The Birth of Cultivation, the Demon God of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains

The result was like the heavens collapsing, sending shockwaves throughout the world. After all, Zhang Fan, who had defied the heavens, had been taken away by the Imperial Palace and might never return.

"Now our immortal destiny is truly gone... Everyone should return home and study your own cultivation techniques!"

"Haha, Heaven and Earth are impartial, treating all things like straw dogs. May I ask, where exactly is the path to immortality? Could it be that immortality truly doesn't exist?"

"Which of our ancestral patriarchs throughout the generations wasn't a figure who shook Heaven and Earth and made ghosts and gods weep? But look at them—did any of them become immortal?"

Everyone sighed helplessly. In the end, they could only accept the result. Quite a few chose to return and offer two sticks of incense to their ancestral patriarchs, if only to show their filial respect.

Tian Dalang and Madam Tian remained there for three days. But because they were entangled in sect affairs, they eventually left.

As for Yu Linglong and Lan Ling'er, the two women stood atop the mountain peak and waited bitterly for seven days. Yet Heaven and Earth remained as they always were. The green mountains had not changed, but Zhang Fan still failed to appear.

"It's all because of you, you foul woman! You just had to challenge him recklessly. Otherwise, Zhang Fan wouldn't have gotten into trouble." Lan Ling'er angrily blamed her.

"Hmph. You made the mistake yourself, yet you're blaming me? Why don't you see whether you're capable of reaching the end of the Heavenly Ladder?" Yu Linglong retorted without backing down.

"Enough nonsense. Today, I'll settle this with you and see who's truly the strongest." Lan Ling'er angrily fired back.

"Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Yu Linglong was equally unwilling