A Disruption in Ascension; The Situation Is Turbulent!

"Ha ha!"

"I also owe a lot to Junior Brother Lu's outstanding talent; otherwise, I'm afraid it would take me hundreds or even thousands of years before I could ascend to immortality."

Ascension is imminent.

Grandmaster Muyang was indeed in a very good mood, and his smiles were many more numerous than usual. After all, the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers were just the lower realm. In this lower realm, he was known as the 'Number One Master of Array Formations,' and his name was famous throughout the world. However, with scarce cultivation resources and no teachers or seniors to guide him, it was truly difficult to improve his cultivation.

There is no hope of advancing to the level of True Immortal.

And once ascended—

With guidance from elders in the sect, various fortuitous opportunity in the Spirit Domain, and abundant resources, I have come across this place.

Ascending a few days earlier increases the chances of advancing to True Immortal.

It concerns the Dao Path.

It concerns Changsheng.

Even with Grandmaster Muyang's State of Mind, it was difficult to conceal his joy.

Upon seeing this, Lu Qingfeng knew that a Nascent Primordial Spirit cultivator like Grandmaster Muyang from the lower realm longed for the Spirit Domain, and couldn't help but smile and say, "Our sect is full of talented people. Disciples like Zhang Zhou, Chu Ganshan, and Peng Jiuhu are all at the Golden Core Peak and could advance to the Primordial Spirit at any time. Even without me, Senior Brother's ascension will not be too far off."

The Celestial Star Sect is, after all, one of the ten great immortal sects of the Three Mountains and Seven Gorges, with its Primordial Spirit continuing unbroken for tens of thousands of years, and its sect is prosperous. The three people, Zhang Zhou, whom Lu Qingfeng just mentioned, are all Primordial Spirit seeds in the Celestial Star Sect, just like Xun Bai in the Azurewood Valley and Jing Zhan in the Myriad Beasts Immortal Mountain Jing Zhan Mountain. Their cultivation and Dao practice have all reached the limit of the Core Formation stage, and they are only missing a little bit of fortuitous opportunity to take that final step and advance to the Primordial Spirit stage.

"Zhang Zhou, Chu Ganshan, and Peng Jiuhu are indeed exceptionally talented."

"My two junior brothers, please teach them well. If all three of you advance to the Nascent Primordial Spirit, we brothers will be able to reunite in the Spirit Domain soon."

Grandmaster Muyang laughed heartily upon hearing this.

He had indeed placed his hopes on these three people before, but afterwards, they became the hope for his two junior brothers' ascension. He felt both relaxed and happy, and looking at Lu Qingfeng and Wu Jiu, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional when he thought of himself back then.

True Person are easy to repair.

The Primordial Spirit is difficult to form.

While these three disciples certainly have a chance to advance to the Primordial Spirit, whether they will ultimately succeed is uncertain. If their luck is bad and one fails, who knows how much longer the other two junior brothers will have to languish in the Human Realm.

Just like he always has.

We will meet again in the celestial realm in the future, but we do not know when or if it will ever happen.

With a sigh.

The three brothers, both apprentices, enjoyed tea and conversation.

As dawn broke and the sky turned a pale white, Grandmaster Muyang rose, brandished his sword, cleaved open the void, stepped into it, and ascended to heaven.

"May you, my senior brother, attain True Immortal soon and enjoy eternal Changsheng!"

Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng stood up, cupped their hands towards the void, and their voices entered the void before disappearing into the depths.

Grandmaster Muyang ascended to heaven.

The two of them were left alone, each with their own feelings.

One of them was burdened by worldly affairs and bound by ancestral precepts, wanting to ascend but unable to. The other, however, possessed extraordinary strength and profound cultivation, capable of ascending at will but unwilling to do so.

People of the same kind have different fates.

If Wu Jiu knew, he would probably feel even more frustrated.

Seeing Grandmaster Muyang ascend to immortality, Wu Jiu, though trying to conceal it, couldn't help but reveal a hint of disappointment. After all, they had known each other for two or three thousand years, sharing a deep bond, and Grandmaster Muyang had treated him like a brother and a father. Grandmaster Muyang's ascension meant a bright future for him, and Wu Jiu was both happy for him and felt a profound sense of loss.

Shaking his head to clear his mind of all his thoughts, Wu Jiu looked at Lu Qingfeng and suddenly smiled, "Junior Brother has passed through the twenty-seventh Formation Mountain. Even if there are no more junior Primordial Spirit in the sect, I think Ancestor Qin will not sit idly by and watch you waste your time in the lower realm. There is no need to worry about your ascension."

With a change in State of Mind, Wu Jiu was actually comforting Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng smiled but didn't reply, but in his heart he was thinking, "I have only recently advanced to the Primordial Spirit, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers. I have also recently acquired 'Yuan Gui City,' which is in dire need of reconstruction. By the time I raise my cultivation to the Fusion Stage, rebuild Yuan Gui City and make it prosperous, it will probably be two or three thousand years later before I ascend to immortality."

"I hope that Patriarch Qin Feng won't urge us too soon."

Fortunately, Wu Jiu was unaware of this thought.

Seeing Lu Qingfeng smile without saying a word, Wu Jiu's heart stirred. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Lu's junior brother's expression suddenly change, and his eyes stared straight into the void.

"Junior brother—"

Wu Jiu opened his mouth, about to ask a question.

Boom boom boom!

The void beside him suddenly cracked open, and waves of Spiritual Qi energy rippled out from within, along with the faint sounds of fighting and familiar voices.

Listen carefully.

Wu Jiu's expression changed drastically. "Oh no, my senior brother is in trouble!"

There was no time to think about it.

He took a step and soared into the void. Beside him, rows of iron spikes emerged one after another, moving with even greater speed than he did, heading straight into the depths of the void.

"Senior Brother Mu, don't panic, I'm here to help you!"

One hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks flew out together, gathered in mid-air, and transformed into seventy-two Void-Breaking Divine Sword, forming a fierce sword formation, and rushed forward.

In the void.

A surge of Spiritual Qi energy swept through the area, and dozens of Devil Creature with wings on their backs, four ferocious legs, and long, sharp mouthparts were fluttering their wings, waving their four claws, and pecking fiercely with their mouthparts, attacking one person.

The man was dressed in a tattered Daoist robe with nine palaces Eight Trigrams, his hair disheveled and looking utterly wretched.

It was none other than the ascension of Grandmaster Muyang.

During their ascension, they unexpectedly provoked such a ferocious Devil Creature, and unable to defeat it, they had no choice but to return in haste.

"Senior Brother Mu, don't panic, I'm here to help you!"

Unable to break through by flanking left and right, Grandmaster Muyang heard a familiar voice. He immediately recognized it as his junior brother, Lu Qingfeng. He hurriedly turned to look, but a moment of distraction—

"Hiss!"

Grandmaster Muyang felt an unbearable pain in his right arm and couldn't help but gasp. Looking down, he saw that his right arm was empty. The void Devil Creature had taken advantage of his distraction and severed it with its sharp mouthparts, carrying it away.

He looked up.

"Crack! Crack!"

Then he saw the Devil Creature open and close its mouth, chewing and swallowing his severed right arm, causing him to frown deeply and feel a jolt in his body.

Damn it!

Grandmaster Muyang gritted his teeth.

He brandished a long sword in the air with his left hand.

Short swords, like throwing knives, flew out, forming a dense array around him. His aim wasn't to kill the enemy, but simply to protect himself.

At this moment.

The seventy-two Void Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks Mysterious Signs, have finally arrived.

Divine swords are arranged, and the sword formation is in operation.

In an instant.

With a deafening roar, countless sword lights mixed with layers of Sword Qi broke through the blockade formed by the void Devil Creature against Grandmaster Muyang.

"Run!"

The loud bang reached Grandmaster Muyang's ears. Without hesitation, he pushed his Law Power to its limit, leaped into the air, and broke free from the encirclement of the void Devil Creature. The next instant, he returned to the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers with Wu Jiu, who was waiting for him outside the void.

The Nine-Strategies Profound-Hao Sticks followed closely behind, returning in single file and landing in Lu Qingfeng's hands, becoming a broken Iron-Bone Folding Fan.

Healing from the void.

The Devil Creature, finding no way in, gradually fell silent.

"Is your injury serious, Senior Brother?"

Seeing that the Devil Creature had failed to catch up, Wu Jiu helped Grandmaster Muyang land at the Twenty-Four Pearl Waterside Pavilion. He saw his senior brother, who was always dignified and peerless, now in a miserable and wretched state, with disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and a broken left arm.

Wu Jiu was horrified and furious.

"Minor injury."

"It's alright."

Grandmaster Muyang gritted his teeth, stopping the bleeding from his right shoulder, then looked up and bowed deeply to Lu Qingfeng, who was standing quietly to the side, saying gratefully, "Thank you so much for your help, Junior Brother, otherwise—"

"Senior Brother Mu, what are you doing? You're making me feel so bad."

Seeing this, Lu Qingfeng quickly stepped forward to help him up, preventing Grandmaster Muyang from bowing down, and said, "Senior brother, please take care of your injuries first. We can talk about it later."

As he spoke.

He then helped Grandmaster Muyang sit down.

"Good."

"Please wait a moment, my two junior brothers."

Grandmaster Muyang knew that although his injuries were not fatal, they could not be delayed. So he did not refuse and immediately sat cross-legged to recuperate.

Lu Qingfeng and Wu Jiu guard to the side.

The latter would glance at Grandmaster Muyang from time to time, and then look into the void, his brows furrowed, his face showing worry and doubt.

"Where did this Devil Creature come from?"

Lu Qingfeng also had doubts.

He wanted to ask, but judging from Wu Jiu's expression, he clearly didn't know either. So he patiently waited for Grandmaster Muyang to recuperate.

Two full hours later.

"Call!"

Grandmaster Muyang exhaled a thick plume of black smoke. The faint aura of malevolence that had previously clung to his face had completely dissipated, though he remained somewhat pale. His injuries must have been severe, requiring a period of rest and recuperation.

He opened his eyes.

He immediately noticed that Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng were both looking at him.

Wu Jiu was the first to lose his composure. Seeing that Grandmaster Muyang's injuries had stabilized, he was the first to frown and ask, "What are those Devil Creature? Senior Brother ascended to immortality without any problems, how did you manage to provoke them?"

Grandmaster Muyang was blocked by these Devil Creature, his ascension was repelled, and he was in a sorry state.

Wu Jiu was quite puzzled.

Since he was destined to ascend to immortality sooner or later, he was both surprised and suspicious, and took it very seriously.

Lu Qingfeng also looked at Grandmaster Muyang.

"Well!"

Grandmaster Muyang let out a long sigh, his emotions shifting between joy and sorrow in an instant. One moment he was rejoicing at his ascension, the next he was brought back to reality.

Anyone would feel frustrated.

Grandmaster Muyang was no exception; he felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

He adjusted his mindset, looked at Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng, and said with a wry smile, "The path to ascension is inherently dangerous. There are also scattered ancient records of the ascension of predecessors."

The path to ascension is by no means smooth.

The path opens from the void, leading from the Mountain-Water Realm into the Spirit Domain. Although guided by the energy, one will not lose their way. However, there are several dangers along the way.

"Among the dangers of ascension, Spiritual Qi energy tides are the most common, but they are also extremely rare. Ascending cultivators can easily overcome these dangers by relying on their Law Artifact and protective Technique Method, as long as their Out-of-Body Realm."

"In addition, the void turbulence is even more dangerous. It can destroy Law Artifact, shatter protective Technique Method, and drag ascended cultivators into another dimension. It is often a fatal threat, and only cultivators in the Integration Realm have a certain chance of escaping."

"This kind of danger is even rarer. As far as I know, there have only been three such incidents in hundreds of thousands of years in the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers."

"As for this void Devil Creature— "

Grandmaster Muyang's mouth was dry, and his eyes showed a hint of surprise and doubt. He shook his head and said, "I really don't know where this thing comes from. Even the experience records of ascended cultivators throughout the ages don't seem to mention Devil Creature with two wings, four claws, and a pointed beak."

He searched his memory thoroughly, and suddenly reached out his left hand to grab at the air, taking out a Jade Slip from the Sutra Repository.

After checking in the blink of an eye, he said in a deep voice, "My memory is indeed correct. Two hundred and fifty thousand years ago, when Grandmaster Yuanfa of Six Dust Temple ascended to heaven, he encountered a Six-Winged Heavenly Demon blocking his way in the void. With a single flap of its Six-Winged Heavenly Demon, the Six Wings celestial demon could stir up endless gales, instantly tearing Grandmaster Yuanfa, Primordial Spirit Lantuo Dharma Body by the Six-Winged Heavenly Demon."

This is mentioned.

Grandmaster Muyang's eyes were filled with both solemnity and lingering fear.

Although his ascension was thwarted today, he was fortunate that he did not encounter this Six-Winged Heavenly Demon, otherwise he would not have survived! Thinking this way, the resentment, unwillingness, and bitterness in his heart dissipated considerably.

What happened to that Six-Winged Heavenly Demon afterward?

Seeing that Grandmaster Muyang had stopped speaking, Wu Jiu quickly pressed for an answer.

"With a flap of its Six Wings, it vanished without a trace."

Grandmaster Muyang shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Wu Jiu and Lu Qingfeng exchanged a glance, their doubts not only remaining unresolved but also growing more perplexed.

With Grandmaster Muyang and Wu Jiu by his side, Lu Qingfeng couldn't easily perform any magic calculations.

It's a pity.

In the critical moment just now, Lu Qingfeng was also constantly worried about the dangers beyond the Mountain-Water Realm, and did not step into the void, thus failing to encounter Devil Creature. Otherwise, a sweep of the 'Grand Luo Insight' would have revealed everything, and there would have been no need for such speculation.

While I was pondering this.

Then, Grandmaster Muyang stood up, his face solemn, and said, "This matter is of great importance. That Devil Creature is ferocious and powerful. If it follows its aura and enters the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers, there may be great disaster. I will immediately set up an altar and perform a ritual to report this matter to the ancestral master of the upper realm."

If it were like that Six-Winged Heavenly Demon, merely passing through, that would be fine.

But what if the Devil Creature linger and won't leave?

Or it might rush straight towards the Three Mountains and Nine Rivers, wreaking havoc, which would be a great calamity.

Grandmaster Muyang dared not underestimate him.

Yes!

Upon hearing Grandmaster Muyang's words, Lu Qingfeng's eyes lit up immediately.

The Celestial Star Sect is different from him. He was all alone before, but the Celestial Star Sect has connections in the Upper Realm. If there are any questions, they can simply hold an altar and perform a ritual.

Without immediately turning back to calculate, he, along with Grandmaster Muyang and Wu Jiu, bathed and fasted.

After waiting for seven days, we set up an altar to worship the immortals.

"I want to see just how this ferocious Devil Creature came to be!"

Lu Qingfeng thought to himself.

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