Starting With 100 Million Lives

Jiang Cheng then expressed his understanding.

Indeed, at that time, he was the only one identified as an Ascender by the Upper Immortal Realm.

Others had not been exposed yet back then.

Combined with having slain the Nine Flames Immortal Emperor, admitting to knowing him at that time would have been a foolish move.

Ji Linghan and Immortal Mo did the right thing.

As expected, Yuan Zhen Immortal Venerable continued, "At that time, dozens of Immortal Emperors descended from the Upper Immortal Realm, searching everywhere for your trail."

"It lasted for tens of millions of years, slightly relaxing only in recent years."

"If it had been known then that the Feixian Sect was your legacy, the entire Sect wouldn't have been able to survive..."

"However, the ancestors always missed you, so they took the risk of sculpting your Immortal Jade Statue and instructed each generation's Sect Leader and Great Elder to pass it down."

So that's how it was.

They were really thoughtful, Brother Cheng rarely felt a warm feeling inside.

"What happened during those years?"

"Why didn't they ascend to the Upper Immortal Realm together? Wasn't there the Immortal City Ascension Battle?"

In his memory, everyone ascended collectively.

"Well..."

Yuan Zhen Immortal Venerable said, "Actually, since your generation, the Immortal City Ascension Battle was canceled."

"Huh? Canceled? Why?"

Brother Cheng was planning, once out, to participate in another Ascension Battle like in the Lower Immortal Realm.

Now that the two children had awakened, the three of them working together could win two rounds in each match and dominate, ensuring ascension to the Upper Immortal Realm.

Yuan Zhen and Yuan Sheng, the two Immortal Venerables, exchanged a slightly awkward glance. Wasn't this because of you?

You destroyed the essence cores of over a hundred Immortal Cities in the Lower Immortal Realm and wiped out another nine Immortal Cities upon ascending to the Middle Immortal Realm.

With such a huge impact, how could the Ascension Battle continue?

The power of the Ascender completely shocked the Upper, Middle, and Lower Three Immortal Realms.

Many were led to mistakenly believe there were many similar prodigies in the Lower Realm, and once they came up, the native Immortal Cities wouldn't be able to compete.

So eventually, it was canceled.

Upon hearing this reason, Brother Cheng felt it was absurd yet strangely gratifying.

Unexpectedly, not long after ascending over a billion years ago, he was already influencing the entire Immortal Realm's structure.

Indeed, the protagonist is truly different.

"So how can one go to the Upper Immortal Realm now?"

Immortal Venerable Yuan Sheng replied, "There are two ways. One is to ascend to the Immortal King level, which allows you to directly traverse the Upper Immortal Realm's barrier."

"The second, third, and fourth-generation ancestors of our sect all ascended this way."

Brother Cheng first felt relieved but immediately a bit unacceptable, feeling his pride was seriously hurt.

"Are you saying, all my disciples back then, even the fourth-generation ones, all became Immortal Kings?"

Damn, the system really screwed me over.

This reboot made me sleep on the starting line for a billion years, and I'm still just a First Grade Golden Immortal.

Meeting those disciples in the future, if they glance and see my Cultivation Realm, won't it be quite embarrassing?

If Yuan Zhen and Yuan Sheng were to notice his thoughts, they would definitely find it incomprehensible.

You've even slain an Immortal Emperor, what more could you want?

Such feats are unattainable by ninety-nine percent of Immortal Emperors, is there a need for you to envy Immortal Kings?

"Indeed, every third-generation ancestor was of extraordinary talent, with incredible fortune, achieving Immortal King status was naturally easy for them."

Upon hearing them describe his disciples like this, Brother Cheng felt quite speechless.

Their talents were indeed unparalleled, all nurtured by me through countless trials, okay?

Without me, most of them would have been mediocre, some even outright useless!

As for fortune, there were even protagonist templates among them, how could their fortune not be high?

Yuan Zhen and Yuan Sheng, these old ones, didn't know his feelings, still prideful and proud.

"A sect producing thousands of Immortal Kings!"

"In terms of foundation, our Feixian Sect is one of the most notable in the entire Middle Immortal Realm."

"When the second, third, and fourth-generation ancestors established the Feixian Sect's foundation here, it was initially very challenging, surrounded by covetous Immortal Sects."

"The first Sect Leader led everyone in expeditions east and west, subduing hundreds of large and small Immortal Sects within Qianlan Celestial Realm in just ten million years!"

"That was our Feixian Sect's most glorious period, our fame spread across every major Celestial Domain."

"Even ancient Immortal Sects from antiquity took the initiative to connect with us and treated us with great respect!"

"At the 20-million-year founding grand ceremony, nearly every top sect from all major Celestial Domains in the Middle Immortal Realm sent people to congratulate, it was a spectacular event!"

The more Brother Cheng listened, the more discomfort he felt.

Such grand events should have included him, the King Bi; it felt too imperfect.

Imagine if back then, those domineering shows were hosted by him, how much shock value would that generate?

"Unfortunately, as the fourth-generation ancestors also went to the Upper Immortal Realm one by one, there was no one left to carry the torch, and our sect gradually declined."

"Among later generations of disciples, few became Immortal Kings again..."

"In the most recent tens of millions of years, not a single one even emerged."

"Alas, we can barely make it into the top hundred within the Qianlan Celestial Realm now, and we're even more insignificant in the entire Middle Immortal Realm."

Saying this, the two old men looked at Brother Cheng with anticipation, their gaze full of endless expectations.

Seemingly hoping the venerable elder would express some intent, like leading them to rekindle their glory or something.

The feats of this initial ancestor were not much disclosed by the second, third, and fourth generations of ancestors.

But just the name Jiang Cheng was enough.

This was the person who could kill an Immortal Emperor!

Even if the second, third, and fourth generations were prodigious, they were trained by him, so imagine how defying he could be.

Brother Cheng smirked, seeing through their ideas, but he wasn't very interested.

What, were they hoping he would do another large-scale talent enhancement?

The system bug has been fixed; now enhancing talents is just spending merit for nothing in return.

With so many generations in between, though still the Feixian Sect, the people are completely strangers.

There were hardly any emotions like with Ji Linghan and her group.

Only a thin bond of legacy remains.

"People from the Upper Immortal Realm can come down anytime, right?"

"It's not like being separated by life and death, with them above shielding you, how could you decline?"

Upon mentioning this, the two old men couldn't help but sigh.

"In the initial tens of millions of years, the ancestors indeed often came down to care and support us, but gradually the visits became fewer."

"Especially in the recent ten million years, we don't know what happened in the Upper Immortal Realm, but the ancestors haven't come down since."

After finishing, the two again looked at Brother Cheng eagerly.

Evidently hoping for him to beat his chest and declare, with this old ancestor here, everyone can go to the Upper Immortal Realm.

The ascension rules of the three Immortal Realms were established by all Immortal Emperors and Demon Emperors together.

No single Immortal Emperor could make an exception to bring a bunch of juniors along to the Upper Immortal Realm.

Even if they came down, they could only stay briefly, giving some guidance and support to successors.

Not allowed to violate the rules and interfere in the affairs of the Middle Immortal Realm as Immortal Emperors.

But Jiang Cheng was an exception.

He hadn't been to the Upper Immortal Realm and had slain an Immortal Emperor.

If he led...

But unfortunately, Brother Cheng merely asked, "Besides ascending to Immortal King, what's the other way to go to the Upper Immortal Realm?"