355: Ascension Frenzy is Coming

“It's a pity, your man, I, have Ascended, so their ambitious plan might just go down the drain!”

Long Aotian couldn't help but smile.

Now, the Heavenly Devil God Sect was not far from becoming the Immortal Realm Overlord. At this critical juncture, one of their Supreme Sect Masters was humiliated in the Lower Heaven Layers. How could the Heavenly Devil God Sect not seek to reclaim its honor?

Provoking Long Aotian, provoking the Dragon Heaven Palace, meant that the Heavenly Devil God Sect's outcome was destined not to be good.

Want to become the Overlord force of the Immortal Realm?

With him, Long Aotian, around, just dream about it!

“Who says it isn't so?”

Feng Zixian also smiled, “Perhaps, their plan might even inadvertently pave the way for the Dragon Heaven Palace.”

“Does Xian'er also wish for the Dragon Heaven Palace to become the Overlord Sect force of the Immortal Realm?”

Feng Zixian took a few steps, leaning against Long Aotian's chest, and whispered, “Perhaps only then can you Ascend to the Divine Realm with peace of mind, right?”

“...Daddy, is the Divine Realm very far? Ling'er doesn't want to leave Daddy and Mommy! And Aunt Duor!”

“Shouldn't you call her Auntie?”

“Call me Big Sister, calling me Auntie makes me sound old!”

“No, I'll call you Auntie!”

“Hmph, I'm not playing with you anymore!”

“Big Sister Duor!”

“...Such a good girl!”

“...”

“...”

Facing these two little girls who were playing wildly, Long Aotian and Feng Zixian were somewhat amused and helpless. Anyway, they were both mischievous and could play as wildly as they wished.

While Long Aotian was playing with his daughter, Long Tianling, and his little cousin, Hua G朵, in his Inner World, and being intimate with Feng Zixian in the Sixth Layer Space World, the Ascension Hall of the Dragon Heaven Three Thousand Worlds also experienced an Ascension frenzy.

Each Ascension Hall claimed to oversee the Ascension of three thousand Martial Dao Continent Planes in the Lower Realm, but in reality, it was far more than three thousand Martial Dao Continent Planes. Some Ascension Halls oversaw even more than thirty thousand.

However, even if it oversaw thirty thousand Martial Dao Continent Planes, it was impossible for more than one hundred thousand people to Ascend from various Martial Dao Continent Planes in a single day.

Generally, the number of Ascensions in an Ascension Hall remained between several thousand and nearly ten thousand per day, with ten thousand rarely being surpassed.

However, since Long Aotian's Ascension, the number of Ascensions in the Dragon Heaven Three Thousand Worlds' Ascension Hall had been continuously skyrocketing.

On the day Long Aotian Ascended, the number of Ascensions had already surged from several thousand the previous day to one hundred thousand, leading to a shortage of Immortal Spirit Water in the Ascension Pool of the Ascension Hall.

Long Aotian took out some of his spoils of war, ensuring that the Ascenders could successfully convert their Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi.

Just when others thought this was an isolated incident, three hundred thousand people Ascended on the second day, and five hundred thousand on the third day.

At this point, the Ascension Hall once again sent an urgent report to the City Lord's Mansion, stating that the Ascension Pool's space could not accommodate so many Ascenders converting their Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi at once.

Helpless!

Long Aotian had no choice but to use the power of the Spatial Laws to set up a Nine-Layer Space-Time Great Formation. Each layer could accommodate one million people to convert their Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi, and to accelerate the conversion speed of the Ascenders, he also incorporated the power of the Time Rule.

In the Ascension Pool, Ascenders could complete the conversion of Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi in at most two to three hours.

However, to give back to the Sky Ruins Continent and to help the Ascenders from the Sky Ruins Continent integrate into the larger environment of the Immortal Realm more quickly, Long Aotian directly allowed them to Cultivate for three days. Due to the time flow acceleration, only one hour had passed in the outside world.

The time it took to convert Spiritual Qi into Immortal Qi became faster, but the time Ascenders spent Cultivating became longer.

Furthermore, unlike the Medium Grade Immortal Spirit Water in the Ascension Pool, Long Aotian provided them with abundant top-grade Immortal Rank Cultivation resources.

Such a grand gesture surprised and delighted those Ascenders, filling their hearts with gratitude towards Long Aotian.

Seven hundred thousand Ascenders on the fourth day, nine hundred thousand on the fifth, breaking one million on the sixth, one point three million on the seventh... two million on the tenth day.

Nan Shenxi, the Warden of the Ascension Hall, was utterly stunned.

What on earth was happening with this Dragon Heaven Three Thousand Worlds' Ascension Hall?

Why did so many Ascenders suddenly emerge from the Sky Ruins Continent?

He no longer cared whether the Ascenders all came from the Sky Ruins Continent; he simply crammed them all into the Space-Time Formation.

The number of Ascenders continued to climb rapidly each day: two point five million on the eleventh day, three million on the twelfth, three point five million on the thirteenth, three point eight million on the fourteenth, and four million on the fifteenth day.

Just as Nan Shenxi thought that the daily Ascension data was starting to slow down and might be reaching its peak before declining.

However, he didn't know that the final deadline Long Aotian had set when he was in the Lower Realm, asking everyone to wait ten days to half a month after his Ascension before Ascending, had arrived. The previous Ascension frenzy was merely an appetizer.

Subsequently, on the sixteenth day, the number of Ascenders suddenly surged dramatically. The number of Ascenders that day increased from four million the previous day to an exaggerated ten million, followed by twelve million on the sixteenth day, fifteen million on the seventeenth day, twenty million on the eighteenth day... Nan Shenxi was completely bewildered!

Fortunately, Long Aotian seemed to have anticipated this and set up a Nine-Layer Space-Time Great Formation; otherwise, the Dragon Heaven Three Thousand Ascension Hall would have collapsed days ago under this insane Ascension frenzy.

This Ascension frenzy, which made Nan Shenxi's scalp tingle, lasted for two full months before the daily number of Ascensions dropped back to one hundred thousand Ascenders per day, and the data was still continuing to decline, returning to normal values.

During the two-month Ascension frenzy, according to incomplete statistics, the number of Ascenders surpassed the one billion mark.

These Ascenders, using the high-quality Cultivation resources provided by Long Aotian in the Ascension Hall, Cultivated frantically for three days. Their Cultivation Realms basically broke through to the Late Stage or Great Perfection of the Human Immortal Realm, and some Cultivators with prodigious talent even stepped directly into the Earth Immortal Realm.

Their gratitude towards Long Aotian was beyond words.

Hearing that Long Aotian had occupied Steve City and renamed it Longtian City, they all flocked to Longtian City.

Fortunately, Longtian City, which previously had nearly ten billion people, saw its population drastically reduced to several hundred million due to Long Aotian's actions. Now, with the influx of over a billion Ascenders from the Sky Ruins Continent into Longtian City, it didn't seem crowded; instead, it gained some vitality.

The peak masters and core management personnel from the various peaks of the Dragon Heaven Palace in the Lower Realm also completed their work handovers and Ascended. Longtian City began recruiting Immortal Realm Disciples.

Disciples who had joined the Dragon Heaven Palace in the Lower Realm needed to make a decision again: whether to continue joining the Dragon Heaven Palace in the Immortal Realm. They were undoubtedly the most supportive of the Dragon Heaven Palace and chose to continue joining without hesitation.

However, others, hearing that Long Aotian had clashed with the Heavenly Devil God Sect of the Ninety-Ninth Heaven, many chose not to join temporarily.

They did not know that their wait-and-see attitude caused them to miss the best time to join the Dragon Heaven Palace.

Currently, joining the Dragon Heaven Palace is basically open to anyone who is an Ascender from the Sky Ruins Continent and the Immortal Martial Continent. Long Aotian has made the joining conditions very lenient.

However, once a thorough assessment is completed and the Dragon Heaven Palace enters a phase of rapid development, joining will be like joining the Dragon Heaven Palace in the Lower Realm, requiring passing a comprehensive assessment at the entry Disciple assessment tower.

Just as the assessment was nearly complete, the daily number of Ascenders at the Ascension Hall also dropped back to below ten thousand per day. Twelve hundred million of the one point four billion Ascenders chose to join the Dragon Heaven Palace.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Long Aotian emerged from seclusion and announced his advance to the Twelfth Heaven...