Meanwhile, at Kunlun Divine Mountain.
Countless cultivators floated in the sky, all on their way to the main summit of Kunlun.
Tian Yongheng discreetly mixed into the crowd, trying to avoid any unnecessary attention. However, with his cultivation being hidden from most of the cultivators present, he couldn’t escape from becoming a hot topic of discussion among people secretly communicating through their Divine Sense.
After all, there were many Tribulation Transcendence Realm and Immortal Ascension Realm experts present here, and even a few Human Immortals who were trying to be lowkey and thus did not join the main group of Half Immortals.
Of course, seeing that he had an impassive expression on his face and was avoiding public attention, no one dared to approach him rashly, afraid of offending a potentially mighty being who’s prowess far surpassed their own and bring a calamity to not only themselves but also the force behind them.
Soon, all of them arrived before the main summit of Kunlun, floating in the air as they waited for further instructions from the Kunlun Divine Mountain instead of rashly going forward.
This was not just because they were afraid, but more so because almost all the cultivators present respected Kunlun as the strongest force in the world, having produced innumerable prodigies and being involved in numerous myths and legends.
Kunlun had also helped the righteous path many times, standing in the frontlines and pushing forward with heavenly might, keeping the Demons and demonic cultivators with malicious intentions at bay way before the appearance of the Divine Sovereign with his Heaven and Man Crusade to eradicate the entire demonic path and Demon Race.
The righteous path, whether it be powers which had been established for less than a hundred years or ancient factions that have stood tall for eras, they simply owed Kunlun too much to have any thoughts about them.
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Of course, there were a few exceptions even to this, as always.
After a few moments, a loud voice resounded throughout hundreds of miles.
"Fellow daoists, please gather at the Taiyi Platform at the center of the main summit."
The voice was as still as water, even and without any emotional fluctuations.
Hearing the voice, all the cultivators flew towards the Taiyi Platform and landed. There were countless cultivators, every single person present the leader of their own respective faction from all across the world, making it look like a spectacular scene when they gathered together like this.
As soon as they stepped onto the platform, the scenery around them changed, as if they had entered a mystical secret realm. The natural elements and the heavenly rules churned for an instant as they arrived onto an incomparably vast space, shimmering with a mysterious darkness and dotted with stars.
It was as if they had arrived beyond the Mortal World.
In fact, this was actually a secret realm of the Kunlun Divine Mountain, used by its higher ups to discuss important matters.
It was designed by an extremely powerful ancestor of Kunlun who was proficient in Array Formations, and thus, this entire space was comparable to a universe in itself, nearly infinite and even had a semi-immortal level protection Array Formation aside from the countless other smaller formations.
It’s formations were directly imbued with the essence of the heavenly principles and natural laws of the Second Great Mortal World, meaning that unless someone located those heavenly principles and natural laws, they won’t be able to damage this secret realm at all.
The next moment, countless chairs emerged out of thin air before each cultivator.
To those high level cultivators, this was nothing more than a clever use of formations, so they sat down immediately, including Tian Yongheng. However, the low level cultivators were all in a daze for an instant before they saw the others sitting down and followed suit. They had never experienced anything like this, and some of them had not even heard of it.
After sitting down, all of the cultivators remained silent, the ambitious ones waiting for someone to break the silence so they could join in the conversation and create extraordinary connections. After all, there were leaders of some of the most powerful factions in the world present here!
On the other hand, this quiet atmosphere relieved some weaker, introverted cultivators who did not want to get involved in unnecessary trouble like Tian Yongheng.
As for the truly strong, no one knew what was going on in their minds.
Before it could get any more awkward, multiple figures illuminated by celesital light appeared at the other end of the row and sat down, easing the atmosphere.
Aa the light dissipated from their faces, those mighty figures immediately cupped their fists respectfully and saluted the middle aged man and a few other people besides him.
He wore a loose blue daoist robe, and if one’s Divine Sense perception wasn’t high enough, they wouldn’t even be able to notice the vast aura surging within the middle aged man.
Tian Yongheng immediately understood this person’s identity but still used the system to confirm it once more.
[Kunlun Saint Lord: Mid Stage of Half Immortal Realm.
Saint Lord of Kunlun Divine Mountain’s Second Great Mortal World branch. Grand Disciple of the Human Demigod. Disciple of the Nine Extremities Sword Celestial.]
Indeed, he is the current Saint Lord of Kunlun Divine Mountain...Mid Stage of Half Immortal Realm, and those few people besides him are also from the Mid Stage to Late Stage...there’s even a Perfected Half Immortal.
It doesn’t seem like any of them can really see through my cultivation base though. Could it be that this clone of mine at the Eighth Stage of Tribulation Transcendence Realm is already comparable to peak Human Immortals?
Thinking of this, a hint of satisfaction and relief flashed past his mind, his expression on the surface still as neutral as ever.
If this was indeed the case, then there was no doubt that he was one of the strongest beings present in this secret realm. His original body back at the Eternal Peak was already at the Ninth Stage of Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and once he entered the Immortal Ascension Realm, there was a chance he may become as powerful as that elder he met in the Heavenly Immortal City.
But the difference between a mortal and a Immortal...may be incomparably vast, so vast that even I with my various talents and immeasurable potential cannot overcome it.
I still need to be extra cautious.
At this moment, a voice suddenly echoed in the quiet space, interrupting Tian Yongheng’s stream of thoughts.
"Fellow daoists, I believe most of you already know why Kunlun has gathered all of you here and the main purpose behind the Kunlun Immortal Convention."
The speaker was none other than the Saint Lord of Kunlun.
At his words, all the cultivators present, specially those below the Immortal Ascension Realm, tensed up momentarily, while the Immortal Ascension Realm experts and Human Immortals continued to listen with great interest.
The Saint Lord continued, "In case you don’t know, recently, the demonic path has allied with the Demon Race and both parties are wreaking havoc in the Eastern Continent. It started with the Qingyun Region of the State of Feng, and their activity had already spread to the surrounding regions when the righteous path factions of the State of Feng took action and established the Demon Subjugation Heavenly Alliance, with the strongest forces there coming together to start an all out war, known as the Righteous-Demonic War.
However, with their most powerful cultivators only being at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm at most, they requested help from the 18 major factions of the righteous path. Fearing that the Righteous-Demonic War may spread throughout the entire world, we sent the elites of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and the great geniuses of our respective factions, including those at the peak of Tribulation Transcendence Realm, hoping to end the conflict as soon as possible."
At this point, the Saint Lord’s voice took on a more serious tone as he carried on.
"But what we didn’t expect was that the forces of both the Demon Race and the demonic path had grown beyond our imagination in the recent million years. They have a number of great cultivators and strange puppets at the Immortal Ascension Realm and hidden old monsters of the Half Immortal Realm from the information we have recieved."
As soon as he said these words, all the low level cultivators felt immense pressure.
The Half Immortal Realm, only the leaders of those forces affiliated with the major factions or were at least a second rate factions in themselves knew about the realm above the Immortal Ascension Realm, the Half Immortal Realm.
This was a completely foreign concept to the rest of them. Coming in contact with such confidential information left them feeling scared for their lives. After all, knowing too much was not good, specially for those with low cultivation level and no great background.
Tian Yongheng secretly nodded. He knew from Wei Yusheng that the demonic path had indeed been planning for countless years.
Yet, the righteous path chose to ignore their existence. Now, they were bearing the consequences.
At this thought, another question surfaced in his mind.
If the Divine Sovereign had already eradicated all of the demonic path and the Demon Race long ago, then how are the remaining demonic cultivators and Demons so strong?