The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Duan Yan's memories reveal a lot of information.

All the worlds connected by the dark golden energy pillars revered that giant plane as the "Immortal Realm".

The strongest cultivators in the Immortal Realm are at the Dao Ancestor Realm, equivalent to a ninth-tier explorer in Valen, and their world level is approximately fourteen.

Below the celestial realm lie various spirit realms.

The strongest cultivators in the Spirit Realm are at the Mahayana Realm, equivalent to a third-tier explorer in Valen. All Spirit Realms are level eight worlds. For example, the Xuanling Realm, which connects to the Tianxuan Realm, is a Spirit Realm.

Below the Spirit Realm, there are also a vast number of cultivation realms, such as the Heavenly Profound Realm.

The cultivation world and the spirit world, as well as the spirit world and the immortal world, are all connected by dark golden energy pillars.

The dark golden energy pillar serves as a passage for cultivators from the lower realms to "ascend" to the upper realms. It is also a conduit for transmitting the origin of the world and the origin of the soul, and an important tool for the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm to extend its influence and control its subordinate worlds.

As a world directly connected to the Immortal Realm, the Spirit Realm is completely under the control of the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm. Any outsider who enters the Spirit Realm will be detected by the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm immediately.

Between the cultivation world and the immortal world, there is also the spirit world. Usually, only the areas where the ascension passage, the guiding light of immortality, and the tribulation lightning are located are under the direct monitoring of the heavenly Dao of the immortal world.

This explains why, when she wanted to enter the spirit realm near the immortal realm before, and later the Xuanling realm, she used divination magic to predict good or bad fortune, and the results were either "extremely bad" or "bad."

At first glance, this structure seems no different from other cultivation worlds, but in reality, it is the cultivation world and the spirit world that support the immortal world.

The intelligent beings in the cultivation world and the spirit world will only become weaker, while the intelligent beings in the immortal world will become stronger.

The Spirit Realm occasionally receives replenishment from the cultivation world, but the cultivation world like the Heavenly Profound Realm only loses and never gains, resulting in the fastest rate of weakening.

In Duan Yan's memory, in the past, one could only ascend after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage in the Heavenly Profound Realm. Now, however, one can ascend simply by advancing to the Golden Core stage. This is because the source energy has been lost and can no longer support Golden Core cultivators' advancement.

In the Immortal Realm, there have been no beings below the True Immortal Realm for a very long time; even newborn children are at the True Immortal Realm.

What Moran cares about most is that "the Dao Ancestor merges with the Dao, and his strength is only related to the Great Dao he has mastered. If the Immortal Realm is strong, then the Heavenly Dao is strong; if the Heavenly Dao is strong, then the Great Dao is strong; and if the Great Dao is strong, then the Dao Ancestor is strong."

Generally speaking, the Heavenly Dao in cultivation-themed worlds is actually the world's consciousness, while the Great Dao is the world's fundamental power.

In cultivation-themed worlds, the world consciousness divides the primordial power into various attributes, transforming them into cultivation foundations such as spiritual roots or spiritual bases, which are then bestowed upon the native intelligent beings.

Cultivation techniques are the key to unlocking the power of one's origin.

As cultivators practice their techniques and comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, their ability to control the power of origin improves. In return, the Heavenly Dao bestows upon them more power of origin to help them advance in their cultivation.

That is why only humans in cultivation-type worlds possess things like spiritual roots and spiritual foundations.

Even Moran, a witch with limitless magical talent in all elements, lacks spiritual roots or foundations, and cannot cultivate immortal techniques. She can only convert her magical power into corresponding spiritual or immortal power to cast corresponding spells or supernatural abilities. Once cultivators reach the world's cultivation limit, the Heavenly Dao of this world can no longer bestow upon them more primal power. Therefore, it will open the Sky Well, allowing cultivators to earn primal magical power crystals to obtain more primal power and enhance their cultivation.

But something's not right about the immortal realm in Duan Yan's memory.

When a cultivator advances to the Dao Ancestor Realm and reaches the upper limit of the world, they do not leave the world, nor do they need to continue cultivating. Instead, they choose to merge with the Dao and become the so-called "Ancestor of the Great Dao." From then on, they live as long as heaven and earth, and most of their strength is tied to the "Great Dao" they have comprehended.

This is why there is the saying that when the Immortal Realm is strong, the Heavenly Dao is strong; when the Heavenly Dao is strong, the Great Dao is strong; and when the Great Dao is strong, the Dao Ancestor is strong.

These Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators were completely unaware of the existence of the "Well of the Sky." They simply maintained close ties with the Heavenly Dao, striving to safeguard the prosperity of the Immortal Realm, hoping to strengthen their control over the "Great Dao" through the favor of the Heavenly Dao, thereby enhancing their strength.

This "Great Dao" is clearly not the Great Dao of other cultivation worlds.

The Great Dao in other cultivation worlds is pure primordial power, which, once comprehended and digested, belongs entirely to the cultivator and can be freely used and restored in any world.

The "Great Dao" of the Immortal Realm where Duan Yan resides is more like the primordial power marked with the world's imprint. Even if it is stored within a cultivator's body for their use, its fundamental control still rests in the hands of the world's consciousness.

This power is only recognized within this world. Once you travel to other worlds with independent consciousness, it will either be completely unusable or cannot be replenished from the local environment after being depleted.

After all, the consumption and recovery of normal magical energy is a complete cycle, and the world itself does not lose anything.

However, this kind of magical energy with the imprint of other worlds can only be incorporated into the energy cycle of its own world. Once it is consumed in another world, it can only be restored in its original world.

In other words, the cultivation level of immortal cultivators is entirely lent to them by the world consciousness from birth; they only have the right to use it, while the ownership remains in the hands of the world consciousness.

Meanwhile, cultivators in the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Cultivation Realm will unknowingly "transfer" their cultivation to the world consciousness of the Immortal Realm during each tribulation and ascension.

These primordial powers, originally bestowed by the spirit realm and the cultivation realm, were thus marked with the imprint of the immortal realm and became the origin of the immortal realm.

For thousands of years, cultivators have strived and struggled, enduring countless hardships and trials, and overcoming one heavenly tribulation after another. They believed that they had absorbed the power of heaven and earth into their own bodies, achieving the supreme path of immortality, and thus roaming freely between heaven and earth.

But who would have thought that this vast immortal power, capable of moving mountains and overturning seas and seemingly entirely his own, actually concealed an invisible controller behind it?

Even though the controller was the world itself that gave birth to them, Moran felt a chill run down his spine and a sense of dread.

It's like a craftsman painstakingly forging a peerless weapon, nurturing it day and night, believing it's connected to his mind and a part of his body, unaware that this weapon is always connected to another invisible hand, a hand that can sever the connection at any time, or even... cause the weapon to turn against its master!

The so-called "living as long as heaven and earth" may just mean... being permanently "bound" to the immortal realm, becoming a high-level component that maintains the operation of this world.

What a grand strategy!

This was the first time Moran had encountered such a world consciousness, but after gaining a deeper understanding of the common mentality and perception of cultivators in the Immortal Realm through Duan Yan's memories, she felt that all of this was not surprising. (End of Chapter)