One Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-Nine. The Closer You Get to the Dao Realm, the More Difficult It Becomes.

After leaving the ruins and saying goodbye to Cao Jie, Yan Zhaoge and others also went down Jinting Mountain together, and then headed west to return to the Guangcheng Mountains in the Central Plains.

After entering the Guangcheng Mountains, Yan Zhaoge and his group slowed down their pace.

Between the mountains, clouds and mists lingered, and the snow never dissipated all year round, just like a cold winter.

The thick mist seemed to condense into a solid, making the steep peaks seem to be frozen in the ice.

Yan Zhaoge looked over there and sighed softly.

Bixiao Peak, the Taoist temple cave of the lineage of Chen Xuanzong, the Supreme Master of Shuiyaochen Star.

After Chen Xuanzong disappeared in the upper world, the female emperor Jie Mingkong took over, and then Jie Mingkong left the upper world, and Chen Xuanzong returned to the human world. Until the upper world was separated later, Bixiao Peak also entered the Dan Palace together with Yujingyan, Miaofei Peak and other places, and finally turned into a part of the Guangcheng Mountains in the Central Plains of Tianwaitian.

Today, some disciples of the former Hanlan Temple still live there.

In the ice cave under the Bixiao Peak, the three masters and apprentices of Chen Xuanzong were frozen and buried deep there. It is unknown when they will see the light of day again.

Yan Zhaoge always felt sad when he thought of the Hanlan Temple of Bixiao Peak.

His grandfather Yan Xingtang had a close relationship with Chen Xuanzong. For the sake of his old friend, Chen Xuanzong did not hesitate to help him and helped the Guangcheng lineage.

It's a pity that the confrontation with the Guishui Demon ended up like this.

Although there is still hope, it is unknown when it will be liberated.

"Your Majesty Emperor Chen was only one step away from the state of Five Qis Converging to the Origin." Jin Emperor Fu Yunchi sighed: "If Fellow Daoist Jie can untie his knot, I'm afraid he will have a great chance of surviving the True Xuan Tribulation."

Yan Zhaoge nodded silently: "Senior Chen once said that if there is no demon worry, there is hope to survive the Xuanyuan Tribulation within a hundred years."

Xu Fei, Gao Xuebo, Wang Pu and others also felt sorry after hearing this.

When you reach the fairyland, every time you advance to a higher realm, it is like crossing a natural chasm. There is a decisive gap between the two.

Correspondingly, the difficulty of crossing the natural chasm requires more time, experience and resources.

Nearly fifty years have passed, and Tianwaitian has added three true immortals and many high-level martial saints. The number of supreme masters in the world has almost recovered to the highest level of the upper world in the past, and the number of masters in the ninth level of martial saint is even greater than the peak of the upper world in the past.

In addition to traditional powerful families such as Guangcheng Mountain, Jinting Mountain, and Wutongpo, other forces in Tianwaitian have benefited from the development and changes of the times in recent years. Strong people have also broken through the bottlenecks of the past and risen up, and the whole Tianwaitian has risen with the tide.

The more you look to the future, the stronger the foundation of Tianwaitian will be. As time goes by, the number of strong people will increase and the speed of emergence will become faster and faster.

The same situation also happened in Biyoutian, where martial saints and even high-level martial saints have increased significantly.

The people in Yuquan Realm moved to Tiansu Universe, and with the help of the powerful Taoist Daluo, they successfully opened up another new world to settle down, called Yuquan Heaven.

Nowadays, Yuquan Heaven is also prosperous, far from the desperate and restless past.

This time Cao Jie ascended to immortality, and Yuquan Heaven also had Taoist friends who had known each other for recent years to congratulate him.

However, whether it is Biyou Heaven or Yuquan Heaven, the situation is similar to that of Tianwai Heaven, and there are not many new immortals emerging.

The inheritance of these two parties is mainly based on sword cultivation, and it is relatively difficult to make breakthroughs and progress. In recent years, each has produced a true immortal.

The original true immortal in Yuquan Heaven, called Fenyu Taoist, is a true immortal who has been in existence for many years and has achieved perfection. When he was in Yuquan Realm, he was only one step away from breaking through the true mysterious tribulation. Unfortunately, because he was trapped in Yuquan Realm and could not go out, he lacked some opportunities, so he could only hesitate.

Later, the Yuquan Realm was unsealed. After traveling in the endless void outside the domain to search for some treasures, Taoist Fenyu returned to Yuquan Heaven in the Tiansu Universe and successfully passed the True Mysterious Tribulation, which gave Yuquan Heaven a new Pure Mysterious Immortal.

In recent years, there have been rumors in Biyou Heaven that a human supreme is in seclusion and is also attacking the Immortal Mortal Tribulation. He has a good grasp of it and thinks that success is not far away, just slightly slower than Cao Jie.

But apart from them, there are no other major changes among the strong people in the fairyland.

In Yuquan Heaven, Tong Xinlin, Guangtongzi and others are still practicing in peace.

In Biyou Heaven, Taoist Long Xingquan and Taoist Yun Zheng are both at the peak of the realm of Xuanxian.

Both of them are natural talents, but it is difficult for them to make progress in sword cultivation. Although they have the merits of raising swords in the past, they are still a little short of the realm of Yuanxian where the five qi converge to the origin.

At this time, it is not something that can be created by martial arts inheritance and treasures and elixirs. It depends more on personal enlightenment and opportunity.

Maybe it can be achieved at any time, or it may take a long time.

The original several True Immortals in Biyoutian, the brothers Long Xueji and Gao Xuebo, as well as Emperor Ning and Emperor Hong, have not yet been able to break through the True Mysterious Tribulation and need more polishing.

In Tianwaitian, Jin Emperor Fu Yunchi has been trying to figure out the method of cutting off emotions and living in the body with the help of Yan Zhaoge over the years. The previously vague path has begun to become clear again, giving him the hope of climbing to a higher level, but to really succeed, it will take more time to accumulate.

Chen Emperor Chen Xuanzong and Empress Jie Mingkong, as well as Chu Lili, who is also a True Immortal, are frozen together under the Bixiao Peak. Sword Emperor Yue Zhenbei has reached the peak of the Mysterious Immortal level, but is still far from the realm of the Five Qis.

The difficulty of progressing in the Immortal Realm can be seen from this.

This is a normal phenomenon. Even if there is the potential and motivation to continue to move forward, the higher the realm, the more time and energy it takes to break through.

The closer you are to the Dao realm, the more difficult it is. Even if you are a genius, after opening the immortal gate, you can only try to shorten the time required, or save some steps, but it is impossible to make them completely non-existent.

Some necessary grinding work still needs time to accumulate slowly.

After crossing the Bixiao Peak, everyone's speed increased again.

Fu Yunchi led Meng Wan and other disciples of Miaofei Peak back to the Red Lotus Cliff of Miaofei Peak, and Wang Pu and his fellow disciples returned to Yujing Rock.

Yan Zhaoge and others went straight back to the main peak of Guangcheng Mountain in the center of the mountain range.

Back to the mountain, enter the mountain gate, walk on the mountain road, and happen to meet a group of Guangcheng warriors passing by. They saw Yan Zhaoge, Xu Fei and others and hurriedly saluted.

"Master Brother, Senior Brother Yan." The leader was a young man who looked about 30 years old, with a calm demeanor and a smile on his face.

"Junior Brother Lan, how are you? We haven't seen each other for a while." Yan Zhaoge said with a smile.

He was not unfamiliar with the person in front of him. It was Lan Wenyan, a fellow disciple he had known since the time in the Eight Great World.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother Yan." Lan Wenyan replied with a smile.

"The new sect competition is approaching, and we need to set up a set of rules. In addition to following the old rules, there should be some changes this time, and it should be more focused on actual combat than before." Xu Fei said after returning the greeting.

Lan Wenyan nodded: "I will follow the orders of Senior Brother, the head of the sect."