The Truth Behind the Heavenly Gate

As soon as these words were spoken, Qi Xuan paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.

“Senior, if I let you plant a demon seed, my life and death would no longer be my own.”

“Then what’s the point of cultivating immortality?”

“Can my thoughts still be free?”

“This junior cannot accept such a request.”

The demonic figure from the Sacred Demon Sect, seeing Qi Xuan refuse his proposal, immediately let out a cold snort.

“Boy, you may be an overlord in this small world, but in the Xuanyuan Realm, you are nothing but a tiny ant.”

“You should think carefully.”

“If you refuse this old man’s proposal, then you can only rely on your own abilities to brave the Path to Heaven.”

“This Path to Heaven is fraught with danger, and over the years, very few have passed through it,” the demonic figure from the upper realm reminded him in a sinister tone.

After hearing the other party’s words, Qi Xuan laughed.

“So, in these years, some people have managed to pass through?”

“Since someone has passed through, then I can too.”

“I, Qi Xuan, have never lost to anyone in my life.”

Seeing that Qi Xuan was being stubborn, the demonic figure from the upper realm didn’t continue to persuade him.

He just let out a cold snort and disappeared.

After he disappeared, a passage filled with lightning appeared where he had been.

This was the ascension trial set by the upper realm for ascenders from the Tianchen Continent, known as the Thunder Domain Heavenly Pass.

Each bolt of lightning could easily kill an ordinary Divine Venerable.

Even for a top-tier Divine Venerable like him, it would be very tricky, but Qi Xuan was not afraid at all.

“Mere lightning cannot scare me, Qi Xuan,” he said, then flew up and into the lightning.

The lightning in the passage, sensing someone entering, seemed to come alive and began to actively attack Qi Xuan.

Qi Xuan’s movement technique was strange, and he managed to dodge several lightning attacks in a row.

But the higher he went, the denser the lightning became.

Eventually, he could only defend and resist head-on, unable to dodge anymore.

Qi Xuan summoned all the defensive magic treasures on his body, including several Divine Venerable Realm defensive magic treasures.

But even a mid-tier Divine Venerable Realm defensive magic treasure could at most withstand three lightning bolts before being destroyed.

A high-grade Divine Venerable Realm magic treasure could only withstand six.

After all his consumable treasures were used up, Qi Xuan could only rely on his own abilities.

‘These upper realm cultivators really don’t give a way out.’

‘Even I feel immense pressure from such a trial.’

‘If an ordinary Divine Venerable were to run in here, they would have absolutely no chance of survival.’

‘It seems that most of the cultivators who have ascended to the upper realm in these years have died in this Thunder Domain,’ Qi Xuan muttered to himself.

Qi Xuan’s passage through the Thunder Domain was currently being watched by many powerful cultivators from the upper realm.

“This child’s aptitude and cultivation should be considered the best in the last thousand years.”

“It’s a pity he cultivates a demonic art, otherwise, I would be a little tempted,” a white-robed old man dressed as a Daoist said.

“But this child is unruly and unwilling to submit.”

“We can only wish him good luck.”

“Passing the Heavenly Pass is just the first step.”

“When he reaches the upper realm, he will know the rules,” another old man also said.

Qi Xuan could already see the end of the passage.

He had already started to resist the lightning with his own body.

The lightning had charred his body black.

But in the end, he still passed through the Thunder Domain Heavenly Pass and entered the upper realm passage.

“Hahaha… Upper realm, I, Qi Xuan, have arrived!”

“Let me see what this upper realm is really like,” Qi Xuan laughed wildly with excitement.

As the white light in front of him slowly dissipated, when Qi Xuan regained his vision, he found himself on a desolate land.

And the world in front of him was very strange.

In the sky, there were spherical objects of various colors hanging, some far, some near.

“Is this the Xuanyuan Realm?” Qi Xuan exclaimed in amazement.

But just as he was in a daze, several figures suddenly descended from the sky and landed in front of him.

“You’re from the lower realm, right?”

“Come with us.”

There were two people from the lower realm, and their cultivation was also at the Divine Venerable Realm.

After greeting him, the two of them straight-up released their power and grabbed at Qi Xuan.

Qi Xuan was just about to resist, but unfortunately, he found that he couldn’t use his power here.

It seemed as if the laws of heaven and earth were different.

‘Power, unusable?’

Thus, Qi Xuan, the number one person in the Demonic Dao of the lower realm, was easily restrained by these two with their power.

“Let me go!”

“Who are you, why are you capturing me?” Qi Xuan roared in anger.

One of them gave a strange smile.

“This is the Heavenly Prison Star of the Xuanyuan Realm.”

“For ascenders like you from the lower realm, the first thing you need to do when you arrive in the Xuanyuan Realm is to learn the rules.”

“This Xuanyuan Realm is not comparable to your small world.”

“Do you feel that you can’t use your power?”

“It’s right that you can’t.”

“A Divine Venerable like you who has cultivated with the incomplete laws of the lower realm cannot operate in this world with complete laws.”

“Don’t even try.”

After struggling for a moment, Qi Xuan quickly calmed down when he saw that it was useless.

“Do all ascenders from the lower realm have to come here?”

“Has anyone ever gotten out of here?” Qi Xuan asked curiously.

The two of them chuckled.

“Those with good aptitude who are willing to join the great sects certainly don’t need to come here.”

“But some unruly people who think they can turn the world upside down, they can only come here to be laborers in this Heavenly Prison.”

“As for whether you can get out, it all depends on your luck.”

And so, Qi Xuan was taken away.

After being taken to the place where he would be a laborer, he found that all the laborers working there were basically ascenders from the lower realm.

One by one, they looked like beggars, all grimy and dark, no longer looking like cultivators.

“Interesting, is this the truth of the upper realm?”

“Those who are willing to be dogs for those great sects can go directly to their sects.”

“Those who are unwilling can only come here to be laborers.”

“They really don’t give a way out.”

“But, heaven never seals all roads.”

“We’ll see.”

Qi Xuan was still relatively successful.

After coming here, he didn’t put on any airs.

He did whatever the foreman told him to do.

He also collected information about this world while working.

As for the Tianchen Continent, as Qi Xuan entered the upper realm, the heavenly gate slowly closed, and the dark clouds also gradually dispersed.

“Is it over?”

“Old Ancestor, do you think your senior, the Evil Emperor, succeeded?”

Yan Lingyun looked up at the sky, then gave her answer.

“He could only succeed.”

Just these four words showed that Yan Lingyun was not as emotionless towards Qi Xuan as she appeared on the surface.

She was just being stubborn.

But Bai Zhihua, who was by her side, gave a wry smile.

“Alas! It’s a pity.”

“Even if this number one person in the Demonic Dao passed the Heavenly Pass, what awaits him next is an even greater trial.”

“The great sects of the upper realm will not let an enemy cultivator from a small world easily enter the Xuanyuan Realm.”

These words made Yan Yun’s brow furrow.

“What do you mean?”

“Does that mean that even if one passes the Heavenly Pass, one cannot truly enter the Xuanyuan Realm?”

“More or less.”

“My old man said that the exit at the end of the heavenly gate is a huge prison.”

“This prison holds prisoners from all over the Xuanyuan Realm.”

“And the Tianchen Continent is a small world created by their enemies.”

“The cultivators who ascend from there must either submit or become laborers in that prison as prisoners,” Bai Zhihua explained.
Yan Yun’s face changed.

“Then this is simply falling from heaven to hell.”

“Wait, wait, wait, Old Four, how do you know so clearly?” Yan Yun suddenly thought of a question.

This question made Bai Zhihua a little embarrassed.

“This question, I… I can’t tell you for now.”

“Let’s talk about it when there’s a chance.”

A matter that couldn’t be told to a brother was definitely a secret, and not an ordinary one at that.

Everyone has secrets, so Yan Yun didn’t press further.

Qi Xuan’s sudden ascension was both amazing and annoying.

For example, the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor in Black Wind Mountain.

Because Qi Xuan suddenly opened the heavenly gate, causing the laws of heaven and earth to become chaotic, his breakthrough was suddenly interrupted.

It was important to note that he was on the verge of a successful breakthrough, and now he had to start all over again.

“Damn it, damn it,” the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor was furious.

He didn’t continue to force the breakthrough.

Since he had been interrupted, he needed to take a break.

So as soon as he came out, he called on the True Dragon Gate and Black Wind Mountain to launch a general offensive against the Xuanhui Sect and the Cui family, directly attacking their main camps.

And these two families only resisted for about a week before their main camps were breached, and their disciples scattered and fled.

And a group of people from the Cui family happened to flee into the Wuyin Mountain Range.

Behind them, many disciples of Ghost Soul Valley were in pursuit.

Among the fleeing people, there was someone Yan Yun knew, which was Cui Lin, whom she had met on her first trip to Qinghe City.

Cui Lin was leading Cui Bin and several other siblings, shuttling rapidly through the forest.

Behind them came the sinister laughter of the Ghost Soul Valley disciples.

“Stop running, you can’t escape.”

“Your Cui family is finished, where can you run to?”

As they spoke, several more Cui family disciples were hit by the special magic treasure of Ghost Soul Valley and had their souls extracted.

Not long ago, their Cui family’s defensive grand array was breached.

The Cui family’s Old Ancestor and other high-ranking members immediately went out to fight with all their strength, holding back the enemy’s main force.

The family’s disciples immediately scattered and fled, as many as could escape.

The Cui family and the Xuanhui Sect had also thought about retreating in advance, but retreating was not as simple as just wanting to.

They were already preparing to retreat, but unfortunately, the Ghost Soul Old Ancestor, who was furious after his breakthrough was interrupted, vented his anger on them.

Cui Lin and the others, by mistake, happened to run into the entrance of the valley where the Poison Sect was located.

This entrance had a powerful isolation array.

This sudden touch of the array was immediately detected by Yan Yun and her companions.

“Someone has found this place?” Yan Yun immediately walked out of her immortal dwelling.

Wen Meng and the others also quickly gathered and flew towards the entrance with vigilant expressions.

When they arrived, they saw more than a dozen people from the Cui family blocked outside.