The Envious Li Haoran

Prison Peak is a place specifically for imprisoning criminals by the Ask Dao Sect, most of whom are ancient cultivators who have committed evil deeds.

Below Prison Peak, the area is divided into small cells by cages, which hold ancient cultivators at the Body Integration Realm. They were once powerful and influential in ancient times, but now they have been reduced to prisoners, their last bit of value squeezed out of them.

The imperial court and the other four immortal sects all have similar places to prevent these ancient cultivators from committing evil deeds.

Inside the cage, listless souls leaned against the wall, their eyes vacant.

The spirits sensed someone's arrival, their eyes lighting up with fierce expressions, trying to frighten the newcomer—this was their only source of amusement here.

But when they saw that the visitor was Yun Zhi, their expressions changed drastically. They quickly hid in a corner, held their breath, trembled, and tried to minimize their presence, fearing that Yun Zhi would discover them.

Prison Peak has many empty cages, with the following inscriptions on the upper right corner: True Lord of Desolation, True Lord of Mount Tai, Mad Demon of Mysterious Spirit, True Person of Return to Tranquility... In ancient times, just these names were enough to make people turn white-haired and tremble like chaff.

But now, all of them have been integrated into Law Artifact artifacts by Yun Zhi and refined into artifact spirits.

If they displease Yun Zhi, they'll be the next ones to suffer.

Yun Zhi released the seal on the Heavenly Calamity Venerable. He looked around and realized that this was a place specifically used to imprison them.

He was slightly startled. No wonder some people who should have recovered couldn't be contacted when he tried to find them; it turned out they were here.

This Great Xia is more difficult to deal with than I imagined...

Suddenly, he noticed a cage next to him with the words "Blood Demon Venerable" written in the upper right corner.

The Blood Demon Venerable had seen the portrait of the Heavenly Calamity Venerable and recognized this great cultivator who had appeared tens of thousands of years earlier than himself.

The Celestial Calamity Venerable roared, "Blood Demon, you're a piece of trash created by fate! You're barely at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcendence, yet you're qualified to be the Imperial Preceptor!"

Both were at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcendence, yet he was the Imperial Preceptor's subordinate, while the Blood Demon was able to become the Imperial Preceptor —the difference was too great.

He knew about the history of the Great Yu after it fell into slumber, and was aware of the existence of the Blood Demon Venerable.

The Blood Demon Venerable supported a useless person to become the Emperor of Yu for his own selfish reasons. The Blood Demon held the Emperor hostage and ordered the plundering of countless benefits. In order to cater to the powerful Aristocratic Clan at the time, he devised various measures to strengthen them. This action hastened the downfall of the Great Yu Aristocratic Clan.

With the fall of the Great Yu Dynasty, the Aristocratic Clan was in turmoil, and powerful families were qualified to vie for power, with the Blood Demon Venerable being the root cause.

He absolutely refuses to admit that this kind of person is also Imperial Preceptor!

The Blood Demon wasn't afraid of him, letting him roar as he pleased, a cold smile playing on his lips, "Senior Calamity, that's going too far. The position of Imperial Preceptor is there for all to see. If I don't take it, someone else will. How can you call it luck?"

"If the Imperial Preceptor finds out you're here, he'll definitely kill you!"

"Then I'll just wait."

"Yun girl, have you captured another person?" A childish voice came from Prison Peak, and the white-haired child looked the Heavenly Calamity Venerable up and down.

The Celestial Calamity Venerable was startled; he had no idea how the other party had appeared.

"His soul is incomplete, and he's burning through his lifespan. He's really ruthless to himself. Was he once Tribulation Transcendence?"

"Yes, the Heavenly Calamity Venerable, who is in the early stages of the Great Yu Dynasty and has undergone the Tribulation Transcendence." Yun Zhi replied.

The white-haired child exclaimed in realization, "Oh, it's him! He's quite famous."

"In less than six months, they've already caught two Tribulation Transcendence stage. It seems some people can't hold back any longer."

Yun Zhi hesitated for a moment, which was uncharacteristic of hers, and was too embarrassed to speak.

Previously, we didn't seize the Tribulation Transcendence, but this time we seized two in half a year. It's not necessarily because some people couldn't restrain themselves, but rather a matter of luck.

The first clue came from Buyi Town, and the second one led Lu Yang to directly encounter it.

The only thing these two incidents had in common was that both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were present.

Considering that Lu Yang also resurrected the Immortal Fairy, it's hard to say whether someone in the shadows couldn't hold back, or whether Lu Yang simply has a connection with high-level cultivators.

"Master, I'll use some tricks on him first."

"Go ahead, go ahead, I hope you'll have a good time this time," the white-haired child said with a smile, very satisfied with this talented junior.

The Blood Demon Venerable became active too late, so we basically didn't get any useful information from him. The Calamity Venerable was different; he was a cultivator from the early Great Yu period and was active during the reign of the second Imperial Preceptor, so he must know a lot of things.

"Although the nine of them, the eldest and the others, made a fool of themselves and caused me trouble, the ninth one has taken on a good apprentice." The white-haired child's voice appeared and disappeared intermittently.

Instead, the screams of the Calamity Lord filled the air.

"You haven't even asked a question, why are you hitting me right away?"

When Lu Yang went to Hundred Refinement Peak, he happened to see Li Haoran and his ex-daughter Qin Yanyan enjoying family time halfway up the mountain.

Qin Yanyan is still in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and it seems she still hasn't figured out how to form her core.

Li Haoran greeted him warmly, "Senior Brother Lu, you're back? Senior Brother Meng invited me to some Qingzhou Grand Ceremony a few days ago, but I had something to do and couldn't get away. Did you go to the Qingzhou Grand Ceremony?"

"Indeed, Junior Brother Li, you really missed out! The Qingzhou Grand Ceremony was incredibly lively. I even managed to snag a flying sword used by an immortal at a street stall, but unfortunately, it was damaged, destroyed by two half-immortal level experts."

Li Haoran and Qin Yanyan gasped. From this simple description, they could easily imagine how horrific the battle must have been.

"Later, Lao Meng and I participated in the competition for the younger generation. We personally went on stage to point out their shortcomings in cultivation, making them clearly aware of the gap between them and us. In particular, the first and second place winners were extremely grateful to us and said that they would definitely work hard and cultivate diligently after returning home."

"Guiding others in their cultivation..." Li Haoran imagined himself sitting on the judging panel, pointing out the shortcomings in others' cultivation; just thinking about it made him feel great.

"There are also people from the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace, the Five Elements Sect, and the Prison Suppressing Sect participating in the competition, but their performance on the judging panel is mediocre, far less eye-catching than mine and Old Meng's."

"Old Meng and I receive generous rewards for guiding others in their cultivation, but we are both of noble character and have refused those rewards."

"Unfortunately, halfway through the grand event, ancient cultivators attacked. There were two at the Tribulation Transcendence Body Integration Realm and one at the Tribulation Transcendence stage Divine Ability was incredibly powerful. The moment he appeared was truly despairing. We all thought we were going to die. Fortunately, our senior sister arrived in time to save us, and we were spared."

Li Haoran listened with envy. The immortal flying sword, the guidance on cultivation, the senior sister's battle against the ancient Tribulation Transcendence stage—every story sounded like a fascinating tale.

Unfortunately, he had to help Qin Yanyan achieve her Core Formation and couldn't go.

"Senior Brother Lu, is there anything I can do for you at Hundred Refinement Peak?"

"I'm here to see the Fifth Elder. Is he in?"

Lu Yang hadn't forgotten about his flying car patent fees.

Li Haoran pointed to the mountaintop shrouded in mist. "Look, he's on the mountaintop. Senior Sister Tao just went to look for Master; I wonder what happened."

"I'll take my leave now."

Qin Yanyan had just recovered from the shocking scene Lu Yang described when she turned to her ex-father and asked, "Does he always encounter so many things every time he goes out? This time it's the ancient Tribulation Transcendence stage, and last time it was the Nine Nether Sect?"

"More than that, you don't know, Senior Brother Lu is a troublemaker. Before the Nine Nether Sect, he also encountered the Immortal Sect, and the reason was simply to deal with a Foundation Establishment Realm tiger demon."