"What about the Ghost Realm?"
"The Ghost Realm is where the souls of people from the Immortal Realm and the endless minor planes go after death. Of course, not every soul is qualified to go there."
Wan Lei knew this knowledge. He also knew that souls in the Ghost Realm could cultivate, and the Six Great Immortals had once ventured into it.
"During the first war between Immortals and Gods, the world was still in its infancy.
Our God Clan didn't even have any main gods, and your Human Clan's strongest was merely Pangu.
Pangu created the Body Cultivation lineage. Humans, like us Gods, had powerful physiques, but due to their build, they were far inferior to us in combat power.
At that time, a new lineage emerged among humans. This lineage was completely different from Body Cultivators; it focused on cultivating spiritual energy and comprehending the Great Dao, which is the Qi Cultivation lineage.
The two factions often fought, and the Qi Cultivators lost every time. They were forced to leave the Immortal Realm continent and flee into the starry sky.
Back then, the God Clan invaded the Immortal Realm and pushed Pangu back repeatedly. Pangu sacrificed himself, allowing the remaining Body Cultivators to escape.
Afterward, the leader of the Qi Cultivation lineage, Li Daoyuan…
Ahem, it's a bit disrespectful to mention his name like this. After achieving sainthood, he called himself Heavenly Venerate.
Heavenly Venerate was the first saint in all planes. He led the Qi Cultivators to drive away the God Clan and win the first Immortal-God War.
Then, Heavenly Venerate single-handedly attacked the God Realm but was controlled by the three Absolute Gods, the controllers of the Prime Plane.
Of course, this was only discovered when the Immortal Venerate appeared. Otherwise, everyone would still be in the dark.
The three Absolute Gods were born from the will of heaven and earth, but their authority surpassed the will of the Prime Plane. They were truly omnipotent deities.
After studying Heavenly Venerate, they released him back to the Immortal Realm. Then, based on Heavenly Venerate's saintly realm, they created the saints of the God Clan, namely the Twelve Main Gods."
"The Twelve Main Gods? Are they like the Sun God and Moon God?"
Wan Lei asked curiously. These two had appeared in his dreams, but in his dreams, they had just ascended to the Immortal Realm when it was breached by demons, they lost the final battle, all saints perished, and only the Sun and Moon Gods of the God Clan remained.
"Yes, the Sun God is our leader, and he still is.
After the Main Gods were created, they were unwilling to let the Immortal Realm be their equal. Thus, they led the God Clan to attack the Immortal Realm again, marking the beginning of the second Immortal-God War."
"Brother Dada, how do you know so much about ancient history? Did you live through that era?"
"No, no. I'm only a little over two thousand years old. How could I have experienced that era?
This knowledge is known by most humans and gods in the Origin Plane. After all, the Immortal Venerate said that we must remember history. Forgetting history is disrespecting the fallen martyrs.
We must face history squarely; escaping and covering it up cannot change past facts.
Don't interrupt me so much; let me speak."
Dada rolled his eyes and took another sip of wine.
"During the second Immortal-God War, the Immortal Realm had six saints, and the God Clan had twelve Main Gods. The Immortal Realm was repeatedly defeated under the God Clan's attacks until a swordsman named Yao appeared. He broke through to sainthood just before the decisive battle and, with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, killed the physical bodies of five Main Gods, thus repelling the God Clan and driving them back to the God Realm.
That was Yao, the Starry Sky Sword Saint Yao, tsk tsk tsk, so cool. I wish I could become someone like that."
Dada spoke of Yao with undisguised admiration, making Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu’s eyes twitch.
How could a god admire someone who beat up your Main Gods so much?
However, Wan Lei had also heard of the deeds of the Starry Sky Sword Saint and had some knowledge of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, knowing that those four swords eventually fell into the hands of those Immortals.
"Later, the Immortal and God Realms were peaceful for a long time. The God Clan had twelve Main Gods, the Immortal Realm had seven Great Saints, and the Ghost Realm had the Ghost Emperor and Dragon King. With mutual checks and balances, they coexisted without interfering with each other.
However, fifty thousand years ago, the Twelve Main Gods of the God Clan, instigated by the three Absolute Gods, launched another attack on the Immortal Realm.
You still don't know about the three Absolute Gods, do you? They are the Absolute Gods of Time, Space, and Matter, controlling the supreme authority of the Origin Plane. It can be said that with a single thought, they could annihilate the entire Immortal Realm."
"Then why let the God Clan attack the Immortal Realm? Couldn't they just destroy it directly?"
Wan Lei acutely spotted a bug.
"Can you stop interrupting? Why do I dislike talking to you so much?"
"I won't interrupt anymore."
"During the Immortal Realm's time of crisis, five Sons of Destiny appeared. They led their group of friends and, with the help of the saints, established the current… Five Elements Hall!
Back then, the Five Elements Hall was still very weak, with no saints. However, their high-end combat power was still considerable, as it was a faction formed by the most outstanding young people in the Immortal Realm. These young people had all reached the Golden Immortal realm cultivation, so their strength could not be underestimated.
Upon its establishment, the Five Elements Hall, excluding the combat power of saints, had already become the number one force in the Immortal Realm, but it was still very weak.
At that time, under the command of the Seven Great Saints, the Immortal Realm's situation could no longer be described as poor command; it was a complete mess and utter defeat.
Only a hundred years after the Immortal-God War began, the Immortal Realm lost half of its star domains, and the God Clan's forces were pressing directly towards the Immortal Realm continent.
The Grand Hall Master of the Five Elements Hall, the strongest Son of Destiny, seeing this scene, became anxious. He brought back a Sect Master and gave that Sect Master full command of the Five Elements Hall. Even the elders of the Five Elements Hall had to obey the Sect Master's orders, including the several Sons of Destiny.
The first strategy set by that Sect Master was to seize power, to seize the command of the entire Immortal Realm, and to stop the saints, who had extremely strong combat power but mediocre command abilities, from leading."
"Would the saints agree to that?"
Seizing power was always a bloody affair anywhere. How could the saints allow their Five Elements Hall to usurp their authority?
"Of course, they wouldn't agree, nor did they need to. The Five Elements Hall first allied with the Hanmen Ancient Sect and the Beihai Heavenly Court, uniting the most powerful factions in the Immortal Realm. Then, they ordered these factions to command the other small and medium-sized forces, establishing a unified front and a unified command system.
By the time those saints realized what was happening, no one was willing to obey their orders anymore. Almost all forces in the Immortal Realm had become part of this alliance.
Then, under the series of exquisite commands by that Sect Master, the Immortal Realm gradually recaptured the lost territories and pushed the God Clan's forces back to the southernmost Shard Void Star Domain.
The Sun God, enraged, brought almost all the population of the God Realm to the Immortal Realm, gathering the strength of the entire God Realm to launch a decisive attack on the Immortal Realm continent."