The Grand Finale
It's that All Beings Festival of year again for the Festival of All Beings. The Star River City, which was recently built at the foot of the Flowing Light Sword Sect, is bustling with activity. Mortals, cultivators, and even the Demon Race and Beastman Race who have settled here are all preparing for today's celebration.
Since the birth of the New Heavenly Dao a hundred years ago, the Beastmen World and the Cultivation World have gradually merged, forming a larger new world.
To celebrate the day the two worlds merged, everyone specially designated that day as the All Beings Festival, in order to express their gratitude to the female cultivator Sang Ying who saved all beings, and also to commemorate the birth of the New Heavenly Dao.
Furthermore, since Sang Ying lived in the Flowing Light Sword Sect for many years, and even the Star River City under the sect was built at her suggestion, the people here held the All Beings Festival as a grand celebration.
Every year at this time, countless humans Beastmen from both worlds flock to Star River City to participate in this three-day celebration.
This year was no exception; in fact, having been held for a hundred years, the monks in charge of the event were even more skilled, making it more lively and interesting than the last time.
Whether you've participated before or not, it's a completely new experience.
The lively parade filled the streets and alleys with a joyful atmosphere. If Sang Ying were among them, she would surely have seen many familiar faces in the procession.
A little girl with green branches on her head and wearing a pretty green dress, taking advantage of her petite stature, kept weaving through the crowd, seemingly searching for something.
Unexpectedly, he hadn't run far when a hand grabbed his collar tightly and forcibly pulled him out of the crowd.
"Didn't you promise to stay with me obediently? Why are you running around again?!" Ice Dragon Cang Lian was furious. Ever since the vine in front of him took human form, Sang Ying had been busy cultivating, Jiang Zhuoxue had been busy taking care of the child, so they simply left Green Vine to him.
They even said things like, "She used to follow you everywhere, and now that she can become a human, isn't it reasonable for her to continue following you?"
Don't think he didn't know; those two were clearly worried that Green Vine would interfere with their time alone together!
Although Cang Lian had long ago advised himself that Human Race were all bad, he was still heartbroken by the actions of Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue.
What saddened him even more was that Green Vine became even more difficult to manage after she could transform into human form. If he was distracted for even a moment, she would quickly run into the crowd and lose him.
Human Race's reproductive power is inherently strong; a hundred years is more than enough time for them to recuperate and rebuild.
Nowadays, there are quite a few bad people among Human Race and cultivators. Green Vine, who sneaked out, was almost kidnapped several times because she looked young and easy to fool.
They can either be sold to Evil Cultivator as cultivation materials, or become food for Demon Beast.
Fortunately, despite her seemingly weak appearance, Green Vine was not someone to be trifled with. Being sold out several times not only failed to bring any benefit to those who deceived her, but also helped the righteous path uncover several dens of Evil Cultivator.
After these messages spread, many cities that had suffered from the persecution of Evil Cultivator even took the initiative to come to Green Vine to ask for her help in eliminating the scourge around their homes.
As a result, Green Vine earned a lot of pocket money, and now even Cang Lian's expenses are paid from her own pocket. Because of this, no matter how naughty Green Vine is, Cang Lian has never really scolded her.
After all, he can't stand up straight.
Fortunately, Green Vine and Cang Lian had been living together for quite some time, and she would listen to what he said. This gave Cang Lian some comfort, and the two gradually developed some special feelings for each other.
However, both of them, who had never experienced romantic love before, were still in a daze, neither of them realizing these feelings, let alone speaking up about them.
The other onlookers knew exactly what was going on, but Sang Ying had given them a heads-up beforehand, asking them to let things take their course, so no one said a word.
Speaking of which, it was Jiang Zhuoxue who saw that they had been cooped up in the Flowing Light Sword Sect for too long and took the initiative to let them go down the mountain to have some fun today.
But to his surprise, as soon as he descended the mountain, Cang Lian turned around and Green Vine disappeared from sight.
He searched for a long time before finally managing to pull her out of the crowd.
"If you keep running around like this, I won't take you out anymore!" Cang Lian was furious and had no choice but to say what she thought was the most threatening thing to say.
But this posed no threat to Green Vine: "If you don't bring me, next time I'll have Bai Nianchou bring me. Anyway, he's a dragon, you can't beat him."
Cang Lian was even angrier now, but couldn't find the right words to retort.
Just as he was thinking about how to teach Green Vine a lesson and make her apologize, a series of exclamations suddenly came from the surrounding crowd.
Cang Lian looked in the direction everyone was pointing, and suddenly a thick cloud of tribulation clouds gathered above the towering Flowing Light Sword Sect in the distance!
This tribulation cloud looks far more powerful than any Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation or Spirit Transformation Lightning Tribulation.
Even just a glimpse from afar was enough to make them feel suffocated by the oppressive aura emanating from the man.
Fortunately, the Flowing Light Sword Sect has developed very well in recent years, with cultivators advancing frequently. In order to prevent the tribulations of the Sword Sect from affecting Star River City below, Sang Ying set up a defensive formation for Star River City long ago.
Sang Ying's cultivation level has now reached an unfathomable level. Even Wen Miaoshu of formations is dozens of times higher than hers, can no longer break the formations set up by her daughter.
Thanks to Sang Ying's formation, Star River City has never encountered an accident in the past hundred years. Of course, even without the formation, the lightning tribulation of the Flowing Light Sword Sect would not have affected the towns below.
Amidst the gasps of the crowd, the lightning tribulation descended hastily.
Even though the protective array had been activated long ago, and the power from outside had been weakened by dozens of times, everyone still felt the ground beneath their feet tremble when those bolts of lightning struck!
At first, people speculated whether it was Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation or Spirit Transformation Lightning Tribulation, but later they began to speculate about who was undergoing the tribulation.
They had guessed almost every prodigy who had emerged from the Flowing Light Sword Sect in recent years, but ultimately overturned their conclusions one by one due to the sheer number of heavenly lightning bolts.
Once the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is over, the Ten-Ten Heavenly Tribulation will also be over.
It wasn't until the nine hundredth bolt of lightning struck that everyone finally realized this was no ordinary tribulation for advancement; it was clearly Ascension Heavenly Tribulation that the Cultivation World hadn't witnessed in a long time!
Looking at the entire Cultivation World, besides the newly appointed Sword Master Sang Ying, who else is qualified to ascend, especially within the Flowing Light Sword Sect?!
The three-day celebration was hastily cancelled, but even after receiving the news, people continued to head towards Star River City.
On the fifth day of the tribulation, almost all the cultivators gathered near the Flowing Light Sword Sect, wanting to witness this unprecedented scene.
Finally, the 999th bolt of heavenly lightning struck, and golden guiding light poured down from the sky, like a staircase waiting for its esteemed master to step onto it.
The divine rain, which blessed heaven and earth, showered both the Cultivation World and the Beastmen World, leaving only Sang Ying's soft voice in the air. "Everyone, I will be waiting for you in the Immortal Realm."
At that moment, many people silently remembered those words, believing that they would surely be able to reunite with Sang Ying in the Upper Realm soon.