28 Ascend

"Even your talent is no match for this kid..." a middle-aged man said softly while looking at a young man. although the clone of this young man, he was not bothered much. this young man was Han Jue, one of the most talented people for the past billions of years. talent so high he didn't need opportunities or, instead, all he did was cultivate in peace. He had reached his current stage of cultivation in less than 10,000 years, which was faster than most geniuses who had all of the opportunities they could get.

"yes," Han Jue said calmly, he was not bothered by Ling Han being more talented than him, he was more bothered by the fact that in the future, Ling Han could get in the way of his dream. true immortality, 

"He just formed his Dao's heart and had created such a powerful cultivation art now his Dao is making progress and is nearing the second stage of the Dao birth stage." The middle-aged man, known as the heavenly emperor,

there were levels to a Dao, the beginning stage being the Dao Birth stage, split into 5 other stages. At this stage, a Dao is born and normally gives strength around that of a Lesser Immortal to a Higher Immortal.

Above the Dao birth stage, was the Dao Development Stage, this stage is also split into stages, at this stage a Dao develops, and starts to truly take root, bringing forth great power that could normally rival those at the Sky immortal, that some super genius capable of doing better than this

Above this was the Heavenly Blessing. this stage is also split into stages. to enter this stage heaven must weigh your Dao, and to do this would give you a test. every step you take within this stage will bring forth a test, failure of the rest means your Dao dying, but if you succeed, the heavens shall bless you. the average Dao within this stage would give strength in the Heavenly Immortal realm

Above this was the Dao Lord realm, just for one Dao to enter this stage, they must do something which would enrage the heavens. cutting free from the heavens, doing this would allow their Dao to no longer need the heaven and earth, making the Dao unlimited by the heavens. one could do pretty much anything with their Dao, without the heavens limiting them, only when they try and break a rule of the heavens would the heaven be enraged.

it sounds cool and all, but one must understand, that once your Dao enters this stage, you are walking in the dark. heaven is no longer looking after you, and holding your hand, and mistakes, no matter how small would cripple you for life.

above this was the King Dao, only high-quality Dao could enter this realm. meaning, that only those above average, could hope to ever hope to have their Dao enter this realm. those of this realm are considered immortal, capable of living for billions to some reaching hundreds of billions of years. the only reason they don't live longer is because of the Decay Of Heaven And Earth. 

anything that lives past 10 billion years of age would face its tribulations, they could be said to be immortal, but every 10 billion years this tribulation shall appear. this was another tribulation of the heavens, sure they broke free from the heavens, but they were still living in this world. Heaven can't stand you at this point,

above this, our Dao would evolve, fusing with your being and becoming  Emperor Dao, one a rare few can ever hope to reach this. at this stage, one is truly immortal... at least thats what they wish you to think. Han Jue had found that not even Emepror Dao was immortal, at most they could live up to 2 trillion years. they age like anyone else, it's just harder to notice. since to them, 1 year is 200 billion years to everyone else.

"His Dao is only at the First Stage of the Dao Birth realm, yet it gives him power equal to a mid-Higher immortal... thats a guess, honestly I can't say for sure. due to the nature of his Dao, and cultivation, it's hard to pinpoint his Dao when he isn't near. for now, all I can say for sure is that his Dao is the strongest to have entered existence." The heavenly emperor said while looking towards the lower realms, where time was moving fast as always, but his mind was moving in slow motivation,

He looked at Ling Han, who was doing some random woman's nails, engaged in some deep talk about her life. He was speechless, for this guy to be the most talented person he had ever seen, yet to be so bored...

"He will ascend soon... all of the immortal realms would be waiting for it." He said softly, Han Jue frowned slightly

"Don't underestimate him, he acts like a fool... but no one as capable of as him would make dumb mistakes." Han Jue said before disappearing, the immortal realm had lost 3 times now against Ling Han. The first was when their genius went down, then was when the portal exploded injuring many of them, and when the many Emperor immortals were nearly crippled.

"and then she had the nerve to get mad at me. I was like bitch, if you can't chain your man, then it's your mistake. this pussy is rated 6 stars, your man would be crying for seconds... well, in this case coughing up that man." A woman said with a snort, to which Ling Han nodded slightly.

"don't go and snap your finger after I just did your nails," I said to which her eyes widened in shock at this realization and quickly apologies,

"6 star pussy needs a 6 star dick. so who is that 6 star dick?" I asked with a smirk, to which she dropped her shoulders.

"that bastard up and died... he was my first love, my first kiss, we took each other first time and so on. but ever since he left, I felt empty." She said softly, to which I sighed softly.

"For something to cross off all 6 stars, it needs to cross off a few things, those things are both inside and out. your love died, it seems to me, that you're avoiding ever trying to feel that pain again. you're running away from pain, but all you're doing is making it harder for yourself to find where that pain is coming from." I said softly, causing her to go quiet for a moment.

"girl, you need more than just money. you're worth more than that, you need your 6-star dick, and it's out there, waiting for you to find it. but you are never looking for it, or you are avoiding it." I softly while pushing in my rolling chair, and getting up. she looked at me with a lost look for a moment, before nodding in agreement

"anyways, you're all done," I said with a smile, to which she looked at her nails and was tuned. they were beautiful, I didn't simply do her nails. I used my Dao to make the nail as large as a whole world, giving me pretty much an endless amount of space to work with. something with her that shocked her. every time she looked at the nail, it seemed like it had changed, be it its color or pattern,

"how much do I pay?" She asked in a shaky voice, this was art she might not be able to pay for such detailed work.

"the price? it's you going out there and being happy. both inside and out," I said with a wink to which she blushed slightly, but with a nod, she left. with her leaving, I closed my hope and went on to put headphones in my ears. where did I get them? I can form things from my imagination, where do you think?

it has been some time now since I have been cursed, I was now 48 years old, and in these years I have spent all of my time maximizing my abilities, and capabilities. I was so cocky to think that the immortal realm would be easy.

I spent the past few days trying to improve my Dao and have it reach Stage Two of the Dao Birth Realm. but that was harder said than done even for me, so instead I had to focus on seeing just what I was missing, doing complex things like painting a whole world within a nail or creating new space-time-based techniques. but it was not enough, and I had reason to believe it was because the lower realm wasn't worth of my Dao.

but My Dao was overpowered, at its current level, I put its strength at the peak of the Higher Immortal realm, still weaker than my cultivation, but my cultivation was at the Peak of the Martial Lord realm.

"I wonder if I should spread the internet? I wonder what type of games I could create... nope, I'm too lazy. sounds like a huge amount of work." I said softly while holding my palm out, creating purple. Purple is to erase, not create. this realization hit me a few months ago and made me realize I have not been creating things to perfection, I'm using more than 10 times the energy to create something.

Sure by now, I remove more energy than I used, but this... 10 times? that didn't look right to me. so, I have been trying to see what I have done wrong. after trying for some time, I soon gave up and tried something else.

I created an ability called Infinity, which was not the wall of infinity, instead, it was a support-type ability. this ability allowed all techniques I cast to exist forever, and with time never affecting them. this means a normal flame shall become a flame that would burn forever unless put out by enough force, and normal ice becomes a block of never-melting ice.

but so far, all I could do was make an ability exist by 250% longer than they normally would disappear. this was not what I wanted, so I wished to improve this, but it was harder said than done. sighing, I made a shuriken.

this shuriken had the power to twist space and time.  Due to how creative I was with my ability, I came up with these shurikens all on my own, to throw them out, and once they hit something, they shall twist a good amount of space around it, into my inner world.

I threw it forward, but the dame thing disappeared after going a few meters away. creating original techniques, never seen before was much harder than I expected. I was creative and all, but these things were way too hard...

'to control other objects in space-time, why not focus on me? my personal space-time the Limitless started like this, using the wall of infinity near me, and not too far away. only when my mastery of space reached a good enough level could I use the wall of infinity at a further range' I thought, leaving me sighing softly. it seems like I reached too far instead of taking a step back to look at myself.

With this in mind, I used Infinity while using an enchantment technique. this technique was a simple strength boost technique. it was not a high-grade technique, but I had improved it, allowing for my strength to improve slightly.

I felt that my strength improved, before I stopped giving the technique my energy, and just watched as it kept working without me. it was like someone hit pause on this ability, and the boost that came with it remained. I left to do a few things, all my attention was on this technique.

After 3 months, the technique showed signs of weakening, so I quickly moved, taking the chance to see what Infinity was doing wrong, and trying to fix it. At the same time, I got a much more powerful technique, which should have its effect die down sooner, but it took months before it began to weaken,

so like that, I quickly turned 50, just in time as my Dao took the step needed, reaching level 2 of the Dao birth stage. 

"... you don't want to see Luo Qing reincarnation before you leave?" Luo Yin asked softly, by now she had found all of her siblings and was personally raising them. but with Ling Han about to leave, she wanted him to at least see her.

"her personality, likes and dislikes... they are all pretty much the same, she is the same Luo Qing with just different memories, physique, and bloodline." She said softly, seeing Ling Han saying nothing

"It's best I don't see her..." I said with a shake of my head, making Luo Yin look at me in disappointment. She knew why I would say that, but she only wanted to fix something she believed she had broken.

"you didn't break anything, don't put all your attention on them and forget to live. you also never got the chance to live." I said softly while floating up into the sky, I looked down at Nalan Yanran, Shi Long, Cai Lin, and many others who came to see me off.

"I dare you to start a tribulation," I said with narrowed eyes while looking at the sky, the heaven and earth shook at my words, but in the end, I peacefully ascended to the immortal realm.

within a forest, Ling Han appeared, his legs touching smoothly on the ground, but that step caused the ground under him to crack.

'so this is the immortal realm? the gravity is so heavy.' I thought while my space-time quickly adapted to the immortal realms, and my body changed, making it look like I grew up here all my life. I easily adapted to the gravity and began walking around like nothing, before storm clouds appeared in the sky.

the air of the immortal realm was rich, with every part of my body sucking in the immortal Qi in the air, I found myself breakthrough, and reaching the Martial King realm...