450: Someone's coming!

This was the gift from heaven and earth for successfully undergoing the tribulation!

Its purity and majesty far surpassed the previous Light Rain of Creation.

Ling Xi, Xiao Ruobai, and Fang Hanyu sat cross-legged, almost instinctively circulating their Cultivation Techniques, greedily absorbing it.

Their dried-up Meridians, shattered bodies, and exhausted Soul Power healed and transformed at a speed visible to the naked eye under the nourishment of this majestic vitality.

Their auras were like a Rebirth from a cocoon, beginning to soar crazily as a vast pressure unique to the Saint Realm, standing above the mundane, slowly began to permeate.

They succeeded!

The three of them had crossed the World-Extinguishing Saint Tribulation together, and they had succeeded!

The dead silence at the foot of the mountain was instantly replaced by a clamor like a landslide or a tsunami.

"They made it?! They really succeeded!"

"Three forbidden Saint Tribulations stacked together! They actually survived it!"

"Three Saints!!"

Inside the Mingxin Hall, the group of Elders was even more excited, unable to contain themselves.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Immortal Master Xuanji clapped his hands and laughed loudly, saying 'good' three times in a row, his face flushed with excitement and his long beard trembling.

"Unprecedented! Truly unprecedented! Three people crossing the Heavenly Punishment together and succeeding!!"

In the deepest part of Dao Zang Academy!

Qing Xuzi watched Xiao Ruobai and the others successfully complete their tribulation, and his hanging heart finally settled down.

He turned toward the stone bench beside him, his voice excited and high-pitched: "Master! Did you see? They did it! They..."

His voice stopped abruptly.

Qing Xuzi's smile froze on his face.

Beside him, the stone bench where Xing Tianao had been sitting was now empty, with only the faint warmth of tea and a lingering fragrance remaining.

Xing Tianao had actually departed quietly at some unknown time, leaving no trace behind.

Outside Dao Yuan Mountain, above the drifting clouds.

Xing Tianao's figure silently emerged behind and to the side of Gu Changge, bowing his head slightly, with a shock that had not yet dissipated lingering in his Imperial Eyes.

"Congratulations, My Lord."

His voice was deep and steady, carrying sincere respect.

"Your three Disciples have Foundations so thick and wills so firm that they are rarely seen in ancient or modern times. After this tribulation, the emperors path can be expected."

He saw clearly that these three becoming Saints was by no means comparable to ordinary Saints. Their depth of Foundation and the grandeur of their presence had already far surpassed other Prodigies.

Gu Changge's gaze remained calmly on the three figures at the Peak, watching them swallow the sweet dew and stabilize their Realm, as if he were merely watching an ordinary sunrise or sunset.

"The road has only just begun," he said faintly.

Xing Tianao deeply agreed.

A Saint was merely the starting point for truly embarking on the journey of the Great Dao.

He was about to speak when he saw Gu Changge suddenly look up, his gaze seemingly passing over Dao Yuan Mountain, beyond the sky of the Xuanhuang World, and into the depths of the endless Chaos Void.

Immediately after, a hint of coldness crossed Gu Changge's face that made even a Great Emperor like Xing Tianao feel a slight chill in his heart.

"Someone is coming," Gu Changge's voice was flat, yet it felt like a cold spring flowing by.

Xing Tianao was stunned at first upon hearing this, instinctively looking in the direction of Gu Changge's gaze, but all he saw were blue skies and drifting clouds.

But in the next moment, he suddenly realized something, and his pupils contracted sharply!

Could My Lord be talking about outside the world?!

Could it be those existences?!

They discovered the abnormality of the Xuanhuang World and have come looking for us?!

The secret of the Xuanhuang World's Origin being drained for eons, and the crisis that was quietly resolved by My Lord not long ago.

And the terrifying level above the Great Emperor that My Lord mentioned they represented—Immortal!

This thought exploded in his mind like thunder, and hatred erupted at this moment, burning his Divine Soul and Imperial body!

It was they who stole the Origin of the Xuanhuang Great World, causing the Xuanhuang Great World's emperors path to be cut off, leaving countless brilliant Prodigies blocked outside the emperors path, full of regret for the rest of their lives.

It was they who left a Great Emperor Puppet at the world barrier back then, causing him to suffer heavy injuries when he was closest to the Peak.

That trace of Immortal power had tortured him for thousands of years, and even with the help of the Great Emperor Lightning Tribulation, it had not been extinguished.

If it hadn't been for My Lord's rescue, he would have already been destroyed in body and soul.

This also gave him the most direct sense of the power of an Immortal.

Even if he had an almost blind trust in Gu Changge's strength, the word 'Immortal' still brought a sense of absolute suppression in terms of life level for all living beings in the Xuanhuang World!

An uncontrollable worry instantly seized Xing Tianao's mind.

"My Lord, is someone from the Immortal Realm coming?"

Gu Changge withdrew his gaze from beyond the heavens and glanced at Xing Tianao, taking in the shock and worry in his eyes, but he did not offer much explanation, only nodding faintly.

"Yes."

A single word confirmed the worst suspicion.

Gu Changge glanced toward the Peak, where the auras of his three Disciples had gradually stabilized, and their Saint Realm pressure was slowly being withdrawn, clearly having initially consolidated their Realm.

Then, he lightly flicked his sleeve: "Take a trip with me."

Before his voice had even faded, the surrounding space rippled slightly, and the figures of the two had already quietly disappeared from above the drifting clouds, without attracting anyone's attention below.

At the top of Dao Yuan Mountain, at the Peak of the Heavenly Ladder, the shrouded misty holy light also slowly withdrew.

Xiao Ruobai was the first to open his eyes, a divine light flashing in his pupils before being contained within, turning into a deep calm.

He lightly clenched his fist, feeling the brand-new power surging and roaring within him, as vast as a galaxy.

It was a power completely different from that of a Deva, a clearer perception and control of the Laws of heaven and earth.

"So this is the power of the Saint Realm."

He murmured to himself, his voice steady yet containing an unspeakable confidence.

Beside him, Fang Hanyu also opened his eyes, and deep in his gaze, a wisp of newborn Sword Intent, purer and colder than before, flashed by as if it could pierce through the Void Realm.

His entire aura was cold and condensed, like a peerless divine blade hidden in its scabbard.

Only Ling Xi, after carefully sensing every inch of change within her body, frowned slightly, a hint of helplessness flashing in her eyes.

With the Lightning Tribulation and the gift from heaven and earth she had just devoured, plus the fact that she possessed the soul of a Great Emperor from her previous life...

Her understanding of the Saint Realm was already thorough, and her Realm had now quietly soared to the Peak of the Saint Realm.

"I swallowed a bit too aggressively. The energy is sufficient and the insights are there, but this newborn Saint body still needs careful tempering. The Foundation must be solidified to the extreme."

She warned herself inwardly, suppressing the slight sense of instability caused by the soaring Realm; the first priority next was to stabilize her Foundation.

"Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, Third Martial Sister! Congratulations!"

A voice full of excitement and joy rang out as Wang Xiaopang and Mo Yu flew forward almost simultaneously.

Both their faces were brimming with sincere, excited smiles, and Little Fatty even rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining as if he were happier than if he had broken through himself.

"Hahaha, good! Good! Good!"

A hearty, joyful laugh approached from a distance as Immortal Master Xuanji arrived, treading on auspicious clouds.

Behind him, besides several core Elders with deep auras and expressions of relief and shock, stood three or four young figures quietly.

These individuals had distinct temperaments—some were as calm as an abyss, others as sharp as a sword—and although they all restrained their auras and stood quietly behind the Elders.

The Dao Rhyme that inadvertently leaked out and the faint pressure they brought could not be ignored.

They did not speak, but merely looked calmly at Ling Xi and the others.

They observed carefully, with a hint of unspeakable gravity and a hidden heat in their eyes.

Xiao Ruobai's gaze shifted slightly as he exchanged a look with Ling Xi.

These few were likely the Prodigies cultivated by Dao Zang Academy itself.

As expected, this ancient academy had unfathomable depth.