As Wu Yuan stepped into the library, his breath caught in his throat. It’s truly grandiose.
Looking up, his eyes roamed over the gigantic area enclosed within the building’s circular structure.
The edifice was so tall that the upper levels of the building stretched beyond Wu Yuan’s field of vision. Each floor was packed with towering bookshelves, each shelf crammed with virtual immortal slips. The sheer number of books was unfathomable.
Cultivators bustled about, their figures flitting between the shelves as they searched for books and disappeared in flashes of light.
This library provides both private reading rooms and communal reading rooms. Each cultivator is free to choose where they wish to read.
This was an advantage of the voidrealm over the physical world. Its virtual nature allowed for the creation of diverse spaces that catered to various needs, while space was a major constraint in the physical world.
The library’s height is deceiving. Though it appears to reach an infinitely high level, it is composed of only nine floors. One can only visit the levels corresponding to their privileges.
On the higher levels of the library, one could find ether arts, teachings, secret techniques, and the like that were publicly disseminated within the Redmoon Immortal Realm. While such teachings were ordinary, they catered to the masses of cultivators seeking to expand their knowledge and skills.
This egalitarian approach embodied the ideology of ‘everyone is a dragon’.
The books on the first floor are typically not too valuable. Wu Yuan strolled over to a bookshelf, his eyes scanning the titles with practiced ease.
However, all I seek are the basics; knowledge of the sects and factions that span the Redmoon Immortal Continent, the layout of its administrative divisions, the locations of its cities and towns, etc. Wu Yuan had a clear purpose for coming here.
Details such as the strength of the powerful individuals within each city’s jurisdiction, their abilities and cultivation levels, etc, were valuable information that required an organization to gather and update the intel consistently. Hence for such information, he would have to visit a specialized intelligence agency.
But for a map detailing the distribution of cities?
According to the realm master, many immortal continents have endured for hundreds of millions of years. Wu Yuan mused to himself.
100 million years is an impossibly long time, and yet they remain unchanged, these administrative centers included.
Hence, such static information held little value in his eyes.
His qi refiner self had a clear plan for his time in the macrocosm. The first step was to understand the details of the macrocosm and establish a foundation. The second step was to join a powerful faction and tap into the resources of the faction to aid his cultivation progress.
The first book, ‘Ten Million Years of Twin Jade City’? Wu Yuan picked out a virtual immortal slip and injected his Soul Force into it, quickly reading through it.
Cultivators did not read with their eyes but with their Soul Force. These virtual immortal slips took the form of books, but each one actually contained an enormous amount of text and images woven together.
If translated into a physical book in the real world, a single virtual immortal slip would contain hundreds of millions, if not billions, of words. The collection of data housed within the Twin Jade Library was immense beyond measure. Even the most diligent mortal would require many years to read the virtual immortal slip in Wu Yuan’s hands, let alone all the books in the library.
But Wu Yuan was no longer an ordinary mortal. His mind functioned at an accelerated pace, allowing him to process vast amounts of information in a matter of dozens of breaths. Given a little more time, he would be able to completely digest and comprehend everything he read as well.
The evolution to a higher order of life is truly wondrous, the differences between transcendent cultivators and ordinary individuals are far from limited to combat power. It extends to every facet of existence, from cognitive speed to ingenuity.
Just as humans surpassed their primate ancestors with the advent of wisdom, so too were transcendent cultivators fundamentally different from mortals due to their mastery of spiritual qi and Soul Force.
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So, the Redmoon Immortal Continent consists of three top-tier factions: Redmoon Immortal Hall, Bloodforge Devil Hall, and Myriad Axes Hall… The Redmoon Immortal Hall, the strongest of the three, holds dominion over more than 70% of the immortal continent. Its authority is unchallenged within the immortal continent. Wu Yuan meticulously absorbed the relevant knowledge.
However, the Redmoon Immortal Hall does not have the resources to extend its reach across such a vast expanse. Only a third of its territory lies directly under its control, and the rest is parceled out to subordinate sects and families…
Though I’m physically in the territory of the second-tier Twin Jade City, the actual distance between myself and the physical Twin Jade City is…600 million li! Wu Yuan sighed inwardly and shook his head.
Such a distance was far enough to make one shiver.
Even if Wu Yuan flew at full speed without any breaks, it would still take him around ten months to reach his destination, let alone traveling by flying boat.
Ten months journeying across this boundless land, who knows what dangers lie in wait along the way? Wu Yuan sighed inwardly.
He already encountered a raiding party trying to kill him and loot his treasures just a little more than 10,000 li into his journey.
Normally, the most efficient means of transportation across the land was through teleportation arrays.
The Redmoon Immortal Hall only constructs teleportation arrays in cities of the fourth tier and above. The closest fourth-tier city to me is Starsword City, home to hundreds of millions of people. Within the city lies an official station of the immortal hall, guarded by powerful Void Refiner Eminences.
Beyond the Amethyst Cradle phase lay the Void Refiner phase. This was knowledge that Wu Yuan had obtained from the realm master’s immortal slips long ago.
There were six phases of qi refining and body refining that he knew of. The lower three phases of qi refining were Qi Sea, Golden Core, and Amethyst Cradle, while the upper three phases were Void Refiner, Divided Soul, and Tribulation.
As for body refining, the six stages were Communion, Spiritual Body, Shambhala, while the upper three phases were Elysian Field, Dharma Body, and Universe Architect.
The Funan Sect, a prominent sect recognized by the immortal hall, was the most notable power within Starsword City.
It is not a difficult task to establish a sect within the Middle Land, but in the Redmoon Immortal Continent, the Redmoon Immortal Hall rules over the vast continent. Any sect aspiring to take root must first gain the approval of the immortal hall, accumulating merits through contributions and demonstrating that they meet a minimum level of foundation and strength.
Attempting to erect a sect without the immortal hall’s acknowledgment was akin to inviting their wrath.
Just about any sect on the immortal continent is incredibly strong. The weaker factions are scarcely worthy of being called sects. Even the most modest of sects boast a Divided Soul powerhouse in their ranks. Furthermore, all sects can be viewed as affiliate members of the Redmoon Immortal Hall.
Memories of his previous life came flooding back to Wu Yuan.
Within the Human Federation, numerous corporate giants normally competed with each other and vied for dominance, but in times of crisis, they were compelled to heed the Federation’s directives.
Similar dynamics played out in the Redmoon Immortal Continent. On normal days, large sects clashed in bloody battles over coveted treasures, forming deep-seated grudges with one another. Immortal Redmoon wouldn’t bother intervening in such squabbles.
However, any powerhouse in a sect that reached a certain level of cultivation automatically became a member of the Redmoon Immortal Hall, obligated to follow Immortal Redmoon’s commands in times of need. Those who dared to defy his orders were killed. At the end of the day, this land belonged to Immortal Redmoon.
Similarly, no powerhouse is permitted to freely propagate their Faith on this land unless within their own designated fiefdom. The countless mortals are only allowed to worship the Taiyuan Divine Court and Immortal Redmoon.
It was evident that Immortal Redmoon placed great emphasis on Faith Incense.