Vol 4 Chapter 104: Pangu Continent

Lin Jing's request—Tian Lian had already guessed it.

The two realms had finally come into contact. It would be a huge loss if they didn’t at least exchange some information.

Except… this wasn’t mutual exchange anymore.

It was the other side using sheer strength to force them into one-sided intel disclosure.

Tian Lian had no choice. “Ask your questions.”

“Mm. I want to know the historical development of the Tianming Realm since the Immortal Palace there lost contact with the Immortal Realm’s palace.”

Lin Jing extended his Heavenly Demon Spiritual Sense to read her inner thoughts, ensuring she couldn't lie in front of him.

“After Tianming Realm’s Immortal Palace lost contact with the Immortal Realm, it continued developing under the leadership of the lower-realm palace.”

“Although there were a few 'cultivation uprisings’ during that time, they were all suppressed by the Tianming Immortal Palace.”

Tian Lian hesitated for a moment.

“Until… ten thousand years ago, when another cultivation realm—the Heavenly Demon Realm—invaded Tianming. That marked the largest immortal-demon war since we lost contact with the Immortal Realm.”

“Go on.” Lin Jing’s expression remained calm.

“At the beginning of that war, the Tianming Realm was at a disadvantage. But not long after, another army followed closely behind the Heavenly Demon Realm’s forces and entered the Tianming Realm.”

“They claimed to be cultivators from the Cultivation Alliance of the Pangu Continent!”

“With the help of the Cultivation Alliance, the Tianming Realm successfully drove out the invaders from the Heavenly Demon Realm.”

“After that, the Tianming Realm learned the truth from the alliance—about why countless cultivation realms across the lower worlds had lost contact with the Immortal Realm.”

“It turns out that in the Heavenly Demon Sect—the strongest demonic sect of the Immortal Realm—a supreme Demon Lord at the Immortal Emperor level had emerged. Using a Heaven-defying treasure, he severed the connection between all forces of the Immortal Realm and the lower realms. His goal was to fuse all the lower realms into one massive world under his control and refine it to simulate the Heavenly Dao—so that he could break through to an even higher level.”

“However, because of the current Heavenly Dao restrictions, immortals cannot descend to the lower realms freely. The Demon Lord himself also couldn't descend personally. So he had to train his own forces within the lower realms—to invade one cultivation realm after another on his behalf.”

“The cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Realm were the result of that training. They used inter-realm divine techniques passed down from the Demon Lord to move between worlds. Their sole mission was to completely conquer each world, extract its source essence, and wait for the Demon Lord to come and claim it.”

“As for the Pangu Continent—it was originally an abandoned cultivation star. But it gradually became a gathering place for countless wandering cultivators who had lost their homes to the Heavenly Demon Realm’s invasion. These exiles eventually founded the Cultivation Alliance to help other worlds that had not yet been invaded, inviting them to join forces and form a united front against the Heavenly Demon Sect.”

“And through their invitation, the Tianming Immortal Palace also became a member of the Cultivation Alliance.”

With Tian Lian’s words, the current political and military landscape of the lower realms slowly unfolded.

Lin Jing understood now—faced with the rampant invasion of the Heavenly Demon Realm, the cultivation worlds of the lower realm weren’t just lying down.

The Cultivation Alliance of the Pangu Continent—this was the stronghold formed by the realms resisting the Heavenly Demon Realm!

“So, the Tianming Realm not only discovered the truth behind the severed connection with the Immortal Realm earlier than the Tianyuan Realm, but also contacted the Cultivation Alliance sooner, gaining the means to resist the Heavenly Demon Realm…”

“That means, if the Tianyuan Realm also makes contact with this Cultivation Alliance and joins them, then someday, if the Heavenly Demon Realm invades Tianyuan, we too can gain the alliance’s support—boosting our chances of survival. But…”

Lin Jing had not yet had any contact with the Cultivation Alliance himself, so he couldn’t fully trust them.

Still, there was no denying that the Tianming Realm had successfully repelled the Heavenly Demon Sect thanks to the Cultivation Alliance.

That alone made this intelligence valuable enough.

The rest—could be left to the Dao-Seeking experts of the Tianyuan Realm to decide.

“Did she lie to you?”

Lin Jing kept watching Tian Lian. “Then tell me—do you know how to contact the Cultivation Alliance?”

The biggest issue right now was that the Tianyuan Realm had no method of traversing the stars.

Even someone as powerful as the First Ancient Emperor had perished when attempting solo star travel.

Without a precise coordinate and a stable method of travel, it would be nearly impossible for the Tianyuan Realm to join the Cultivation Alliance.

At best, they could hope the Alliance would discover them first.

Randomly roaming the stars in search of them would only lead to the same fate as the First Ancient Emperor.

The Cultivation Alliance had once left a star map in the Tianming Realm, and they had also established an inter-realm teleportation array to the Pangu Continent.

However...

Tian Lian said, “Whether it's the star map or the teleportation array—I’m just a Nascent Soul cultivator. I have no access to either.”

“There’s an inter-realm teleportation array too?” Lin Jing was surprised. It seemed the Cultivation Alliance had developed remarkably well under the threat of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Crossing two cultivation realms used to be possible only with leftover Immortal Realm technology. Most of those relied on Immortal Realm energy.

After losing contact with the Immortal Realm, such methods had become incredibly rare—like the Origin Realm teleportation array.

“Then do you have the star coordinates for the Tianming Realm?” Lin Jing asked.

Though both were lower realms under the Immortal Palace, Tianyuan and Tianming weren’t close in proximity.

Their positions were still vague and undefined relative to one another.

Tian Lian gave a bitter smile.

It was obvious now—the Tianyuan Realm hadn’t been invaded yet, nor had it connected with the Cultivation Alliance.

She found it hard to imagine how a “closed-off” cultivation world could produce a freakish Beast Master like Lin Jing.

“Fellow cultivator, please don’t make things difficult for me. How could I possibly know that… But I can give you a piece of intel.”

“Go ahead.”

“The Origin Realm—you’re aware of it, yes? That special location created by the Immortal Realm to cultivate geniuses from the lower realms.”

Lin Jing’s heart stirred—he realized something.

“Today, the Origin Realm has become a battleground for the Heavenly Demon Realm and the Cultivation Alliance, as they compete for resources.”

“The Heavenly Demon Realm uses teleportation arrays from conquered realms to send their young elites to the Origin Realm, where they fight over Immortal Essence.”

“And the Cultivation Alliance’s geniuses are also in the Origin Realm, clashing with the Heavenly Demon Sect to stop them from nurturing new power.”

“Those cultivators from the Alliance inside the Origin Realm likely have ways to contact the Cultivation Alliance directly. As for the Tianyuan Realm… I suspect you’ve even lost the means to enter the Origin Realm, right?”

“But—if you can find a way to locate those teleportation arrays and enter the Origin Realm, you should be able to make contact with members of the Cultivation Alliance!”

She wasn’t wrong.

The Tianyuan Realm had indeed lost access to the Origin Realm.

But now, the Second Ancient Emperor had recovered the method.

That made her suggestion highly feasible!