by Dragon King
However, a trace of joy was mingled in her scolding tone.
“Grandma!”
Xie Yujia raised her head and cried out happily.
Hum…
A golden note came from the sky and swept up Hao Ren and Xie Yujia.
The Godly Cloud Dao cultivators saw a golden flash, and then Hao Ren and Xie Yujia vanished.
Transforming nature with dharma notes!
The Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were so shocked that they were at a loss for words.
After the current Dao Master took over Godly Cloud Dao, the first thing that he did was to bring his mother onto Eighth Heaven from the mortal world to attend his inauguration ceremony!
After that, Qingfeng Hermit declared that she would cultivate in seclusion since she wanted to stay out of the regular operation of Godly Cloud Dao.
However, Qingfeng Hermit had come out from her seclusion for a young girl!
Ding!
A golden light appeared in the clouds above the headquarters of Godly Cloud Dao, and then Xie Yujia and Hao Ren found themselves in a courtyard.
Rubbing her eyes, Xie Yujia caught Hao Ren by her side to regain her balance and then finally saw Old Grandma whom she had missed so much!
“Grandma!” Looking at Old Grandma emotionally, Xie Yujia couldn’t control the tears in her eyes.
In the past, she had taken care of this ‘mute’ grandma, but Old Grandma took care of her later on.
However, instead of coming to her rescue in person, Old Grandma had just shown her hand from Eighth Heaven, which meant that Xie Yujia hadn’t seen Old Grandma for a long time.
“Silly girl, why are you crying? Did this boy bully you?” Grandma asked.
“No! No…” Hearing her words, Xie Yujia immediately shook her head and dried the tears.
“Well, you’ve reached the Core Formation Realm. With your talent, it is good progress.” Qingfeng Hermit nodded at Xie Yujia in satisfaction and said.
“I… I’m too dull and only reached the Core Formation Realm.” Xie Yujia lowered her head slightly and replied bashfully.
She was emotional when she saw Qingfeng Hermit again on Eighth Heaven and found it hard to organize her words.
“I already told you that your talent is poor and can’t gain a fast cultivation speed.” Qingfeng Hermit looked at Xie Yujia like a genial elder and said, “You took the risk and came to see me on Eighth Heaven. What happened?”
They were standing in an open courtyard. Qingfeng Hermit had been cultivating in seclusion here instead of a cave abode as Hao Ren had expected.
“Grandma… Hao Ren’s grandma was injured.” Xie Yujia furrowed her eyebrows. Due to her anxiety, her words were incoherent.
Standing beside Xie Yujia, Hao Ren let Xie Yujia tell the whole story, knowing that Qingfeng Hermit was closer to her.
After calming herself down, Xie Yujia finally told the entire incident to Qingfeng Hermit.
Hearing Xie Yujia’s words, Qingfeng Hermit learned that Hao Ren had to go to the Heavenly Realm to see the Queen Mother of the West, and her face turned grim instantly.
“Since Hao Ren wants to fight for his grandma, I can’t stop him. Here’s the plan: Yujia, you can stay with me here for a couple of days, and I’ll take the opportunity to teach you some of the improvements that I made to the Life-Death Notes during this seclusion cultivation.”
“But…” Xie Yujia looked at Qingfeng Hermit anxiously.
“Do you think that you can go to the Heavenly Realm and come back in one day? One day in the Heavenly Realm is one year on land. Even if Hao Ren can get the Immortal Elixir, it will take him several days,” Qingfeng Hermit said with a serious expression.
“Ok…” Xie Yujia had to listen to Qingfeng Hermit despite the anxiety inside her.
She didn’t know that Qingfeng Hermit had used an excuse to keep her. In Qingfeng Hermit’s mind, this silly girl didn’t have to take the risk with Hao Ren.
No cultivator had ever tried to go to the Heavenly Realm and beg for the Immortal Elixir. Qingfeng Hermit wouldn’t help him if not for Xie Yujia’s begging. Also, she was a bit moved by Hao Ren’s love for his grandma.
“Since you have Zhen Yuan Immortal’s Penglai Immortal Token, I think the cultivators in the Heavenly Realm probably won’t make it difficult for you. However, you must remember that you can’t force your will on them and must retreat when you know it’s impossible to make progress,” Qingfeng Hermit said.
“Ok!” Hao Ren nodded.
In fact, he had planned to leave Xie Yujia with Qingfeng Hermit and go to the Heavenly Realm alone to see the Queen Mother of the West, so Xie Yujia wouldn’t be involved in any dangers that might arise in the process.
“Your Penglai Immortal Token is a pass to all the holy places in the world. Since you’re Zhen Yuan Immortal’s brother, you can be counted as half a true immortal. I’ll send you to the Heavenly Realm, and everything else will depend on your luck.”
With her words, a black and white light rose up and supported Hao Ren and Xie Yujia.
Being brought up into the high sky, Hao Ren finally got a bird’s view of the Godly Cloud Dao’s headquarters which consisted of many palaces and pavilions that were hovering in the air!
There were no paths between the palaces and pavilions, and the cultivators in Taoist robes were traveling between them on dharma treasures!
It looked like a futuristic city in science fiction novels where the buildings were floating in the air, and all kinds of flying cars traveled between the buildings!
However, this was a cultivation world!
This cultivation kingdom was above the mortal kingdom!
Dharma treasure shops, dharma notes stores, elixir pill workshops, all kinds of training fields… It was a complete system!
Without the competition of sects, Godly Cloud Dao that controlled the entire Eighth Heaven was an independent society!
“You don’t have to look; you don’t belong here.” Qingfeng Hermit caught Hao Ren’s back with one note while gently holding Xie Yujia’s hand, bringing them up to a mountain peak high in the clouds.
Hao Ren felt the chilly winds blowing around them, estimating that this mountain peak was at least as high as the Heaven-Reaching Tower in the Nine Dragon Palace.
However, with Qingfeng Hermit’s speed, they reached the top of this mountain in the blink of an eye.
There was only a small circular platform with a diameter of about one meter!
“This is the Immortal-Ascending Platform. The cultivators on Eighth Heaven must come here to pass the Heavenly Tribulation if they want to ascend,” Qingfeng Hermit said while she loosened the note and pushed Hao Ren gently to the center of the circular platform.
Hao Ren wanted to say something to Xie Yujia, but Qingfeng Hermit lifted her hand and shot out 16 dharma notes instantly.
“Go!”
Hao Ren’s Penglai Immortal Token flew out from his necklace automatically, and a silver light flashed on it under the activation of the 16 dharma notes.
“You must go through Ninth Heaven which is also commonly called Ninth Cloud before you reach the Heavenly Realm. If you’re not lucky and fall into the misty void, even I can’t help you,” Qingfeng Hermit said while shooting out golden and silver dharma notes.
“Hao Ren… Grandma!”
Hearing her words, Xie Yujia became worried and yelled Hao Ren’s name before turning her head to Qingfeng Hermit anxiously.
However, while Xie Yujia was still hesitating, Hao Ren had flown up with Qingfeng Hermit’s dharma notes and rushed into the white clouds as a light beam.
“Grandma!” Seeing Hao Ren disappearing into the clouds instantly, Xie Yujia stomped her feet in agitation, and her long and slim eyebrows furrowed.
“Silly girl, I’m only teasing you. This kid has the Penglai Immortal Token, and the immortals who are responsible for the reception will go easy on him,” Qingfeng Hermit said with a smile while tapping on Xie Yujia’s forehead lightly.
&nbs
p; She looked up at the white clouds and held back the rest of her sentence. Although Hao Ren wouldn’t fall into the void, the Heavenly Realm still would knock him down if they didn’t want him to go up there.
Swoosh…
With the Penglai Immortal Token in his hand, Hao Ren traveled through the vast Ninth Heaven under the support of the dozen dharma notes shot by Qingfeng Hermit.
These notes lit up Hao Ren’s surrounding like stars.
There was only Ninth Heaven between Eighth Heaven and the Heavenly Realm, but it was impossible to pass for most of the cultivators.
All the heavenly lightning bolts during the Heavenly Tribulation for human cultivators, demon cultivators, and dragon cultivators were shot down from the Ninth Cloud!
If not for the Penglai Immortal Token in his hand, Hao Ren would have triggered many lightning bolts from the void, and they would kill him!
When Hao Ren finally saw a trace of white light ahead of him, about a dozen heavenly lightning bolts suddenly appeared and tried to beat him back!
He wasn’t allowed to ascend!
Supported by the ascending force of Qingfeng Hermit’s dharma notes, Hao Ren felt as if he were in a boat that he couldn’t control.
Just as he was about to slide back down to Eighth Heaven, a golden heavenly dragon suddenly appeared and pushed up Hao Ren!
773 Won’t Save Mortals??
Hao Ren was about to be knocked down by the fierce energy when a powerful force pushed him past the heavenly lightning bolts.
He came into a bright world!
In the misty white world, exquisite jade buildings appeared vaguely in a distant.
Standing on the golden dragon, Hao Ren soared beyond Ninth Heaven and charged into the Heavenly Realm!
A magnificent white heavenly gate appeared before Hao Ren!
The two golden-armored guards at the gate couldn’t block Hao Ren! The heavenly dragon dashed through the gate with Hao Ren!
“Su Rui! How dare you break into the Heavenly Realm!”
A giant golden-armored god suddenly appeared in front of them and roared.
The earth-shaking voice almost shattered Hao Ren’s eardrums, sweeping Hao Ren off the back of the golden dragon.
In a wave of golden lights, the heavenly dragon which was tens of thousands of meters long turned into a woman in white.
Ignoring the giant golden-armored god, she leaped up lightly and flew to the distance.
Hao Ren looked back at her and confirmed his suspicion that she was the Heavenly Dragon cultivator who had stayed with Su Han. It seemed that she had come to his aid.
If he hadn’t been supported by her who could soar beyond Ninth Cloud, Hao Ren would have been knocked back by the heavenly lightning bolts!
It was clear that this female cultivator also hoped that Hao Ren could get the Immortal Elixir!
Although Hao Ren wasn’t sure, he guessed that she was probably Su Han’s mom and the metal-elemental dragon cultivator who had charged into the Heavenly Dragon Realm hundreds of years ago. If he were right, then Su Han had the bloodline of a heavenly dragon, which explained her super-fast cultivation speed!
Seeing Su Rui leaving, the giant golden-armored god couldn’t catch her. Then, he turned his gaze to Hao Ren and said, “This is the Heavenly Realm, and cultivators who haven’t ascended are not allowed to enter this place!”
Hao Ren had heard from Premier Xia that the so-called Heavenly Realm was also known as the Above Realm, and the people living here were called gods and immortals but were not real gods and immortals.
This place was where a group of powerful cultivators lived. It was like Eighth Heaven to Seventh Heaven and the inner sea to the outer sea of the Demon Sea.
These cultivators could live forever and called themselves immortals. However, they didn’t care about the mortal world, even doing less for the mortals than the dragon cultivators.
Their main responsibility was to keep the Heavenly Dao in operation. Anything beyond that wasn’t important enough to affect their life and cultivation, so they didn’t care.
At this thought, Hao Ren was less afraid of them. He replied to this giant golden-armored god in front of him, “I want to see the Queen Mother of the West for the Immortal Elixir!”
“You’re not qualified to see the Saint Mother!” The giant golden-armored god glared at him and shouted, “The Immortal Elixir isn’t something that you can have! A tiny cultivator like you dares to trespass the Heavenly Realm just because you know a heavenly dragon!?”
Seeing Hao Ren still standing there without showing any respect, this giant golden-armored god got angry and smashed his giant fist toward Hao Ren.
With two sword energies beneath his feet, Hao Ren dodged the fists lightly and then took out the Penglai Immortal Token immediately.
“Please tell the Saint Mother that my grandma is seriously ill, and I need the Immortal Elixir to save her.” Hao Ren leaped up for dozens of meters and flew to the giant golden-armored god.
The giant golden-armored god couldn’t block him, and Hao Ren was surprised that the giant golden-armored god who was guarding the heavenly gate wasn’t as powerful as he had expected.
It seemed that cultivators in the Heavenly Realm had different strengths, and not all of them came up here by ascending. For example, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili had been with the Queen Mother of the West from the beginning instead of ascending.
That Heavenly Dragon cultivator, Su Rui, probably had ignored this giant golden-armored god because she knew that he wasn’t powerful and thus didn’t want to waste her time on him.
“Penglai Immortal Token…” The giant golden-armored god retreated several steps at the sight of the token in Hao Ren’s hand. He suddenly turned into a beam of light and flew toward the jade palaces in the distant clouds.
Standing where he was, Hao Ren knew that this giant golden-armored god had gone to deliver the message. Hao Ren had no choice but to wait despite his impatience.
He had rarely begged for favors from people, and it was painful to bet on others.
After about one hour, that giant golden-armored god suddenly flew back.
Hao Ren’s heart was now in his throat.
If the Queen Mother of the West wanted to help, then the giant golden-armored god would bring back an Immortal Elixir!
“The Saint Mother said that she wouldn’t save a mortal’s life!”
The giant golden-armored god said in a booming voice.
This news struck Hao Ren, making him feel cold from his head to toe.
He had put all his hope on this, but it all turned to nothing at others’ causal words. It was a feeling not everyone could understand!
“Why not!”
Hao Ren suddenly roared after a few seconds of silence.
The giant golden-armored god glared at him and replied, “Turn back immediately, and you won’t be punished for trespassing!”
“I want to see the Saint Mother. Or you can help me find Chenxin and Chenyi!” Hao Ren blurted out in panic.
“Chenxin and Chenyi… You even know them? You’re not qualified to see the Palace Masters of the Heavenly Heart Palace!” The giant golden-armored god said while he whipped his hand toward Hao Ren.
He had delivered Hao Ren’s message to the Heavenly Heart Palace where the Saint Mother lived, and he got the reply from the Queen Mother of the West that she wouldn’t save a mortal’s life, which meant that he must send away this ‘visitor’.
However, Hao Ren wasn’t willing to return empty-handed.
He had received the cold and merciless refusal without seeing the Queen Mother of the West or even Lu Linlin and Lu Lili. Thinking of Grandma and Su Han who had only two weeks to live, he knew that he couldn’t return like this!
“Break!”
Hao Ren’s sword energy dashed out of his palm.
When his palm blocked the fist of the giant golden-armored god, it instantly broke the latter’s arm!
The giant golden-armored god dropped to the grou
nd, and he immediately turned into a brawny man about six feet tall. He had used a technique to turn himself into a bigger size to frighten the cultivators new to the Heavenly Realm!
Since Hao Ren had defeated this giant golden-armored god with one attack, it showed that some of the cultivators in the Heavenly Realm were weak!
Remembering the legends about the super powerful cultivators in the Heavenly Realm, Hao Ren burned in rage and wanted to see how powerful they really were!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Four cultivators flew over with long spears, and Hao Ren unleashed his full strength and broke the four long spears at the same time!
Then, the four sword energies hit the four cultivators on the chests and forced them back more than 100 meters!
If his grandma were dying of natural causes, Hao Ren wouldn’t have come to beg for the Immortal Elixir. However, since she had blocked the attack from the devil dragon, Grandma was tortured by pains that shouldn’t be felt by mortals!
Besides, Su Han had been attacked by Taiyi Cave Master from the back while she was going through her Heavenly Tribulation. She was dying, and even her mother, a heavenly dragon, couldn’t save her!
If the Heavenly Dao was in control of everything, then what was it doing when Taiyi Cave Master turned into a devil dragon and caused so many disasters?!
The more Hao Ren thought, the angrier he got. He swung his fist and shattered the heavenly gate which was made of white jade!
“Enough!”
An angry shout came from the distant.
A green light shot over from a distance, and Hao Ren reached out to block it. However, the green light was faster and hit on his chest forcefully.
Feeling a surge of sweet blood gushing up his throat, Hao Ren found that the meridians in his body were instantly messed up, and even the mystic crystal in his chest was almost shattered into pieces.
If the golden shield which had changed into the form of a button didn’t block this attack for him, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
“Immortal Physique! Those two girls even helped you obtain the Immortal Physique?!”
The voice from the distant turned even angrier.
“Do you think that I don’t dare to kill you?”