Former King, Indra Expert!

"What are the bottlenecks from the Noble Realm? In the Awakened Realm, it's just to accept the concept of the law of the jungle in one's mind, right?"

The old man mused for a moment before answering. "You're partly right. One needs to realize the cruelty of the world. The brutality of nature. Then you deeply embraced that concept. You'll naturally overcome the Awakened Realm's bottleneck."

On the other hand, Dylan was listening to Jericho and his master's conversation through their conversation with a solemn expression.

"No wonder I didn't feel a bottleneck. It's because I quickly adapted to this world's law of the jungle. Now, as a Saint, I need to condense my divine sense to break the bottleneck?"

Dylan's mouth twitched. It's really easier to rely on his leveling deity. Able to ignore such bottlenecks. However, he still knew that he needed to work hard to ascend to Beyonder.

You already have a leveling deity; you can just lie down and not take risks, and you'll skip six major realms; why work hard and take risks? You say...

Dylan doesn't want to do such a lazy thing at this stage. No matter how strong he becomes, there will always be skies beyond his sky, stronger powerhouses that could squash him unknowingly. Even knowing that he could just lie down and still become immensely stronger, he would still work hard until he reached the true summit of true immortality!

Without reaching the end of the path, there's no true safety! He could still die at the hands of those truly strong ones.

Just like now, if he lazes around and doesn't reach beyonder. He would still reach Fairy Realm for two years, skipping six major realms, ignoring the bottlenecks at each realm. But if he could become Beyonder before that, he'd straightly leap at the Great World Realm! The pinnacle or ceiling in the ancient records. His safety factor would naturally increase compared to being at the Fairy Realm...

The old man pursed his lips and cleared his throat. "The requirement of the Noble Realm to become a Saint is to transform your soul on the spiritual platform from illusory to real." As he said this, the old man pointed at the center of his forehead. "This is where our souls are located. I know that you're already aware of this."

As Dylan heard this, he curiously sensed the spiritual platform. True to an old man's words, his soul that was on the platform looked exactly like him. It is visible to the naked eye, unlike when he was a Noble, where it is in a vague, illusory state like an astral projection.

'This game's power system is so fucking detailed... There's still this kind of nuances.' Dylan couldn't help but praise the creativity of those programmers behind the scenes.

As expected of those programmers that can come up with strange terrains! They really worked hard!

Just like that, Jericho and his master shifted from different topics to one another until Jericho asked a question that even Dylan was dying to know.

Jericho took a sharp breath. The sub-bodies don't share the memories of the main body. But the main body could take a look at the memories of sub-bodies. This way, the sub-bodies weren't influenced by Dylan's past and could live their current role wholeheartedly.

"Are there higher realms than the Great World Realm?"

"Above Great World Realm?" The old man was stunned at this question. He became silent for a moment wondering why his disciples would ask such a topic that was so far off him. "Well..." He cleared his throat.

"You're still at the Noble Realm. You're already thinking about this?"

"First of all, the only one confirmed so far was the existence of the Asura Realm. That Asura expert is no other than the Ruler of Abyss, Azazel..."

Jericho listened quietly, occasionally nodding.

"It's quite unfortunate. In terms of the top expert, the demon race has us beaten. The strongest human is one realm behind him..."

'Ask him who it was...' Dylan communicated with Jericho.

Jericho clicked his tongue inwardly and forced out an expression of wonder. "Who is the strongest human in the Zhao Kingdom? The king?"

Hearing this, the old man laughed boisterously as if he heard something funny. "Nah! The current king is incompetent compared to the previous one. His realm is just equal to usual sect masters. He is a Beyonder."

"The current king's combat power is strong only because he has the qi kingdom's luck blessing him."

"Former king??" Jericho blurted out.

Jericho's master transitioned to seriousness, almost like a switch was turned on. His lips quiver a little. "That terrifying being... I don't know why he stepped down from the throne and passed it to his incompetent son. Twenty years ago, he was an Indra Expert."

"The Asura Demon, Azazel, once attempted to conquer the Zhao Kingdom. It was the former king that barely repelled him even though Azazel was one major realm. Indra versus Asura, it was obvious that Asura should win, right?" The old man chuckled. "However, the former Indra king barely managed to match the Abyss Ruler thanks to the blessing of the kingdom's qi movement."

Hearing this term once again, Jericho asked. "Master, what the hell is the kingdom's qi movement???"

Dylan, through shared senses, also perked up his ears.

"Kingdom Qi Movement is the secret technique of the imperial family. It's a special technique used by kingdoms. A unique path... Most kings of every kingdom in the continent are blessed by this. The more prosperous the kingdom, the stronger the boost the kings receive from the qi movement."

The old man smiled. Then his eyes looked distant, blurry but bright.

"Once a kingdom is destroyed. Their power would also go down a notch. But the more the citizens live good lives. The stronger the power and talent of the king would become. It could be said that the current king, although mediocre, his talent was upgraded due to the qi movement."

"How about the former king? Since he stepped down, the blessing isn't in effect with him anymore, right?" With another question, Jericho fired off.

The old man was impressed at his disciple at this moment. "You lad... The intelligence of people can be measured not because they have answers. But through the quality of their questions. It seems you had a good head on top of your shoulders."

Hearing the praise, Jericho was quite embarrassed. It was his main body that told him to ask this question.

Dylan, on the other hand, was a bit pleased.

"Well, the former king, as I've said was monstrous. At the age of 10, he had become Awakened. At 21, he became a Noble. At 151, he ascended to Saint and at 506 years old, Beyonder."

The old man expressed a rare awe. "At 2,012, the former king achieved Supreme and at 4354 years old, he became the first Indra expert in this world! He eclipsed the current kings of every kingdom! It could be said he had ruled our kingdom for a long time and just stepped down twenty years ago."

He sighed.

"He announced in public that he needed to go into seclusion because he is nearing the end of his lifespan. I don't know if he's dead or if he succeeded in breaking the bottleneck. If he really achieves Asura, why is there no news? His lifespan would have increased at least 10,000+ years..." "I hope he succeeded though. Without his presence, the Abyss had become more restless and arrogant. I hope Azazel doesn't descend or it'll be a calamity. A tribulation for the entire world!"

"Damn..." In the Congyun Mirror's Abode, Dylan was surprised. "Isn't this Version 5? The Descent of Azazel? This old man is spouting spoilers!"

"Master, how about realms above the Great World? You've talked a lot but you didn't answer the main question.

"My bad, my bad." The old man patted his thigh and let out a laugh. "I'm getting old lad! My memory isn't what it used to be..."