Great Fortune, Golden Patterned Lotus Platform Descends!

Watching that immortal couple being sent to Furnace Number Three, the faces of everyone present were ashen.

Even experts at the Ascension Realm like them were like lambs to the slaughter, unable to resist the One-eyed Old Man.

The One-eyed Old Man alone could easily suppress all of them. Among the hundreds of ascended cultivators present, no one could contend with him.

This showed the immense gap in strength between them.

Which of these ascended cultivators wasn't a top figure in the lower realm?

Who wasn't a dragon or phoenix among men, a favored child of heaven?

Feather Ascension Realm cultivators, who once dominated their regions in the lower realm, had become like livestock after ascending.

Such a stark contrast was unacceptable to anyone.

Li Yan secretly observed everything through Dao patterns. It would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid.

What were the origins of these beings, who were like humans yet not, living in this White Jade Capital?

Should he continue cultivating?

The Feather Ascension Realm corresponded to the Spirit Transformation Stage, and the Ascension Realm to the Void Refining Stage.

He was already at the Spirit Transformation Stage. If he continued to cultivate, would he also ascend like these Blood Cultivators?

Would he be taken to the White Jade Capital by the One-eyed Old Man beneath the South Heaven Gate?

The intense unease and distracting thoughts made Li Yan feel restless.

The encounters in this world were often tinged with a bit of indifference. The frost of fate favored adding coldness to difficult situations, further burdening already precarious circumstances.

The One-eyed Old Man flipped through the White Jade Bamboo Slip, picked up a writing brush, and marked Li Yan's name.

"Yan Po Shan, are you acquainted with this Li Yan?"

Yan Po Shan raised an eyebrow and turned his head away: "I don't know him!"

On the surface, Yan Po Shan's face was dark, but inside, he was panicking.

He didn't want anything to happen to Li Yan, and he didn't want Li Yan to be implicated because of him.

Because he had entrusted the Blood Serving Sect and Yan Qing Qing to Li Yan, the Holy Son.

If Li Yan were targeted because of him, how could Yan Po Shan face his daughter?

However, the One-eyed Old Man smiled maliciously: "We know everything about your affairs in the lower realm."

"Li Yan's sudden appearance in Cloud City, his contact with you, his becoming the Holy Son—all of this is under our control."

"As for sending that Corpse Cultivator to intercept him, it was just a test for him."

Upon hearing this, Yan Po Shan's eyes widened: "So you set up this scheme!"

Li Yan, who was eavesdropping on all of this in the lower realm, also felt a chill run down his spine. It turned out that all his actions were controlled by these monsters from the White Jade Capital.

His every move, most of his actions, were being monitored by them...

At this moment, Yan Po Shan gritted his teeth and glared at the One-eyed Old Man.

"What do you want to do? What are you going to do to the Holy Son!"

The One-eyed Old Man let out a series of low chuckles: "Such a high-quality seedling, of course, must be carefully cultivated."

"Li Yan is a top-grade Immortal Pill; he has already been reserved by a certain immortal."

"And what I have to do is to make this Immortal Pill ascend to the White Jade Capital as soon as possible."

With that, the One-eyed Old Man picked up his brush and drew a series of complex Dao patterns in the air.

As he wielded the brush and splashed ink, a falling star descended from the sky, directly falling into the mortal world.

Throughout the entire process, Li Yan witnessed the methods of the immortals of the White Jade Capital through his divine sense.

With just a casual stroke of the brush, the Old Man could cause anomalies in the sky of the lower realm!

At this moment, in the Blood Serving Sect, countless Feather Ascension Realm experts were still gathered here, and everyone suddenly looked up.

"What's that sound?"

"That is!?"

"Auspicious clouds of seven colors, purple energy coming from the east?"

Auspicious clouds with seven layers of color appeared in the sky, like a tray holding pearls, with golden patterns flowing within the clouds.

Within the clouds, purple energy surged outward.

These two auspicious omens left everyone dumbfounded.

Almost no one had ever seen such a strange celestial phenomenon, and many cultivators calculated with their fingers.

"Strange, an auspicious omen, a great omen!"

"What treasure is about to appear that could produce such an anomaly?"

The cultivators discussed animatedly, but only Li Yan understood.

This sudden change in the sky was just a casual stroke of the One-eyed Old Man's brush, capable of influencing the mortal realm.

In the eyes of the deities of White Jade Capital, moving mountains and filling seas was merely a flick of the wrist.

Immortals were like gods, high above, while they, these cultivators, were nothing more than ants walking in the mortal realm.

When an immortal dropped a 'piece of candy', the ants treated it like a treasure, mistaking it for a gift from the heavens.

Accompanied by auspicious seven-colored clouds and surging purple energy, a beam of starlight descended from the sky.

"Falling fire, jade plummeting into the Star Abyss, a treasure appears in the world!"

Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, a shooting star streaked across the sky, heading straight for Li Yan.

With a loud booming sound, a Golden Patterned Lotus Platform appeared before Li Yan.

The Golden Patterned Lotus Platform exuded a rich spiritual energy, and in an instant, the spiritually deficient Blood Serving Sect was filled with spiritual energy!

The surrounding Blood Law Cultivators were all in awe.

"A treasure descends from the heavens?"

"This is Emperor Lord showing his divine power!"

"Golden Patterned Lotus Platform, a heaven-sent divine artifact!"

"Holy Son, this is definitely an arrangement from the heavens, a congratulatory gift for your breakthrough!"

"Maybe it's Sect Master Yan? Sect Master Yan ascended to White Jade Capital and became an immortal, and he specially dropped this treasure to honor you, Holy Son!"

"That makes sense, it must be a treasure sent down by Sect Master Yan, Sect Master Yan is the most loyal person!"

Amidst the joyful discussions of the cultivators, Yan Qing Qing next to him was also beaming with joy.

She gently tugged at Li Yan's sleeve: "Holy Son, it might be a thank-you gift from my father."

Everyone felt that this must be Yan Po Shan repaying his gratitude, dropping a celestial artifact for Li Yan after ascending to the upper realm.

But Li Yan, who knew the truth, was filled with bitterness.

This was a feeding from White Jade Capital, meant to help him quickly ascend to immortality, a furnace to ascend to the upper realm, lying inside to transform into a Golden Core.

But all of this was under the surveillance of White Jade Capital, and if he showed any abnormality, he would inevitably be suspected.

All living beings are like mustard seeds, chess pieces watched and laughed at.

The immortals of White Jade Capital looked down upon all living beings, and once a cultivator with outstanding talent like Li Yan appeared, he would immediately be registered on the menu.

Now, Li Yan had to take it one step at a time, to find a way to break the situation.

But... could he break the situation?

This made Li Yan, who was always optimistic, feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

The immortals of White Jade Capital, even a One-eyed Old Man guarding the gate, could decide the life and death of hundreds of ascenders with just a brush.

And what strength did he, Li Yan, have now to contend with that One-eyed Old Man?

His cultivation was like an ant in front of that old man.

But he still had to pretend to be ignorant, and said with a happy face.

"This treasure must have been given to me by Sect Master Yan."

"Someone, carry it in for me, this Holy Son wants to meditate and cultivate!"

He had several elders carry the Golden Patterned Lotus Platform into the Forget Dust Hall of the Blood Serving Sect. This hall was Yan Po Shan's cultivation place, but now it belonged to Li Yan.

"You may all leave."

Li Yan waved his sleeves, signaling the elders to leave.

After everyone had left the Forget Dust Hall, Li Yan, who had been holding on for so long, collapsed to the ground.

"What should I do?"

As he looked blank, a jade talisman on his waist suddenly lit up!