The destruction of the world?
Pei Ling felt his scalp prickle. No wonder this immortal art made no distinction between friend and foe.
Even as its caster, he couldn't control which specific targets it killed. It could only slaughter everyone in a wide swath. That was because the very essence of this immortal art was to annihilate everything in the world!
He couldn't use [Ferry of the Sea of Suffering] anymore, either!
At that thought, Pei Ling shook his head, setting the matter of the immortal arts aside for now. He turned to the real reason he'd come to see his master. "Master, are you planning to embark on the immortal path next?"
Yao Qingying looked a little surprised, but quickly nodded. "I'm not as quick as you. I'll wait until Sumian has mastered all the alchemical arts her Master left behind before setting out."
"That will take quite some time. Sumian has a decent talent for alchemy, but her physical foundation is too ordinary. Her cultivation is holding her back, so she can't study the truly profound alchemical inheritances yet..."
Seeing that his master had agreed, Pei Ling felt reassured.
Jin Sumian had only achieved Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment, so her foundation was indeed somewhat weak. But with the immortal art [Ten Thousand Feet of Red Dust, Fear Me as Heaven], that wouldn't be a problem!
At the thought, Pei Ling cleared his throat and asked, "Master, have you decided who will receive the ascension slots?"
Yao Qingying replied evenly, "The Liulan Dynasty will certainly have one."
"The rest haven't been decided yet."
"But if the ancestors of the Five Righteous Sects come to ask, I'll certainly grant them some."
Pei Ling quickly said, "Wenren Lingshe, Grand Elder of Yanxi City; Yan Minghua, the current Heavenly Maiden of Suzhen