Of course, the cultivation methods practiced in Awakening Saint Village were only the most basic immortal techniques circulating in the world, and the villagers' cultivation levels were generally not high.
The various cultivation realms—Houtian, Xiantian, Demigod, Divine Transformation, Saint Vault, Samsara, Heavenly King, Great Power, God King, Ancient Sovereign, and Immortal—were consistent with those of the outside world.
Naturally, strictly speaking, Houtian and Xiantian did not count as true cultivation realms.
Quasi-Sovereign and Emperor could not be considered real realms either.
As for the God King realm, it was actually added later, but it had been integrated into the immortal cultivation system countless ages ago.
The villagers of Awakening Saint Village could almost all cultivate to the Demigod realm upon reaching adulthood. Of course, under the extremely perfected natural laws of the Primordial Immortal Realm, so-called Demigods could not fly, being greatly suppressed. Only upon reaching the Divine Transformation Realm could they barely manage to levitate.
Ye Chen wanted to comprehend the immortal cultivation methods of the Primordial Immortal Realm to create his own unique Chaos Immortal King Scripture. He planned to start from the very basics, to comprehend and begin cultivating, so he entered this small village.
Although he was an outsider, the villagers were simple and honest, offering him warm hospitality.
Moreover, although Ye Chen's aura was not displayed, he carried a special, extraordinary temperament that was difficult to conceal, astonishing many villagers who believed he was no ordinary person.
Many children liked to follow him around, and there was one particularly grubby little girl, often with two trails of snot, who would giggle and pester him.
Ye Chen was very polite, restraining all his aura. He did not act like a peerless giant who dominated the heavens, but like an ordinary seeker of the Dao. He personally went to the old village chief's home to inquire about immortal cultivation methods, saying he also wished to become an immortal cultivator.
The old village chief saw that although Ye Chen's aura seemed ordinary, his temperament was extraordinary, his eyes bright like stars, resembling a legendary special physique. Without any reservation, he immediately taught Ye Chen the highest immortal cultivation method manual practiced in the village.
With one glance, Ye Chen knew this was a very ordinary, basic immortal technique. Being able to cultivate to the Saint Vault Realm with it was already remarkable, but it was still a decent immortal cultivation manual, said to have been left behind by a Saint who once emerged from this village.
What seemed like a lofty immortal cultivation method in the eyes of many ordinary people naturally appeared full of flaws to him. He easily spotted the various defects in this immortal technique manual at a single glance.
After merely flipping through it once, he had identified over a hundred flaws, making it difficult to cultivate to higher realms.
Logically, this should have been a secret not to be passed on outside Awakening Saint Village.
Yet the old village chief taught it to him without any reservation.
Ye Chen expressed his gratitude. He did not practice it himself, but instead truly perfected it, turning it into an immortal scripture with boundless potential.
Even if it could not compare to the legendary supreme Immortal King Scriptures, as long as one cultivated with it, they would at least not be limited to the Saint Vault Realm. There was a certain hope of attaining the Dao and becoming an Immortal.
The old village chief was shocked. He never expected this outsider youth to possess such heaven-shaking ability, directly perfecting an ordinary immortal technique manual, far surpassing its former state countless times over. He felt that by cultivating with this, his progress would be dozens of times greater than before. Breaking through the shackles of the Saint Vault Realm left by predecessors and ascending to the legendary Heavenly King Realm would not be a major issue one day.
This trip was not without gains. At the very least, Ye Chen stayed in Awakening Saint Village for a period of time, watching the villagers cultivate, watching them work at sunrise and rest at sunset. He gained some insights and harvests from experiencing the daily life of the most basic immortal cultivators, understanding from the ground up how immortal cultivation worked.
Suddenly, the old village chief led Ye Chen to a sealed cave and said, "Young friend, legend says this cave was once the secluded cultivation site of a Supreme Immortal. Perhaps his immortal scripture remains here. Because immortal power lingers, no one from our Awakening Saint Village has ever successfully entered this place over the years. You are extraordinary; perhaps you can enter the immortal cave and obtain everything left behind by that Supreme Immortal."
"A Supreme Immortal?" Ye Chen was slightly surprised. Although a Supreme Immortal was nothing in his eyes, within the vast and boundless Primordial Immortal Realm, they could absolutely be called supreme, peerless existences, capable of ruling over a vast immortal domain as its master.
Moreover, the legacy of a Supreme Immortal would be an unparalleled, immense temptation for all cultivators below the Supreme One level, including Ancient Sovereigns and Emperors. It shouldn't logically have survived untouched.
Clearly, the old village chief was only at the Divine Transformation Realm, far too distant from that level, and simply couldn't know.
Ye Chen entered the sealed immortal cave.
The cave was special, containing a vast, powerful Dao power strong enough to annihilate an area of a million miles in an instant, but it was sealed, confined to the deepest part of the cave.
"Not a Supreme Immortal. At most, this is an immortal cave left behind by a Great Power."
Ye Chen shook his head, easily deducing the cultivation level of the person who left the cave—a Great Power-level expert. This was still quite powerful, possessing abilities to move heaven and earth, but it clearly couldn't stop Ye Chen from entering.
His physique was peerless. He easily broke through the numerous restrictions left by that Great Power and walked straight to the end, where he saw a skeleton.
The skeleton of a Great Power, unknown how many tens of thousands of years had passed, remained intact as if it had just perished, its body faintly flowing with Great Power energy. Only exceptionally powerful cultivators could approach it.
But it couldn't affect Ye Chen. He came before this Immortal World Great Power and saw before it a page of mysterious bronze, inscribed with dozens of special characters. They were not Immortal World script, but a type of Dao script, only legible to those who had reached a sufficiently high realm. Even a Great Power couldn't gaze at it for long, as it would affect their mind.
Ye Chen was unaffected. His gaze was profound as he understood it all, realizing this was a page from the legendary Immortal King Scripture.
"The first realm of the Violet Firmament Immortal King Scripture: the Dao Valley Realm cultivation method."
Ye Chen saw the relevant content. This was the peerless Immortal King Scripture created by the Violet Firmament Immortal King. What lay before him was precisely the cultivation method for the first realm, the Dao Valley Realm. The Dao Valley Realm corresponded to the Demigod realm, the first true cultivation realm.
Strictly speaking, the Houtian and Xiantian realms did not count as cultivation realms.
He never expected this place to hide a page of the Dao Valley Realm cultivation chapter from the Violet Firmament Immortal King Scripture. Moreover, it was forged from the Great Power-level divine material, mysterious bronze. It should be a copy transcribed from the Violet Firmament Immortal King lineage, not an ordinary replica.
"If I want to create my own unique Chaos Immortal King Scripture, it will require endless ages to gradually perfect. Perhaps instead, I should cultivate the different realm chapters of various Immortal King Scriptures. In the end, by thoroughly integrating all realms, I might gradually fuse and create the Chaos Immortal King Scripture."
Ye Chen gained enlightenment. Moreover, the Dao Valley Realm chapter of the Violet Firmament Immortal King Scripture was reputed to be the strongest Dao Valley Realm chapter in the Immortal World. It allowed one to start by absorbing innate violet qi, strengthening the inner body, and comprehending heaven and earth.