In six years, Yang Hong had helped the immortal sects cultivate 827 Ninth Tribulation Loose Immortals.
All loose immortals in the immortal sects, except for one left to suppress their foundations, were raised to the Ninth Tribulation.
It was precisely because of the deterrence of these Ninth Tribulation Loose Immortals that the one hundred thousand ninth-tier Mahayana Buddhist cultivators had not dared to enter the Five Directions Domain to trouble Yang Hong.
As for the immortal sects' ninth-tier Mahayana cultivators, with Yang Hong's help, coupled with their own deep dual cultivation, thousands more had been added in these six years.
Of course, Yang Hong had not been idle either.
He required payment for helping immortal sect cultivators improve their cultivation.
What he wanted was not spirit stones, pills, or magical treasures, but cultivation techniques.
He accepted all kinds of cultivation techniques, as long as they were not core immortal sect techniques or duplicates.
For these six years, he had performed the spiritual plant anointment 20 times a day, with a tenfold cultivation return each time. His cultivation speed was absolutely top-notch, allowing him to cultivate nearly 20 cultivation techniques daily.
He accumulated a large amount of martial arts numerical value every day, and had already saved enough for "Top-tier Breathing Technique" and "Top-tier Body Forging Technique."
Once these immortal sect big shots left, he could evolve his cultivation techniques, and his own cultivation would improve again.
At the same time, with so many powerful figures residing at Qingfeng Mountain, his women and disciples, being intelligent, all seized the opportunity to seek advice from these powerful figures.
Li Lizhi, Zhu Yuyan, and the other seven women had all broken through to the Nascent Soul realm and reached the first level of the Soul Division realm.
Gao Shi had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm. Gao Xin, due to the influence of the Heavenly Dao's changes, had been placed under house arrest by Yang Hong and was slowly adjusting her state, not yet breaking through.
As for the nominal disciples in Qingfeng Town, their cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds over these six years.
Everything was developing for the better.
Just...
"Ding ~ You anoint the eighth-grade Iron Wire Grass for 2400 days, obtaining a one-fold cultivation return, gaining 2400 days of cultivation."
"Ding ~ Cultivated the 'Nine Li Golden Body Art' for 2400 days, the Nine Li Golden Body Art has advanced to level 6."
This morning, as Yang Hong performed his usual spiritual plant anointment, the prompt sound made him freeze.
[Has the Heavenly Dao's change ended?]
Thinking this, Yang Hong continued to anoint spiritual plants.
"Ding ~ You anoint the seventh-grade Light Guardian Gourd for 2100 days, obtaining a two-fold cultivation return, gaining 4200 days of cultivation."
"Ding ~ You anoint the ninth-grade Night Blooming Peony for 2700 days, obtaining a one-fold cultivation return, gaining 2700 days of cultivation."
After ten consecutive anointments, the returns were all below tenfold, with a maximum of threefold.
As expected, the Heavenly Dao's change had ended, and the Heavenly Dao's suppression on Yang Hong's system had reappeared.
Moreover, it was even stronger and more terrifying than the previous Heavenly Dao suppression.
"Fortunately, over the past six years, I have cultivated a large number of high-quality spiritual plants, and my martial arts numerical value is also sufficient."
Looking at the spiritual plants before him, Yang Hong's divine sense moved, and he collected them into the scale space on the back of his hand.
The spiritual plants he cultivated over these six years were stored in the scale space. He had not allowed them to evolve into demons, as he did not wish to reveal his ability to directly evolve spiritual plants in front of so many ninth-tier great beings and loose immortals.
Once these powerful figures ascended, Yang Hong's own strength would surge, and the spiritual plants around him would also experience a surge in power.
Moreover, he believed this day would come soon.
When they engaged in dual cultivation that day, Yang Hong immediately noticed the difference.
Originally, he could consume millions of years of his own cultivation to convert half of his magic power and transfer it to his dual cultivation partner.
However, today, the efficiency of this conversion and transfer had dropped to only one percent, a 50-fold decrease in efficiency.
The great beings also noticed this situation.
"Young friend, it seems our dual cultivation took advantage of the previous unstable Heavenly Dao. It's not possible now."
"This morning, I felt the Heavenly Dao's suppression strengthen again. The entire world seems to be urging me to ascend quickly."
"Young friend, try dual cultivating with an eighth-tier cultivator and see the effect."
The great beings seemed to have anticipated this day, so they were not very surprised. They only urged Yang Hong to conduct more experiments.
However, the Heavenly Dao's suppression was so obvious, and the changes were so apparent. All dual cultivation that was not profound could only achieve one percent of the effect.
Furthermore, Yang Hong also took the opportunity to reduce his own cultivation output.
He had not forgotten that he had lost the benefit of the tenfold explosive return.
"Alas, it's indeed like this. The suppression of this world is too obvious."
Just as the group of big shots was looking dejected, an unfamiliar voice sounded above their heads.
"Benefactors, it would be best to ascend quickly. Miss these few days, and you may lose the opportunity to ascend to the Immortal Realm and can only ascend to the Buddhist Realm."
"Who!"
"Show yourself."
The sudden voice startled everyone. Yang Hong looked up towards the space in front of him to the right, where a slight spatial fluctuation had not yet subsided.
"Amitabha, this humble nun, Pují, greets all benefactors, and greets young friend Yang."
"Greetings, Bodhisattva Pují."
The person who arrived was a female nun emanating a faint golden light. However, at a glance, Yang Hong knew she was not human. She was an immortal! She was a Buddha!
At least, she was a super powerhouse at the level of Earth Immortal, and she had descended with her full power as a Buddha.
Therefore, Yang Hong, with utmost humility, performed a Buddhist bow and addressed her with the esteemed title of "Bodhisattva."
"Bo～ Bo～ Bodhisattva?"
The faces of the immortal sect great beings instantly changed. Although they could not discern the cultivation of the female nun before them, they all felt an irresistible and powerful pressure.
Upon hearing Yang Hong call her Bodhisattva, almost all of them nearly knelt down.
In fact, if not for the numerous immortal sect cultivators surrounding Yang Hong, and if it were any one of them, or even any few of them, facing Pují, they would have already knelt.
Seeing the frightened gazes of the immortal sect great beings, Bodhisattva Pují's lips curved into a beautiful arc, making her look noble and holy, yet also alluring to all beings.
"You need not worry, I will not kill you. It is simply that your cultivation is no longer suitable for staying in this cultivation world, so you should ascend."
Pují's voice was gentle and amiable, yet it carried an unrefusable aura.
"..."
Under this aura, all the immortal sect great beings were unable to speak, and even instinctively nodded in agreement.
Only Yang Hong, having devoured and digested the souls of several immortals and demons, was not significantly affected and managed to ask a question.
"May I ask Bodhisattva Pují, should the tens of thousands of ninth-tier cultivators from the Buddhist sect also ascend?"
"Those with virtue can ascend. Those with insufficient virtue will naturally continue to temper themselves in the human world."
"I am enlightened."
Yang Hong suppressed the urge to curl his lip, performed another bow, and remained silent.
Pují's words were as good as saying nothing.
This meant that if one's cultivation was sufficient, and if the Buddhist disciples themselves felt their virtue was insufficient, they could remain on the Taiyuan Continent and not ascend.
At the same time, the immortal sect cultivators were being directly pressured by this great Bodhisattva to ascend.
This was the arrogance of the Buddhist sect!
The faces of the immortal sect great beings turned ashen, but not a single one dared to speak.
Bodhisattva Pují stood seemingly calmly, but the pressure emanating from her made all the immortal sect great beings unable to straighten their backs.