Chapter 36: After the Emperor Realm, It Is Not Ascension!

In the vast wilderness, before the entrance to the Luoyun Mijing where the strong gathered like clouds, it seemed as if only Lu Ren and Qingyizi remained.

Qingyizi, like an evil spirit, pressed forward with his aura; although the energy on his body was like withered branches and fallen leaves, as if it would drift away the next second, Lu Ren knew clearly in his heart that if Qingyizi were to erupt, no one present would likely be able to stop him.

This was a tremendous crisis.

Yet for Lu Ren, was a crisis not also an opportunity? He raised his hand, and the moment his long sleeves fell, a deep blue icy radiance bloomed at his fingertips.

Time Law!

Seeing the Time Law from Lu Ren, the old man's eyes erupted with a terrifying brilliance; he stared fixedly without even blinking, and even his breathing became much heavier.

Lu Ren's Time Law erupted completely in an instant, sweeping over the Time Law that Qingyizi had unleashed.

Amidst the two shades of deep blue that were gradually merging yet remaining distinct, Qingyizi's ears were roaring.

He heard Lu Ren's arrogant laughter.

"Want the Time Law? Of course, no problem—why don't you come and take it yourself?!"

Within the deep blue vortex, Qingyizi was pulled straight in; large swathes of icy radiance gathered around him, piercing into his mind. He didn't even have time to sit cross-legged before he was dragged into the vortex of time.

Lu Ren, however, did not take the opportunity to deal a lethal blow.

It was rare to encounter someone who had also comprehended the Time Law, and furthermore, a supreme powerhouse. Within the Time Law Yuling that was completely controlled by Lu Ren, he had too many things to ask.

If Qingyizi hadn't been so arrogant and opened his own Time Law Yuling, he would not have been so easily manipulated by Lu Ren.

He was right.

Lu Ren had mastered the Time Law; once someone opened a time Yuling in front of him, whether they could retract it or not was up to Lu Ren.

Now, Lu Ren's Time Law had completely covered Qingyizi's; Qingyizi's hair was turning yellow and withering strand by strand. As long as Lu Ren was willing, he could completely drain Qingyizi to death within the Time Law Yuling without consuming his own lifespan! As Lu Ren strolled through the time Yuling and paced before Qingyizi, he saw that Qingyizi seemed to have fallen into a demonic obsession; his pupils contracted violently, and he woke up with a start, his entire body as if it had been fished out of water! He retreated repeatedly, stumbling two steps, and while gasping for breath, he looked at Lu Ren in disbelief.

After a long while, Qingyizi's lips trembled, and he forced out a pale sentence.

"You lunatic!!"

He had just been pulled into Lu Ren's Time Law and was forced to watch exactly how Lu Ren had comprehended and mastered the Time Law.

There were no techniques, it was all based on brute force! Relying on time to brute-force it! In the memories Lu Ren gave him, Qingyizi saw very clearly that Lu Ren mastered the Time Law by crazily burning his own lifespan to perceive and grasp the passage of time, searching for a glimmer of survival within it.

Fighting with his life!

It was precisely under this high pressure that Lu Ren constantly broke through realms, walking at the forefront of all heaven-gifted geniuses.

After all, if others didn't break through, they might just lose face, but if Lu Ren didn't break through, he would lose his life! It was simply too insane.

Qingyizi had thought he was already crazy enough, but compared to Lu Ren, he seemed to be a head shorter.

He was still gasping for air, but Lu Ren spoke: "Now, you have obtained what you wanted, and I have also told you the method of how I mastered the Time Law."

"Then, may I ask the senior to clear up my confusion?"

"Why are you unwilling to ascend, and why do you suppress your realm so stubbornly?"

Ming Zhen had only just entered the Emperor Realm and was already infinitely glorious; everyone said he was the man in the cultivation world most likely to ascend.

However, because of the same root and source of the Time Law, Lu Ren clearly felt that Qingyizi's strength had already reached the peak of the Emperor Realm!

Yet not a single person had publicized it, nor had anyone discovered it.

If not for Lu Ren having the chance to come to the Luoyun Mijing, he likely would not have discovered that the Qingyun Sect still hid such a great power.

The aura around Qingyizi was full, as if he were only a step away from the final threshold.

Such a great power... yet he was unknown, acting as a gatekeeper.

It was truly strange.

As Lu Ren's voice fell, it felt as if a century had passed, and yet it also felt like only an instant; the aura around Qingyizi slowly receded.

He was like an old tree that had fallen into exhaustion, moving his aged body to sit back down at the entrance of the Luoyun Mijing, slowly lifting those grey-white eyes to look at Lu Ren, and suddenly revealing a smile of extreme malice! The arc of his lips was eerie, and he said crazily: "Ha! Ha... I admit, at your hands, I have indeed fallen." "But you are the same, you are the same!"

"Lu Ren!"

Qingyizi suddenly raised his hand, pointing at the sky.

His lips did not move, but his Adam's apple rolled crazily; a sound like a delirious mutter came from his belly, falling into Lu Ren's ears as only fragments, yet it made Lu Ren's pupils contract! What Qingyizi said was: "Do you know, is this sky real or fake?"

He only asked this one sentence, and then, not caring at all about Lu Ren's answer, he lowered his arm of his own accord, closed his grey-white eyes, and his lips moved.

"I cannot ascend; this is my answer."

"After the Emperor Realm, it is not Ascension!"

"As for what it is..."

He suddenly laughed, that malice surfacing once more, "If I successfully master the Time Law, I will tell you; if I die, I will take this secret into the grave."

A threat.

Qingyizi's threat seemed unreasonable, making one wonder if he was joking.

How could it not be Ascension after the Emperor Realm?

Everyone knew that Body Tempering, Qi Condensation, Spirit Communication, Purple Mansion, Heavenly Void, Yin-Yang, Great Completion, Saint Realm, Supreme Saint, God Venerable, and Emperor Realm were the realm divisions of the cultivation world, and after that came Ascension.

Now, Qingyizi was actually planning to overturn all of this.

It was truly absurd!

But only Lu Ren knew in his heart that what Qingyizi said was likely true!

Lu Ren wanted to press for more, but Qingyizi was already like a dead man, closing his mouth and unwilling to reveal another word.

It seemed he truly intended to practice what he had just said.

After pondering for a moment in his heart, Lu Ren withdrew his Time Law; all the deep blue flowed back to his fingertips and was re-contained. He raised his eyes to look at Qingyizi and cupped his hands.

"Then I wish the senior success."

Qingyizi's strength was formidable, and although his actions were strange and crazy, Lu Ren truly had not felt any malice directed at him.

If he could be used for his own purposes...

Lu Ren temporarily suppressed this thought.

No matter what, he would have to wait until Qingyizi broke free from his shackles.

After all, Qingyizi was dying.

As if he found Lu Ren's blessing useful, Qingyizi did not immediately retract his own law, but said calmly, "Take your people and go, kid; I will hold off Ming Zhen for you."

"Once you leave the territory of the Qingyun Sect, I guarantee you will be safe and sound this time."

Lu Ren did not refuse this favor; once Qingyizi selectively withdrew the Time Law from the members of the Lu Family and Feng Wuyou's group, he left immediately.

Feng Wuyou and the others were even bewildered, still in a state of tension; one second it was the frantic coercion of an Emperor Realm expert, and the next second, time had actually stopped.

"Second Brother!" Feng Wuyou still thought it was Lu Ren who had acted, and she called out anxiously, "Your lifespan!"

Lu Ren shook his head, signaling everyone to follow him immediately.

Although they did not understand why, Lu Daocheng and the others hurriedly followed Lu Ren.

They traveled at high speed, leaving the verdant green of the Qingyun Sect far behind; the deep blue behind them had vanished, and the monstrous rage seemed to have been suppressed in an instant, leaving the entire Qingyun Sect in dead silence.

Lu Ren did not care about what was happening behind him; Lu Ren's gaze looked far toward the north, and the sense of crisis in his heart had never disappeared.

(End of this chapter)