376: Re-entering the Earthly Immortal Realm

Since that's the case, let's explore the Earth Immortal Realm first.

Chen De first returned to the Four Profound Heavens, and after confirming his location,

He followed the direction from his memory and returned to a certain place in Qingyun Prefecture.

This was where he had accidentally stumbled into the Earth Immortal Realm back then.

That time, Chen De met a good person there; he waved his hand and sent Chen De back safe and sound.

Slowly recalling this incident, Chen De swore he would repay the other party well.

How to repay him? Of course, it's by... Arriving at this place, Chen De surveyed his surroundings.

Even though he had been gone for so long and hadn't returned, this place hadn't changed at all.

Chen De also waved his hand, summoning the black liquid he had used as a marker before he left.

Double positioning is more accurate; black liquid, Chen De's choice!

It was still the same spatial area from before. Chen De carefully sensed it, and it was emitting faint fluctuations.

Given that even with his current talent and strength, he could only sense such faint fluctuations, it showed how rare it was to have stumbled into the Earth Immortal Realm back then.

It also showed how bad, and how good, his luck was at that time.

Using spatial power, Chen De touched the spatial node that was emitting fluctuations.

Very hard!

This was Chen De's first thought after sensing it.

He initially estimated that just its hardness alone would require at least a Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer cultivator to break.

In other words, the threshold for entering the Earth Immortal Realm would have to be a Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer, and not just any ordinary Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer.

And so, Chen De gently pressed, and with a sound like shattering glass, the spatial node opened.

Having had the experience of entering once before, Chen De was prepared and stepped in without hesitation.

Earth Immortal Realm, I, Chen De, have returned!

...The Earth Immortal Realm was still the Earth Immortal Realm, with supreme spirit herbs growing everywhere like weeds.

Unfortunately, these things were useless to Chen De now, unless the quantity was sufficient.

Otherwise, like his first visit, Chen De might have really knelt down and started munching on them.

Without overthinking, he searched for traces of powerful individuals here.

The spiritual energy concentration in this Earth Immortal Realm was indeed absurdly high.

Moreover, it wasn't just in one place; it was like this everywhere.

In some places, the spiritual energy concentration was even a hundred times higher than here.

Out of caution, Chen De did not immediately use the Righteous Three Saint Formation.

Indeed, if he were to enlighten this place, the merit he would gain would be enough to max out all his Laws and his other two cultivation systems.

But Chen De didn't do that; he needed to remain low-key in unknown territories.

Concealing his figure, after searching around the Four Profound Heavens,

He discovered that encountering so many Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer cultivators during his first visit was no accident.

Instead, in this Earth Immortal Realm, everyone was at the Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer.

The most crucial thing was that only Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer cultivators existed here.

The interesting thing here was that both the highest and lowest realms were the same realm.

Among these existences, at least those Chen De encountered, none posed a threat to him.

Thus, Chen De, feeling a sudden urge, couldn't resist enlightening one.

This fellow was extraordinary; he had comprehended a Law of Profound Armor to 93%, which was two points higher than Chen De's.

However, this was of no use.

Chen De's strength was comprehensive; with just a slight move, he subdued him.

If he hadn't been afraid of causing a commotion, he could have taken down more.

After devouring and enlightening, Chen De gained many attribute points.

He raised the Slaughter Law to 94%, successfully surpassing it.

Doing good deeds really brings attribute points quickly!

Three percentage points, that's three hundred thousand attribute points; how many small worlds would he have to enlighten to accumulate that much?

But he just casually did a good deed, and hey, guess what?

It was enough!

Of course, Chen De's focus this time wasn't on attribute points, but on intelligence, intelligence about the Earth Immortal Realm.

Here, Chen De actually received news about Overlords.

It turned out that the so-called Overlord was someone who became the master of a realm, capable of mobilizing the power of an entire world to attack, much like an enlarged version of the Heavenly Imperial Realm.

However, a Heavenly Imperial Realm cultivator is the master of his own domain world, while an Overlord is the master of a natural world.

How could an internal domain compare to the completeness and power of a true world?

Both mobilize the power of world rules; if my world is larger than yours, I am naturally stronger than you.

So here, there were also distinctions in strength.

Leaving aside ordinary Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer cultivators, who were the lowest-level existences.

Above them were Overlords, Venerables, and Saint Lords.

The so-called Overlord was the master of a realm, possessing the mighty power of the world.

Overlords were divided into nine steps: One-Step Overlord, Two-Step Overlord, Three-Step Overlord... For example, a One-Step Overlord was an Overlord whose affiliated world was capable of giving birth to Demon Emperor Realm First Layer existences.

A Two-Step Overlord was an Overlord whose affiliated world was capable of giving birth to Demon Emperor Realm Second Layer existences... As for Venerables, they were outside, possessing Overlord-level combat power without relying on a small world.

Venerables were also divided into nine steps, corresponding to the Overlord Realm.

One who could rival a One-Step Overlord without relying on an affiliated world was a One-Step Venerable.

One who could rival a Two-Step Overlord without relying on an affiliated world was a Two-Step Venerable... As for Saint Lords, this fellow wasn't even an Overlord, so there was no concept for him.

This was also why Chen De encountered both Overlords in small worlds.

It was said that these Overlord Realm cultivators almost never left their own worlds.

But then again, as long as they hid in their own worlds, even if a Venerable entered, they would have to converse on an equal footing.

No matter what step of Overlord they were, they could challenge a corresponding step Venerable.

At the same time, between ordinary Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer and the Overlord Realm, there was also an intermediate existence — a Quasi-Overlord!

This was a realm set for those Ninth Layer cultivators who had already controlled a world, but whose controlled world was not sufficient to give birth to Demon Emperor-level existences.

Some in this realm were very strong; some of their affiliated worlds were only slightly weaker than a true One-Step Overlord's.

They could make up the difference with their original power and step into the Overlord domain.

Others were very weak; some worlds were absurdly weak, and the world master's status added to them was as if it wasn't added at all, with no increase in power.

They were no different from those ordinary Demon Emperor Realm Ninth Layer cultivators, and might even be chased and beaten in their own worlds.

Without a comparison, Chen De couldn't be sure what level his current strength was at.

Was he an Overlord of a certain step, or in the mixed bag of Quasi-Overlords?

From the person he enlightened, Chen De didn't get any answers.

He was just an ordinary Heavenly Imperial Realm Ninth Layer cultivator, not even having begun cultivation in the Overlord Realm.

Judging Chen De's strength by his standards would be like washing up and going to bed.

There were also factions within the Earth Immortal Realm, and Chen De planned to join one first to observe.