"All of you, shut up!" Xu Lingxue wiped her tears. With Liu Wuxie gone, her status stood only below Liu Wuxie's.

"Wuxie is the reincarnation of an immortal emperor. He has set up the Heavenly Sealing Array to prevent immortals from descending to the mortal realm. The goal is to protect us, and what we must do now is increase our strength as much as possible so that we won't become his burden in the future," Xu Lingxue said. Only she knew about Liu Wuxie's reincarnation.

Everyone was shocked to hear that Liu Wuxie was an immortal emperor in his previous life.

Xu Lingxue knew she couldn't collapse at this moment and had to lead everyone. Since they could no longer change the fact that Liu Wuxie had ascended to the celestial realm, they had to raise their strength as much as possible before the Heavenly Sealing Array's energy ran out. This was the only way they could help Liu Wuxie.

"She's right. Young Master Liu did this to sever the connection between the two realms and buy time for himself. If you all follow him, you'll only become his burden," Jiao Ba said, stepping forward to back Xu Lingxue's words.

Right then, a blade ray shot through the sky before the Heavenly Sealing Array fully closed. It descended upon Nightmare City and transformed into a middle-aged man before everyone's eyes.

"Master has ordered that no one is allowed to force Young Master Han to open the Heavenly Sealing Array," the middle-aged man said. He was the manifestation of the Heretic Blade in human form.

Liu Wuxie couldn't bring anything from the mortal realm with him to the celestial realm, and that included his interspatial ring.

Following Liu Wuxie's ascension, the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain gradually returned to calm as the immortals returned to their various forces. The Skyfall Realm had already collapsed, which meant they could no longer enter seclusion there.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Heavenly Dao Society began developing rapidly. Hua Feiyu handed the sect master position to Dong Wu and chose to enter seclusion.

Xu Lingxue's belly grew bigger with each passing day. Not long after Liu Wuxie ascended, Murong Yi also discovered that she was pregnant, but she no longer had the chance to tell him.

Since Xu Lingxue and Murong Yi's children had undergone the life-and-death tribulation while still in their bellies, they already possessed immortal physiques.

......

News of Liu Wuxie's battle with immortals spread throughout the four astral domains, reaching the Divine Star.

A powerful expert of the Divine Race sat in the main seat, while even the Divine Lord could only sit beside him.

With the tremendous changes in heaven and earth, the Divine Race had given birth to many immortals, and the Divine Son was among them.

"You garbage! You actually allowed Liu Wuxie to take the Ancestral Tree's trunk?!" The old man flew into a rage, ferocious light flashing in his eyes as a strong urge to kill the Divine Lord and the others surged within him.

"Ancestor, please calm your anger. We couldn't refuse under those circumstances!" Several divinekin stepped forward guiltily and knelt before the ancestor.

The Divine Race couldn't resist Liu Wuxie when he came, so they had no choice but to accept his conditions.

"Do you even know what it means for him to collect the Ancestral Tree's trunk?" The ancestor's expression remained unchanged, and murderous intent continued surging around him.

The divinekin only knew that the Ancestral Tree was their clan's nemesis, but they understood little of the grudge between the Divine Race and the Ancestral Tree. If they had known the truth, the Divine Lord wouldn't have agreed to Liu Wuxie's terms.

"Ancestor, there's nothing we can do now. We can only try to make up for it," the Divine Lord said cautiously. It was already too late for regret, and their only option was to kill Liu Wuxie and destroy the Ancestral Tree.

Several divinekin who had advanced into the Immortal Realm stepped forward and suggested. "Why don't we attack the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain and capture Liu Wuxie's family? We can imprison them and use them as leverage to threaten Liu Wuxie to destroy the Ancestral Tree!"

"It's useless. The Heavenly Dao Society has produced numerous experts. With Emperor Haoyuan and Gong Gong protecting them, even if all the immortals across the four astral domains joined forces, they still would not be able to touch them, let alone the Divine Race,” a divinekin said, dismissing the idea.

Although Liu Wuxie had ascended to the celestial realm, the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Heavenly Dao Society had become impregnable under his management, and not a single intruder could take even half a step inside.

"Ancestor, Liu Wuxie set up the Heavenly Sealing Array before he ascended to cut off the connection between the two realms. It would be great if we could ascend to the celestial realm, as we can kill him there," the Divine Lord said, rising to his feet. He now wanted to kill Liu Wuxie as soon as possible before he grew stronger.

The Divine Race here was only a branch in the mortal realm. Judging from the ancestor's tone, immortals also existed in the celestial realm and occupied an entire plane. They were the true ancestors of their race. If they could contact their ancestors in the celestial realm, they could borrow their power to kill Liu Wuxie.

The surrounding divinekin nodded in agreement. "That's a good suggestion from the Divine Lord. We can ascend to the celestial realm and kill him there!"

"But the Heavenly Sealing Array is already activated. How can we ascend with it around?" The Divine Race wasn't the only force seeking to ascend; the immortals of the other forces also wished to enter the celestial realm.

With the collapse of the Skyfall Realm, staying in the mortal realm no longer held any meaning for them.

"Who says that we can't ascend with the Heavenly Sealing Array around?" The Divine Race's ancestor finally softened his expression.

"Ancestor, do we have a way to ascend?" The entire Divine Race grew emotional after hearing their ancestor's words.

......

Liu Wuxie knew nothing about this conversation as he continued to rise, wrapped in dazzling golden radiance. Excitement and concern filled his heart at once.

He felt excited because he would finally return to the celestial realm after four years. However, he was also worried because the Heavenly Sealing Array could only last for twenty years.

That meant if he couldn't reach the Immortal Emperor Realm within those twenty years, he still wouldn't escape disaster. But how could his enemies possibly allow him to keep growing?

Then again, Liu Wuxie didn't worry too much about himself. After his reincarnation, he had already changed his identity, and no one would recognize him as long as he didn't use the immortal arts from his previous life.

But what would happen twenty years later? He knew that once the celestial and mortal realms reconnected, his enemies would certainly attempt to capture his family and friends to threaten him.

In the end, he could only set the matter aside for the time being and examine his condition with his divine sense.

"It's good that the desolate world is still around. So is the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron and the Heavenly Dao Book. With them around, it's not entirely impossible for me to reach the Immortal Emperor Realm within twenty years," Liu Wuxie concluded as his heart finally settled.

If he had lost the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron and the Heavenly Dao Book, accelerating his cultivation would be impossible.

At first, Liu Wuxie was worried that he wouldn't be able to bring anything with him during his ascension to the celestial realm.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, he felt as if he had passed through a thick crystalline wall and began descending from the sky. Powerful laws rushed toward him from the surroundings, causing his body to crack again when he had barely recovered from some of his injuries. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

With a loud splash, Liu Wuxie fell into a flowing current and swallowed several mouthfuls of water. Feeling himself sinking rapidly, he quickly moved his arms and legs, desperately swimming toward the shore.

Coincidentally, a woman was bathing at the center of the lake when Liu Wuxie fell in it.

When Liu Wuxie crawled onto the shore, he barely managed to stand and examined his surroundings. With his soul sea suppressed in the celestial realm, he couldn't extend his divine sense outward and could only rely on his eyes to observe the area.

Fortunately, he still had Ghost Pupil, allowing him to see much farther than ordinary heavenly immortals.

"This is indeed the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm. I have to heal up quickly!" Liu Wuxie could sense that the laws in the surroundings were ten thousand times denser than those in the mortal realm. Even breathing had become difficult.

The surrounding space had also become especially firm. When Liu Wuxie threw a punch, the space didn't move at all, aside from the force stirring up a gust of wind.

Anyone else who ascended to the celestial realm would be shocked by the drastic difference in the environment. However, Liu Wuxie's expression didn't change. A lake about three hundred feet wide lay before him.

"I'm lucky that I fell into a lake. If I had fallen on solid ground, the outcome would've been disastrous even if I managed to survive," he murmured.

Then again, the injuries he had suffered during his battle with Gan Xingzhou and the others were too severe. If he had ascended normally, he wouldn't have fallen into such a pathetic state.

After confirming that no danger lurked nearby, Liu Wuxie sat cross-legged. He poured all the energy from the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron into the desolate world.

Upon his arrival in the celestial realm, the desolate world became even more compressed, mirroring the change that had happened when he had gone from the True Martial Continent to the astral domains. It had shrunk by more than ten times.

All of a sudden, Liu Wuxie felt a mysterious force lock onto him.

"This is bad!" Liu Wuxie quickly rose to his feet, with no time left to heal his injuries.

A head suddenly emerged from the lake, and a sharp gaze locked on Liu Wuxie.

When their eyes met, Liu Wuxie saw an exquisitely beautiful face. Her eyes, in particular, shone with powerful spirituality. Her skin was pearly white, but since her body remained underwater, he couldn't see her figure clearly. Even so, her face alone could captivate the hearts of countless people.

Neither of them spoke, while Liu Wuxie secretly raised his guard.

"Die!" An icy chill shot toward Liu Wuxie, carrying the power of a profound immortal.

As a mere heavenly immortal, even a glance from a profound immortal could easily kill Liu Wuxie.

The icy energy had already reached Liu Wuxie, forcing him to duck aside.

The icy energy struck the large boulder Liu Wuxie had sat on earlier, shattering it. If the attack had struck him instead, it would've killed him instantly.

"We have no grudges between us, so why are you attacking me?" Liu Wuxie snapped, his gaze turning ferocious.

"You shameless lecher! How dare you peep on me while I am bathing! Die!" The woman attacked again. Only her head remained above the water because she was naked. She didn't dare to stand up and could only rely on her divine sense to attack.