My talent is 1.

As the darkness gradually dissipated, a dark purple Dao flower appeared before everyone's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the flower dimmed, shrinking into a single point of light, which slowly formed a human figure.

As Zhong Wuyai's primordial spirit gradually recovered, he immediately began using the Book of Changes to repair his primordial spirit and reshape his physical body...

Lu Zifan breathed a sigh of relief. Zhong Wuyai was still alive, so there was hope.

Guan Xiangzi looked at Zhong Wuyai with a complicated expression.

Ultimately, he brought Zhong Wuyai here, and he probably can't escape this cause and effect.

When the Dao Flower of the Loose Immortal bears its Dao Fruit in the ninth tribulation, and the Heavenly Dao settles its accounts, will I be able to withstand it?

Just as Zhong Wuyai was recovering little by little, several figures appeared one after another.

Before, with the Great Emperor around, no one dared to act recklessly. But now that the Great Emperor has left, everyone is jumping out of control.

"Qiang Yu, what are you doing here?"

"Fu Shi, you're meddling a bit too much. The Great Luo Tribulation that has alarmed three Great Emperors—can't I even take a look?"

After finishing speaking, Immortal Venerable Qiangyu addressed the void, saying, "Sujiu, and Jian Shu, you're already here, are you still ashamed to show yourselves?"

Two more figures appeared...

Fu Shi instantly felt the pressure. As fellow Immortal Venerables, their strengths were roughly equal, although Su Jiu was the strongest. However, all Immortal Venerables had their own trump cards, and no one dared to say that they could absolutely defeat the other.

However, with several burdens around, Fushi is clearly the weakest party.

"Qiang Yu, your Xianle Sect has always been aloof from worldly affairs. Jian Shu and Hong Fu Valley have always been paired up. Does Hu Yao not want you anymore? And Su Jiu, the Tai Chu Sect doesn't operate like this!"

Qiang Yu didn't speak, but Jian Shu's expression was off: "Fu Shi, this is not something you should be worrying about."

Hearing the words of the Immortal Venerable of the Floating World, Lu Zifan forced himself to raise his head: "The Primordial Beginning Sect?"

All eyes immediately focused on Lu Zifan...

"Um, my name is Lu Zifan, I'm a disciple of the Taichu Sect, and I just ascended not long ago!"

The group looked at Su Jiu at the same time, then at Lu Zifan, their faces full of confusion.

Immortal Venerable Fushi looked at Guan Xiangzi. Although he didn't speak, his expression seemed to ask, "Weren't these two boys yours? How come they're from the Taichu Sect?"

Lu Zifan then pointed to Zhong Wuyai: "That one, him too. By the way, before we ascended, there was someone named Yan Wu who ascended first. He knows about it."

The other immortals were now somewhat convinced; they didn't even need to calculate, as such matters could be easily ascertained with a simple inquiry.

But the Tai Chu Sect is too lucky. In such a short time, they have ascended one after another. Just how many minor worlds does the Tai Chu Sect rule?

Su Jiu's clone sent a message to his main body, which instantly enveloped the entire Tai Chu Sect: "Who is Yan Wu? Come to the main hall."

Su Jiu looked at Lu Zifan and said, "Since you have ascended, why don't you come to the Taichu Sect?"

Lu Zifan looked innocent: "We wanted to too. We were targeted right after our ascension. We don't know what they wanted. Several Earth Immortals and even a Celestial Immortal surrounded us. If it weren't for Zhong Wuyai knowing Senior Guan Xiangzi and him saving us in time, we would be somewhere right now."

Su Jiu looked at Lu Zifan with some hesitation, after all, he had only ascended to the mid-stage of the Human Immortal realm not long ago.

But after looking at Zhong Wuyai, who was recovering, he felt that Lu Zifan was nothing special, since he was already at the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm.

Qiangyu and Jianshu exchanged a glance, and although they were somewhat unwilling, they could only shake their heads and leave.

The person who is being watched by three great emperors at the same time is no ordinary person, but there must be a reason why none of the three emperors took him away.

The key is that we can't eliminate them, because who knows if the three emperors are secretly watching.

However, Immortal Venerable Fushi transmitted his voice to Guan Xiangzi and Chang Heng, and both of them looked somewhat off. ...

Meanwhile, the immortals of the Taichu Sect, unaware of the situation, all searched for Yan Wu.

"Yan Wu?... We do have a Yan Wu in our Hall of Benevolence, a human immortal who ascended less than a year ago. The Immortal Venerable wants to see him? Impossible!"

"Never mind whether it's possible or not, since the Immortal Venerable has given the order, bring the person to the main hall first."

At Dashu Mountain, Yan Wu, holding a whip, followed behind a local immortal.

"Senior Brother Feng, how many years have you been doing this job?"

"Junior brother, you're new here and don't know many of the rules. The steward has a jade tablet; just take a look with your primordial spirit and you'll understand everything."

"Although this immortal stone mine is not a big industry for our Taichu Sect, the immortal stones it produces each year are enough for more than half of the people's daily needs. There are three more mines like this, and perhaps there are even better ones, but we just don't know about them."

"When I first arrived, I was at the initial stage of Earth Immortal. Only two hundred years have passed, and I'm already at the peak of Earth Immortal. You're over ten thousand years old, and your aptitude and talent are probably as mediocre as mine. This place is actually the most suitable for us."

"To be honest, I am ashamed to say that I have accumulated everything on my own, and I will have to rely on you for guidance in the future."

"Speaking of which, you are quite fortunate to know an elder of the Pill Pavilion."

"Ten thousand years ago, when I first entered the Tai Chu Sect in the lower realm, he was already an elder. I had poor talent and could only do odd jobs in the alchemy room. Over time, Elder Pang Xuan remembered me."

"You're quite something too. You lived for ten thousand years without becoming an immortal. There are very few people in the entire immortal realm who can do that."

"It's just good luck. Countless rare and precious herbs have been used to prolong my life, and I've finally achieved what I have today."

Feng Jie lashed out with his whip at one of them: "What are you dawdling for? Take the pills and hurry up and dig!"

The two were chatting idly when the manager suddenly appeared before them...

"Manager Yang!"

"Yanwu, the Immortal Venerable wishes to see you."

Feng Jie was stunned, and Yan Wu was even more confused.

"The Immortal Venerable wants to see me?... Steward Yang, you can't joke like that!"

Yang Xian himself couldn't understand how a mere Human Immortal could be summoned by the Immortal Venerable. If he didn't know Yan Wu's background, Yang Xian would have thought that Yan Wu was a spy from the Demon Realm.

"Don't ask so many questions, just come with me!"

Yang Xian then took Yan Wu out of the mine and headed towards Yuanchu Mountain.

Yang Xian didn't dare to linger for a moment. The elder had already urged him twice on the way, so he took Yan Wu to the main hall as soon as he returned.

But halfway there, a large hand grabbed Yan Wu and took him away.

Yang Xian bowed tremblingly towards the main hall, not daring to utter a single word.

Who exactly is Yan Wu that the Immortal Venerable is in such a hurry to take action?

Yan Wu had no idea what was going on before he was already in the center of the main hall.

"Don't be afraid, I just want to ask you something...!"

The deep voice entered Yan Wu's primordial spirit directly. Yan Wu was not injured, but the pressure made it difficult for him to speak.

"Do Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan know each other?"

Yan Wu was a little taken aback.

Lu Zifan didn't have much of an impression, but Zhong Wuyai remembered it very clearly. His ascension was entirely thanks to Zhong Wuyai's elixir.

But how did the Immortal Venerable know about Lu Zifan? Could it be that the Immortal Venerable communicated with the lower realm?

Yan Wudao didn't think too much about it and answered directly, "I know him. Zhong Wuyai is a disciple of the Taichu Sect in the lower realm. He became an elder as soon as he entered the sect. His alchemy skills are unparalleled. I was able to ascend because of a ninth-grade pill refined by Zhong Wuyai. He was only at the peak of the Integration Stage, yet he could refine a ninth-grade pill. He was astonishing."

Su Jiu didn't think anything was wrong when she heard this, but she was shocked when Yan Wu said that he was only in the Integration Stage.

Tell me more.

Yan Wu didn't know why the Immortal Venerable was so interested in Zhong Wuyai, and didn't know where to begin, so he simply showed his primordial spirit memories to Immortal Venerable Su Jiu...

Su Jiu's heart was already in turmoil.

When Yan Wu ascended to immortality, Zhong Wuyai was only at the Integration stage. But not long after Yan Wu's ascension, Zhong Wuyai ascended to the Immortal Realm. Not only that, he is now at the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm and is about to break through to the Profound Heaven Immortal realm.

And that unremarkable Lu Zifan was even more incomprehensible to Su Jiu.

Qi Refining Level 1... When Yan Wu ascended to immortality, he was only at Qi Refining Level 1...

Now, they've all become immortals... What kind of monster is this...?

Zhong Wuyai possesses monstrous talent. If he obtains an opportunity in a short period of time, or improves his cultivation level through alchemy and elixirs, ascension is still possible.

But what about Lu Zifan? ...There is a time difference between the lower realm and the immortal realm, but how much?

Even at a ratio of 1:10... is it possible for Lu Zifan to ascend from the first level of Qi Refining to immortality in less than ten years...?

Even if an emperor were to reincarnate, it wouldn't happen this quickly...

"Alright, you can go now!"

On the other side, Zhong Wuyai was still cultivating, while Su Jiu's clone stared intently at Lu Zifan, as if trying to see right through him...

All that could be seen was a pitch-black, chaotic mess of cause and effect, a tangled mess beyond belief...

A demon? ...No, even demons aren't that outrageous...

"Awesome! Hahaha, Immortal Xuantian~!"

Zhong Wuyai laughed loudly, pulling everyone's thoughts back to reality.

"Congratulations, young friend, on reaching the rank of Xuan Tian Immortal at such a young age!"

Chang Heng was very polite, but Bai Yu's expression was somewhat complicated.

He had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, only to be overtaken by a junior in just a few months. Moreover, Zhong Wuyai had survived the Nine Heavens Tribulation, making his future attainment of the Great Luo realm a certainty.

The Immortal Venerable of the Floating World simply smiled and said, "Young friend, you and Guan Xiangzi are old acquaintances. Why don't you come and visit my Dayan Underground Palace? I'll be happy to entertain you!"

Although Su Jiu didn't know what Fu Shi was up to, she knew that these two absolutely could not go to the Dayan Underground Palace and had to be brought back to the Taichu Sect right now.

Especially Lu Zifan, despite his low cultivation level and weak foundation, his cultivation speed is probably unmatched even by some Immortal Emperors.

If the Immortal Venerable of the Floating World knew that Lu Zifan would ascend to immortality in a day, I wonder if he could still resist searching his soul.

"Fu Shi, you don't need to worry about the people of my Tai Chu Sect. Lu Zifan, Zhong Wuyai, come back to the Tai Chu Sect with me. Yan Wu is already waiting for you."

Before Zhong Wuyai could figure out what was going on, Lu Zifan gave him a wink, and Zhong Wuyai stopped talking.

He secretly opened the chat window, and the messages made Zhong Wuyai understand the current situation.

The Immortal Venerable of the Primordial Beginning Sect, the Quasi-Emperor Su Jiu...

A powerful backer has arrived? ...This is great news! To be honest, Guan Xiangzi is afraid of this and that, and Zhong Wuyai is really holding back. If it weren't for his low cultivation level before, he would have left with Lu Zifan long ago.

After all, you know your own karma, and it's best not to involve those who helped you.

Moreover, I almost died during this tribulation. This immortal venerable in front of me is a quasi-emperor, and his understanding of heavenly tribulations is obviously much better.

Perhaps this can help predict the intensity of future Taiyi Calamities and prepare accordingly.

"Greetings, Immortal Venerable!"

Su Jiu was very satisfied with Zhong Wuyai's attitude. After all, he was one of their own, and it wouldn't be good to forcibly take him back.

If such a prodigy harbors resentment towards you, you can't just kill him.

Ignoring everyone else, Immortal Venerable Su Jiu waved his hand and left with Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan.

Immortal Venerable of the Floating World smiled, and Chang Heng and Guan Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief.

These two large Buddha statues have finally found a home.

Apart from Guan Xiangzi, who was somewhat worried about his ninth tribulation, everyone else felt relaxed.

The karmic entanglement between Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan is so vast that even the Immortal Emperor shakes his head in disbelief. One wonders if Immortal Venerable Su Jiu will regret it.

"Alright, let's go back too. Guan Xiangzi, don't overthink it. It's better to sever this karmic ties sooner rather than later."

Guan Xiangzi looked helpless. "I'd like to, but can this cause and effect be severed?"

Yan Wu settled down in Suyuan Garden; he never imagined he would live there one day.

Just a few minutes after leaving the main hall, Su Jiu grabbed him and dragged him to Su Garden, leaving him with only the words, "Find a room to stay in."

Originally, only one person lived in Suyuan Garden: Qin Shu, the personal disciple of Immortal Venerable Sujiu.

Suddenly an old man appeared, and he was even at the early stage of the Human Immortal realm. What's more, he was personally brought by her master. Qin Shu was a little confused and couldn't understand what was going on at all.

Qin Shu was not only Su Jiu's personal disciple, but also an elder of the Sword Pavilion of the Tai Chu Sect, with a cultivation level of mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.

But when Qinshu saw the newcomer Yanwu, she couldn't understand him at all.

He had neither cultivation nor talent; he was just an ordinary person, much like Lu Zifan from the lower realm when he first entered the Taichu Sect.

Yan Wu also experienced what Lu Zifan felt back then... and I must say, it was really not bad... even the simple breathing in Suyuan was a little better than cultivating in the mine.

But soon, two more figures appeared...

Mid-stage Human Immortal? ...A Mysterious Heavenly Immortal? ...What is Master doing?

This Xuan Tian Immortal is fine, he's not old and can be considered a prodigy, but what's the situation with him being in the mid-stage of a human immortal?

His understanding of the Dao of Water surpasses that of ordinary Earth Immortals, but apart from water, he lacks all five elements and his foundation is unstable. He has too much to lose, so why bring him back to Suyuan?

Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan didn't think too much about it. Anyway, since the leader of the Taichu Sect brought them back, the place they stayed would definitely be good.

Turning around, I saw Elder Yanwu: "We meet again!"

"Huh?... Zhong Wuyai, you... you... you ascended to immortality so quickly?... "

When Yan Wu saw Lu Zifan, she opened her mouth but couldn't find the words to say.

At the same time, a voice entered Yan Wu's primordial spirit.

"You are not allowed to mention their affair to anyone."

Yan Wu immediately shut up.

However, his heart was in turmoil, and in an instant he understood why the Immortal Venerable had sought him out and why he had come to Suyuan.

There is only one reason—Lu Zifan.

Perhaps Zhong Wuyai's talent was extraordinary, and his cultivation speed was already quite fast. It's understandable that he ascended to heaven early by relying on elixirs.

But what about Lu Zifan? ...If I remember correctly, the last time I saw him, he was only at the first level of Qi Refining.

It hasn't been long since I came to the Immortal Realm. I've been here for less than a year and I've already become an immortal, and the immortal is even higher than me.

All those tens of thousands of years of cultivation have been wasted on a dog...

"You two know each other?"

"Elder, they are disciples of our Tai Chu Sect in the lower realm."

Qin Shu became interested upon hearing this...

"The lower realm is developing quite well. It hasn't been long, and there are already one ascension after another. However, your expression just now seemed quite surprised, as if you were saying that they shouldn't be here. Or rather, they shouldn't be here at this time."

"This...~!"

Yan Wu was covered in sweat. How could a mere mortal immortal like him withstand the pressure of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal? Even with the pressure of countless seas, he still couldn't breathe.

Qin Shu smiled disdainfully: "Tell me, I'm very curious, why did Master allow a newly ascended immortal like you to live in Suyuan?"

Although Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan didn't understand what was going on, the elder Yan Wu mentioned was incredibly powerful; the two of them couldn't even open their mouths to speak.

However, private messaging still works.

"Who is this woman? The Immortal Venerable brought us back to the Primordial Beginning Sect and sent us straight here. Is he going to torture us?"

"It's not that serious. A dignified quasi-former emperor could just ask us directly. At the level of a quasi-former emperor, we can't even lie."

"That's true, but what does this woman want?"

"Just watch, there's nothing we can do now."...

After Qin Shu suppressed all her imposing aura and pressure, Yan Wu was finally able to speak: "Elder, the Immortal... the Immortal Venerable has ordered... not to speak!"

"Tch... How boring. Master is really something. They've already sent them to Suyuan Garden; they're just a few juniors. Why did he have to keep it from me?"

Qin Shu vanished instantly, and Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan were able to move again.

"Who was that just now?"

"The Sword Pavilion Elder appears to be a disciple of the Immortal Venerable as well."

"Where is this? Immortal Venerable Su Jiu brought us back without explaining anything, and just dumped us here."

"Heh...hehe...I don't know how to explain this to you guys either. I just threw it over here myself."

The three looked at each other in bewilderment...

"Alright, since you're already here, stabilize your cultivation level first, and then we can discuss my path."

Lu Zifan had made many guesses along the way, but he still didn't know how to overcome the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.

Unless, like when facing Tianhui in the lower realm, one directly confronts the Heavenly Dao head-on to the very end...

Can we even manage to pull it off? ...What can we possibly use to pull it off? How much experience from the capital would it take to get up there? ...No matter how you deduce it, it's a guaranteed death sentence...

We can only let Zhong Wuyai think of a way. After all, he went directly from the Earth Immortal realm to the Celestial Immortal realm and then to the Profound Heaven Immortal realm. Let's see what kind of path he can take.

The two randomly found a room and immediately sat down to meditate... of course, not to cultivate, as neither of them dared to cultivate now. Instead, they opened the chat box to discuss their situation.

"Think of a way. Heavenly tribulations are a reckoning of karma. When you undergo your tribulation, will you be able to feel the pull of karma?"

"I can't really explain it, but I can feel the karma within me now, the key is, there's nothing I can do about it!"

"How so?"

"This time, Heaven originally intended to completely eliminate me during my tribulation, but I survived. No matter what happened in the process, I managed to seize a glimmer of hope."

"After that, everything's settled, the accounts should be closed, right?"

"Closing the accounts? ...You're overthinking it. It's just a lot less, but we still have too many debts. We're in a real mess right now, the kind of debt we can't possibly pay off."

"Fuck you, be more specific!"

"The karma is too great. During the next tribulation, either the Heavenly Dao will erase us, or we will have to settle our karma in advance. But that's impossible. Let alone the big ones, even the karma of those small sects that have been destroyed is hard to settle. Not to mention the entire Northern Region and the Western Sea. Don't think too much about it. We can only fight the Heavenly Dao head-on."

"There's no hope. Immortal Venerable Fushi said that you are undergoing the Great Luo Tribulation, and three Immortal Emperors came along the way, but they all left in the end."

"Holy crap...~!"

Zhong Wuyai was taken aback by this turn of events and immediately became dejected.

The Immortal Emperor most likely saw the karma entangled within him...

If even the Celestial Emperor shook his head, then Su Jiu, this quasi-Celestial Emperor, is probably unreliable as well.

As expected, I still have to rely on myself.

"Accumulate experience, just like in the lower realms, you just need to make the Heavenly Dao suffer to the point of being unable to bear it."

"Didn't you understand? The tribulation you're undergoing is only the Great Luo Tribulation, and even that carries a trace of divine wrath. What if the next one is the Emperor Tribulation? Or... something even more terrifying than the Emperor Tribulation... With this little bit of experience, how far can you advance?"

"If a few dozen jing isn't enough, then a few dozen gai, a few hundred gai, and if that's still not enough, then a few hundred zi, a few hundred rang. We can always accumulate enough."

"If only we could collect that many, but this isn't the lower realm. With the equipment we have, can we grind experience like we do in the Western Sea?"

The two of them immediately had a headache. Putting everything else aside, just the current value of the Heavenly Might God's Kill was enough to attract a heavenly tribulation if it were increased by 1.

Now that we've been targeted by Heaven, if we add this to the list, the resulting Heavenly Tribulation might just wipe us out along with it.

"Anyway, the karma is already boundless, so let go of all your inhibitions and kill. I'll try to cripple the Xuan Tian Shang Xian, and I'll beat the Di Xian and Tian Xian half to death before you can deal with them."

"This won't kill many. Putting aside other things, how many Celestial Immortals don't have powerful backers?"

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Can we go to the Demon Realm?"

"Are you sick? Why didn't you think of this earlier? ... If we went to the Demon Realm now, we wouldn't even need those Immortal Venerables and Immortal Emperors. Just that Elder Qin Shu from earlier, one slap and we'd both be gone."

"Then let's think of a way to kill monsters or something."

"Why don't we ask Qinshu?"

"Forget about her, you'd better ask someone else."

The two of them came out of the room, called Yanwu, and went for a stroll around Yuanchu Mountain together.