Chapter 62
"My fortuitous opportunity has finally arrived!" His body was like a bottomless black hole, frantically absorbing everyone's spiritual energy. His aura grew stronger and stronger, and his robes fluttered in the wind.
Suddenly, the sky changed color, dark clouds gathered, and a deafening bolt of Heavenly Thunder struck down, hitting the Ascension Platform with perfect accuracy and charring his entire body.
"Could this be my Ascension tribulation? I'm about to Ascension!" Immortal Venerable Shen was so excited that he couldn't contain himself. Ignoring the uncomfortable swelling sensation in his body, he forcibly absorbed Spiritual Qi energy into his body, preparing to break through the final barrier.
"Immortal Venerable!" The Little Bean suddenly smiled and waved at Immortal Venerable Shen on the Ascension Platform, shouting, "Is there something wrong with your formation?"
"That lightning bolt seems to have been attracted by your formation," she said, pointing to the sky.
Streams of Heavenly Thunder had gathered in the clouds, the rolling thunder like the beating of heavenly drums, as if the wrath of the heavens were pouring down, continuously falling upon Immortal Venerable Shen. After the lightning collided with his protective spiritual light, the electric current ignited the overloaded energy within his body. This energy surged and churned, rushing to his limbs and bones, causing his body to swell larger and larger.
He felt as if he were being torn apart, and stopped absorbing spiritual energy, but it was too late.
"Who on earth altered my formation and attracted these Heavenly Thunder?" he roared angrily at the crowd. "I will kill him!"
"I'm sorry, Immortal Venerable, I only moved a few Stone Lions from your gate, cut down a few of the Lost-Path Tree you planted, and dug up some of your Earth Crystal Stone." The Little Bean stared wide-eyed innocently and replied in a childish voice.
"It's you! Prepare to die!" Immortal Venerable Shen endured the immense pain, forcibly gathering his power to manipulate a blade of energy, aiming it at Ye Zhenzhen in preparation for striking.
Even if I die, I'll take someone down with me!
In the blink of an eye, Ye Qingchuan, Ye Qinghui, Ye Ruheng, Xie Jingshu, Ye Qingyao, and others rushed to the front of the Little Bean, forming a human wall to protect her.
Ye Zhenzhen, who had thought she was going to die and was about to leave this world in the book, suddenly felt a sense of security brought by love and warmth, and breathed a sigh of relief.
A thunderclap, the loudest and most deafening, exploded across the heavens and earth. Immortal Venerable Shen's body swelled to its maximum size like a balloon, but before he could even make a move, he burst and died.
The spiritual energy that he had previously absorbed poured down from the sky like a waterfall and gradually flowed back into everyone's bodies.
Everyone rushed to the foot of the Ascension Platform, opened the gate, and released the thousands of female cultivators inside. The female cultivators had been tortured to the point of exhaustion and were haggard. After receiving the spiritual energy flowing down from the sky, their bodies gradually became fuller, like withered trees in spring. Not only did their bodies regain some strength, but their faces also regained color.
The demon has been vanquished, everyone is saved, and all are overjoyed.
After rescuing the people, the group found all the disciples of the Kongtong School and imprisoned them, but they couldn't find Shen Xingyan anywhere.
Where is Shen Xingyan? Why has he disappeared?
Shen Xingyan: I will come back.
You all just wait.
Chapter 62
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Ye Zhenzhen, a mere five-year-old child, single-handedly broke Immortal Venerable Shen's Heaven-Defying Spirit-Devouring Formation, rescuing thousands of missing female cultivators. This news shocked the entire Cultivation World.
Therefore, on the day of Little Bean's fifth birthday, people who had heard of her came to the Cloudsky Sect to celebrate her birthday in an endless stream. Fellow Daoists she knew from the Spirit Sword Manor, Immortal-Ending Hall, Heavenly Thunder Pavilion, and other places came, as did the female cultivators she had rescued, and many other sects whose names she did not know also sent people to congratulate her.
The Cloudsky Sect welcomed and saw off thousands of people for the first time. Ye Ruheng simply went into seclusion to cultivate, leaving the mess to his disciples. As the eldest disciple, Ye Qinghui was forced to exchange pleasantries with one guest after another, which he found much more tiring than his usual sword practice.
With the major threat eliminated, the feared event of the sect's annihilation should not occur on her fifth birthday. Ye Zhenzhen felt a huge weight lifted from her heart. She had also received various Spirit Plant, treasures, Spirit Pill, and Spirit Artifact as birthday gifts, which should have made her very happy. However, despite the clear weather, a torrential downpour suddenly began. Looking at the dark clouds gathering in the sky and the large raindrops falling continuously, she had a vague premonition of something bad.
The rain finally stopped, but instead of a rainbow, thousands of Devil Race surged in like a black torrent.
Ye Qingchuan was painting inside the house at that moment.
Today is his Junior Sister's birthday. He originally planned to go and celebrate with her as soon as possible, but he has been feeling unsettled lately and wanted to be alone, so he stayed at home and prepared a gift for her.
Just as he finished drawing the last Talisman for his Junior Sister, a black figure suddenly appeared before him like a ghost, its intense pressure drawing near, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop several degrees.
"You've come." Ye Qingchuan seemed completely unsurprised by the arrival of the person in front of him.
"What? You knew I would come?" After several years, Demon Venerable Ye Aotian has returned. But this time, it is not his clone that appears on Cloudsky Mountain, but his true form.
"Of course." Ever since he was recognized by that Devil Race man in Mist Marsh Mountain and ran away, he had expected this day to come, but secretly he hoped that day would come as late as possible.
"You are my son, are you willing to work for me?"
"What is it?" Ye Qingchuan pretended to be confused, deliberately asking. Back then, he and his mother went to the Demon Realm Demon Venerable, but were ruthlessly driven away. Now, the Demon Venerable actually calls him his son again. Heh, it's true what they say, they use people when they need them and discard them when they don't.
"I want the Phoenix-Pattern Treasure Cauldron. Since you've been in the Cloudsky Sect for so long, obtaining such a trivial treasure shouldn't be too difficult for you," the Demon Venerable said, feigning ease.
"Not difficult at all?" Ye Qingchuan couldn't help but smile. "That's a peerless treasure, unique in heaven and earth, that can accelerate cultivation."