Unfilial disciple, do not ruin your master's dream of ascension and peaceful life.

Lin Zhiyu frowned; this was the first time they had heard any useful information from their foolish apprentice.

The real culprits are the duo.

One was dressed casually, the other was tattooed and bald.

The bald man has the superpower to control air pressure within a certain range. He is a ruthless character who can kill passersby at will for amusement. He must be the one who attacked the master and apprentice in the back alley of the museum.

"Uh, Master? Did I say something wrong...?"

"You didn't say anything wrong, you've done a good job."

"Really? Your disciple will certainly not let Master down!"

Looking at her excited expression, it's hard to believe she's lived for over two hundred years.

"Qianjing, about those two outside ascendants..."

"I'm not good at investigations or similar tasks, you go handle it. If you really can't handle it, then come to me." Qian Jing waved his hand impatiently, as if shooing away a fly.

"I mean, those two have probably already set their sights on you and your apprentice. You're alright, but what about your apprentice? She doesn't even seem to have awakened her superpowers yet."

"Tsk..."

"Excuse me for interrupting, but may I ask what 'superpower' is?"

“…”

Qianjing and Lin Zhiyu stared at each other in silence. Qianjing gave her a look, then closed her eyes and lay down on the sofa without saying a word, trying to avoid seeing her and getting annoyed.

"Don't push all the explanation work onto me... Never mind, Sister Yinqiu, as your master's friend—"

"Are you Master's Daoist partner? Or O-Ding? Or O-Nu?"

"Don't you cultivators have normal friendships with the opposite sex?! -- Cough, you can just call me Sister Lin."

"Greetings, Sister Lin. I am Ye Yinqiu, the eldest disciple personally instructed by the Holy Venerable Qianjing. Please enlighten me!"

"There's no need to be so formal."

Lin Zhiyu brewed a cup of black coffee and poured one for Ye Yinqiu as well. She took a sip—and immediately spat it all out. The bitterness of this stuff was comparable to that of the Eight Treasures Gathering Spirit Pill.

"Hey, this is top-quality Jamaican Blue Mountain... Never mind, I know you're confused about this world, so let me, your sister Lin, answer your questions."

……

……

"First of all, stop calling this place the Celestial Realm. Its official name is the 'Earth World,' or 'Earth' for short. It belongs to the Upper Realm."

"Upper realm," or "upper plane."

Within the vast universe, there is more than one upper realm, but Earth is definitely the largest of them all.

The "big" here does not refer to the material aspect, but rather to the fact that it encompasses the most concepts and its laws are closest to the essence of the world, far surpassing other worlds.

"Taoist magic, Buddhist teachings, sacred arts, incantations, flesh-and-blood technology, steampunk... No other plane has gathered all these concepts like Earth, not to mention that these are all imagined by Earthlings, which makes it even more remarkable."

"...Magic? Buddhism? Holy magic?"

"You don't need to know what those things are, since you'll never have access to them anyway. All you need to focus on now is 'superpowers'."

"What exactly are 'superpowers'?"

"Let me think where to begin... Your homeland, the power it uses, is probably something like 'Taoist magic,' right?"

"Yes, the Daoist method is the most wonderful and unparalleled method in the world. It gathers the pure and impure spiritual energy of heaven and earth and forges it into true energy within the body, and then—"

"Stop, you don't need to explain in such detail to me, I'm not interested—the key is that you first need to know that there is no such thing as a 'supreme magic formula.' Whether it's Taoist magic, sorcery, or holy arts, they are all just minor tricks from lower planes."

"...Are you looking down on our Cangxuan Realm?"

"It's all the same. Because the lower realm is far removed from the fundamental principles of the world, its laws are full of loopholes and unclear. That's why people in the lower realm can exploit these loopholes to build a power system that operates on bugs, and even convincingly create a cultivation method that is only useful in their own lower realm. Now that you're in the upper realm, just forget about it all, just forget about it~"

"...In our Cangxuan Realm, there are countless powerful beings capable of moving mountains and filling seas, and even supreme beings like Master who are capable of destroying the world!"

"This further proves how ridiculous the world rules of your hometown are. The higher, more stable, and more mature a plane is, the less likely it is that such an absurd thing as 'one person can destroy the world' will happen."

"Can--"

"On Earth, there is only 'superpower'—superpower is just a general term. The full name should be 'the subjective initiative to release the rules existing within oneself to temporarily distort the laws of the world through personal will.' This is not about exploiting bugs in the rules of the lower realm, but about truly interfering with the principles of the world through one's own will, thereby causing various phenomena."

"????"

"After the residents of the lower realm ascend, all the power they accumulated in their hometown will disappear, and what will be replaced by their unique superpowers can be understood as the transformation of what they used to have... uh... what would you call it in your hometown again? 'Dao Fruit'? 'Dao Cultivation'? Anyway, it's something like that."

"What exactly are superpowers?"

"It's related to your experiences and personality in the lower realms, and the manifestations are varied and different from person to person. For example, another friend of ours can heal the mind and body, and the bald guy who attacked you can manipulate air pressure... Ah, there probably isn't a physics department in your hometown, so you don't know what air pressure is."

"Will I also possess this kind of power?"

"You are a second-type ascendant who was guided here. After establishing a connection with your ancestor who shares the same origin, you should be able to awaken... In any case, it should gradually manifest itself later. The cultivation level of second-type ascendants is usually far less than that of first-type ascendants who can actively break through the dimensional barrier, so their abilities are theoretically much weaker than those of first-type ascendants, but there are exceptions... So, do you feel anything? After transmigrating, have you felt any strange power within you?"

"No……"

Yinqiu stared blankly at her hands, trying to circulate her strength as she had in her hometown, but to no avail.

"Don't worry if it doesn't show up yet, it will gradually become apparent."

Do you also have "superpowers"?

"Of course, but among the ascendants, my abilities are relatively weak. Simply put, I can control my 'presence' and thereby indirectly influence people's subconscious."

"Don't believe her feigned weakness. If she gets serious, she could erase an entire historical record from the collective memory of all humanity." Qian Jing, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly interjected, then fell silent again.

"Then, Master, what is your special ability?"

Ye Yinqiu asked with great interest.

But Qianjing remained silent.

"...Sister Lin, what is Master's special ability?"

"I don't know." Lin Zhiyu pouted.

"……have no idea?"

"This guy never mentions his abilities, and I can't determine what abilities he has based on the phenomena he causes."

Lin Zhiyu narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at Qian Jing with a meaningful gaze, but Qian Jing simply turned around and left the principal's office.

"Master doesn't seem very happy?" Ye Yinqiu asked timidly.

Lin Zhiyu suddenly revealed a mischievous smile:

"Can't you see it, Sister Yinqiu?"

"You figured out...what?"

"Your master is testing you. Are you sincere? Are you intelligent enough? Do you have enough awareness? If he simply acknowledges you and spoils you as before, how can you make progress in this upper realm?"

"I see!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yinqiu suddenly understood.