The gap between immortals and mortals

“There’s such a thing?”

“No matter which of the Immortal Dao Ten Sects it is, they are undoubtedly behemoths. What exactly is in that giant city in the sky that could create these powerful Immortal Sects?” Li Fan, hearing this, immediately showed a shocked expression and exclaimed.

Fang Zaiji nodded slightly: “When I first learned about this, I also found it a bit hard to believe. However, after making many inquiries later, I can basically confirm that it is true. The reason the Immortal Dao Ten Sects were able to rise so abruptly is precisely because of the Opportunity they obtained in the Heavenly Capital!”

Before Li Fan could ask further, he continued: “It is said that within the Heavenly Capital, although it is empty and devoid of living traces, in the central pavilion, there is a figure sitting cross-legged. Beside the figure, a boy stands attendant. The figure’s face cannot be seen, but it seems to be lecturing to the Void Realm ahead. Countless profound and subtle Dao theories, like a grand bell, reverberate in everyone’s ears. Even more miraculously, the content each person hears is not entirely the same.”

“Everyone listened entranced, completely engrossed. When they awoke from their enlightenment, they wanted to continue listening. However, they found that they could no longer hear anything from the figure. Instead, the boy beside the figure lightly waved his hand and drove them out of the pavilion.”

“Those Cultivators who came out compared what they had just comprehended with each other and found that it all originated from their original studies. However, it was much more profound and advanced, seemingly thousands of times more exquisite than what their Sects taught!”

“After that, no matter how hard they tried, they could never enter that pavilion again.”

Fang Zaiji sighed slightly: “These Cultivators knew how precious this Opportunity was. After they quietly left the Heavenly Capital, they all notified their Sect members to come. But perhaps it was precisely this action that made the Xuantian Sect aware. While pursuing the Cultivators who came out of the Heavenly Capital, they sent their minions to completely seal off the giant city in the sky.”

“This impolite action seemed to displease the figure in the Heavenly Capital, who sent the boy to meet them in battle. The process of this battle is unknown. The result, however, was that although the Xuantian Sect retreated in disgrace, the other Cultivators could no longer enter the Heavenly Capital.”

“Only every year, purple Qi occasionally drifts down and disperses throughout the Xuanhuang World. If a lucky person obtains it, though it cannot compare to directly hearing the figure lecture on the Dao, it is not far off!”

Li Fan pondered for a moment, then frowned: “Where did the Heavenly Capital go afterward? Why did so few people hear about it in our Era?”

“The Heavenly Capital hung in the sky for a full ten years. After ten years, just as it descended from the sky when it arrived, it also left silently, unnoticed by anyone.”

“Moreover, not long after, the conflict between the Xuantian Sect and the Immortal Dao Sects gradually reached an irreconcilable point. Under the great war that swept across the entire Xuanhuang World, no one paid attention to the disappeared Heavenly Capital anymore.”

Fang Zaiji lamented: “By our Era, the Heavenly Capital was already a legend that only existed in casual conversations.”

At this point, Li Fan also had an enlightened expression: “I remember now. I once saw in the tianxuan mirror that in the Source Dao Province ahead, there was a Dao Integration cultivator named Lan Yu. He claimed to be from the lineage of the Grand Astrologer of Heavenly Capital, but…”

Li Fan’s face showed some doubt: “But I heard that the Heavenly Capital fell in ancient times due to an unknown reason. There are even Heavenly Capital ruins visible on the ground now…”

“What? The Heavenly Capital fell?” This time it was Fang Zaiji who was a bit stunned.

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!” After a moment, Fang Zaiji firmly denied this claim. “If the Heavenly Capital really collided with the Xuanhuang World, it’s hard to say who would be worse off!”

“Sir, you mean…” Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.

“That’s right, the Heavenly Capital, it is highly possible, came from the legendary Immortal Realm! And that figure in the Heavenly Capital might be the legendary Immortal! The reason why the Cultivators of the Immortal Dao Ten Sects couldn’t see him clearly back then is precisely because after Immortal Ascension, he had completed a transformation in his life level, far exceeding the scope of what ordinary Cultivators could comprehend!” Fang Zaiji said with considerable conviction.

“Another Immortal. It didn’t fall…” Li Fan was noncommittal. He thought of the unknown existence hovering above Source Dao Province, devouring time. Perhaps, it was because some kind of change indeed occurred that led to this bizarre phenomenon?

Seeing Li Fan’s disbelief, Fang Zaiji snorted coldly: “If you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, of course you can’t understand the power of a True Immortal. If you could, like me, be fortunate enough to obtain a wisp of [Heavenly Capital Purple Qi], you would know that my words are true. By the way, Lan Yu’s claim that he comes from the lineage of the Grand Astrologer of Heavenly Capital might not be false either. Because in the Heavenly Capital Purple Qi, there are many Legacies of the Grand Astrologer of Heavenly Capital.”

Li Fan was slightly startled: “Sir, you obtained a wisp of Heavenly Capital Purple Qi?”

Fang Zaiji said with some pride: “Of course! At that time, I was still an ignorant child, only obtaining the Opportunity but not knowing its origin! Otherwise, how could I, an ordinary person without a Sect, Cultivate to the Harmony Dao Realm? How could those arrogant Disciples of the Immortal Dao Ten Sects proactively tell me about this secret past? It’s because they sensed the aura of the Heavenly Capital Purple Qi from me.”

“Is the Grand Astrologer of Heavenly Capital the figure in the Heavenly Capital?” Li Fan asked after a moment of silence.

Fang Zaiji rolled his eyes at Li Fan: “What are you thinking? I said that figure is very likely a True Immortal. Since he is an Immortal, if he doesn’t proactively tell us, how can the world know his identity? Moreover, merely being fortunate enough to hear him lecture on the Dao, even those few from the Immortal Dao Ten Sects back then probably wouldn’t dare claim to have received the Immortal’s true Legacy.”

“What we call the [Grand Astrologer of Heavenly Capital] is the Dao Child beside the figure. After listening to the Immortal for not long, he was able to create the Immortal Dao Ten Sects. The Grand Dharma Master, who always stood by his side, naturally had an unimaginable level of attainment.”

“In the Heavenly Capital Purple Qi, most of it is the Grand Dharma Master’s insights into the Immortal’s teachings, which can be described as all-encompassing. Mortals who obtain even a little will benefit for life.”

“What I obtained back then was some of the Grand Dharma Master’s insights on Artifact Refining,” Fang Zaiji said, glancing towards Source Dao Province again, speaking slowly.

Li Fan also understood.

The Immortal Dao Ten Sects at that time received direct guidance from the Immortal.

As for the Heavenly Capital Purple Qi, it was the insights of the Grand Astrologer of Heavenly Capital, who had listened to the Immortal’s lectures for many years. After a cycle of transmission, it was much weaker than the Immortal’s true Legacy. But even so, it could easily create a Dao Integration cultivator.

“This is the true difference between Immortal and Mortal. The gap is so vast, it even surpasses that between Mortals and Daoist/Immortal Cultivators,” Li Fan couldn’t help but lament in his heart.

There’s one more chapter coming later, ah ah ah ah ah