Many days passed.
The terrifying tribulation cloud that stretched for a hundred thousand miles finally dispersed, and the sky above the Taixu Sacred Ground returned to its pristine clarity.
Deep within the void that had been shattered by the immortal lightning, an elegant figure clad in white slowly stepped out.
Lingxuzi had returned to the world!
Just as Zhang Mingyuan had predicted, he was completely unharmed.
Not only that, but his aura had undergone an earth-shaking transformation. With his every movement, the faint flow of immortal Dao laws could be seen.
He had survived all nine stages of the Ninefold Immortal Tribulation!
Now, he only needed the Gate of Ascension to descend and wash away his mortal aura to leap forward and become an immortal!
Everyone was overjoyed, and the entire Taixu Sacred Ground erupted in celebration.
Another Red Dust Immortal had been born into this world.
A few more days passed.
On this day, heaven and earth resonated, and the Great Dao roared.
Above the Taixu Sacred Ground, ten thousand rays of auspicious light and colorful mist burst forth from the sky.
An ancient, majestic giant bronze gate, exuding endless immortal Dao charm, descended from the void.
The Gate of Ascension had opened!
Zhang Mingyuan rubbed his hands together, already pulling out Dog Slaughterer.
Following his usual routine, he prepared to go up and fleece the Gate of Ascension for some “protection fees.”
However, a scene that left everyone dumbfounded occurred.
Lingxuzi smoothed his dustless white robe, gave everyone a slight smile, and then...
He actually stepped straight into the Gate of Ascension!
His figure was instantly submerged in the brilliant immortal light, vanishing without a trace.
What was going on?!
The entire area fell into a dead silence.
Everyone was utterly dumbfounded.
Zhang Mingyuan froze mid-air, holding his sword, so stunned that he forgot to rob the gate.
“Holy crap! What is this old codger doing?!”
Zhang Mingyuan's eyes widened.
“Didn't we agree on the spiritual jade that we'd all be Red Dust Immortals in the Xuanling Realm together, playing cards and drinking tea when we had nothing to do?”
“Why did this old codger just go right in?!”
The Heavenly Dao was also dumbstruck.
“He... he ascended? Just like that, he abandoned us and went to the upper world?”
But the one who reacted the most intensely was none other than Bai Lumian.
She stared blankly at the empty Gate of Ascension, her amber pupils trembling violently.
In the next second, her eyes turned red, and bean-sized tears rolled down uncontrollably.
“Lingxuzi, you bastard! You big liar!”
Bai Lumian threw her image to the wind, pointing up at the Gate of Ascension in the sky.
She looked exactly like a young woman who had been loved and abandoned.
“Didn't we agree that once you became an immortal, you would set up the Taixu Limitless Heaven and Earth Array in my Spring-Return Valley?!”
“You personally promised that this array would be heavily fortified, making it difficult for even a Red Dust Immortal to break through, and that no one would ever easily disturb my cultivation of spiritual herbs again!”
“You promised everything, so why did you lie to me! You bastard, wahhh...”
Bai Lumian wept like a rain-drenched pear blossom, her usual image as a medical sage completely shattered.
Su Jinxue gently patted her back from the side, her brow slightly furrowed, clearly displeased by Lingxuzi's departure without a word.
However, just when Bai Lumian was crying her heart out.
In front of the Gate of Ascension, the void that had already calmed down suddenly rippled with strange spatial waves.
Right after, a foot wearing a white cloud-patterned boot stepped out of the ripples.
Then came that familiar white robe, along with that handsome, elegant, and somewhat punchable smiling face.
Lingxuzi had returned!
Holy crap!
How the hell did he do that?!
Everyone was dumbfounded once again, their jaws dropping to the floor.
Bai Lumian even forgot to wipe her tears, staring blankly at the man who had returned from the sky, even letting out a tearful hiccup.
Up in the sky, Lingxuzi held his white jade fly-whisk and smugly transmitted his voice to everyone:
“How's that? Is my ‘Taixu Boundary Mark: Distanceless Star Leap’ amazing or what?”
“I set up spatial coordinates in the Xuanling Realm in advance. As long as the coordinates remain, even if I enter the immortal world, I can instantly teleport back!”
Everyone came to a sudden realization.
It turned out this fellow Lingxuzi was actually using the Gate of Ascension to test his new skill!
Holy crap, impressive!
The corner of Zhang Mingyuan's mouth twitched wildly. Did this old geezer have any idea how risky this was?!
This wasn't just a spatial gap; it was a dimensional difference between the upper and lower realms—the barrier of the immortal-mortal chasm!
If the spatial coordinates couldn't withstand the pressure of the dimensional laws and shattered, or if the teleportation failed, he would have been stuck in the upper world!
To dare to gamble even on this just to test a skill—he truly was a research maniac!
Suddenly, Lingxuzi noticed Bai Lumian, whose face was covered in tear stains.
He froze for a moment and transmitted his voice from the sky: “Eh, Lumian, why are you crying? What's going on?”
He stroked his chin, then clapped his hand.
“Oh! Could it be that seeing me survive the immortal tribulation and display such shocking spatial mastery made you weep with joy?”
The moment those words were spoken, the surrounding air instantly fell silent.
Zhang Mingyuan covered his face in agony.
The Heavenly Dao silently turned away.
Su Jinxue's crimson eyes twitched slightly at the corners.
Bai Lumian froze for a full three seconds, after which an inexplicable rage rushed straight to her head.
Gritting her teeth through her tears, she pointed at Lingxuzi.
“Weep with joy my foot!”
“Lingxuzi, you are an absolute bastard! A blockhead! A clueless straight man! I never want to talk to you again!”
After yelling, Bai Lumian stomped her foot, trembling with rage.
Lingxuzi was even more bewildered.
He looked at Zhang Mingyuan and inquired:
Why did she suddenly yell at me? What did I do wrong?
Seeing Lingxuzi's clueless look, Zhang Mingyuan immediately understood that this old guy's hopeless straight-man dense behavior was acting up again.
“Old Xu, Old Xu... your emotional intelligence is truly inversely proportional to your IQ...”
Zhang Mingyuan sighed, shaking his head helplessly.
Just at this moment!
Heaven and earth suddenly changed color!
The sky, which had just been filled with ten thousand rays of auspicious light, was instantly shrouded in an indescribably terrifying gloom.
The bronze Gate of Ascension hanging high in the sky actually began to tremble violently.
Immediately after, the Gate of Ascension slowly spat out a grand and boundless figure.
Invisible, unspeakable.
He stood at the peak of the heavens, surrounded by chaotic currents, his eyes were like the sun and moon, looking down upon the living beings of the Xuanling Realm.
Laws hummed, and mountains prostrated.
Within the Taixu Sacred Ground, countless cultivators couldn't even raise their heads under this pressure.
They could only kneel on the ground, their very bloodlines trembling.
The grand figure made no extra movements, only looking down indifferently at Lingxuzi below.
Then, he slowly spoke.
His voice wasn't loud, yet it caused heaven and earth to resonate in unison.
“Go back. Those who have ascended may not return to the lower realm!”
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