Chapter 145 Tribulation Transcendence 3
Rumble!
While everyone was filled with astonishment and suspicion, a supremely violent and explosive roar suddenly echoed from the sky above!
An ominous blood-red lightning bolt, carrying a terrifying might comparable to the peak of a half-immortal cultivator, violently slammed straight down toward Yun Chen!
"Halt!"
At this very moment, a calm male voice suddenly rang out!
Everyone froze, unable to comprehend the situation unfolding before them!
Swish... swish...
Right then, an eerie sound of flowing water suddenly echoed within the souls of all living beings in the Qingling Realm.
The sound seemed to originate from the primordial dawn of all things, yet it also flowed toward the ultimate end of existence.
The gurgling water was faint, but it carried an overwhelmingly bizarre aura of absolute dominion.
Hum...
At that exact moment, the sky of the entire Qingling Realm trembled violently!
The aura previously emitted by the revelation of the Land of Ultimate Immortality instantly dissipated!
The lightning bolt descending upon Yun Chen shattered along with it!
As the endless clouds of tribulation rapidly dissolved, the Land of Ultimate Immortality also showed signs of fading away!
Yet, at this very moment, an illusory river, of unknown origin and unfathomable destination, suddenly appeared above the entire Qingling Realm!
The phantom of the river stood encircling the illusory Land of Ultimate Immortality!
As an endless, bone-chilling aura surged forth, an aura of supreme control emerged!
With the appearance of the river, endless, ferocious, and violent gales swept across the realm!
Black lightning flashed incessantly, and rolling peals of muffled thunder exploded!
The Land of Ultimate Immortality trembled violently the instant the river appeared!
As if thoroughly suppressed, it was utterly unable to move an inch!
"Wan'er, undergo the tribulation."
Suddenly, a calm male voice sounded.
Hum...
Immediately following that, a muffled, roaring explosion echoed through the Zhao family's main hall!
As a terrifying aura permeated the space, Zhao Wan'er's momentum surged abruptly!
Peak Void God...
Half-step Immortal Realm...
Infinitely close to Immortal...
Until...
Rumble!
An unprecedented, explosive roar shook the heavens as Zhao Wan'er's cultivation realm successfully broke through into the Immortal Realm!
Simultaneously, the Land of Ultimate Immortality above trembled once more!
A faint, ethereal guiding force flowed toward Zhao Wan'er, yet it gave one the distinct impression of a candle flickering in the wind, on the verge of shattering at any moment!
Seeing this, Li Changsheng understood instantly.
Without a doubt, it was Wang Yu's doing.
While sneering inwardly, a brilliant light flashed deep within his eyes.
"True!"
With a single word uttered lightly, the Underworld River outside the Land of Ultimate Immortality trembled!
An overwhelmingly tyrannical force suddenly surged forth!
It violently rushed toward that faint guiding force connecting Zhao Wan'er and the Land of Ultimate Immortality!
Hum...
In the blink of an eye, that feeble force seemed to receive some formidable empowerment.
It rapidly solidified, and the impending sense of fracture vanished instantly!
Roughly two breaths later!
Atop the Land of Ultimate Immortality, the endless immortal palaces suddenly radiated a dazzling, holy light!
Zhao Wan'er's figure abruptly vanished!
"It's about time..."
A profound look appeared in Li Changsheng's eyes as he took a light step and his figure suddenly disappeared.
After the two of them vanished, the endless tribulation clouds above dissolved rapidly, visible to the naked eye!
Yun Chen's aura below also stabilized quickly!
A surging momentum rippled around him, fixing his cultivation firmly at the perfection of the Core Formation Realm!
Meanwhile, the members of the Zhao family gazed at the events unfolding above with varied expressions.
The appearance of the Land of Ultimate Immortality was something none of them had anticipated.
The anomalies in Yun Chen's heavenly tribulation were even more beyond expectations.
Only Zhao Ritian stared blankly at the scene before him, consumed by burning shame.
He had originally assumed that with his Law-Mastery cultivation, attracting such a heavenly tribulation was only natural.
Yet, once the tribulation appeared, it refused to spare him even a glance, fixing its gaze entirely on Yun Chen.
This was simply heart-wrenching.
He, Zhao Ritian, was a Law-Mastery cultivator after all, yet he was ignored to this extent.
Pondering this, a strong sense of jealousy gradually welled up inside Zhao Ritian.
Deep within his eyes, a flicker of cold light flashed.
Yun Chen...
Stealing my spotlight, you truly deserve to die...
So what if you have a master?
My fortune is defying the heavens; sooner or later, I will encounter a powerful cultivator and be accepted as a disciple!
When that time comes, let's see if your master can still protect you...
At this moment, within the Land of Ultimate Immortality.
The endless holy palaces of the immortal realm were trembling continuously.
As if resisting, yet even more so, filled with extreme terror!
Above, an extremely illusory river continued to flow!
An endless, bone-chilling aura surged forth, suppressing the Land of Ultimate Immortality relentlessly!
Clad in a black-and-gold embroidered robe, Li Changsheng stood quietly in the void, his expression indifferent.
Coldly surveying everything before him, he held a wondrous, double-sided hollow divine sword in his hand, flashing with boundless cold light!
Beneath Li Changsheng, on the outer perimeter of the endless immortal palaces, stood Zhao Wan'er in black robes, her expression grave.
"Prepare to harvest the immortal veins."
As his faint voice drifted out, a sharp glint flashed deep in Li Changsheng's eyes.
A terrifying momentum surged into the heavens from his entire body, and the cold light on the hollow sword in his hand flared brilliantly!
An endless intent of absolute confinement emerged!
With a wave of his hand, he slashed down!
Clang...
A shrill sword cry exploded through the empty void, and a cold light, seemingly capable of annihilating everything in the world, suddenly materialized!
It swept straight toward the endless immortal palaces below!
Hum...
As a faint humming sound rang out, the moment the sword light swept past the hundreds of immortal palaces below, endless frost instantly enveloped them!
Crack... crack-crack...
Incessant cracking sounds echoed from within the grand halls, and countless visible fissures spread rapidly.
Accompanied by a deafening roar, they suddenly burst into countless points of light!
As thousands of sacred auras were revealed, Zhao Wan'er did not dare to delay. She hurriedly released her aura and frantically devoured the massive surge of sacred auras!
Boom...
Rumble...
Continuous roaring echoed within her body, and immortal veins rapidly took shape.
The aura surrounding Zhao Wan'er was climbing rapidly!
Hum...
Just at this moment, the entire Land of Ultimate Immortality began to tremble violently!
With a humming sound, a tremendous pressure instantly engulfed Zhao Wan'er!
Above the endless immortal palaces, vast amounts of holy energy gathered incessantly.
A terrifying, overwhelmingly majestic sacred hand abruptly materialized!
"Die, you bitch!"
From the boundless void, an angry female roar resounded, and that sacred hand fiercely pressed down toward Zhao Wan'er!
Yet, at that very moment.
"False."
With an unperturbed expression, Li Changsheng lightly uttered a single word!
The supreme control power of the Underworld River above manifested, and a bizarre aura instantly enveloped that sacred hand!
Bang...
Accompanied by a soft, muffled sound, the sacred hand instantly dissolved into endless points of light and vanished!
Even a portion of that energy flowed through the pores of Zhao Wan'er's body, fusing into her frame!
Transforming into nourishment to feed her immortal veins!
"Ding~ The Son of Destiny's state of mind has suffered severe damage. Destiny Points reduced by 200,000, with an additional 200,000 Destiny Points rewarded to the host."
"Ding~ The host's maid has plundered thousands of immortal veins from the Land of Ultimate Immortality, heavily damaging Wang Yu's fortune. Wang Yu's Destiny Points reduced, rewarding the host with an additional 100,000 Destiny Points."
The system's voice rang out right on cue, and Li Changsheng revealed a slight sneer.
Had the Land of Ultimate Immortality not been so difficult to trace, Wang Yu's losses would not have ended here.
As the surviving daughter of the Dao-Immortal Wang family, she would sooner or later become a root cause of trouble.
If she could not be driven to a dead end, he would simply have to find ways to plunder her.
Looking at the immortal palaces below wreathed in endless holy energy, a profound look gradually appeared deep in Li Changsheng's eyes.
I wonder if I can sever the karma between Wang Yu and this place...
"Underworld River."
With a thought, Li Changsheng's eyes flashed with cold light as he chanted silently in his heart.
The Underworld River above trembled, and as an endless, bone-chilling aura surged, an aura of absolute dominion over all living beings also permeated the air!
Countless illusory threads emerged from the Underworld River!
"No wonder."
Detecting the location of Wang Yu's karmic thread, a cold smile suddenly flashed in Li Changsheng's eyes.
No wonder even after the Underworld River enveloped the entire Qingling Realm, it was still difficult to trace this person's existence.
As it turned out, this person was just like the Land of Ultimate Immortality—both belonged to Qingling, yet did not truly exist within Qingling!
"So it really is related to the ancient Immortal Venerables."
Gazing at the thread radiating terrifying immortal intent among the vast array of karmic threads connected to the Land of Ultimate Immortality, Li Changsheng's eyes deepened.
Following that, the corners of his mouth curled into an intriguing smile.
Ancient Immortal Venerable? A hundred meridians as the limit?
Suppressing an entire era?
Today, I, Li Changsheng, shall sever the karma between you two master and disciple and this place!
"Sever!"
With a single thought, Li Changsheng did not hesitate. A cold light flashed deep in his eyes as he gave a soft command.
He sensed an incomparably formidable power of karma sweep across!
The Land of Ultimate Immortality trembled abruptly!
Bang... bang-bang...
A massive chorus of faint fracturing sounds rang out, and the endless karma within the Land of Ultimate Immortality was rapidly snapping!
That karmic thread radiating terrifying immortal intent couldn't even put up a shred of resistance before instantly turning to ashes and vanishing!
Vanishing along with it was another faint thread of karma leading straight to the boundless starry sky outside Qingling!
It was none other than Wang Yu's karmic thread!
"Ding~ The Son of Destiny has lost a great fortuitous encounter, Destiny Points reduced, rewarding the host with an additional 600,000 Destiny Points."
As the system's voice sounded, Li Changsheng suddenly took a deep breath.
Tens of thousands of Destiny Points rewarded in a single go...
I must admit, this wave of rewards left Li Changsheng somewhat tempted.
The desire to pursue Destiny Points gradually grew...
He suddenly felt that the wondrous and supreme treasures in the system mall didn't seem quite so expensive anymore...
Pondering this, Li Changsheng's gaze toward the "Confinement" sword in his hand gradually turned peculiar...
Should I... perhaps change to a different divine weapon?
Rumble...
While he was lost in brief contemplation, a booming roar suddenly echoed from below, and Li Changsheng refocused his gaze.
Zhao Wan'er had already refined hundreds of immortal veins, and her cultivation realm had completely stabilized.
As a terrifying aura radiated from her body, it faintly exuded a pressure comparable to the Quasi-Dao Realm!
"Young master, this maid is incompetent..."
After calming her aura, a look of dim dejection appeared in Zhao Wan'er's eyes as she knelt on one knee.
The young master had gone to great lengths to help her refine the immortal veins, yet she had only managed to refine a mere few hundred before she could no longer absorb any more.
Although a few hundred had already broken the limits of predecessors, compared to the young master's enemies, how formidable were they?
In the end, she was still far too weak...
"No matter."
Li Changsheng's expression remained calm as he gently helped her up.
With a light chuckle, he wrapped an arm around Zhao Wan'er's waist, took a light step, and vanished from the spot.
For Li Changsheng, Zhao Wan'er's cultivation level was not particularly important.
Even though it was only three hundred and sixty-nine veins, across the entire Qingling Realm, it could already be considered unprecedented.
This time, the one with the deepest karma connected to the Land of Ultimate Immortality was undoubtedly himself.
If there was an opportunity in the future, he would come back to seek the method of control.
Right now, the matter at hand was to properly discipline that self-proclaimed genius youth of the Zhao family.
Soon, when the two figures appeared above the Zhao family's main hall, the crowd below revealed looks of shock.
"Young master, just now you..."
The sycophantic Zhao Hao hurriedly scurried over to offer his regards.
The fact that Li Changsheng and Zhao Wan'er had vanished together just now was undeniably a bit too bizarre.
Fortunately, the duration wasn't too long.
Otherwise, if word got out that the direct heir of a top-tier clan had gone missing in the Zhao family, the Zhao family would no longer have any reason to exist.
Zhao Hao could certainly be said to be attentive when it came to Li Changsheng.
These baleful stars from the Li family had to be served with the utmost care...
"Master."
At this moment, Yun Chen also approached, cupping his fists in a deep bow.
"In a mere half-day, you've reached the perfection of Core Formation. Not bad."
"Later, Master will find some cultivation techniques for you to solidify your foundation."
Gazing at Yun Chen, whose aura was stable, admiration appeared in Li Changsheng's eyes as he gave a light smile.
"Thank you, Master!"
Joy welled up in Yun Chen's heart as he cupped his fists and bowed once more.
"No need for formalities."
Li Changsheng shook his head with a smile.
However, his gaze subconsciously drifted toward Zhao Ritian not far away, whose expression was somewhat gloomy.
He felt a trace of amusement inwardly.
Driven by jealousy, the intent to kill has already arisen?
With Li Changsheng's current cultivation, he could easily see right through Zhao Ritian's thoughts, and as a profound glint flashed in his eyes, a plan formed in his mind.
"Wan'er cares deeply for this place, and wished to pay a visit to her roots during this trip to Immortal Mound, so this sovereign had no choice but to accompany her."
"Along the way, we happened to pass quite a few shops, so we casually prepared some modest gifts."
"Accept them."
Pausing slightly, Li Changsheng produced an exquisite storage bag and tossed it to Zhao Hao.
His voice drifted out calmly.
"This..."
"Since the young master is so generous, I am flattered—truly, I am utterly flattered!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao's face instantly lit up with radiant joy and surprise.
The direct heir of an ancient top-tier clan actually had the heart to gift him something.
Such a matter was simply too exhilarating!
Zhao Hao wasn't stupid; he knew that no matter how good a magical treasure was, if you couldn't guard it, it still wouldn't belong to you.
What he cared about was Li Changsheng's attitude!
Since Li Changsheng allowed Zhao Wan'er to purchase items to gift to the Zhao family, it must mean that to a certain extent, he had tacitly approved of the Zhao family's continued existence!
In other words, from now on, even if the Zhao family wasn't a vassal of the Li family, they could undoubtedly rely on the Li family's prestige as a deterrent!
Across the vast Qingling Realm, from this day forth, no one would ever dare to recklessly move against the Zhao family again!
This was precisely the underlying meaning of Li Changsheng's words!
The Zhao family could be temporarily spared, but how far they would ultimately go had nothing to do with the Li family.
If the Zhao family grew in strength to a certain extent in the future, the Li family wouldn't mind having another vassal.
However, if they proved useless, the Li family wouldn't provide them with even a shred of assistance!
From then on, the Zhao family would remain confined to the level of riding on someone else's coattails!
This was both a tacit approval and a trial!
Zhao Hao didn't believe that the Li family's direct heir had come to tour Immortal Mound for no reason.
Everything was undoubtedly part of Li Changsheng's calculations!
The Li family's direct heir was merely a little over twenty years old.
Yet he was so terrifying...
Pondering this, determination gradually surfaced in Zhao Hao's eyes, and his gaze toward Li Changsheng transformed into boundless reverence!
Compared to this young master of the Li family, he had basically lived his entire life in vain.
Zhao Wan'er remained relatively calm upon seeing this.
After all, the young master possessed terrifying talent and a noble status; he was long beyond what the beings of the mortal world could look up to.
For family head Zhao Hao to display such an expression was entirely within reason.
"This guy..."
Could it be...
Only when Li Changsheng caught Zhao Hao's fervent gaze did he momentarily pause in surprise.
"Ding~ The host's imposing aura has increased, rewarded with 5,000 Destiny Points."
As the system's familiar, concise voice sounded, Li Changsheng felt somewhat helpless.
When it comes to buttering people up, you really are something else.
At that thought, Li Changsheng suddenly recalled the 10 Destiny Points back in Chu Mound, and couldn't help but find it somewhat peculiar.
They both shared the surname Zhao.
How could there be such a vast gap in their self-awareness and proficiency as professional sycophants?