Bai Hong's Death
Bai Jianfei's expression changed instantly; at that moment, he thought of many things!
My first thought was: How is that possible? That's Celestial Person!
Only Celestial Person being can kill Celestial Person being, let alone kill the original body across two worlds. Such a thing is too unbelievable.
Bai Xianghui smiled and said, "What, Second Brother doesn't believe me?"
Bai Jianfei stared at Bai Xianghui and said in a deep voice, "When we came to this realm, although we didn't know how Gu Yuanqing captured us, judging from the Heavenly Ladder, Gu Yuanqing was only at the Divine Platform Seventh Level. Less than forty years have passed. How could he have such strength? Don't try to fool me with this."
Bai Xianghui looked into the distance and sighed softly, "Yes, he's only in his sixties. Forty years ago, he was just Origin Scholar, and thirty years ago, he was only at the Divine Platform Seventh Level. But now he's Celestial Person Being. In the past, if someone had told me that someone could become Celestial Person Being at sixty, I would have thought they were crazy. But now, the facts are right in front of us."
He then turned to look at Bai Jianfei, his expression complex, and said, "Second Brother, do you know how I felt when I transcended two tribulations to become Celestial Person?"
Bai Jianfei panicked completely; he could tell that Bai Xianghui wasn't joking.
Even the Crimson Cloud White Clan would find it difficult to deal with a Celestial Being undergoing the Second Tribulation of Heavenly Change. The White Clan of the Slanting Moon Realm, however, only had an ancestor at the Void Heaven Realm; how could they possibly contend with a Celestial Being?
Bai Jianfei was immediately distraught, as if the fate of the Slanting Moon World and the Bai Clan had been sealed from this moment on.
Bai Xianghui continued, "The Heavenly Ladder has only been around for less than fifty years, which means there are still fifty years until the World Conflict. For us, crossing a small realm in fifty years is a huge leap in cultivation, but for him, who knows what level of strength he will reach by then? Perhaps... the Yin-Yang Realm?"
Bai Jianfei seemed to have all his Vital Essence drained away, collapsing to the ground, opening his mouth but unable to utter a word.
In the small courtyard.
Gu Yuanqing sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, looked at the Divine Soul before him, relaxed his restraint slightly, and said, "Does Your Excellency have anything to say?"
Bai Hong's expression was grim as he said indifferently, "Since you are no match for me, you may kill me or torture me as you please."
"You come from the Crimson Cloud Realm?" Gu Yuanqing asked.
Bai Hong's gaze sharpened slightly, but he immediately closed his eyes and remained silent.
"It seems you're determined to die. Fine, I'll grant your wish!" Gu Yuanqing seemed too lazy to ask any more questions.
Upon hearing this, Bai Hong's body trembled slightly. The terror between Life and Death is not something that one can understand simply by having higher cultivation or living longer.
If he had no will to live, he wouldn't have fled so easily after his original body died.
"Looks like you still have something to say?" Gu Yuanqing chuckled.
Bai Hong remained silent for a moment before saying, "Who exactly are you? The Two Tribulations of Heavenly Change couldn't possibly be something that someone from a mere Floating World could appear in."
Gu Yuanqing said leisurely, "This is none of your business. If you want to survive, say something that will move me."
Bai Hong said, "I just want to die knowing why."
"What does this have to do with me?" Gu Yuanqing took a sip of tea.
Bai Hong fell silent again.
Gu Yuanqing, feeling disheartened, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it seems I have nothing to ask you anyway. Since we're enemies, it's only natural for me to kill you!"
After speaking, Gu Yuanqing flicked his finger and unleashed the Formless Calamity Finger technique.
The Dao Resonance collapsed, and all things perished.
After achieving the status of Celestial Person, the power of this move increased dozens of times.
Bai Hong seemed about to say something in his terror, but before he could utter a single word, he vanished into thin air.
The death of a Celestial Person did not evoke much feeling in Gu Yuanqing; or rather, the only feeling he could experience was a faint joy after his cultivation breakthrough.
With his breakthrough in cultivation, his control over North Spring Mountain has reached a new level. During his battle with Bai Hong, he only borrowed the power of North Spring Mountain for the strike aimed at Bai Hong's true form; the rest of the strikes relied on his own cultivation.
Although it was just a small test, it gave me a better understanding of my own strength.
The power unleashed by Bai Hong when activating that bell-shaped Law Treasure was already at the level of the first tribulation of the Celestial Person Realm. Before undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation, it would have taken a lot of power to break it, but just now, he only slightly activated the Heavenly Human Realm and completely suppressed it.
"At this point, I should be roughly equivalent to a peak Cultivator at the Peak of Three Tribulations of Heavenly Change Exquisite World, right?"
Gu Yuanqing smiled slightly. In other words, even without the help of North Spring Mountain, he had nothing to fear in the Exquisite World or the Ancient Realm, unless he encountered Yin-Yang Great Cultivator.
Even more importantly, as he broke through to the Celestial Person, his control over North Spring Mountain reached a new level. His Qi was perfectly concealed within the Mountain, as if he had disappeared from this Heaven and Earth, to the point that his name was no longer on the Heaven Ladder Rankings!
This is important, because nobody wants their strength or situation to be controlled by others.
"However, there's one more thing we need to try!"
Thinking of this, he closed his eyes, loosened the concealment of his aura by North Spring Mountain, and then activated the Heavenly Ladder.
Standing at the bottom of the Heavenly Ladder, he looked up at the Horizon.
"As expected, there are no more records of my progress on the Heavenly Ladder. I can no longer climb from the thirtieth floor upwards, so I have to start from the first floor."
Gu Yuanqing strode up the stairs. Before the thirtieth floor, not a single step could stop him. If any enemy appeared, he could be instantly annihilated with just a thought.
If outsiders were to observe, Gu Yuanqing at this moment would appear to be walking on an ordinary mountain path.
On the thirtieth level, the gatekeeper faced First Tribulation of Heavenly Change, and Gu Yuanqing only needed to extend one finger.
On the thirty-first floor, the opponent was Two Tribulations of Heavenly Change. Gu Yuanqing made three moves.
On the thirty-second floor was a woman clad in Battle Armor, whose cultivation was at the Three Tribulations of Heavenly Change. After a fierce battle, Gu Yuanqing emerged victorious. In the process of fighting, Gu Yuanqing gradually became familiar with the various differences between the Heavenly Change Realm and the Void Heaven, and gained a clear understanding of his own strength.
On the thirty-third level, at the Half-step Yin-Yang stage, Gu Yuanqing used all his skills but narrowly lost.
Gu Yuanqing felt that a long time had passed during this series of battles, but in the Outer Realm it was only a fleeting moment.
He opened his eyes and looked at the Heaven and Earth Stele, only to see his name once again appearing at the top.
With a thought, North Spring Mountain concealed his presence once more, and his name slowly faded from the Heaven Ladder Rankings.
Gu Yuanqing laughed. This is actually quite good!
Afterwards, he entered the Mountain Observation to continue his previous state of enlightenment, familiarizing himself with the differences in his control over North Spring Mountain after his power was enhanced.
Crimson Cloud Realm.
Bai Zongyi lived in a small courtyard at the foot of Flying Immortal Peak, waiting for news from the Bai Clan.
With the Bai Clan's Celestial Person being personally involved, riding a powerful treasure away, it's unlikely there will be any unexpected events.
But for some reason, he always felt uneasy, as if something was about to happen.
He sat in the courtyard, drinking tea incessantly, his mind restless like a cat's claws. Suddenly, he looked up and saw flames blazing in the sky above the mountaintop, with Gale sweeping in all directions, which was then suppressed by Array Formation formation of the masters in the Mountain.
Then Dark Clouds covered the sky, and heavy rain poured down, as if weeping for some reason.
Then seven more bell tolls rang out, causing a tremor in his Divine Soul, and Bai Zongyi immediately stood up.
Although he had always stayed in the Slanting Moon World, the lineage he belonged to had not been broken, so he naturally knew that the sounding of this bell must mean that something big had happened!