After thinking carefully for a moment, Xu Yinglian became more and more uneasy.

It is difficult to think when accepting the moral consequences. Perhaps this is a deliberate design of the Way of Heaven - it itself is the embodiment of the rules of this world, and therefore it will never allow people to break the rules.

When one's cultivation reaches a certain level, the heavenly tribulation will come as expected. This is the rule.

To save the people of the world, one must achieve moral results, and this is also the rule.

Monks have no way to avoid heavenly tribulations, as the calamity clouds will follow them wherever they go; saints have no way to refuse merits, as when they achieve positive results their consciousness will be impacted and they will not be able to stay awake.

Under normal circumstances, it would be fine. However, now that Chen Guanshui's merits are so great, it is enough for him to ascend to heaven on the spot, so the meaning of the way of heaven seems to be a bit targeted:

You have done such a great thing, I must reward you and send you to the fairyland, you cannot refuse.

After realizing this, Xu Yinglian felt a chill all over his body.

Is it possible that Senior Brother is destined to leave this world?

She didn't care about anything else and quickly took the books and rushed to Kunlun.

Arriving at Kunlun Tianzhu and rushing into Yuxu Palace, Xu Yinglian had already thought of a speech. As soon as he entered the lecture room, he immediately said to Ziwei Sect Master:

"Master, I have been studying in the clan recently. There is one thing I don't understand, so I came to ask for your advice."

This was a strange thing. You have to know that the head of Ziwei Sect was always lazy. He even asked the chief disciple to answer the disciples' questions. Who would dare to ask him questions easily? Moreover, it had nothing to do with cultivation. It was just "something I didn't understand while reading", so I shouldn't ask.

"What's the problem?" Considering that Xu Yinglian was the successor to the headmaster, Headmaster Ziwei decided to show him some extra mercy.

Xu Yinglian presented the book and asked:

“I don’t understand this.”

Master Ziwei read the description in the book, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"Qiongying, do you know that there are three special methods to ascend to heaven?"

"I'd like to hear the details." Xu Yinglian said he had never heard of it.

"The Taoists have 'Cut the Three Corpses'." The head of Ziwei Sect held up three fingers, "The Buddhists have 'Emptiness', and the human religion has 'Becoming a Saint'."

"You must know that beheading the three corpses means cutting off the seven emotions and six desires to achieve the status of a celestial being. The Buddhist emptiness is to practice dead wood Zen, to the point where the body and soul are completely annihilated, leaving only a little true spirit. To comprehend the principle of emptiness, one can achieve the fruit of Arhat."

"Both of these are essentially shortcuts, relying on abandoning lust or the body to reduce the difficulty of ascension."

"As for the 'becoming a saint' of the human religion, it is similarly based on the same principle: accumulating merits, gathering vows, and finally achieving enlightenment through merits and becoming a saint. But what is the price?"

"Saint..." Xu Yinglian thought carefully for a long time and was shocked.

"Saints are selfless." Master Ziwei sighed, "What is 'selfless'? It's not just talk."

"The will of thousands of holy spirits, the merits bestowed by the heavens, your personal consciousness, desires, and memories are nothing in front of them. It's like pouring a cup of water into a jar of soy sauce. Will it still be water?"

"How could this be?" Xu Yinglian was completely unable to remain calm, "Then...what if there is no wish power, but only great merit?"

The head of Ziwei Sect was such a person that he immediately realized who she was talking about and frowned and asked:

"Chang Geng?"

"Well." Xu Yinglian asked in a deep voice, "What would happen if Senior Brother only gained great merit?"

"That's easy to say." Master Ziwei said solemnly, "Without the interference of vows, the consciousness will not be polluted and eroded. If it is only washed away by a large amount of morality, it will probably lose its nature within a few days, but it can recover in the end."

So Xu Yinglian finally breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt an uncontrollable fear.

The reason for feeling relieved is that at least brother will not be "possessed by the power of wishes" and become a selfless "saint".

What frightened her was that Master Ziwei had already told her that for a period of time after obtaining a huge amount of merit, the cultivator's consciousness and soul would indeed be impacted, as recorded in the book: "feeling dazed and confused" and "not knowing one's own body."

Considering that the merits of the senior brother were so great that they were enough to allow him to ascend to heaven on the spot, and his mind was in an abnormal "washed state" at the time, could he still voluntarily choose to give up the ascension?

It’s like someone on a bus can choose to jump off, but what if he is carried onto the bus while unconscious?

Xu Yinglian became more and more anxious, and could only try hard not to show any strangeness on his face, and continued to ask:

"Master, is there any way to allow... I mean, to allow a person to gain great merit while remaining awake?"

Although she looked calm, Master Ziwei was just as familiar with this disciple as he was with Qiu Changtian. He understood what was going on and asked leisurely:

"To gain great merit, one must ascend on the spot. You want to pull it down, right?"

Xu Yinglian felt as if struck by lightning, and his expression could not calm down for a long time.

Seeing that she was completely stunned, Master Ziwei couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"In the past, Chang Geng became my disciple. One day, he suddenly asked me if there was any way to quickly enter the Marrow Cleansing Stage."

"Qiongying, guess how I answered him?"

"Disciple, I don't know." Xu Yinglian lowered his head and said in a trance.

"The master asked him at that time: Have you made an appointment to fight with someone? If not, why are you so anxious to succeed?" Master Ziwei said leisurely, "Then I gave him the Purity Pill to help him reach the next level."

He finally sighed and said:

"It is a dereliction of duty for a disciple not to tell his master when he is in trouble. Now that you have asked me for help, it is unreasonable for me to hide it from you."

"If you want to stop him from ascending, it's actually quite simple: when his morality has borne fruit and he ascends to heaven on the spot, there will be a vision of three flowers gathering at the top of his head."

"You can break the three flowers on his head, and he will stop ascending temporarily. If you can injure him severely, the power of ascension in his body will be used to heal his wounds, and this ascension will be in vain."

"As for when he recovers from his injuries, I think his realm and cultivation level will also be restored. At that time... it has nothing to do with me, your master. You can handle it on your own."

Xu Yinglian finally calmed down and thanked him, saying:

"Thank you for your help, Master."

"Yes." Master Ziwei nodded, "I won't ask you the reason now, but after you bring Chang Geng back, I will wait to hear you and your wife explain everything in detail."

After saying this, he waved the Seven Treasures Whisk, signaling Xu Yinglian that he could leave.

Xu Yinglian was excited and left Yuxu Palace quickly, immediately flying into the sky on his sword.

Compared to the original "forcibly fighting against the way of heaven", now it is just a matter of injuring the senior brother when he ascends, and the difficulty has been reduced a lot - although it is still very difficult.

My senior brother is a first-grade immortal infant. At the moment of his ascension to heaven, he has stepped half a foot into the threshold of the Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal. In addition, he has merits to protect his body. How difficult would it be to forcibly injure him?

Xu Yinglian made up his mind quickly and returned to the Xu family in Tiannan to ask Elder Xu for advice.

Regarding her senior brother's "three-in-one" identity, she was still unsure whether to tell the sect. After all, Kunlun also had its own attitude and stance. If they knew that there was "no huge secret organization" behind Qiu Changtian, would they really send someone to seize the Bu Tian Stone? Xu Yinglian was also unable to confirm.

But Elder Xu is more inclined to the Xu family, and the Tiannan Xu family is unlikely to have any intention of taking the Heaven-Repairing Stone (after all, Kunlun is behind them). Besides, the son-in-law of the Xu family repaired the sky and gained great merit, and then left it in the human world, which is undoubtedly the result of maximizing the interests of the clan, so Elder Xu can be trusted in this regard.

After explaining the situation in detail to Elder Xu, he was also dumbfounded. He asked Xu Yinglian several times, trying to confirm the authenticity of the matter.

I am called "the ancestor" by my tribe. I have lived for so many years. What strange things have I not seen? But this is really unheard of!

"It's unbelievable that one person has to play three roles..." She kept repeating in amazement, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"In short, now all the great merits of mending the sky must be concentrated on Senior Brother!" Xu Yinglian said anxiously, "According to what Master said, we must forcibly injure him in order to prevent him from ascending."

"But does your husband really want to stay?" Elder Xu asked with a wry smile, "If you can't keep him, even if you stop him from ascending this time, what will you do next time? You can't just lock him up."

"If we can't stop him from ascending this time, then there's no need to mention what will happen next." Xu Yinglian said seriously, "As long as we can keep him here, Yinglian will naturally find a way to let my husband protect and look after the family like before!"

Although this was a blank check, the amount was really astonishing. You have to know that Qiu Changtian was originally a first-grade immortal infant, and he was also protected by the moral fruit. After his ascension, he was basically a Chaos Daluo Jinxian.

To intercept a Chaos Daluo Jinxian on his way to ascension... Who else would dare to do this except Xu Yinglian, the legitimate wife? When he came to his senses, he would turn around and destroy the Xu family!

But Elder Xu knew better that Ying Lian was not the kind of person who would just talk big. Since she said "there is a way", it meant that their relationship was deep enough to make Qiu Changtian willing to give up his ascension and stay in the world for her after he regained his sanity.

In that case, even if it means losing everything in the family, we have to put our chips on the line!

Elder Xu thought it over quickly and asked:

"How do you need the family to help you?"

Xu Yinglian asked sternly:

"How can my family help me?"

The two of them were having a secret conversation in the inner room of the library, just when Shi Liuli was asking for help from the Wanxiang Immortal.

A few days later, the Tiannan Xu family and the Penglai Yuqing Temple began to gather their elite forces. For a while, there was some panic among the people and no one knew why.

Back in the bedroom in the underwater cave, Chen Guanshui tried to get up several times, but An Zhisu grabbed his neck and pulled him back into the quilt.

Playing games with Senior Sister An is driven by both emotional and rational considerations.

Reasonableness lies in the last step of repairing the sky. An Zhisu needs to activate the Sun True Sword and use the supreme heat of the Sun's True Fire to melt the Sky-Repairing Stone, so her mind must be calmed first.

As for the relationship, there is no need to say more. The love between the two was pure, and now it is a natural progression - if it doesn't come to this, wouldn't Senior Sister An be sad when she sees the progress of Junior Sister Xu and Lady Liuli?

Chen Guanshui asked himself whether his love for his senior sister was no less than that for his junior sister, so he would not favor one over the other in this regard.

The only drawback is that Senior Sister An is too enthusiastic. Although she is not as skilled as Madam Jiang, she has infinite stamina when playing games and is good at staying up late, which tortures Chen Guanshui quite a bit.

Originally, he had basically made up his mind not to ascend to heaven after repairing the sky, but to stay in this world and spend more time with the ladies.

But after being teased by Senior Sister An in various ways, and thinking that he had more than one wife, he suddenly became a little hesitant.