After repelling the swarm of bugs, Li Xi went to handle the aftermath, while Lin Qianxuan was instructed to come to his office.

The three Guest Elders from the Spirit Qi World were also waiting here.

The leader of them performed a salute to Lin Qianxuan, then introduced himself: “I am Yi Lihao, and these two are my disciples, Kong Shengquan and Chi Qiushui.”

“Junior Lin Qianxuan greets the three seniors.” Lin Qianxuan also cupped his fists in a courtesy salute.

Kong Shengquan and Chi Qiushui nodded and returned the salute to Lin Qianxuan, adopting a very humble attitude.

“Young friend, you have already reached the half-step Entering Dao Realm at such a young age. Truly, your talent is extraordinary,” Yi Lihao remarked with emotion.

“I am fortunate to have some destiny, but I am not comparable to you, seniors,” Lin Qianxuan replied.

“You are humble, young friend,” Yi Lihao shook his head and said, “Entering the Dao is not something one can achieve merely by luck. Countless individuals have been blocked at this checkpoint, unable to achieve longevity.”

“Senior Yi, how powerful were the three bugs from the alien race?” Lin Qianxuan asked.

This development was somewhat different from the game’s simulation, and Lin Qianxuan had inadvertently drawn attention to himself, so he wanted to inquire about the strength of those three bugs. In case the opponents sought revenge in the future, he needed the ability to arm-wrestle with them.

“Just at the realm of Moving Mountains!” Yi Lihao shook his head.

There are indeed differences between Dao Realms, and they can be significant.

The strength gap between someone who has just entered the Dao Realm and someone at the Peak is a hundredfold, if not more.

Lin Qianxuan had learned from the Human Dao about the classification of Dao Realms in the Spirit Qi World.

In the Spirit Qi World, the Dao Realm is divided into three stages, each with two sub-realm levels.

The small Dao Realm: [Moving Mountains], [Sea Covering].

The middle Dao Realm: [Star], [Vertical Light].

The upper Dao Realm: [True Thought], [Profound Longevity].

These six realms are all described according to the characteristics of the Dao Realm.

For example, Moving Mountains means truly being able to move mountains, Sea Covering means being able to overturn the sea, and Star means playing with the stars within one’s grasp.

Beyond that, Vertical Light denotes traveling at light speed, True Thought seems to be the union of soul and body, where Divine Thought possesses the power of the flesh, and the flesh possesses the power of Divine Thought, enabling one to easily move mountains and overturn seas with a mere thought, and Profound Longevity means living for over a million years.

Those three bugs are just at the level of newly entering the Dao Realm. Although strong, based on Lin Qianxuan’s own estimation, they are roughly under a trillion in Interference Value.

Purely in terms of destructive power, they could destroy a city, but achieving destruction on a Continent Level would require considerable effort.

From this perspective, there’s really no need to worry too much.

After all, once this String of Destiny is completed, he should be able to directly reach the [Star] realm of the middle Dao Realm.

Saying he could crush these bugs wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

However, he must be cautious of the world behind them—what if they have more powerful experts supporting them?

“Senior, what is your realm?” Lin Qianxuan asked.

“Sadly, with limited talent, I have just entered the Sea Covering Realm.” Yi Lihao said.

Though he spoke humbly, it was clear he felt somewhat proud.

Lin Qianxuan roughly understood in his heart that this level of power should hold a certain status even in the Spirit Qi World.

He had heard from the Human Dao that the Spirit Qi World is special, with even Constant Star Level experts existing, and thought that the world was filled with Dao Realm experts, while Celestial Ranks were as common as dogs.

Now it seems, Dao Realms are still exceptional, holding ground in every world.

Subsequently, Lin Qianxuan continued talking with Yi Lihao for a while to understand some information about his joining the Otherworld Bureau.

He joined as a Guest Elder in the Otherworld Bureau after the disaster brought by the Dragon Head.

He doesn’t usually stay on Earth as the spiritual energy is too sparse there.

He only occasionally helps on Earth when there is a need or to lend support; unless necessary, he doesn’t make a move.

Making a move requires a separate cost.

In the simulated future of the game, he and Lin Qianxuan actually had no interactions.

After all, at that time, Lin Qianxuan hadn’t reached half-step Entering Dao.

Not having taken this step meant that to someone existing in the Dao Realm, he was a mere mortal, lacking the necessity for much interaction.

However, now he was showing a bit more warmth.

Lin Qianxuan’s life force was vibrant, and reaching half-step Entering Dao at such a young age meant his future achievements would undoubtedly be no lower than the middle Dao Realm.

If not to befriend him now, then when?

“Young friend, you may have reached half-step Entering Dao, but I observe that your body and soul still lack refinement. Here is a Supreme Profound Essence Pill that should save you several years of grinding,” Yi Lihao said.

As he spoke, he also took out an elixir emanating spiritual energy fluctuations and handed it to Lin Qianxuan.

The pill was adorned with intricate pill formations, its color was crystal clear and exquisite; just with one glance, Lin Qianxuan knew it was a good thing.

Moreover, it was better than those Nine Revolutions Elixirs he had.

“How could I accept this?” Lin Qianxuansaid, though his hand naturally took it, and courteously added, “In that case, I won’t stand on ceremony. Thank you, senior.”

Lin Qianxuan was never one to easily refuse someone investing in him.

This is about making friends, so why refuse?

“Hahaha… Young friend, you have a candid personality; on the path to seeking the Dao, you will certainly encounter fewer obstacles.” Yi Lihao laughed, then said, “Young friend, I still have some matters to attend to, so let’s chat another time. Until our next meeting, I hope you have already entered the Dao Realm.”

“Farewell, senior!” Lin Qianxuan rose and cupped his hands.

Yi Lihao also gave a slight salute, his two disciples bowed, and then the three of them left.

Lin Qianxuan resumed his seat and took out the elixir for a closer look.

His eyes flashed with a red light, already having seen the outcome displayed by the Fate Marks upon consuming the pill.

Upon consuming this pill, he would be able to officially break through to the Dao Realm, increasing his strength by tenfold.

An absolute qualitative change!

But this is not the place to take the elixir, let’s talk about it when we go back.

Lin Qianxuan put away the elixir, took out his phone and watched a video for a while, suddenly the space around him warped and he appeared in the Human Dao space.

The six Town Guardians of Earth gathered here again, Jiang Mengli waved to Lin Qianxuan and said, “Come over.”

Lin Qianxuan obediently walked over, and a chair suddenly appeared beside Jiang Mengli, leaving him a bit dazed.

Previously he had to stand when he came here.

“Sit, why are you standing?” Jiang Mengli said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qianxuan finally sat down.

He looked at the others in the area and seemed to have an understanding in his heart, it seemed that now he also had the qualification to sit here.

After Lin Qianxuan sat down, Li Xi spoke: “The filtering barrier of the world array is about to fail, or more accurately, the world array itself is about to fail.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone’s face changed drastically except for Jiang Mengli.

The Earth’s world array always had a filtering barrier, originally crafted by the Dragon Head, as a protective mechanism to ensure that certain levels of formidable beings couldn’t invade Earth.

Outside the war zones, no transmigrators above the Fifth Heaven status appear due to this function.

The former filtering barrier even prevented beings of the Status Level from entering Earth, only allowing those below that level to be honed in the war zones for the next generation.

This is why Earth’s ordinary people were always kept in the dark about the matters of the extraordinary world.

However, with the Dragon Head’s departure, the world array lacked maintenance, and the filtering barrier gradually weakened, leading to numerous transmigrators appearing outside of the war zones, and invading beings’ power level increasing, even to the extent that Celestial Rank and Lower Dao Realm beings could directly travel here.

“Is it complete failure?” Zainab asked.

“Yes, the Human Dao’s feedback indicates it can only help maintain for at most another half year, by then, not to mention the filtering barrier, even the world array might not hold.” Li Xi said.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

This means Earth may become a stage of rampant chaos thereafter.

Whether it’s the Celestial Rank, Lower Dao Realm, or even Middle Dao Realm and Upper Dao Realm beings could directly cross over.

Any Lower Dao Realm being, once they start a battle, the destruction caused to Earth would be immeasurable, not to mention the Middle Dao Realm and Upper Dao Realm above them.

“Does this mean there are still six months for Earth? That’s enough!” Jiang Mengli suddenly said.

Li Xi looked at Jiang Mengli and said, “The Dao injuries you left behind haven’t healed, there’s no need to push yourself to break through, we have a second plan, you are our key, with you, we can reclaim it sooner or later.”

“What second plan? If it weren’t for me being forcibly sealed by the Dragon Head back then, I wouldn’t have avoided the battle. If I used my divine power to counter the outer realm supreme, he wouldn’t have been banished so easily! Anyway, I won’t run this time! It’s just a Great Dao Realm, whatever he could do, I have no reason not to!” Jiang Mengli said angrily.

Upon hearing this, everyone else became somewhat silent.

Only Lin Qianxuan appeared somewhat bewildered.

But he could deduce some information.

That is, Li Xi and the others prepared two plans, if the situation went wrong, they would choose to strategically retreat?

Also, Jiang Mengli, during the battle when the Dragon Head was banished, seemed to have been sealed by the Dragon Head, did not fully participate in the battle, and was injured in that battle.

Lin Qianxuan did not have much information or high strength, so he did not interject from start to finish.

Soon, their conversation ended, and they all left, leaving only Lin Qianxuan and Jiang Mengli.

Jiang Mengli nodded and praised Lin Qianxuan: “Your cultivation has improved quickly, not bad.”

Under normal circumstances, Lin Qianxuan’s speed of cultivation is more than just good? It’s practically soaring!

In less than a year, he walked a path that took others thousands of years, whoever saw this would call it defying destiny.

“Sister Jiang… Sister, are you injured?” Lin Qianxuan asked with some concern.

“A small problem, it’s almost resolved, by then I can directly enter the Great Dao, just like the former Dragon Head, suppress countless petty foes with a single hand, and protect the peace of Earth.” Jiang Mengli said indifferently.

“Directly enter the Great Dao?”

Lin Qianxuan blinked, apparently finding it somewhat unbelievable.

Beyond the Dao Realm, is the Realm of the Great Dao.

Not the small, middle, and upper realms in the Dao Realm, but another qualitative change.

According to the Human Dao’s description, it is the end of cultivation, truly having limitless lifespan, with a thought able to eternally alter the rules of the world.

Even an initial entry into the Great Dao, purely in terms of energy level, can be considered a Constant Star Level life form.

“Sister Jiang, are you that strong?” Lin Qianxuan questioned.

Why did what Jiang Mengli said seem different from how he perceived her situation in front of him?

He felt Jiang Mengli was at most in the Sea Covering realm of the Lower Dao Realm.

Jiang Mengli slowly explained, “My true body was seriously injured in that past great battle, recovering in the Spirit Qi World without being able to move an inch, what you and they saw was merely an external true thought manifestation of mine, but since it’s already crossing worlds, maintaining this manifestation is also a considerable burden for me, generally, I won’t reveal it on Earth for long periods.”

“I see…..”

Lin Qianxuan suddenly understood, no wonder the description of Jiang Mengli by others seemed a bit different from his own perception of her.

Back then Jiang Mengli was taught as a personal disciple by the Dragon Head, she must have had extraordinary qualities, the Dragon Head was a cultivator of the Great Dao Realm, while she was just an ordinary Lower Dao Realm, how could it be otherwise?

If Jiang Mengli could indeed break through to the Great Dao Realm, would this prove her cultivation had already reached the Peak of the Dao Realm?

This is the strongest forgotten elder of the last version!

Although she was significantly weakened by the version updates, just a cross-world true thought manifestation still possesses such power!!!

“I feel you’re thinking of some disrespectful things, don’t you know my spiritual sense is strong?” Jiang Mengli said to Lin Qianxuan with a blank expression.

“I was just admiring Sister Jiang’s realm and strength.” Lin Qianxuan waved his hand.

“Rest assured, just cultivate well, no matter what happens, I’m here for you!” Jiang Mengli stood up and said firmly to Lin Qianxuan.

Looking at Jiang Mengli’s back, Lin Qianxuan’s originally uneasy heart calmed down instantly, vaguely, Lin Qianxuan seemed to feel the shadow of the former Dragon Head.

Was he also protecting the younger generation that way back then?

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