166: Chapter 166 Collective Ascension to the Upper Realm

Ziwei Star Domain, the Forbidden Ground of the back mountain of the Xiao Family Divine Mountain.

The Ascension Platform was forged from billion-year-old Star Profound Iron. At this moment, the Formation patterns were operating at an overload, emitting a piercing hum.

Spiritual Qi transformed into physical droplets, frantically pouring back into the cross-realm Formation eye.

Below the platform, three top-grade Immortal Veins containing a massive amount of the power of Laws were dimming and shriveling at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally disintegrating into a sky full of grayish-white powder.

"Nonsense! This is absolute nonsense!"

Looking at the completely ruined Immortal Veins, the Xiao Family's Grand Elder Xiao Wanshan's heart bled, and his face turned ashen as he shouted sternly.

He turned his head to stare at the woman in the ice-blue long dress standing at the top of the steps.

"Ning'er! You forcibly altered the star tracks, tightly binding the Ascension coordinates within ten thousand miles to the Forbidden Ground of the Divine Mountain, and even drained three of the Family's top-grade Immortal Veins! All just to receive a single Lower Realm Cultivator? How will you explain this when the Family Head leaves seclusion!"

Zi Yun stood with her hands behind her back, her stunning profile shrouded in immortal light, showing no emotion.

"Grand Elder, before my father entered seclusion, he handed the authority of the Ascension Platform to me, so it is not your place to interfere."

Her voice was cold and clear, carrying an authority that could not be disobeyed.

"That person is a peerless Sword Cultivator I met in the Lower Realm, possessing Grandmist foundation. I drained three Immortal Veins to pave the way for him; in the future, he will surely be the sharpest blade in our Xiao Family's hands. If you are dissatisfied, you can go complain to my father yourself when he leaves seclusion."

Domineering and forceful.

Xiao Wanshan's throat tightened, and his fingers trembled.

If it weren't for the fact that this girl's Bloodline had improved a few days ago and she was deeply favored by the Family Head, he would have slapped her long ago.

Using dignified top-grade Immortal Veins for personal gain?

"Fine! This old man wants to see exactly what kind of three-headed and six-armed monster this Lower Realm ant is, to warrant wasting such a foundation!"

Xiao Wanshan flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly.

Zi Yun ignored him.

Her gaze crossed layers of the Void Realm, and the coldness in the depths of her eyes instantly faded, replaced by a nearly distorted, sickly fanaticism.

Almost there.

Husband, my god.

...

Lower Realm, Tianyuan Continent.

The sky had long since cracked. Nine layers of Purple Cloud Divine Lightning gathered tens of thousands of feet high, the lightning pool churning.

The world-destroying pressure made all living beings within a million-mile radius prostrate on the ground, trembling in fear.

Ascension Lightning Tribulation.

But this scale was a hundred times more terrifying than any Ascension recorded in ancient texts.

On the Taiyi Holy Land's training ground.

Tens of thousands of fully armed elite Elders and Disciples of the Holy Land stood in neat arrays, silent.

Luo Bingyan, in a white dress, completely restrained her Immortal Lord realm aura and stood at the very front of the group.

She looked up at the figure in white fluttering in the high sky, her eyes full of admiration and absolute submission.

Su Yun stood tall and elegant in the Void Realm, not looking at the violent lightning pool above his head, and casually brushed his storage ring.

Swish!

An ancient scroll unfolded in his hand.

The supreme treasure, the map of mountains and rivers.

The scroll expanded rapidly with the wind, blotting out the sun.

Inside, spiritual mountains and great rivers stretched on, rivers and seas surged, forming a boundless world of its own.

"Enter."

Su Yun uttered a single word.

The tens of thousands of elites on the training ground below, including the women like Luo Bingyan, instantly turned into a sky full of flowing light and all dove into the scroll.

In the blink of an eye, the training ground below was empty.

Rumble—!

The auras of tens of thousands of high-level Cultivators vanished from the spot, and the Heavenly Dao's will was completely enraged.

The lightning pool suddenly doubled in size, and a blinding crimson lightning pillar aimed at Su Yun, striking down fiercely with a tyrannical will to destroy the anomaly.

Smuggling in a group was a serious violation of the Laws of heaven and earth.

Su Yun let out a light chuckle.

"Your rules cannot govern me."

He held up the map of mountains and rivers in his left hand and flipped his right hand. A cluster of grayish-white halo rose from his palm.

Lower Realm Heavenly Dao Origin!

This was the trump card left by Zi Yun when her Divine Soul crossed the realm, supplemented by the core power of Laws he had refined through Dual Cultivation.

The grayish-white halo instantly expanded, turning into a seamless barrier that completely enveloped Su Yun along with the map of mountains and rivers.

Boom!

The ten-thousand-foot lightning pillar struck three feet above Su Yun's head.

There was no loud crash of shattering space. The moment the lightning touched the grayish-white light shield, it directly lost its target lock.

The violent lightning slid down the edges of the light shield, heavily smashing and flattening over a dozen main peaks of the Taiyi Holy Land below.

Su Yun, at the center of the storm, didn't even have a corner of his clothes ruffled.

"Break."

Su Yun joined his fingers like a sword and made a casual swipe at the Void Realm.

Riiip.

The indestructible barrier between the two realms was easily sliced open into a ten-thousand-foot crack.

Su Yun took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the dark and deep ancient space-time path, leaving the Lower Realm's Heavenly Dao will to roar in vain within the lightning pool.

...

Upper Realm, the Xiao Family Forbidden Ground.

"Buzz—crack crack crack!"

The massive Ascension Platform's Formation patterns began to crack, and spiderweb-like fissures spread rapidly.

"Retreat! The Ascension Formation is going to explode!"

The Xiao Family Protectors' expressions changed wildly as they all used their immortal power to retreat rapidly.

Grand Elder Xiao Wanshan looked horrified, staring intently at the center of the Formation.

That sense of oppression coming through the Void Realm was absolutely not something a newly ascended True Immortal could have!

Even if an Immortal King crossed the realm, it would be impossible to trigger this level of spatial vibration!

Just what kind of thing were they receiving?

"Ning'er, back away! The spatial turbulence will shred you!" Xiao Wanshan roared.

Zi Yun did not retreat.

She took two steps forward, stepping directly into the immortal light at the edge of the Formation.

The violent spatial pulling force tore several gashes in her ice-blue long dress, revealing her fair skin, yet she showed no reaction.

Those cold, beautiful eyes were bloodshot.

Her nails dug deep into her palms, blood dripping from between her fingers.

Boom—!

An unprecedented nine-colored immortal light soared from the center of the Formation, directly piercing through the sea of clouds that shrouded the Divine Mountain year-round.

The immortal light receded.

The spatial storm subsided.

In the center of the Formation, shattered time-space fragments reflected a cold luster.

A tall and straight figure slowly stepped out from within.

Dressed in white, untainted by a speck of dust.

Su Yun stood with his hands behind his back, his deep eyes scanning the surroundings.

He didn't intentionally release his aura, but that absolute superior pressure of one who stands above all things and views heaven and earth as toys in his palm instantly weighed down on the shoulders of every Xiao Family elite.

Thud.

Several Profound Immortal realm Protectors with weaker cultivation felt their knees go soft and knelt down uncontrollably.

Dead silence.

A dead silence suppressed to the extreme.

Xiao Wanshan's eyes widened, and his breathing stopped.

He frantically circulated his immortal power just to barely stabilize himself.

A stormy sea surged in his heart; was this a Cultivator who just ascended from the Lower Realm?!

This kind of domineering aura that disregarded rules was something he had only seen in those ancient Immortal Kings who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years.

"Who are you, Your Excellency!"

Xiao Wanshan acted as if facing a great enemy, clutching a message Jade Slip in his hand, his entire body's immortal power tensed to the limit.

Dozens of Xiao Family Law Enforcement Hall Protectors all drew their Immortal Artifacts, surrounding Su Yun.

The atmosphere was tense and volatile.

Su Yun ignored the weapons pointed at him.

His gaze passed through the crowd, landing accurately on the ice-blue figure on the steps, a casual smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

The next second.

Under Xiao Wanshan's horrified gaze.

Under the ghost-seeing stares of all the Xiao Family Protectors.

Their goddess, who was always cold, aloof, and proud.

Completely threw away all her noble Family reserve.

She even forgot to use her immortal power, lifting her torn skirt and stumbling toward the mysterious young man in white.

Under the gaze of everyone whose minds were snapping.

Zi Yun dove into the man's arms, her hands tightly wrapping around his waist, burying her face against his broad chest.

Her voice trembled, carrying a nearly sickly sweetness and feverish obsession as she called out a phrase that made the entire Divine Mountain explode in an uproar.

"Husband~~"