some people speculated maliciously: Could it be that the Underworld Sect had provoked the wrath of the Fire God, so they were destroyed by the Fire God along with the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes?
If they replaced the Fire God with Gu Changsheng, then they would be right.
