“ dāng rán yǒu ， ruò shì xiū xíng zhě zhōng de jiǎo jiǎo zhě ， xiū liàn chéng xiān ， nà dì yí gè zhēn xiān ， jiù yīng gāi shì ā xiū luó ， fàng yǎn sān qiān shì jiè ， zòng héng jīn gǔ ， dōu méi yǒu shuí ， bǐ xī rì de ā xiū luó wáng xiū liàn dé gèng kuài le 。”
“当然有，若是修行者中的佼佼者，修炼成仙，那第一个真仙，就应该是阿修罗，放眼三千世界，纵横今古，都没有谁，比昔日的阿修罗王修炼得更快了。”
Of course there are. If among cultivators, the best can achieve immortality, then the first true immortal should be Asura. Looking at the three thousand worlds and throughout history, no one has ever matched his speed in cultivation.
yǔ tóng xiān zi de liǎn shàng dài zhe xiào róng ， shuō dào zhè lǐ ， què zhuǎn guò tóu lú ， dà yǒu shēn yì de kàn le yī yǎn lín xuān ：“ dāng rán ， xiàn zài zhè ge jì lù bèi dǎ pò ， wǒ tīng shuō lín dào yǒu shì fēi shēng xiū shì ， cóng lí hé xiū liàn dào dù jié ， zhǐ yòng le qū qū de shù qiān nián 。”
雨桐仙子的脸上带着笑容，说到这里，却转过头颅，大有深意的看了一眼林轩：“当然，现在这个记录被打破，我听说林道友是飞升修士，从离合修炼到渡劫，只用了区区的数千年。”
Lady Rain桐 smiled as she spoke, but when she turned her head to look at Lin Xuan, there was a profound meaning behind it: "Of course, this record is now broken. I heard that you are an ascended cultivator who went from the Separation Stage to the Tribulation Cultivation in just a few thousand years."
“ rú cǐ sù dù ， yǐ jīng néng gòu pì měi dāng nián de ā xiū luó ， bù ， shì gèng jìn yí bù 。”
“如此速度，已经能够媲美当年的阿修罗，不，是更进一步。”
"Such speed has already matched Asura's back then, no, even surpassed him."
“ zhè ge …… zài xià zhǐ shì yùn qì hǎo bà le 。”
“这个……在下只是运气好罢了。”
"This... It was merely luck on my part."
lín xuān liǎn shàng lù chū yī sī hè rán zhī sè ， zì jǐ dōu jué de zhè ge jiě shì ， yě tài méi yǒu shuō fú lì le ， hǎo zài yǔ tóng xiān zi bìng méi yǒu shēn jiū shén me ， ér shì jì xù cháo zhe xià fāng jiǎng shù ：
林轩脸上露出一丝赫然之色，自己都觉得这个解释，也太没有说服力了，好在雨桐仙子并没有深究什么，而是继续朝着下方讲述：
Lin Xuan's face showed a hint of surprise. He felt that this explanation lacked persuasiveness, but fortunately, Lady Rain桐 did not delve deeper into it and continued to speak.
“ zuì chū de zhēn xiān ， bìng fēi lái zì xiū shì de kǔ liàn ， ér shì yī kāi shǐ jiù cún zài 。”
“最初的真仙，并非来自修士的苦练，而是一开始就存在。”
"The first true immortals were not the result of cultivators' hard work; they existed from the very beginning."
“ shén me jiào zuò yī kāi shǐ jiù cún zài ？”
“什么叫做一开始就存在？”
"What do you mean by existing from the start?"
lín xuān tīng dé mǎn miàn è rán 。
林轩听得满面愕然。
Lin Xuan was taken aback. The statement was indeed too vague.
zhè ge huà què shí tài lǒng tǒng le yì diǎn 。
这个话确实太笼统了一点。
"I mean that in the primordial era, when the world was born, the true immortals already existed. They did not ascend through cultivation like ordinary people; they appeared alongside the world."
“ wǒ de yì si shì hóng méng chū shǐ ， shì jiè chū shēng ， zhēn xiān jiù yǐ jīng cún zài ， tā men bìng fēi fán rén xiū liàn fēi shēng ， ér shì yǔ shì jiè yì qǐ chū xiàn 。”
“我的意思是鸿蒙初始，世界初生，真仙就已经存在，他们并非凡人修炼飞升，而是与世界一起出现。”
"What?" Lin Xuan was shocked: "You mean they were born with the universe?"
“ shén me ？” lín xuān dà gǎn cuò è ：“ nǐ shì shuō ， tā men shì yǔ tiān dì yì qǐ chū xiàn de ？”
“什么？”林轩大感错愕：“你是说，他们是与天地一起出现的？”
These fellows had such good luck. They were true immortals from birth.
zhè xiē jiā huo de yùn qì wèi miǎn yě tài hǎo le 。
这些家伙的运气未免也太好了。
"Indeed, it is as I said," said Grandmaster Guanghan with a nod.
shēng lái jiù shì zhēn xiān 。
生来就是真仙。
The King of the Great Whale and Grandmaster Nai Long did not refute this either; clearly, everyone knew about this secret.
“ bù cuò ， què shí shì zhè yàng de 。”
“不错，确实是这样的。”
Lin Xuan took a deep breath, digesting the hidden information. Soon his expression returned to calm: "So, the first true immortals had such origins. But what does that have to do with Asura? I still can't understand why she led阴司 creatures to massacre the spirit realm."
yī páng ， guǎng hán zhēn rén diǎn le diǎn tóu lú 。
一旁，广寒真人点了点头颅。
"Of course it has something to do with it," Lady Rain桐 said with a hint of indignation on her face: "Those true immortals were despicable and treacherous. Before the war between the spirit realm and the阴司 realm, they had already plotted a conspiracy once."
jù jīng wáng yǔ nài lóng zhēn rén yě méi yǒu fǎn bó ， xiǎn rán zhè ge mì mì ， tā men dà jiā dōu shì zhī dào de 。
巨鲸王与鼐龙真人也没有反驳，显然这个秘密，他们大家都是知道的。
"What kind of conspiracy?"
lín xuān shēn shēn hū xī 。 xiāo huà zhe tīng lái de yǐn mì ， hěn kuài tā de biǎo qíng chóng xīn píng jìng xià qù ：“ yuán lái zuì chū de zhēn xiān 。 jìng rán shì zhè yàng de lái lì ， kě zhè yǔ ā xiū luó wáng 。 yòu yǒu shén me guān xì ， wǒ hái shì xiǎng bù tōng tā wèi hé huì dài lǐng yīn sī guǐ wù ， jiāng líng jiè shā yí gè xuè liú chéng hé ？”
林轩深深呼吸。消化着听来的隐秘，很快他的表情重新平静下去：“原来最初的真仙。竟然是这样的来历，可这与阿修罗王。又有什么关系，我还是想不通她为何会带领阴司鬼物，将灵界杀一个血流成河？”
"Hmph. Now, the three realms are in continuous warfare, and many cultivators have fallen due to域外 demons. But actually, this invasion by the域外 demons is insignificant compared to that from ancient times," Lady Rain桐 said coldly.
“ dāng rán yǒu guān xì 。”
“当然有关系。”
How did we get so far off topic?
yǔ tóng xiān zi shuō dào zhè lǐ ， liǎn shàng jìng lù chū yī sī fèn mèn zhī yì ：“ nà xiē zhēn xiān ， bēi bǐ wú chǐ ， zài líng jiè yǔ yīn sī jiè dà zhàn zhī qián ， tā men jiù yǐ jīng shè jì guò yīn móu yī cì 。”
雨桐仙子说到这里，脸上竟露出一丝愤懑之意：“那些真仙，卑鄙无耻，在灵界与阴司界大战之前，他们就已经设计过阴谋一次。”
Lin Xuan was taken aback, but he had heard about the ancient invasion of the域外 demons into the three realms back in the remote past.
“ shè jì guò yīn móu ， nà shì shén me ？”
“设计过阴谋，那是什么？”
"The ancient域外 demons were much stronger than they are now. The Flying Heaven Demon Ancestor was also a genius, almost on par with Asura," Lady Rain桐 said with a wistful expression: "That time, the域外 demons invaded the three realms and fought against them. Asura once battled the Flying Heaven Demon Ancestor several times, both sides suffered heavy losses. The situation in the three realms back then was far worse than now, and that war was deliberately incited by the true immortals."
“ hēng hēng ， rú jīn sān jiè lián mián zhàn huǒ 。 hěn duō dào yǒu dōu wèi zhī yǔn luò ， dōu shì yīn wèi yù wài tiān mó ， dàn qí shí zhè yī cì yù wài tiān mó de rù qīn ， yǔ shàng gǔ zhī shí de nà yī cì xiāng bǐ ， gēn běn jiù suàn bù liǎo shén me 。” yǔ tóng xiān zi lěng lěng de shuō 。
“哼哼，如今三界连绵战火。很多道友都为之陨落，都是因为域外天魔，但其实这一次域外天魔的入侵，与上古之时的那一次相比，根本就算不了什么。”雨桐仙子冷冷的说。
"Why would the true immortals incite such a war?" Lin Xuan asked.
zhè zěn me yuè chě yuè yuǎn le 。
这怎么越扯越远了。
"Because they were afraid and jealous," Lady Rain桐 said.
lín xuān mǎn miàn cuò è ， dàn zài jí shàng gǔ de shí hòu ， yù wài tiān mó céng jīng rù qīn sān jiè ， tā dǎo shì yě yǒu tīng shuō 。
林轩满面错愕，但在极上古的时候，域外天魔曾经入侵三界，他倒是也有听说。
"Fear and jealousy?"
“ nà shí hòu de yù wài tiān mó ， yuǎn bǐ xiàn zài qiáng dà xǔ duō 。 fēi tiān mó zǔ ， yì shì jīng cái jué yàn de rén wù ， jī hū néng gòu pì měi ā xiū luó 。” yǔ tóng xiān zi de liǎn shàng lù chū yī sī miǎn huái zhī sè ：“ nà yī cì yù wài tiān mó rù qīn ， sān jiè xié shǒu kàng dí 。 ā xiū luó wáng céng yǔ fēi tiān mó zǔ dà zhàn le shù cì ， shuāng fāng sǔn shī cǎn zhòng yǐ jí ， sān jiè de jìng kuàng 。 yuǎn fēi xiàn zài kě bǐ ， ér nà yī cì de zhàn huǒ 。 jiù shì zhēn xiān yǒu yì tiǎo bō 。”
“那时候的域外天魔，远比现在强大许多。飞天魔祖，亦是惊才绝艳的人物，几乎能够媲美阿修罗。”雨桐仙子的脸上露出一丝缅怀之色：“那一次域外天魔入侵，三界携手抗敌。阿修罗王曾与飞天魔祖大战了数次，双方损失惨重以极，三界的境况。远非现在可比，而那一次的战火。就是真仙有意挑拨。”
Lin Xuan gaped in astonishment. He had never understood this before. If ordinary cultivators feared and envied true immortals, that was normal, but the reverse made no sense.
“ zhēn xiān tiǎo bō ， nà yòu shì wèi le shén me ？” lín xuān bù jiě de kāi kǒu le 。
“真仙挑拨，那又是为了什么？”林轩不解的开口了。
Why would true immortals envy beings from lower realms?
“ hái néng yǒu shén me 。 hài pà bei ， hái yǒu jí dù 。”
“还能有什么。害怕呗，还有嫉妒。”
"Hmph, what's so special about it? I have said that the first true immortals were born with the universe, possessing supreme power and eternal lifespan. They looked down on ordinary people as ants."
“ hài pà yǔ jí dù ？”
“害怕与嫉妒？”
"Ordinary people revered true immortals, but over time, with the emergence of cultivators, this situation began to change."
lín xuān chēng mù jié shé ， zài yí cì tīng dé shǎ yǎn le ， ruò shì xún cháng xiū xiān zhě hài pà jí dù zhēn xiān ， zhè hěn zhèng cháng ， kě fǎn guò lái …… jiù ràng rén wú cóng lǐ jiě le 。
林轩瞠目结舌，再一次听得傻眼了，若是寻常修仙者害怕嫉妒真仙，这很正常，可反过来……就让人无从理解了。
"The earliest cultivators were weak. To true immortals, they meant nothing; at best, they were just stronger ants."
zhēn xiān jí dù xià wèi jiè miàn de cún zài gàn shén me ？
真仙嫉妒下位界面的存在干什么？
"At that time, true immortals would sometimes help cultivators out of curiosity or interest, like giving them a scroll of cultivation techniques or some insignificant treasures..."
“ hēng ， zhè yǒu shén me hǎo xī qí de ， běn gōng yǐ jīng shuō guò ， zuì chū de zhēn xiān ， qí shí shì yǔ tiān dì yī tóng dàn shēng de ， tā men yī shēng xià lái ， jiù yōng yǒu wú shàng de shén tōng ， yǒng héng de shòu yuán ， shì xià jiè fán rén ruò lóu yǐ yì bān de cún zài 。”
“哼，这有什么好稀奇的，本宫已经说过，最初的真仙，其实是与天地一同诞生的，他们一生下来，就拥有无上的神通，永恒的寿元，视下界凡人若蝼蚁一般的存在。”
"Back then, both sides lived in peace."
“ fán rén yě wèi jù chóng bài zhēn xiān ， rán ér suí zhe shí jiān de tuī yí ， xiū xíng zhě de chū xiàn ， zhè zhǒng jú miàn què kāi shǐ gǎi biàn 。”
“凡人也畏惧崇拜真仙，然而随着时间的推移，修行者的出现，这种局面却开始改变。”
"The true immortals remained as true immortals, supreme and invincible beings."
“ zuì chū de xiū xiān zhě shì hěn ruò xiǎo de ， zài xiān rén kàn lái ， yě méi yǒu shén me liǎo bù qǐ ， guī gēn jié dǐ ， bù guò shì qiáng zhuàng yì diǎn de lóu yǐ 。”
“最初的修仙者是很弱小的，在仙人看来，也没有什么了不起，归根结底，不过是强壮一点的蝼蚁。”
"So, over the course of a million years, the three realms became more prosperous. Among them, the spirit realm, ancient demon realm, and阴司 realm were at the forefront, far surpassing other realms. Of course, there was also the域外 demon domain, but the域外 demons were strange and different from the creatures in the three realms, and they had no connection with the three realms, being seen as barren lands by true immortals."
“ nà shí hòu de zhēn xiān ， shèn zhì huì yīn wèi hào qí ， huò zhě yì si de xìng qù ， chū shǒu bāng zhù xiū xíng zhě ， bǐ rú shuō rēng gěi tā men yī juàn gōng fǎ ， huò zhě cì xià yī liǎng yàng tā men kàn lái bù qǐ yǎn de bǎo wù ……”
“那时候的真仙，甚至会因为好奇，或者意思的兴趣，出手帮助修行者，比如说扔给他们一卷功法，或者赐下一两样他们看来不起眼的宝物……”
"After a million years of development, cultivation techniques and systems became increasingly refined. The eight stages—flexible spirit, foundation establishment, condensation core, essence body, separation, division of consciousness, tribulation crossing—were established."
“ zài nà shí hòu ， shuāng fāng shì xiāng ān wú shì de 。”
“在那时候，双方是相安无事的。”
"Of course, the most remarkable was that someone proposed that reaching the peak of the tribulation stage would summon an ascension trial, and once passed, one could be reborn as a true immortal in the spirit realm."
“ zhēn xiān yī jiù shì zhēn xiān ， nǎi shì gāo gāo zài shàng de wú dí cún zài 。”
“真仙依旧是真仙，乃是高高在上的无敌存在。”
"But no one had achieved this at the time. Perhaps there was still a long period of peace between the spirit realm and the three realms. But just when things seemed peaceful, another major event occurred within the three realms."
“ jiù zhè yàng ， shí jiān yī huǎng guò le bǎi wàn nián ， sān qiān shì jiè ， yuè fā de fán róng le qǐ lái ， qí zhōng yǐ líng jiè ， gǔ mó jiè ， hái yǒu yīn sī dì fǔ jū shǒu ， yuǎn yuǎn shèng guò qí tā jiè miàn ， dāng rán ， hái yǒu tiān wài mó yù ， bù guò yù wài tiān mó guāng guài lù lí ， yǔ sān qiān shì jiè de shēng wù dà bù xiāng tóng ， ér tiān wài mó yù tóng sān qiān shì jiè yě wán quán méi yǒu lián xì ， wán quán bèi zhēn xiān shì wèi le huāng wú zhī dì 。”
“就这样，时间一晃过了百万年，三千世界，越发的繁荣了起来，其中以灵界，古魔界，还有阴司地府居首，远远胜过其他界面，当然，还有天外魔域，不过域外天魔光怪陆离，与三千世界的生物大不相同，而天外魔域同三千世界也完全没有联系，完全被真仙视为了荒芜之地。”
"What major event?"
“ jīng guò bǎi wàn nián de fā zhǎn ， xiū xiān jiè de gōng fǎ yǔ tǐ xì dōu zhú jiàn wán shàn ， líng dòng 、 zhù jī 、 níng dān 、 yuán yīng 、 lí hé 、 fēn shén ， dù jié bā gè jìng jiè bèi huà fēn le chū lái 。”
“经过百万年的发展，修仙界的功法与体系都逐渐完善，灵动、筑基、凝丹、元婴、离合、分神，渡劫八个境界被划分了出来。”
Lin Xuan was captivated by Lady Rain桐's words; who would have thought that in ancient times, so many secrets existed.
“ dāng rán ， gèng liǎo bù qǐ de shì yǐ jīng yǒu rén tí chū ， jiāng dù jié jìng jiè xiū liàn dào dà yuán mǎn ， jiù kě yǐ yǐn lái fēi shēng zhī jié ， yí dàn dù guò ， jiù kě yǐ tuō tāi huàn gǔ ， fēi shēng xiān jiè 。”
“当然，更了不起的是已经有人提出，将渡劫境界修炼到大圆满，就可以引来飞升之劫，一旦渡过，就可以脱胎换骨，飞升仙界。”
"Geniuses emerged, stars shining brightly," Lady Rain桐 said with a sense of pride: "Asura, me, Ice Soul, Demon Lord, True Demon Ancestor, the Six Kings of阴司, Nai Long, and Tian Jue Immortal—almost all the top figures in the three realms appeared during that time."
“ dāng rán ， nà shí hòu hái méi yǒu rén néng gòu zuò dào zhè yì diǎn ， yuán běn jǐn jǐn rú cǐ ， xiān jiè yǔ sān qiān shì jiè ， huò xǔ dōu hái yǒu hěn zhǎng yī duàn shí jiān ， kě yǐ xiāng ān wú shì ， kě piān piān jiù zài zhè shí ， sān jiè zhī zhōng ， yòu fā shēng le yī jiàn dà shì 。”
“当然，那时候还没有人能够做到这一点，原本仅仅如此，仙界与三千世界，或许都还有很长一段时间，可以相安无事，可偏偏就在这时，三界之中，又发生了一件大事。”
"So you are all from that period?"
“ shén me dà shì ？”
“什么大事？”
"Indeed. We were separated by no more than a thousand years. Now, ninety percent of the top cultivators in the three realms emerged within those thousand years."
lín xuān tīng dé rù mí ， shuí néng xiǎng dào shàng gǔ zhī shí ， hái yǒu zhè me duō yǐn mì 。
林轩听得入迷，谁能想到上古之时，还有这么多隐秘。
"Asura was at the forefront. Our cultivation progressed rapidly, quickly leaving our predecessors behind. Initially, the spirit realm cultivators did not pay much attention to us. But when most of us entered the tribulation stage and Asura's brilliance shone brightly without her having passed the ascension trial yet, but already showing power that made true immortals tremble."
“ tiān cái bèi chū ， qún xīng cuǐ càn 。” yǔ tóng xiān zi de liǎn shàng ， lù chū jǐ fēn ào rán de yì wèi lái ：“ ā xiū luó ， wǒ ， bīng pò ， mó zú dà tǒng lǐng ， shén me sàn xiān yāo wáng ， zhēn mó shǐ zǔ ， yīn sī liù wáng ， hái yǒu nài lóng ， tiān jué xiān zi děng xiàn zài jiào dé chū míng de sān jiè zuì dǐng jiān de cún zài ， jī hū dōu shì zài nà shí hòu ， mào le chū lái 。”
“天才辈出，群星璀璨。”雨桐仙子的脸上，露出几分傲然的意味来：“阿修罗，我，冰魄，魔族大统领，什么散仙妖王，真魔始祖，阴司六王，还有鼐龙，天绝仙子等现在叫得出名的三界最顶尖的存在，几乎都是在那时候，冒了出来。”
Lady Rain桐 said this, and Lin Xuan understood clearly in his heart; he was smart enough to figure out the implications.
“ zhè me shuō ， nǐ men quán dōu shì nà yī shí qī de rén wù ？”
“这么说，你们全都是那一时期的人物？”
Born as a true immortal.
“ bù cuò ， bǐ cǐ xiāng jù ， bú huì chāo guò qiān nián ， xiàn zài sān jiè zhōng de dǐng jí qiáng zhě ， yǒu jiǔ chéng dū shì zài nà qiān nián de guāng yīn zhī zhōng mào chū lái 。”
“不错，彼此相距，不会超过千年，现在三界中的顶级强者，有九成都是在那千年的光阴之中冒出来。”
These fellows possessed supreme power and eternal lifespan. They were used to looking down on the three realms, treating them like ants. They could tolerate the ants becoming stronger, but they could not allow ordinary people to ascend to the spirit realm and become their equals.
“ yǐ ā xiū luó wéi shǒu ， wǒ men xiū xíng dōu shí fēn xùn sù ， hěn kuài jiù jiāng qián bèi gāo shǒu yuǎn yuǎn shuǎi zài hòu miàn le ， kāi shǐ xiān jiè de nà xiē jiā huo hái méi yǒu zhè me zài yì ， zhí dào wǒ men zhōng de dà bù fèn yǐ jīng mài rù le dù jié qī ， zhí dào ā xiū luó wáng de guāng máng cuǐ càn wú bǐ ， tā hái méi yǒu dù guò fēi shēng zhī jié ， kě suǒ biǎo xiàn chū lái dì shí lì ， yǐ jīng ràng zhēn xiān men zhàn lì 。”
“以阿修罗为首，我们修行都十分迅速，很快就将前辈高手远远甩在后面了，开始仙界的那些家伙还没有这么在意，直到我们中的大部分已经迈入了渡劫期，直到阿修罗王的光芒璀璨无比，她还没有度过飞升之劫，可所表现出来地实力，已经让真仙们战栗。”
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Of course there are. If among cultivators, the best can achieve immortality, then the first true immortal should be Asura. Looking at the three thousand worlds and throughout history, no one has ever matched his speed in cultivation.
Lady Rain桐 smiled as she spoke, but when she turned her head to look at Lin Xuan, there was a profound meaning behind it: "Of course, this record is now broken. I heard that you are an ascended cultivator who went from the Separation Stage to the Tribulation Cultivation in just a few thousand years."
"Such speed has already matched Asura's back then, no, even surpassed him."
"This... It was merely luck on my part."
Lin Xuan's face showed a hint of surprise. He felt that this explanation lacked persuasiveness, but fortunately, Lady Rain桐 did not delve deeper into it and continued to speak.
"The first true immortals were not the result of cultivators' hard work; they existed from the very beginning."
"What do you mean by existing from the start?"
Lin Xuan was taken aback. The statement was indeed too vague.
"I mean that in the primordial era, when the world was born, the true immortals already existed. They did not ascend through cultivation like ordinary people; they appeared alongside the world."
"What?" Lin Xuan was shocked: "You mean they were born with the universe?"
These fellows had such good luck. They were true immortals from birth.
"Indeed, it is as I said," said Grandmaster Guanghan with a nod.
The King of the Great Whale and Grandmaster Nai Long did not refute this either; clearly, everyone knew about this secret.
Lin Xuan took a deep breath, digesting the hidden information. Soon his expression returned to calm: "So, the first true immortals had such origins. But what does that have to do with Asura? I still can't understand why she led阴司 creatures to massacre the spirit realm."
"Of course it has something to do with it," Lady Rain桐 said with a hint of indignation on her face: "Those true immortals were despicable and treacherous. Before the war between the spirit realm and the阴司 realm, they had already plotted a conspiracy once."
"What kind of conspiracy?"
"Hmph. Now, the three realms are in continuous warfare, and many cultivators have fallen due to域外 demons. But actually, this invasion by the域外 demons is insignificant compared to that from ancient times," Lady Rain桐 said coldly.
How did we get so far off topic?
Lin Xuan was taken aback, but he had heard about the ancient invasion of the域外 demons into the three realms back in the remote past.
"The ancient域外 demons were much stronger than they are now. The Flying Heaven Demon Ancestor was also a genius, almost on par with Asura," Lady Rain桐 said with a wistful expression: "That time, the域外 demons invaded the three realms and fought against them. Asura once battled the Flying Heaven Demon Ancestor several times, both sides suffered heavy losses. The situation in the three realms back then was far worse than now, and that war was deliberately incited by the true immortals."
"Why would the true immortals incite such a war?" Lin Xuan asked.
"Because they were afraid and jealous," Lady Rain桐 said.
"Fear and jealousy?"
Lin Xuan gaped in astonishment. He had never understood this before. If ordinary cultivators feared and envied true immortals, that was normal, but the reverse made no sense.
Why would true immortals envy beings from lower realms?
"Hmph, what's so special about it? I have said that the first true immortals were born with the universe, possessing supreme power and eternal lifespan. They looked down on ordinary people as ants."
"Ordinary people revered true immortals, but over time, with the emergence of cultivators, this situation began to change."
"The earliest cultivators were weak. To true immortals, they meant nothing; at best, they were just stronger ants."
"At that time, true immortals would sometimes help cultivators out of curiosity or interest, like giving them a scroll of cultivation techniques or some insignificant treasures..."
"Back then, both sides lived in peace."
"The true immortals remained as true immortals, supreme and invincible beings."
"So, over the course of a million years, the three realms became more prosperous. Among them, the spirit realm, ancient demon realm, and阴司 realm were at the forefront, far surpassing other realms. Of course, there was also the域外 demon domain, but the域外 demons were strange and different from the creatures in the three realms, and they had no connection with the three realms, being seen as barren lands by true immortals."
"After a million years of development, cultivation techniques and systems became increasingly refined. The eight stages—flexible spirit, foundation establishment, condensation core, essence body, separation, division of consciousness, tribulation crossing—were established."
"Of course, the most remarkable was that someone proposed that reaching the peak of the tribulation stage would summon an ascension trial, and once passed, one could be reborn as a true immortal in the spirit realm."
"But no one had achieved this at the time. Perhaps there was still a long period of peace between the spirit realm and the three realms. But just when things seemed peaceful, another major event occurred within the three realms."
"What major event?"
Lin Xuan was captivated by Lady Rain桐's words; who would have thought that in ancient times, so many secrets existed.
"Geniuses emerged, stars shining brightly," Lady Rain桐 said with a sense of pride: "Asura, me, Ice Soul, Demon Lord, True Demon Ancestor, the Six Kings of阴司, Nai Long, and Tian Jue Immortal—almost all the top figures in the three realms appeared during that time."
"So you are all from that period?"
"Indeed. We were separated by no more than a thousand years. Now, ninety percent of the top cultivators in the three realms emerged within those thousand years."
"Asura was at the forefront. Our cultivation progressed rapidly, quickly leaving our predecessors behind. Initially, the spirit realm cultivators did not pay much attention to us. But when most of us entered the tribulation stage and Asura's brilliance shone brightly without her having passed the ascension trial yet, but already showing power that made true immortals tremble."
Lady Rain桐 said this, and Lin Xuan understood clearly in his heart; he was smart enough to figure out the implications.
Born as a true immortal.
These fellows possessed supreme power and eternal lifespan. They were used to looking down on the three realms, treating them like ants. They could tolerate the ants becoming stronger, but they could not allow ordinary people to ascend to the spirit realm and become their equals.
PS: There will be another update tonight, and the ancient mysteries are about to be revealed step by step. Lin Xuan's background and Asura's past will gradually come to light. Please continue supporting *The Refinement of a Thousand Trials*. (To be continued...)