Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 240 Cancer
The wind howled incessantly on the high mountain, and Qi Zhe's words were crystal clear amidst the noise, like a boulder crashing into a lake, making Duan De tremble all over.

He could sense the urgency in Qi Zhe's words, as if something was chasing after him, which was very different from Qi Zhe's usual demeanor.

"Uh, I think you don't need to do this at all." Duan De stared wide-eyed, swallowing hard, looking at Qi Zhe with a puzzled expression.

Upon hearing this, Qi Zhe suddenly smiled and said, "The road may be long, but I'm well prepared."

Qi Zhe had his own plans for the future. If he wanted to be invincible for two hundred years, he had to be able to do what others could not.

He tried many different methods, and although the path he took was fast, it was incredibly solid, as evidenced by the numerous tribulations he faced.

And he has indeed accomplished what many people cannot. In about six years, he has come this far, which is worthy of all the hardships he has gone through.

Qi Zhe was quite encouraged by this thought, while Duan De was speechless upon hearing it, knowing that Qi Zhe no longer needed his intervention.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, a streak of light suddenly flew out from the distant Qishi Mansion, and the next moment a tall figure dressed in a Taoist robe appeared in front of Qi Zhe.

He was wearing an old, gray-white Taoist robe, covered in fallen leaves. If he hadn't been completely harmless, Qi Zhe would have run away.

"Haha, don't panic, buddy!"

Seeing Qi Zhe's wary expression, the man's tall and upright figure instantly hunched over, and he wiped the fallen leaves from his face to reveal his true appearance.

This is an old man, who looks to be over sixty years old. His full head of silver hair is covered with fallen leaves, and his wrinkled face is full of smiles.

"You, you, you!" Duan De stood beside Qi Zhe, his face full of surprise. His intuition told him that the old man in front of him was no ordinary person and was an unparalleled master.

"Senior, are you a master from the Qishi Mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Zhe calmed down slightly and guessed that this person was a reclusive master from the Qishi Mansion, perhaps even the old mansion master.

Although the Central Plains Extraordinary Talents Mansion only opens once every ten thousand years and appears to be deserted, it is actually teeming with experts, many of whom are lying in wait.

There has always been a rumor in Zhongzhou that there is an old master in Qishi Mansion who, although he has been in seclusion for a long time, has not died and is feared by the major powers in Zhongzhou.

And that is indeed the case. The old master of Qishi Mansion was indeed a master, or at least a saint, who could fight against multiple ancestral kings without being defeated.

"Not bad." Seeing Qi Zhe calm down, the old man couldn't help but smile gently and quip:
"If it weren't for Master Duan, I really wouldn't have discovered you, young man."

The old man was indeed the former head of Qishi Mansion. Although he had been sitting cross-legged on the back mountain of Qishi Mansion cultivating, he had always been paying attention to various things in the outside world.

Wang Teng's death a few days ago did not alarm him, but Qi Zhe's arrival today was unexpected, especially after Qi Zhe said he wanted to break out of Beidou.

"Damn it!" Duan De grimaced upon hearing this, not expecting that his little trick had been discovered, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

Qi Zhe was speechless upon hearing this. He hadn't expected that Duan De would be noticed by the experts of Qishi Mansion. He could only ask, "Senior, are you perhaps the old mansion master?"

The old man did not deny it upon hearing this. He nodded and invited Qi Zhe into the Qishi Mansion with a smile, wanting to have a good chat with Qi Zhe.

"The Qishi Mansion has a long history, existing for over two hundred thousand years. Countless people have left from it throughout history, a number that is impossible to count."

"Moreover, this path is far too dangerous. Only a handful of people from each era can return, and even those as powerful as the Great Accomplishment Holy Body have perished."

Behind Qishi Mansion was a low mountain peak, with a mighty river flowing westward below. Qi Zhe sat cross-legged on the cliff, listening to the old mansion lord's story. However, he already knew all of this, and the old mansion lord was somewhat puzzled by the lack of any action taken upon hearing it.

But Duan De's face was full of longing upon hearing this, and he immediately said, "I see. If I, Daoist Master, were to set foot in the starry sky, I would surely be invincible!"

This guy has been restless ever since he arrived here, and now he's acting even more silly, making the old master of Qishi Mansion look impatient.

"You fat boy, you'd better go to the side!" The old manor master was no longer going to give Duan De any face. He rolled up his sleeves and flicked Duan De away.

Qi Zhe's lips twitched as he looked on, and he could only say, "I understand everything you have said, senior, but I still have one more question, though I don't know if I should ask it?"

The Qishi Mansion is not a betting force; it was originally the guardian of an ancient trial path, and its origin may have been a human emperor.

No prodigy has ever been favored by the Qishi Mansion; it merely provides a platform for prodigies to fight, treating everyone equally regardless of who they are.

But Qi Zhe was quite surprised that the old manor lord had brought him in. He couldn't quite figure out the other party's intentions and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Upon hearing this, the old manor smirked, knowing Qi Zhe's thoughts without even asking, and said with a smile, "Then let me ask you why you wanted to fight your way out of Beidou?"

Qi Zhe fell silent upon hearing this. His goal was too simple: to prove himself, he had to break through the Big Dipper, just as a true dragon had to break through shallow water.

The ancient star of the Big Dipper may be very large, but the various forces are in a state of balance, and a change in one part can affect the whole. At the level of a sage, one cannot act arbitrarily.

Only the vast starry sky can support the prodigies to move forward, and only by encountering prodigies from all over the world can a young supreme being emerge.

"Haha. Since you're determined to break out of Beidou, you naturally have to come to my residence. I just invited you here in advance."

Seeing Qi Zhe's silence, the old manor lord finally gave his answer, saying that Qi Zhe could now choose to stay or leave.

The old trees on the cliff are tall, and the surrounding area is full of lush greenery. Qi Zhe looked around at the scenery behind Qi Shi Mansion after hearing this, and suddenly said, "Actually, this is not bad either."
Cultivation is a gradual process; blindly going into seclusion or engaging in fierce battles is not the right path, and Qi Zhe understands this principle well.

He did not reject the Qishi Mansion, where he could continue his seclusion and enlightenment, and further explore the mysteries of the Gate of Ascension.

Although there were many geniuses in Qishi Mansion, no one knew that Qi Zhe had already gone deep into it and had been lingering there ever since that day.

"Severing the Dao." Reaching Qi Zhe's level of cultivation, reaching the stage of severing the Dao is not too difficult, which made Qi Zhe start to think.

Qi Zhe knew this hurdle was difficult; just two words could trap a powerful being for three thousand years, preventing him from ever getting past it in his entire life, and causing countless people to despair.

The Holy Lord of the Big Dipper can become an unparalleled power in a hundred years, but he can also stagnate for more than two thousand nine hundred years, taking a step but unable to fall back down.

The reason is that the ancient scriptures do not contain the method for severing the Dao, and even the inheritance of the Great Emperors cannot help people sever the Dao. In fact, some Great Emperors themselves were almost stumped by it.

“Slay him, slay me, slay the Great Dao, but is this feasible?” Qi Zhe muttered, pondering some of the methods people believed in, and was speechless for a moment.

"Alas!" With a sigh, Qi Zhe's soul returned to the Gate of Ascension, where he sat cross-legged and began to silently comprehend and cultivate.

"Boom!"

During this time, the Gate of Ascension roared incessantly, and the scene behind the gate kept changing, sometimes blurry and sometimes clear.

As Qi Zhe was cultivating, the air currents in the darkness in front of the door churned, as if a heart were beating, and inexplicable whispers echoed continuously:
"Let me go, and what difficulty would there be in helping you become an immortal!"

Going too far
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