Chapter 688: The Immortal Realm

The process of ascending lasted half an hour—a sufficient time granted by the Heavenly Dao to enable one to transcend the ordinary and attain the body of a true immortal.
During this process, Su Che absorbed vast amounts of multicolored radiant light, which was the energy transformation power of the universe, much to the delight of the Tree of Creation.
This gain would fill in some of her deficiencies in energy transformation, improving herself while also enhancing her creative abilities.
When Su Che entered the kaleidoscopic spatial passage, it meant her ascension was successful; she was now traversing the spatial crystal wall, with the end of the passage being the Immortal Realm that mortal cultivators longed for so much…
…
The Immortal Realm, the Earthly Immortal Domain.
Bang!
Su Che stepped firmly on the ground. Before she could even admire the scenery of the Immortal Realm, she first felt her body become incredibly heavy, like a mountain—completely devoid of its former lightness and grace.
“The gravity in the Immortal Realm is truly extreme!”
If the gravity in the Immortal Demon Battlefield was about a thousand times that of Qi Yuan Star, then the gravity Su Che felt now was at least a thousand times greater.
This meant that within the Immortal Realm, those at the human-immortal level could not fly at all and would lose their ability to soar through the air. They could only use spells like “Constricting Space” on land and walk painstakingly.
“Not only the gravity, but the spatial confinement power is also millions of times stronger than in the mortal world. All types of teleportation spells are ineffective. At least one must reach the Golden Immortal level to teleport short distances within the Immortal Realm.”
Swish!
Su Che casually unleashed a spatial blade. Sure enough, its power was greatly reduced—almost pitifully weak.
It was fortunate that she had mastered Lin Jiu’s “Great Slaughter Technique” to an advanced level. Otherwise, with her original beginner-level skill, she might not even be able to kill a low-level insect in the Immortal Realm.
Of course, since both were at an advanced level, Lin Jiu, being at the Profound Immortal level, would wield far greater power than Su Che.
The combat strength of true immortals in the Immortal Realm is determined by three factors: one’s own cultivation level, the mastery of spells, and the grade of immortal artifacts.
Only by multiplying these three factors can one reveal their true strongest combat power.
Su Che thought to herself, “In short, newly ascended human-immortals, or ordinary people living in the Immortal Realm, belong to the lowest tier. They have to start from scratch.”
“You don’t have to start from scratch.”

Lao Hei chuckled and said, “Just upon arriving in the Immortal Realm, you already have three celestial immortals at your disposal, millions of Immortal Crystals, countless magical weapons and treasures, as well as precious elixirs… With all this wealth, even an ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortal would feel ashamed and flee in shame in front of you. Soon, you’ll be penniless!”
Su Che smiled and said, “To make the ten thousand planets in the Immortal Prison thrive, I need to purchase thousands of small worlds. Calculated accordingly, it will cost billions of Immortal Crystals…”
“What does ‘billions of Immortal Crystals’ even mean?”
In the Immortal Realm, the purchasing power of Immortal Crystals is extremely high. Billions of them are undoubtedly vast wealth. Not to mention Great Luo Golden Immortals, even most Immortal Emperors don’t have the ability to come up with such a huge sum at once.
Of course, Su Che doesn’t have that much either. He must sell the treasures he already has bit by bit to turn them into Immortal Crystals, then use them to buy small worlds that other immortals want to sell, in order to enrich his own Immortal Prison world.
The ultimate goal is to achieve the great function set forth for the seven layers of the Immortal Prison. For this purpose, Su Che won’t hesitate to pay any price.
While chatting with Lao Hei, Su Che also gazed into the distance, fully enjoying the scenery of the Immortal Realm.
This place was clearly a wilderness in the Immortal Realm—mountains in the distance and plains nearby. Although there were no particularly strange sights, some of the characteristics of the Immortal Realm were already visible.
The mountains were extremely tall! On ordinary planets, mountains tens of thousands of feet high were already considered astonishing, but in the Immortal Realm, the mountains one could see were hundreds of thousands of feet high. Anything less than a hundred thousand feet couldn’t be called a mountain—it could only be referred to as a hill.
The trees were also incredibly tall! The large trees Su Che saw now reached straight into the sky like pillars, with trunks so thick that dozens of people would need to hold hands to encircle them.
Looking at the ground, even the simplest wild grasses exuded a strong aura of spiritual energy, showing their uniqueness. Upon closer inspection, the patterns and veins on each leaf contained profound mysteries, resembling naturally formed strange runes that conveyed deep laws and principles.
“These wild flowers and grasses are everywhere in the Immortal Realm. They’re extremely common, and no one would bother picking them…”
Su Che crouched down, gently touching a tender green leaf, and thought to himself, “But after all, they are genuine immortal herbs. In the mortal world, they are extremely rare and worth a fortune.”
“Since no one picks them, we will!”
Lao Hei immediately understood his master’s intention. These wild grasses were surely useless to his master, who already had the cultivation level of a Human Immortal. But for the mortal creatures in the Immortal Prison, they were incredibly precious immortal roots and herbs.

Just like that Black Domain Immortal Lotus back then, it might have been just an unattended aquatic plant in some pond in the Immortal Realm, but once it descended to the mortal world, it became a highly sought-after treasure.
Harvest it!
Pull out every plant in this area!
On Qi Yuan Star within the Immortal Prison, there are tens of millions of cultivators and hundreds of billions of beings practicing the Path of Shadows. Even a single blade of grass or stem would be a great blessing for them.
As the saying goes, when one achieves enlightenment, even their pets ascend to heaven. With Su Che achieving enlightenment, countless beings in the Immortal Prison world will also benefit.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish…
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh…
It’s no joke—Su Che truly started pulling out plants, not one by one, but in large areas. With each wave of his hand, tens of thousands of immortal herbs within a radius of at least a hundred zhang would end up in the Immortal Prison.
These immortal herbs were sent directly to the Third Layer of the Fire Realm, where the ruler of the Fire Realm would determine their properties and combine them with certain mortal spiritual herbs. Then, using spiritual fire, they would be used to mass-produce pills.
The resulting spiritual pills would naturally be given unconditionally to the various sects on Qi Yuan Star to enhance the overall strength of its cultivation community.
After all, compared to the small worlds cultivated by the true immortals in the Immortal Realm, the cultivation level of Qi Yuan Star’s community was extremely backward—only a few were at the Void Refining stage, with few at the Soul Transformation and Nascent Soul stages.
If not given special attention, Qi Yuan Star would become the weakest cultivation planet in the Immortal Prison world, undoubtedly the last in line!
After all, it was his hometown too—he couldn’t let it suffer such humiliation. So, whenever there were benefits, Su Che would think of Qi Yuan Star first.
Moreover, the hundreds of billions of beings on Qi Yuan Star who practiced the Path of Shadows provided him with a continuous supply of Shadow Soul energy. Just for that reason, he couldn’t treat them poorly.
As Su Che moved forward, pulling out plants continuously, wherever he passed, the land was left utterly devastated.
In the Immortal Realm, no one would do such things out of mere laziness—it was the act of a sickly destroyer…
“The area we’re in now is called the ‘Human-Immortal Protection Zone’ in the Immortal Realm, also known as the Newcomer Safety Zone,” Su Che said to Lao He in his mind. “The mortals who have just ascended to the Immortal Realm have weak strength—they can’t even defeat a stray dog in the Immortal Realm. They’re extremely fragile and die at the slightest touch. That’s why the laws of the Heavenly Dao created over a hundred Human-Immortal Protection Zones in the Immortal Realm. Mortals who ascend will inevitably land in one of these zones.”

These common-sense informations were all instilled in Su Che’s mind by the forces of the Heavenly Dao during his ascension, namely those strange characters that descended along with the colorful glow. Every person who ascends automatically acquires this basic knowledge of survival, which can be seen as a direct manifestation of the heavens’ kindness. Lao He asked curiously, “So, that means it’s impossible for any true immortal with strength beyond the Human Immortal level to appear in the protected area, and there’s no danger either?” Su Che nodded inwardly first and said, “Yes. Only those who have just ascended to Human Immortal can enter. And even Human Immortals can’t re-enter once they leave. Therefore, within the protected area, one will definitely never encounter Earth Immortals, Heavenly Immortals, or Mysterious Immortals…” Then he shook his head and added, “It’s not certain that there’s no danger. As the saying goes, where there are people, there are conflicts. Human Immortals might even fight each other when they meet.” “That’s unlikely,” Lao He laughed. “They’re all newcomers who have just ascended. Faced with the unknown Immortal Realm, they’re all cautious and fearful. Anyone with a bit of sense won’t casually get into conflicts with others.” Su Che smiled and continued, “If they wish, those who ascend can cultivate in the protected area until they reach the level of Earth Immortals, after which they’ll be forcibly driven out by the laws of the Heavenly Dao. However, the spiritual energy in the protected area is relatively thin, and true treasures are extremely rare. Cultivating here will surely result in slow progress.” A thin supply of spiritual energy naturally leads to scarce treasures—there’s an inevitable connection between the two. But it doesn’t mean the Heavenly Dao is biased and deliberately makes the Human Immortal protected area extremely desolate. Rather, those who have just ascended can’t withstand overly dense spiritual energy. The so-called protected area is merely a buffer zone to help them gradually adapt to the living conditions of the Immortal Realm. As they continued on their journey, Su Che pulled weeds while imparting these basic knowledge points to Lao He: “The entire Immortal Realm can be divided into three major regions: the Earth Immortal Region, the Cloud Immortal Region, and the Barbaric Immortal Region.” “The Earth Immortal Region is the habitat of many immortals below the Golden Immortal level. It’s like an endless continent that nurtures countless lower-level immortals.” “The Cloud Immortal Region, or the aerial Immortal Realm, requires a supreme cultivation level beyond that of a Great Golden Immortal to qualify one to build their own immortal palace in the misty nine heavens, standing above all other immortals.” “To put it simply, the Earth Immortal Region is like a slum, while the Cloud Immortal Region is the elite area.”

“I see.” Lao He nodded. “As newcomers to the Immortal Realm, we’ll have to make do in the slums for the next few tens of thousands of years.”
“That’s right.”
Su Che smiled inwardly and continued, “The Barbaric Immortal Land was originally a chaotic area within the Immortal Realm—a wild haven for all sorts of exotic beasts, barbarians, and outlaws, with no order at all. Millions of years ago, the Witch God led a group of witches to ascend to the Immortal Realm and seized that desolate land abandoned by other immortals. Now, it has become territory controlled by the witches… It fits quite well, actually.”
“Yes,” Lao He said with a laugh. “Barbarism and the witches do go well together.”