Zi Guang Xianzun did not expect that the two who violated the Heavenly Law would be so stubborn. He snorted coldly and said, "If you do not pass through the Heavenly Gate through the Guiding Steps, you will have to bear the pressure of the Heavenly Realm when passing through. When you reach the Seventh Heaven, you will be knocked back to the Human Realm. If you do not want to delay time, you should just walk through the Heavenly Steps obediently!"
Slowly moving his eyes towards the stairs, it seemed like a straight path leading up to the top, but upon closer inspection, he could see that there were continuous thorns on the stairs.
Moreover, Su Yishui said that the people led by the Heavenly Stairs are the extremely evil ones who go to the Heaven to be judged. Once they ascend to the Heavenly Stairs, they are actually on the path of confession guided by the Heaven. With every step they take, the fine needles pierce deeper, and they will involuntarily recall their past sins. Ten thousand steps mean ten thousand calamities. When they reach the top, they often cannot help but repent and cry bitterly.
Xue Ranran believed she was innocent, so why did she have to walk through thousands of steps to repent? Even if she was to be judged in heaven, she didn't want to cry and beg for mercy.
Su Yishui thought the same thing. He said calmly, "Please don't block our way, Immortal Venerable..."
As he said this, he waved his sleeves, and actually caused the figure of the Purple Light Immortal to sway slightly.
This made Zi Guang Xianzun's face turn purple and black. He was one of the eight immortals in the heaven, only below Tianzun and the three emperors, and he was extremely noble. At the same time, his immortal power should not be underestimated.
But just now, a half-crippled magic fairy waved her sleeves, and the wind from her sleeves actually made him sway slightly.
This could not but make Zi Guang Xian Zun furious. While he felt that his dignity had been offended, he also began to wonder in his heart - what kind of existence is a demon fairy? With such an unrighteous origin, could his divine power be stronger than that of a legitimate immortal?
At this time, the Vermillion Bird had already carried the two of them all the way up to the fourth heaven, making long noises as it ascended.
Taixuan says that the sky is divided into nine layers. When sixty percent of the sky is covered, it is beyond the reach of ordinary things.
Although the Suzaku is a holy beast, it has not yet reached the level of immortality, so when it went to the Seventh Layer of Salty Heaven, it was somewhat powerless...
Su Yishui and Xue Ranran obviously also realized this, so when they rushed towards the seventh layer of salty sky, they lightly touched the feather back of Suzaku with their toes, leaped up, and rushed straight to the seventh layer of sky.
Although Su Yishui only has half a Yuanying, his other half is in Xue Ranran's body, so they each have half a Demon Fairy Yuanying, and can still withstand the impact when rushing to the seventh heaven.
But when they reached the eighth level of Shentian, they slowly felt a tremendous force pressing down from the sky, as if an invisible giant hand was preventing them from moving forward.
Ranran's body was unstable, and if Su Yishui hadn't pulled her back, she would have almost fallen down.
The Purple Light Immortal Venerable, who had been looking grim as he watched them ascend, now looked a little more relaxed. He stood on the ninth heaven and sneered, "How can a mere mortal ascend to heaven on his own? If it were possible, wouldn't those who had gone through countless hardships to ascend to heaven become a joke? Please do what you can and climb up the stairs little by little! But the thorns on the stairs will grow longer over time. You have delayed for so long. I am afraid that you will suffer more when you climb up."
These words are full of sarcasm and are irritating to the ears.
As if sensing Ran Ran's weakness, Su Yishui grabbed her hand in time, and the Qi continued to flow from his body, protecting her heart. At the same time, he said, "The sky has a breath, just like people's inhalation and exhalation. You must find the right interval for inhalation and exhalation. When the sky exhales, it stops, and when the sky inhales, it advances."
Ran Ran understood what he meant. The sky breathes, and when it exhales, you cannot catch the breath, but when it inhales, you can take advantage of the gap and move forward.
What he said seemed simple, but in fact this subtle change is difficult to detect. It requires extremely strong understanding and insight to discover this.
So Zi Guang Xianzun just sneered after hearing this, and prepared to watch the little girl's joke.
Xue Ranran closed her eyes after hearing what Su Yishui said. She was originally of the wood element, and had been practicing in the Ice Lotus Pond in the West Mountain. Every pore in her body was extremely sensitive. As a tree, she could sense the changes in water vapor and airflow. When she fell from the Reincarnation Tree and tried to experience the breathing of the sky, she felt it with every inch of her skin, which could only be understood but not expressed in words.
After doing this several times, she could really feel the subtle changes in the air flow. So she stopped wasting her energy and tried to relax her body, her sleeves fluttering like a swan feather floating in the seventh heaven.
The same was true for Su Yishui. The two of them just followed the will of heaven and went all the way up to the ninth heaven!
Behind the Purple Light Immortal Venerable, several more immortals came. They were all stunned to see a half-crippled demon immortal who could no longer ascend to heaven, and a mere mortal who could ascend to heaven like a feather without using the heavenly steps.
Putting aside the question of whether or not this violates the laws of heaven, even if today is a rare day when the gates of heaven are open, no mortal has ever been able to ascend to heaven so easily in thousands of years!
If everyone in the world knew about this kind of opportunism, then what was the point of practicing Taoism? Wouldn't the upper, middle and lower classes of the heavens be overcrowded?
So when the two men from Xishan finally reached the Nine-Layered Heaven Gate after staggering all the way, all the gods looked at them with unfriendly eyes.
The Jade Lotus Immortal who was "invited" out of the fairy cave by the Medicine Old Immortal was also there, and he looked at the two of them with a complicated expression.
Xue Ranran ignored the hostile looks of the immortals and just looked around, looking for the figure of the old immortal who asked for medicine.
In this world of heaven, she only has this one acquaintance. If she can find him, things will be easier.
But when she looked around, she didn't see the figure of Yao Laoxian.
Purple Light Immortal Venerable seemed to have guessed who she was looking for, so he said coldly: "As a lower immortal, Yao Lao Immortal acted without authorization and interfered with the life and death of the human world, so he has been punished by the Heavenly Venerable and confined to the Immortal Cave."
Ran Ran sighed slightly: "It turns out that there is no difference between the heaven and the human world. Those who do things are punished for their mistakes, while those who do nothing can just ignore it and act like saints..."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the gods and immortals tightened. In fact, they also felt that Yao Laoxian was punished too much. It was just that Zi Guang Xianzun exaggerated the accusation, which made Tianzun punish Yao Laoxian.
They didn't want to offend Zi Guang Xian Zun, so they didn't say much. It was Zi Guang Xian Zun's job to punish Dun Tian. Although the casualties would be heavy, it was also a great achievement to subdue the demon-possessed Dun Tian.
Unfortunately, such a good opportunity was snatched away by Su Yishui, that little girl, and Yao Laoxian, which made Zi Guang Xianzun very unhappy.
Moreover, if Yao Laoxian could rise to the top with such achievements, he would be promoted to the Supreme Immortal. Unfortunately, there can only be eight Supreme Immortals in the Heavenly Court. If he were to ascend to the immortality, he would have to squeeze one person out.
So the Zi Guang Xian Zun's complaint was actually very subtle. The immortals were all spirits, so they saw through it but didn't say it out loud, they just knew it in their hearts.
The Immortal Zi Guang also saw that this little girl had a sharp tongue, but now that she was in heaven, the Immortal had his own plans for these two audacious people, so it seemed that she would not have many opportunities to show off her sharp tongue.
So he raised his white eyebrows coldly and said, "You have wasted enough time. Please follow me to see the Heavenly Lord before the Heavenly Gate closes!"
After saying this, he and a group of immortals stepped on the auspicious clouds and moved forward.
Su Yishui and Ranran looked at each other, then held hands tightly and followed him.
The Immortal Lord of Heaven has been practicing Taoism for ten thousand years and has gone through nine hundred and ninety-nine calamities before becoming the origin of all things. Therefore, he has long been refined into formless.
As they moved forward, they came to the realm of nothingness.
The place was filled with smoke and water, and only a mirror-like body of water appeared before their eyes.
The immortals stood on both sides in an orderly manner, with their hands hanging down, waiting for the Lord of Heaven to give instructions.
At this moment, the water rippled slightly, and a voice rang out in the void: "Su Yishui, Xue Ranran, you two are really troublemakers. You refuse to go up even though there is a heavenly step. Do you think the rules of heaven are nothing in your eyes?"
Su Yishui said calmly: "The so-called rules must be determined by the public and then implemented. The laws of the world are all like this. Only the rules of heaven are the most difficult to figure out. Which heaven made the rules, and who agreed to them when they were made?"
After hearing this, Zi Guang Xian Zun's face changed drastically, and he scolded: "How dare you! You are talking to Tian Zun, he is the origin of all things, and his words are naturally the rules!"
Ran Ran looked at him strangely and whispered, "If it weren't for the fact that Heaven was so strenuous, I would have suspected that I had entered the palace of the human world. In this barbaric place, there are actually people who flatter and fawn on me..."
Zi Guang Immortal Venerable was so angry that his face changed, but it would be beneath his dignity to argue with a mere mortal, so he just glared at her coldly, ready to see what would happen to her in the future.
After hearing what Su Yishui said, Tianzun's tone was very peaceful: "It is worthy of being a demon who has become an immortal once in a thousand years. You are indeed a rebellious person. The rules of heaven are not set by humans or gods, nor are they set by my own selfishness. Instead, we must obey the rules of heaven and earth. Otherwise, the order of heaven and earth will be disrupted, and no matter humans or gods, they will not be able to escape the disaster. It is a fact that you stole the heavenly book. If you are not punished, how can you obey the people? How can you warn the unruly people?"
Tianzun's tone was calm, but the mirror-like water surface had already begun to ripple, and the wrath of thunder and lightning seemed to be imminent.
Ran Ran said loudly: "May I ask the Heavenly Lord, there is something I don't understand. The Heavenly Book is a taboo in the Heavenly Realm, and ordinary people cannot approach it. How come twenty years ago I was able to peek into the Heavenly Secrets and even steal a page of the Heavenly Book to go to the human world?"
Tianzun seemed to be silent for a moment, then spoke: "Xue Ranran... or should I call you Mu Qingge. Do you know that Su Yishui was originally Emperor Yuanyang who violated the Heavenly Law and was reincarnated into the human world after experiencing tribulations. His fate is peculiar, and the inner fate is not worth telling. He was not destined to have a marriage, and it was you who changed his fate, which led to your current bad fate. That year, the Book of Heaven suddenly ran to the human world and fell into your hands. It was also a strange case, and the truth could not be seen by the Heavenly Eye... So I can't answer you how the Book of Heaven was lost."
After hearing Tianzun's words, the faces of all the gods changed.
In the heaven, Tianzun is the leader, and under him there are three emperors who are in charge of all the immortals.
Among them, Emperor Yuanyang is the supreme yang god. All male gods and immortals who ascend to heaven must pay homage to him before they can be included in the ranks of immortals.
And they haven't seen this emperor for a long time.
The immortals' experience of going down to earth was comparable to being reprimanded by officials in the capital, and it was something that none of the immortals wanted to experience. They only now knew that Su Yishui was actually the reincarnation of Emperor Yuanyang! They originally only knew that Emperor Yuanyang had violated some heavenly law and was ordered by the Heavenly Venerable to be confined to his house, and his cave had been sealed for a long time. They, the immortals, did not know when Emperor Yuanyang was reincarnated.
But now, the emperor, who was once a good emperor, has become a half-crippled demon fairy after going through hardships in the human world, and there is no hope for him to ascend to heaven. This situation is really difficult to deal with, and I am afraid that the Heavenly Lord is also quite troubled, right?
After hearing this, Xue Ranran couldn't help but widen her eyes and turned to look at Su Yishui.
He was once an emperor! What kind of unforgivable sin did he commit to be banished to the human world and experience such a rough and unforgivable fate?
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Venerable seemed unwilling to say more, and only said in a cold voice: "No matter what, you peeked at the Heavenly Book twice, and you can't escape the punishment. According to the Heavenly Rules, you should be struck by the God-Destroying Thunder and never be reincarnated! And Su Yishui destroyed his own Yuanying, arbitrarily changed people's life and death, and let Mu Qingge come back to life, thus disrupting the reincarnation. He should also be punished. Do you two disagree?"
At this moment, a cloud of good fortune suddenly appeared in the sky, and a cold female voice rang out: "The Heavenly Book was stolen for unknown reasons. If this woman had picked it up by accident, it would be understandable that she would have taken a peek due to human curiosity. Why should she be punished so severely?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman with long hair and a half-moon holy light on her forehead, riding a cloud surrounded by several female fairies. The Medicine Immortal, who was supposed to be under house arrest, actually followed the woman.
When the immortals saw this, they hurriedly bowed to the woman.
Ranran then realized that the woman was the immortal couple who ascended to heaven with Tianzun, and is now the Holy Mother Xuantian in heaven.
The Celestial Lord has been refined into formlessness, but the Mysterious Jade Saint Mother does not seem to want to do so and still maintains her elegant and holy human form.
Seeing the Holy Mother Xuantian coming, Tianzun seemed a little unhappy and said, "Shouldn't you be cultivating in Yaoshan Mountain in the West Heaven? Why did you suddenly turn back?"
Yao Laoxian didn't want to embarrass Xuantian Saint Mother, so he immediately knelt down and apologized: "I am a brave immortal, and I want to plead for the two friends in the human world, so I asked the Saint Mother to spare the two friends' death penalty!"
After hearing his words, Tianzun said coldly: "You have ascended to heaven, but you still can't give up the friendship of the human world. This is a big warning! Originally, I only punished you to be confined to the cave for three years, but now it seems that it must be doubled. You are not allowed to leave the cave for ten years! If you come out without permission again, the heavenly thunder will destroy your divine head, and you will go back to the human world to experience more!"
Since the Heavenly Lord was angry, Yao Laoxian was naturally terrified and immediately accepted the punishment obediently.
Xuantian Holy Mother had already spoken, and as a Heavenly Venerable, she couldn't deny her face, so she could only say in a soothing tone: "You have never asked about the affairs of the Heaven Realm, so naturally you don't know the right and wrong. These two are so bold and reckless, and if they are not punished, it will not be enough to settle the grudge, so you'd better not get involved."
However, the Holy Mother Xuantian did not move her eyebrows, and said in a cold tone: "I don't ask about the affairs of the heaven, all because of the loss of my beloved daughter. When you and I ascended to heaven, I already had flesh and blood in my belly. Unfortunately, in order to ascend to heaven and prove the truth, I need to give up this piece of flesh and blood in my belly. I couldn't bear to see her turn to ashes, so I moved a Bodhi tree from the Yaochi Lake and let her live on it. Originally, a thousand years was enough for her to transform from fruit into form and become a fairy of plants and trees. Unfortunately, the tree withered overnight, and the fruit it produced disappeared... This Xue Ranran was also born from the fruit of the tree. I think she is very compatible with me, so I want to save her. I hope that Tianzun will fulfill my wish and give me this face!"
Ran Ran's eyes widened when she heard this. She had been prepared to be punished when she went to heaven, but she never expected that the Xuantian Holy Mother, who was so noble, would come forward to protect her.
It seems that although this old medicine immortal does not have a high status in the fairy world, his network of contacts is very powerful!
The Purple Light Immortal Venerable who was standing by did not expect that the Holy Mother of Xuantian would come out in person to intercede for this arrogant mortal woman. Thinking that it was Yao Laoxian who was interfering, the Purple Light Immortal Venerable frowned again: Yao Laoxian was so presumptuous, it was really unruly!
So he said, "Saint Mother, you don't know that Su Yishui is the reincarnation of Emperor Yuanyang. He was originally supposed to be among the immortals after going through the tribulation. But that woman stole the secrets of heaven and changed his fate, turning him into a demon immortal. His primordial embryo was half destroyed, and a ridiculous marriage was created. They got married just a few days ago. Emperor Yuanyang can't come back at all, and he and she have violated the heavenly rules. If we don't punish these two, how can we convince the public?"
After coming here, this Holy Mother Xuantian looked at Xue Ranran several times, but never looked at Su Yishui.
After hearing what Zi Guang Immortal Venerable said, Xuan Tian Saint Mother glared at Su Yishui. Hmm... her eyes were beautiful, but the fierceness they revealed was almost like that of a she-wolf.
Ran Ran couldn't help but use her body to block Su Yi Shui's gaze to prevent the Holy Mother from glaring at her husband!
The Holy Mother of Xuantian looked at Xue Ranran, who was protecting her cub like a hen, and her eyes softened. She moved to Xue Ranran's side and said, "Your cultivation foundation is excellent. I heard from Medicine Immortal that you have saved the people from all directions and have done immeasurable merits. The way of heaven is clear and will remember your kindness. If you sincerely admit your mistakes, the Heavenly Venerable will not punish you so severely."
After listening to the advice of the Holy Mother Xuantian, Xue Ranran asked seriously: "If we sincerely admit our mistakes, can the Heavenly Lord spare the two of us the death penalty?"
Perhaps to show some mercy to the Holy Mother, the Heavenly Venerable spoke this time: "Neither of you is destined to be together. If you two are willing to end your bad karma and never meet again, then there may be a glimmer of hope. Su Yishui's primordial energy is half-broken, and his immortality is destroyed. But he can still live a few hundred years in the human world, live a life of immortality, and wait until he dies, re-enter the cycle of reincarnation, and then cultivate immortality. And you, Xue Ranran, have a deep immortality, saving the lives of all directions, and you have a lot of blessings. If you can get through the emotional barrier and separate from Su Yishui, you will definitely ascend to immortality in the future and be ranked among the upper immortals. Are you willing to make such an arrangement?"
Xue Ranran and Su Yishui looked at each other. Without having to communicate in secret, they knew the answer from each other's eyes.
Ran Ran slowly turned around and said loudly, "No need. Since we can't escape the punishment from Heaven, we two are willing to bear it. But I want to ask, how many times will this punishment come? If we are lucky enough to survive, will Heavenly Venerable continue to punish us until we die?"
Tianzun said: "There has never been anyone who can survive the God-Destroying Thunder. If you can endure it, it will naturally be considered a punishment, and the old account will be written off from now on."
Tianzun's meaning is very simple. Either die or separate!
Peeping at the heavenly book is an original sin, but what the heaven seems to care more about is that two people who should not have been destined to be together have been mixed together, so even if they have to be struck by heavenly thunder, they will split the two apart alive!
Hearing this, Ran Ran tightly grasped Su Yishui's hand and said loudly: "In this case, we have decided to never separate until death. Please punish us, Heavenly Lord!"
As soon as she said this, the face of the Holy Mother Xuantian turned very ugly. She grabbed Xue Ranran's hand and said, "You have been hit by the God-Destroying Thunder, your soul has been destroyed, and you can no longer enter the cycle of reincarnation. How could you agree so rashly? Could it be that you..."
The Virgin Mary only said half of her words, then looked strange, slowly loosened her hand and stopped admonishing.
Maybe she felt that Xue Ranran was stubborn and not worth persuading.
Tianzun seemed to have expected that these two people would not cry until they saw the coffin. Seeing this, he said coldly: "Since this is the case, you two will have no chance to regret it."
As soon as the words fell, the two were entangled by the iron chains that suddenly appeared. These were the iron chains used to bind immortals in heaven. Once entangled, they could not escape. After being fixed in this way, thunder flashed above their heads, as thick and long as a swimming dragon, and it was even more terrifying than the eternal punishment.
Once hit, the soul and body will be instantly destroyed, never to be reborn!
Zi Guang Xianzun looked at Yao Laoxian's anxious face, sneered slightly, then clasped his fists towards Tianji and said: "Your Majesty, this is the only way to restore order and restore peace and order to the heavens!"
But just as she finished her words, she saw Holy Mother Xuantian looking at him coldly with a chilling sneer on her lips.
Purple Light Immortal Venerable bowed his head respectfully, but he didn't care in his heart. The immortals worshipped her because she was once the immortal spouse of the Celestial Venerable. But now the Celestial Venerable has become invisible, so the so-called couple is just in name only. Xuantian Holy Mother has always lived in seclusion, so even if he offended her, what's the big deal?
Besides, Ran Ran and Su Yishui were entangled together, and Ran Ran's eyes sparkled with tears: "We just got married, but we have to separate again... I really can't bear it..."
Su Yishui lowered his head and kissed away the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Be good, believe me..."
Ran Ran nodded vigorously, then turned around and said loudly: "Come on!"
Tianzun seemed to sigh, and that sigh sounded like the helplessness of a strict father facing a naughty child.
A thunderbolt as thick as a dragon came crashing down and struck Xue Ranran's head directly.
However, the thunder, which came with the wrath of thunder, exploded an inch above Xue Ranran's head and stopped abruptly.
The Purple Light Immortal Venerable who was standing by couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on? How could she avoid the Immortal Slashing Thunder?"
At this moment, Tianzun asked, "Zi Guang Xianzun, why is there a sound of fetal movement in her body?"
Thunderous punishment from heaven shall not harm the original life; this is a rule known to all immortals.
The Purple Light Immortal had previously informed the Heavenly Lord that Xue Ranran was still unmarried. Even though they had been married for only ten days, it was impossible for her to become pregnant in such a short time.
Could it be that the Immortal Master Zi Guang neglected his duties and concealed the truth?