Terran Guardian - Chapter 3737

Chapter 3713 The Unshakeable Human Race

The next day.

Fu Tian came alone to pay his respects.

“Your Excellency!”

“How is the matter I entrusted to you progressing?”

“Reporting to Your Excellency, all the low-grade and mid-grade immortal sources are here, but the high-grade immortal sources are still difficult to find. The Chamber of Commerce is now searching with all its might, and I hope Your Excellency can give me some more time!”

Fu Tian presented a storage ring with both hands, his tone extremely respectful.

Shen Changqing scanned it with his divine sense, and the storage ring immediately disappeared.

There were quite a few low-grade and mid-grade immortal sources among them, but there were no high-grade immortal sources.

However,

Shen Changqing also understood that high-grade immortal sources were rare, and even if the Heavenly Chamber of Commerce had some resources, it would not be easy to find them.

This result was within his expectations.

“Continue to track down the immortal sources, but don’t push too hard. Besides the immortal sources, I have another matter that I need you to do.”

“Please give your orders, Your Excellency!”

Fu Tian secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and then said.

Shen Changqing said, “I want you to find semi-saint level rare and precious materials, the more the better.

Also, semi-saint level elixirs are acceptable, mainly for restoring immortal power.

This is four hundred million high-grade immortal stones, temporarily used for collecting rare and precious materials and elixirs!”

After saying this,

Shen Changqing took out a storage ring and handed it directly to Fu Tian.

Rare and precious materials!

Semi-saint elixirs!

The purpose of collecting these things is self-evident.

The Soul-Destroying Sword is currently Shen Changqing’s most useful trump card against semi-saints, but the biggest problem with such a trump card is its unsustainability.

With Shen Changqing’s current strength, a full-force activation of the Soul-Destroying Sword is enough to kill a nine-tribulation semi-saint.

But—

after one sword strike, immortal power is depleted, resulting in a significant loss of strength.

If he could obtain enough rare and precious materials and elixirs, then Shen Changqing could emulate his battle in the Chaotic Void Sea.

Although Shen Changqing himself was also seriously injured in that battle.

However…

Such injuries would take an ordinary Immortal Emperor countless years to heal, but for Shen Changqing, recovery was not difficult.

The problem lay in the fact that

while Shen Changqing possessed immense resources, ordinary Immortal Emperor-level pills had limited effect; only Half-Saint-level pills would work.

However, this presented another challenge: refining Half-Saint pills required an eighth-tier Grandmaster of Alchemy.

Grandmasters of this level were rare, and collecting such pills was no easy feat.

Upon hearing this, Fu Tian nodded and said in a deep voice, “Your subordinate obeys!”

“Go!”

Shen Changqing waved his hand, dismissing Fu Tian.

Afterwards,

he traveled to the myriad universes via the Tai Xu Yin Yang Array.

Millions of years had passed.

The myriad universes had developed considerably.

A third-tier universe was far superior to a first-tier universe. Even though the myriad universes were among the weakest of the third-tier universes, their resources were not to be underestimated.

It should be noted that

a third-tier universe

could already accommodate Immortal Emperor-level powerhouses.

In this universe, the Great Dao manifests. For cultivators with the same cultivation aptitude, breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm in a third-tier universe is undoubtedly much easier than in a first-tier universe.

Although

the lower realms of the third tier are still far inferior to upper realms like the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm,

the cultivation environment of the myriad universes today is incomparable to what it once was.

Over millions of years,

the number of Immortal Kings has greatly increased.

The situation where the myriad universes were severely damaged by the Great Calamity, resulting in the fall of most Immortal Kings, has been fully recovered, and some have even advanced further.

Moreover,   more than one cultivator

above the Immortal King level has broken through to the Ancient Immortal Realm.   To put it bluntly,   in terms of overall strength,   the myriad universes are now more than twice as powerful as they were before the Great Calamity.   However, due to the third-tier nature of the universes, very few Ancient Immortals who break through ascend to the upper realms, choosing instead to continue cultivating in the lower realms.   After all,   the main reason for ascending to the upper realms   is simply to seek opportunities for further advancement.   The lower universes have extremely low upper limits, especially first-tier universes. Breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm is the limit; further advancement is impossible.   In such cases, ascension to the upper realm is the only option.   Otherwise,   lifespan will run out   , leaving only a quiet death.   But things are different now.   The upper limit of third-tier universes points directly to the Immortal Emperor’s limit, even enough to break through to the Half-Saint Realm before needing to ascend to the upper realm.   Before that, there are no restrictions.   Although the upper realm has extremely high upper limits and abundant cultivation resources, the problem is that powerful individuals are concentrated there, and the dangers are immeasurable.   In today’s universes, breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm makes one a regional overlord, ranking among the pinnacle of power.   Ascending to the upper realm makes even an Ancient Immortal merely average.   Better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.   This is the choice of most cultivators.   Who would risk ascension unless absolutely necessary?   Of course—   nothing is absolute. There is a small group of cultivators with higher aspirations, unwilling to remain in one place, seeking faster breakthroughs.   At that time…   Ascending to the upper realms is undoubtedly the best option.   However, the vast majority of cultivators, after breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, prefer to remain in the myriad universes.   This   naturally leads to a significant increase in the strength of the myriad universes.   However,   Shen Changqing didn’t pay much attention to this.

Although the current power of the myriad universes has increased significantly, in his eyes, their foundation is still too shallow; the so-called ancient immortals are no different from ants.

Even if one day a Celestial Emperor were to emerge from the myriad universes, their actual role would be extremely limited.

The reason Shen Changqing is willing to invest resources now is that he hopes the myriad universes will one day become his fallback.

As for whether this lower universe will truly play a role, perhaps it will be possible in the future.

But no one can estimate the timeframe.

However, Shen Changqing is certain of one thing: this timeframe will definitely not be short.

Shen Changqing’s main purpose in returning to the myriad universes this time is to throw all the immortal sources here and then nurture them to cultivate immortal veins. Shen Changqing did not forcibly nurture

these immortal sources

; he simply let them scatter throughout the myriad universes and allow them to slowly evolve on their own.

Even so, the appearance of a large number of immortal sources has significantly increased the immortal energy of the entire myriad universes.

The powerful beings of various races keenly perceived this and understood the situation.

“The concentration of immortal energy has increased; it seems to be that person’s doing again. But this isn’t the only time. Just how many more immortal veins have appeared in the entire universe?”

Many cultivators were tempted by this.

They dared not touch the immortal veins.

After all, the immortal veins were the foundation of the entire universe. To recklessly excavate them would inevitably incur the wrath of Heaven and bring down divine punishment.

Moreover,

if this news were to leak out and reach the Evergreen Immortal Emperor, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore,

even the top-tier divine races dared not harbor any improper thoughts about the immortal veins.

But—

the immortal veins were forbidden.

However, the immortal mines born from the immortal veins were enough to tempt many forces.

Let alone mid-grade immortal mines, even low-grade immortal mines would greatly enhance the foundation of any force that could obtain them.

Previously, many immortal mines in the entire universe had been divided up by various forces. Even in the most remote star systems, the existence of immortal mines could not escape the notice of other forces.

After all, there are generally two reasons for the formation of immortal mines.

The first is that they exist as companion immortal mines, nurtured by immortal veins.

The second is that immortal energy is abundant in a certain place, accumulating over a long period of time, eventually forming what is called an immortal mine.

Given the current state of the universe, the possibility of the second type of immortal mine formation is almost nonexistent.

The reason is simple:

the foundation of the universe is too shallow.

The time taken to advance from a first-order universe to a third-order universe is too short; it was entirely Shen Changqing’s attempt to force growth.

Millions of years are insufficient to truly nurture immortal mines through the accumulation of immortal energy alone.

The second method of nurturing immortal mines would require at least hundreds of millions of years.

Therefore,

the immortal mines in the universe currently exist as companion immortal mines.

Where immortal veins are located, immortal energy is bound to be abundant.

As long as one searches in the direction of abundant immortal energy, one can find the location of the immortal mine.

Now that immortal energy is rising, many forces are moving in response, wanting to find newly formed immortal mines to enhance their own power.

Shen Changqing ignores these matters.

In the vast universe, countless races coexist, making peaceful development among all races an impossible dream.

The conflicts between these races are never truly over.

However, this time is different.

Previously, humanity, as one of the myriad races, could not remain uninvolved; the conflicts naturally involved humanity itself.

But now, things are different.

First, Shen Changqing emerged, followed by the establishment of the Eternal Immortal Court, propelling humanity to its zenith.

Although still part of the myriad races, humanity now reigns supreme, a truly dominant force.

Even amidst the conflicts, no one dares to provoke humanity.

After all,

humanity is not to be trifled with.

All races understand that anyone who dares to attack humanity will face the wrath of the Immortal Emperor Changqing.

Moreover,

even without Shen Changqing’s presence, humanity is now beyond the reach of other forces.

This is because humanity possesses the most powerful individuals of all races, without exception.

The sheer number of ancient immortal realms alone is almost equivalent to that of all the myriad races in the heavens.

Therefore,

from any perspective, the human race is an existence not to be trifled with.

This

is beyond doubt.

Therefore,

in Shen Changqing’s view, even though the myriad races are constantly at war, the impact on the human race is extremely limited.

Unless one day he unexpectedly perishes, and the entire human race’s strength is greatly diminished, losing its current prestige, then that would be a different story.

Otherwise,

the human race is destined to be unshakeable.

Under such circumstances, Shen Changqing naturally will not interfere too much in the affairs of the myriad races.

The strong live, the weak perish!

This is an unchanging truth.

Competition among the myriad races is not entirely a bad thing.

At least, in Shen Changqing’s view, that is the case.