The Immortal Brain released a heap of data, so complex that Mu Yanxi hadn’t even looked at it yet. The one who answered her was the Terminal Ring:
“Life Spring and the Infinite Dantian are both cultivation systems from other worlds that the Interstellar Realm discovered while expanding into the outside realms. Many of the useful, essential parts were absorbed into the cultivation system and used to improve the Cultivation Path.”
“What? Interstellar Realm? Other worlds?! There really are other worlds?” Mu Yanxi hurriedly asked, for this concerned whether she could return to her original world.
“Yes, Master. The Interstellar Realm is this world. The Immortal Realm corresponds to countless worlds. Some of these worlds have high energy levels—at the highest, cultivators there can ascend directly to the Immortal Realm at the Dachen stage.”
“Others have lower energy levels, where the peak is only up to Magnificent Truth Stage or Void Refinement, and only by ascending to a higher-energy world can one continue to cultivate.”
“Some worlds don’t even have a Cultivation Path; they are purely technological worlds, or have completely different cultivation systems,” the Terminal Ring answered.
Mu Yanxi took a deep breath. She hadn’t expected that just a Terminal Ring could answer so much, or that this world—no, the Interstellar Realm—actually knew about the existence of the Immortal Realm and other worlds. In her original world, whether other worlds even existed was only a rumor.
“The World Barrier of every world is extremely powerful and almost impossible to break through. But some small worlds or world fragments have very fragile barriers.”
“The Interstellar Realm is able to break through these barriers and, by doing so, has conquered many small worlds, absorbing their resources and technology,” the Terminal Ring continued.
“Small worlds? World fragments? What are those?” Mu Yanxi asked. This was already far beyond what she knew.
“Master, please allow me to synchronize with your Immortal Brain. That way, I can access more information and provide you with more accurate answers,” the Terminal Ring said.
“Synchronize with the Immortal Brain?” Mu Yanxi was stunned. Originally, she thought the Immortal Brain was just like the Terminal Ring—both querying information from the Dao Web. But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case, at least not entirely.
She remembered how the Immortal Brain had just told her information about the Eye of Time Engraving, yet that powerful Jindan Stage predecessor knew nothing about it. Mu Yanxi had her guesses and doubts, but she wasn’t in a rush to ask. She simply said, “Permission granted.”
“All right, Master. Synchronization complete. Retrieving higher authority information. Answer: ‘Small worlds’ refers to worlds that have not yet fully formed. ‘World fragments’ are pieces that formed after once-complete worlds were destroyed.”
“Inside, there may still be living creatures and civilizations, even cultivators, but they essentially have no chance to ascend—unless they forcefully break through the barrier and cross a spatial storm to reach another world,” the Terminal Ring answered.
“What is a spatial storm?” Mu Yanxi continued to ask, wanting to understand every detail. This was about whether she could return to her original world.
“It is an obstacle of chaotic void, extremely dangerous. At minimum, one needs the strength of standard late-stage Magnificent Truth Stage and the protection of many spirit treasures to possibly cross it.”
“But the Interstellar Realm possesses dimensional immortal ships capable of crossing spatial storms, which allows the conquest of small worlds and world fragments scattered within the chaotic void,” the Terminal Ring answered.
“I see. Then, answer my original question—what are Life Spring and the Infinite Dantian?” Mu Yanxi asked again.
“Life Spring is a special cultivation system. One can open a small source within their body and gain magical power without needing to absorb external spiritual energy. The higher the level of Life Spring, the greater the flow of spiritual energy.”
“The Infinite Dantian is a special physique. Such people cannot break through to become a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, but they can endlessly progress within the Qi Refining stage, reaching even thousands or tens of thousands of layers in the Qi Refining stage.”
so, translator, coreect assumption if wrong, but she basically is stuck in that stage of cultivation, but has an unlimited power ceiling within that realm, offering power equal or surpassing later realms, but being cut off from powers and abilities unique to later stages
that’s right!