Looking at that withered yet rosy face, Xiyun's heart tightened involuntarily.
Though he had long since reached the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm, facing this old man who had already transcended the bounds of cultivators still left him feeling somewhat uneasy.
It was not merely the terrifying pressure emanating from the old man that made him feel suffocated.
It was also because this Old Ancestor Yunqing had become exceedingly irritable and temperamental after failing his tribulation.
In truth, no one who suffered such a fate could remain calm as though nothing had happened.
When Old Ancestor Yunqing underwent his tribulation back then, given his accumulated foundation, he had originally possessed a seventy percent chance of success.
Yet because the Spirit Realm's laws had fallen into disorder, he ultimately fell short at the last hurdle and could only turn to cultivating as a Loose Immortal, lingering on in miserable existence.
But after becoming a Loose Immortal, a Heavenly Tribulation descended every thousand years.
If he survived it, he could continue lingering on for another thousand years, awaiting the next millennial Heavenly Tribulation.
If he failed to survive it, he would immediately perish, his body and soul extinguished, without even the possibility of reincarnation.
Because at the moment he failed the Heavenly Tribulation and chose to cultivate as a Loose Immortal, he had already abandoned his physical body.
Now, he was merely a Primordial Spirit—and one that could not possess another body.
With only his Primordial Spirit remaining, if he could not survive the next Heavenly Tribulation, what else could he abandon?
But what choice did he have?
Knowing full well that the road ahead was blocked and that his tribulation was doomed to fail, no matter how much he suppressed his cultivation, the day of his final limit would eventually