After seeing her master off, Xiao Li used her divine sense to cover the entire Changhong Sect and quickly found Wen Xi, who was cultivating.
Her body was alternating between red and black, clearly on the verge of going mad. Just as she could no longer hold on and her whole body was shrouded in black energy, a wisp of golden light floated out from her sea of consciousness, dispelling the black energy.
But a moment later, the black aura returned and enveloped her body once more.
With a flick of her finger, Xiao Li sent a wisp of dark blue fire flying toward Wen Xi, circling her body once before the black aura visibly dissipated.
Within Wenxi's dantian, a small Wenxi figure was faintly visible forming; she was finally about to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
Xiao Li looked at the heavy clouds outside, made a hand seal to cover up the strangeness below, and after three breaths, Wen Xi returned to normal, and a rumbling sound came from the sky.
The tribulation of lightning is coming!
Xiao Li's divine sense probed into the sky, and she could vaguely see a man in golden armor in the clouds. He opened his eyes listlessly and looked down at the people undergoing tribulation.
Then he picked up a talisman and threw it down, and several bolts of lightning struck Wen Xi directly from under the clouds.
After a while, the golden-armored man took out another talisman, and a magical rain immediately began to fall from the sky.
Xiao Li's divine sense moved back and forth around the golden-armored man, but he didn't notice at all.
Xiao Li detected that the person's cultivation level was also at the late stage of Mahayana. Xiao Li dared not act rashly and slowly withdrew her divine sense.
Wenxi absorbed the sweet rain in the courtyard and felt refreshed. She looked up at the sky, her eyes revealing undisguised ambition.
She felt even stronger than in her previous life. Thinking of her plan, she rushed to the secluded place of the Star Essence Ancestor.
After a brief exchange of voice transmission, the formation was dispelled, and Wen Xi entered the cave, sitting cross-legged opposite the Star Essence Ancestor.
"What did you say? There are many realms above the Nascent Soul stage? The Sumeru Continent is just a space for high-level cultivators? Our ascension is just entering a higher-level continent?"
"Yes, Master, when I broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, I actually awakened my memories of my past life."
"In my previous life, I was fortunate enough to ascend to the upper realm, which was called the Purple Abyss Immortal Realm. I was enslaved there for nearly a hundred years."
Later, I found an opportunity to rescue the people of our Sumeru Continent, but I was discovered by a steward and ultimately died by self-destruction.
Wenxi was a little excited. "Master, you must believe me. We must use the strength of the entire sect and even the entire continent to resist the Purple Abyss Immortal Realm. Otherwise, we will only be nourishment for others generation after generation."
Ancestor Xingyun's expression changed drastically. He realized that Wen Xi was not lying, so he immediately summoned the peak masters to discuss the matter.
When Wenxi saw Luo Xuan bringing Xiaoli along, she frowned. How could such an important matter be heard by irrelevant people?
Before she could even voice her doubts, Ancestor Xingyun urged her to repeat what had happened.
Wenxi had no choice but to put Xiaoli down and begin to recount the various matters of the Upper Realm.
Xiao Li then realized that the situation in the Upper Realm was far more complicated than she had imagined. It was actually the Immortal Realm, and the suppression of that realm was something they simply could not resist.
Wenxi covered her face and wept, "I'm so useless. I couldn't find out any more information in the Upper Realm, and in the end, I could only perish together with them."
Ancestor Xingyun comforted her, "Don't blame yourself too much. The difference in strength is too great, and there's nothing you can do about it."
The people in the hall were completely silent, and it took them a long time to come to their senses. If this were true, it would be terrifying.
The sect leader looked at his fellow disciples and asked, "Does anyone have any opinions?"
Everyone was at a loss. The news was too shocking; they hadn't recovered yet and had no idea what to do.
"Now we should focus all our efforts on nurturing the disciple with the greatest potential, so that he may have a chance to survive."
Wenxi was full of confidence. All these years of hard work in building the Potian Organization were for this moment. Her own strength was too insignificant. Only when the entire continent united could there be hope.
The sect leader pondered for a moment, realizing there was no better solution at the moment.
Who do you think is the most suitable candidate?
The peak masters whispered among themselves, but after discussing for a long time, they still couldn't choose a suitable candidate.
Wenxi raised her chin and coughed twice, and everyone looked at her.
"Sect Leader, over the years I have been training outside and have met many talented young people. They are all the best in their respective forces and the most outstanding disciples of the younger generation."
Her implication was so obvious that everyone looked at each other, pondering the feasibility of her suggestion.
Seeing Wen Xi's strange expression, Luo Xuan stood up.
"Senior Brother Sect Leader, I brought Xiao Li here today to report something."
She coughed twice before speaking, her expression proud.
"Xiao Li has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, and she is now at the late stage of the Deity Transformation stage."
The breaths of everyone in the hall stopped; the news had come too suddenly, and they needed time to process it.
After a while, the sect leader was the first to react, and he burst into laughter.
"Good, good, that's a great breakthrough! This spot is for Xiao Li."
Wenxi's eyes widened. How could this be?
She looked at Xiao Li, how could this be? How could Wen Li have broken through so quickly?
She was clearly the first person to achieve godhood in her past life...
Wenxi suddenly realized that Wen Li had died young in her previous life, and what happened afterward was unpredictable.
Am I destined to never be as good as Wen Li?
Wenxi was filled with jealousy. She thought about how she had been holding back her anger for so many years and had wanted to tell the truth many times.
However, out of concern for the higher realms, she dared not speak out, lest she alarm them and cause terrible consequences.
The reason she had been planning without taking action was that she wanted to use the power of the entire continent to rebel against the upper realm at this moment.
Unexpectedly, all that hard work over such a long period of time came to nothing, but it actually benefited Xiaoli.
Her heart was filled with bitterness, and her long-held sense of superiority vanished.
"In that case, Xiao Li will focus on cultivation from now on. Since there are realms above the Nascent Soul stage, let's go to the secret realm to break through and ask a formation master to cover up the secrets of heaven. We also want to create an immortal."
The sect leader felt a pang of sorrow when he thought of the seniors who had ascended to the upper realms over the years.
So many geniuses have become furnaces for others, no wonder there has never been any news from the upper realm. He became even more determined to create an "immortal".
Everyone present felt a deep sense of sorrow. Those who ascended to immortality all had elders in their families, so it was only natural that they empathized with them.
Xiao Li nodded. She felt it was her duty to do so. If it were a cultivator, she would not be afraid at all, but the upper realm was the Immortal Realm, which made things a bit more difficult.
She decided to follow the sect leader's advice and enter the secret realm to cultivate, hoping to achieve another breakthrough.
Now that the Changhong Sect is the only dominant force, it has a say in the Sumeru Continent, so this decision was quickly put into practice.
The sect leader also began contacting various sects to gather resources and jointly create "immortals".
Wenxi's state of mind became unbalanced. When she broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, she encountered a mental demon again. A small breakthrough caused her Nascent Soul to shatter and her cultivation level to drop.
Her cultivation level was declining every day, and after a few months she became a Qi Refining stage cultivator.
A former genius suddenly falls to the bottom of society, which she cannot accept. She becomes increasingly decadent and is eventually kidnapped by her former enemies, where she is sexually exploited and dies.
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