Tianjizi’s response was an answer in name only. Yet, every cultivator knows that the Ascension stage is effectively the threshold of immortality. At this level, one can choose to ascend to the Immortal Realm at any moment, though doing so is fraught with peril.
It is said that the higher one’s cultivation at the Ascension stage, the higher one’s starting point upon reaching the Immortal Realm. Furthermore, one’s cultivation level at this stage directly impacts one’s innate potential in the Immortal Realm. Therefore, unless absolutely forced, most strive to reach the Late Ascension or Grand Ascension Perfection stage before ascending. However, the resources required for such a feat are incredibly difficult to come by.
Yet, since Tianjizi mentioned a dragon vein, the problem was largely solved. In ancient times, the Linglong Realm possessed a dragon vein capable of sustaining Ascension-stage cultivators all the way to Grand Ascension Perfection. Such a vein creates its own domain, often called a "Small Immortal Realm," though it was shattered during the great war of antiquity.
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