Chapter 968: Sitting at Home, a Surprise Falls from the Heavens!

Time flies, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep within a divine palace.

Inside a quiet room filled with abundant spiritual energy and decorated magnificently.

Accompanied by a faint glow, an outstanding and tall figure emerged from a small golden tower; it was Qi Yuan, who had been in closed-door cultivation within the space of the Immortal Artifact.

At this moment, Qi Yuan's appearance and clothing were the same as usual, but the aura around him had become deeper and more restrained. Occasionally, threads of ethereal and lofty Immortal charm radiated from him, signifying that he was not far from Ascension.

Mahayana Perfection!

Feeling the power surging like a sea within his body, Qi Yuan couldn't help but let out a breath, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

Cultivating for half a year inside the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda was equivalent to five hundred years of bitter cultivation in the outside world.

Upon reaching the Mahayana Realm, every step of improvement was a hundred times more difficult than before. Even with his Heaven-Defying Aptitude and countless resources, it took a full five hundred years to raise his cultivation from the Early Stage of Mahayana to Mahayana Perfection.

Now, the spiritual energy in his body had reached the limit of the Mahayana Realm. He only needed to release his suppression to draw the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation and open the passage to the Immortal Realm.

Before entering the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda to Cultivate, he had already pre-arranged many affairs in the Yunmeng Great World and even sent Xiao Hei there to oversee things, which was enough to suppress everything.

With that half-step Daluo Realm 'World-Purifying White Lotus' watching over, even if he, the Chief Helmsman, was absent, the vast Heaven and Earth Society wouldn't be left leaderless, and the Yunmeng Great World wouldn't fall into chaos.

Using the reincarnation treasure mirror snatched from the Demon Ancestor, plus three time-space supreme treasures, Qi Yuan successfully helped Chu Xueqian reincarnate on Earth, and incidentally, he took a trip back to his old haunts as well.

As it turned out, Qi Yuan discovered that the current Earth was no longer the Earth he was familiar with; it was entirely in the style of a science fiction movie, making him, a transmigrator from Earth, feel incredibly foreign.

Later, he attempted to find traces of a certain great power on Earth, but he came up empty-handed and could only return to this space-time with some regret.

After settling his cheap Disciple Chu Xueqian, Qi Yuan naturally completed the side quest [Fallen Immortal Descends to the World].

Upon completing this side quest, he not only obtained high-level Sword Dao Mastery and a new talent [Covering the Sky with One Hand], but also gained an opportunity to see through the barriers of time.

Besides that, his little brother Lin Zhen brought him an unexpected surprise: the final immortal cauldron fragment!

Last time, the hidden underground palace left by Demon Ancestor Mo Wentian at Ghost Cry Ridge was swept clean by a certain Child of Destiny, which included a fragment of the creation immortal cauldron, allowing Qi Yuan to pick up a huge bargain for nothing.

Sitting at home, a surprise falls from the heavens!

Facing that immortal cauldron fragment obtained without any effort, Qi Yuan could only secretly marvel at the awesomeness of the Child of Destiny. He was glad he hadn't been enticed by Old Man Shi to melt this loyal little brother down as one of the Immortal Emperor's three corpses.

At this point, he had finally completed that creation immortal cauldron and, in the process, obtained an extra strand of Heavenly Dao Qi.

Just like last time, because Qi Yuan had completed three five-star difficulty side quests in a row, the System also specially rewarded him with the qualification to receive quest rewards in advance.

However, because the main quest had yet to be generated, his current quest list was empty, so he couldn't even select a reward if he wanted to.

Besides Chu Xueqian, he also helped the Qilin Demon Emperor and his father-in-law, the Feather Clan Demon Emperor, reincarnate into the Jingtian Great World, a place the Demon Ancestor had once ravaged.

Compared to the Yunmeng Great World, the Jingtian Great World had a flourishing Great Dao and abundant resources; the chance of becoming an Immortal was countless times higher than in the Yunmeng Great World, where the path to immortality was severed.

Furthermore, after Mo Wentian's devastation, the high-end combat power of the Jingtian Great World was almost entirely wiped out. Now, it could be said to be leaderless and in need of reconstruction, making it the best time for the strong to rise—perfect for the two Demon Emperors to show their skills.

Regarding this arrangement, not only was the Qilin Demon Emperor overjoyed and deeply grateful to Qi Yuan, but even his father-in-law Zhu Yi accepted the fact that he suddenly had a cheap son-in-law, albeit reluctantly.

Before leaving, the Feather Clan Demon Emperor repeatedly exhorted Zhu Mingyu, who had ascended the throne as the new Demon Emperor, to be extremely cautious and strictly prevent a certain someone from bullying his sister-in-law in the name of being a brother-in-law.

Zhu Mingyu, of course, agreed readily, only to turn around and build an extremely luxurious Immortal Cave for her sister and brother-in-law within the palace, and then moved in herself first…

Of course, in Qi Yuan's heart, these were just minor details. The priority was to first appease this group of confidantes in the Lower Realm to avoid a situation where his backyard caught fire after he left.

He had spent no small amount of effort on this matter, and after much running around, he finally settled his worries and could ascend in peace.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan reined in his thoughts, casually put the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda into the System space, and then stepped out of the quiet room.

Although Lin Zhen's portable grandfather, Old Man Shi, had already agreed to advise him, he was used to being free and didn't like having an old fogey peeping from the side at all times.

Therefore, after reaching a temporary cooperation agreement with Old Man Shi, he unceremoniously threw the niean pagoda ring, where Old Man Shi resided, into the Huntian creation immortal cauldron. He would take it out when he wanted to use it and throw it back in to Seal it when he didn't.

Now that the Huntian creation cauldron had restored its function of refining all things, letting Old Man Shi experience it once could deter him to the greatest extent and prevent the old fogey from having any thoughts of rebellion.

In fact, even now, he still suspected that Old Man Shi hadn't revealed the whole truth and seemed to be hiding something.

Fortunately, Qi Yuan hadn't felt any hostility from the other party from start to finish; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered talking to him at all and would have long since dragged this secretive old fellow out and destroyed him.

Walking up to a majestic hall, before Qi Yuan could even announce himself, the towering doors swung open with a bang, revealing a portal filled with rosy light.

Stepping into the hall, he saw a beautiful goddess wearing a neon dress and a phoenix crown standing on the jade steps; it was the master of this divine palace, Shui Yunshan.

Watching Qi Yuan approach slowly, Shui Yunshan narrowed her beautiful eyes. After sizing him up for a few moments, her expression suddenly relaxed, and she praised:

“I didn't expect you to Breakthrough to Mahayana Perfection so quickly. This shows how strong your talent is. It seems now that choosing you was a very correct decision by this Palace Master!”

In just half a year, soaring from the Early Stage of Mahayana to Great Perfection—this speed of improvement was somewhat unbelievable even to her, a Golden Immortal Perfection deity.

What made Shui Yunshan even more astonished was that even though the other party was in closed-door cultivation in her exclusive divine palace, she, the master, hadn't glimpsed a single trace of him, and didn't even know if he had left. It was simply inconceivable.

Qi Yuan smiled slightly and didn't explain much. From the moment he began his cultivation, he had unfolded a layer of Domain in the secret room.

Under the influence of the [Covering the Sky with One Hand] talent, his Domain came with its own shielding effect. Let alone Shui Yunshan, even if an Immortal Emperor personally came, they wouldn't be able to detect a thing.

As an 'old acquaintance' from the Primordial Era, Shui Yunshan knew that the man before her could not be treated with common logic. Therefore, she didn't probe further and instead took the initiative to explain:

“Since your cultivation has already met the Ascension standard, you can complete your Undergoing Tribulation in the endless Void Realm outside the divine palace in a moment.”

“After the tribulation, you will be randomly teleported to a certain Immortal Domain under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Court, where there will be specialized Immortal Officials responsible for receiving Immortals ascending from the Lower Realm.”

“When the time comes, you don't need to waste words with them. Just show this Token and say you are a believer of this Palace Master in the Lower Realm, and that you only wish to serve me after ascending.”

As she spoke, Shui Yunshan took out a Token surrounded by five-colored light from her sleeve and handed it to Qi Yuan. Then, she curled her lips and said with a light laugh:

“As for other things, we'll talk after you truly become a True Immortal… With your ability, you surely won't fail the tribulation and end up as a Loose Immortal, right?”

“Alright!”

Qi Yuan nodded. After taking the Token, he turned into a streak of light and flew out of the divine palace.

Shortly after, the Void Realm outside the divine palace suddenly began to vibrate violently. A tangible tribulation qi spread out, quickly brewing into a giant vortex.

Rumble!

In an instant, thunder dragons rolled, and lightning flashed.

Sensing a hint of heart-palpitating destructive aura, Shui Yunshan, who was preparing to watch from the side as he underwent his tribulation, changed her expression and murmured:

“Just how many atrocious things has this bastard done to draw such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?”

As she spoke, she quickly flicked her sleeves, sweeping up her divine palace and fleeing rapidly, escaping the range of the Heavenly Tribulation to avoid being caught in the crossfire…