Ascension Day

“If Yuan Wuji isn’t Yuan Wuji, then who could he be?” Xu Ying and Da Zhong both shuddered.

Xu Ying laughed. “This is all just wild speculation. It can’t be taken seriously. Maybe Yuan Wuji is a man of celestial talent, and after obtaining the Yellow Court Daoist Skill, he had a great epiphany and cultivated to the level of an Immortal…”

As he spoke, his voice faltered, losing more and more conviction.

To reach Xu Fu’s level in just six months would be a gross underestimation of Xu Fu!

Standing on his Immortal Mountain, Xu Fu was a true, transcendent Immortal. Defeating those Nuo Immortals had been child’s play for him. The fact that Yuan Wuji could be his equal meant there was a very serious problem here.

Suddenly, a violent tremor came from the direction of Lishan. Yuan Wuji quickly gave an order, having the two Dragon Sparrows fly down into the mountains below to hide.

Xu Ying looked toward Lishan and saw, in the distance, ten Imperial Mausoleum Golden Men take flight. They erupted with world-shaking power. Ten pillars of light shot straight into the sky, causing the heavens to warp. The clouds above twisted into a vortex—a bizarre and unnatural sight!

Xu Ying’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed hard. ‘If the Imperial Mausoleum Golden Men had unleashed this much power back in the Lishan Mausoleum, I never would have had the chance to destroy the Shen Kan and shatter their Mysterious Domain!’

‘The Imperial Mausoleum Golden Men are simply terrifying now!’

“Xu Fu—”

The figure of the Ancestral Dragon floated between the ten Imperial Mausoleum Golden Men. His voice, grand and resounding, shook the heavens and the earth.

“You have some nerve, trying to control Us! We hold the power of a Duke and speak with Celestial Decree. Do you think you are worthy?”

BOOM!

Amidst the violent tremors, Xu Ying looked up to see a Treasure Seal that carried Heaven’s Mandate descending from the sky. It blazed with raging fire as it plummeted toward Xu Fu and Fangzhang Immortal Mountain!

“The Heirloom Seal of the Realm!” Yuan Qi cried out in alarm.

Xu Ying and Yuan Weiyang quickly looked at him, their faces showing confusion.

Yuan Qi said, “That’s the Heirloom Seal of the Realm from the Qin era. Legend says it’s an Exotic Treasure refined by the Ancestral Dragon himself. It’s a treasure passed down from the heavens after the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, and it contains the Celestial Dao. The books say this treasure vanished from the Mortal World. Some rumors claim the Ancestral Dragon took it with him, while others say it was lost in a dry well during a chaotic era over two thousand years ago.”

Before the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, Fangzhang Immortal Mountain seemed incredibly tiny. As for Xu Fu, he was too small to even be measured!

However, that tiny Immortal Mountain and the tiny figure upon it suddenly erupted with an incomparably ferocious power.

Xu Fu raised his hand, and a dazzling Immortal Light burst from his palm. Fangzhang Immortal Mountain also began to radiate a brilliant glow!

The Heirloom Seal of the Realm came to a sudden halt!

Then, ferocious shockwaves erupted in all directions, quickly reaching where Xu Ying and his group were. A howling hurricane swept over the mountains. Loose rocks were sent flying, countless trees were blown over, and some were even ripped out by the roots!

After this terrifying shockwave passed, ten more violent collisions rang out. It was the ten Imperial Mausoleum Golden Men, who were besieging Fangzhang Immortal Mountain and had each exchanged a blow with Xu Fu!

These ten brief collisions kicked up ten storms of Divine Power, forcing Xu Ying, Yuan Weiyang, Zhu Chanchan, and the others to shield their eyes, unable to watch the battle.

Suddenly, the Ancestral Dragon’s voice grew distant as he sneered, “Xu Fu, don’t even think about escaping! And you, Immortal, hand him over!” It seemed Xu Fu had fled, and the Ancestral Dragon was leading the ten Imperial Mausoleum Golden Men in hot pursuit.

Xu Ying’s heart pounded in his chest. ‘The Ancestral Dragon is just too tyrannical! Wait a minute, what does the Ancestral Dragon want with me?’

He suddenly had a feeling and turned his head, only to see Yuan Wuji looking at him with a half-smile. A chill ran down his spine.

After the Ancestral Dragon and Xu Fu had disappeared into the distance, Yuan Wuji stood up and smiled. “Now is the time for us to properly explore the Lishan Mausoleum. Let’s go. Back to Lishan.”

The Dragon Sparrows beat their wings with great effort, struggling to get airborne as they pulled the Treasure Chariot and the obese Exotic Snake within it. They changed course and flew toward Lishan.

Yuan Wuji smiled. “Now, there’s no one to compete with us for the treasures. According to some historical records, besides the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and the Twelve Golden Men, there should be one other treasure in this Lishan Mausoleum.”

His eyes glinted, but he didn’t say what the treasure was.

Once they flew back to Lishan, everyone disembarked from the chariot and followed Yuan Wuji back into the Grotto Heaven inside the mountain.

The Lishan Mausoleum was different from before. An extremely brutal battle had taken place here. In the sky, many of the mountain peaks—which had been refined from the Five Peaks Immortal Mountains within the Mysterious Domains of Pre-Qin Qi Refiners—had been cracked and shattered. Countless seals and restrictions in the sky had also been destroyed!

The Mercury River was boiling, giving off toxic fumes. The mountain forests were on fire. Explosions of Divine Power would detonate from time to time, sending out powerful shockwaves that destroyed everything around them!

In the forests and across the sky, bright flashes of light would occasionally streak past, though it was impossible to tell if they were residual Divine Powers or Exotic Treasures.

Xu Ying looked up and saw bodies floating in the sky. They were likely the dead Nuo Masters, frozen in mid-air by some unknown force, completely motionless.

Yuan Wuji cleared a path in the front, and the group followed behind him, proceeding safely.

Zhu Chanchan, having recovered some of her cultivation, tapped and hammered on Da Zhong, healing the surface of the bell.

The bell had previously gone head-to-head with an Imperial Mausoleum Golden Man, getting battered and dented, its power greatly diminished. Afterward, Xu Ying had used it to smash the Mysterious Domain behind the Golden Man, leaving it full of holes.

Only now had it recovered a little.

Xu Ying and Yuan Weiyang were engaged in a Dao Discussion, speaking about All Heavens Sensing. As Xu Ying was describing how he sensed the heavens, his mind grew muddled and hazy. Scenes began to flash involuntarily before his eyes.

These scenes were of his experiences in Diqiu. The deserted city that had suddenly appeared, where all the food remained preserved in the state it was in at the moment of disappearance, but with no living things to be found.