“Family Head, something terrible has happened! Young Master… Young Master is gone!”
“What?”
“I don’t know what happened to that relic. It only allows entry but no exit. When Young Master went in, he offended a Disciple of an Immortal Sect and was besieged. He wanted to come out to avoid the limelight temporarily, but as he was leaving the mountain, he turned into black ashes right before my eyes!”
In the Shen Clan of Yong Province, the current Family Head was admiring the surging Immortal Qi outside Qiling Mountain when he suddenly heard the bad news, and his face instantly turned pale.
Didn’t they say the price of gaining an Opportunity was transforming into an Evil Seed? As long as one shed their mortal body after Immortal Ascension, that would be it. Why did he directly annihilate?
The Shen Family Head’s eyes widened in disbelief, and he immediately thought of the Old Ancestor, his younger brother, and his daughter who were still in the mountain. So he immediately ordered someone to issue a command, temporarily forbidding anyone from coming out of the mountain.
It was also at this moment that another roar echoed from the mountain.
But what appeared at this moment was not the Immortal Qi seen in the past few days, but countless black flames swaying and rising to the sky, like wildly dancing black snakes, instantly igniting the mountains.
Ni Mountain, Huangyun Mountain, Lingjian Mountain, Asked Dao Mountain, Xuanyuan Mountain, Dan Mountain, Mist Mountain.
Above the seven Immortal Daoist Temples, countless burning gazes were converging on this place.
Deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Barbarian Race territory, a withered old man, like a mountain, slowly opened his eyes. His gaze pierced through the night, looking towards the Central Plains.
In the Demon Domain on the west side of the Northern Plains, a majestic figure also manifested above the clouds, and terrifying Qi surged continuously under the night.
At this moment, Qi Ridge was truly the focus of worldwide attention.
But the cultivators of the Relic Immortal Mountain were now unable to perceive the transmissions from the outside world, because they were immersed in endless profundity.
The Shen Clan’s Old Ancestor was now one hundred and thirty years old, and had been stuck in the Wujiang Realm for many years.
Relying on his powerful cultivation, he was the first to ascend the Immortal Mountain, and had been sitting there for three days, drinking Immortal Dew and refining Heavenly Light daily.
He seemed to have entered a profound Realm of great freedom, like Ascension, entering the vast and boundless Void Realm, constantly drifting with the Immortal Qi.
Then, he saw a majestic figure.
That was an old man.
His aged face was crisscrossed with wrinkles, and his white hair fluttered.
His hands were clasped and hanging down, like withered branches, but his entire body exuded vibrant Immortal Intent.
Beneath his bright yellow old robe, what was covered was a colossal, writhing Physical Body, like a thick and fat tail formed by chaotic flesh and blood piled together, coiling on a high mountain suspended in the Void Realm.
The eldest daughter of the Shen Clan was named Shen Yan. In her sight, the Old Ancestor’s Physical Body was gradually dissolving in the swaying black flames, until finally only a brilliant Golden Core remained.
And from the outside, at this moment, a blood-red Qi shot up from the mountain, piercing through the layers of clouds.
According to the time, it was already dawn, and the red sun should have risen.
But at this moment, no red sun appeared. Instead, a viscous blackness spread outwards from Qi Ridge as its center.
Zuoqiuyang, the Master of Zizai Hall on the peak of Ni Mountain, walked out of the clouds and mist, looking at the reverberating Qi of the heavens, his expression grave.
“Someone is Ascending?”
“How could this be possible?”
As one of the five Hall Masters of Tianshu Academy, Zuoqiuyang knew that to achieve Immortal Ascension in Qingyun World, one needed the recognition of the Dao and the guidance of a Sacred Artifact.
Therefore, this Opportunity for Immortal Ascension could appear anywhere among the Seven Great Immortal Sects, but it would absolutely not appear in the Qiling Mountains.
Unless that place was not bound by the Heavenly Dao and could allow people to Ascend directly.
Just then, another red light suddenly rose, directly slamming into Huangyun Mountain.
The Chen Clan’s protective formation quickly rose, but it collapsed under this single blow.
It was only when a hunched Old Man appeared deep within Huangyun Mountain, staring with burning eyes, that the red light finally dissipated.
This was a provocation, a display of power.
Zuoqiuyang looked at this sudden strike, his brows instantly furrowed.
Inside the mountain was a genuine Linxian Realm expert, but his Qi was still continuously rising, infinitely approaching Immortal Ascension.
Zuoqiuyang had only felt this kind of Qi once, when his Master was drunk.
He was silent for a long time, then flew away from Zizai Hall and arrived at a forest deep within Ni Mountain.
The Worldly Family all thought that the residence of the Celestial Book Institute Head Teacher would be grand and comparable to a Heavenly Palace, but no one knew that he actually lived in a wattle garden built within a forest.
And as Zuoqiuyang arrived here, Chang Sheng Dian Master Chai Hu and Desireless Hall Master Lu Fengchuan had already arrived in front of the wattle garden.
There was also Dustless Hall Master Fei She, who had encountered a Bottleneck while attempting to reach the Linxian Realm. After coming out of seclusion this time, he had not re-entered it.
Seeing Zuoqiuyang float over, Chai Hu was the first to speak: “Senior Brother, someone is Ascending.”
“I’ve already seen it. Black flames have ignited in Qiling Mountain, and the Qi of Ascension is emanating from there.”
“Perhaps… someone truly obtained the Opportunity for Immortal Ascension?”
As his voice fell, the four people in the field all fell silent, gazing solemnly at the sky.
Lu Fengchuan couldn't help but speak: “I have never seen such a crimson Immortal Qi. Evil thoughts surge to the sky, making my Divine Thought very uncomfortable.”
Fei She spoke after a long silence: “No need to discuss further. Let’s ask Master to decide.”
Lu Fengchuan and Chai Hu exchanged glances: “Master is not in the bamboo house.”
“Not here?”
“He likes to obscure Heavenly Dao before acting. Junior Brother Lu and I searched for a long time but couldn’t find him. We were just guessing if he went down the mountain to drink again.”
Only then did Zuoqiuyang realize there were only four of them: “Junior Sister You isn’t here either?”
The Chang Sheng Dian Master and the Desireless Hall Master both nodded.
And at this moment, the three Masters-in-charge of the Master's Courtyard arrived on the wind, landing on Ni Mountain.
Qin Rong bowed and cupped his hands: “Something has happened in Qi Ridge. The Qi of the Disciples who entered the mountain has dissipated, and there has been no response to communications. It’s the same for Disciples of other Immortal Sects and Worldly Families…”
Meanwhile, in the vast sea of clouds, an old wooden boat was sailing on the wind.
The old man holding a wine pot, dressed in loose white clothes, looked at the distant sky with an extremely solemn expression.
Jixiang Hall Master You Yingqiu stood behind her at this moment, and after watching for a long time, she asked: “Master, what exactly is in the mountain?”
“Something that is already dead.”
“Why would something that is already dead cause such a commotion?”
“After the relic caused an evil calamity, I thought it was just the Immortal Dao of the Lasting Peace Race accidentally overflowing, but I didn’t expect that there would be living people who wanted to use that dead thing to prove the Dao.”
The old man stroked his long beard and mumbled, casually handing her a jade box.
You Yingqiu held the jade box, her expression suddenly becoming somewhat astonished.
This jade box contained the Sacred Artifact of Tianshu Academy, which was the Heavenly Book rumored to enlighten the Human Race.
But for some reason, the Heavenly Book at this moment had no spirituality at all, not even a trace of Qi fluctuation existed, as if… it had died.
Yet, when she became the Jixiang Hall Master, she had paid respects to the Heavenly Book’s true form and had seen its profound and magnificent Qi.
Just then, the wooden boat suddenly entered a patch of night, and then quickly began to descend.
Below them was a county town, but it was still some distance from the blazing Qiling Mountains.
“Master, aren’t we going into the mountain?”
“It’s useless to go now. We have to find Ji You first.”
“?”
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