When the celestial phenomenon disappeared, the Eternal Sect’s high-ranking members and disciples were all dumbfounded.
The promised ascension together to the Upper Realm—how come only the Sect Master was seen being received by holy light, then piercing the clouds, while everyone was left behind!
As someone who’d been through it, though the nine great Martial Emperors weren’t on scene, from the recent commotion they could tell this wasn’t shattering the void—this was someone using the Seizing Heaven and Earth’s Fortune Grand Array to illegally ascend!
Who?
Should be Jun Changxiao.
Correct.
Gou Sheng finally got his wish and successfully illegally ascended.
But he’d been wholeheartedly thinking of bringing the entire sect to illegally ascend together. In the end, only he went up alone—really not following the script!
“Second Senior Brother.”
Su Xiaomo said in complete breakdown: “The Sect Master ascended alone. What should we do?”
Li Qingyang said helplessly: “I don’t know what to do either.”
“Damn it!”
Ye Xingchen was so angry both hands trembled.
He’d long prepared for ascending to the Upper Realm, but the final result was this—truly hard to accept!
“Sigh.”
Elder Wei and others shook their heads and sighed.
They weren’t upset about not ascending to the Upper Realm, but rather that with the Sect Master going up alone, didn’t the sect lose its backbone?
“Elder Zhen!”
Jiang Xie said: “Can the array be activated again?”
After Jun Changxiao was transmitted, Zhen Dejun began researching it. The result showed the array cores and array lines had completely dimmed, so he said helplessly: “This is a one-time array. Once activated, it becomes ineffective.”
Everyone: “…”
Though the Sect Master often acted as a hands-off manager before, at least he could still come back. Now having shattered the void and departed, wasn’t this eternal separation between heaven and earth?
Gloomy clouds gradually gathered above. High-ranking members and disciples all seemed listless.
A sect without its Sect Master was incomplete. An Eternal Sect without Jun Changxiao had no soul!
Just when everyone’s emotions were abnormally low, Hua Meigui promptly adjusted her mindset and spoke: “All sect internal affairs are still handled by Young Master Yuan. Everyone should continue performing their duties as usual.”
The Sect Master wasn’t here.
The Sect Master’s wife was still here!
Moreover, an empress who could control an entire realm might not be unable to control a sect!
“Yes!”
Everyone received orders.
The Sect Master ascending alone had become fact and couldn’t be reversed. What they could do was adjust their mindset and face the future days without the Sect Master.
“Husband.”
Hua Meigui looked up at the firmament, thinking: “I will help you manage the Eternal Sect well. When I possess the strength to shatter the void, I’ll go to the Upper Realm to reunite with you!”
“Senior Sister Liu.”
Yao Mengying’s tears fell: “Will the Sect Master come back?”
“The Sect Master left very peacefully. He will definitely come back!” Liu Wanshi’s gaze was determined.
……
“Dong-ci, dong-ci, dong-dong-ci!”
The next day, the training ground rang with beautiful melodies as usual. All disciples began doing morning exercises.
Though Jun Changxiao was gone, they wouldn’t slack off, so they would continue cultivating diligently, continue constantly improving themselves.
“Snowflakes drifting, north wind howling.”
“Heaven and earth a vast expanse.”
“A single plum blossom stands proud in the snow, blooming only for her beloved’s fragrance…”
The melancholic song echoed above the Eternal Sect, as if able to pierce infinite void, reverberating across a vast snowfield.
“Why is this!”
“Why exactly is this!”
In the boundless snowfield stood a solitary person. He knelt on the ground, holding his head and roaring skyward!
That’s right.
This was the Upper Realm!
A new world where, aside from exceptionally rich heaven and earth attributes, other aspects weren’t much different from Xingyun Continent!
That’s right!
This person was Jun Changxiao!
At this moment, he had lost all hope!
This matter must start from his appearance just now. When Gou Sheng felt even stronger heaven and earth attributes, he realized the illegal ascension succeeded. Thus he spread both arms wide, his expression enraptured: “New world, new air, new atmosphere!”
“Babies!”
“Tell me loudly, did you feel it!”
Silence!
Cold!
Nothing else.
Could they be shocked by the Upper Realm’s heaven and earth attributes? Sigh, truly a bunch of disciples who’ve never seen the world.
Jun Changxiao opened his eyes. The next second his expression froze, because what he saw wasn’t the sect—what he saw was endless snowfield!
Holy crap!
He’d clearly deployed a large Seizing Heaven and Earth’s Fortune Grand Array on Tiegu Mountain. How did it not bring it up?
Could this type of array only allow living beings to illegally ascend, unable to bring an entire mountain?
Never mind, never mind.
Tiegu Mountain wasn’t brought up, just find another mountain.
Jun Changxiao’s mindset was still quite good.
However!
The system’s voice rang in his ear: “Very regretfully informing Host, not only was Tiegu Mountain not brought up, your wife, sect high-ranking members, disciples, and even the chickens, ducks, geese, and fish weren’t brought up either!”
Gah!
Jun Changxiao’s facial muscles immediately froze.
After a while… he stiffly turned around, finally realizing the surroundings were a vast snowfield, with no one else besides himself!
Thus, he knelt on the ground holding his head, roaring about why, why exactly!
“Because…”
The system explained: “The Seizing Heaven and Earth’s Fortune Grand Array can only transmit one person. Host’s previous idea was truly too naive.”
“Pff!”
Jun Changxiao spat out a mouthful of blood.
This old man earnestly, diligently researched for nine years, making major modifications to the array, even losing all his hair. In the end, only transmitting himself up!
What was this? This was naked trickery!
“You… since you knew… why didn’t you say so earlier…” Jun Changxiao clutched his chest, his heart bleeding.
“Apologies.”
The system said: “I also only figured it out by combining Empress Lingyao’s ascension to the Upper Realm with Host’s current ascension.”
“Ahhh!”
Jun Changxiao held his head and screamed.
Nine years of effort just to bring the sect to ascend together. The result was only coming up alone—this absolutely wasn’t the script he wanted, this absolutely was…
“Stop wailing.”
The system said: “There are still three months until the main quest deadline. Host better hurry and figure something out, otherwise when time’s up, you and I will croak together.”
“Pff!”
Jun Changxiao spat blood again.
Never mind that the sect didn’t ascend together—at worst he’d just develop quietly, then bring them up one by one when he had the strength later. But the key point was the main quest was still active, with only three months remaining!
“If I’d known it would be this result…” Jun Changxiao lay down, burying his face in the snow, wanting to cry but having no tears: “I shouldn’t have illegally ascended!”
Why?
The reason was simple. In the lower realm, he only needed to figure out how to illegally ascend. Coming to the Upper Realm, not only did he need to figure out how to illegally ascend, he also needed to figure out how to descend!
“Sigh.”
The system said: “Poor Host.” After a pause, it suddenly laughed ‘hahaha.’
As a professional support, it had undergone rigorous training. No matter how funny something was, it wouldn’t laugh, unless it couldn’t hold back!
Nine years!
Through personal effort, finally researching the array. Especially during ascension when the special effects and budget burned to the extreme. Result: one person up. Simply… laughing to death!
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao stood up from the snowfield, his gaze flashing with unyielding light: “I won’t be defeated by setbacks. I must pull myself together!”
His mindset and eyes represented his current attitude, but his body honestly drooped down, his entire being as if it had lost its soul.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Just then, streams of light streaked across the void at extreme speed. Powerful airflow first pressed over, instantly sweeping away the snow covering the ground.
Jun Changxiao’s eyes widened, because when that aura gradually stabilized, ten zhang away in the sky stood warriors stepping on flying swords. They wore uniform attire, looking extremely impressive!
“Audacious bandit!”
The leading young man shouted coldly: “You dare trespass into my Imperial Sword Profound Sect’s territory!”
“Bandit?”
Jun Changxiao straightened his body, slowly raising his head. The corner of his mouth lifted in disdain… apologetic smile: “Sorry, I got lost. I’ll leave right now!”
“Damn!”
The system roared: “What happened to the promised viewing life and death lightly in the Upper Realm, fighting if you disagree!”