Ascending Purgatory Peak Again

The system notification from the mechanical system left Zhuge Xiang dumbfounded, both amused and exasperated. What a joke! Kill the Myriad Flowers Elder Void Realm Great Expert? And he was being forced to take action? Moreover, this was a mandatory mission? Was such a mission even possible?

It must be said that the rewards for this task are truly generous. Once completed, the level will increase by 5 levels, and there will also be the Intermediate Big Turntable and two Treasure Artifacts. However, the penalty of losing 3 levels if the task is failed is also very heavy. More importantly, Zhuge Xiang sees almost no possibility of completing this task.

The path of cultivation is divided into the Major Realm: Qi Refining, Deity Transformation, and Void Refinement. The gap between each realm Void Realm Great Expert. Void Realm experts are those who can chase stars and move mountains and fill seas, even reversing the course of the universe. With my current cultivation level, what use could I possibly be? To cooperate with Qing Mingzi's family to kill Myriad Flowers Elder? Even Qing Mingzi himself wasn't confident of success.

"What's wrong, Zhuge Xiang? You sent me to the Sect Headquarters?" Zhuge Xiang was shocked by this sudden mission. Su Huayu, who was next to him, couldn't help but ask again when she saw that he was not speaking.

"Alright, let's go check out the Sect Headquarters first," Zhuge Xiang nodded. Faced with this impossible task, Zhuge Xiang was also at a loss. He turned the Asura Warship around and flew towards the Jin Mountain Range where the Asura Sect Headquarters was located.

The Asura Warship streaked through the air. Zhuge Xiang's mind was filled with countless thoughts. When Qing Mingzi told him that if he didn't contact him within a month, he should send Su Huayu back to Rakshasa City, twenty days had already passed. If he were to make a move, it should be in these last few days. It would be best to find Qing Mingzi before he acted and stop him.

As night deepened, the Asura Warship streaked across the sky, traversing the Jin Mountain Range. In the distance, the location of the Asura Sect could be seen, especially the One Hundred and Eight Floating Mountains, which served as guiding lights.

Zhuge Xiang hadn't been to the Asura Sect Headquarters for a long time. Looking at the Asura Sect Headquarters from afar, Zhuge Xiang felt a surge of emotions. Time flies so fast; in the blink of an eye, it had been more than two years since he left the Asura Sect Headquarters.

Green Bamboo Peak was still inhabited by the disciples of Zhuge Xiang's generation. When Zhuge Xiang returned to the Asura Sect Headquarters, although it was already late at night, Zhuge Xiang still managed to find a few familiar disciples after landing from the Asura Warship.

Ji Xue and Ling Wufeng were considered rare geniuses in Zhuge Xiang's class. However, when Zhuge Xiang saw them again, the gap between them had widened considerably. Although the two had reached the eighth and Ninth Layer levels of the Meridian Opening Realm respectively, they had not yet entered the Void Splitting Realm.

At the Asura Sect Headquarters, anyone who fails to break through to the Body Tempering Realm within five years will be stripped of their title as Official Disciple. Reaching the Meridian Opening Realm within two or three years is already a very good growth rate for the entire Asura Sect, but it is far inferior to Zhuge Xiang's.

"Return to Simplicity Realm? Fifth Layer of cultivation?" Ling Wufeng and Ji Xue couldn't sense any aura from Zhuge Xiang, who seemed like an ordinary person. They couldn't help but ask, but when they learned of Zhuge Xiang's current cultivation level, they were both shocked.

"You really are terrifying..." Ji Xue and Ling Wufeng stared at Zhuge Xiang with their mouths agape in shock. After a long while, they couldn't help but shake their heads helplessly.

In just three or four years, they had progressed from the Qi Cultivation Realm to the Body Tempering Realm and now to the Meridian Opening Realm. They thought their cultivation speed was already quite fast. However, upon learning of Zhuge Xiang's realm, they finally understood what a true genius was.

"By the way, coming back to headquarters so late at night, it's impossible that he just wanted to catch up with us?" Ji Xue asked Zhuge Xiang, glancing at Su Huayu beside him. Ji Xue didn't believe that Zhuge Xiang had rushed back to headquarters so late at night just to catch up with him.

"It's nothing major, really. I just wanted to ask if anything big has happened at headquarters recently?" Zhuge Xiang paused slightly, then pointed to the ceiling and said, "For example, did a battle break out among the One Hundred and Eight Floating Mountains?"

"No, not at all," Ji Xue said, shaking her head, somewhat puzzled.

Upon hearing Ji Xue's reply, Zhuge Xiang and Su Huayu both secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that Qing Mingzi had not yet made a move against Myriad Flowers Elder. Otherwise, the Asura Headquarters would not have been unaware of a battle comparable to Void Realm Great Expert.

"However, there are some major issues, not none at all," Ling Wufeng said, as if he had just thought of something.

"Just three days ago, Purgatory Elder unfurled the Asura Purgatory Diagram, which hung horizontally in the sky, as if waiting for a prey to run into a trap. At the time, I was cultivating in the Jin Mountain Range when I happened to see a man flying towards the headquarters and being sucked into the Asura Purgatory Diagram."

Ling Wufeng's words caused Su Huayu's expression to change drastically, and Zhuge Xiang's brows also furrowed slightly.

The Asura Purgatory Diagram was one that Zhuge Xiang had entered when he participated in the Inner Sect Examination Selection. It was a Lingbao of the Purgatory Elder, and it was equivalent to a Small World inside. Although it is not certain that the person the Purgatory Elder absorbed was Qing Mingzi, the possibility is not small.

Feeling nervous and worried about her father's condition, Su Huayu gripped Zhuge Xiang's arm tightly, looking at him with pleading eyes, but unable to speak.

How could Su Huayu possibly bring herself to ask an elder who was Void Realm Great Expert for help? However, the only person Su Huayu could trust now was Zhuge Xiang; if she didn't seek his assistance, Su Huayu truly didn't know who else to turn to.

Patting Su Huayu's hand in comfort, Zhuge Xiang's gaze reassured Su Huayu somewhat. Then, Zhuge Xiang bid farewell to Ling Wufeng and Ji Xue, saying, "Junior brothers, I have some things to attend to, so I'll be leaving for now. Judging from your appearance, you'll be able to join the Inner Sect soon. We can have a small gathering then."

"Yes, Senior Brother Zhuge, go ahead and get busy," Ji Xue and Ling Wufeng nodded in succession.

Watching Zhuge Xiang deploy his Asura Warship and fly into the hovering sky, Ji Xue and Ling Wufeng were filled with emotion. In just a few years, the gap between the two sides had become as vast as heaven and earth.

"Zhuge Xiang, where are you going?" Su Huayu asked, her tone full of complexity, as she watched the Asura Warship fly straight towards the Floating Mountain.

"Is there any need to ask? Of course, we should go and find Purgatory Elder to find out the truth," Zhuge Xiang replied without turning his head, staring at the Floating Mountain where Purgatory Elder was located.

"..." Zhuge Xiang's reply warmed Su Huayu's heart, secretly moving her. He dared to face the Void Realm Elder for her sake. "Why did you help me to this extent? Between us, there's actually a deep friendship..."

"Hehe, when I, Zhuge Xiang, do things, why would I care about so many 'whys'?" Before Su Huayu could finish speaking, Zhuge Xiang turned around and interrupted her, his carefree expression suggesting that he had never been afraid of any so-called Void Realm Elder.

"Where did this disciple come from? Do not trespass on Purgatory Peak!" Just as the Asura Warship was getting closer and closer to Purgatory Peak where the Purgatory Elder was located, a dazzling light appeared. Then, a man of about thirty years old stood in front of the Asura Warship, standing on a strange weapon called a spear, and shouted in a deep voice.

"Is that Senior Brother Gu Feng? It's been years, but you still look as dashing as ever..." Zhuge Xiang stepped forward and stood by the ship's side to greet the Deity Transformation Stage Cultivator who had appeared. This Cultivator was none other than Gu Feng, who had been ordered by Purgatory Elder to bring him to the Floating Mountain.

"You?" Zhuge Xiang's tone clearly indicated that he recognized him. Gu Feng looked Zhuge Xiang up and down, pondered for a moment, and finally realized, saying, "Zhuge Xiang, you are Zhuge Xiang? Could it be that you have finally figured it out? I believe Master will be very happy."

"No, I'm here because I have something to ask Purgatory Elder. I hope Senior Brother Gu Feng can inform him," Zhuge Xiang said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

Back then, Zhuge Xiang refused to be accepted as a disciple by the Purgatory Elder. Today, when he returned here, Gu Feng thought he had changed his mind. However, he did not expect that he would still insist on the idea of cultivating alone.

After carefully examining Zhuge Xiang, a look of surprise gradually appeared on Gu Feng's face. "You... in just two or three years... you have actually reached the Return to Simplicity Realm Fifth Layer?"

Zhuge Xiang smiled without saying a word in response to Gu Feng's surprise, waiting for his reply.

Zhuge Xiang refused Purgatory Elder's offer because he asked Purgatory Elder in court if he could help him break through to the Deity Transformation stage within three to five years, and reach the Void Realm within thirty to fifty years. Purgatory Elder said he could not do it, so Zhuge Xiang used this as his reason for refusing Purgatory Elder.

At the time, almost everyone thought Zhuge Xiang was arrogant and didn't know his own limitations. But now, in just two or three years, Zhuge Xiang has returned with the cultivation of the Return to Simplicity Realm Fifth Layer. This made Gu Feng's heart waver. Could it be that he really has the confidence to break through to the Deity Transformation Realm within three to five years?

After a long while, recovering from the shock of Zhuge Xiang's cultivation speed, Gu Feng gave Zhuge Xiang a deep look, and then asked him to follow him into Purgatory Peak.

"Wait here for a moment. I'll go and report to Master first." Inside Purgatory Peak, outside the Great Hall of the Purgatory Elder, Gu Feng told Zhuge Xiang and Su Huayu to wait outside the hall before going in to report.

After a moment, the voice of the Purgatory Elder was heard from inside the hall. "Oh? Zhuge Xiang, you've finally figured it out? Haha, stop standing outside, come in." (To be continued...)