Ling Yun looked at the spatial gate, and the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.

At this moment, the ancestor was already standing in front of the spatial gate, looking at the scene inside with a strong longing in his eyes.

Everyone in the Heavenly Pill Sect was excited. At the same time, all the powerful figures in the entire Heavenly Origin Dynasty looked towards the void, towards that spatial gate.

The longing in his eyes was no less than that of his ancestor.

Ascending to the upper realm is the ultimate wish of every cultivator.

The old ancestor stared blankly at the scene inside the door for a moment, then turned back.

This was his last time lingering in this world, looking at his disciples, his former relatives and family.

Once you enter this door, these people will become memories.

The time for the spatial gate to close was fast approaching. The ancestor took a deep breath and stepped into the spatial gate.

Everyone in the Heavenly Pill Sect wore expressions of sorrow, knowing that their patriarch would never be seen again.

But then, in the next moment!

As the portal was about to close, the ancestor's expression suddenly changed drastically, as if he had witnessed a great terror, his eyes filled with fear.

He turned around with all his might, but couldn't make a sound.

Judging from his lip movements, he said three sentences in a row:

"Don't ascend!"

Do not ascend!

Do not ascend!

Seeing this, the sect leader panicked completely, realizing that a serious problem had arisen.

Everyone stared in shock at the portal.

"What's going on? The Heavenly Pill Sect's patriarch looks at me like he's seeing something terrifying. Wasn't he going to ascend to the Great World?"

"Could the rumors be true? That the place of ascension isn't the glamorous world, but the graveyard!"

"Heavens! If that's really the case, are we still supposed to ascend to immortality?!"

"..."

At this moment, the ancestor desperately tried to sever his cultivation and forcefully return to the source, but he was trapped by an irresistible force.

That force is now pulling him upwards, with only one foot sticking out, and the portal is about to close.

Seeing this, the sect master of Tiandan Sect hurriedly took out a Chaos Crystal and forced it into Ling Yun's hand.

"Young friend, please save our ancestor!"

Ling Yun calmly put away the Chaos Crystal.

Okay~

Immediately, he waved his hand, using his internal energy to grab the ancestor's foot and forcefully pull him out of the spatial gate.

"You dare to save someone in front of me? You're asking for death!"

boom!

A furious roar, audible only to Ling Yun, echoed from the spatial rift.

Upon hearing this, Ling Yun raised his hand and unleashed a sword aura.

It's quiet!

The portal closed instantly, and the void returned to normal.

The patriarch fell from the sky, and by the time he landed, he had gone mad.

"They're all dead! They're all dead!"

"It's all corpses!"

"Terrifying! Utterly terrifying!"

"..."

The old ancestor had disheveled hair and kept muttering about great terror.

Upon seeing this scene, the sect leader and the others were all shocked. What could a powerful being who had lived for tens of thousands of years have seen that could drive him mad?

"Young friend Ling, can you explain this to me?"

Ling Yun nodded, patted the old ancestor on the shoulder, and instantly brought the old ancestor back to his senses.

However, once he regained consciousness, the ancestor had no recollection of anything he had seen.

Ling Yun patted the old ancestor on the shoulder again, urging him to continue his madness.

"A road to heaven, lined with pillars, each with a living being hanging from it; they are all ascended predecessors."

I saw the previous emperor of the Tianyuan Dynasty, the ancestor of the Xuanyuan family, and a man wielding a ghost blade…”

"Ugh, my head's going to explode!"

The ancestor seemed to be about to touch some taboo, and was about to die from a violent outburst of blood.

Ling Yun patted his shoulder, instantly restoring the ancestor to normal.

At this moment, the ancestor seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit, and stood there in a daze.

Ling Yun said in a deep voice:

"Let's send the ancestor to rest. His cultivation level has been severed, but he'll recover in a few years!"

Danxuzi and the others immediately escorted the patriarch into the Daoist temple.

The scene of the Heavenly Pill Sect's patriarch failing to ascend left all the powerful figures deeply shocked and unable to recover for a long time.

They began to reconsider whether they should be so fixated on ascension, and the rumors grew stronger in the minds of all the powerful beings.

The Sect Master of the Heavenly Pill Sect looked at Ling Yun, clasped his hands in greeting, and asked:

"Young friend, what exactly is going on?"

Ling Yun was silent for a moment, then said two words:

"Chinese chives!"

"Leeks?" The sect leader of Tiandan Sect was a little confused, pondering what leeks meant.

While they were pondering, Lingyun and his group had already descended the mountain.

After settling into an inn, Ling Yun took out seven Chaos Crystals, transferring four of them to his main body.

He divided the remaining three into sixteen pieces and gave them to Abao, Qilin, and the others.

Abao and the others put away the Chaos Crystal and asked curiously:

"Brother, why is ascension so dangerous?"

Ling Yun said in a deep voice:

"Before normal ascension, one must first undergo tribulation. If the tribulation is successfully overcome, the Heavenly Dao will initiate the ascension ceremony."

The ascension process on the Golden Cloud Continent is strange; people ascend directly without undergoing tribulation, which is clearly suspicious.

There's only one truth...

Ling Yun looked around at everyone, seeing the anticipation in their eyes, and smiled:

"Think for yourself!"

Everyone rolled their eyes at Ling Yun.

The little white fox said in a crisp voice:

"In my opinion, there is something wrong with the Heavenly Dao, or rather, the Heavenly Dao has been hijacked, which is why the abnormality is happening!"

Upon hearing this!

Everyone suddenly understood.

"Lingxi's words make so much sense!"

"I think Lingxi is right. Looks like this guy didn't eat for nothing!"

"If that's really the case, then wouldn't the Golden Cloud Continent be in big trouble in the future, or perhaps it has already been in trouble but no one has realized it?"

"..."

The crowd discussed amongst themselves, a chill creeping into their hearts. From now on, they would either ascend to immortality or shatter the boundary barrier; whichever way they chose, they would have to confront that being head-on.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Ling Yun.

"Calm down, you're all geniuses!"

Ling Yun spoke with a smile.

Everyone calmed down. With their good older brother around, what was there to be afraid of?

If Heaven dares to cause trouble, I'll just kill Heaven's entire family.

If Heaven has family.

"How about we have a stewed goose in an iron pot to calm our nerves?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, the little white fox spoke up with a suggestion.

Her suggestion was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.

Just as I was getting up, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Is young friend Ling here?"

It was the voice of the Heavenly Pill Sect Master.

"Please come in!"

The sect leader of the Heavenly Pill Sect pushed open the door and entered, his expression excited as he said:

"Young friend Ling, something terrible has happened! The ancestor is gone!"

"The Ancestor is gone?" Ling Yun was slightly taken aback, then waved his hand to signal the Sect Master to calm down:

"Tell me how it disappeared!"

"Just now, a beam of light struck the ancestral temple, and then the ancestor was gone!"

The sect leader of the Heavenly Pill Sect spoke, his words filled with anxiety.

“Young friend Ling, our ancestor has worked diligently his whole life and has never done anything heinous or evil, not even killing anyone.”

What did he do wrong? He failed to ascend, and now he's disappeared. Heaven is unjust!

Ling Yun patted the sect leader on the shoulder, trying to calm him down:

"Don't panic, your ancestor is still alive and in a very safe place."

That might be the final resting place for cultivators at the Integration Realm! You should be happy for your ancestor!

"There?" The Heavenly Pill Sect Master was puzzled.

Where is that place?