Su Jinxue stood in the air, silent.
She simply gazed at the figure standing atop the ruins of the lightning sea.
The hand she had clenched tightly inside her sleeve finally relaxed.
Her crimson eyes trembled slightly, and a bright smile tugged at the corners of her lips.
As expected of Zhang Mingyuan.
As expected of... her man.
A faint, almost imperceptible blush dusted the tips of Su Jinxue's ears.
She gently turned her face away, as if unwilling to admit what she had just been thinking.
Yet her eyes never once strayed from Zhang Mingyuan.
Down below, the crowd had gone completely wild. Gathering between the boundaries of the two territories, they shared their joy with one another.
They shared an excitement that had evolved from shock to thrill, and finally to roaring cheers!
Because Zhang Mingyuan was simply too ridiculous.
When ordinary cultivators crossed an immortal tribulation, it was always a narrow escape from death.
Surviving even a single bolt of tribulation lightning was already a great fortune.
Weathering a single layer of the lightning sea was enough to secure one's place in history.
But what about their Sacred Lord Zhang?
He smacked the immortal tribulation like a dog, and after finishing off one layer, he would ask if there was more.
The third and fourth layers weren't enough to satisfy him, and the fifth and sixth layers were like a gentle tickle to his hands!
My goodness, it was simply unbelievable!
The scene was incredibly lively.
This continued until a Mahayana Stage elder used his spiritual energy to quiet down the crowd.
“Everyone, we have run into an extremely serious problem.”
Instantly, everyone present grew extremely tense. They cautiously asked what the problem was.
The elder's expression grew solemn as he slowly spoke:
“With the Sacred Lord fighting so fiercely this time... do you think no immortal tribulation will ever dare to visit the Xuanling Realm again?”
Everyone froze. They felt as if their minds had just shattered, and they were about to grow a whole new consciousness.
An immortal tribulation not coming to the Xuanling Realm?
How could that be possible, unless the world was destroyed?!
“Damn it, you old coot, who are you trying to scare?!” another elder barked after snapping out of his daze.
Immediately, a deluge of playful curses and laughter rained down on the first elder.
The elder burst into laughter, repeatedly apologizing to everyone and claiming he was only joking!
...
High up in the sky.
The final tribulation cloud was slashed into nothingness by Zhang Mingyuan's sword.
The lightning that filled the sky dispersed.
The gloomy, oppressive tribulation domain slowly collapsed.
Brilliant, colorful rays of light burst across the sky.
Golden lotuses bloomed from the void, and faint, celestial music echoed.
An ancient, grand, and holy portal slowly opened amidst the endless glow.
The Gate of Ascension.
He had succeeded!
Everyone held their breath at this moment.
Zhang Mingyuan stood tall beneath the Gate of Ascension, his Dog Slaughterer sword dark red like fresh blood.
He did not choose to let the Gate of Ascension guide him to ascend immediately. Instead, he waited for the arrival of the immortal Dao source energy.
Once baptized by the immortal Dao source energy, he would become a true immortal.
Yet for some reason, the Gate of Ascension delayed in showering down the immortal Dao source energy.
Right at this moment, a sudden anomaly occurred.
Deep within the Gate of Ascension, a blurry figure slowly stepped forward.
The figure's face was obscured.
But the moment he appeared, all the brilliant light in the world dimmed.
It was as if he was the true source of all light.
Though he was not particularly tall, he gave off the illusion of looking down upon eternity.
Just a wisp of his aura descending caused the protective barrier of the Heavenly Dao to tremble violently.
Seeing this, the hearts of the crowd below sank instantly...
They had never heard of an immortal descending from the Gate of Ascension into the mortal world...
The figure did not spare Zhang Mingyuan a single glance.
He simply raised a finger.
Then, he slowly pressed it down.
The moment that finger descended, the laws of heaven and earth wailed in unison.
The void collapsed layer by layer like fragile paper.
The wild joy on everyone's faces froze.
“Sacred Lord!”
“Lord Husband!”
“How can this be? Hasn't the immortal tribulation already passed?!”
“What on earth is that?!”
Su Jinxue's pupils constricted sharply.
She could feel the sheer terror of that finger.
Even she would be severely wounded by it!
What was worse, Zhang Mingyuan had only just crossed his immortal tribulation and had yet to be baptized by the immortal Dao source energy!
Boom!
The domain of the Extreme Cold Frost and Samsara Great Dao unfolded violently behind her.
Her red robes transformed into a brilliant streak of light as she charged out of the protective barrier, rushing toward the finger that seemed intent on crushing everything.
Seeing Su Jinxue rush over, Zhang Mingyuan was thoroughly alarmed.
“What are you doing?!”
Su Jinxue's crimson eyes were cold as her gaze locked onto the descending finger.
“Shut up.”
Her voice was very soft, yet incredibly resolute.
“Zhang Mingyuan, we live and die together!”
Zhang Mingyuan's heart jolted.
Looking at the red-robed figure beside him, he suddenly smiled.
“Tsk.”
“Would it kill you to just say you like me, woman?”
“Now is not the time for this.”
“Then when is the time?”
“After we survive.”
“Deal!”
Zhang Mingyuan tightened his grip on Dog Slaughterer, while his other hand suddenly grabbed Su Jinxue's hand.
Su Jinxue's body stiffened slightly, but she did not pull away.
The two stood side by side.
One embodying Taiyuan Annihilation.
One embodying Extreme Cold Frost.
Their two Great Daos intertwined high up in the sky.
At this moment, the laws of the Heavenly Marriage vibrated, and the original power of the Heavenly Dao's blessing descended from above, bolstering them both!
Instantly, the two incredibly powerful forces of law within them resonated. They were about to unleash their latest joint technique!
But right at this moment—
Dog Slaughterer flared with brilliant red light once again.
It was not the dark red from before.
Rather, it was a deeper, more ominous, and far more ancient red.
It was as if some massive hound sleeping in an eternal graveyard had just bared its fangs.
Weng!
An indescribable aura of annihilation suddenly erupted from Dog Slaughterer.
The aura was not massive.
Yet it was extremely fierce.
Extremely sinister.
And completely unreasonable.
The moment it appeared, the figure deep within the Gate of Ascension suddenly froze.
In the next instant, the figure finally looked down.
For the first time, he looked at Zhang Mingyuan.
No.
To be precise, he was looking at the Dog Slaughterer in Zhang Mingyuan's hand.
And then, he seemed to see something incredibly terrifying.
Immediately following that, a scene unfolded that everyone present would never forget for the rest of their lives.
The figure suddenly raised his other hand.
Slap!
With a single slap, he broke off his own outstretched finger.
Then, the figure whipped around.
Without a single backward glance, he dove straight back into the Gate of Ascension.
He moved with unbelievable speed, as if his mother were calling him home for dinner.
Boom!
The Gate of Ascension slammed shut on the spot.
The colorful glow vanished.
The celestial music cut off.
The sky returned to its clear state.
...
Qingyun Heaven fell silent.
Myriad Snow Palace fell silent.
The entire Xuanling Realm fell silent.
That overbearing upper world immortal from just now... had run away?
Not only did he run away.
He even broke his own finger before fleeing?
A moment later.
Qingyun Heaven erupted into unprecedented cheers.
“He ran! He ran away!”
“Hahahahaha! The Sacred Lord scared the upper world immortal away!”
“No, it was the Sacred Lord's sword that scared him away!”
“Isn't that still the Sacred Lord's sword?!”
“The Sacred Lord is invincible! The Sacred Lord is number one in the world!!!”
The disciples of Myriad Snow Palace also completely boiled over.
“Lord Husband won!”
“Even an upper world existence retreated!”
“Look at the Immortal Lord and the Lord Husband standing side by side. Heavens, what a peerless pair of Dao companions!”
Nian'an was so excited she almost crushed the Cicada Ice Jade at her waist.
Her eyes shone brilliantly as she began writing furiously in her mind.
Front page!
It has to be the front page!
《Secrets of the Immortal Sects》 will publish ten consecutive special editions!
The first issue will be titled—《He Crosses the Tribulation, She Faces Death; Before the Gate of Ascension, Dao Companions Share One Life》!
The second issue will be—《Why Did the Upper World Immortal Break His Finger and Flee in Terror? The Mind-Blowing Secret the Qingyun Sacred Lord Has to Tell》!
...
The cheers shook heaven and earth.
The mountains and rivers echoed.
The sea of clouds churned.
Countless people wept and laughed, so thrilled that they felt as though they were witnessing an impossible myth with their own eyes.
Only high up in the sky.
Zhang Mingyuan, holding Dog Slaughterer in his right hand and holding Su Jinxue's hand with his left... stared at the tightly shut Gate of Ascension, the smile on his face slowly freezing.
Su Jinxue also froze slightly.
She noticed something was wrong.
Zhang Mingyuan's aura... had not completed its final transformation.
He had survived the immortal tribulation.
But the immortal Dao source energy had not arrived.
In other words—
...he was not yet a true immortal.
Zhang Mingyuan was silent for three breaths.
Then, he suddenly snapped his head up and let out a tragic, earth-shattering roar toward where the Gate of Ascension had vanished.
“Hey, hey, hey! Don't go!”
“You haven't given me my immortal Dao source energy yet!”
“Holy shit, hey!!!!!!!!”
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