Inside the Immortal Selection Pavilion in the Great Wilderness Wonderland.
Let's go back to the time when the Holy Ancestor condensed the true Immortal Sect.
Han Song and Li Donglin, two True Immortals, stood around the Immortal Crystal Stone in the center.
The two were more excited than ever before, because the immortal crystals and spirit stones once again reflected a dazzling golden light.
Moreover, this time the other side wasn't testing the level of their immortal sect, but was truly condensing their immortal sect. The golden immortal light continued unabated, clearly indicating that they wanted to become immortals.
The two had been waiting for this opportunity because they could finally make contact with the person on the other side.
As long as they can contact someone, they can determine what exactly happened in that place in the lower realm and why so many people suddenly appeared to continuously test the immortal sect.
The two were assigned to guard the Immortal Selection Pavilion for ten years. Nothing happened for the first nine years. They never expected that such a major event would occur in the lower realm during their last year of duty.
It can be said that such a major event has not occurred in the Great Wilderness Wonderland for tens of thousands of years.
Four immortals appeared almost simultaneously in the same place, and each of them possessed extraordinary talent beyond that of ordinary immortals.
The excitement and surprise in their hearts can be imagined.
The Immortal Crystal Spirit Stone is located at the center of the Immortal Selection Talisman Array, and the energy within it is an exceptionally pure immortal power.
It is not simply an energy mine in the celestial realm; it is also infused with the power of True Immortals, Celestial Immortals, and Golden Immortals, and combined with immortal talisman arrays, it can detect the formation of immortal gates by cultivators in the lower realms.
If any cultivators from the lower realms become immortals, they will be given a baptism of immortal power to help them complete the transformation into immortal beings.
Now, Han Song and Li Donglin have placed one hand on the immortal crystal stone and sensed the immortal beings in the lower realm through the direction of the immortal power flowing within it.
"Brother Han, we've made contact with them!" Li Donglin exclaimed happily.
Han Song looked at him and said, "You should go first and ask him for relevant information."
"good."
This was precisely the moment when the Holy Ancestor began to promote the Golden Immortal Gate.
"Who among the mortals has become an immortal? State your name!"
Li Donglin transmitted his voice to the lower realm through the immortal crystal spirit stone.
However, after waiting for a long time, there was still no response from the other side.
Li Donglin was stunned for a moment, thinking that his voice had not been transmitted.
However, after carefully examining the runes engraved on the immortal crystal, he could not find any errors.
Li Donglin had no choice but to carefully observe the movements on the other side.
This sensation instantly changed his expression; he felt as if he had been ignored.
“No, Brother Han, I sense that this guy seems to be communicating with someone else.”
"Communicating with someone?" Han Song frowned and immediately said, "Could it be that those people are all together? Ask them what's going on and warn them."
Therefore, Li Donglin coldly said:
"You mortal, how can you be distracted by such a sacred matter as becoming an immortal? Who are you talking to?"
There was still no response from the other side after these words were spoken.
This made Li Donglin and Han Song lose face.
Both of them were true immortals from the upper realm, while those guys from the lower realm, even if they had some talent, were ultimately not immortals and dared to ignore their inquiries.
"Brother Han, what does it mean that the other party hasn't responded?"
It's safe to say that even if you search through all the records of the Immortal Selection Pavilion, the chances of such a thing happening are extremely small.
Han Song frowned even more deeply.
"We're warning them one more time: if they don't respond, even if they beg us later, we will still deny them entry into the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm!"
Li Donglin had no choice but to say again:
"You mortal, why do you not answer? Do you dare to look down on us immortals before you have even become immortals?"
This time, the other party finally responded.
The two thus learned that the other was a cultivator from the lower realm of Haoran.
Han Song and Li Donglin, seeing that they had finally established contact with the people of the lower realm, temporarily suppressed their dissatisfaction.
The two gazed at the increasingly dazzling immortal crystals and spirit stones, their eyes twitching slightly.
They still remembered the other party's aura; it was the guy who was initially detected as having the Bronze Immortal Gate, but when he was detected a second time, it turned out to be the Gold Immortal Gate.
Han Song and his companion didn't know whether the other party had been hiding their strength or what.
After all, they were in the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm, a full 300,000 immortal miles away from that immortal in the lower realm.
Even though the two can establish contact with each other through immortal crystals and spirit stones, they cannot see each other at present and can only judge the other party's situation by their aura and sound.
Of course, if the other party completely pushes open the immortal gate, then the immortal crystal spirit stone will automatically capture an image and return it, and only then can they truly see what kind of person the other party is.
"Inquire about his past. Why were so many people testing the immortal sects in the same place?"
Han Song remained indoors, instead having Li Donglin inquire on his behalf.
Li Donglin was also very cooperative.
Through a question-and-answer session, Han and Song finally gained a general understanding of the situation.
"So the guy who became an immortal was killed by the three of them. No wonder we can no longer sense his presence."
"The three of them can defy the laws of immortality? How likely do you think that is?" Han Song asked doubtfully.
Li Donglin didn't think that much about it, and replied:
"Judging from the previous records of immortal crystals and spirit stones, the immortal talents of these three are no less than that guy named Haoshan, but rather stronger. The three of them are already only one step away from becoming immortals, so I think it's feasible for the three of them to join forces."
Han Song snorted coldly.
"Forget it, let's wait until he completely pushes open the Immortal Gate. Then the Immortal Crystal Spirit Stone will automatically capture an image and send it back to us. Let's see what's going on with this guy."
Li Donglin nodded and once again transmitted his Dharma voice through the Immortal Crystal Spirit Stone.
"...You should first push open the Golden Immortal Gate. After you have opened the gate, we will tell you how to get to the Great Wilderness Immortal Gate."
...
Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor stood before the Golden Immortal Gate.
The gates of the Golden Immortal Sect were pushed back slightly, as the Holy Ancestor had deliberately prevented them from being fully opened.
From the moment the Holy Ancestor began to condense a true immortal sect, he had come to admire Ning Qi from the bottom of his heart.
There really are people from the Immortal Sect!
Those of them from the lower realms who wish to become immortals must undergo the examination of those from the upper realms and be informed of the location of the celestial realm.
Only when they go to the fairyland the other described can they truly become immortals.
Clearly, the Holy Ancestor's beautiful vision of becoming an immortal has been shattered.
If they still have to be vetted, is becoming an immortal really that tempting?
After all, these people from the lower realms originally thought that becoming an immortal meant transcending the world, roaming freely in the sea of realms, having endless lifespan, and no longer being bound by anything.
But now, the voices from the Immortal Sect have shattered the Holy Ancestor's beautiful fantasy of becoming an immortal.
My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens; even becoming an immortal cannot achieve that.
The Holy Ancestor looked at Ning Qi with a questioning look in his eyes, wanting to know what Ning Qi planned to do.
Should we let him continue to promote the Immortal Sect, or should we just let him withdraw?
Ning Qi remained completely calm.
To this, there's only one word: "Push!"
"Are you serious?" The Holy Ancestor's pupils flickered.
"Only by fulfilling their wishes can I obtain a place in the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm. Also, I want to see if they can see me standing before the gate after I fully open it, and if so, how they will react?"
Ning Qi touched the golden immortal gate with divine runes floating on it with his right hand.
The power of this golden immortal energy is stronger than the silver immortal energy within the Mountain Ancestor's body.
If the Holy Ancestor were to undergo this baptism, he would immediately become stronger than the previous Mountain Ancestor.
However, Ning Qi still felt that this power was inferior to the power emanating from the golden key in his hand.
Therefore, Ning Qi's goal has now changed.
Previously, Ning Qi was wondering whether there were any people behind the Immortal Sect, and whether they were being manipulated. Now, those two questions have been answered.
Now, he wants to know even more what the golden key in his hand is, and whether it can affect the immortal sect.
The Holy Ancestor swallowed hard.
Heeding Ning Qi's advice, he took a step forward and gripped the hands of the Golden Immortal Sect with all his might.
Squeak!
The door was flung open with a loud crash, pushed all the way to the end.
The next second, the golden immortal gate melted like flowing water, and the endless divine runes engraved on it flew and impacted the Holy Ancestor's body, completely enveloping him.
Of course, Ning Qi, who was standing to the side, also received the baptism of immortal power.
The two were completely engulfed in golden light, as if they had become the only light in this space.
If viewed from a distance in the Boundary Sea, the small space Ning Qi created specifically for the Holy Ancestor to condense the Immortal Gate was practically the sun in the Boundary Sea.
It's so dazzling you can't look directly at it!
The Holy Ancestor's aura surged rapidly. He felt that every part of his body was being washed by endless immortal power, and he began to transform into an immortal body.
He glanced at Ning Qi beside him again, his eyes widening involuntarily.
Although the golden immortal light also enveloped Ning Qi, it did not cleanse Ning Qi's body. Instead, it condensed into a stream and drilled towards Ning Qi's left hand.
It was as if there was an unfathomable black hole in Ning Qi's left hand, devouring these golden immortal lights.
The Holy Ancestor had been curious about how Ning Qi had managed to reach the Immortal Gate, and now, he finally had a clue.
Ning Qi seemed to be holding a mysterious object in his left hand.
Ning Qi originally intended to experience the cleansing and purification of his body by the immortal power, and to find out what the traditional path to immortality was all about. This would provide him with a realistic experience to supplement his self-created system of immortality.
But looking at the golden key in his left hand that was constantly devouring the golden immortal light, Ning Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"What's going on? Weren't you just emitting an even more intense golden immortal light? Why are you stealing the power of the immortal sect?"
Ning Qi raised his left hand high, no longer hiding it from the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor.
He opened his left hand, and an antique-style golden key floated above his palm.
"key?"
Both the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor were taken aback.
In an instant, the golden key trembled slightly in the void, unleashing an even stronger suction force.
Like a wild beast that has been hibernating for a long time and has suddenly awakened, extremely hungry.
A portion of the immortal power that the Holy Ancestor had gathered from the melting of the Golden Immortal Gate had been completely devoured by it.
The Holy Ancestor clearly sensed that his power to transform into an immortal body had diminished considerably.
He looked at Ning Qi with a bitter expression. It was over. He was probably the first cultivator from the lower realm to open the gate to immortality but fail to complete the transformation of his immortal body.
The Holy Ancestor wasn't actually afraid of not being able to become an immortal now, but he was afraid that half of his body would transform into an immortal body and the other half would remain mortal, which would be disastrous.
Who knows if Jing Ningqi will be able to form a celestial gate in the future after doing this?
Ning Qi didn't look at him, but kept his eyes fixed on the front.
At this moment, with the golden key fully released, a clear picture appeared before Ning Qi's eyes.
The scene he had seen earlier was quite blurry. He could only see a magic stone, and there seemed to be two blurry figures next to it. The figures were in a pavilion.
But now, the blurriness has vanished, and a clear picture is fully revealed in Ning Qi's eyes.
In that scene, two people were staring in utter shock at the celestial stone in the room.
"Brother Han, what exactly is going on? Why does the image transmitted back by the immortal crystal spirit stone show that there are two people in the immortal sect?"
One of the figures exclaimed in surprise.
The other figure also seemed to be encountering this situation for the first time and was unable to answer.
"...I don't know either!"
The expressions on their faces were so vivid that it was as if Ning Qi were watching from the sidelines.
"Are two True Immortals inspecting cultivators from the lower realms behind the Immortal Sect?"
Ning Qi narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly.
Upon hearing this, the Holy Ancestor also looked ahead.
A faint image was reflected in his pupils, as if he had also seen that scene, making him forget for a moment that he was still transforming into an immortal.
At this moment, it seemed as if the two sides were separated by endless space, both sensing the other's presence and feeling startled.
However, it seems that Ning Qi is seeing real-time images because of the existence of the Golden Key, rather than the images captured and transmitted by the Immortal Crystal Spirit Stones that the two people opposite him are seeing.
Ning Qi could see that the two were constantly making moves.
The two continuously made hand seals, condensing them into celestial talismans that drilled into the celestial crystal spirit stone in the center.
"You mortal from the lower realm, how dare you deceive us from the very beginning! Tell me, who is the person next to you?"
A cold voice came again.
Neither the Holy Ancestor nor Ning Qi responded to this.
Above the two, the golden key spun rapidly, constantly absorbing golden celestial light.
Strangely, as it absorbed more and more golden immortal light, the Holy Ancestor and Ning Qi discovered that the surrounding golden immortal light was no longer decreasing.
"Um?"
Ning Qi's attention shifted to the golden key.
The key trembled in the void, and a special rune faintly appeared at the front of the key.
The runes were infinitely mysterious; in the beginning, they were nothing more than a very simple triangle.
But if you look again in the blink of an eye, more and more triangles will appear inside, as if they are endless.
Triangular runes were inscribed in the void, continuously enlarging until they landed in front of Ningcheng and the Holy Ancestor.
Gradually, to the astonishment of the two, the triangular rune seemed to transform into a celestial gate, stabilizing in the void.
Then, the immortal gate shone with light, and the rune seemed to be fully activated.
A deep, metallic clang resounded throughout the space, and the rune-inscribed gate opened automatically.
Then, boundless golden celestial light surged forth from it.
Most of the celestial light was devoured by the golden key, but it kindly left a portion for Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor behind it.
The two were instantly engulfed by even more golden divine light.
Both Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor were baptized by immortal power.
But their attention remained focused ahead, and the scene before them changed again.
In the center of the picture, the magic stone is covered with cracks.
The two True Immortals beside them wore expressions of utter terror.
Within a few breaths, the immortal stone shattered, two True Immortals were blasted away, and the entire pavilion exploded with a deafening roar, sending up a terrifying cloud of dust that instantly blurred the scene.
A series of thuds of collapse followed, then silence. (End of Chapter)
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