This power, though far inferior to Fang Ming's formidable primordial spirit, physique, and magic power, held great promise for the future.
The power of the Initial Profound Realm was merely the nascent form of primordial laws. Only by constructing a primordial world within one's body could the true might of primordial laws be unleashed.
A Hunyuan Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal, with the primordial laws of the five elements circulating within their body, their five-element primordial world endlessly generating and overcoming each other, was already a being of true Quasi-Immortal Emperor level.
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Seeing Fang Ming, with his Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, obliterate four Daoists in almost an instant.
The woman in black's heart pounded. At this moment, she no longer believed the Initial Profound Realm aura emanating from Fang Ming.
It was obvious that Fang Ming was a Great Enlightenment True Immortal, otherwise, how could he have accomplished such a feat?
The Four Heroes of the Immortal Ascent were renowned throughout the surrounding universe, yet they had perished so easily.
The woman in black suppressed her myriad speculations and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Thank you, senior, for saving my life."
Fang Ming nodded, then asked, "How is the battle at Jade Dragon Pass?"
The woman in black was stunned, then reacted, exclaiming, "Senior, are you from the Five Elements Heavenly Palace?"
Fang Ming nodded, confirming it.
The woman in black's gaze towards Fang Ming immediately filled with even more respect and admiration.
This realm was ruled by the Five Elements Heavenly Palace as the supreme governing power.
Beyond the influence of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, there were also many mortal cultivators who did not join the Heavenly Palace but had comprehended the Initial Profound Realm, or even advanced to the Great Enlightenment True Immortal realm.
The woman in black and the four Daoists were cultivators of this category.
Other cultivators outside the Five Elements Heavenly Palace were either rogue cultivators or had established other factions.
For instance, those four Daoists came from a sect whose ancestor was a Great Enlightenment True Immortal.
However, these factions or rogue cultivators were secondary; strictly speaking, they were all lackeys of the elder-level figures of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace.
There was no faction that possessed a Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal-level expert. Great Enlightenment True Immortals were already the peak existence.
Disciples of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace were considered untouchable by all other cultivators.
This was precisely why the woman in black looked at Fang Ming with respect and admiration.
Of course, this was also because, in her eyes, Fang Ming was basically confirmed to be a core disciple of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, not an outer or inner disciple.
The Five Elements Heavenly Palace inherited the style of the former Jie Cult in the Primordial Era, emphasizing inclusivity and having numerous outer and inner disciples.
Outer disciples did not hold any particularly special status when they were outside, as although other factions only had Great Enlightenment True Immortals at their highest level, their ancestors at least had some acquaintance with certain core or inner disciples of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace.
In terms of connections, outer disciples could not wield much authority in front of them.
Only core disciples like Fang Ming could inspire such profound respect from the woman in black.
"The battle at Jade Dragon Pass..."
The woman in black recounted the situation to Fang Ming.
Only then did Fang Ming learn that the battle at Jade Dragon Pass, involving several Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal mighty figures and numerous Great Enlightenment True Immortals, was extremely fierce.
On the battlefield, a cumulative total of eleven Great Enlightenment True Immortal level experts had already fallen.
Among these Great Enlightenment True Immortals were those from other factions and core disciples of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace.
As for the factional struggles within the Five Elements Heavenly Palace and why Great Enlightenment True Immortals from other factions had fallen—it was because many of the Great Enlightenment True Immortals from other factions were lackeys of the Heavenly Palace's core disciples. As lackeys, how could they not participate in the battle?
If lackeys and followers did not even participate in the fighting, were they still lackeys?
Fang Ming naturally understood this logic.
After Fang Ming finished inquiring, he got up, intending to leave.
But the woman in black said, "Senior, are you planning to go to Jade Dragon Pass?"
"It has already gathered people from all walks of life there. Senior has been in seclusion for a long time and may not be familiar with those people."
"If Senior does not mind, I am willing to guide you."
Fang Ming paused only slightly before saying, "Very well. I am indeed unfamiliar with these people from all walks of life. It would be good to have someone to guide me and introduce them."
Fang Ming intended to kill cultivators and seize their cultivation.
Having someone to introduce and analyze the situation would indeed be beneficial to Fang Ming, as he didn't know who to target.
As for the woman in black's motive?
Fang Ming saw gratitude from her, but also opportunism.
While this woman was grateful for being saved, she also valued his identity as a core disciple of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace and his strength as a Great Enlightenment True Immortal, wanting to become his follower.
She was merely a follower, a lackey. Fang Ming had even taken in Chu Lingtian, so taking in this woman in black was nothing.
On the way, Fang Ming also learned the woman in black's identity. Her name was Wu Jingman, a mere rogue cultivator from Pillar Mountain, whose cultivation method was obtained from the famous Pillar Mountain.
This was why she was able to cultivate the method of the Initial Profound Realm and become a cultivator of that realm.
Fang Ming heard this and found nothing strange.
Pillar Mountain was the tallest mountain on the surface of this realm, with many rogue cultivators on it, making it a renowned gathering place for rogue cultivators.
Many Great Enlightenment True Immortal rogue cultivators originated from there.
It was perfectly normal for the woman in black to have obtained her Daoist techniques from there.
The woman in black also told Fang Ming that she and the four Daoists had a falling out due to a dispute.
Fang Ming sighed inwardly upon hearing this, realizing it was the cliché plot of killing for treasure and a beautiful woman.
There was nothing peculiar about it.
Perhaps to the woman in black, it was worth recounting, but to him, it was just ordinary.
The two flew on.
Finally, they arrived at Jade Dragon Pass.
Jade Dragon Pass was a strategic point between two mortal kingdoms, a place of vital importance for military campaigns.
There was only one city here, with a few characters inscribed on it: Jade Dragon Pass.
It should be known that the two mortal kingdoms were called mortal kingdoms by the mortals themselves.
In reality, the two mortal kingdoms of this realm, when placed in many worlds of the Void Sea, were true supreme immortal dynasties and immortal kingdoms.
Therefore, the so-called strategic point was not as simple as setting up a city and relying on its walls to defend against enemies.
Fang Ming looked into the city and saw countless flying behemoths, tens of millions of kilometers long and tens of thousands of light-years in length, constantly ascending or descending above the city.
Each flying behemoth was controlled by cultivators of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level. After injecting their magic power into the behemoth's energy pool, they could traverse distances of hundreds of millions of light-years almost instantly.
Alternatively, they would find spatial weak points in mid-air, tear open rifts in the sky, and disappear into dimensional space, flying across several great universes in the blink of an eye.
Fang Ming continuously extended his senses, feeling that this city, while seemingly existing only in this spacetime, actually spanned billions of spacetimes.
Cultivators whose auras shook the universe and annihilated countless star rivers were hidden deep within these numerous spacetimes.
And those Initial Profound Realm cultivators sat cross-legged above countless spacetimes, their forms extending into hundreds of billions of spacetimes, existing and not existing simultaneously.
They were between existence and non-existence, blurring the concept of spacetime boundaries.