Foundation Establishment Means Death Sentence? Did My Simulator Glitch?

Chapter 233: Shaxing Immortal Isles!

【“So that move is called Sword Emperor Finger...”】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that your Sword Emperor Finger had already surpassed the limits of your own strength.】

【After hesitating for a moment, Xuanyuan Tianji told you that from that Chaos Phantom of yours, she seemed to have sensed an extremely faint trace of Imperial Might.】

【“That Divine Power of yours... is very strong. Even I can’t see through its true nature.”】

【Only after hearing Xuanyuan Tianji’s explanation did you finally understand the true terror of the Sword Emperor Phantom.】

【“Hm?”】

【Suddenly, Wuji Heavenly Venerable’s voice rang out in your mind.】

【“Strange... Could it be that I sensed it wrong...?”】

【You froze slightly, and at the same time asked Wuji Heavenly Venerable inwardly what had happened.】

【Wuji Heavenly Venerable waved his hand and told you that nothing had happened.】

【After that, Wuji Heavenly Venerable’s voice completely vanished from your mind.】

【Ever since you arrived in the Qingxuan Realm, Wuji Heavenly Venerable had rarely spoken to you on his own. Aside from asking you for some cultivation resources at the very beginning, he had only told you that he was going into seclusion to cultivate. 】

【As for Wuji Heavenly Venerable in his primordial spirit state, you had no idea how exactly he cultivated. But since he did not say anything, you did not ask further.】

【“What’s wrong?”】

【Xuanyuan Tianji looked at your dazed expression and asked with a slight frown.】

【You shook your head and casually brushed it off.】

【Not long afterward, calm returned to the Hope Zone once more.】

【At this moment, the three of you had gathered inside your wooden hut.】

【This incident made you realize that your current Hope Zone had already been exposed. If you continued staying here, you would very likely keep facing retaliation from Heavenly Emperor City, or even the Eldritch Race.】

【You asked Chen Shu whether there was any other place in the Qingxuan Realm suitable for the three of you to hide and cultivate.】

【After hearing that, Chen Shu’s brows drew together slightly as she fell into thought.】

【Watching Chen Shu’s brows alternately relax and knit together, you could not help but grow anxious as well.】

【You knew that when it came to the situation in the Qingxuan Realm, Chen Shu definitely understood it far better than you did.】

【After an unknown amount of time, Chen Shu let out a long sigh.】

【“Right now, we can only go to the Shaxing Immortal Isles.”】

【“The Shaxing Immortal Isles?”】

【You looked at Chen Shu with a puzzled expression.】

【On the map of the Qingxuan Realm that Chen Shu had given you, you had never seen any place marked as the Shaxing Immortal Isles.】

【Chen Shu told you that the Shaxing Immortal Isles was the collective name for all the deserted islands scattered throughout the Dead Sea around the Qingxuan Immortal Domain.】

【She explained that because of their location, very few people ever went to those islands. Their cultivation resources were also barren, and more importantly, the concentration of Immortal Qi on those islands was far inferior to that within the Qingxuan Immortal Domain.】

【“I see!”】

【After hearing Chen Shu’s explanation, you immediately understood why her face had shown such a conflicted expression earlier.】

【Afterward, Chen Shu explained that the reason you could not go to the other Hope Zones was because the forces there had already been destroyed by the Bai Family. Even if you went there, you still would not escape the Bai Family’s search.】

【In the end, you decided to set out immediately, lest something unexpected happen.】

【The next day.】

【Chen Shu and Xuanyuan Tianji entered your Void Domain.】

【Although Xuanyuan Tianji was now in the Immortal Realm, when it came to traveling, your Great Void Technique was still far more convenient.】

【Your Great Void Technique was not only extremely fast, but more importantly, it caused very little disturbance and was very safe.】

【Year Twenty-One!】

【You found a deserted island far, far away from the Qingxuan Immortal Domain.】

【You had crossed an immeasurable distance through the Dead Sea before finally selecting this island.】

【After entering the island, you discovered that it was not very large, only about one-tenth the size of the Hope Zone.】

【But for the three of you, an area of this size was more than enough to live in.】

【After arriving on the deserted island, the first thing you did was release Chen Shu and Xuanyuan Tianji.】

【The instant Xuanyuan Tianji came out, she noticed that the Immortal Qi in the air was somewhat thinner than before.】

【One month later!】

【All of you entered seclusion.】

【As you held the Immortal Crystals in your hand, your heart remained calm and unruffled.】

【Now that you had Immortal Crystals, you no longer had any concerns and could go all out in your attempt to break through to the Immortal Realm.】

【You planned to try again after breaking through to the Immortal Realm and see whether you could enter the Realm-Boundary Grand Array.】

【You began to pray inwardly, praying that nothing had happened to your companions in the Dead-Land Canglan Realm.】

【...】

【Year Thirty-One!】

【You had not expected that this round of seclusion would last a full ten years.】

【After emerging from seclusion, you let out a helpless sigh.】

【You knew that the reason it had taken you ten years of seclusion just to touch the bottleneck this time was entirely because the Immortal Qi here was thin, and because the cultivation resources from the Hope Zone had already been almost completely used up.】

【Now, although you could already go undergo tribulation and break through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm, you still felt somewhat uneasy inside.】

【Your heart was full of worry toward the ninth layer of the Chaos Lightning Tribulation.】

【The Xuanhuang Shield had also been used up the last time you broke through to the Eighth Tribulation Realm.】

【Now, it could be said that you were utterly stripped bare, with no trump cards left at all.】

【Before long, Xuanyuan Tianji came to your side.】

【She could see the conflict on your face.】

【“Give it up!”】

【“Without the Xuanhuang Shield, you can’t do it!”】

【Hearing Xuanyuan Tianji’s advice, you clenched your fists.】

【If this had been before you cultivated the Chaos Immortal-Demon Art, then in the face of Xuanyuan Tianji’s warning, you really might have considered giving up on cultivation.】

【But now, you had already cultivated to the very final step. As long as you crossed this last hurdle, you would have achieved something almost no one had accomplished since time immemorial.】

【In your current situation, you would rather fail the tribulation than give up just like this.】

【You were unwilling to give up like this. At that thought, your gaze became increasingly resolute.】

【“I won’t give up. Even if I die in this Chaos Lightning Tribulation, I still won’t give up.”】

【As your words fell, you turned and gave Xuanyuan Tianji a determined smile.】

【But the smile on your face quickly froze.】

【Because you noticed the changes in Xuanyuan Tianji.】

【“Y-You... broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm?”】

【You could sense that profound and mysterious aura from her body. It was clearly not something an Immortal Realm cultivator could possess.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji nodded, tacitly admitting your guess.】

【Seeing that, you sucked in a cold breath, and your confidence in returning to the Canglan Realm suddenly soared.】

【Moreover, after these ten years of secluded cultivation, you guessed that Heavenly Emperor City’s defenses should have dropped substantially.】

【When you had gone to Heavenly Emperor City before, it was shortly after Chen Tian seized the Immortal Crystals. At that time, Heavenly Emperor City had been at its most dangerous.】

【During the next month, you made thorough preparations for undergoing tribulation.】