Having reached this point, he no longer feared what Imperial Grandfather might think.
He no longer needed the Emperor's Sword to ascend. As long as he helped Li Hongzhao ascend, he could follow her up.
With the Earthly Yuan Art and the White Cloud Diagram, he could travel freely between Beyond the Heavens and the Lesser Beyond the Heavens. Naturally, he could enter Biyuan Heaven as well.
All he lacked was a coordinate.
Li Hongzhao was that coordinate.
He raised his head to look at the sky.
Now that he could withstand the Emperor's Sword, wasn't this level of cultivation the absolute limit?
Yet heaven and earth showed no changes—no strange reaction, no force seeking to send him upward.
He had originally thought that once one's cultivation reached a certain limit, heaven and earth would reject them.
Now it seemed he had overthought it.
Heaven and earth would not reject him, nor would they send him to Biyuan Heaven.
Li Hongzhao hurried over and asked with a smile, "Did you really drive Cheng Zhongming back?"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "He's worried you'll settle accounts after autumn."
Li Hongzhao's eyes flickered.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "If you truly settle accounts after autumn, won't it delay your ascension?"
Li Hongzhao tilted her head at him.
Chu Zhiyuan was baffled by her gaze and smiled. "What is it?"
"You can't wait for me to ascend, can you?" Li Hongzhao snorted.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "I also want to find out whether the Emperor's Sword can truly help someone ascend."
"So I'm your pathfinder." Li Hongzhao snorted.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Don't worry. This ascension won't be dangerous. My intuition hasn't issued any warning."
Li Hongzhao said, "Naturally, ascension won't be a problem with the Emperor's Sword... but if I don't vent this anger, it'll leave me choking."