Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

"The Gate of the Immortal Realm only serves the purpose of allowing Dao Lords who have Integrated Dao to ascend; if other Dao Lords are not informed, it has no value whatsoever,"

Alkaid contemplated.

In his heart, he had an idea: every time the Gate of the Immortal Realm opened, he would sell the slots for ascension to the Immortal Realm.

Even if he desired Immortal Artifact-grade materials, he thought those Dao Lords would surely find a way to gather them.

Considering that, on average, more than thirty Dao Lords from the Northern Sea Star successfully ascended each term...

He could obtain dozens, even hundreds of sets of Immortal Artifact materials at a time.

Many of the Immortal Artifact materials, if refined, could potentially be used to craft Superior Grade Immortal Artifacts. After a few rounds, the resources for crafting Superior Grade Immortal Artifacts would be available.

Even if not, leaving the Gate of the Immortal Realm to his descendants would be like a perpetual industry that could be passed down for thousands of generations.

Of course, to get all the Dao Lords to pay up honestly rather than falling into chaos like the Northern Sea Star, a sufficiently powerful force would be needed to suppress the overall situation.

Sects like the Sun and Star Sect and the Eternal Sect had not just an Invincible Dao Lord in each term but also had dozens, even hundreds of Dao Lords.

If hundreds of Dao Lords worked together in unison, even two to three hundred temporarily allied Dao Lords might not be able to contend with them.

One side naturally has a foundation of trust belonging to the same sect.

The other side, despite having a numerical advantage, is just a rabble, where each has their own schemes to say nothing of scattering at the first sign of significant loss.

Alkaid had no intention of monopolizing the Gate of the Immortal Realm as the Sun and Star Sect did, but to sell slots at the Gate of the Immortal Realm, he would still need enough strength.

At least...

He must withstand the onslaught of hundreds of Dao Lords.

Even if it were hundreds of Dao Lords who had temporarily banded together.

Otherwise, rashly doing this business would only invite tremendous trouble for himself.

"At the very least, a combination of a Sixteenth Level Immortal Array and an Immortal Artifact-grade item, plus the assurance that a Dao Lord is always sitting in charge, can offer hope of keeping this business secure,"

Alkaid did some quick calculations.

Sixteenth Level Immortal Array...

If he used this world as a foundation, it could indeed be arranged.

He also had an Immortal Artifact.

Even Dao Lords...

Upon learning the secret of "shares," he estimated that he had a much greater chance of nurturing Dao Lords than others.

"An Immortal Artifact can almost always amplify a Dao Lord to a near Invincible Dao Lord level; adding an Immortal Array to that, even an Invincible Dao Lord would be walking to their death if they dared to break through alone. If the one holding the Immortal Artifact and presiding over the Immortal Array also possesses astonishing combat power... such a lineup can easily take on a hundred enemies."

After all, his so-called ability to take on a hundred just meant killing fifteen to twenty among a hundred Dao Lords attacking the formation.

After such a devastating loss, the remaining Dao Lords would naturally not dare to act rashly.

In the future, even if someone else were to summon a group, the previous heavy losses would deter people from risking their lives.

Even if hundreds of Dao Lords were determined to persevere, breaking through this Immortal Array would not be an exception.

Who can be certain that they wouldn't be the ones to die if they persisted?

If spending a bit of money could safely secure an ascension slot, who would gamble with their life?

In the midst of his contemplation, Alkaid's figure had already arrived at the location of the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

Compared to the Gate of the Immortal Realm on the Northern Sea Star, which was deep within a planet, this one was located in the center of this world.

And upon seeing the Gate of the Immortal Realm, Alkaid understood why it was referred to as a "gate."

The entire Gate of the Immortal Realm somewhat resembled a black hole.

However, because the rules of the Three Thousand Great Dao were manifesting around it, it didn't appear as a black hole but instead took on various shapes.

There were the crimson lights of flames, the dark purple of destruction, the crystal-clear of the mind, and the profound grey of the soul.

Moreover, the Three Thousand Great Daos interwoven around this black hole-like circular "gate" formed decorations akin to a doorframe, giving it an indescribable artistic beauty.

Because...

The Three Thousand Great Daos themselves represent the pinnacle of aesthetic and artistic beauty in the world.

Compared to the Gate of the Immortal Realm, the surrounding continents resembled the "accretion disk" of a black hole.

The only difference being that this "accretion disk," compared to the Gate of the Immortal Realm, was much larger, appearing like a vast continent suspended in the starry sky.

"The Gate of the Immortal Realm."

Alkaid gazed at the Three Thousand Great Dao charms emanating from the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

Every cultivator who spent years practicing around the Gate of the Immortal Realm would often comprehend a trace of the profound mysteries of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

From this trace, they created Divine Skills, then continuously refined these skills, transforming them into Dao Techniques.

Dao Lords who had perfected Dao Techniques would then use their own Realm as a foundation to observe the Gate of the Immortal Realm and create more Dao Techniques.

In theory, any one of the Three Thousand Great Daos could be comprehended from the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

But...

Just as it has been on the Northern Sea Star for many years, where only forty-nine Great Daos had been comprehended, ultimately, how many can be truly understood depends on one's perception.

Or perhaps...

"Shares."

Alkaid pondered thoughtfully.

The less the "shares" of a Great Dao are scattered amongst the populace, the harder it is to comprehend it from the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

On the other hand, if a Great Dao has many "shares" externalized, not controlled by Immortals, Immortal Venerables, or Immortal Kings, then it would be easier for cultivators to comprehend it from the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

"If my speculation is correct, the Gate of the Immortal Realm... should be a naturally formed Creation, a fortune for any low-level cultivator."

Following this line of thought, he remembered the once-prominent Void Path inheritance of the Northern Sea Star.

This inheritance seemed to have decreased in prevalence after distancing from the Northern Sea Star.

In this starry sky, only thirty billion light-years away from the Northern Sea Star, the proportion of Void Dao Lords had dropped to three in ten...

Of course, the exact situation would have to be assessed after his visit to the Sun and Star Sect.

But if the logic holds...

"A great being of the Void Path in the Immortal Realm... at least an apex Immortal King fell in the stars close to the Northern Sea Star, thus triggering a grand event of the Void Path within a radius of several billion light-years around the Northern Sea Star?"

He thought of the "disaster" ring area on the Star Chart that he had calculated to have a diameter of one billion light-years…

And of each Dao Venerable who had reincarnated near the Northern Sea Star…

He already had a vague idea of what was going on.

"Are they looking for the treasures left behind by the Immortal King when he fell?"

What was that treasure?

Alkaid's spirit couldn't help but focus on the treasure tree in his spiritual world.

"No way."

He murmured to himself.

This treasure tree was the chief culprit behind his transmigration.

It was something he had obtained before he came to this world, not after.

Unless...

The galaxy he had lived in his previous life was part of the same world as the one he was in now.

But that's not right!

He had more than once observed the starry sky above, yet had never found a constellation that matched the one he remembered.

The Milky Way? The Local Galaxy Cluster? The Virgo Galaxy Cluster?

None of them were there.

It was for this reason, after achieving some success in his cultivation, he hadn't tried to search the stars for his "hometown."

So...

"It shouldn't be."

Alkaid thought to himself.

But if it wasn't, what then was the "High-Dimensional Cognition" that the treasure tree bestowed upon him?

And how did he come to this world?

"Still, unsolvable..."

Alkaid let out a long sigh.

He looked up at the Gate of the Immortal Realm.

He made a rough estimate.

With the energy absorption rate of this Gate of the Immortal Realm, it would open in three thousand years.

Three thousand years...

Ascend to the Immortal Realm.

Perhaps, only after he reached the Immortal Realm in the future would he truly solve the mysteries in his heart.

After a while, Alkaid regained his composure: "Since this Gate of the Immortal Realm is mine, I will no longer use the former name. Moreover, this Gate of the Immortal Realm will be made public in the future, giving all Dao Lords a chance to ascend to the Immortal Realm. I wish them soaring success as they ascend to the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm. This Gate of the Immortal Realm shall be called the Fuyao Gate, and this world, the Fuyao Realm."

Alkaid Great World, Alkaid's Gate, that fits well too.

However, since the name "Alkaid Realm" had already been used by the previous world, there was no need to use it again here.

Considering that Fuyao and Alkaid differ by only one character, it's acceptable.

...

Over the next ten years, Alkaid was busy with the reassembling of the Hundred Tribulations Realm Refinement Formation.

Although his [Formation] prowess had reached the Sixteenth Level, it had not risen further and was not much stronger than that of a Fifteenth Level Array Master.

Modifying a Fifteenth Level formation naturally required a lot of effort.

And he was only modifying this formation to make this area more concealed; to reassemble it would be even more difficult.

"It looks like I need to take some time to upgrade my formation skills. With my current Sixteenth Level formation mastery, it would take at least a few thousand years to set up an Immortal Array. At the very least, I need to upgrade my formation mastery to the Seventeenth Level to set up an Immortal Array with a bit more ease, and that's assuming the derived Divine Skills fit well with it. Otherwise, even for a Seventeenth Level Array Master coming to the Fuyao Realm to set up an Immortal Array would still take hundreds of years."

Alkaid looked at the completed formation with a hint of regret.

At the side, Shao Guang was already controlling the warship, waiting there.

Alkaid glanced at him, contemplating the thought of leaving a clone to watch over this place.

But considering that the main purpose of his outing was to assist his clone in Integrating Dao, leaving him here would be putting the cart before the horse.

"I'll leave a mark inside the formation. If someone really breaks into it, they'll know it belongs to someone..."

Alkaid started to say this and then laughed softly at himself.

This was the Gate of the Immortal Realm, where the concept of having an owner or not didn't apply.

Whoever occupied it, owned it.

The key was...

Who had the greater strength.

He was going to leave a mark within the formation, displaying the might of an unstoppable Dao Lord.

But if someone still forcibly took over this portal...

Then it would be down to whose methods were better.

There and then, he mobilized the Great Void Path, and directly inscribed a "Alkaid" character not far from the Gate of the Immortal Realm within the void.

With his Immortal Venerable Level mastery of the Great Void Path, this character seemed to be embedded into the void, exuding a vast void pressure.

This pressure would not diminish for a thousand years.

Having done all this, Alkaid boarded the warship and, with a single traversal, disappeared from the Fuyao Realm, heading towards the Sun and Star Sect.

Since he did not waste any more time, the journey spanning over seventy billion light-years was quite swift.

Eighty years later, soon after Alkaid had upgraded the Endless Tower to the Heavenly Abyss Tower, he was nearing the territory of the Sun and Star Sect.