Ascension (Ending)
The two, one human and one leopard, moved like lightning, enveloping the magical beasts they passed before they even noticed them with Ruan Qingyu's divine fire.
What should have been a 15-minute journey was interrupted by their encounter with three extremely high-level magical beasts, forcing the two to temporarily stop.
"They came specifically to ambush you." Yunyin's voice was very confident, and a dark glint flashed in his beast eyes.
Slowly meeting the gaze of the three magical beasts, Ruan Qingyu tilted her head slightly, a sharp glint flashing in her eyes. A fierce flame blazed from her slowly raised right hand.
Immediately, the three high-level magical beasts slowly retreated half a step, but then surrounded them again in the next moment. They opened their blood-red maws and were about to bite down on Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin.
What was stuffed into their mouths was a fireball that suddenly exploded with a loud bang.
Divine Fire cleverly brought back the spatial fragment, and Ruan Qingyu chuckled inwardly: "You certainly know how to save money."
Along the way, the two took turns eliminating the monsters that attacked them, and finally arrived at the monster passage after half an hour.
At this moment, the two still did not see the two Dao Lords.
Ruan Qingyu scanned the surroundings with her divine sense, then slowly fixed her gaze on a spot with the highest concentration of magical beasts. Her hands moved swiftly, rapidly forming hand seals.
A moment later, the monsters that had been gathered together instantly lost their breath, and Yun Yin, carrying Ruan Qingyu on his back, rushed into the gap that had been blasted open.
The two Dao Lords, who were constantly casting spells, exchanged a glance after sensing the aura outside.
The two of them headed toward the sound the next moment, and when they saw Ruan Qingyu appear sitting on a thunder leopard, a look of surprise flashed across their eyes.
“Junior nephew.” One of the Dao Lords, with his aloof demeanor, instantly recalled that he had met Ruan Qingyu once before, when he was with Li Qingchen.
Looking at the Dao Lord who spoke first, Ruan Qingyu nodded: "Two Dao Lords, my master sent me to deliver a new magic artifact. I wonder where the passage is?"
"Junior niece, come with me." The aloof Daoist was none other than the Autumn Water Daoist, the only female cultivator among the three Daoists of the Lesser Saint Realm. She possessed a mastery of water control techniques and had killed many demonic beasts along the way.
Seeing that Ruan Qingyu dared to come alone to deliver the magic weapon, he couldn't help but feel a bit of goodwill towards her.
With two Dao Lords leading the way, the three people and the leopard quickly arrived at the passage where magical beasts were constantly emerging.
Daoist Qiushui looked at Ruan Qingyu and said gently, "Don't worry, with us here, you can go and release the magical artifacts."
With two Dao Lords taking action, it's much simpler than the previous method of one person guarding the area and the other placing the magical artifacts.
Several earthen walls surrounded the area, and a water dragon swept away the monsters that were still trying to escape.
With her eyes fixed on the situation in the demon beast passage, Yun Yin beneath her shared the same expression, waiting for an opening between the two Dao Lords.
"Yunyin!" Ruan Qingyu shouted suddenly, and the next moment Yunyin beneath her darted out like lightning.
The magical artifact in her hand emitted a dazzling light after being activated by spiritual power, and spread rapidly after coming into contact with the monster passage.
The emerging demonic beast continued to struggle, relentlessly ramming against the obstruction created by the magical artifact. Seeing this, Ruan Qingyu's expression darkened. She reached out and touched the core of the artifact, instantly causing the Phoenix Divine Fire to spread outwards.
Amidst the roars of the monsters, the monster passage that had unleashed countless high-level monsters was finally blocked.
In the blink of an eye, the two Dao Lords guarding Ruan Qingyu instantly formed hand seals, and their spiritual power swept across the entire area like a tornado.
The once bustling horde of monsters instantly turned into dust and scattered like smoke.
Witnessing a Mahayana cultivator in action for the first time, Ruan Qingyu subconsciously swallowed. Such power made her anticipate the immense power she would possess once she reached that stage herself.
With the matter of the monster passage resolved, Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin quickly returned to Holy City with the two Dao Lords.
Perhaps due to the lack of magical beasts transported through the recent magical beast channel, the array in Holy City, though constantly flickering, managed to hold on and was not destroyed again.
Ruan Qingyu slipped into the Holy City and went to Li Qingchen's side first.
"Master! I have not failed you." Ruan Qingyu bowed to Li Qingchen and said.
The elders surrounding Li Qingchen relaxed considerably upon hearing this. Only Li Qingchen remained serious: "Well done."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Qingyu clearly heard the sound of a sword being drawn. However, she did not see her master's spirit sword. The demonic beasts that had gathered in Holy City suddenly turned into dust after the sound of the sword energy cutting through the air.
Instantly, Ruan Qingyu's pupils contracted sharply.
"In that case, it's time to settle accounts with these ignorant magical beasts."
The siege lasted a day and a night, disrupting the Holy Realm City's formations and damaging its gates. Thousands of cultivators perished in the battle, and countless more were wounded.
After Li Qingchen finished speaking, the other elders all turned solemn. Having been passively attacked for so long, it was time to attack the dense forest and make those demonic beasts quiet down for a while.
Following Li Qingchen down the city wall, Ruan Qingyu saw Lin Yu, Zhao Zhao, and others beckoning to her among the already lined-up cultivators.
He felt a rare sense of relief and smiled in that direction.
The demonic beasts of the Lesser Sacred Realm besieged Sacred Realm City, and the cultivators fought desperately until they launched a counterattack into the dense forest. This battle was even more intense than the one a thousand years ago, and many of the disciples from the sects who came later were at least Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
After discussing with the elders, the Dao Lords concluded that only Nascent Soul stage cultivators could adapt to the current strength of the Lesser Saint Realm.
The great battle lasted for nearly a year, and Ruan Qingyu's reputation spread far and wide within the Little Saint Realm.
The last disciple of Daoist Qingchen, along with her demon beast companion Yunyin, formed a perfect match. Together, they annihilated countless demonic beasts in the dense forest.
Later monks would quickly become familiar with her name and then develop a sense of reverence for her.
On this day, in a desolate area of the Lesser Sacred Realm, dark clouds gathered and thunder roared. A fierce wind whipped up countless grains of sand, forcing those who wanted to investigate to retreat three feet.
Despite the harsh environment, the central location was exceptionally peaceful and serene.
Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin sat facing each other, their hands clasped together. They both closed their eyes and awaited the arrival of the tribulation lightning. Compared to their somewhat disheveled appearance in the demon beast world, the two were quite composed today.
Outside the range of the lightning tribulation, Li Qingchen stood there somewhat helplessly, with other disciples and elders who were interested in watching behind him.
His youngest disciple is indeed remarkable. In less than three years as master and disciple, he has already surpassed his master and is about to ascend to the immortal realm.
"Qingchen Daojun, you have indeed lost to your little disciple." Qiushui Daojun's teasing voice rang in Li Qingchen's ears, and a hint of envy appeared in her eyes as she looked in Ruan Qingyu's direction.
The other elders chimed in, "Yes, judging from the state of the tribulation, it shouldn't be too difficult."
"Now it seems that among our sects, only your Xuantian Sect has the most outstanding new disciples. I think that disciple named Lu Siyao is also quite good. Even though Ruan Qingyu left, she is still here."
During the two years Ruan Qingyu was in charge, all the new disciples were overshadowed and couldn't breathe. There was even fierce competition for the second place, while the first place seemed to remain unchanged, like a lucky charm.
The tribulation lightning had been brewing for four hours, and finally descended abruptly amidst howling winds. Yun Yin snorted lightly, and with a wave of his hand, a clone flew out and easily withstood the tribulation lightning.
Seeing his swift action, Ruan Qingyu smiled slightly. Before the next lightning tribulation could strike, she preemptively threw out a ball of flame to engulf it.
The two then took turns consuming the lightning tribulation, swallowing it all like sharing fruit.
This scene caught the attention of several Dao Lords observing the tribulation, who immediately exchanged bewildered glances, hesitant to speak.
As two golden beams of light descended, Ruan Qingyu stood up with a smile on her face. She bowed slightly in the direction of Li Qingchen and said, "Disciple Ruan Qingyu and her Daoist companion Yunyin bid farewell to Master, hoping that Master will ascend to the Immortal Realm soon."
Beneath the light screen, Yun Yin remained hand in hand with Ruan Qingyu, his eyes fixed on her face, unblinking.
The two of them, hand in hand, were carried away by the light curtain, passing through a sky barrier as warm as hot water. In that instant, Ruan Qingyu recalled many things.
In that instant, all those things vanished like smoke. Only the people around her were real, so she reached out and hugged Yunyin.
The Ascension Pool suddenly began to boil, attracting the curiosity of the Earth Immortals on duty around it. They all gathered around, looking at the Ascension Pool, which had been still for a long time.
"The last time someone came to this Ascension Pool was four thousand years ago, wasn't it?" A terrestrial immortal threw away the spiritual flower he was using to satisfy his craving and stared intently at the Ascension Pool.
"Judging from the boiling state of this pool, the person who came must be extraordinary!"
"But this boiling has been going on for so long, it doesn't seem like it's the work of a single person," a terrestrial immortal who had witnessed many cultivators ascend to immortality said curiously.
As the earth immortal spoke, the Ascension Pool, which was meant to welcome mortal cultivators, suddenly trembled, and then two jets of water shot out like fountains.
The sky in the celestial realm was originally white, but now the winds and clouds have changed, and auspicious clouds of purple, red and gold have appeared, as if celebrating the birth of some kind of auspicious omen.
Suddenly, the throne of the Celestial Fire Venerable lit up, followed closely by the throne of the Celestial Thunder Venerable.
In an instant, the entire Immortal Realm trembled. This was not only because two Venerables had returned, but also because the Heavenly Fire Venerable, who had vanished for ten thousand years, had actually returned from the mortal realm!
The other Venerable Ones, who had been sleeping, were awakened one after another. A hint of surprise flashed across the indifferent eyes of the Venerable Ones, who had not shown any emotion for thousands of years.
The phoenix's cry, echoing throughout the celestial realm, lasted for a very long time, accompanied by the roar of a thunder leopard. The two voices clashed, announcing their presence to the celestial realm.
The Ascension Pool, unable to hold on any longer, finally gave way to a result: a fiery red phoenix flew out and soared into the sky. On the ground, a purple-gold thunder leopard shook its head and followed the phoenix.
With the arrival of Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin, the Sacred Beast Mountain, which had been forced into silence for a long time, became lively again. They sensed it; they sensed that the sacred beasts that should have returned long ago had returned.
The immortal realm has finally restored the Heavenly Fire that had been lost for ten thousand years, and has also welcomed a new Thunder Leopard.
Ruan Qingyu and Yun Yin will stay together in this immortal realm forever!
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