I nodded in agreement, then took him to Tiandao's main city. On the way, I remembered the key point about ascension and asked, "Where will we ascend from? Are we supposed to wait for a summons?"
"Once the jade tablet is activated, those under its protection will naturally ascend in broad daylight," Heizi said without hesitation.
I froze for a moment, thinking, As expected, it really is cruel. It seemed the jade tablet had to be activated no matter what. We had to hurry and have those who could not go up prepare to lose their cultivation, while also having Tiandao's cultivators prepare for the sudden upheavals that might follow. After all, Tiandao had only declared that four thousand people could go up. The rest, unwilling to lose their cultivation but eager to obtain a spot, would certainly struggle. Once they struggled, trouble would inevitably follow. That was only common sense.
"Then we can just keep waiting here?" I asked tentatively.
Heizi knew I was no fool. Since I had asked that, I obviously had something else in mind, so he soon gave a cold laugh and said, "What kind of trouble are you planning this time? Last time, you severed a strand of my divine sense in the ruined city, forcing me to wait until the boundary was broken before I could seize the chance to send down another strand and communicate with my current split soul. Don't go stirring things up again this time. If you knock the whole pot of porridge over, I'll see how you repent afterward!"
"Heh heh, so it was for communication." I grinned. Back then, when I accepted the loss of cultivation, I had destroyed that thought in passing. That had forced him to wait until the Ascension Altar broke through the God