After leaving Lin Mo City, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu did not linger to admire the prosperous city on this Immortal Realm continent. They immediately flew towards the northeast.
"As expected of the Immortal Realm continent. I thought the spiritual energy in the starry sky was already very dense, millions of times better than the Thunder Wind Realm, but I didn't expect the spiritual energy on the Immortal Realm continent to be even denser."
Fang Xiaoyu absorbed spiritual energy as he marveled.
The Immortal Realm continent was the core of the Immortal Realm, the center of the Origin Plane. The Origin Plane was the cultivation holy land with the most resources and richest spiritual energy in the endless universe.
Although the Immortal Realm had a large population, on the Eastern Land, as Wan Lei and his companion flew, they saw vast uninhabited areas. While there were many cities and villages, it was clear that the population here was not enough to fill the entire Immortal Realm continent.
It was unclear whether the territorial divisions by various factions controlled population growth and prevented people from space from settling on the continent, or if the Immortal Realm continent was simply so vast that no amount of population could fill it.
"Moreover, the laws here are obviously more active. I heard that the most powerful place in the Origin Plane is the Immortal Realm continent, so this is indeed a sacred ground for nurturing strong individuals."
During his free time, Wan Lei had heard the Four Little Ones talk about the Immortal Realm continent.
The Immortal Realm continent was divided into five parts: the Eastern Land, the Southern Border, the Western Desert, the Northern Sea, and the Great Tang Empire in the center.
The Great Tang Empire occupied most of the Immortal Realm continent and the best territories. The grandfather of the Tang Emperor of Great Tang was the first Saint Heavenly Venerate of the Immortal Realm. His father, the previous Tang Emperor and the founder of the Great Tang Empire, was now known as the Human Emperor and was also a Saint.
Furthermore, the Five Elements Hall was located within the Great Tang Empire, and there were more Saints there.
Of course, the Great Tang Empire did not govern the Five Elements Hall; rather, it was under the jurisdiction of the Five Elements Hall.
The various regions of the Immortal Realm had their own characteristics. The Eastern Land practiced rune technology, formerly known as Rune Dao Laws. Almost every cultivator could engrave runes to cultivate, comprehend, and increase their combat power.
The Eastern Land also had a Saint, known as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who was said to be a monkey from the demon race.
The Western Desert was the domain of Buddhism, with the entire Western Desert under the jurisdiction of Buddhism. Its Buddha was also a Saint.
The Northern Sea was the realm of the demon race, governed by the Heavenly Court of the Demon Race. The leader of the Heavenly Court was named Emperor Jun, known as the Heavenly Emperor, and was also an old-established Saint.
The Heavenly Emperor had a sworn brother, as close as a sibling, named Tai Yi, known as the Eastern Emperor. He was now the Hall Master of the Demon Hall in the Five Elements Hall. Huo Feng Wang, the elder leading the Five Elements Hall contingent in the Molten Death Domain this time, was the wife of Emperor Tai Yi.
As for the Southern Border, it was insignificant, the weakest and most barren, without even a Saint.
However, it was rumored that the Five Immortal Venerables, the Hall Master of the Sword Hall of the Five Elements Hall, and the Hall Master of the Pill Hall all hailed from the Southern Border.
Because of this, even though the Southern Border was the weakest, no other forces dared to covy its land.
Of course, there was another, more important reason: the Southern Border had truly made immense contributions.
In the Second Immortal-God War, more than half of the Southern Border was shattered. Only one-tenth of its territory remained, and the remaining land could no longer gather spiritual energy, leading to a shortage of resources. It was difficult for even an Immortal to emerge from the Southern Border. Although it was part of the Immortal Realm continent, it was worse than a Medium Spirit Plane.
In the Third Immortal-God War, the final decisive battle was the defense of the Southern Border. The God Race attacked the Immortal Realm continent with their entire population. All the armies of the Immortal Realm gathered, and a decisive battle against the God Race took place in the Southern Border. In that battle, two Saints died, and the entire Southern Border became a battlefield.
The dense barrage of artillery fire devastated the land, causing the population of the Southern Border to plummet again, leaving only one-tenth. The remaining territory was almost destroyed again.
It could be said that the Southern Border suffered the most damage in every war, but it was precisely because of the Southern Border that the Great Tang, Northern Sea, Western Desert, and Eastern Land were spared from the ravages of war.
Ultimately, the Southern Border bore all the brunt.
Although the Immortal Venerables later restored the Southern Border with supreme means, making the Immortal Realm continent complete again, only fifty thousand years have passed. The Southern Border, having suffered two immense traumas, could not match the other four in terms of foundation, even with the recovery of spiritual energy and resources.
The place where Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were now was the Eastern Land of the Immortal Realm continent. Their goal was to use the unique rune technology of this land to heal Qing Wu.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu accelerated to their maximum speed, heading northeast. Two quarters of an hour later, they finally arrived at their destination, Xiang Ren Sect, the address given to them by Wan Qianxin.
The Xiang Ren Sect was located on a high mountain. The sect was not large, and its population was not many, roughly only about ten thousand people.
Wan Lei took out the Yu Ming Diagram, and Xi Ren Yuan Jun and Huo Feng holding Qing Wu emerged.
The group flew towards the Xiang Ren Sect.
Before they even reached their destination, a cultivator in the Tai Xu Realm flew out from the Xiang Ren Sect. Seeing outsiders arrive, the cultivator did not show any vigilance or try to drive them away. Instead, he enthusiastically greeted them.
"Fellow Daoists, what brings you to our Xiang Ren Sect?"
The cultivator showed no hostility and was very enthusiastic, with a smile on his face, which made Wan Lei uncomfortable.
Under normal circumstances, wouldn't they be intercepted by a group of people demanding to know their purpose?
"Greetings, fellow Daoist. We are here to seek an audience with the Old Ancestor of the Xiang Ren Sect. My friend here is suffering from heart fire and is in grave danger. We wish to ask for his help."
Wan Lei quickly pointed at Qing Wu and said, his tone earnest, as he was asking for a favor. He had to maintain a good attitude, for what if they were displeased...
Clearly, Wan Lei was overthinking.
The Tai Xu Realm cultivator quickly flew to Wan Lei and the others' side, examining Qing Wu's condition without any fear of them taking the opportunity to attack. They were a bit too innocent, almost frighteningly so.
"This is so serious? The heart fire has already manifested externally to this extent? That shouldn't be. By rights, someone at this level should have already burned to death. Was it suppressed by some special method?"
"Yes, there are some special methods. We..."
"No need to tell me. Hurry and follow me to see the Old Ancestor."
The Tai Xu Realm cultivator was anxious and immediately turned to fly into the sect.
Wan Lei and the others were astonished again.
Shouldn't they have verified our identities first? And taken us directly to your ancestral home? What if we had malicious intentions?
Moreover, this was too smooth.
If Wan Lei and the others hadn't known that the Xiang Ren Sect cultivated the good thoughts of the seven emotions and six desires, and that everyone in the sect was a good person with compassion, they would have thought that this unusual enthusiasm and lack of defense was a trap to harm them.
"Old Ancestor, Old Ancestor, stop sleeping, come out quickly and save someone!"
The cultivator shouted as he flew rapidly. Many disciples of the Xiang Ren Sect were alerted and flew out to look in their direction.
"Is someone injured?"
"It looks like heart fire affliction."
"Oh dear, female Daoist in red, you can't hold someone afflicted with heart fire like that, you'll get burned."
"Hurry and take them to the infirmary. You all quickly prepare rune healing."