Ye Ziyun chuckled, "You were hidden in Cold Moon Valley by that girl Tantai Ziyue, how could you possibly see me?"
Lan Hua thought about it and agreed, so she didn't ask any further questions.
Ye Ziyun laughed instead, "I heard that Ziyue hid you for almost half a month. Did anything like that happen between you two?"
Lan Hua blushed and stammered, "What nonsense! It was just... just normal conversation!"
Ye Ziyun gave an "oh" sound, which was drawn out and high-pitched.
"I see! I didn't expect Brother Lan to be such a gentleman. He can remain unmoved even surrounded by beauties. He's truly amazing!"
Lan Hua quickly changed the subject, "Miss Ziyun, what do you think of what happened in the Underworld today?"
Ye Ziyun sat on a large rock, raised her beautiful legs, and swayed them casually.
"It's not a good sight. The Underworld has always been in charge of ghost cultivators and they have always been law-abiding. It is indeed a strange thing that an external enemy has invaded the Underworld this time!"
"However, being able to create a crack in the underworld is something that ordinary celestial beings cannot do, not even peak Venerables can do."
"Unless it's a powerhouse at the level of an emperor, then who is it that dares to invade the Underworld?"
Lan Hua said, "I always felt that this force was not deliberately trying to invade the Underworld. On the contrary, it was very likely that they wanted to invade the Heavenly Realm and thus wanted to use the Underworld as a route!"
Ye Ziyun's pretty face was solemn, and she nodded slightly, "That's possible. The Heavenly Domain Barrier is extremely strong. Without a connecting passage, even an emperor cannot enter!"
Lan Hua then recounted the invasion of the consciousness realm by an external enemy more than a year ago, which made Ye Ziyun's expression even more somber.
"According to you, the invasion of the underworld and the realm of consciousness is by no means a coincidence."
These two actions might be the work of the same powerful individual; it seems the Heavenly Realm is about to descend into turmoil!
"How long will this take?" Lan Hua asked.
"I don't know. It could be as short as a hundred years, or as long as tens of millions of years. It depends on how long the underworld and the realm of consciousness, these independent realms, can protect them!"
Lan Hua asked curiously, "Is the Underworld, the Realm of Consciousness, and the Realm of Black Iron different?"
Ye Ziyun nodded and said, "Of course it's different. For example, the Underworld was originally not a separate realm, and it was outside the Heavenly Realm."
However, the Heavenly Emperor Dan helped the Underworld Emperor establish the Underworld and opened a passage between the two realms. From then on, the Underworld was essentially like the Heavenly Realm, one governing celestial beings and the other governing ghost cultivators.
"The Underworld Emperor has received great favor from the Pill Heaven Emperor, so naturally he will not make things difficult for the people of the Pill God Palace."
Moreover, the Underworld Emperor once fought alongside the Pill Emperor, so if we consider that, the Underworld and the Pill God Palace should have a good relationship!
Lan Hua asked curiously, "Who exactly is the enemy of the Pill Emperor? Where did the strange mist that invaded the Underworld come from? And where is the Pill Emperor now?"
Ye Ziyun shook her head and said, "I am just a Venerable One. There are many things I don't know, only those emperors know the secrets."
The Heavenly Emperor, a supreme emperor throughout the ages, ruled the Heavenly Realm for a very long time, until one day he left and never returned!
"Brother Lan, your cultivation is still shallow. When you are stronger, you will naturally know some secrets!"
"But the most important thing is that you stay alive!"
Lan Hua nodded. "I understand! But now that we're in the lower realm, how can we return to the Heavenly Realm?"
Ye Ziyun laughed and said, "The lower realm is not bad either, why are we in such a hurry to go back? Besides, if the Heavenly Gate doesn't open, we can't get in!"
"Then what should we do?"
"Of course we'll wait. When someone in the Half-Heaven Realm undergoes tribulation and ascends to immortality, and the Heavenly Gate opens wide, we can head back along the way!"
Lan Hua asked in bewilderment, "You, a dignified Venerable One, don't even have the means to forcefully open the Heavenly Gate?"
Zi Yue spread her hands, "I'm a law-abiding celestial being, I don't do anything illegal, otherwise I'll be punished by heaven!"
Lan Hua remained silent, but could only obey Ye Ziyun's arrangements.
In the days that followed, Lan Hua cultivated every day. His primordial spirit in his middle dantian exploded, causing his cultivation level to plummet to the second level of the Celestial Realm.
To return to one's original state, one must cultivate one's primordial spirit anew, but this process is not simple and is tantamount to starting all over again.
However, the spiritual energy in the Half-Heaven Realm is far inferior to that in the Heavenly Domain. It would take a year just to restore the primordial spirit power in the lower dantian, let alone rebuild the primordial spirit in the middle dantian.
Fortunately, when Lan Hua first arrived in the Heavenly Realm, she robbed the Fire Cloud Bird and obtained a lot of spirit stones and spiritual herbs.
These things are enough for Lan Hua to restore the power of her primordial spirit in her lower dantian, but rebuilding her primordial spirit is not so simple.
To help Lan Hua quickly condense his new primordial spirit, Ye Ziyun even gave him all of her beloved candied hawthorns.
The hawthorns in those candied hawthorns are different from others; they are the fruit of the Heavenly Realm Ice Blood Hawthorn Tree, and the fruit is already red as soon as it appears.
Although the frozen hawthorn is not a divine fruit, it contains a great deal of spiritual energy.
Even so, a year later, Lan Hua still had not been able to condense the primordial spirit in her middle dantian.
During this period, the Half-Heaven Realm was calm and peaceful, and no one could be seen undergoing tribulation or ascending to immortality.
While Lan Hua was cultivating, Ye Ziyun was also meditating.
What puzzled Lan Hua was that Ye Ziyun's cultivation of Yuan Power was actually Yin, and it was pure Yin Power, which was very similar to the pure Yin Power he obtained from the Yin-Yang Heavenly Technique.
This puzzled Lan Hua greatly, as she had always thought that Ye Ziyun's cultivation technique was a partial version of the Yin Yang Heavenly Technique.
Another six months passed, and Lan Hua's long-awaited tribulation finally arrived.
As a celestial being, Lan Hua could keenly perceive even the slightest sign of tribulation in the heavens.
"Hmm? The place where the tribulation is taking place is not far from here, on a deserted island overseas in the Eastern Continent!"
"Shall we take a look?" Ye Ziyun said.
The two sped along at breakneck speed, quickly arriving above the deserted island.
When Lan Hua saw the face of the person undergoing tribulation, she was greatly surprised.
The man was dressed in gray, looked somewhat respectable, and had a mark on his forehead that resembled three flames.
"Brother Big Gray, is that Xiaotian?"
Lan Hua's mouth dropped open. The person undergoing tribulation wasn't from any major power in the Half-Heaven Realm, but rather her good friend, Big Grey Dog.
Not far away, a beautiful woman was suspended in mid-air, staring blankly at Xiaotian with a worried expression on her face.
Ye Ziyun snorted, "That beautiful woman is also a dog demon. Well, one dog demon watching another dog demon undergo tribulation, that's interesting!"
Lan Hua asked in surprise, "Could that female dog demon be Wang Yue? Was she once imprisoned in the forbidden area of the Pill God Palace?"
Rumble...
Thunderclouds began to roll across the sky, the power of thunder was ready, and the tribulation was about to strike.
Xiaotian shouted, "Come on, tribulation lightning!"
boom!
The first lightning bolt struck, but Xiaotian easily caught it.
"Hmm? Xiaotian's strength is not low. This heavenly tribulation should not pose a threat to him!"
After nine consecutive tribulations of lightning, Xiaotian remained as steady as an old dog. As the Heavenly Gate opened wide, a radiant light descended, and Xiaotian's physique changed, achieving the body of a celestial being.
After Xiaotian achieved the status of a Celestial Being, his strength increased by leaps and bounds, and his divine sense also became stronger.
Who's there?
Upon noticing someone, he tilted his head slightly and glanced sideways in the direction of Lan Hua, his expression almost freezing.
"It's you, Lan Hua?"
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