Ethan looked at the World of Origin quietly as he thought, 'Hm... Should I make something like Immortal Realm? I mean, this is a cultivation-based world, after all... Yes, that's it. A good idea, as expected of myself.'

A few hundred years passed since 'Heavenly Dao' appeared, it was quietly balancing the world. If a few more hundred years goes by, the first thousand years will be completed, and that's the day of his first harvest. Once that happens, Ethan will have truly stepped in the path of transcendence, a path countless beings set foot, trying to achieve their own happiness.

'But Immortal Realm can't just appear out of thin air for them. There must be some ruins that will hold Knowledge of the ancients, but that would also mean they won't think of themselves as the ancestors of cultivation...' Ethan thought before shaking his head, 'It's not like that matters, yes? It's even easier for civilization to build if they think the ancients were in danger, thus, they were born as the new ancestors of living beings.'

He was quickly thinking of ways to implement his plan, the living beings on the World of Origin were already strengthening themselves. Some extremely talented ones had already passed the second tribulation of Heaven, setting foot in the Ethereal Life Realm. Each of these powerful beings were forming their own forces.

There were 5 mortal realms in the Cultivation Path: Open Body Realm, Spirit Harmony Realm, Returning Core Realm, Ethereal Life Realm and Ascending Decay Realm.

In the first realm, a cultivator must open the meridians in their bodies to hold more Energy, thus opening the path to Spirit Harmony Realm. In the second realm, the cultivator that opened all meridians can already hold a lot of Energy, and they're now required to open an internal space within their bodies, forming an Energy Sea and achieving Spirit Harmony.

After the Energy Sea has achieved its peak, the cultivator must be in harmony with themselves, as to condense a spherical core in their internal space. The previous Energy Sea would need to be compressed, turning into the spherical core, as to achieve the Returning Core Realm.

The Core within the internal space would need to be sublimated seven times. Each sublimation of the Core would strengthen the Body, so that even a human can have a body strength similar to a Spirit Beast. All impurities that they had would be washed away in the Returning Core Realm, achieving a perfection of the body.

Afterwards, the current realm that living beings achieved in the World of Origin, the Ethereal Life Realm. In this realm, one must be extremely cautious, as it involved the Soul. They would be able to leave their bodies through their Soul, achieving an incomparably powerful strength when compared to before.

Before Ethereal Life Realm, it didn't matter if someone was a genius never seen before in the Returning Core Realm. Their souls would be directly destroyed by such a powerhouse, their bodies would be crushed in strength, 'Since they have reached the Ethereal Life Realm, introducing the Immortal Realm isn't too late. Rather, it's a good timing as they have yet to achieve the Ascending Decay Realm.'

No beings were born perfect, as such, even after their body had its impurities washed away in the Returning Core, or when their Soul was sublimated in the Ethereal Life Realm, they would have high difficulty in the Ascending Decay Realm.

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Ethan shook his head, dispelling the thoughts on such a Realm, as it would soon be achieved by the living beings on the World of Origin, 'Now, now... It's time to start implementing the 'Knowledge Keeper' plan.'

Though the cultivation world was extremely cruel, it was also an world where honor was above many things. Most cultivators, even the ones without backing, would learn etiquette. They valued strength, and they also valued Knowledge, as it was such a thing that made the ancestors of cultivation rise quickly.

'There are currently three Ethereal Life Realm beings in the World of Origin. I'll select seven beings to hold the power of Knowledge within their hands. They will spread the legend of the Immortal Realm to all living beings, making their cultivation finally have a goal.' Ethan thought while observing the World of Origin from the perspective of a giant.

He was, of course, invisible to the beings within the World of Origin. His index finger lightly touched a certain part of the World of Origin, and it was such a light touch that made a terrifying earthquake affect the entire world, followed by visible ripples in the air.

...

World of Origin, Golden Heaven Palace.

A man with golden-colored eyes felt the earthquake that appeared throughout their World. It was as if something terrifying was born, but it wasn't a creature or the breakthrough of someone. He is called Lu Zun, and he has the envied Golden Heaven Body, cultivation is as easy as breathing for him.

He is one of the very few beings that achieved Ethereal Life Realm, standing at the peak of the World of Origin. He had already made his own force and called it Golden Heaven Palace. In his younger years, when he had just obtained such a powerful physique, he was high-spirited and hot-blooded, with luck that was above most beings, he found many opportunities to quickly rise in strength.

However, after achieving his current realm, very few beings were in the same step as him. He had no goal to achieve, no opponent to surpass, Lu Zun had no meaning in life.

His eyes had no fluctuations, as if they were the eyes of a dead person. Lu Zun looked towards the long distance, shock appearing in the once dead-like eyes, a huge sillhouette was floating in the sky. It wasn't a creature, it was a huge palace!

In any part of the world, the palace could be seen. Its sillhouette seemed to be as huge as the sun, as if it could contain the sky and cover the earth, and along it descended a huge pressure.

Lu Zun's eyes shrank as his knees touched the ground, 'Wha-? How is this possible?!'

As soon as the pressure descended, it vanished.

However, such a scene wasn't the apex.

Under Lu Zun's frightened eyes, a huge humanoid figure suddenly appeared. Nature itself followed that figure, as if it was the center of the whole world. The figure didn't seem to be of a mortal, no mortal could ever dream of such power, no mortal could hold such power!

The humanoid figure was a bit illusory, but it was faintly observable by the beings with the Ethereal Life Realm. 'It' looked like a male.

'He' has short golden-colored hair, and silver-colored eyes, as if it was a blind person. However, living beings couldn't stare at his eyes, as if they contained the deepest secrets of the world, secrets enough to devour any consciousness.

Such a illusory shadow slowly extended its hands, holding the huge palace in his hands. His eyes seemed to hold countless sorrows, and so a voice, gentle as nature itself, was heard by all living beings, ''The Palace of Knowledge is now open to any being that wants to pursue the purest knowledge.''

It was vague, but all living beings felt as if it contained unfathomable mysteriousness. A beam of light shot straight to the skies as the figure slowly disappeared.

At that time, it was unknown to most beings, however... The Palace of Knowledge was the biggest opportunity that appeared through ancient and modern times.