Chapter 9 - The Immortal World

The Immortal Realms.

Ever since the three races took over each of the major realms respectively, the development of the world climbed over the years.

After the Spirit race took over a major realm, they rooted their true selves in their realm. Creating a combined domain that spanned the whole Spirit Realm, becoming an unbreakable fort that would ensure every invader unable to escape once they entered the realm.

By doing that, they won't be able to leave the realm freely. They could only send out their clones if they want to go out. However, that was only limited to those who take root in that realm, the others who didn't were free to go anywhere. Even then, only a small amount of the Spirit race was willing to go out of the realm since they have the least amount of population and the true spirits need a long period of accumulation just to be born.

The majority of those who went out to the world were spirit beasts. They might not be true spirits born out of nature, but just by protecting nature, nature gave them spiritual awareness. Skipping the process of accumulation. It allowed them to have the same self-awareness but without the violence and ferociousness of their other counterparts, the demon beasts.

Meanwhile, after the demons took over a major realm, all the demons from the smaller realm gathered there. The demon race was composed of different types of demon beasts. Even though the spirit beasts were also beasts, the demon beasts never get along with them. Back when they first started having self-awareness, the demon beasts gathered together just to defend themselves from humans while the spirit beasts only stay protecting their home and territory.

After the demons gained themselves a footing in the world, the humans proved to be troublesome foes. The humans might be weak, but they covered their weaknesses with numbers. Hence, the demon beast always gathered together.

In the major realm where the demon beast took over, the demon kings gathered to divide the realm. And after the demon kings picked their territory, they started developing the realm into something suitable for them. Any invader would be torn to shred if they were to enter another territory without permission.

After settling themselves in their territory, their population increased rapidly. But they still won't be able the beat the humans in numbers. The humans' speed in proliferation was on another level.

In the whole world, humans easily make out half of the total living beings. The demons thirty-five percent, and the spirits fifteen percent.

Especially after humans took over a major realm. In just thousands of years, humans had populated the whole realm. But, since there were too many humans in the world, they have their internal conflicts. Hence, what could have been a crowded realm, was still not that crowded.

Though humans had the most population, the majority of them were still mortals. And the same was true for the demons but not for the spirits because the moment spirits were born, they would have equal strength as Golden Core Immortal. Except for the spirits in the mortal realm, without immortal qi, it would take way too many years for them to be born. And even then, they would only be at the same level as a Nascent Soul stage mortal.

Even though humans would always have conflicts with each other, they would stand together against an external enemy. Thus, they were able to fight against two races stronger than them.

The demons, in general, might have stronger bodies than a human, but the human can just send a few more people to beat up that demon.

The spirits, the majority of them have their advantage in domains, utilizing the power of nature. Hence they were stronger if they fought in their domain. But then, humans can just send even more people to beat the spirits in their domain.

Human Realm.

On a mountain peak reserved for the senior immortals.

A middle-aged man with long hair was meditating on a platform.

He was Nie Feng.

An untold number of years had passed since he becomes an immortal.

Ascending to the immortal realms, Nie Feng became a Rank 2 Immortal straight away. It was a privilege only ascended immortal has.

For cultivators that started from the immortal realms, they would have to master the usage of immortal qi after the Soul Transformation stage. At that time, they would be considered to be Rank 1 Immortal.

After that, they would have to transform their soul into an immortal soul. Their soul would then be able to exist outside of their body and they would be considered a Rank 2 Immortal. Meanwhile, the cultivators from the mortal realm have to transform their souls directly without needing to master immortal qi since the mortal realm doesn't have it. Although it was difficult, with the help of the Gate, they were able to do it. Since Nie Feng came from the mortal realm, this was the path he had taken.

After transforming the soul, cultivators also have to refine their bodies with immortal qi. Shedding off their mortal aspects. Making them Rank 3 Immortals. Nie Feng managed to reach this stage after only staying for a few years in the immortal realm, he took this opportunity to familiarize himself with the immortal realm at the time he was also refining his body. He found out that the immortal stages had similarities with the mortal stages. Especially the stage after Rank 3 Immortal, the Golden Core Immortal stage. Golden Immortal for short.

After fully refining his body, Nie Feng went to scour the realm for resources and managed to advance to the next stage.

After becoming a Golden Immortal, Nie Feng continued his search for more resources and went to other immortal realms. And after hopping back and forth for years between the realms, Nie Feng breaks through. Becoming a Heavenly Immortal. Strengthening his immortal body and soul by using the energy from destroying the golden core.

After that, Nie Feng keeps on jumping back and forth between the realms.

By the time Nie Feng had enough resources for the next stage, he had gone to hundreds of other immortal realms. Accumulating resources and fame in the process.

After tens of thousands of years since ascending, Nie Feng finally reaches the peak of the immortal stage after merging both his immortal body and immortal soul.

Obtaining true immortality.

Able to live for as long as the world still exist.

Void Immortal.