Even though Hu Lie had already declared his intent to assist Chu Mo as much as he could now, in hopes that Chu Mo would help the Tiger Clan in the future once he became powerful, this was a sort of investment for Hu Lie. It seemed that with this, Chu Mo could justifiably accept Hu Lie's assistance, but Chu Mo didn't want to owe him too much either!

Hu Lie might be magnanimous and enthusiastic, but Chu Mo couldn't be carefree inside.

Owing too much to someone could eventually lead to massive karma, and no matter when, the thoughts at the bottom of his heart would never be fully clear.

"After thoroughly completing the Foundation Establishment, for a long time afterward, things will be relatively easy." Hu Lie said, "Following the Foundation Establishment is the Elixir Holding phase. This phase is pretty much easier. What your Foundation symbolizes will determine what kind of golden elixir you'll form. Infuse all your power into the golden elixir, and you'd have unimaginable might. The peak of the golden elixir phase is breaking through to the Primordial Infant."

"Elixir turns into infant... that's the second lifespan of a cultivator!" Hu Lie stated. "In the Spirit Realm, the Primordial Infant phase is a tipping point where you can ascend to immortality."

A look of longing appeared on Chu Mo's face.

Hu Lie continued, "At the Primordial Infant phase, if you cross the tribulation successfully, you ascend to the Immortal Realm. If you continue cultivating, you can enter the Spirit Refining phase—the Spirit Refining phase is when you can create a second Primordial Spirit, forming your true second body!"

"A second body?" Chu Mo glanced at Hu Lie.

"Correct, this sort of second body is entirely different from the one in the Foundation Establishment phase. If you can find the body of a deceased immortal and refine it into your second body, your second body could even surpass your original body in strength, possessing unimaginable power!" Memory glinted in Hu Lie's eyes. "I once saw a cultivator at the Spirit Refining stage whose second body was actually the body of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. The power of the body was simply unimaginably strong!"

"Since a second body is so powerful, why not just focus on cultivating it then?" Chu Mo asked.

"Good question!" Hu Lie chuckled, "Although the second body can be cultivated, the speed is significantly slower than the original body. Furthermore, the resources it consumes during cultivation are far more substantial, so it's not worth it."

"I see..." Chu Mo nodded.

"After the Spirit Refining phase comes the Mahayana stage!" Hu Lie declared, "In the Immortal Realm, the Mahayana cultivators are considered top-tier practitioners. They have reached another critical point, above which lies the Ascendency phase."

"Ascending to the Heavenly Realm?" Chu Mo asked.

Hu Lie nodded, "Right, during the Ascendency phase, you will face a huge Heavenly Tribulation. This tribulation is extremely terrifying—if you fail, you will be utterly obliterated. Therefore, even the Heavenly Genius of the Heavenly Realm doesn't dare to be careless when facing the great Heavenly Tribulation during Ascendency."

"Then... what about the Heavenly Realm?" Chu Mo looked at Hu Lie, "Do the cultivators in the Heavenly Realm face tribulations during their Primordial Infant and Ascendency phases?"

Hu Lie shook his head slowly.

"That's really unfair..." Chu Mo shook his head with a bitter smile.

"You're wrong... it is actually very fair!" Hu Lie sighed, "Although the so-called Heavenly Tribulation seems like an obstacle, isn't it also a way of tempering cultivators? The cultivators of the Spirit Realm, who cultivate spirit energy, will certainly not be as good as cultivators in the Immortal Realm or the Heavenly Realm at the same stage. However, once they cross the Heavenly Tribulation, the energy within their bodies undergoes a qualitative transformation."

"So, in the end, they're just like the cultivators from the Heavenly Realm..." Chu Mo said.

"This is already the fairest it can be." Hu Lie looked at Chu Mo, "Can you expect the child of an emperor and the child of a beggar to start from the same line?"

Chu Mo was stunned, then shook his head.

"That settles it, doesn't it? Where in this world can you find absolute fairness?" Hu Lie curled his lips, "Moreover, even if you are born in the Heavenly Realm, if you don't work hard, you'll still be a weakling! Wait until you reach the Heavenly Realm one day, and you'll find that there are countless inborn weaklings there…"

"Inborn… weaklings…" Chu Mo's lips twitched.

Hu Lie said, "The Dao Energy in the Heavenly Realm, if cultivated casually for a few years, it's hard not to reach the innate stage!"

"Alright... so getting reincarnated requires skills..." Chu Mo rolled his eyes, "Talk about the Heavenly Realm."

"After entering Ascendency and proceeding to the Heavenly Realm, above Ascendency is the Great Luo Golden Immortal. Now, you understand how crazy that Spirit Refining stage guy I met was, right? He was so lucky to find a body of a Great Luo Golden Immortal." As Hu Lie talked, he seemed to be veering off the topic again.

"Stay on topic." Chu Mo reminded him.

"Above the Great Luo Golden Immortal stage is Heavenly Immortal, and above Heavenly Immortal... is True Immortal. A True Immortal... is a ruler!" Hu Lie looked at Chu Mo, "Now you understand, you still have a long way to go, don't you?"

Chu Mo weakly asked, "What's above the ruler?"

Hu Lie said indignantly, "Don't aim too high, young man!" Yet, he went on to explain to Chu Mo, "Above the emperor, there is the supreme, the strongest throughout ten thousand ages!"

"You just said, refining the entire body and blood, combined with the Five Elements Dao base, could possibly surpass the supreme..." Chu Mo looked at Hu Lie.

With a somewhat helpless expression, Hu Lie looked at Chu Mo, "Well, this is only a legend. There's a saying popular in the Heavenly Realm. If anyone could truly accomplish these three things, then they might just grasp the Wheel of Fate, and achieve the legendary... Emperor Realm that has only existed in tales throughout millennia!"

"Just a legend?" Chu Mo muttered.

Hu Lie nodded, "Just a legend."

"Alright, then. I'll strive towards becoming the supreme for now!" Chu Mo stated seriously.

"HAHAHAHAHA..." Unable to contain himself, Hu Lie burst into laughter, "I do like your innocent foolishness."

"..." Chu Mo gave Hu Lie a troubled look.

Hu Lie continued, "If one day, you become the Heavenly Realm's emperor, you'd have more than enough ability and qualifications to protect my Tiger Clan!"

"Brother, what realm are you at now?" Chu Mo suddenly asked.

Hu Lie glanced at Chu Mo and chuckled lightly, "Well, brother, I'm... I'm at the Ascension Stage!"

"Doesn't that mean, if you were to enter the Immortal Realm now... you'd practically sweep across it!" Chu Mo looked at Hu Lie as he spoke.

"Indeed!" Grunted Hu Lie as he looked at Chu Mo proudly. The expression on his face read: Boy, now you understand just how powerful your big brother is. Hurry up and worship me!

Chu Mo murmured to himself, "Well, you aren't even a Daluo Golden Immortal... nothing special about that really..."

Thud…

There was a muffled sound beside him as Hu Lie faceplanted onto the ground, looking sorrowfully at Chu Mo.

A powerful being at the Ascension Stage had just been scorned by a youth at the Iron-blooded stage, wouldn't it be absurd if there were something even more ridiculous in the world?

"Don't you feel insulted?" Hu Lie looked at Chu Mo, trying to save face.

"I'm still young!" Chu Mo replied with an innocent look at Hu Lie.

"I'm not old either!" Hu Lie shouted angrily, "Do you think I am hundreds of years old?"

"Are you not?" Chu Mo blinked slowly.

"Just like the Elf Clan, we Beast Clan members are considered adults at 300 years old, equivalent to 18 for you humans!" Hu Lie rolled his eyes as he spoke.

"So how old are you this year?" Chu Mo asked.

"Four hundred and twenty years old!" Hu Lie scoffed, "I'm only equivalent to a 20-year-old human!"

"Still hundreds of years old..."

"Twenty!"

"Hundreds of years old!"

"Twenty!"

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