Ethereal Immortal Domain?

The man nodded somberly and said softly, "Precisely so. Otherwise, with Wanshu's talent, she would have broken through long ago." Li Guanqi's heart tightened. He asked quietly, "Then where are we heading?" Meng Jiangchu waved his broad sleeve, carrying Li Guanqi as they shuttled directly through the void, and said in a deep voice, "To take you to see the world of truly top-tier powerhouses!" Li Guanqi's brow knitted tightly, a jolt of surprise striking his heart at those words, immediately followed by the man's next question. "Haven't you noticed how few top cultivators there are in the Six Domains?" Li Guanqi nodded gravely. He had indeed sensed it. Back when he was in the Void Refining Realm, he had already noticed how rarely one ever encountered mighty Body Integration Realm cultivators in the Six Domains. Meng Jiangchu said softly, "Once one reaches the Body Integration Realm, any strike will cause mountains to collapse and the earth to tear apart, with vast collateral destruction." "And so, at some unknown point in the past, someone discovered an isolated domain where space is exceptionally stable." "Even if a Body Integration cultivator strikes with abandon, they cannot easily tear the space there." "The strongest factions among all the clans and sects across the Six Domains chose to enter that place to live in seclusion from the world." "Put another way, it is an alternate kind of worldly retreat." Li Guanqi frowned deeply. He had never heard of such a place! Meng Jiangchu chuckled. "Ji Yuchuan and Xi Yunhuai in your Guanyun Pavilion have probably both been there. They just haven't had the chance to tell you yet." "Because the ticket to enter that place is the Body Integration Realm!" Li Guanqi scratched his head and couldn't help saying, "Then... wouldn't the place you speak of be teeming with Body Integration cultivators everywhere?" Meng Jiangchu shook his head and patiently explained, "It's not that only Body Integration cultivators can stay there, but rather that only upon reaching the Body Integration Realm does one generally qualify to even know of it." "That place... is also referred to by us as the Lesser Seventh Domain, but its true name is the Ethereal Immortal Domain!" "The Lesser Seventh Domain? Then what about my grandfather's side...?" Hearing this, the man offered a wry smile. "It's precisely because far too many people couldn't find the real Seventh Domain... that the Ethereal Immortal Domain earned such a moniker." Along the way, Meng Jiangchu told Li Guanqi a great deal about the Ethereal Immortal Domain. The Ethereal Immortal Domain was not a domain that stood on equal footing alongside the Six Domains; rather, it was a colossal spatial domain situated within the void. This masterless domain was extraordinarily vast—broader even than three of the outside mortal domains combined! This fact alone left Li Guanqi slack-jawed in astonishment. To think he had known nothing whatsoever about such a place! Meng Jiangchu smiled and said, "Don't take it to heart. This world is far more complex than you imagine." "Alright, we are heading to an auction this time." Li Guanqi nodded, silently digesting the information in his mind. Along the way, Li Guanqi asked, "Father-in-law, which auction house are we visiting this time? Tianji Pavilion or Treasure Pavilion?" "What are we looking to buy?" Meng Jiangchu chuckled softly. "In the Ethereal Immortal Domain, Tianji Pavilion and Treasure Pavilion are only fit to peddle goods from little storefronts along the streets." Li Guanqi was taken aback. "Street shops? They don't even have an auction house?" If it was truly as Meng Jiangchu said, the power of this Ethereal Immortal Domain was terrifying. Tianji Pavilion and Treasure Pavilion, whose businesses spanned every corner of the Six Domains outside, did not even possess an auction house in there? Meng Jiangchu patted his shoulder and said quietly, "Brat, from this day forth, you can be considered to have officially stepped into that topmost sliver of cultivators under heaven." "Broaden your horizons a bit. In the eyes of the Six Domains, Tianji Pavilion and Treasure Pavilion are indeed powerful." "Yet you've seen it yourself: Gu Yong has only just barely broken through to the Mahayana realm. Even the Lu clan could casually field a Mahayana expert, as could that Zhu clan." "But you must understand—even they aren't the strongest among the ancient clans." "Above them stand peak powerhouses and clans at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm! That is the realm that can truly make heaven and earth tremble!" Li Guanqi's brow remained furrowed. He realized how much he was still ignorant of. He had never come into contact with that level, and neither had Lu Kangnian. As a result, aside from Meng Jiangchu, hardly anyone could tell him about these things. Just as Li Guanqi was pondering where this domain could possibly be located, Meng Jiangchu suddenly halted. Li Guanqi frowned, noticing nothing unusual about the surrounding space. If there was anything different at all, it was perhaps that within a hundred-zhang radius, there were no chaotic gas masses. Yet such vacant pockets of void existed everywhere. Spreading his divine sense slightly, Li Guanqi soon noticed the difference! The void here... resembled a peculiar, severed pocket of space. It appeared seamlessly merged with the void, yet the moment Meng Jiangchu had brought him in just now, this area had already become an independent space. A faint smile touched the corner of Li Guanqi's lips. Brushing his hand through the void, he murmured softly, "Fascinating." Meng Jiangchu looked somewhat surprised. "You noticed?" Seeing Li Guanqi nod, Meng Jiangchu could only curse inwardly, 'Damn this monstrous talent.' Hum! Meng Jiangchu suddenly produced a purple storage ring and slipped it onto his finger. With a flash of radiance, a luminous gateway materialized before the two of them! The parted gate of light shimmered with dazzling colors, while the space within twisted slightly, making it hard to see clearly. "Let's go. We're heading in. While we're at it, I'll help you collect an identity ring." Li Guanqi smiled, growing increasingly curious about this Ethereal Immortal Domain. Buzz! The light gate vanished, and two figures suddenly appeared high in the sky above a spatial domain of unimaginable scale. Dizziness washed over Li Guanqi's mind. When he opened his mind's eye, the sight before him left him completely stunned. Massive architectural complexes stood in view, enveloped all around by a faint veil of mist. Yet when he closed his eyes and sensed this seemingly thin spiritual mist, its density was more than double that of the Great Xia Sword Sect's spiritual energy! The blood in his body surged. He opened his palm and fiercely clenched the empty space, yet the space merely rippled with faint waves before settling, showing no other change. This caused Li Guanqi to raise an eyebrow in surprise. The tearing force he had just exerted with his fist was enough to cleave mountains and shatter stone; out in the outside world, space across dozens of zhang would have collapsed into pieces. Here, it had only produced faint ripples, without so much as a crease! Li Guanqi couldn't help exclaiming, "What an exceptionally resilient space. I suspect that even with a full-force sword strike, I could only manage to tear it slightly." Meng Jiangchu chuckled. "No need to be amazed. Rumor has it that this place was jointly created by Ascension Realm cultivators before their ascension." "However, far too much time has passed, so there's no way to verify it anymore." "Come on, I'll take you to Qin Imperial City." Li Guanqi glanced down at the towering mountain ranges beneath his feet. Concealed within them were countless spirit beasts and monsters bearing ancient bloodlines, their rich spiritual energy nurturing myriad heavenly treasures. "Does no one harvest them or hunt the beasts in a place like this?" Meng Jiangchu's eyes held an inscrutable look as he spoke. "The Ethereal Immortal Domain is led by six imperial cities and three sacred sects, with nine Tribulation Transcendence powerhouses presiding over it. The territorial divisions between factions are crystal clear." "Do you think anyone would dare act recklessly?" "Though I hear the Yu clan seems to have run into some trouble recently... Enough talk, let's go."