Chapter 235: The World is Pacified, Great Yan Flourishes, Lu Chen is Emperor

【The four fight, each with their own methods.】

【If the three join forces to repel Lu Yu, then Huang Dao and you will join forces to fight Wu Ying again.】

【Huang Dao will also face the joint attack of the three.】

【Offense and defense interweave, changing in an instant!】

【I don't know how much time has passed; in these three days, the celestial phenomena have changed drastically, with no sun rising or moon setting, frozen at the scene of the firmament cracking and ten thousand rays of rosy light shooting down.】

【Finally, Lu Yu gradually enters the best state amidst the siege, and the three have no choice but to defend against Lu Chen together.】

【Wu Ying is unwilling, her sword intent becoming increasingly sharp!】

【Behind Huang Dao, the "Black Vortex" imprisons the spiritual energy around Lu Yu, and the small cauldron you hold, which refines crimson clouds, is also suppressing his power.】

【Lu Yu, however, laughs loudly, the fist light becoming brighter, as if the fist contains "spiritual rhyme".】

【One punch breaks you and Huang Dao, one punch knocks down Wu Ying.】

【The fist intent all over his body is like the rising and falling of the tide, the three-headed and six-armed Dharma form appearing again, the difference being that the original heads of the "Dharma form" were blurred and unclear, with no visible faces.】

【Slowly, the facial features begin to appear, like the Heavenly Kings in the temple, yet all have their eyes lowered and closed, silent and calm.】

【Wu Ying knows clearly that among these four, Lu Yu has quietly won; he has taken another crucial step in the exploration of Martial Dao true intent, the spirit contained within the fist, transcending the ordinary and becoming a saint.】

【The three look at each other and stop their hands, only to see the Tianmen suddenly open wide in the sky, ten thousand rays of rosy light, pouring down like a waterfall, bathing Lu Yu in it.】

【He is draped in colorful clouds, his white clothes whiter than snow, fluttering lightly in the wind, the red mole between his eyebrows shining brilliantly under the reflection of the rosy light, like an immortal from above the nine heavens descending into the mortal world.】

【It seems he never belonged to this world.】

【The Heavenly Ladder slowly unfolds, extending from the clouds to Lu Yu's feet; as long as he takes a light step, he can step on the ladder and ascend.】

【The word "ascension", for countless martial artists, is the realm they dream of, the ultimate goal they pursue all their lives.】

【Even if there are thousands of people, I will go!】

【Under the illumination of the rosy light, Lu Yu looks at you, but two lines of clear tears flow down his face.】

【You look at him gently.】

【What will happen after ascension?】

【The four vaguely perceive that this is a great opportunity.】

【However, brothers have a tacit understanding; after ascension, gathering again is likely difficult.】

【You look at Lu Yu with a smile and mention what he always used to say.】

【"As a man, one should live freely and unrestrainedly!"】

【Lu Yu is already covered in tears!】

【He does not step on the Heavenly Ladder, but swings his fist to shatter the void; the sky seems to be torn apart, spilling rosy light, reflecting on his face.】

【Martial arts shatter the void; as long as the timing is right, one can ascend without taking the road to heaven!】

【You look at Lu Yu, understanding in your heart that now there are only three gates of ascension; he does not occupy one, but breaks the void and leaves, leaving it to the three of you, and the reason for this is also for you.】

【You look at him with a smile, as if returning to childhood, when the North was in chaos, Lu Yu was only seven years old, but he was already thinking about supporting his father.】

【Cultivating on Mount Zhongnan, going North together, descending the mountain to the capital, and now!】

【All these years you have not been separated, yet you are parting at this time.】

【You look at him with a smile, your thoughts drifting back to childhood; when the North was in chaos, Lu Yu was only seven years old, but he was already thinking about supporting his father. That year he left a letter for you: "Can one hear the Roc rising with the wind in a single day?"】

【It seems today is the time for the wind to rise.】

【Soaring up ninety thousand li!】

【You say with a smile: "Road to Heaven, one should tread the song journey!"】

【Lu Yu looks at you deeply, the dome light in the sky falls, and he slowly ascends away.】

【"Brother, no matter what world I am in, or the Nine Nether Heavens, I will definitely find you!"】

【You stare at Lu Yu's fleeting figure until that touch of white disappears from your field of vision, and there are rare tears in your eyes.】

【A man does not shed tears easily, it is just that he has not reached the point of heartbreak!】

【May he ride the wind well, the long sky is ten thousand li, looking down at the mountains and rivers.】

【At this time, the three Heavenly Gates in the sky cast down brilliant rosy light, shrouding you, Wu Ying, and Huang Dao. Wu Ying's face is intertwined with joy and loneliness; she failed to defeat Lu Yu uprightly and "shatter the void" to leave.】

【Huang Dao's face shows joy; seeking the Dao for many years, he has finally achieved his wish.】

【Hearing the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening!】

【Just as the two take a step, about to step onto the Heavenly Ladder, you turn your gaze toward Dalu Pass below.】

【The soldiers there have suffered heavy casualties, mountain floods are raging, and the ground has cracked into huge fissures. The soldiers, originally in solemn formation, have also experienced trampling and chaos under the pressure of heaven and earth's might.】

【The brilliant Gate of Ascension in the sky is like the entrance to fairyland, while the tragic scene of the human world below is like a picture of hell, the shouting and despair intertwined, forming an indescribable sorrow.】

【In the shocked eyes of Huang Dao and the unbelievable eyes of Wu Ying, you step onto the Heavenly Ladder and then turn away, abandoning the Road to Heaven that was within reach and that countless people dream of.】

【Your figure gradually blurs in the rosy light, but becomes increasingly clear on the battlefield below.】

【You walk into the battlefield, only to see that the earth has cracked into an abyss, and the tide of the Yuetangjiang River is surging in, having already washed out a great river.】

【People and horses are overturned, trampling is endless, and nearly two million troops are trapped in this valley of Dalu Pass, among them the Lu Family Army that lived and died with you.】

【With your reputation and might, you deter the two armies, finally making them stop the fighting.】

【You begin to summon the elders in the army, reorganizing the two armies into several teams so that they can evacuate more orderly.】

【In the valley, the tide surges in, and many places have subsided due to water erosion; heaven collapses and earth sinks, a piece of chaos.】

【At this critical moment, you discover that only by chiseling a flood discharge channel from the left can they be safe.】

【You quickly organize manpower to dig a canal, and hundreds of thousands of people work together, digging out a canal road sufficient for flood discharge without much effort.】

【Your figure shuttles through the team, constantly boosting morale, comforting the wounded, and ordering them to discard unnecessary weapons and armor to reduce the burden.】

【Thus, a long dragon-like team moves slowly on Dalu Pass; although the road is difficult, under your leadership, everyone is full of hope for life.】

【The firmament closes slowly, no one knows when!】

【The three portals suspended in the sky still stand in the air, casting ten thousand rays of rosy light downward, adding a touch of gold to this chaotic battlefield.】

【The great sun, which had disappeared for three days, also rises to the sky, its brilliance melting, and everything seems to have returned to normal.】

【Huang Dao and Wu Ying have climbed to the middle of the Heavenly Ladder, heaven and earth like a mirror, the two stepping on the void, as if standing on the surface of a rippling lake.】

【Below, hundreds of thousands of soldiers look up, the two like gods ascending to immortality.】

【However, everyone's gaze follows the person riding a horse at the front of the team, as if the person in front is more majestic.】

【Huang Dao overlooks below, hundreds of thousands of troops winding like a long dragon, and you, riding a horse, walk at the very front.】

【The three portals suspended in the sky, one is slowly dissipating, because you did not step on it.】

【Never to ascend again!】

【There is doubt on his face; he did not expect you to abandon this opportunity for ascension that comes once in three thousand years.】

【Now, the timing, location, and people are all in place.】

【Crossing the Tianmen without entering.】

【Could it be that you made such a choice to save the army below?】

【For these mortals?】

【The common people of the world are like wheat; they will grow again after being cut!】

【Is it really worth it?】

【Recalling that meeting and transaction in the dense forest of the Yuetangjiang tavern, your words echo in Huang Dao's ears again: "Heaven and earth are like a prison, you and I are also travelers!"】

【Huang Dao originally thought he had seen through you completely.】

【Your heart for seeking the Dao is as firm as a rock, and you would never abandon this ascension.】

【Lu Chen, oh Lu Chen, it turns out I still failed to understand you after all!】

【At this time, Wu Ying has untied her mask, revealing her beautiful and peerless face. On the battlefield, her beauty was too moving, not enough to deter the enemy, so she often covered her face with a ghost mask.】

【At this moment, she looks at the surviving Qianyuan soldiers below, a sense of relief surging in her heart; after all, she is still the monarch of Qianyuan.】

【She stares at you leading the team on horseback at the front, while behind the team are rolling rocks and surging floods; your figure appears firm in the midst of danger.】

【But!】

【Even if one is a monarch of a country, or the master of the world, what can that do for her?】

【Wu Ying lost her mother when she was young; since she was ten, she has only had the Martial Dao as her companion.】

【What she seeks is only the pinnacle of the Martial Dao; if the human road is cut off, she will ascend to heaven and pursue a higher realm.】

【Lu Yu, she still wants to fight him one more time!】

【Finally, as Wu Ying crosses the Tianmen, she looks back lingeringly toward the West; that is the direction of Qianyuan, and also where her mother rests in peace.】

【Huang Dao also takes one last look at a certain place in Dalu Pass, a smile appearing on his face; that is the location of Xie Mu.】

【He laughs loudly: "In the past three thousand years, how many brilliant ancestors in the Holy Sect have exhausted their efforts, only to sigh at their bad luck when old age approaches. In the end, the only one who can successfully ascend is I, Huang Dao!"】

【"Presumably, in another three thousand years, this world will also remember the name of Huang Dao."】

【As the two ascend away, the Tianmen closes with a bang, then disappears without a trace.】

【The sky becomes clear again, and everything returns to calm.】

【However, since Lu Yu left, you have not looked up once.】

【You carefully sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, discovering that they have retreated like the tide again, and the crimson destiny of the North has also disappeared, as if the three who just ascended exhausted all the destiny and spiritual energy of this world.】

【Your cultivation drops sharply from the Heavenly Human Realm to the Grandmaster Realm.】

【Without the support of spiritual energy, your face ages at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the traces of time leave deeper marks on your face.】

【You calmly take the bamboo hat from the horse's back and gently put it on your head, covering the eyes that appear even deeper due to the vicissitudes.】

【Afterward, you ride at the front, leading the Yanbei Army and Qianyuan soldiers who have just survived the war, moving forward in a mighty procession.】

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Dalu Pass, on the watchtower.

Xie Chunan and others look at the three Heavenly Gates in the sky in disbelief, the golden light brilliant, as if breaking through the boundaries of the heavenly realm.】

Three portals, stacked above the sea of clouds.】

Zhou Jinyu and her son, the monarch of Great Qing, are also full of shock, unable to believe everything happening before their eyes.】

【"Mother, could it be that there really is an immortal world?"】

The voice of the Great Qing monarch carries a trace of trembling and expectation.】

Could it be that there is a heaven beyond heaven, and people beyond people!】

Zhou Jinyu is speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.】

Common sense tells her this is impossible?】

But seeing is believing!】

Xie Mu's eyes flicker with the light of surprise!】

He sees a figure in scholar's clothes walking upward on the staircase of ascension.】

It is precisely the Demon Master Huang Dao!】

He really did it, becoming the first person in the Demonic Path to ascend in three thousand years.】

Xie Lingxuan is on the side, gripping the railing tightly.】

After the Tianmen appeared, she felt unusually familiar, and similar memories actually appeared in her mind.】

This gate is not called the Tianmen, but the "Reception Platform!"】

But how would she know.】

She notices that Lu Chen stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder, but then slowly left it.】

Crossing the Tianmen without entering!】

Choosing to abandon the opportunity for ascension, turning around to lead the soldiers below out of the desperate situation.】

Just like when he chose to cultivate on Mount Zhongnan years ago, clearly the worst choice.】

He seems to have always been like this.】

Concerned for the world, never considering himself.】

Tears flow from the corners of Xie Lingxuan's eyes.】

At this time!】

A brilliant rosy light falls from the sky, illuminating the watchtower,】

Everyone sees this, surprise in their eyes!】

Because that rosy light reflects on Xie Lingxuan, as if draping a layer of sacred radiance over her.】

Between heaven and earth, Sanskrit sounds seem to ring out gently,】

【"Holy Ruins Realm, Spiritual Spring, training ended."】

【"Should return to the Upper Realm!"】

The scene of destiny lingering above Xie Lingxuan's head suddenly manifests.】

A waterfall hanging down slowly pours down, and below it is a living spring, the spring water clear and transparent, in which a green long sword seems to hang, swaying slightly with the waves of the spring water, its brilliance magnificent.】

The long sword lets out a sword cry!】

Slashing open the void at the edge of the sky, taking Xie Lingxuan and flying into it.】

Xie Chunan and Xie Mu and others have not yet reacted.】

Xie Lingxuan and the Tianmen disappear together.】

Xie Mu is slightly dazed.】

【"Big sister, she really is an immortal from heaven!"】

Zhou Jinyu and her son have only surprise in their eyes.】

Xie Chunan has not recovered for a long time.】

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Dalu Pass, on the hillside.】

Li Lanjiang witnesses the Demon Master Huang Dao and the Qianyuan Empress Wu Ying step through the Tianmen, their figures gradually disappearing, a sense of infinite emotion surging in his heart.】

The word ascension, who does not yearn for it!】

And Ye Shengnan on the side feels a bit regretful. She knows well that the Prince of Yan also had the opportunity to attain the Dao and ascend.】

At this time, the Tianmen disappears, and the sky returns to ten thousand li of clear sky.】

Li Lanjiang and Ye Shengnan's eyes change suddenly; they are both experts in the Grandmaster realm and are extremely sensitive to the changes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.】

They keenly sense that the moment the Tianmen disappeared, the spiritual energy seemed to be sucked away instantly, disappearing without a trace.】

Their realms thus fall to the Grandmaster realm, and they look at each other, their eyes full of bitter smiles.】

The wound of spiritual energy!】

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【Jianwu Year Three, Autumn!】

【Five countries finished, four seas united.】

【The world is pacified, Great Yan flourishes, Lu Chen is Emperor.】

There is still a little bit of Lu Chen left to write, I will put it tomorrow!

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