Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 241 Heaven and Earth Lose to the Strong

Before the silent Gate of Ascension, strange currents surged, and in its deepest part, a malignant tumor, resembling a heart, was growing continuously, like the source of all corruption.

It was formed from the convergence of the five elements of decay, and was born with a peculiar consciousness. After its first utterance, it has been chattering incessantly.

Qi Zhe had tried to communicate with it, but soon discovered that it was not a simple malignant tumor, but rather contained a peculiar consciousness.

"Are you still not giving up? You have already lost." Qi Zhe's spirit sat cross-legged in front of the door, staring solemnly into the boundless darkness.

Upon hearing this, the voice from the darkness roared in the next moment, hysterically shouting, "I have not been defeated! Even if another three thousand epochs come, I will not perish!"

This malignant tumor has an extraordinary origin; it was once the source of the five signs of decay in the world of immortality, causing the gate to constantly spew out putrid fumes.

The three thousand eras of the immortal world were all destroyed by the five signs of decay. In terms of origin, this malignant tumor was even greater than that of the kings, and was unimaginably ancient.

It is an entity that has been causing trouble since the first creation of the world, deep within the Gate of Immortality, and was only truly taken out in the third thousandth era.

The Immortal King of Creation once possessed extraordinary magical powers, allowing him to enter the Gate of Immortality, but even he could not retrieve it; he could only take its consciousness with him.

Unfortunately, Fang Han returned in his reincarnation and settled everything. All the kings and the malignant tumors were eliminated by him and buried under the gate of immortality.

The original tumor has long since turned to ashes, while this new tumor is merely a re-emergence of the five decaying energies, far inferior to the original.

The consciousness of this malignant tumor is even more problematic. Qi Zhe speculates that it is an aggregation of the tumor's true self and Hua Tiandu's remnant consciousness, and no one knows which one it actually belongs to.

Qi Zhe remained silent for a long time after hearing this. He didn't want to touch this cancer for the time being, but letting it keep raging wasn't a solution either.

"It is not you that is immortal, but the gate to eternal life." Qi Zhe murmured, and then began to use his methods, with a strange mark floating deep within his soul.

Then, beams of special divine light shot out from Qi Zhe's soul, carrying the strange aura of the Gate of Immortality and permeating the dark space.

"Chucky!"

Qi Zhe activated the mark of the Gate of Immortality, and rays of divine light stirred up the boundless Qi of Decay, like chains lashing at the malignant tumor.

"Awooo!" The tumor roared like a wounded beast in the darkness, its surging anger driving it to madness.

"You just wait!" the enraged cancer cursed wildly, vowing to make Qi Zhe pay in the future.

But Qi Zhe became increasingly ruthless when he took action, continuing to lash out at the malignant tumor while meditating with his eyes closed, showing extreme coldness and ruthlessness.

In the dark space, only the roar of the tumor accompanied Qi Zhe. The five decaying energies could not even reach the vicinity of the Ascension Gate, creating a vacuum zone.

"Everything in the universe has its end, regardless of whether it contains malignant tumors."

During his seclusion, Qi Zhe pondered the coming and going of heaven and earth, knowing that everything is destined to perish from the moment it is born.

A cultivator's entire life is dedicated to breaking free from extinction through cultivation. They defy the most fundamental rules of heaven and earth, hoping to achieve immortality.

However, very few people can achieve this. No matter how you look at it, becoming an immortal is not something that can be easily accomplished; if it were too easy, it would be illusory.

"The way of man is to take from those who have less and give to those who have more." Qi Zhe thought of many things and knew that immortals were born from the great medicine of heaven and earth and were inseparable from the rise and fall of a world.

Since the chaotic ancient times, becoming an immortal has become a legend in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. It is not that entering the immortal realm makes one an immortal, but that one becomes an immortal by being ageless and immortal.

Some have said that the environment has changed so much that no one can become an immortal, but the deeper reason is that resources have become scarce, and becoming an immortal has already harmed the world.

A single breath from an emperor can absorb most of the essence of the nine heavens and ten earths. Even more extreme examples include the Battle Saint Emperor who failed to transform into a Battle Immortal, thus accelerating the decline of the Dharma era. All of this demonstrates that the more powerful a cultivator is, the more damage they will cause to the heavens and earth, to the point that the heavens and earth must send down heavenly tribulations to obstruct the path and prematurely eliminate extraordinary cultivators.

But Qi Zhe had some realization. He knew that this world could never defeat the strongest. Although the hope of immortality was locked away, some people still became immortals.

"Heaven and earth lost to the strong."

From now on, Qi Zhe also plans to contend with the heavens, to make the universe no longer able to restrict him, and to become a true supreme powerhouse.

The sun sets behind Qishifu, casting its rays upon the mountains and rivers. The rushing rivers meander for thousands of miles, and the mountains are shrouded in mist, making it seem like a land where dragons and tigers leap.

Qi Zhe sat cross-legged on the cliff, meditating on the Dao, without moving for a long time, and it was unknown how many days he had been in seclusion.

The old manor lord was not far from Qi Zhe. Looking at the fallen leaves gradually accumulating on Qi Zhe's body, he couldn't help but feel melancholy, thinking that Qi Zhe was very different.

During his cultivation, Qi Zhe almost became one with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, constantly provoking the Great Dao, and thus developed a hint of saintly aura.

"It's truly amazing that someone with a mortal body can exhibit such a phenomenon. Even a Dao embryo might not be able to achieve this." The old manor lord was full of doubt.

As Qi Zhe entered a meditative state, his aura began to rise and fall like the tide, as if a deity were breathing.

It must be said that this scene was quite extraordinary. Even the old manor master felt that Qi Zhe's future was limitless, and he had the potential to rule the world.

While Qi Zhe was in seclusion, Ye Fan emerged two months later and began to stir up trouble, making the entire Beidou region lively.

As soon as he emerged from the mountain, he underwent tribulation at the entrance of the Yin-Yang Sect in Zhongzhou, directly destroying most of the Yin-Yang Divine City, and then drifted away.

But that's not all. He also went to the various forces that had been looking for him and began to train their talented members to undergo tribulations.

"This is outrageous. Qi Juejing is gone and now Ye Fan has appeared. His Nine Transformations of the Dragon surpasses many geniuses. Is this considered a latecomer surpassing the old?"

Many cultivators from the Eastern Wilderness found this absurd, discovering that Ye Fan's cultivation speed was also very fast, definitely second only to Qi Zhe.

This amazed many people, who felt that Ye Fan had displayed the former glory of the Ancient Sacred Body and was expected to achieve great success in this lifetime.

Many people find Qi Zhe's abilities outrageous, knowing that he has only been cultivating in the Yao Guang Holy Land for a little over six years, yet he is already a powerful figure.

At that time, he was only at the Divine Bridge Realm and had only cultivated for a little over two years. In a total of eight years, he became a great power, which was extremely rare even in the ancient era.

"If he hadn't died young, he might have suppressed the Big Dipper together with the Holy Body." Many ancient clans were troubled, feeling that this life was going to be difficult.

Many ancient clans claimed they were not afraid of the Holy Body or the human prodigies, but secretly they were more worried than anyone else, simply because Qi Zhe had earned his reputation through battle and had swept away too many people.

However, none of this hinders Qi Zhe's cultivation. Currently, no one can disturb him; perhaps only Duan De knows that he is in the Qishi Mansion.

Cultivation is a long process. Qi Zhe stood on the fourth small step of the second immortal realm, climbing forward step by step, but his speed was not as fast as before.

He was silently calculating the time needed for his cultivation, knowing that it would be good if he could take a small step forward in half a year, and each subsequent step would be more difficult than the last.

But this couldn't stop him. In just about half a year, Qi Zhe broke through again. This time, he rushed out of the Big Dipper and descended into the outer realm, triggering a heavenly tribulation in the starry sky.

"Boom!" Thunder appeared in the starry sky and surrounded Qi Zhe.

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