As for whether he would be annihilated on the path to ascension, that would depend on fate.
Having made all preparations, the Lord of the Rebirth Manor began his ascension journey.
Ascension realm cultivators could ascend because of a special mechanism within their bodies.
This special mechanism existed within cultivators from the moment they broke through from the Nascent Soul realm to the Ascension realm. As long as the ascendant willed it, they could ascend at any time, relying on this special extreme, the attraction of the True Immortal Realm to the minuscule worlds.
The Lord of the Rebirth Manor was now using this special attraction to gradually immerse his mind.
He felt a vast world, beyond imagination.
That world was far stronger than the Kyushu World. Cultivators in the Kyushu World often referred to it as the "Great World."
But in front of the world where True Immortals existed, the Kyushu World was no longer qualified to be called a Great World. Even if it were viewed highly, it could only be called a "Small World."
In reality, this was a勉勉强强 (barely acceptable) description.
If compared directly, the Kyushu World was like dust to the bright sun compared to the True Immortal Realm. It couldn't even be called a small world; it could only be called a minuscule world.
"True Immortal Realm… I'm coming."
Having activated the ascension mechanism and received the immortal light of ascension, the Lord of the Rebirth Manor felt his body and soul detaching from this world and entering the True Immortal Realm.
Space was torn open.
The immortal light of reception had already descended.
From this moment on, the Kyushu World had one less Ascension realm cultivator.
When a top-tier cultivator ascended, other old monsters in the Ascension realm of the Kyushu World would naturally sense it.
"Is that the Lord of the Rebirth Manor?"
"Why is he ascending?"
"Didn't he love to linger in the mortal world, claiming the True Immortal Realm was extremely dangerous and that upon ascension, one could only go to mine, so he tried to stay in the Kyushu World before his lifespan ran out… Why did he suddenly ascend?"
"Who knows what's going on?"
The old monsters in the Ascension realm began to discuss.
Unlike the Lord of the Rebirth Manor, they did not possess the Flowing Years Wheel, so they could not sense the crisis facing the Kyushu World.
Therefore, instead of immediately and decisively ascending to the upper realm, they were discussing here. This was only natural. Those who already wanted to ascend had already done so. The Ascension realm old monsters who were currently lingering in the mortal world were all unwilling to ascend unless facing a fatal situation. Without critical evidence, they would naturally not ascend to the True Immortal Realm at this time.
Compared to sensing the crisis through the actions of the Lord of the Rebirth Manor and immediately ascending, they were more inclined to discuss why the Lord of the Rebirth Manor had ascended at this particular time.
And this, obviously, would not lead to any conclusion.
...
"Oh? An ascendant?"
Mingyu Immortal Lord, who was slightly shaking the Immeasurable Minuscule World, showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
It wasn't strange to have ascendants.
In the Immeasurable Minuscule World, every single minuscule world had ascendants. And they were like a massive tide.
The Immortal Realm was vast and boundless, and too many people had ascended to it.
Mingyu Immortal Lord never paid them any attention.
However, an ascendant from the Kyushu World, which he intended to destroy, was different.
The Immeasurable Minuscule World constantly had ascendants.
However, in a single minuscule world, the number of ascendants might be in the single digits. Under such circumstances, the probability of ascending at this specific time was extremely small.
Naturally, there was something fishy about this.
Mingyu Immortal Lord saw through this.
Did this ascendant anticipate his arrival in advance?
Otherwise, he wouldn't have ascended directly to escape.
Interesting.
"Let me see what secrets you hold."
Mingyu Immortal Lord was an Immortal Lord-level existence, and one who had mastered the Innate Great Dao, with prospects of reaching the Immortal Venerable realm.
With a single glance, he could see through countless matters.
Mingyu Immortal Lord did not need to guess the Lord of the Rebirth Manor's intentions.
He only needed to look to get the answer.
After the body, soul, and consciousness of the Lord of the Rebirth Manor were all scanned by Mingyu Immortal Lord.
Mingyu Immortal Lord seemed to have gotten his answer. It turned out to be the manifestation of the "Flowing Years Wheel," the Great Dao of Time.
"So, it's a projection of the Flowing Years Wheel, a supreme treasure, in the lower realm..."
Mingyu Immortal Lord obtained his answer.
The Flowing Years Wheel was a supreme treasure in the True Immortal Realm, and even Immortal Lords had to treat it with importance.
However, the Flowing Years Wheel mastered by this Lord of the Rebirth Manor was not the true body of the Flowing Years Wheel, but a clone projection, and an incomplete one at that.
That was of no consequence.
Mingyu Immortal Lord would not bother with such trivial matters.
He had just taken a glance and completely annihilated the soul, will, and body of the Lord of the Rebirth Manor.
The Lord of the Rebirth Manor had already perished.
Since he was a being who had already perished, there was naturally no need to pay him any mind.
...
Lin Manor.
Fang Ming... No, it was Lin Xuan, Immortal Lord Lin Xuan, who had just sorted out his memories.
"Fang Ming… Earth… zombie world… another cultivation world…"
"These don't seem to be in the minuscule worlds below the True Immortal Realm."
"There's a sense of incongruity. Are there other worlds of the same level outside the True Immortal Realm?"
"And this world-traveling talent…"
"Remarkable!"
"It actually allowed me to awaken prematurely amidst endless reincarnation. And my Undying True Soul, a majestic Immortal Lord-level soul that had touched upon a sliver of the Immortal Venerable's essence, took so long, six months, to fully integrate with a cultivator at the Dao Foundation initial stage, who was still far from the immortal realm…"
"Under normal circumstances, even if this body were at the Golden Immortal cultivation level when I awakened my memories, it wouldn't have been able to stop me for even a moment…"
Only the former Immortal Lord Lin Xuan, with his vision, understood the terror of this world-traveling talent.
This foreign soul's world-traveling was definitely not within the Immeasurable Minuscule Worlds below the True Immortal Realm, traversing between two or more minuscule worlds.
Instead, it directly traversed to a realm outside the True Immortal Realm system.
The True Immortal Realm encompassed countless plane worlds, and Lin Xuan, as an Immortal Lord, had records of them all.
If it were merely that other cultivation world, Lin Xuan could consider it a subordinate minuscule world of the True Immortal Realm. After all, although that world was primitive, it lacked a structured cultivation system and had no ascendants.
But it could also be understood as a minuscule world that was temporarily isolated from the True Immortal Realm's ascension hierarchy.
Such small worlds existed. And the reason for the inability to ascend was not because the minuscule world actively abandoned the True Immortal Realm. The truth was that the passage between the minuscule world and the True Immortal Realm had been interrupted due to lack of maintenance, and the True Immortal Realm did not consider this minuscule world important, which led to this result.