Elder Taixuan’s idea was good—using Upper Realm five elemental attributes as the energy source could allow more people to ascend to the Upper Realm, but he overlooked one problem: single-person smuggling could be done silently, but what about many people, even a hundred thousand?
Today, Jun Changxiao used action to tell him that bringing so many people to smuggle up would cause heavenly phenomena and make everyone know!
So before he even came up, the Realm Hall already knew.
The basic condition for Lower Realm beings ascending to the Upper Realm was possessing sufficiently strong realms. Suddenly having a group who didn’t meet standards forcibly smuggling up definitely required stopping and intercepting, because rules could not be desecrated!
Strangely though, the Realm Hall didn’t immediately dispatch experts, but instead notified Empress Lingyao—this action was quite interesting.
“Master.”
The hunched old man frowned. “The ones tearing through space to ascend to the Upper Realm are from Wangu Sect. The Realm Hall asking you to intervene is probably also because you’ve been too biased toward Xingyun Continent at the Planar Battlefield lately!”
“Alas.”
“That fellow called Jun Changxiao really won’t let anyone rest easy.”
The hunched old man said rather angrily, “Master has helped him resolve troubles caused at the battlefield multiple times, yet now he dares to audaciously bring so many people up!”
“Let’s go.”
Empress Lingyao said indifferently, “Go stop them.”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Two light beams flew out from the palace, then quickly merged into deep void, proceeding toward the huge light currently smuggling upward.
After Empress Lingyao and her servant disappeared, a very domineering war chariot gradually materialized in the void. The golden-armored man sitting atop it said with interest, “This time she shouldn’t be softhearted, right?”
This person was called Jin Hao.
The chief enforcement officer who had sanctioned Jun Changxiao at the Planar Battlefield.
…
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
In the space tunnel formed between the Lower and Upper Realms, the huge white radiance continued breaking through various Heavenly Dao shackles, advancing at full speed with unstoppable momentum.
Looking past the light’s surface, it wasn’t a war vessel or flying treasure, but a complete mountain with towering peaks and high-grade buildings.
Correct.
This was Wangu Sect currently in the midst of ‘smuggling’.
“Finally succeeded!”
Standing on the training ground, watching the seemingly real yet illusory scenery around him, Jun Changxiao nearly jumped up and danced with joy.
“Babies!”
Gou Sheng shouted loudly, “We’ve already departed Xingyun Continent, currently on the route to the Upper Realm, so what awaits you will be completely new trials!”
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji and others’ eyes immediately flashed with excitement upon hearing this.
The Upper Realm, this sacred place they once didn’t even dare think about, today they were en route—truly gave one a dreamlike feeling!
“Sect Master.”
Elder Wei frowned. “Isn’t the commotion a bit too large? What if the Upper Realm discovers us?”
“They won’t.”
Jun Changxiao said confidently, “This master went up before and nobody knew.”
Bro!
That was one person!
Now bringing the entire sect on a grand smuggling operation was a completely different concept!
“Boom—”
Just then, the rapidly ascending Tiegu Mountain seemed to strike something, immediately transmitting slight tremors, but the speed wasn’t hindered. Instead it merged into an even more profound space tunnel.
The System said, “We’ve left the mortal universe and are entering the Upper Realm’s universal system.”
At this point they couldn’t say the smuggling succeeded, because only after entering the Upper Realm’s space system could it count as truly coming up.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Tiegu Mountain seemed enveloped in holy light, continuing forward at extreme speed toward the unknown region.
The sect leadership and disciples also began fantasizing about what differences existed between the Upper and Lower Realms, and what trials they would experience in the future.
Just then, breakthrough auras suddenly enveloped the sect as disciples originally stuck at certain realms showed signs of breaking through.
The completely new and extremely powerful five elemental attributes continuously gathered around them. Lower-level disciples, just by slightly absorbing with the Five Elements Heaven-Observing Manual, gained considerable benefits!
“Haha, I broke through to Martial Emperor!”
“I also broke through!”
“Raising my realm feels unprecedentedly easy!”
On the sect-wide smuggling journey, more and more disciples stepped into higher realms, causing Jun Changxiao to agree with what the System said before—even dragging a dog to the Upper Realm, just through breathing and circulation it could break through to Emperor level!
The calmest was actually Ye Xingchen, because he had already ignored everything. Sitting cross-legged in his room circulating his techniques and physique, he began madly absorbing heavenly attributes, even touching the feeling of sixth-grade Martial Saint.
Spirit Beast Peak.
Demon King Zilin covered his face and laughed.
The closer the sect got to the Upper Realm’s universal system, the smaller the Heavenly Dao’s suppressive power became, and his strength was also gradually recovering bit by bit.
Black and White Rakshasa were the same.
These three all smuggled down using special abilities, merely having their realms suppressed. The most tragic was He Wudi, because he was hunted with nowhere to run and stubbornly forced his way to the Lower Realm. The outcome was his level clearing to zero, starting from scratch.
Did he regret it?
He didn’t regret it at all, but rather felt fortunate.
Because though his level was gone, joining Wangu Sect and relying on various miraculous martial techniques and facilities to strengthen himself anew, his improvements in all aspects were even stronger than before!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Tiegu Mountain continued ascending, disciples continued breaking through.
However, just as they were about to enter the Upper Realm’s universal system, a powerful force pressing down from above blocked the sect’s ascension speed and forced it to stop.
“Hm?”
Jun Changxiao furrowed his brow.
Ye Xingchen, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with extreme fury, even his eyeballs covered with bloodshot veins.
“Jun Changxiao.”
A cold voice transmitted from above the sect. “Bringing so many people to ascend to the Upper Realm without permission—are you trying to rebel?”
The voice contained an extremely strong dignity that shook the disciples’ minds violently.
“This…”
Black and White Rakshasa looked at each other in shock. “Ninth Rotation?!”
“Whoosh!”
Right then, a graceful figure passed through the array’s gathered white radiance and suspended itself above the sect. Surrounding cloud and mist made it difficult to see her face clearly.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Vast and supremely noble aura spread madly, not only causing the disciples immense pressure, but also gradually changing Jun Changxiao’s expression. “Who are you?”
“Empress Lingyao.”
“…”
The entire sect immediately fell into silence.
This name—every Xingyun Continent martial artist had heard it, and Wangu Sect knew it even better, not because she was formidable, but because… she had emotional entanglements with Junior Brother Ye in his past life.
“So it’s you!”
Jun Changxiao’s eyes flashed with anger.
Back then at the Planar Battlefield, first suffering punishment then sanctions—she definitely couldn’t escape responsibility!
“Without absolute strength, forcibly ascending to the Upper Realm is not allowed.” Empress Lingyao said indifferently, “So you’d better hurry back down.”
“As if you ascended through strength.” Jun Changxiao sneered.
This kind of woman who relied on schemes and cunning to consecutively deceive ten Martial Emperors, then in the end ascended alone—he truly couldn’t stand her.
“Stop the nonsense.”
Empress Lingyao said indifferently, “This empress came under Realm Hall orders to intercept. If you all insist on forcing your way up, you’ll need to bear all consequences.”
Just when they were about to enter the Upper Realm’s universal system and the main quest should complete, a Empress Lingyao suddenly appeared midway wanting to represent the Upper Realm and block them—this gave Jun Changxiao the impulse to curse.
“Of course.”
Empress Lingyao said, “If you insist on bringing so many people up, you must accept the sanction of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Array.”
“Ten Thousand Tribulations Heavenly Thunder Array?”
Black and White Rakshasa’s expressions changed dramatically.
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