Ling Cair carried Beichen at the head of the group, while Mo Yuan and Yan Lie carried Xihe and Changxi respectively, close behind. Dijun and Taiyi flew last, acting as protectors.
They flew like this for thirty years.
Thirty years later, an endless black Gale Domain appeared before the eight of them, like a vast, impassable chasm between heaven and earth, blocking their way.
Black winds churned through the Gale Domain, like blades wielded by a fiendish god.
Wherever the gale passed, countless spaces and innumerable maddened spirits were torn to shreds.
The laws of the Gale Domain were incomparably dangerous. Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals felt apprehensive before it!
"Master?"
Before the Gale Domain, Ling Cair paused briefly, unable to suppress her discomfort.
Before Beichen could answer Ling Cair, a prehistoric cultivator at the middle stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm plunged into the Gale Domain.
The ten thousand gales were instantly drawn to the spiritual energy on his body and turned incomparably violent. The gales were like blades, and as they crisscrossed, the Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivator was torn apart, his flesh and blood flying everywhere.
In an instant, the Gale Domain tore apart a mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
There was only one word for it: terrifying!
"Old Ancestor Hongjun said that everyone could go to Zixiao Palace to listen to his lecture, but the hidden threshold to get there is incredibly high!"
Seeing this, Beichen couldn't help but sigh softly.
He said that everyone could go listen, but unless one had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, it was almost impossible to reach Zixiao Palace!
The Gale Domain encircled Zixiao Palace, stretching a million li out from it. Unless a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was within a million li of Zixiao Palace, the Gale Domain alone would leave almost all of them stranded!
Of course, there might be some special beings with exceptionally powerful origins, immense fortune, and formidable innate treasures, who had yet to reach the Grand Unity realm but could still pass through the Gale Domain.
But beings like that were one in ten thousand. There might not even be one among ten thousand cultivators!
Just as Beichen's thoughts came to an end, he saw another cultivator, his entire body glowing with the golden light of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, laughing loudly. "A mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal thinks he can pass through the Gale Domain and listen to Old Ancestor Hongjun's lecture? What a pipe dream!"
"This Gale Domain is incomparably dangerous. Unless you're a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, you can't pass through!"
This man was only at the early stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. He roused the Grand Unity Immortal Qi around him and stepped into the Gale Domain, urging the myriad laws of the Grand Unity realm as he raced through the gale, not daring to slow down or pause for even a moment.
The gale surged like a flood, its countless blades of wind enveloping the cultivator.
Beichen watched as the Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura around him was continuously cut away. Even the Grand Unity Immortal Qi enveloping him grew incredibly thin.
By the time he reached the middle of the Gale Domain, stretching ten thousand li, most of his Grand Unity Immortal Qi had already been cut away.
The cultivator gradually grew nervous, the arrogance and confidence from before gone from his face.
"That man is surrounded by the aura of death. He won't make it through the Gale Domain!"
Beichen shook his head helplessly.
The next moment, just as the cultivator was about to escape the Gale Domain, countless gales stripped away what little Grand Unity Immortal Qi he had left.
The gale raged, tearing him apart.
"He was so close!"
Dijun couldn't help swallowing.
"Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals struggle to cross the Gale Domain!"
Beichen sighed.
Then he reached out and patted Ling Cair's little head. "Let's go. Hurry up. You have an Immortal Robe, so what are you afraid of?"
"Oh!"
Only then did Ling Cair remember that she was wearing the Nine-Colored Immortal Robe and had nothing to fear. She sped up to her limit and charged into the Gale Domain.
The gale was ferocious, but the nine-colored light surrounding Ling Cair kept it from getting close.
At the same time, the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao Qi around Beichen directly forced the gale away, scattering it at a distance.
Ling Cair glanced at Beichen, full of admiration. "Master, this Gale Domain is no threat to us!"
But behind them came a succession of pained groans from Mo Yuan and Yan Lie.
They had both been swept by the countless gales. Their scales were torn away, and they were in agony.
However, those were only superficial wounds, nothing serious.
Seated on their backs, Xihe and Changxi felt fortunate. "Good thing we have the Immortal Skirts Master gave us to protect us. The gales can't come anywhere near us!"
The two of them were powerful enough to cross the Gale Domain, but since they were pregnant, their strength was already greatly depleted. They couldn't withstand the exertion and damage caused by the gale.
With the Immortal Skirts covering them, they were completely immune to the gale's damage. Crossing the Gale Domain was as easy as walking across flat ground!
Although Dijun and Taiyi had roughly the same cultivation as the black dragon and the Fire Qilin, they weren't suppressed by the Heavenly Dao. Simply releasing the Blazing Sun Qi around themselves was enough to block the gale, so crossing the Gale Domain wasn't difficult for them.
"Mo Yuan, Yan Lie, stay steadfast and focus! This Gale Domain is also a trial for you. It can help you dispel much of your karmic burden and improve your cultivation!"
Beichen encouraged them.
"Yes, Master. We understand!"
The two gritted their teeth and pressed on faster, not daring to slack off.
After a full three years, they finally emerged from the Gale Domain. The eight of them looked back at the dark, sunless domain where the gale still raged and breathed a sigh of relief.
"We're still more than nine hundred thousand li from Zixiao Palace. Let's hurry!" Beichen said calmly.
The eight of them continued on. More and more cultivators were flying along the way. Most were Grand Unity Golden Immortals, though a small number were at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
"These Grand Unity Golden Immortals don't even need to cross the Gale Domain. They're so fortunate!" Ling Cair murmured.
"They can't really be called fortunate yet. Three thousand li from Zixiao Palace, there's another encircling Great Dao Fragment Domain. Only the Grand Unity Golden Immortals within that area can truly be considered lucky!"
After flying for another thirty years, they came upon an endless Great Dao Fragment Domain, like a sea of arrows. The fragments shifted, slicing through everything.
Cultivators who fell into the Great Dao Fragment Domain were cut to pieces.
"Terrifying! It's even more dangerous than the Gale Domain!" Ling Cair exclaimed.
At that moment, countless cultivators, eager to hear Old Ancestor Hongjun's lecture, plunged into the Great Dao Fragment Domain one after another.
Countless cultivators were sliced apart by the Dao Fragments and perished in that sea of fragments.
Many cultivators, from Grand Unity Golden Immortals to those at the early stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, took one look at the sea of fragments, shook their heads, and turned back.
In the end, they had no confidence they could cross the Great Dao Fragment Domain.
Improving their cultivation by hearing the lecture was important, but they had to stay alive first!
They could only accept that they weren't fated to hear Hongjun's lecture.
Those who couldn't accept that still risked death and entered the Great Dao Fragment Domain. Grand Unity Golden Immortals with powerful origins or formidable strength were all able to cross it.
Beichen opened the way with a stream of perfected Grand Unity Immortal Qi, helping those behind him fend off many of the Great Dao Fragments. The three women, dressed in colorful robes and skirts, easily withstood all the damage.
Mo Yuan and Yan Lie were still in the worst shape, covered in wounds and on the verge of death.
Fortunately, they still made it through the Great Dao Fragment Domain at the last moment, crashing to the ground with a thud.
Dijun and Taiyi emerged after them, completely unharmed.
"The danger is past. Zixiao Palace is just ahead!"
Thirty years later, in the ninety-third year, a vast and majestic palace appeared, its divine aura wafting around it.
"The danger is past. I'll go on ahead!"
Beichen immediately used the Proximity to the Horizon Divine Ability and arrived before Zixiao Palace.
"Huh? It's you? Why haven't you gone inside?"
Beichen had landed right in front of a little monkey.
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