Chapter 157 The Abandoned Immortal Arena is both an ascension competition and a survival battle. ...
Bitao had her men restrain the team leaders, and then pulled Bingjing into the cabin to talk.
“You were forced,” Bitao said with certainty. “They dug up your immortal pearl?”
Bitao grabbed Bingjing's wrist and probed into her with her spiritual energy without any hindrance. She found that although Bingjing's spiritual energy was affected by this world and she could only mobilize a small amount of thunder spirit, her meridians were not obstructed, indicating that the Immortal Pearl was still inside her body.
Bitao stared into Bingjing's eyes and asked again, "What methods did they use to coerce you?"
Bingjing was a little shorter than Bitao, so when they were face to face, they could just look each other in the eye.
But at this moment, she tilted her head slightly to look at Bitao, not because she had become smaller, but because she felt that Bitao was a celestial being worthy of her worship and admiration.
Bingjing turned his hand back and used the spiritual energy within his body to set up a barrier on the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on their conversation.
Then she removed her veil, revealing a face even more beautiful than when it was covered.
Water streaks were running down her face.
She knelt down in front of Bitao with a thud.
Bitao never expected to encounter Bingjing here. In such a dangerous star realm, Zhan Kui had been tortured half to death before. Although Bitao was not worried about Bingjing because she was the "precious treasure" of the ancient immortals.
But seeing her safe and sound now, I am also happy.
Seeing Bingjing like this, Bitao was startled and quickly stepped forward to pull her arm: "What are you doing!"
"I'm going to the Nine Heavens Palace anyway. I am now the new leader of the Immortal Alliance in Fallen City. The Nine Heavens Palace and the Immortal Alliance have been colluding and secretly plotting against each other for many years."
"Now that the Immortal Alliance is under my control, all the dealings between the Nine Heavens Palace and the various forces in the mortal realm have to go through the Immortal Alliance. If Xu Xingshen still wants to sit comfortably in the Nine Heavens Palace and receive the worship of the Immortals, he must give me some face no matter what."
"Just tell me how they coerced you."
However, Bitao failed to pull Bingjing up and was instead shaken off by Bingjing.
Bingjing stubbornly knelt before Bitao, and her first words were: "This time, you don't need to worry about me."
“I was not coerced; I voluntarily entered the Nine Heavens Palace to serve as a furnace cauldron.”
Bingjing looked up at Bitao, and after a moment, disregarding Bitao's objections, he clasped his hands together in front of his forehead and kowtowed to her firmly.
The sound of "thud" was painful to hear.
"you……"
"This is to thank you for being in the Heavenly Realm back then and for being willing to absolve my brother of his sins."
She pleaded with the heavens, but in the end, it was Bitao, the victim, who spoke up for her brother.
Although her brother still chose to descend to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation and punishment, she ultimately received the "favor of a soft-hearted god".
People prostrate themselves and pray to gods and Buddhas, but how many of them can have their wishes fulfilled?
Since the wish has been granted by the gods, it is natural to fulfill the vow.
She kowtowed to Bitao willingly and sincerely, and Bitao was the only one worthy of her kneeling and bowing to the future Thunder Emperor of the Thunder Department.
Ice Mirror said, "I should have done this a long time ago, but before descending to the mortal realm, I went to look for you many times but never managed to find you."
Bingjing wiped the water off her face, but there was no sign of weakness in her eyes.
"Get up quickly." Bitao pulled Bingjing up again, and Bingjing stood up.
Bitao took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped away her tears.
The handkerchief was bought by Mingguang. He was a clean freak, and he had to pretend that he was suffering from karmic retribution and couldn't use cleaning spells, so he could always pull out a handkerchief to wipe himself.
He also tucked two pieces into Bitao's arms.
Bingjing wiped away her tears and controlled the turbulent emotions in her heart.
Bitao then asked her, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Bingjing was very grateful to Bitao, and she knew that Bitao would definitely help her if she asked.
However, Bitao has no such obligation. As a celestial being in the heavens, she is worshipped by all living beings and her life and death are preordained by fate.
Can Bingjing really keep letting others bear everything destined for her?
Seeing Bingjing pursing her lips and remaining silent, Bitao looked at Bingjing with a somewhat helpless expression.
However, Bingjing did not hide anything from Bitao: "I volunteered to go to the Nine Heavens Palace to be Xu Xingshen's furnace because my brother was also sent to this world."
"My brother was chosen by that Xu Xing Shen as the 'protector' of the next ascendant because of his pure fire spirit."
"I need to enter the Nine Heavens Palace and find a way to bring my brother out."
Bingjing repeated herself, her tone firm: "This time you really don't need to worry about me. I have my own plans."
“My brother is a sinful immortal; whatever he goes through is the judgment of Heaven.”
"I want to help my brother, which is against the natural order. You just focus on the competition and don't need to hold us back."
Bitao showed no surprise at the fact that Binglun had been cast into this world.
The sinful immortals have been in this realm for hundreds of years, so it's not surprising that Binglun would be here.
but……
"He was captured to be the 'protector' of the next ascendant?"
Bitao asked, "What kind of protection is this? Doesn't Xu Xingshen just choose someone and they can ascend to immortality?"
Bitao grabbed Bingjing's arm and squeezed it to comfort her, "Don't worry, I already told you I was going there to see what the ascension was all about. Our competition is the ascension competition. If they try to harm your brother, I'll just..."
Bingjing was silent for a moment, then suddenly grabbed Bitao's hand.
It took a great deal of effort.
She looked at Bitao, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
Bitao actually still wanted to take care of her and her brother.
Bingjing never understood why her brother would fall in love with Bitao.
Her brother was deeply influenced by the ancient immortal clan's traditions from a young age. As a thunder general who led troops into battle, in order to prevent thunder generals from disobeying orders, the Heavenly Dao blocked his wisdom, so that no matter how hard he tried, he could not be as wise and insightful as other immortals.
Bingjing watched her brother, influenced by the fire element, grow up to be impulsive, irritable, rigid, and conservative, consistently adhering to everything in the ancient immortal clan's tradition.
It can be described as a living, decaying legacy.
But he was also her brother who depended on her for survival and loved her dearly, so Bingjing worked hard to cultivate, followed the Heavenly Dao of the Myriad Realms to travel through the myriad realms, and learned about the knowledge of the myriad realms.
So that he could complement his brother and the two of them could establish themselves in the Thunder Department.
Bingjing wasn't surprised at all that her brother had tampered with Bitao's game in the first competition.
However, Bingjing never believed that her brother had fallen for Bitao in the second competition.
She even felt that this might have been arranged by the ancient immortal clan to deliberately disrupt the relationship between Mingguang and Bitao.
However, it wasn't until her brother was offended by Bitao, yet still chose to descend to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation, that Bingjing realized that her brother truly loved Bitao.
The fact that my brother chose to shed his immortal spirit and descend to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation proves that he abandoned the corrupted traditions within his soul and betrayed the cultivation of the ancient immortal clan. Therefore, it is only natural that he was thrown into this realm.
At this moment, facing Bitao who still disregarded past grievances and wanted to help her and her brother, Bingjing finally understood why her brother had fallen in love with her.
Bitao is cunning, powerful, and shrewd. She seems to be cruel, but she is also gentle to the core. She treats everyone she knows, even her brother who is not a friend but an enemy, with the greatest kindness.
No one who gets to know her can help but love her.
Bingjing closed her eyes briefly, and tears welled up again.
With her eyes, filled with a mixture of tears and other emotions, she looked at Bitao and smiled.
Bitao paused in her speech, and in Bingjing's eyes, she glimpsed an indescribable struggle.
After a moment, Bingjing took a deep breath and looked up at the "Nine Heavens" that were covered by the roof of the spirit boat.
He closed his eyes and said, "This world is the ancient place where immortals were abandoned."
Bingjing opened her eyes and looked at Bitao, saying, "In ancient times, the gods jointly ruled the heavens. Those immortals who committed crimes but did not deserve to die were cast into this realm. Tens of thousands of years ago, this realm was a desolate star realm, with chaos in the heavens and earth, much like the beginning of Pangu's creation. There was nothing there, and it was a place specifically for abandoning immortals."
"Those immortals who are abandoned in this world will not enter the cycle of reincarnation after exhausting all their immortal spirit and lifespan in this world. They will simply vanish into nothingness and nourish the barren and arid land and creatures of this world."
"The abandonment of immortals and the dispersal of spirits over tens of thousands of years have created the vibrant life here today."
"However, this place is the place where immortals are abandoned, so no matter how much the immortals who enter struggle, they cannot ascend to heaven on their own."
"Those who attain immortality in this realm will first have their immortal bodies stripped away. Even if they retain some spiritual energy and cultivation, it will gradually be exhausted. This is because this is a mortal realm, where cultivation is impossible."
"Those who abandon immortality to prolong their magical power and lifespan by harming the living beings of this world will immediately suffer the backlash of karma, becoming mortals and subject to being slaughtered without guilt."
"But hundreds of years ago, the yin-yang sundial malfunctioned, and all the sinful immortals were thrown into this place."
"Here, immortals gather, separating themselves from mortals. They extend their lifespan and power by absorbing the power of immortal pearls from fellow immortals. They have somehow managed to find a way to ascend back to heaven."
"All of us who descended to this realm to attain immortality must plunder the immortal spirits of others and trample on their lives in order to return to heaven and attain our positions."
Ice Mirror said, "And it's not a one-for-one exchange, it's five for one."
Bitao looked astonished upon hearing this.
"It takes five immortal positions possessing the five elements' spiritual attributes to exchange for one immortal position to return to heaven."
Bingjing said, "Bitao, this final competition is both an ascension contest and a survival contest."
"The first competition is about who has enough followers to gather the five elements of spirituality and willingly sacrifice themselves to send one person to heaven."
"The second competition is about who is strong and ruthless enough. Capture five people, send them into the formation, and exchange one person for their life to prove their position."
Bingjing said, "My brother was one of the five immortals who were captured and made to serve as sacrifices, ostensibly as 'protectors,' but in reality, they were sacrifices."
"I'm going to save my brother." Bingjing used the handkerchief Bitao gave her to wipe the tears from her face.
After she descended to the mortal realm, she never cried no matter what circumstances she encountered. She was skilled in both literature and martial arts and was never a coward.
But when Bitao sincerely asked her about her difficulties, she was also affected by the intense heat of the five yin elements in the area and could not help but shed tears.
Ice Mirror said, "That's all I know. This is what the ancient immortal elder who was in charge of training me told me before I went down to the mortal realm."
In fact, when the elders of the Thunder Department descended to the lower realm, they told Ice Mirror Peach her location and that she would be mentally confused for a period of time.
The Ice Mirror needs to find her, lure her into killing five people to obtain the Immortal Pearl so she can ascend to immortality, and then subject her to the backlash of karma, turning her into a mortal body that anyone can kill.
However, Bingjing had already broken ties with the ancient immortals when he rescued Binglun in the Heavenly Realm.
She lost her mind and abandoned all dignity for Binglun, yet only Bitao was willing to help her. How could she possibly harm her?
Therefore, after descending to the mortal realm, Bingjing did not go to find Bitao.
Now... the two meet here as if by fate, and Bitao must help her save her brother.
Bingjing then decided to completely betray his people and tell Bitao everything about this world.
Even if she said these things, Elder Lei, who raised her, would immediately be held accountable for revealing the competition situation before the competition, and she would be punished for cheating, but she couldn't care less.
Even if she is re-punished as a deity or even a spirit immortal after her death, she will never be an ungrateful person, as she has been personally taught by the Heavenly Dao of all realms.
And she was determined to save her brother.
Once Yin Han Gu finds out all this, even if the Ancient Immortal Clan cheated, there is no fairness in a cheating arena.
The accompanying immortals might call a halt to the competition and intervene to stop them from killing each other.
After Bingjing finished speaking, she put her veil back on, put the handkerchief that Bitao had given her to wipe her tears into her bosom, removed the restriction, and walked out of the cabin.
Bitao stood there, her mind reeling from the overwhelming flood of information.
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