Wu Shattered Star River

Jiang Han walked out with Little Fish and Big Black Cat. Little Fish and Big Black Cat were very magical; they were unaffected and easily exited the cave.

Yan Qin had been waiting outside. Seeing Jiang Han bring Little Fish and Big Black Cat out, she looked at Little Fish and Big Black Cat with a surprised expression.

After looking at them for a few moments, she said with some astonishment, "Huh? This Big Black Cat actually has the bloodline of a Celestial Beast. This is the Lower Realm, how could there be a Celestial Beast?"

"Celestial Beast?"

Jiang Han looked at Big Black Cat in surprise. He asked, "Little Fish, where did you find Big Black?"

"In the sea!"

Little Fish tilted her head and said, "In the sea of the previous realm. I was wandering on the sea, and Big Black found me. It was also covered in wounds. I felt sorry for Big Black, so I brought it along."

"So, you mean Big Black came to find you on its own initiative?"

Jiang Han asked. Little Fish nodded. Jiang Han and Yan Qin exchanged glances, both feeling somewhat suspicious. Could Big Black have been arranged by Little Fish's mother?

"Child, let me examine your condition!"

Yan Qin looked at Little Fish with a smile and extended a hand.

Little Fish looked at Jiang Han somewhat timidly. The latter said with a smile, "Little Fish, don't worry, this is my mother, she won't harm you."

Hearing these words, Little Fish felt relieved and allowed Yan Qin to cover her head with one hand.

A faint light lit up in Yan Qin's hand. She released some energy into Little Fish's body. She also closed her eyes and examined her for a full half-炷香 (incense stick's burning time) before withdrawing her hand and opening her eyes.

"How is it?" Jiang Han immediately asked with concern.

Yan Qin pondered for a moment before saying, "This little girl has a very special constitution, with the bloodline of a Celestial. Her soul has been tampered with."

"The reason she only remembers the memories from three years ago is that there is a magical formation within her soul. This formation is very exquisite; ordinary experts definitely couldn't inscribe it. The expert who inscribed the formation is at least a Celestial King level!"

Jiang Han asked curiously, "What level is Celestial King?"

Yan Qin explained, "Let's not talk about Gods, Demons, and Buddhas. The levels in the Celestial Court are divided into Celestial Slaves, which are mortals who haven't become Celestials. Then there are Celestials with Celestial Seals, followed by Celestial Immortals, Celestial Lords, Celestial Kings, and Celestial Emperors."

"Above the Celestial Emperor, there are only four experts: the Jade Emperor of the Celestial Court, the God Emperor of God King Mountain, the Buddha of the Myriad Buddha Hall, and the Demon Emperor of the Demon Cave."

"So, the Celestial King level is very high!"

Jiang Han nodded slightly and said, "Mother, do you think it's possible that Little Fish's mother is a Celestial King?"

"I don't know!"

Yan Qin said, "I don't know if this formation was arranged by her mother, but the one who arranged the formation is at least a Celestial King, possibly a Celestial Emperor."

"Celestial Emperor?"

Jiang Han thought of something and asked, "Mother, my father's nickname is Jiang Celestial Emperor, so is my father a Celestial Emperor?"

"Yes!"

A look of pride appeared in Yan Qin's eyes, and she said, "Below the Jade Celestial Emperor are the Ten Direction Celestial Emperors and the Eight Great Celestial Emperors. Your father was previously the Eastern Celestial Emperor, ranking seventh among the Ten Direction Celestial Emperors."

"Uh…"

Jiang Han was filled with emotion. He asked casually, but he didn't expect it to be true?

The master of the Celestial Court is the Jade Emperor, and below the Jade Emperor are the Ten Direction Celestial Emperors. His father is one of them.

In other words, his father is ranked seventh in the Celestial Court and is a famous supreme expert in the entire Great World.

"Wow~"

Little Fish also said with a look of surprise, "Big Brother, I didn't expect your father to be so strong?"

"That's not right…"

Jiang Han suddenly woke up and asked, "Since my father was so strong, who destroyed his physical body back then? Could it be the top six of the Ten Direction Celestial Emperors? Or is it the Jade Emperor?"

"Don't ask about this!"

Yan Qin shook her head and said, "Don't worry about your father's affairs; you can't handle them. With your current combat power, even if you go to the Upper Realm, you'll be at the bottom. I think you shouldn't go to the Upper Realm, right?"

"No!"

Jiang Han's eyes became incomparably firm, and he said, "I must go up there. I want to take Little Fish up there, and I must find divine medicine and celestial treasures to revive Bei Shang King Bu Shi, otherwise, my conscience will be uneasy."

"Mother… don't worry, I won't mess around when I go up there. I just need to find the divine medicine and celestial treasures to revive Bei Shang King Bu Shi, and I will find a way to come back. Also… I can also go and find out about Father's news."

"Don't investigate!"

Yan Qin's expression became solemn, and she said, "If you go to the Upper Realm and expose that you are the son of Jiang Celestial Emperor, I estimate you won't live for more than a month!"

"So serious?"

Jiang Han touched his nose and said, "Does Father have so many enemies in the Upper Realm?"

"The specifics are very complicated!"

Yan Qin sighed, then asked seriously, "Are you sure you want to go up?"

"I'm sure!"

Jiang Han nodded firmly. Yan Qin sighed and said, "It's okay if you want to go up, but you have to be mentally prepared. When you go to the Upper Realm, you may find it difficult to move an inch, and you may even become a slave for many years!"

"Slave?"

Jiang Han frowned and asked, "Although I am a Pseudo-Celestial, I am still a Celestial, right? I wouldn't be reduced to being a slave, would I?"

Yan Qin gave a wry smile and said, "Let me tell you about the situation in the Upper Realm!"

Yan Qin looked around. She saw a huge rock nearby, and she grabbed it with one hand. The boulder flew into the air, and Yan Qin punched it. The boulder shattered into pieces and scattered all over the ground.

Yan Qin waved her hand and arranged the stones on the ground, saying, "At the beginning of the world's birth, there was a huge continent in the center of the world called the Hong Meng Continent."

"This continent exploded for some unknown reason billions of years ago and was divided into hundreds of millions of fragments of varying sizes, just like this stone."

"These fragments formed interfaces, including the interface here. In fact, they are all small fragments separated from the Hong Meng Continent!"

"Hong Meng Continent!"

Jiang Han nodded slightly and asked, "And then?"

Yan Qin pointed to a huge stone in the middle and said, "This is like the God-Demon Battlefield. The God-Demon Battlefield was divided into five layers for some unknown reason. This world is also divided into five layers. The lower you go, the smaller the fragments, the smaller the interface, the thinner the spiritual energy, and the weaker the warriors."

"The uppermost layer is the Celestial Realm, which is the Upper Realm. The center of the Upper Realm is the God-Demon Battlefield. Countless interfaces surround the God-Demon Battlefield in the southeast, northwest. The Celestial Court is in the south."

"The area covered by the Celestial Court is very large. The Celestial Court has countless interfaces, and different Celestial Kingdoms have been established according to the size of these interfaces."

"When you go to the Upper Realm, you can only go to the smallest Celestial Kingdom, the Fifth-Rank Celestial Kingdom, and become a citizen of this Celestial Kingdom."

"If you want to repair your soul with divine medicine and celestial treasures, you must go to at least a Third-Rank Celestial Kingdom."

"And if you want to go from a Fifth-Rank Celestial Kingdom to a Third-Rank Celestial Kingdom, you need to spend a lot of Celestial Stones to go to a Fourth-Rank Celestial Kingdom first, and then to a Third-Rank Celestial Kingdom!"

"Celestial Stones are very difficult to earn. If you want to earn Celestial Stones with your combat power, the easiest way is to become a Celestial Slave, to mine, to plant celestial herbs, to refine celestial pills, to hunt celestial beasts, to join the army, etc."

"Under normal circumstances, if you want to earn enough Celestial Stones to go to a Third-Rank Celestial Kingdom, it may take you hundreds of years!"

"Celestial Kingdoms are not necessarily safe. Celestial Kingdoms often go to war with each other. If you are defeated, you will become a Celestial Slave, and you may be doing hard labor for the rest of your life."

"If you can't improve your combat power when you go up, the possibility of your death is also very high."

"So… do you still want to go to such an Upper Realm?"

After listening to Yan Qin's account, Jiang Han touched his nose awkwardly. How is this Upper Realm different from what he imagined?

In his imagination, shouldn't the Upper Realm be filled with celestial energy, with enlightened True Immortals everywhere, and blessed lands and divine medicine and celestial treasures everywhere?

Shouldn't Celestials live in peace and discuss the Dao every day?

Why does it feel that the Upper Realm is no different from the Lower Realm?

What's the difference between these Celestial Kingdoms of different ranks and the vassal-level and overlord-level forces of the Star Dust Realm?