Lu Yang smiled faintly. "It looks like the day we leave is almost here."
Over two hundred years had passed. Ji Qingyi had made progress, and Lu Yang had not fallen behind.
During that time, he had ventured beyond the heavens many times, roaming the stars and cautiously exploring, little by little, the Cosmic Starry Sky beyond the Nine Provinces World.
What mortals called ascension was, in essence, nothing more than leaving the world that had raised them and traveling into the Cosmic Starry Sky, to worlds and planes of a higher order.
All the while, he continued cultivating his techniques and absorbing the Chaos Qi of the Cosmic Starry Sky to strengthen himself.
Two hundred years went by. Without relying on the system, Lu Yang had used his exceptional talent and hard work to advance successfully to the fifth level of the Divine Realm!
Lu Yang had long since resolved, at the level of the laws themselves, the flaw in Ji Qingyi's Three-Kan Hongluan Body that consumed its host's lifespan.
Over the next decade or so, he devoted part of his attention to teaching his daughter, Lu Ling'er, and the rest to guiding his wife's cultivation.
At last, thirteen years later, thunderclouds gathered above the Princess Mansion, and a vast, boundless Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation descended from the heavens!
To become a Supreme, one had to endure the Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation. Even Lu Yang's wife was no exception.
Fortunately, Ji Qingyi had made thorough preparations, and she passed through the tribulation without incident.
Even if danger had truly arisen, Lu Yang could have communicated with the Heavenly Heart and bent the rules just a little for his wife.
Having become a Ninth Realm Supreme, Ji Qingyi could now begin to venture into the Cosmic Starry Sky.
Hand in hand, they