Ascending to the Primordial Realm Again

Lin Shi, who had been standing in mid-air, now sat cross-legged. Above her head, dark clouds, like ink, churned and gathered wildly in the sky, layer upon layer, threatening to press down. Their momentum was like that of a madman who had lost his mind or a wild beast of the forest, howling madly as if trying to devour her body and soul. Accompanied by deafening roars, streaks of purple lightning darted and danced deep within the clouds, occasionally tearing through the thick black clouds, flashing with blinding light. Such a terrifying scene would terrify any ordinary person who witnessed it.

Lin Shi's flowing fairy dress had long since transformed into a form-fitting white armor-like fairy dress. She wore a sacred silver lotus crown. Mushroom-shaped shields and armor coiled layer upon layer above her head, protecting her from the lightning tribulation.

At this moment, Lin Shi's expression was neither solemn nor panicked. After all, she had already experienced a Nascent Soul stage tribulation and successfully ascended to the Yuan Shu Realm. Her face was expressionless, her hands were placed on her crossed legs with palms facing upwards. A seven-colored halo surrounded her, with faint fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from it.

Soon, the first bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a bucket, struck down, roaring like a ferocious beast, attempting to devour or tear Lin Shi apart. However, Lin Shi only swayed slightly, a painful frown appearing between her brows, and then made no further moves.

The second to seventh bolts of heavenly lightning then struck down in quick succession, cracking Lin Shi's shield, mushroom-shaped protective cover, lotus crown, and armored fairy skirt.

Just before the last three bolts of heavenly lightning were about to strike, Lin Shi changed into a new armored fairy dress and lotus crown.

Strangely, after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage and ascending to the Upper Realm, Lin Shi even developed a demonic inner demon. When the eighth bolt of heavenly lightning struck, she saw people she knew, including Xu Xinghao, her sect members, Ye Ruxue, and the five city lords of the Blessed Heaven Small World, all brandishing longswords and menacingly thrusting at her. But she immediately shattered those images with her sword, leaving only the image of her walking alone, yet still gritting her teeth and moving forward.

The final, tenth bolt of heavenly lightning struck directly down, piercing her from head to toe. Finally, she raised her natal sword, the Demon-Slaying Sword, and soared upwards, meeting the massive bolt of lightning head-on. Inside the white ascension passage, she was repeatedly pierced by the flying spiritual energy blades, turning her into a blood-soaked figure.

An hour later, Lin Shi saw faint, seven-colored light again. She flew towards the light, directly to the exit of the ascension passage, and flew straight out. Before leaving the ascension passage, she changed into a brand-new Immortal Dress, and then landed on the ground of the Yuan Shu Realm with some preparation.

Lin Shi landed on the ground of the Yuan Shu Realm, but dared not relax in the slightest. She immediately activated her spiritual power, forming a transparent defensive spiritual energy shield around herself. As soon as the spiritual energy shield was set up, a seven-colored spiritual energy attack came towards her, instantly hitting the shield and almost shattering it with a crisp "crack".

But Lin Shi was prepared. Although a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, she gritted her teeth and endured the excruciating pain without uttering a sound. She simply set up a combination formation in an instant, turning the attack that was coming at her back.

The group of ten cultivators was instantly blasted away by her formation. But before they could react, Lin Shi set up another formation, binding the ten cultivators with ribbons made of spiritual energy. With her own figure, she leaped into the ascension passage of the Blessed Heaven Small World and descended in reverse.

Inside the ascension passage, Lin Shi seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, killing the ten cultivators instantly. As soon as she reappeared in the sky above the Blessed Heaven Small World, the remains of the ten cultivators transformed into spiritual energy, bestowing it upon the Blessed Heaven Small World. Their black souls, before they could escape, were completely annihilated by Lin Shi's Demon-Slaying Sword, leaving them no chance of rebirth.

After killing ten cultivators, Lin Shi underwent a double tribulation of Nascent Soul stage and ascension to the upper realm, and then ascended again. About two hours later, she returned to the sky above the Blessed Heaven Small World with the remains of ten cultivators in groups, transforming them into spiritual energy to benefit the heavens and earth. She then directly annihilated their black souls with the Demon-Slaying Sword.

From the sky above the Blessed Heaven Minor World, she successfully ascended to the Upper Realm after undergoing a tribulation of lightning. Then, she dragged down ten cultivators who wanted to ambush and assassinate her, bestowing spiritual energy upon the Blessed Heaven Minor World. She then underwent another tribulation of lightning and ascended to the Upper Realm again… Lin Shi repeated this cycle three times. Single-handedly, she devised and killed thirty cultivators from the Lower Realm Hunter Alliance before finally ascending to the Yuan Shu Realm.

After successfully ascending to the Yuan Shu Realm for the third time, no cultivators dared to ambush her. Lin Shi concealed her figure and aura and instantly fled. Only when Lin Shi had escaped to a distance of five meters from the ascension passage of the Fu Tian Small World did the Divine Autumn Water Mirror beneath the Cangpo Altar in Qinglong City of the Fu Tian Small World cease to display her image.

"She's actually so strong that she ascended three times all by herself and even killed thirty cultivators who tried to ambush her?!" Zhu Yong couldn't help but exclaim. His eyes held admiration for the powerful and a sense of anticipation for the future. As he sighed, he touched the Dream Heaven Manual, the sword manual, and the booklet introducing the cultivation world that were placed in his chest.

"Ru Xue, why are so many cultivators lying in ambush around her?" Qin Yuan turned to Ye Ru Xue beside him and asked. When the others heard him ask Ye Ru Xue, they all turned to look at Ye Ru Xue's subtle expression.

Ye Ruxue's face was a little pale. Facing the gazes of the crowd, she slowly said, "The path of cultivation is the pursuit of immortality, a process of fighting against the Heavenly Dao and other cultivators. In the Upper Realm, the Yuan Shu Realm, cultivation resources are limited, but there are many cultivators. This leads to fierce competition among cultivators. There is an organization in the Yuan Shu Realm called the Lower Realm Cultivator Hunting Alliance, which is composed of Nascent Soul stage cultivators who are nearing the end of their lifespan but have no hope of advancing their cultivation. They specifically guard the exit of the ascension passage in the small worlds, hunting down newly ascended Lower Realm cultivators. Lin Shi and I were originally cultivators from the Meng Tian Small World. When we ascended to the Upper Realm together, there were ten of us, and we escaped the ambush and hunt of the Lower Realm Cultivator Hunting Alliance. When we came to the Fu Tian Small World, we escaped a trap in time in a secret realm, avoiding being hunted. Then, we were retaliated against by cultivators and their Nascent Soul stage elders. We were cornered, severely injured, and our cultivation dropped from the Nascent Soul stage to the Golden Core stage. We were then forced to jump into the Fu Tian Small World to save our lives."

The city lords of the major cities in the Blessed Heaven Small World were no strangers to vying for resources and were well-versed in using various schemes and tricks. After listening to Ye Ruxue's answer, they remained silent for a while, but they all knew clearly in their hearts that this was a common occurrence. If one day they also achieved success in their cultivation and ascended to the Upper Realm, it would be considered kind of them not to actively harm others in order to compete for cultivation resources.

Seeing the various reactions of the crowd, Ye Ruxue understood: those with lofty ambitions, witnessing Lin Shi's ascension, were even more determined to ascend to the upper realm, while those with less resolve immediately changed their minds and stopped insisting on ascending. She couldn't help but feel a pang of regret, but stroking her protruding belly, she quickly dismissed those feelings. She looked at Qin Yuan, and Qin Yuan looked at her; they finally exchanged a smile, then supported each other and stood side by side.