Reflecting the Present World, Second Ascension

"...Sorry."

Chen Xuan was in a good mood. He had gained a lot tonight because of Yan Yushu, so he didn't mind the cold, commanding voice.

He released his grip, stood up, and got off the completely sober Yan Yushu's back. He said, "Don't worry, I won't speak of what happened tonight."

"..."

Yan Yushu stood up, first turning her back to Chen Xuan to straighten her clothes, then she faced him with a calm expression, staring coldly at him.

Her eyes held a look that was both ethereal and indifferent, as if she was utterly weary of everything in the mundane world, caring about nothing...

Twice.

She had ascended in front of him a full two times!

That was one thing, but the crucial point was that this man named Chen Xuan was completely unmoved by her. And the second time, he even focused entirely on practicing his tricks?

Was she that unattractive now? The men outside who liked her were so numerous that a single city couldn't contain them!

Yan Yushu didn't know how to face this tragic encounter, nor could she describe her complex feelings at this moment with words.

At the same time, she felt an extreme shock, because while she was ascending to the point of losing all sense of time, Chen Xuan had actually mastered tricks, and not just one, but two. This talent was simply unheard of.

What made Yan Yushu even more bewildered was that the other party had previously used White Qi to beat her up, which meant that the other party had mastered at least three different types of Immortal Qi.

The Mountains and Seas Twelve Qi were mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, making them difficult to be compatible. This was common knowledge.

Most Qi Refiners in the world specialized in only one type of Immortal Qi. Only a very small number of geniuses had the spare energy to attempt cultivating dual Qi.

But this second Qi was merely supplementary, as it required double the time and effort, making it extremely difficult to achieve anything.

Yet, Chen Xuan, right in front of her, in just a short half an hour, directly cultivated a second Qi, and a third Qi which was twice as difficult. This terrifying speed of Qi refining made Yan Yushu feel a hint of amazement.

"You..."

Yan Yushu opened her mouth, seemingly about to say something, then paused, turned her head, and murmured, "I am awake now. The Six Desires Heaven is about to disappear."

Chen Xuan followed her gaze and looked up at the high sky.

"Rumble..."

The four towering figures of the Heavenly Kings once again slowly rose, their bent bodies almost completely straightening, moving away from the Lotus Platform.

"Crack..."

Suddenly, a sound of a massive object breaking echoed in the air. An arm of a colossal figure inexplicably broke off, sending rocks flying and debris raining down, crashing into the black great lake with a thunderous roar, stirring up monstrous waves that rushed towards the Lotus Platform.

"Boom!"

The surging waves crashed against the shore, and the ground trembled.

Chen Xuan stood steady. He gazed at the lifeless, severely faded objects in the sky, and a faint understanding dawned in his heart. He roughly guessed the meaning contained within this scene.

Yan Yushu had consumed the monk's cultivation as food, and this Six Desires Heaven was also treating her as a delicious snack...

"Every time I use the power of the Six Desires Heaven, I will sink into the Desire Realm once. Eventually, I will become a part of the Six Desires Heaven."

Yan Yushu casually explained, then stared at Chen Xuan, her tone calm, "Tonight, I owe you a favor. Is there anything I can help you with?"

She was a spirited woman who dared to cross several large cities alone and had made the Hanging Temple run in circles. Her inner strength was formidable. Now that she had recovered, she rationally and quickly accepted what had happened.

The other party had not taken advantage of her vulnerability and had even helped her greatly.

Although Yan Yushu wished she could find a crack in the ground and hide herself because of these intimate experiences, she couldn't develop too much malice towards Chen Xuan because of it.

"Hmm, help..."

Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and a deeply sinful and offensive crazy thought suddenly arose in his heart.

How about... cooperation?

Immediately, this quite feasible idea was suppressed. He shook his head and said indifferently:

"We met by chance, each getting what we needed. Let's meet again if fate allows."

"..."

Yan Yushu pursed her rosy lips, gazing deeply at him for a moment, and quietly let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

She was intelligent and naturally had similar thoughts to Chen Xuan.

But beauty is like a wolf and a tiger, most likely to wear down a hero's spirit.

Yan Yushu could see that Chen Xuan's heart was like a rock and would not be easily swayed, but she also knew how tempting her body was to a young and vigorous man:

He can endure it once, he can endure it twice, but I don't believe he can endure it forever...

Fortunately, the other party's character was upright and honest, following the proper path, and did not take the opportunity to make that excessive request.

After all, she was still young and did not yet wish to give up everything for the great path of Qi refining...

Early morning.

Inside a narrow, dark room at the Hanging Temple's station.

Chen Xuan opened his eyes from his deep sleep, summoning a stream of radiant Green Qi. Immediately, the Green Qi surged, and a fiery red light erupted, the Red Qi illuminating the entire dark small room.

"I am about to step into the Second Ascension."

He murmured to himself, a clear understanding dawning in his heart. His soul body had mastered two tricks, the power of Green Qi and Red Qi, which were now reflecting onto his physical body in the present world.

"Whoosh!"

Within his body, the powers of Green Qi and Red Qi were circulating alternately. Streams of vibrant Green Deer Power and waves of boiling, intense Fire Bird Qi were rapidly feeding back and nourishing his body.

Chen Xuan's body was bathed in a two-colored radiance of green and red. His vital energy rapidly accumulated and gathered strength, constantly pushing against the eight-thousand-jin limit of his body.

At the same time, the energy accumulated in his body from the daytime Treasure Tea Soup converged at this moment, joining the battle. Although not much, it was still a force that could not be underestimated.

"I'm about to break through the body's limit and begin the transformation."

Chen Xuan's body was rapidly heating up. A massive amount of white mist permeated from his body, clouding and shrouding the entire cold small room.

"Zheng!"

A thin, golden-white thread, shimmering with a metallic luster, emerged from his internal organs. Carrying impurities and turbid Qi, it pierced through his pores and danced in the mist, improving his weak old body.

"Whoosh!"

Immediately after, a green thread emerged from his body, as crystal clear as green jade, dancing in the air. A third thread, fiery red like flames, followed closely, breaking out of his body. Subsequently, one after another, thin threads of radiant Immortal Qi emerged from his body, intertwining and weaving in the air.

Hundreds and thousands of Immortal Qi threads wove a dazzling Ascension Immortal Garment in the air.

At a certain moment.

A flawless Ascension Immortal Garment, primarily white, green, and red, with the other nine colors as secondary, slowly descended from the air, covering Chen Xuan's well-proportioned, strong, and powerful body.

It was a natural progression.

"Hoo..."

Chen Xuan's mind was clear, as if he were about to ascend and become an immortal, and he fell into a deep slumber.

His body was undergoing an ultimate sublimation, a complete transformation.

The darkness was boundless, and who knows how long passed.

Chen Xuan was awakened by some subtle sounds, his eyelids fluttering slightly.

In the darkest moment before dawn, when everything in the world was silent, the tightly closed wooden door was pushed open.

Two different sets of footsteps tiptoed in.

"Senior Brother, I saw it clearly in the daytime. The seal script this person wrote must have some meaning. Even the old master who brews the Treasure Tea Soup said it must be from some ancient scripture."

It was the voice of a young monk.

Chen Xuan recognized him. It was the one who had been kicked by Monk Kong Wen and had stared at him with a deeply apologetic yet unsettling gaze for the entire afternoon afterward. He had found it strange at the time.

But these Ascetic Monks had stiff expressions and acted without any method, each like a madman. Therefore, although he had sensed something unusual in his heart at the time, he did not react on the spot.

"Junior Brother, this person underwent a Second Ascension tonight!" another monk whispered.

"What are you afraid of? Half of the senior and junior brothers here are Second Ascension cultivators, aren't you too!" the young monk sneered.

"But if we do this, we'll have to escape from the Hanging Temple..."

"Of course we have to escape! Look at the monks in this temple, how many of them still seem like normal people..."

The young monk said resentfully, groping towards the bed and carefully rummaging through Chen Xuan's belongings.

"Hiss! There's a hairpin. This material... good stuff!"

"..."

"Of course, I think so too."

In the darkness, a faintly glowing hand reached out and gently picked up the hairpin from the young monk's hand.