Chapter 1 Start

The three Sect Leaders' primordial spirits flew into the earth realm and arrived at the Maoshan Nine Heavens Palace. The many Sect Leaders present were discussing important matters when they suddenly saw that these three fellows who had gone out to drive people away had lost their physical bodies and returned with their primordial spirits. They were all greatly shocked!

The little Daoist boy was expressionless: "I knew just now that they would end up like this. I can't see through the other party's strength. They went out rashly and were bound to suffer."

The three Sect Leaders, hearing the little Daoist boy's words, immediately blushed and sighed incessantly.

Someone flicked their horsetail whisk and questioned, "What's going on? Weren't you going to drive them away? How did you end up like this?"

The Eighth Sect Leader sighed heavily. Even in primordial spirit form, his facial expressions could be clearly seen. At this moment, he hesitated, ashamed, and kowtowed his primordial spirit on the ground:

"I am incompetent, my skills are inferior! I have disgraced the name of Shangqing Maoshan!"

The Tenth and Fifteenth Sect Leaders also had unsightly expressions. They looked at the one in the most central seat:

"Reporting to the Mountain Lord, a fierce Daoist has come outside the gate..."

After saying that, he recounted what had happened earlier in detail, causing an uproar within the Nine Heavens Palace. Naturally, everyone focused on different aspects.

"A government dog, wanting our Maoshan formation, is this something that can be given just because they ask? It's outrageous!"

"Wu Baoyi transforming into an Yin spirit and exterminating the Xuanmiao Temple? Nonsense! How could an immortal lower their status and transform into the ghost path?"

"Isn't Xuanmiao Temple part of the Quanzhen Dao? What does their life or death have to do with us?"

"They forced their way in? They didn't... then they're still considered to be following the rules."

"Destroying the physical bodies of our three Sect Leaders under the noses of Maoshan cultivators, is this a master above Refining Spirit?"

"If the three mountains under heaven are looked down upon like this, it will be a laughing stock. I'll go meet them. Eighth, you said the Baolian Lantern can burn his body, which means he's definitely a demonic heretic. I'll capture him..."

The Sect Leaders all talked at once, without a unified opinion. A Sect Leader of the Xiantian realm proposed to go out and meet them, but was ridiculed by other Sect Leaders of the same realm:

"Don't be like Zhan Hua Xiong, going out one by one to die. Do you all think you have Guan Yunchang's courage?"

Someone echoed: "Indeed, the three Sect Leaders of the Huangting realm lost their physical bodies in one move in front of the other party, which means the other party wasn't serious at all from the beginning. Even Xiantian can't do this kind of thing. He can instantly kill Huangting, so he can naturally instantly kill Xiantian. Going is also death. Don't end up not being Guan Yunchang, but becoming Pan Feng who was beheaded by Hua Xiong, that would be laughable."

That Xiantian master immediately stopped talking. He was also thinking about the other party's level in his heart, making judgments, and asked the three Sect Leaders:

"When the other party instantly killed you, were there any signs?"

"Perhaps it's the special cultivation technique."

The Eighth Sect Leader spoke at this time: "I sealed them with the Baolian Lantern before, but it was taken away by a nine-colored light in his hand, and even my Thunder Dragon disappeared into the light. Later, when the three of us were instantly killed by him, we only suddenly saw a flying sword appear in front of our eyebrows, and then our physical bodies shattered, and we immediately escaped with our primordial spirits in a crisis! That's all the signs."

Unexpectedly, when he said these words, the Maoshan Mountain Lord stirred!

"Ascension!"

The eyes of the Maoshan Mountain Lord, who had been drooping, burst out with intense bright light, as bright as the blazing sun.

The Chunyang realm could illuminate a piece of heaven and earth with just its aura. At this time, he had already refined the sun, mending the sky and bathing in the sun, with 84,000 Yang Gods emerging from his body!

The word "Ascension" was uttered from his mouth, heavier than the three mountains and five peaks. He enunciated clearly. The old man got up, tying his white hair tightly, and was actually going to go out in person!

"Is the Mountain Lord going to take action?"

"Ascension, what does that mean? Impossible."

There is no Ascension in the world, this is common knowledge. The people of Biao Shanhe all take Ascension to become immortal as their highest goal. As long as they can become immortal, even if they see a little threshold, it is a success, it means that this life has not been cultivated in vain.

The Maoshan Mountain Lord slowly said: "The world is very big, and the person most likely to ascend is not me. The appearance of an Ascension powerhouse is a shocking event."

"A divine sword suddenly appeared between the eyebrows, as long as you can see the other party, killing people within a hundred miles is as easy as taking something out of a bag. Turning thoughts into swords, this is the supernatural power of the Ascension realm... I haven't really seen it, I've only seen some descriptions in the records of past predecessors..."

The Chunyang realm is not qualified to see the Azure Heaven Demon Lord, so the power of Ascension is manifested in the Floating Li Illusion Realm, and not in the human world. What the world can see is, at most, a mountain with a brilliant light soaring into the sky, which is the daytime ascension, ascension to immortality.

However, the only three Ascension powerhouses in the world are relatively far away from Maoshan. Zhang Tianshi secretly ascended on Longhu Mountain, Ji Xiang obtained Ascension Daoism on Yuquan Mountain in the Forbidden City, and Qin Nvxiu did not need the Azure Heaven Demon Examination after her revival from a long corpse transformation. Any change in the Ascension is something that the Maoshan Mountain Lord cannot predict.

What he can predict are only four words: There are people beyond people.

Never think that you are invincible in the world. Chunyang also has opponents. There are still people who have means beyond Chunyang under Ascension, either by using secret methods, or by using treasures, or by using bloodlines, or by using powerful divine positions and vows, but these people are not too many, just like the Kaitian Hongsheng Emperor of Changbai Mountain.

The Maoshan Mountain Lord appeared in person. He crossed the earth realm in one step and came to the mortal world dojo.

In the eyes of Ji Xiang and others, an old man with white hair tied up suddenly appeared here.

Just standing here, this person was as dazzling as the sun, and fierce Yang energy spewed out from his body, like a waterfall, spreading in all directions. Just standing here, no Yin demons or ghosts could exist, and they would all be refined by the supreme and huge Yang energy!

"Maoshan Mountain Lord, Shangqing Zhenren, Qiankun Great Immortal!"

Nanyangzi recognized the identity of the Maoshan Mountain Lord at a glance. All Chunyang masters in the human world are respectfully called Great Immortals. After all, they are people who can see the threshold of Ascension, waiting only for the day when their cultivation accumulation is successful, and they will ascend to Lingxiao in broad daylight, and then ascend to immortality.

"What a great momentum."

The Fallen Immortal has now lost his original cultivation. Looking at the other party from his current Earth Immortal level, the gap between the two sides is simply like clouds and mud. As long as the other party moves his fingers, his Earth Immortal level primordial spirit may immediately disappear from the world.

The Maoshan Mountain Lord's eyes looked straight at Ji Xiang. He observed Ji Xiang and could see that the other party only had the cultivation of the Jindan realm, and the physical body was even weaker than weak, only the Three Flowers Gathering on the Top, but the more abnormal it was, the more it showed the other party's strangeness.

"My three disciples have been hit by you and their physical bodies have collapsed. I suspect you are an Ascension powerhouse. I wonder if I can let me see it?"

Ji Xiang was polite: "Are you the Maoshan Mountain Lord? To be honest, I don't want to meet you so rudely."

"I'm here this time..."

The Maoshan Mountain Lord stretched out his hand to stop Ji Xiang: "I know what you're here for, it's simple! I'll get straight to the point, I just want to see your methods. If you are really an Ascension powerhouse, then please come into the mountain for a talk. If you are a Chunyang who has been reincarnated, then you can also be regarded as a figure, and you can come into the mountain for a lecture, but if it is under Chunyang..."

"Then please forgive me for being rude."

The Maoshan Mountain Lord said: "It's not that I, the old Daoist, don't give face to the imperial court, it's just that Maoshan now has important things, and if you want me to open the mountain to welcome foreign guests at this time, then you must have corresponding means, otherwise you can't say for sure when you will die."

Ji Xiang was slightly stunned, his eyes condensed: "These words sound like a threat."

The Maoshan Mountain Lord smiled: "This is a threat! However, it's not Maoshan threatening you, but someone else. Everything will be known when you prove your identity."

"My Maoshan is indeed lacking in means now. If there is a true Ascension, even a Chunyang, to help, the situation will be much better."

Ji Xiang nodded, the other party's words had a hidden meaning, since he was looking for a fight, he would be impolite!

"Okay, since you have to see it to talk, I won't be stingy to let you see it."

After all, Ji Xiang also wanted to try the strength of the Chunyang realm master in preparation for the future duel with the masters of Lishanhe.

The last time he killed the Nuogao Great Yin General, although he was a Chunyang master who reversed his corpse transformation and revived in the Yang world, he had fallen to the Xiantian realm when he came to the human world. At that time, Ji Xiang himself had not yet entered the seventh realm and could not compete with him, so he could only open the Tianmen and kill him instantly.

Ji Xiang exhaled, and at this moment, his mind was already moving.

"Then, catch it!"

As soon as the words fell, in the blink of an eye, a divine sword was already against the Maoshan Mountain Lord's eyes!

Buzz——!

There was only a moment to react when this sword appeared. The divine sword appeared and pointed directly at the head. What the eyes saw was the thought that arose, and life and death were determined by the Ascension!

One of the Maoshan Mountain Lord's eyes disappeared, and half of his head was penetrated. The power was not as terrifying as shaking the sky and the earth, but it could truly kill the masters at the peak of the human world!

That huge bloody hole appeared, and the blood flowing out of the Chunyang realm was actually golden.

The golden blood dripped on the ground, and any living being would benefit greatly from eating it. Ordinary things could directly open their wisdom, and demons could improve their Daoism and cultivation and transform into human form.

"This... good sword! How neat! It's really the supernatural power of the Ascension realm! The divine sword takes shape!"

Half of the Maoshan Mountain Lord's head was penetrated. He did not activate any magic defenses, and his physical body resisted Ji Xiang's blow. Then, in an instant, his flesh and blood were reshaped, and as a golden glow drifted, he gradually recovered completely.

In his heart, he was actually full of excitement and shock, and his breathing was slightly heavy.

Ascension, true Ascension!

The secret of peeking into immortality was right in front of him, and the helper to solve the great trouble was right in front of him. This person was undoubtedly a reincarnated Ascension realm!

The Maoshan Mountain Lord looked at it, his eyes shining with visible light, which was expectation and excitement.

Similarly, the physical body of the Chunyang realm was penetrated by the flying sword, but it did not collapse, only looked like an ordinary injury, and could recover quickly. This level of power made Ji Xiang slightly awe-struck.

"The Chunyang realm is not bad."

Hearing Ji Xiang's praise, the Maoshan Mountain Lord did not dare to be arrogant and quickly said: "I don't know the name of the senior!"

"I am the Maoshan Mountain Lord, Emperor Jiajing added the title of Shangqing Zhenren, Qiankunzi Yang Taihe!"

Ji Xiang said lightly: "Wudang Mountain, Ji Xiang, Emperor Wanli added the title of Zhengyi Daohua Beiji Renwei Grand Master... Beiji Zhenren, the chief of the Daming Daolu Temple."

"I was born during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty."

The Maoshan Mountain Lord was dumbfounded, and his attitude changed drastically: "Ancient immortal! Please come in quickly!"

He personally guided Ji Xiang and others in. Nanyangzi was also shocked when he learned of Ji Xiang's identity, and the Fallen Immortal was even more stunned, and even whispered to Nanyangzi in disbelief:

"He is a Han immortal? How is that possible? Are there still Han immortals alive in the world?"

"Immortals before the Yuan Dynasty do not exist in the world. Are you now telling me that there is a living Han immortal?"

At this time, Feng Menglong remembered what happened in Jinshan Water Mansion and immediately raised his head and puffed out his chest, boasting to the two Fallen Immortals and Loose Immortals:

"I told you a long time ago, Daoist Ji is not a demonic heretic, and there is another Han immortal in the world! That is also Ascension... By the way, what realm is Ascension, it sounds very strong?"

The Fallen Immortal immediately leaned over to inquire about Qin Nvxiu's affairs, and learned that the female immortal in Jinshan Water Mansion had successfully undergone corpse transformation and had a thousand-year dream. Most importantly, that female immortal's era was actually connected to Ji Xiang's.

Naturally, the Maoshan Mountain Lord's ears could hear clearly, and he actually had a bit of yearning on his face at this time.

"The Yellow Turban Rebellion, the immortals underwent corpse transformation to avoid the tribulations of the mortal world. One day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world. During the Han Dynasty, there were not yet too many Daoist traditions..."

The earliest ancestor of the Shangqing Sect was Zixu Yuanjun Wei Huacun, who was also an immortal of the Jin Dynasty. Compared with Ji Xiang, this "Han immortal", he was indeed at the level of a junior.

With Qin Nvxiu's existence endorsing Ji Xiang, the identity of this Han immortal brought great deterrence and convenience.

Ji Xiang even told the Maoshan Mountain Lord that Zhang Tianshi had also ascended.

The Maoshan Mountain Lord's footsteps slowed down, his expression moved, his inner feelings were extremely complicated, unwilling, resentful, sighing, self-deprecating, and finally everything turned into a long sigh.

"Someone will eventually take the first step to open the Great Dao in this world, but it's a pity that it's not my Maoshan... The leader of the Daoist sect is in the three mountains, and the leader of the three mountains is still the Longhu Sect."

"This Zhang Tianshi is my junior, much younger than me, but I have cultivated to this point, and I have never ascended. My talent and aptitude have stopped me here. Chunyang can guarantee a lifetime of peace, but cannot be famous for thousands of years, it's laughable and pitiful."

The Maoshan Mountain Lord led Ji Xiang and others into the Nine Heavens Palace. The three Sect Leaders who had lost their physical bodies saw their Mountain Lord personally leading people in, and they knew the result, and they all looked terrified.

"Impossible... he really is...?"

"There really is an Ascension realm in this world!"

The primordial spirits of the three Sect Leaders were lined up on the side, and Ji Xiang looked at the Eighth Sect Leader: "Your Baolian Lantern, lend it to me for a look."

The Eighth Sect Leader stared, about to speak, but was glanced at by the Mountain Lord, and immediately dared not speak, but could only salute resentfully.

The Mountain Lord invited Ji Xiang to take the seat, and Ji Xiang was not polite. The Mountain Lord sat in the secondary seat, and again got straight to the point:

"To be honest, we don't actually believe in the Wu Baoyi matter, but since the Ascension master has personally come to the door and fought two battles, we have no reason not to believe it."

"As for why my Maoshan is closing the mountain, this matter has to start with a rebellious disciple..."

"That rebellious disciple stole my Maoshan's teaching treasure, the Jade Sword. This sword was obtained by the 26th generation ancestor and passed down later. Legend has it that it was originally a divine object in the tomb of the ancestor Tao Hongjing. Its name comes from the Warring States period. It was once the sword of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. It descended on Lei Ping Mountain. If the sword points to the sky, there will be thunder, lightning, wind and darkness. The name of this sword is—"

"Qingping."