Chapter 152: Ascending to Immortality One After Another

At this moment.
In the southern barbarian lands.
A small mountain village.
No matter how chaotic the outside world was, it could not cause the slightest disturbance in Zhu Xiaoyuan’s little courtyard.
Everyone was diligently focused on their own tasks.
Every day, Zhu Xiaoyuan earnestly taught Xin Jing to study well.
Or he would have his disciples work hard.
The rapid pace at which Ruofeng and Huanyue were ascending to immortality ignited excitement among all of Zhu Xiaoyuan’s disciples.
None of them wanted to fall so far behind.

“The sword is the essence of all things in the world; any object could be a sword, or not...”
Changsun Puyu murmured softly to himself.
He was currently in a very delicate state—one of enlightenment!
His mind was filled entirely with the earth-shaking sword intent that Zhu Xiaoyuan had once wielded!
Splitting heaven and earth, overwhelming and invincible!
The aura of supremacy beneath the heavens, unmatched by any!
An aura that, as long as the sword was present, no one could rival!
This echoed over and over again in his mind.

Changsun Puyu closed his eyes.
He held a brush, its tip suspended high above the rice paper. He wasn’t even aware of what he was thinking.
For a long, long time, he did not make a single stroke.
Suddenly, the aura around the tightly closed-eyed Changsun Puyu surged.
The brush in his hand dropped instantly onto the rice paper.
The tip carried a trace of murderous intent.
Like a long sword,
The strokes were incredibly sharp, each one concealing profound mysteries.
He had ascended to immortality!

The brush in Changsun Puyu’s hand finally halted!
His eyes still shone with joy and delight.
Just now, he had completely comprehended the meaning of the sword way.
The immortal sword intent was already circulating within his body.

“Hahaha, I have finally understood! This is truly magnificent!”
Changsun Puyu howled toward the heavens.
His joyous aura filled the entire courtyard.
If he could, he would shout to the sky at the top of his lungs: I have ascended!
I have finally ascended!

At that moment,
The sky once again shifted strangely.
An immortal aura descended, striking fiercely on the other side of the courtyard.

There, Lu Ran tightly gripped a hoe forged from condensed spiritual power.
The hoe shimmered with the flow of Daoist energy, immensely powerful.
Lu Ran’s body also became incredibly robust at this moment.
Just now, Lu Ran had also broken through to become an immortal...
Lu Ran was extremely elated!
He walked over to Long Ruxuan, boasting loudly, “Look, I’ve ascended to immortality. What about you?”
He even reached out to clap Long Ruxuan on the shoulder, intending to tease him good-naturedly.

But before his hand touched Long Ruxuan’s shoulder, Long Ruxuan opened his eyes, and the aura around him exploded outward.
His dragon soul appeared, exuding an overwhelmingly domineering dragon aura that filled the air.
Lu Ran had just ascended, yet he was nearly blown away by this dragon energy!
Who would have known that Long Ruxuan’s dragon aura had grown so formidable!
Long Ruxuan’s display stunned everyone present.

“Junior Brother sees fish every day and has even reached the profound immortal level!?”
Ruofeng couldn’t help but comment.
It seemed this Long Junior Brother must have exceptional insight; otherwise, there was no way he could have comprehended the Dao from a mere pond!
Perhaps he had acquired some great fortune from that pond!

Lu Ran was now nearly falling to the ground, unaware of Long Ruxuan’s immense strength, so he had made no preparations.
Once Long Ruxuan’s dragon aura manifested, Lu Ran was propelled outward.
Now, he was in a pitiful state, about to crash to the ground.

At that moment,
He suddenly felt a gentle force steadying his body from behind, preventing him from falling.
This soft power lifted him up.

Lu Ran turned his head and saw Qianchen, who was sweeping the floor, smiling at him.
That gentle aura was emanating from Qianchen’s hands.
Lu Ran further realized that quiet and seemingly ordinary Qianchen was actually incredibly strong, even capable of rivaling Long Ruxuan!

“Could it be that you’ve also reached the profound immortal level...”
Lu Ran was dumbfounded and blurted out the question.
He thought ascending to immortality was already impressive.
But what kind of people were these around him?
Each of them was already at the profound immortal level...
Wasn’t this a blow to his confidence!
Lu Ran truly wanted to find a place to cry his heart out.

Changsun Puyu also felt disheartened.
He had thought becoming immortal was a grand achievement!

“My good brother, I’m so glad you’re here with me... sob sob...”
“If it weren’t for you, I don’t know how much sadder I’d be...”
Lu Ran wished he could embrace Changsun Puyu and pour out his sorrows!

Nearby, the little white cat, Hong Xiaoyue, watched the two and began meowing loudly.

Before anyone could fully see what was happening, the cat had already leapt into Zhu Xiaoyuan’s arms at an incredible speed.
Lu Ran and Changsun Puyu were even more bewildered.
What did this mean?

“No way! No way! Even a cat is stronger than us, it ascended long ago!”
Lu Ran, who had just wanted to laugh loudly to the heavens, now only wanted to cry bitterly!
Was this the classic case of a person living a life inferior to a cat?

While the disciples were caught up in their lively chatter, Zhu Xiaoyuan remained completely oblivious.
Seeing the little white cat leap into his arms, he smiled and gently stroked its fur.

In front of him, a sheet of rice paper lay spread across the table.
Black ink on white paper.
Lu Ran instructed Xin Jing to recite a poem.

“The sound of wind and rain at night.”
Xin Jing followed Zhu Xiaoyuan very seriously, reading aloud: “The sound of wind and rain at night...”
The courtyard instantly filled with the clear sound of reading.

Not far from them,
The small sapling Zhu Xiaoyuan had planted earlier was now voraciously absorbing immortal spiritual energy, growing wildly.
A few days ago, it had barely reached half a meter in height.
Now, it was already one meter tall.
Moreover, tiny buds had begun to sprout on its small branches...

At this moment,
Deep within the core of the Tianwu Realm,
Amidst the roiling magma and flowing rivers, it resembled a hellscape.
Countless blood droplets seeped from the earth’s surface, ultimately converging into the magma.
This was the blood of profound immortals who had been poured into the Tianwu Realm!
This blood had been continuously flowing for an entire month.

Just now,
The once calm core seemed to come alive.

“Thump!”
A sound echoed, like the beating of a heart.
As the heartbeat sounded, the magma rivers surged even more wildly,
Rushing and crashing toward the distance in rhythmic pulses.

...

At this moment,
In the void,
Between countless lower realms and the gaps between them,
Swirled one turbulent vortex after another.