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Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "I'll be quick. By the way, how high is the cultivation realm in the Outer Heaven? Can one achieve immortality?"
"Immortality... It seems possible, but whether it's true or not is hard to say."
"What realms are there?"
"The cultivation realms over there are different from ours. Even if you know, it won't matter now, as you won't succeed in practicing the mental method without enough spiritual energy."
"I still need a general idea, just to have something in mind."
"The Emperor's Sword doesn't know everything. I only know a rough outline. It seems like a path of the Nine Transitions of Spirit Transformation, from Qi Transformation to Transforming Intent, to Divinity Transformation, and then to Spirit Transformation, Four Realms and Thirty-Six Transitions. The rest is unclear; you'll only know after ascending."
Chu Zhiyuan said, "We have to start cultivating again once we ascend, right?"
