Chapter 104: Offer (2)

"However," Lord Zhao Shenming said, his voice dropping to a low whisper that carried immense weight. "I believe there's a power capable of unraveling it. The restriction may be lifted by the Emperor of the Central Continent... an absolute, peerless expert standing at the legendary Void Refinement realm."

The Void Refinement realm. The very utterance of that legendary stage of cultivation carried a suffocating, almost mythical weight. In the world of cultivation, the path to true immortality was ruthless. Above the Nascent Soul realm was the Spirit Severing realm, where one cut away their mortal tethers. Above that was the Soul Transformation realm, where the soul mutated into a primordial spirit.