123: Endless Wilderness

Wending Sect mountain gate.

Xiao Hei lay prone in front of the grand and magnificent mountain gate, his face full of disdain.

"So this is the legendary Lingxuan Heaven!"

"Tsk... the Spiritual Qi here isn't anything special; it's not even as abundant as the Spiritual Qi back in the Sect!"

"This Emperor thought one breath would lead to Immortal Ascension!"

"It seems coming to this Lingxuan Heaven was truly a waste of time!"

"If you ask me, we should head back to the Cangxuan Realm right now!"

"..."

Xiao Hei's chatter never stopped. A Disciple on duty guarding the gate nearby whispered a warning: "Lord Black Emperor, you can't just say things like that! If the Sect Master hears you, you'll likely be punished with solitary confinement again!"

"...Sect Master... Humph, this Emperor isn't afraid of him!"

"Truly not afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"Then I'm going to tell the Sect Master!"

"You dare!"

...Not long ago, a million miles away.

Three streaks of light were gliding unhurriedly through the low sky.

At the head was a noble-looking Young Master dressed in ornate purple robes, riding a majestic Purple Lightning Thunder Kirin Steed with wings on its back.

Behind him followed two Guards with steady auras and sharp eyes, riding a Green-Winged Wind Wolf and a Scarlet Flame Tiger respectively.

The cultivation levels of all three were not low.

This purple-robed Young Master was Yang Hao, a direct descendant of the Yang Family, one of the major families in the Canglan Continent.

But within the Family, he was not well-regarded.

His arrival at the Endless Wasteland this time was due to passing a fortune-telling stall earlier. An old fortune-teller named Liu the Half-Immortal told him that there was an Opportunity belonging to him in the Endless Wasteland. Although he didn't believe it, he wasn't far from here at the time, so he simply came to try his luck and clear his mind.

"In this godforsaken place where even birds don't shit, what kind of Opportunity could there be?"

One Guard grumbled in his heart, but dared not show it on the surface.

However, at that moment... the Purple Lightning Thunder Kirin Steed beneath Yang Hao suddenly reared its front hooves and let out an uneasy neigh.

Almost simultaneously, the mounts of the two Guards also became restless.

"Young Master, something is wrong!"

The Guard on the left narrowed his eyes and looked toward the distant horizon: "The Spiritual Qi fluctuations there... are exceptionally violent!"

Yang Hao looked in that direction and saw that at the far end of the sky, the originally calm space was suddenly torn open by a massive force!

A colossal Heavenly Gate appeared abruptly.

A dazzling golden light suddenly streaked through the Heavenly Gate and quickly vanished.

Subsequently, the Heavenly Gate also slowly disappeared.

"Did This Young Master see that correctly? Was that... the Heavenly Gate just now?"

Yang Hao's pupils contracted slightly as he murmured, "Could it be that a Cultivator from the Lower Realm has undergone Ascension?"

As a direct descendant of the Yang Family, he possessed extraordinary knowledge and naturally knew about Ascension.

But a normal Ascension only involved one or two Cultivators going through a Heavenly Tribulation to open a Heavenly Gate about ten feet wide to ascend to the Upper Realm. He had never even heard of a Heavenly Gate with a radius of over a hundred thousand miles, let alone seen one.

Therefore, he once doubted if he had seen it wrong.

"Young Master, you didn't see it wrong. That was indeed the Heavenly Gate just now!"

"I wonder which Small World's Cultivator has ascended this time."

Both Guards had seen it too and replied decisively.

Yang Hao's spirits were immediately lifted.

To be able to open a Heavenly Gate of such scale, the Cultivator who ascended must be extraordinary.

Could it be... this is the Opportunity Liu the Half-Immortal spoke of?

Yang Hao's heart stirred: "The Taiqing Academy is about to open its doors to recruit Disciples. If I can find an Opportunity here, perhaps it will help me join the Taiqing Academy! Only by joining the Taiqing Academy will I have the chance..."

Thinking of this, Yang Hao suddenly felt a sense of bitterness and hesitated to speak.

"Young Master, should we go take a look?"

Seeing Yang Hao standing still in a daze, the two Guards asked cautiously.

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

Yang Hao quickly returned to normal and jerked the reins. The Purple Lightning Thunder Kirin Steed turned into a bolt of lightning, heading toward the direction where that golden light had landed.

The two Guards looked at each other and immediately urged their mounts to follow closely.

"Whoosh—!"

Three streaks of light pierced the silence of the Endless Wasteland... "Terrifying indeed!"

"After entering Lingxuan Heaven, the time flow of the great dao spacetime pagoda has actually increased! Now, one year of Cultivation inside is only one day outside!"

"The Sect Master's methods are truly beyond our imagination!"

"That's nothing! Originally, I thought ninety-nine floors was the limit of the heaven-reaching pagoda. I finally managed to nearly reach the top, and then... guess what? That damn heaven-reaching pagoda suddenly increased to five hundred floors. It made me so angry!"

"Hahaha!"

"..."

In the Wending Sect, Disciples were talking about the changes after arriving in Lingxuan Heaven.

For some reason, many things had changed after coming here, but in fact... Lin Chen wasn't clear about it either. After all, since he obtained these two treasures, he had hardly experienced them himself.

In truth, this was just the great dao spacetime pagoda and the heaven-reaching pagoda activating their inherent next-stage forms.

As for the ten thousand immortals illustrated record... only a few Elders and Disciples were qualified to enter it.

Most Disciples, however, could first shed their mortal bones in the mortal transformation pool, then go to the Dao Enlightenment Stele to comprehend their own paths, then learn the Wen Ding Immortal Art and Wen Ding Sword Technique, and finally Cultivate in the great dao spacetime pagoda. Once they achieved something in their Cultivation, they could also gain experience in the heaven-reaching pagoda and the Myriad Laws Secret Realm... They didn't even need to leave the Sect; a complete dragon-level service delivered right to your door.

Although they couldn't compare to those who held immortal positions in the ten thousand immortals illustrated record, compared to people outside, their Cultivation speed was like being on a rocket.

"Revered Master!"

Three Personal Disciples arrived before Lin Chen.

"Shi Tian, Supreme Peak."

"Xiao Bufan, Supreme Middle Stage."

"Su Muhuang, Supreme Middle Stage."

"Not bad, not bad!"

Lin Chen praised the three's Cultivation progress incessantly.

The trio's talent was already once-in-ten-thousand-years. Coupled with their deep comprehension of their respective Daos within the ten thousand immortals illustrated record and having Cultivated for over three thousand years in the great dao spacetime pagoda, reaching this Realm was only natural.

On the contrary, Lin Chen, as their Revered Master, had seen his cultivation stall, remaining at the Peak Great Emperor level until now.

If he didn't start to Cultivate soon, he might very well be surpassed by his own Disciples.

"However, now that we have arrived in Lingxuan Heaven, the Prodigies here are bound to be more Heaven-Defying than the last. I fear that if you encounter them in the future, you might be bullied..."

"This is Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk, which has the effect of improving Aptitude and raising cultivation."

"..."

Immediately after, Lin Chen bestowed one drop to each of them.

This was provided by the System mission; it had only given three drops in all this time, just enough for the three of them to use.

"Thank you, Revered Master!"

After consuming it, the three felt their internal Aptitude and cultivation improve significantly, and they were immediately overjoyed.

Just then, the System's notification sound suddenly rang in Lin Chen's mind—

[Ding!]

[A new main quest has been unlocked!]

[Make the name of Wending shake the Qinggu Heaven Domain. Upon completion, you will receive massive rewards!]