Liu Chengkun left the forbidden grounds, but rather than returning to his own quarters, he headed to the palace where Chu Feng was resting.
"Chu Feng, how are your injuries?" Liu Chengkun sat across from Chu Feng, his voice full of concern.
"Rest assured, Senior. It was just a minor wound — it healed long ago." Chu Feng said casually, not wanting Liu Chengkun to feel guilty.
"Good to hear." As expected, Liu Chengkun's expression softened into a smile once he confirmed Chu Feng was fine. Then he said, "Chu Feng, I have some good news."
"What good news?" Chu Feng asked.
"Have you ever heard of True Immortal Jin He?" Liu Chengkun asked.
"No, I haven't." Chu Feng shook his head.
"He is a True Immortal realm powerhouse," Liu Chengkun said.
"The True Immortal realm — could that be a cultivation level above the Martial Ancestor?" Chu Feng asked with curiosity.
It was the first time he had ever heard the term "True Immortal."
Even Eggy perked up with interest, since her knowledge of cultivation realms also stopped at the Martial Ancestor. She truly had no idea what lay beyond it.
And both of them could tell — the True Immortal realm was very likely the level that existed above the Martial Ancestor.
"Chu Feng, you seriously don't know about the True Immortal realm?" Seeing the confusion on Chu Feng's face, Liu Chengkun was taken aback.
In the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, although those who had reached the True Immortal realm were exceedingly rare, almost everyone had at least heard of it.
"To be honest with you, Senior, I came from a lower realm. Where I'm from, the Half-Ancestor level was already the absolute limit. Powerhouses at the Martial Ancestor level were virtually nonexistent. So I had no idea what cultivation realms existed above the Martial Ancestor," Chu Feng explained.
"So you came from a lower realm. No wonder I'd never heard of you before. But… if you came from a lower realm, you must have passed through the Hundred Refinements Arena. Could it be that you turned down invitations from all the major powers?" Liu Chengkun looked quite astonished.
He knew very well that every person who arrived from a lower realm would enter the Hundred Refinements Arena, and outstanding talents would invariably emerge from it each time.
Every year when the Hundred Refinements Arena opened, the various powers of the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm would send people to invite those talented newcomers from the lower realms to join their factions.
He himself had once represented the Red Butterfly Association at the arena. In his estimation, someone with Chu Feng's strength would have been the absolute strongest existence there.
Such a talent would have been fought over by every major power. Back then, it wouldn't have been a matter of whether Chu Feng wanted to join or not — how could he have possibly arrived here unscathed?
"For certain reasons, I wasn't able to enter the Hundred Refinements Arena," Chu Feng said.
A sharp hiss escaped Liu Chengkun's lips. He was discovering that Chu Feng was becoming more and more extraordinary.
"Senior Liu, could you tell me about the True Immortal realm, and the realms above it?" Chu Feng asked with genuine curiosity.
"Of course. If the Martial Emperor realm represents the peak of what the physical body's power can achieve, then the Martial Ancestor realm is the absolute limit of the physical body. But at the end of the day, you're still bound by the flesh — you're still human."
"The True Immortal realm, however, this cultivation level that sits above the Martial Ancestor, has already transcended the shackles of the physical body."
"In other words, upon reaching the True Immortal realm, you are no longer human. You become an Immortal."
"In our Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, very few have managed to reach the True Immortal realm. But it's said that in the Upper Realm, True Immortal powerhouses are abundant."
"Consider this: when you eventually arrive in the Upper Realm, quite possibly a floating island in the sky or a city in the wilderness may not be real at all. They could very well be manifestations created by a True Immortal realm powerhouse," Liu Chengkun said.