Chapter 147 Long Way From Home

Outside the Immortal Realm and far into the space void of the current cultivation universe, Elaine hovered in the space void as she stared down into Athos. She wore the same dress from earlier, which constantly radiated with true omnivastance. Elaine's eyes shone with the infinity symbol as she watched the massive arrangements of galaxies and stars, like sprinkles of light dots.

"So, he's here."

Elaine spoke; the next second, the space zoomed into the galaxies and planets and deep into the Central Continent of the Immortal Realm planet. Elaine now hovered in the Central continent as she saw the mountains and terrains of the planet. Amazed by the difference of the cultivation universe, Elaine expressed.

"Cultivation, huh~ A method where one uses the heavenly energy to strengthen their body, soul, and mind. Things will be completely different if such a method is presented in my universe."

"As the Goddess's universe exists within the realms of perspective reality, it is obscured from the heavenly fortunes, such as Qi or Mana. Does the Goddess wish to create Qi and Mana in earth 9901?"

"... No need: my earth is already plagued by war and corruption, all due to the ambitions of the idiots running the governments; I don't intend on feeding their greed even further by bringing mythical energy to them."

"A wise deduction, as expected of her Omni-ness."

"... Now, time to see him."

Elaine spoke as she wasn't at the scene anymore.

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At a sect in the middle regions of the Central Continent, disciples of this sect trained in unison as they used multiple techniques and cultivation methods. The scene was noisy as they shouted every time they activated their cultivated skills and techniques. Multiple instructors supervised the disciples as they trained.

Tremble~~~!

Suddenly, the earth began trembling as the disciples and instructors ceased their training and reacted with shock and confusion. Some instructors instantly activated their cultivation techniques as they protected the disciples and stood in a cautionary stance, expecting an enemy. But then, the thousands of disciples and hundreds of instructors watched as they saw a group of masked beings instantly flash and appear over the sect.

There were exactly a thousand of them, and they each wore masks that shone with white eyes. The instructors and disciples watched the one thousand beings as they reacted with serious stances. Some of the instructors even began activating their techniques. The scene was intense as one thousand masked beings, all with unknown origins, hovered over the middle-region sect like gods. Suddenly, a voice echoed from within the sect.

"Who dares step in the territory of my sect!? You must be courting death."

Then, a middle-aged man flashed and appeared not far from the masked beings as he assumed an enraged expression. He hovered with folded fists as he cautiously stared at the unknown visitors. But his expression instantly changed to fear once he realized he couldn't see through any of their cultivation bases, meaning all these beings were of a higher realm than he was. Making the situation more dreadful and alarming. Without an ounce of shame, the man suddenly cupped his hands towards the beings as he spoke respectfully.

"It seems there is a misunderstanding; this junior is the sect leader-

Forget the greetings; tell me, who is more powerful than the Immortal Gate and the Ancient families?"

One of the masked beings interrupted the sect leader with a question. Hearing the masked being, the sect leader frowned with confusion, but he had an internal relief, as it meant these beings didn't come as enemies, or else they would be exterminated without retaliation. He hurriedly saluted again as he replied.

"Yes, there is the recent news of a being known as the One Above wiping out the strongest seven families of the twelve ancient families, so I'm assuming he is stronger than the Ancient families. As for how strong compared to the Immortal Gate, that is unknown. But so far, the Immortal Gate hasn't reacted significantly."

"... The One Above, huh~ A name only befitting the All Absolute One."

The masked being murmured as he thought about the sect leader's words. Another masked person drifted closer to the sect leader as she asked excitedly.

"Tell us, where can we find his Absoluteness.!?

The sect leader had a baffled countenance as he heard the woman; he didn't understand what she meant by Absoluteness. But then, the masked male person corrected.

"She means where can we find the One Above?"

"Oh, that; from what I know, the One Above is the ruler of the Realm of miracles, Athos. And it's located within the territories of the ancient Jian family."

"Realm of miracles?"

"... It seems you aren't aware, senior, but yes, Athos is called the realm of miracles; it said that it's a realm filled with unlimited possibilities and has infinite pure Qi; just by being in the realm would make one breakthrough their cultivation realms. ... Did the seniors perhaps miss the invitations?"

"... You have served us well here; take this as a reward for your information."

The masked leader spoke as he flipped a space ring at the sect leader; soon after, all the masked beings vanished from the scene without a trace.

The sect leader heaved a sigh of relief as he calmed his panicked heart. He then inspected the ring as what was inside left him completely speechless. He couldn't help but exclaim with excitement.

"So much wealth, cultivation manuals, and even unknown resources. Just who were those beings?"

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Athos

Athos was filled with commotion as multiple events transpired simultaneously. There were celebrations and parties everywhere as the cultivators and Athosians celebrated. Another noticeable thing was the hundreds of billions of cultivators cultivating in the air and on the ground; they didn't waste a second as they strived to improve their strengths and cultivation realms.

Some went into the numerous facilities within Athos as they were amazed by the countless designs and artifacts made in Athos.

Within one facility, an Athosian citizen gave groups of cultivators a tour as she explained and answered questions asked by the visiting cultivators. The citizen was a female with a chubby physical build; she was wearing her Athosian suit.

The female tour guide drifted with thousands of cultivators following behind her. The three thousand cultivators were sitting in a technological vehicle; the vehicle was like a long train with ten rows, except there were only extremely comfortable seats and a foot holder where people would place their feet, and it would close on them like shoes. There were also holographic screens before the cultivators' faces, which gave them an image illustration of anything the female said.

"And ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the two hundred alchemy facilities. Here lies the answer to every alchemy-related question. You can also learn any alchemy-related skills and knowledge by using the 'Life-learning helmet,' which can instantly download any skill, knowledge, or profession directly into your consciousness, making it seem like you studied and practiced that profession for decades."

The female Athosian explained as she and the vehicle of cultivators drifted toward an enormous technological building. The building was thousands of feet long, with the English word, Alchemy, attached to it. The female Athosian approached the facility as she saluted the tree-made statue of the One Above, which was half the size of the facility. The statue was Patrick standing with one hand behind him while holding the miniaturized universe at the tip of his pinky finger on the other, a true illustration of being the One Above.

Seeing the massive statue, the cultivators also rose from their seats and saluted the statue by placing their hands on their hearts and bowing their heads.

The female tour guide approached the facility entrance as she held her pentagon-shaped badge towards the two Athosian guards. The two Athosian guards each stood on a one-person floating technological platform. Seeing the badge, the two Athosians nodded as they allowed the group to enter the facility; the gate was like an energy barrier.

The female Athosian entered the facility, followed by thousands of cultivators. After seeing countless impossibilities and inventions, one can only imagine the cultivators' faces and expressions. Only one word can describe their honest reactions, reality-shattering.

Within the library facility, the Star Commerce Alliance's Head Manager's younger sister sat on a wide floating platform that was thousands of feet in space within the library facility as she scrolled through numerous books like a bookworm. She had an astonished expression as she read through the books.

"This... is this even true? What do they mean by multiverse? How can there be something which contains unlimited amounts of universes? And each universe contains countless galaxies and stars? Does that mean our Immortal Realm is merely a planet within a galaxy? Ha, haha. How funny, we are fighting to rule the Immortal Realm, yet we are but dust compared to the grandness of totality, haha."

The woman laughed as she humorously exclaimed; nevertheless, she had had a reality-shattering moment. She wasn't the only one; countless other knowledge-seeking cultivators were also in the same state of shock and disgrace as they were introduced to knowledge that exceeded their scope of reality. Even proving their Immortal Realm as insignificant as a grain of sand in a desert.

But suddenly, a voice echoed within the library, drawing the attention of most of the cultivators.

"What a load of nonsense; how dare they make such preposterous claims. Who would even believe this rubbish!"

An elderly ancient figure in luxurious clothing expressed unsatisfyingly as he slammed the book on the ground. He even activated his cultivated law as it caused the surrounding cultivators to distance themselves from him. Some of the cultivators had shocked faces as they stared at the elderly figure as if looking at an idiot. Some even murmured. "How dare he make trouble, even if they are wrong? Does he even have the strength to challenge them? Sigh~"

Suddenly, an Athosian guard flashed next to the elderly man as he asked.

"Can I be of any assistance to the senior?"

"Yes, I wish to meet the One Above; I want him to come here and expl-

SLICE!

Before the elderly man could even finish his sentence, the Athosian guard instantly changed his attitude as he sliced off the man's head with the energy blade produced by the suit. He retracted the energy blade as he held out his left hand, scanning the body after.

<Body identification complete. Traces of mind control detected. Tracing mind control host using soul connection. Target Identified. The citizen is authorized to eliminate the identified target and his group. There are three hundred thousand culprits involved. Alerting all citizens of identified culprits>

The Athosian guard looked up at a purple-robed cultivator as he knew the old man was mind controlled. The next second, his suit instantly covered his face as his white suit eyes turned red at the cultivator.

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Patrick's Residence

Patrick stood by the balcony with hands behind him as he stared far into the distance; he had an impassive look. Soon after, the space trembled as a figure appeared far into the distance; this figure was none other than Lian Zu. Lian Zu now had an overbearing attitude as he floated on equal elevation with the balcony. Seeing the bodily-possessed Lian Zu, Patrick spoke.

"You are a long way from home, Sun Wu Kong."