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Qi Ming naturally would not lower his cultivation path. He would just be wasting his potential.

“Come out.”

With a thought, light flashed. Six figures immediately flew out in front of him. They were Huo Changqing, Death God, Little Bat, Little Yin, Black Flame, and Little Calamity.

“Master, this is…” Huo Changqing looked around with a surprised expression.

“The surroundings…”

“I sense the Heaven and Earth Laws and the Heaven and Earth Rules…”

“This… this…”

The Death God, Black Flame, and the others exclaimed.

“This is the Ascension Passageway.” Qi Ming said, “The surrounding is all immortal qi from the Upper World. The strength and quality of the immortal qi naturally far exceeds the spiritual qi of the lower realm.”

“Moreover…”

“These Upper World immortal qi contain the Heaven and Earth Laws and the Heaven and Earth Rules. Quickly absorb them. At that time, quickly enter the realm of the Immortals.”

“Yes.”

“Yes!”

“…”

Huo Changqing and the others replied.

Qi Ming’s six spirit pets quickly sat cross-legged. They circulated their cultivation methods and absorbed the surrounding Upper World Immortal Qi. Luster surged around their bodies as the Upper World Immortal Qi quickly surged into their bodies, causing various changes to happen to Huo Changqing and the others.

This was a transformation that could elevate a living being’s very existence.

At this moment, Qi Ming had the time to size up the situation of the ascension passageway. His surroundings were filled with the immortal qi of the Upper World, and there were various strange and dazzling scenes around him. They contained the secrets and essence of space and time, and Qi Ming could comprehend and understand them.

Observing carefully, outside the ascension passageway, there was a dazzling light that was as beautiful as the starry sky. Qi Ming was drawn by an invisible force and walked towards the end of the passageway.

Time passed.

Not long after, Qi Ming felt a change. A supreme pressure appeared out of thin air. This was the pressure from the Upper World and also the pressure of the Upper World consciousness.

He was already about to reach the end of the ascension passageway and enter the Upper World.

At the same time, Huo Changqing, Black Flame, Little Yin, Death God, Little Bat, Little Calamity, and Qi Ming’s six spirit pets broke through their cultivation one after another, and their auras rose greatly.

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. Because your ordinary Immortal Pet, the Void True Dragon, has absorbed a large amount of the Upper World Immortal Qi that contains the Heaven and Earth Laws and Heaven and Earth Rules, it has completed the transformation. It has grasped the Space Laws and the Extreme Yang Laws and stepped onto the path of cultivating the Laws. Its cultivation level has increased to the early-stage Immortal realm.”

…

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. Due to absorbing a large amount of Upper World Immortal Qi that contains the Heaven and Earth Laws and Heaven and Earth Rules, your rare spirit pet, the Extreme Yin Queen, has completed the transformation. It has grasped the Extreme Yin Laws and stepped onto the path of cultivating the Laws. Moreover, it has gone from a rare spirit pet: the Extreme Yin Queen to an ordinary Immortal Pet: the Extreme Yin Fairy. Its cultivation level has increased to the early-stage Immortal realm.”

…

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. Your rare spirit pet: Lord of Calamity has completed its transformation after absorbing a large amount of Upper World Immortal Qi that contains the Heaven and Earth Laws and Heaven and Earth Rules. It has grasped the Calamity Laws and stepped onto the path of cultivating the Laws. Moreover, it has advanced from the Rare Spirit Pet: Lord of Calamity to an ordinary Immortal Pet, Immortal Realm Calamity Beast. Its cultivation level has increased to the early-stage Immortal realm.”

…

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. Because your rare spirit pet, the Taiji Bat King, has absorbed a large amount of the Upper World Immortal Qi that contains the Heaven and Earth Laws and Heaven and Earth Rules, it has completed the transformation. It has grasped the Taiji Laws and stepped onto the path of cultivating the Laws. Moreover, it has advanced from the rare spirit pet: the Taiji Bat King to an ordinary immortal pet: the Taiji Immortal Bat. Its cultivation level has increased to the early-stage Immortal realm.”

…

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. Because your rare spirit pet, the Ultimate Death God, has absorbed a large amount of Upper World Immortal Qi that contains the Heaven and Earth Laws and Heaven and Earth Rules, it has completed the transformation and grasped the Death Laws and stepped onto the path of cultivating the Laws. Moreover, it has advanced from the rare spirit pet, the Ultimate Death God, to an ordinary Immortal Pet, the Death Immortal Spirit. Its cultivation level has increased to the early-stage Immortal realm.”

…

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. Because your rare spirit pet, Shu Mountain’s Limitless Sword Saint, has absorbed a large amount of Upper World Immortal Qi that contains the Heaven and Earth Laws and Heaven and Earth Rules, he has completed the transformation. He has grasped the Sword Dao Laws, the Taiji Laws, and the Yin Yang Laws. He has stepped onto the path of cultivating the Laws. Moreover, he has gone from a rare spirit pet: Shu Mountain’s Limitless Sword Saint to an ordinary Immortal Pet: Shu Mountain Sword Immortal. His cultivation level has increased to the early-stage Immortal realm.”

…

All in all, Qi Ming received six notifications.

Black Flame had increased its cultivation and realm to the early-stage Immortal realm. As for Death God, Little Calamity, Huo Changqing, Little Yin, and Little Bat, the five of them had not only broken through to the early-stage Immortal realm, but they had also advanced from rare spirit pets to ordinary immortal pets.

There was a huge change.

The six spirit pets’ strengths had clearly increased.

“We all broke through.”

“We’ve all reached the early-stage Immortal realm.”

“…”

Huo Changqing and the others reported to Qi Ming.

Qi Ming nodded in satisfaction and said, “All of you can return to the spirit pet slot first.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“…”

Huo Changqing and the others replied.

White light flashed.

Qi Ming’s six spirit pets disappeared, turning into six streaks of light that disappeared into thin air. They returned to the spirit pet slot. At this moment, Qi Ming arrived at the end of the ascension passageway.

Here, Qi Ming looked over. He was currently in an empty space. In the center of this empty space, what greeted Qi Ming’s eyes was a vast square hall.

It was more like a huge stage.

On a closer look, there was a plaque hanging on it.

It wrote: Receiving Platform.

“Receiving Platform.” Qi Ming pondered.

In this rather huge and vast square hall, there were many figures standing. Every single one of them had an unfathomable aura and ethereal immortal qi. They were true immortals of the Upper World.

Qi Ming soared into the sky and arrived at the Receiving Platform.

As the name implied, it was the place to welcome those who ascended from the lower realm. In this place, there would be immortals from the upper realm guarding it. They would guide those who ascended from the lower realm into the upper realm and rope in the factions and sects who ascended from the lower realm to join the Upper World.

Now, when Qi Ming ascended, the commotion he caused was too great, attracting various vast heaven and earth phenomena. Therefore, it attracted the attention of many factions in the Upper World.

These factions and sects sent their Immortals and Perfected Immortals to the Receiving Platform to rope Qi Ming into their faction and sect.

In addition, the Mystic World that Qi Ming belonged to was under the jurisdiction of the First Upper World. Therefore, all the ascenders of the Mystic World would ascend and enter the First Upper World.

“Hahaha…”

Qi Ming had just arrived at the Receiving Platform when he heard a forthright laugh. He looked over and saw a rough-faced young man walking over. He wore a green robe and carried a black broadsword.

“I’ll introduce myself first.”

The young man smiled and said, “You can call me Chen Jian. I’m an inner sect disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect in the First Upper World: the Nine Provinces Domain. The Heavenly Sword Sect can be considered one of the top sects in the Nine Provinces Domain. If you join the Heavenly Sword Sect, I can guarantee that you will definitely become a legacy disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect and have a chance to become an Upper World Immortal King in the future.”

“How is it?”

The young man who called himself Chen Jian smiled, “As long as you join the Heavenly Sword Sect, I guarantee that we won’t mistreat you. I’ll try my best to satisfy you in terms of cultivation resources.”

“This…” Qi Ming pondered for a moment, “Senior Chen Jian, I’ve just ascended from the lower realm and am not familiar with the Upper World. Could it be that in the Upper World, it’s the same as in the lower realm? Are sects divided into factions?”

Chen Jian nodded slightly and returned to Qi Ming’s question, “I’m not too sure about the other places. In the First Upper World, in the Nine Provinces Domain, most of the various factions are divided by sects.”

“Of course, there are also various powerful races that have established other factions.”

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior.” Qi Ming bowed.

“You’re welcome.” Chen Jian said, “How about it? Do you want to join the Heavenly Sword Sect?”

“There’s one more thing you need to know.”

“As long as they can send disciples to the Receiving Platform, basically all these factions and sects will have an Immortal King of the Upper World guarding them. There are even more than one.”

“You have to know that the Upper World Immortal King realm is already at the peak of the Immortal realm.”

“Peak of the Immortal realm?” Qi Ming pondered again.

“What’s the Heavenly Sword Sect?”

The disciples of the other sects walked over one after another. They extended their invitation to Qi Ming, wanting to rope him in and let him join their sect and faction.

“Qi Ming, with your potential, joining the Heavenly Sword Sect is completely a waste of your talent. You should join our Great Sun Sect.”

“Is the Great Sun Sect very awesome? Ten thousand years ago, your Great Sun Immortal King lost to our Misty Sect’s Immortal King, the Misty Immortal King. Qi Ming, you should join our Misty Sect.”

“You should join our Nine Extreme Sect.”

“…”

In the surroundings, the disciples of the various sects in the Upper World said.

They already knew some information about Qi Ming.

At this moment, a figure floated down with an extraordinary aura. He was clearly much stronger than the surrounding immortals. Chen Jian and the others quickly opened a path and lowered their heads to show their respect.

“You actually haven’t reached the Immortal realm?”

This figure was dressed in white. His long hair was tied up and fell behind him. He had a sharp face and was quite handsome. He had his hands behind his back and sized up Qi Ming a few times. He frowned and said in a surprised tone, “How can this be? I clearly sensed a very strong nomological fluctuation in the ascension passageway just now. You should have absorbed a lot of Upper World Immortal Qi.. You shouldn’t have failed to break through to the Immortal realm.”