A year later, everyone emerged from their seclusion.
Li Qingyun had absorbed the Dragon Marrow Fluid and the Body Tempering Fluid, coupled with half a year of enlightenment, and had reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.
After Qin Xiaoxiao and Little Phoenix finished absorbing the Heaven-Grade Snow Lotus, one reached the mid-Golden Core stage, and the other, the peak of the third order. It was clear that most of it had been consumed by Little Phoenix.
Luo Xiaowei also reached the mid-Golden Core stage, finally keeping pace with Qin Xiaoxiao in cultivation.
Meng Zibin had advanced to the late-Golden Core stage, having already fused three bloodlines, making his strength terrifying. Chen Xiaohan was also in the mid-Golden Core stage.
The Dragon Blood Body Tempering Fluid had the greatest impact on Zhang Xiaohu. Due to his inherently poor talent, absorbing this item had the effect of improving his aptitude. Now, he could consider himself to have average talent.
Shen Yingxue was currently in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. She still hadn't used the Foundation Establishment Pill, relying on her own talent to break through to this level. She had the shortest cultivation time among them and needed further guidance from Empress Wanhua.
Liang Zifan was in the early-Golden Core stage, a little later than the others. This young man was no longer simple. After passing the first level of the Ascension Tower, he directly obtained the Thunder Control Body. With this physique, according to the assessment of the Talent Appraisal Stone, he had already reached the level of heavenly talent.
However, the Nine Tribulations Thunder Emperor was no simple foe. For him, even if it wasn't hellish difficulty, it was nightmarish. To this day, he hadn't found any way to defeat the Nine Tribulations Thunder Emperor on the second level.
It was worth mentioning Bai Nianchen. Most of the wrinkles on Daoist Bai’s face had disappeared, and his cultivation level was now on par with Li Qingyun's. Both were geniuses with top-tier aptitude. The further one cultivated, the smaller the gap created by differences in cultivation time. Li Qingyun’s prior two weeks of cultivation were now practically negligible.
To celebrate everyone emerging from seclusion, Xue Qianwei concocted a pot of precious medicine as hot pot broth, and they partied all night.
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Chu Yang was now inside the Ascension Tower again.
“Seniors, I have something I’d like to ask you?”
“What is it you wish to ask?”
Chu Yang took out his Book of Planar Anchors and earnestly inquired, “If I can send the people of my plane to your plane, can you help me look after these geniuses of mine?”
The Great Emperors widened their eyes, thinking Chu Yang was speaking nonsense. Even with their strength, crossing three planar barriers would cause them to lose more than half their combat power. They themselves could not yet reach the plane Chu Yang was currently in, let alone Chu Yang, a mere Celestial Realm expert.
“Little Chu, are you perhaps joking with us?”
“Certainly not. Esteemed sirs, please take a look at this book. This is a magical treasure I obtained, containing over five hundred planes. You can flip through it and see if you can find your own planes.”
Although the Immortal Emperors had a combined age of nearly a hundred thousand years, this was the first time they had encountered such a novel toy.
“Holy cow, this is the first time this emperor has seen a book that records various planes!”
“Hiss, this item seems a bit fun!”
“Oh ho! Don’t all fight over it, this emperor has found my plane!”
“Are you all men? Fighting over a toy with a weak woman like me?”
“Wanhua, you should reflect carefully. Does she bear any resemblance to the words ‘weak woman’?”
“……”
Chu Yang was incredibly embarrassed. In reality, Immortal Emperors were not as mysterious and aloof as beings detached from the mortal world.
“Seniors, please slow down, I only have this one!”
After a fierce struggle, akin to children fighting over toys, the four Immortal Emperors finally reached a consensus and began to examine the book page by page with seriousness.
“So, the plane I reside in is the thirtieth cultivation world. How interesting! Who set these rules?”
“Hiss, I am actually so far away from you all, in the forty-first cultivation world!”
“However, this seems to only record books of various planes. I don’t see any spatial laws that allow for traversal?”
“You there, Little Chu, explain.”
Chu Yang scratched his head and explained with trepidation, “Seniors, although my combat power is not strong, I possess some special means. As long as a location is confirmed, I can send people there.”
“What?”
“This is difficult to explain, but I do have some extraordinary abilities. Look, with my mere Celestial Realm cultivation, I can transform this world into this state. It’s understandable to have special physiques, isn’t it?”
“No, do you know what you are saying? You are talking about teleportation across hundreds of planes, and you tell me this is a special physique?”
But no matter how they asked, Chu Yang would humbly reply, “Special physique.”
Alright, everyone has secrets. It’s just that Chu Yang’s secret involves a great deal. If he possessed this ability, they wouldn’t have to worry about where the enemy tribe escaped to during their war with the Sky-Slaying Tribe; they could simply teleport and pursue them…
However, Chu Yang himself could only send others but not traverse. Naturally, he couldn’t go to their worlds to help. Upon learning this, the Immortal Emperors were quite disappointed, but this ability was still incredibly outrageous.
“Then let’s talk about the main business. You said you want to send them to our respective planes?”
“Seniors, if you have any good suggestions, please offer them. This is a grand plan to save a world. Let’s participate more, let’s participate more!”
“You brat just wants to get something for nothing from us, right?”
“No, where did you learn these words? This junior is sincerely learning!”
Dragon Blood Battle Emperor directly rejected the suggestion of sending Wang Teng to his world, saying, “The plane I reside in is very peaceful! And I am currently not in my own plane. I am with some seniors on battlefields in other planes, fighting against the Sky-Slaying Tribe. The human race in my world is well protected.”
“Then…”
“Send him to those planes that are engaged in fierce battles with the Sky-Slaying Tribe. For us Body Cultivators, the battlefield is our training ground!”
Chu Yang nodded. This aligned with his thoughts, but without this powerful figure protecting him, he was worried whether Wang Teng could survive.
Azure Emperor said, “My world is also well protected, but I still suggest sending Li Qingyun here. Although I need to fight in other planar battlefields, I have several clones there. Moreover, there are many geniuses with aptitude comparable to his. I look forward to his struggles with those geniuses!”
This was quite comfortable. Having the identity of Azure Emperor’s disciple at least provided an extra layer of protection in that world!
“What about the others?”