Mu Dan blinked: "Scary?"

"Hmm," Bai Gu looked at Mu Dan with some deep meaning, "Do you know who Murong Zhengyi is?"

"Who?"

"You don’t know... you’ll find out soon."

Mu Dan was somewhat puzzled.

Bai Gu said: "I discovered the first fact, which is that we are now active in the past, because our journey is an integral part of the [past]; in other words, the present world we departed from has not changed at all. Do you understand?"

"I understand," Mu Dan nodded slightly, "So, what we’re doing now is actually some sort of fixed fate."

"Yes, a fate, calculated by the Heavenly Dao... I hadn’t thought of it before, whether it be hiding you in the past or choosing these two or three places to stay, it was all a spur-of-the-moment decision.

"The Heavenly Dao read my mind? Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Senior Bai Gu rubbed his brow:

"I now suspect that we two are part of the Heavenly Dao, that is, every living being is a part of the Heavenly Dao, just like this Heavenly Dao Body above...

"This feeling is hard to describe.

"The Heavenly Dao is no longer just the will of the heavens and earth; it’s like a monster, a monster beyond our understanding."

Mu Dan murmured: "Collective Ascension Transcendent Life?"

"Different from those extraordinary lives of the Chaotic Sea, because the Heavenly Dao is in the current world; the consciousnesses of those transcendent lives mainly manifest in high-dimensional world, and they are just projections in the Chaotic Sea."

Senior Bai Gu said earnestly:

"Soon, Wang Zheng will go to challenge the heavenly gate. After we go to the Immortal Realm, what we do, what we experience, may have already been designed by a more powerful Heavenly Dao.

"Anything we do might cause greater calamity in heaven and earth.

"I’m almost devoid of desires and needs, but this matter cannot be ignored... Now, if I wish to convince Wang Jixuan to stop pursuing immortality and to live as a normal person, do you think he would accept?"

Mu Dan: ...

She didn’t know how to respond at the moment, merely turning her head to look at Wang Jixuan’s agile figure rising into the air in the screen.

"What does the senior think?"

"This kid is obsessed."

"No, it’s not just obsession."

Mu Dan softly said:

"It’s an ideal, an unfinished dream, a shore he once gambled everything to attempt to touch, and now we suddenly tell him that becoming immortal may be a necessary step before the Infinite Tribulation arrives, that would be too cruel for him."

Senior Bai Gu sighed: "You know... he will understand..."

"Why should he understand? Why should he be made to sacrifice?"

Mu Dan looked at Senior Bai Gu and said quietly:

"If there’s going to be any disaster afterwards, it has no direct connection to us. If someone must be sacrificed, I hope it’s me rather than my master.

"Sir, you should have experienced a mental state where you would give up everything for a specific goal.

"Please don’t stop my master.

"Unless you also wish to stand against me."

Senior Bai Gu laughed awkwardly: "I’m no match for you... alright then, since this is your choice, I respect it. I’ll take Wang Zheng to the Immortal Realm, and then follow after you, to see what kind of storm he can stir up."

"His goal is merely to become immortal."

The expression of the Peony Spirit Body returned to its usual gentle demeanor, and she said softly:

"Right now I’m just looking forward to seeing him accomplish that goal, watching him smile with relief, completely relaxing as he lies by a gentle lake shore, feeling the beauty of breathing and existence.

"So no one can stop the master from becoming immortal."

"Actually, I thought the same thing; if you chose to let him live his life peacefully, that would be too boring for me. I’ve already been stirred by the hot-blooded passion he aroused... although just a little."

Senior Bai Gu made a gesture of invitation:

"Go back.

"Prepare for the impact.

"The inner Heavenly Dao is divided, at least into three consciousnesses; the Dark Sect Heavenly Dao reached an agreement with you, but the Heavenly Net Heavenly Dao sent that Heavenly Immortal, and subsequently is the counterattack from the Heavenly Dao Body.

"This counterattack is a reflex to maintain spatial-temporal stability.

"Although I’ve seen many scenes, I cannot directly act, and can only subtly give Wang Zheng a pull while you should best hide within Wang Zheng’s subspace, don’t go out, the more exposure, the harder your situation afterward, this entity..."

Senior Bai Gu pointed at the cloud mist representing the Heavenly Dao Body.

"It is the true Heavenly Dao, without emotion or preference, and will only maintain order."

Mu Dan nodded and murmured: "Will there be many enemies?"

"I only saw some figures, the Power of Heaven is too dense, it doesn’t allow for peeking at this node."

Senior Bai Gu said solemnly:

"Previously I didn’t take the Heavenly Dao into account because I only sensed the Dark Sect Heavenly Dao and Tianluo’s Heavenly Dao, but these two Heavenly Daos are consciousnesses split from the true Heavenly Dao; the true Heavenly Dao is now not something a Daluo Golden Immortal can overlook."

"You must remember, don’t come out, I’ll act if necessary.

"Whether or not you can smoothly bring him to the Immortal Realm is crucial for afterward... including the stability of the present world."

Mu Dan nodded lightly.

Senior Bai Gu snapped his fingers.

Snap!

Mu Dan’s Spiritual Body instantly returned to the mechanical body, and the screen’s scene returned to normal, Wang Jixuan thrusting the Moonlight Sword into the mouth of the Thunder Dragon, charging into the Tribulation Cloud.

Heaven’s might is grand, it can’t quell the boundless heart of cultivation.

The Heavenly Tribulation billows, it can’t resist the creatures’ longing for eternal life.

Going against heaven, counterattacking the Heavenly Tribulation!

In the Tribulation Cloud, a domineering and fierce Sword Intent burst forth, the Tribulation Cloud seemed to be torn from within, and more formidable thunder aggressively gathered at the center of the cloud.

Wang Jixuan’s silhouette was almost completely penetrated by the Thunder Light.

What came from his mouth was a shout, not a scream.

He was declaring war against heaven, protesting against its injustice.

The Thunder Light surged!

Although Mu Dan knew Wang Jixuan was almost certain to succeed, she was still somewhat nervous watching it all.

Xiao Na, Gao Huating, Zheng Shiduo, Mao Mo, and the recently returned Red Snake were all watching the scene displayed on the big screen.

They saw the silhouette within the clouds, heard Wang Jixuan’s shout.

The Thunder Light suddenly stopped, then the entire Tribulation Cloud collapsed inwardly, threads of lightning woven into a sphere, shattering Heavenly Fire and pushing back Gang Wind, crashing without a blind spot onto Wang Jixuan’s Dao Body.

The Daoist robe shattered, long hair burned;

Wang Jixuan was covered with a layer of charred black, which swiftly broke and cracked, within it new flesh and skin frantically grew out.

This process repeated with the Heavenly Thunder’s strikes.

The pain here was indescribable.

And Wang Jixuan’s Primordial Spirit and Dao Body were simultaneously suffering from the hammering of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Xiao Na tightly clenched her fists, her eyes showed traces of tears.

Gao Huating lightly exhaled, closed her eyes, and began to hum songs; these songs couldn’t reach Wang Jixuan, but could relieve some pressure from those hiding in the portable subspace.

At this moment, every second felt so long.

Finally...

"Passed!" Mao Mo shouted with clenched fists, "Passed!"

Almost as soon as he shouted, the sphere of condensed lightning suddenly exploded, and a shockwave full of vitality rippled through the world, restoring life to the mountains devastated by Heavenly Thunder and Heavenly Fire.

Wang Jixuan fell from the sky, stabilizing after only a dozen meters.

He lightly shook his body, and the powdery dust scattered away; dense long hair regrew atop his head, and his Storage Magical Treasure was undamaged; he quickly pulled out a robe and pants to put on, couldn’t help but grin as he dressed.

Crossing the Heavenly Tribulation for the second time.

Yet he knew it wouldn’t be so easy for heaven to let him go; there must be Heavenly Punishment, and certainly more troublesome than what he faced in the second life.

Here it comes?

Wang Jixuan looked up to see a Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud appear in the sky, identical to his memory of crossing the tribulation in the second life.

A top the Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud was the Immortal Gate, connecting to the Immortal Realm’s Guiding Platform, also the path of escape for him today.

But before stepping onto this Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud...

Three dark clouds formed from the void and floated over, reaching above Wang Jixuan in a flash, stacked into a tower shape.

Three Heavenly Punishments?

Wang Jixuan dared not be careless, inhaling with Primordial Spirit, instantly gaining hundreds of strands of Immortal Spirit Qi, while his Dao Body also began transforming into Immortal Body.

Let the Heavenly Punishment come even fiercer!

Hmm? Something’s off.

Quasi-Immortal·Wang Jixuan slightly frowned, instinctively glancing toward the horizon.

There, a fourth dark cloud appeared, and atop this cloud a rapidly rotating vortex formed, more than 120 figures flying out from it, with the leader, scattered hair and eyes full of hatred, being...

Zhi Lan Immortal!?

Grass, it’s a type of plant.

Heavenly Dao, you play dirty!