The struggle lasted for ten thousand years before it finally stabilized. Of course, because Earth and the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm are not of the same world, there is a difference in time; one year on Earth is merely one day in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm.
This time discrepancy is quite mysterious. It doesn’t mean that if a person from Earth spends a day in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, it feels like a year has passed on Earth. In fact, one day on Earth is equivalent to one day in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, with no perceptible difference. However, if one frequently traverses between the two realms, the difference in time becomes apparent.
In the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, tens of thousands of years ago, it was indeed similar to what was recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas on Earth. At that time, the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm was still a relatively primitive and wild world. With the arrival of practitioners from Earth and other Great Thousand Worlds or blessed lands over the years, the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm became extremely prosperous.
The woman’s real name is Shan Ba Mei. She was once a disciple of Elder Yaochi from the Kunlun Immortal Sect. More than four years ago in Earth’s timeline, the Kunlun Immortal Sect had already established itself in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, moving the entire Kunlun Celestial Mansion into this realm.
Shan Ba Mei also entered the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm but fell in love with a man from another sect during an external trial. They even had a child together. This incident enraged her master, Elder Yaochi, who brought Shan Ba Mei back to Earth and sealed her beneath a high-altitude ice mountain.
Subsequently, due to the outpouring of Spiritual Energy from Earth and several unscrupulous individuals extracting the Spiritual Veins, Earth became an uncultivatable wasteland for cultivation. As a result, some powerful beings set up great formations to seal off the passage between Earth and the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm.
Only the Seven Divine Artifacts and the Shuangyue Jade Pendant were left behind as a glimmer of hope for future generations on Earth. If after tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, Earth's Spiritual Veins were to regenerate and give birth to strong practitioners, they would naturally reopen the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm Gate to re-enter.
Jiang Chen found this explanation somewhat laughable. Some cultivators were truly shameless; they had even taken away Earth's Spiritual Veins. Without Spiritual Veins, there could be no substantial Spiritual Energy generated. Without Spiritual Energy, how could one talk about cultivating? The idea that Earth's Spiritual Veins could regenerate was nothing short of a fantasy. The birth of a Spiritual Vein requires favorable conditions over millions of years; given Earth's current state, it would take at least one hundred million years for another Spiritual Vein to form.
One hundred million years is an exceedingly long time even for those in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm who experience one day for every year on Earth. Now that tens of thousands of years have passed on Earth, although Shan Ba Mei is a cultivator, every world within the Great Thousand World has its own laws. The Heavenly Dao is merciless; for cultivators to live for ten thousand years is already quite remarkable. Shan Ba Mei has been sealed within the ice mountain with her powers restricted; external Spiritual Energy cannot enter. Unable to cultivate and unwilling to accept aging, she had long ago locked away her essence using Spiritual Energy, leaving only her three souls—Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—in hopes of a future return.
In terms familiar to people from Earth, Shan Ba Mei has already been dead for ten thousand years; what stands before Jiang Chen now is merely a wisp of her soul.
After listening to Shan Ba Mei's words, Jiang Chen did not inquire further about details he did not care about. He had seen many Great Thousand Worlds and countless blessed lands; as an Immortal Lord, he was an existence that traversed through the immortal realm with great authority.
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