When Mo Baiyu mentioned the Five Spirits Immortal Realm, Yunzhou, Mufeng, and the others present all revealed knowing smiles.
Because they all knew that the Five Spirits Immortal Realm was a great immortal realm passed down since antiquity, one of the eight great immortal realms dominating the Lingluo Heavenly Domain. Within the immortal realm, it could be said to be a place where dragons and tigers lay hidden, with experts as numerous as clouds. The immortals conferred by the Nine Heavens were countless, with over a hundred immortal families alone. And there were as many as thirty High Immortals like Yuanwu who bore the edicts of the Immortal Dao, not to mention all kinds of Great Desolate spirit immortals.
Besides that, there were also quite a few famous immortals from the Ancient Times Era.
The so-called famous immortals of ancient times refer to immortals who made a name for themselves in the Ancient Times Era. Generally, male immortals were respectfully called Xianshi, and female immortals were respectfully called Immortals.
Although there are also many immortals in the Present Era who are respectfully called so-and-so Xianshi or so-and-so Immortal, their weight compared to the Xianshi and Immortals of the Ancient Times Era is simply like heaven and earth, completely incomparable.
In the Present Era, anyone with a little bit of fame is called a Xianshi or an Immortal.
But in the Ancient Times Era, the titles of Xianshi and Immortal were earned through one's own true ability, forged through countless life-and-death struggles. They were individuals of genuine talent and substantial capability, unlike the present-day so-called immortals and High Immortals who are all conferred by the Nine Heavens, their fortunes bestowed by the Nine Heavens. They sound impressive, but most are merely empty shells.
Most importantly, most of those Xianshi and Immortals from the Ancient Times Era had ascended the Great Dao Celestial Ladder.
In other words, in the Ancient Times Era, only immortals who had ascended the Great Dao Celestial Ladder would be respectfully called Xianshi or Immortals.
Legend has it that only by ascending the Celestial Ladder can one prove the Great Dao.
Therefore.
Since ancient times, whether immortal, buddha, human, spirit, demon, ghost, or monster, all would ascend the Celestial Ladder to prove the Great Dao.
Some say, if you want to know if your foundation is solid, if your cultivation is firm, if your comprehension of realms is thorough, if your Dao-heart is resolute enough, just try ascending the Celestial Ladder and you'll know.
If your foundation is poor, your cultivation not firm enough, your comprehension of realms not thorough enough, your Dao-heart not resolute enough, then no matter how high your cultivation or how great your fortune, you cannot ascend the Celestial Ladder. Those who can ascend the Celestial Ladder are, without exception, individuals of genuine talent and learning, whose cultivation paths were walked step by step.
Immortals in the Ancient Times Era were already few, and those capable of ascending the Celestial Ladder were one in ten thousand, exceedingly rare.
Like the followers behind Mo Baiyu and Mufeng present here, they were all old seniors who had cultivated for many years in the Ancient Times Era. Almost none of them had ascended the Celestial Ladder. The reason was simple: their foundation wasn't solid, their cultivation wasn't firm enough, they were too eager for quick success, causing their future cultivation path to become increasingly difficult. If not for that, they wouldn't have fallen to the point of following young people today.
The Celestial Ladder opens in every era, and there are always signs before it opens. However, in the ten thousand years of the Present Era, the Celestial Ladder has yet to open.
Even though the Celestial Ladder hasn't opened in the ten thousand years of the Present Era, and the young people of the Present Era haven't had the chance to ascend it to prove themselves.
Nevertheless.
Most people know that even if the Celestial Ladder of the Present Era were to open, these young people would find it very difficult to ascend.
Consider this: in the Ancient Times Era, an era of sparse spiritual energy and scarce resources, these old seniors struggled step by step, yet in the end still failed to build a solid foundation, resulting in insufficiently firm cultivation.
Now, in the Present Era, all things have revived, spiritual energy is incredibly abundant, with all kinds of miraculous immortal pills, profound formations, and fortunes emerging endlessly.
Young people today don't even need to cultivate arduously; their cultivation can advance by leaps and bounds. Even if they encounter bottlenecks, taking an immortal pill or borrowing a profound formation allows them to break through easily. How, then, can their foundation be solid? How can their cultivation be firm? How can their Dao-heart be resolute?
Moreover, the young people of the Present Era are more impetuous than the last, with an extremely severe sense of competition. They only care about whose cultivation is higher, whose fortune is greater, paying no attention to consolidation at all. Some even force breakthroughs eagerly without fully comprehending their realms.
The facts are indeed so.
Although the Celestial Ladder of the Present Era hasn't opened, the Immortal Ladder of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao opens periodically. Moreover, the Immortal Ladder of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao is derived in imitation of the Celestial Ladder, its purpose also to let immortals know the importance of consolidating cultivation and realms.
Mo Baiyu, Fuying, Mufeng, and other such High Immortals bearing the edicts of the Immortal Dao, including disciples of the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands like Bai Ze and Leng Jue, have all tried to challenge the Immortal Ladder of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao. The result: they all failed. No one managed to ascend the Immortal Ladder of the Nine Heavens Immortal Dao.
And that's just the Immortal Ladder of the Immortal Dao. The Great Dao Celestial Ladder is even more rigorous. One can imagine how powerful those Xianshi and Immortals of the Ancient Times Era who ascended the Celestial Ladder must have been.
Lixin Xianzi ascended the Great Dao Celestial Ladder in the Ancient Times Era, hence she is respectfully called an Ancient Immortal.
Even though she is not a disciple of the Eternal Life Pavilion, Mo Baiyu and the others dare not act presumptuously in her presence.
Unfortunately, Yuanwu's master is an Ancient Xianshi, namely the Golden Flame Xianshi of the Five Spirits Immortal Realm. His Dao Companion, like Lixin, is also an Ancient Immortal who ascended the Celestial Ladder. This pair of immortal-fated Dao Companions have quite a reputation in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain. Not only is their reputation great, but their tempers are also great, and they are famously protective of their own.
The reason Yuanwu is so arrogant, overbearing, and looks down on everyone is, firstly, because he relies on his status as a bearer of the Immortal Dao edict, and secondly, because he relies on the prestige of this master and mistress. Every time Yuanwu causes trouble outside, beating others half to death, and their elders come knocking, this master and mistress of his not only won't apologize, but will instead sneer and say they deserved it for being incompetent.
Conversely, if Yuanwu gets beaten outside, even if it's just a flesh wound, this master and mistress will come charging to his door to stand up for Yuanwu.
Although Mo Baiyu, Yunzhou, and the others have always disliked Yuanwu, knowing that Yuanwu has a protective master and mistress, even if they fought, they would only go so far, not daring to harm a single hair on Yuanwu's head.
But now Yuanwu has been beaten half to death, directly knocked unconscious. If this matter reaches the Five Spirits Immortal Realm, if Yuanwu's master and mistress find out, they will definitely bring a group of experts from the Five Spirits Immortal Realm.
"Last time Yuanwu took a fall outside, his master and mistress directly led people to beat an immortal family of several hundred people into disarray, nearly killing several immortals of the family as well," Mo Baiyu said with a smile. "Now Yuanwu has been beaten half to death, hehe... I really can't imagine how furious that master and mistress of his will be when they find out about this."
"Hahaha, well said. No matter how powerful that old Daoist is, I'm afraid he's no match for Golden Flame Xianshi and his wife, right? Besides, behind Golden Flame and his wife is the entire Five Spirits Immortal Realm."
"Although it was the old Daoist who beat Yuanwu like that, that so-called Worthy One can't escape blame either. When the time comes, we just need to add fuel to the fire a little, and that so-called Worthy One will also be doomed."