In the last life, Qi Zhiheng was a low-level cultivator with poor personal quality in the Xuanyue mainland, which was respected by martial arts. He was expelled from his home and became a small lan...
The thunderbolt dissipated, and the news of Yang Yitian's ascension spread throughout Central Continent in an instant.
For a moment, everyone was discussing how Yang Yitian could survive two thunder tribulations after surviving the Great Perfection Tribulation. This was unprecedented, and the cultivators couldn't come to a conclusion after discussing it for a long time. Someone suggested asking Qi Zhiheng.
As Yang Yitian's partner, who would believe that Qi Zhiheng was unaware of the situation?
Ascending to the Immortal Realm—isn't that what cultivators in the cultivation world all dream of? A group of cultivators headed to Ascension City, hoping to get some information from Qi Zhiheng.
After they arrived at Shengxian City, they learned from the monks that Qi Zhiheng was not in the city.
Some people thought that Qi Zhiheng was deliberately avoiding them, leaving only Chu Huaifeng to entertain these cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Chu Huaifeng was truly helpless: "How can there be any way to ascend to the immortal realm? If there really was such a method, our city lord would have ascended with him long ago. How could he be left behind by his own Taoist partner?"
"Isn't Yang Yitian from your Ascension City? I suppose there shouldn't be any secrets between him and his wife."
"You're really wronging our city lord. He's devastated by the loss of his Taoist partner, and I don't think he'll be back anytime soon." Chu Huaifeng was also baffled by Yang Yitian's ascension. Then Qi Zhiheng disappeared, leaving him with the mess. Isn't he already worried now?
"We won't make things difficult for you. Just let Master Qi come out and meet us. We'll ask him ourselves."
Chu Huaifeng felt that these cultivators couldn't understand human language: "Our city lord is not in the city right now, I really don't know where he went. I already explained it to you just now."
"I don't believe it. Let Qi Zhiheng come out. I've already reached this point, and if I don't ascend soon, I'll be dead. I'm just asking him, not trying to make things difficult for him."
Chu Huaifeng suppressed his anger. He also wanted to know where Qi Zhiheng was! But Qi Zhiheng seemed to have vanished into thin air, and he had no idea where to look for him.
These cultivators, desperate to ascend to immortality, are all clinging to me. If they're so capable, why don't they go find someone themselves? What's the point of making things difficult for me?
Chu Huaifeng tried his best to persuade them and finally got them to leave.
After sending everyone away, he came to the courtyard where the Qi family lived.
The Qi family members were all busy with their own things: some were refining pills, some were forging weapons, some were drawing talismans, and some were cultivating.
Chu Huaifeng was genuinely curious and said to Qi Zhenhe, who was receiving him, "Brother Qi, I'm not trying to be mean, but the city lord has been missing for so long, aren't you all worried?" How could you all be so calm and go about your own business? Wasn't anyone curious about Yang Yitian's situation? Didn't anyone want to know where Qi Zhiheng had gone?
Qi Zhenhe sighed and said, "Of course I'm worried, but worrying alone is useless. Zhi Heng is not an ignorant person anymore, so it's natural for him to have his own thoughts. As for Yi Tian, he has already ascended. Instead of worrying here, it's better for us to practice more and ascend as soon as possible to find out the truth."
In fact, he knew that Qi Zhiheng was in his space, so he was not in a hurry. As for Yang Yitian, he was powerless to help him. This matter still had to be resolved by Qi Zhiheng himself. After all, it was impossible for his family to ascend in a short period of time. This matter still had to be handled by Qi Zhiheng.
Chu Huaifeng, however, didn't think Qi Zhenhe's words made sense. Wait until ascension to ask him clearly? Did he mean that the Qi family members still had the ability to ascend? That was utterly wishful thinking!
"So you want to ascend to the Immortal Realm yourself to ask?" Chu Huaifeng asked.
Qi Zhenhe said very calmly: "Our whole family wants to ascend to the fairyland and ask." Although the Qi family members cannot ascend in a short period of time, they should be able to ascend over time. Their physical conditions have entered an excellent state under the adjustment of the elixir. As long as the practice goes smoothly, it should not be difficult for them to ascend in the future.
Chu Huaifeng: "..." This is no longer just wishful thinking.
Three months have passed since Qi Zhiheng disappeared. Originally, only a few people were looking for Qi Zhiheng, but his disappearance was so strange that more cultivators started looking for him.
Half a year had passed since the incident, and there was still no trace of Qi Zhiheng. Half a year is not a long time in the world of cultivation, so the enthusiasm for finding Qi Zhiheng was at a high level.
It was at this time that Ascension City announced the return of its city lord and its willingness to sell level nine pills, which cultivators in need could exchange for with spirit herbs and spirit stones.
Qi Zhiheng disappeared for a period of time, and when he reappeared, he announced that he would sell level nine pills. This attracted the attention of many cultivators in the Tribulation Transcending stage, who prepared the things that Qi Zhiheng needed and planned to go to Ascension City to see what was going on.
Qi Zhiheng sat in the living room, emitting the aura of a strong man.
His cultivation level, which was originally at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, has now reached the middle stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm.
Seeing that her eldest son seemed to be doing fine, Qiu Yuerong finally felt relieved after a long period of worry.
After Yang Yitian ascended to immortality, Qi Zhiheng did not give up on himself. He needed to ascend to the Immortal Realm as quickly as possible. If Yang Yitian was still alive, he would find a way to bring him back. If Yang Yitian was dead, he would personally kill his enemy to avenge him.
His goal was very clear. At first, his mind was indeed very restless and he found it difficult to calm down. Knowing that this would only lead to inner demons, he began to study Buddhist principles. He spent a year in the space to calm himself down and then spent more than 180 years cultivating in a meditative state.
Now that he's a Tribulation Transcending cultivator, the spirit stones he saved up won't last long. Cultivation can't be done in isolation; besides earning more spirit stones, he also plans to venture into some dangerous places this time.
More than a hundred years have passed, and he has been able to calmly face the fact that Yang Yitian has ascended to heaven.
One by one, the cultivators undergoing tribulation delivered spirit stones and herbs to Qi Zhiheng. He spent three days quickly refining these pills and handed them to Chu Huaifeng, instructing him to deliver them to the corresponding cultivators at fixed times.
It was the first time that Chu Huaifeng knew that Qi Zhiheng could mine pills so quickly.
Qi Zhiheng had only taken advantage of the space, and at this point, he was too lazy to hide it from Chu Huaifeng, but he wouldn't say it outright either. How much Chu Huaifeng understood was up to Chu Huaifeng himself.
After saying goodbye to his family, Qi Zhiheng went to some dangerous places.
There is one place that Qi Zhiheng wants to go the most, and that is the Land of Ten Thousand Demons.
The Land of Ten Thousand Demons can be considered a holy land for demonic cultivators, but very few demonic cultivators have ever truly entered its inner perimeter. The density of demonic energy in the inner perimeter is so high that it can even melt a demonic cultivator at the Integration Stage.
This also indirectly shows that the demonic energy here is very strong.
Qi Zhiheng coveted this demonic energy very much. At the same time, there were many demons trapped inside. Entering it would be extremely dangerous, which would be more beneficial to his cultivation.
Qi Zhiheng continued forward using teleportation talismans. These talismans were left behind by Yang Yitian; the entire talisman room contained talismans that might not be used up even in thousands of years.
The Land of Ten Thousand Demons is the territory of demonic cultivators. After changing his appearance, Qi Zhiheng transformed the power of the gray mist into demonic energy and then entered the territory of the demonic cultivators.
The Land of Ten Thousand Demons is very special. It's not that demonic cultivators can't enter, but those with insufficient cultivation are easily assimilated and become nourishment for the Land of Ten Thousand Demons.
This is like bait; to become stronger, one must venture inside. The Land of Ten Thousand Demons has produced many generations of demon lords, but it has also destroyed many demon cultivators.
Qi Zhiheng stood at the entrance of the Land of Ten Thousand Demons, surrounded by many demonic cultivators. Some of them saw that he was a stranger and originally intended to go up and ask him something, but before they could get close, Qi Zhiheng disappeared before their eyes.
"He went in?"
"It seems he went in. I couldn't even see his movements clearly!"
"He seems to be a powerful figure. How come I've never heard of him before?"
"Perhaps it was modified by a demon lord. Let's not speculate. Our lives are more important."
"That makes sense."
Qi Zhiheng, who was regarded as the Demon Lord, began to absorb the demonic energy as soon as he entered this land of ten thousand demons.
Every now and then, black shadows would dart out from some corners; these shadows were the creatures of this land of ten thousand demons.
These creatures were originally the demonic cultivators who continuously entered this place. Those who managed to leave alive succeeded, while those who died remained here, becoming part of the Land of Ten Thousand Demons.
A group of demons surrounded Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng's demonic energy was very dense and pure.
The cultivation methods of demonic cultivators are inherently complex. Qi Zhiheng's cultivation method is different from other demonic cultivators. Naturally, the demonic energy on his body is the cleanest and smells the best. Presumably, no demon from any side would dislike it.
Qi Zhiheng did not intend to linger on the outskirts. With a wave of his hand, he cleaved the surrounding demons into pieces with a spatial force.
After these demons were killed, their bodies transformed into pure demonic energy. Qi Zhiheng did not hold back and absorbed all of this demonic energy into his gray mist.
The gray fog filtered out the demonic energy and quickly transformed it into spiritual energy.
As you go deeper, the level of the monsters you encounter will increase.
Two months later, he finally entered the inner perimeter of the Land of Ten Thousand Demons.
The demonic energy here seemed to have an inherently corrosive quality, making Qi Zhiheng feel somewhat uncomfortable.
But Qi Zhiheng's physique was very strong, and he quickly adapted to this uncomfortable feeling. This corrosiveness even had a similar effect to the violent spiritual energy, which was beneficial to his physical training.
Once inside the inner perimeter, the number of monsters encountered decreases, and it often takes a long time to find just one. The monsters in the inner perimeter are highly skilled, and their numbers are naturally small, and their power is also corrosive.