Chapter 516

The next day.

In the East City of the capital, a divine light suddenly descended upon the Altar of Heaven used for holding the Great Sacrifice.

Even the common people tens of miles outside the city could see it.

Divine light descended from heaven.

The people of the capital all thought it was an auspicious sign.

Some ordinary farmers were already kneeling and kowtowing one by one, thinking they had seen an incredible immortal, while other scholars were pondering how to write an outstanding article to praise the governing achievements of the current Holy Emperor.

If there were no great merit, how could heaven descend an auspicious sign?

Since an auspicious sign appeared, it must be that the Holy Emperor's merit would last for a thousand autumns.

Anyway, praising the Holy Emperor would certainly not be wrong.

Only a few people like Li Rui knew.

In fact, that was the Dao Lord of Bai Yujing taking action to receive the three, including Daoist Wang, to the cultivation world, which naturally included Jiang Linxian.

'What a formidable method.'

Li Rui narrowed his eyes, looking from afar at the pillar of light not far away.

This was the second time he had seen the methods of a Dao Lord.

It was truly unfathomable.

To be able to tear apart the barriers between two worlds with a wave of one's palm—what terrifying magic power must be required to do that?

Truly, there are people beyond people, and immortals beyond immortals.

A Dao Lord powerhouse can have a seat in the Grand Void Dojo; one can imagine their strength.

"This is..."

In the courtyard, He Qiannian, Yuan An, and Liu Tong were all looking up.

They didn't understand what exactly had happened.

But since a full stick of incense had passed, the powerhouses in the Jingcheng had no commotion.

That proved it was at least not a crisis.

Since that was the case, naturally they had to watch the excitement well.

There was no one in the capital who didn't like watching the excitement.

Perhaps it was because they had been there for a long time.

The few people in the courtyard had also picked up this habit.

Li Rui looked at the gradually dissipating pillar of light.

He was lost in thought.

Perhaps when he saw Jiang Linxian again, the other party would surprise him.

The impact of the Black Prison incident was far more profound than imagined.

The Northern Plains, which had finally been peaceful, were once again embroiled in war.

And this time, there were signs of it being even more intense.

According to what the Holy Emperor said.

That was, "The family fortune accumulated for so many years, isn't it just for fighting?"

It was just that.

With the war starting again, the ones who suffered were not only the soldiers on the front line, but also the old accountant of the Yu Kingdom, Chief Councilor Zhang.

In the end.

Fighting a war relies not only on people, but even more on the family fortune.

It is the endless spirit stones, the magic treasures piled up like small mountains.

Without these things, who would be willing to risk their lives?

However, no matter how bitter it was, Chief Councilor Zhang had no complaints.

With war in the north, the capital was still a scene of auspicious peace.

This day.

Li Residence, front courtyard.

"Good, good, good, you brat, your cultivation now exceeds mine; do you want to bully your master and destroy your ancestors?"

He Qiannian stood up from the large pit in the martial arts arena, looking disheveled.

Li Rui spread his hands helplessly: "You, old man, told me to take action with all my strength."

Today.

He Qiannian took the initiative to come to the door and asked him to spar.

The result was.

Li Rui used only one punch to shatter He Qiannian's Dao heart, and he was too embarrassed to say it was actually half a punch.

And he didn't use the Great Dao; it was just the purest physical body.

He Qiannian looked at Li Rui.

He couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

"Could it be that you brat can reach the height of your grandmaster in the future?"

He felt it was not impossible.

Others might not know, but he knew Li Rui too well.

The strength displayed now was probably less than fifty percent, and even if one said that the current Li Rui was not inferior to the Gao Tianxia of the past, he would believe it.

From now on, whoever says that practicing external martial arts has no future.

He would have Li Rui take action.

Thinking of this, He Qiannian became even more proud.

Although his ability to practice martial arts was not considered stunning, this ability to recognize talent was truly unparalleled in the world.

Who told his disciple to be very likely the number one in the world in the future?

If it's not unparalleled in the world, then what is it?

Master, the disciple is the number one in the world; such an eye for talent is truly one of a kind.

Just when He Qiannian was proud.

Suddenly, he only felt a palpitation.

Li Rui's face also changed at the same instant, and he looked toward the east with surprise.

By the East Sea, there was a city.

The city wall was over three hundred feet high, even higher than the city wall of the capital in the Central Plains hinterland; if it were anyone else, they would surely be labeled with the crime of overstepping ritual and law and not respecting the Holy Emperor.

But because this city had a person who claimed to be a cut above Gao Tianxia.

So its existence became reasonable.

At this time.

The originally calm East Sea set off ten-thousand-foot giant waves.

But what surprised the millions of people in the city was that these monstrous giant waves seemed to have frozen, motionless in the air.

A majestic figure slowly walked from the city into the air.

In the blink of an eye.

He arrived at the peak of the giant waves.

Gao Tianxia looked at the divine thunder slowly condensing on the horizon, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly:

"Let's see, how is this Heavenly Human Tribulation?"

At this moment, the tribulation thunder above his head.

In this realm, it is enough to be called—unprecedented!

"Tsk tsk, this Heavenly Human phenomenon is truly big enough to scare people to death."

At the peak of the Jingcheng.

The Holy Emperor stood at the highest point of the Forbidden City, where he could see a corner of the ten-thousand-mile tribulation clouds from afar.

How fresh.

Crossing the tribulation in the East Sea, and the capital could see it.

'Above First-Rank...'

Just these few words seemed to possess infinite magic.

This world had not had such an existence for too long.

So much so that when determining the rank, they didn't even dare to think about it.

Finally...

The Holy Emperor laughed heartily: "Heaven bless my Great Yu!"

Eunuch Zheng beside him was also genuinely happy.

With cultivators emerging one after another, the pressure the Yu Kingdom bore was actually extremely great; if the first Heavenly Human Realm figure of this tribulation were a cultivator from the cultivation world, especially a cultivator from the Northern Polar Demonic Sect, the Yu Kingdom would surely become the first target to be annihilated.

The only Heavenly Human Realm figure in the world could almost do whatever he wanted.

Fortunately, fortunately, that East Sea City Lord had once again established his status as the number one in the world.

The Holy Emperor was in an extremely good mood.

In fact, there was another secret.

Back then, that East Sea City Lord chased and killed the exiled immortal, which had to do with the Great Dao, but there was also another reason: Gao Tianxia was one of the seven guest ministers of the Yu Kingdom's secret guards.

The Yu Kingdom could not control Gao Tianxia.

But the goals of both sides were consistent.

That was enough.

"Grandmaster broke through??"

Li Rui's heart was startled.

With the recovery of heaven and earth spiritual energy, the appearance of an existence above First-Rank was inevitable.

Otherwise, why would those cultivators who were already First-Rank descend to the lower realm?

'Truly fierce!'

Li Rui couldn't help but grin.

He had seen many First-Rank figures.

When he first saw his grandmaster in the East Sea, Li Rui felt that his grandmaster's aura was terrifyingly strong, and perhaps he could take that step.

He never expected.

Not long after, it actually came true.

Li Rui was overjoyed in his heart.

His own grandmaster broke through to Heavenly Human and became the only Heavenly Human Realm figure in the world.

In other words.

Wasn't he half a Land Immortal!

Of course.

The grandmaster is formidable, but it is ultimately the grandmaster's.

Li Rui would not be like those dandies in the capital who insisted on doing things that were rampant and domineering.

At most, he would just be more composed.

A grandmaster in the Heavenly Human Realm.

Placed in the cultivation world, this backing was also hard enough.

'Worthy of being number one in the world.'

He Qiannian had the same thought as Li Rui.

He widened his eyes, looking at the corner of the ten-thousand-mile tribulation clouds, shocked and unable to speak.

A full hour passed.

Only then did the tribulation clouds slowly dissipate.

"It's stable."

Even though they were separated by tens of thousands of miles, Li Rui could still feel a terrifying aura.

His grandmaster had already successfully crossed the tribulation.

This tribulation had no audience.

If one said the Purple Mansion Tribulation was an opportunity, then the Heavenly Human Tribulation was the true tribulation.

According to the little old man artifact spirit, there were very few cultivators who could reach the Heavenly Human Realm, but even so, those who could cross the Heavenly Human Tribulation were less than one in ten.

One could imagine the ferocity of the grandmaster.

(End of chapter)