Chapter 970: He Tianya Transcends

“This… really is for me?”

Suanni Lianhong could hardly believe his eyes.

He Pingsheng truly didn’t embezzle his Red Lotus True Fire—he merely contemplated it for one day, then returned it.

This…

“What Master He has done, I deeply admire!”

He Pingsheng said: “Thank you. Goodbye!”

Too lazy to waste words—he tore open the void and returned to Gusong Mountain.

On Gusong Mountain, the ruins still remained.

Nothing had been rebuilt here.

Because the spiritual veins here had all been severed; even if rebuilt, no spiritual energy could sustain it.

Yet on one side of the Gusong Mountain volcano crater, a vast golden array barrier shimmered.

He Pingsheng landed outside the array, where Luo Bingyao guarded it.

“Master!” Luo Bingyao bowed.

He Pingsheng said: “Enough… my business is done. Go back and do what you need to do.”

“Got it?” Luo Bingyao asked curiously.

He Pingsheng didn’t answer: “Don’t ask.”

“Oh…” Luo Bingyao, seeing his serious expression, quickly dropped the topic, then glanced at the great array beside him: “What about this… what’s inside?”

He Pingsheng said: “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t.”

“Ahh…” Luo Bingyao was nearly driven mad: “Why won’t you tell me anything?”

“Aren’t you my master?”

He Pingsheng said: “Stop acting up. If you don’t leave now, I’ll make you guard this place for three thousand years!”

“I’m going—I’m leaving right now!” Luo Bingyao, terrified, vanished in a flash.

After she left, He Pingsheng continued refining the blood essence of the Phoenix Clan’s demonic emperor.

One by one, massive corpses were tossed from his space ring, then refined into blood essence.

After refining all sixteen corpses of the Phoenix Clan’s Mahayana Emperor-level demonic emperors, he obtained two hundred vats of blood essence.

Though the quantity was small, the essence was extremely high-grade—all eighth-rank.

He Pingsheng didn’t hesitate—he stepped directly into the blood essence and began refining and absorbing it.

At the same time, he took out the [Red Lotus True Fire] and refined it too.

Focusing on two things at once was effortless.

The heavens and earth were silent; snow and wind never ceased!

He Pingsheng remembered—the snow and wind on Gusong Mountain had stopped twenty-six times.

Because this snow and wind came once a year, lasting half a year, with the other half free of it.

Thus, it was easy to calculate—he had been in seclusion here for over twenty-six years.

Huh…

He exhaled deeply.

After twenty-six years of seclusion, he had fully refined the Red Lotus True Fire.

But the Mahayana Emperor-level blood essence had not yet been fully fused—he had only absorbed less than fifty vats.

The Chaos Gold Scripture became harder to fuse the higher one ascended.

Especially after reaching Mahayana Emperor level, it became nearly impossible.

He Pingsheng suspected the reason was that he was nearing his own cultivation limit, making progress increasingly difficult.

But regardless, after twenty-six years of forging, his [Chaos Gold Scripture] had finally reached Mahayana Emperor Level Three.

He still lacked three levels to reach Mahayana Emperor Level Six.

No rush—take it slowly.

Next, continue seclusion!

Because he still needed to burn away his karmic light.

He had assumed his karmic light could be easily burned off with the Red Lotus True Fire.

But when he actually began burning it, he realized he was wildly wrong.

Slow.

Extremely slow.

After about a month of burning his karmic light with the Red Lotus True Fire, He Pingsheng concluded that to completely purge his karma would take at least hundreds of years.

This was far too slow.

If only he had the [Momentary Time Array], it might work.

Just as he thought of it—it appeared.

The next instant, the void ripped open with a sharp tear.

His son, He Tianya, stepped out from the rift and landed beside him.

“Father!” Seeing He Pingsheng, He Tianya bowed respectfully.

He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense swept over his son, then he fell silent: Damn—he’d reached Mahayana Emperor Level Twelve.

Just a hair’s breadth from transcendence?

“Ready to transcend?” He Pingsheng asked.

He Tianya nodded: “Thanks to your Time Array, Father—I cultivated for hundreds of years within it and finally reached Mahayana Emperor Level Twelve!”

“Good!” He Pingsheng said: “Prepare the materials for the Transcendence Pill—I’ll refine one batch for you.”

“No!” He Tianya shook his head: “Father, I’m not ready to transcend yet.”

“Not ready?” He Pingsheng’s temper flared: “Why not?”

“Does your sister Luo Bingyao not want to transcend? Are you copying her?”

“She’s a Void Spirit Root—no cultivation bottleneck. She can transcend anytime!”

“But you—”

“Of course, your talent is decent, but you can’t compare to Luo Bingyao!”

“Listen to me—transcending sooner benefits you!”

He Tianya said: “I just want to spend more time with you, Father.”

“No need!” He Pingsheng said: “I don’t need you to stay—I can’t transcend for the next three thousand years.”

“I still need to search this world for a way to reach your mother’s realm.”

“Follow my advice—transcend early. See if you can find a way from the Immortal Realm to reach your mother’s small spiritual world.”

“Can you?”

He Tianya fell silent for a moment, then said: “Alright, Father—I’ll prepare for transcendence.”

“Good!” He Pingsheng patted his shoulder: “Record your transcendence destination at the Tianwang Mountain Transcendence Platform. In three thousand years, I’ll come to the same place to find you.”

“Go.”

“Father!” He Tianya returned the eight thunder orbs and the small world to He Pingsheng: “The Heavenly Dao forbids bringing any mortal-world items upward during transcendence!”

“These belong to you, Father.”

He Pingsheng smiled bitterly.

The gifts he’d given his son—never even used?

“Fine,” He Pingsheng said: “Go gather the pill materials first.”

“Once I refine the Transcendence Pill, I’ll go with you.”

“Yes!” He Tianya went to collect the ninth-rank Transcendence Pill materials.

With He Pingsheng and the human race’s current influence, these materials weren’t hard to find—if one was willing to pay the price.

Less than a month passed before He Tianya returned, bringing three full sets of materials.

“Enough, Father?”

“Enough!” He Pingsheng took the materials: “Wait here for me. I’ll go inside to refine the pill. Guard this array—no one is allowed in!”

Saying this, He Pingsheng entered the array.

Before refining the pill, he first entered the Momentary Time Array.

Strengthen the materials, contemplate the pill formula, refine the pill!

Then strengthen the pill itself!

Several days later, He Pingsheng had twelve batches totaling 144 supreme-grade Transcendence Pills.

He stepped out of the array, waved his hand, and gave one supreme-grade Transcendence Pill to He Tianya: “Take it.”

“Adjust your state slightly.”

Unless one was utterly devoid of wisdom, a single supreme-grade Transcendence Pill guaranteed passage to the Immortal Realm.

“Also!” He Pingsheng pulled out a blood-red turtle shell: “The Transcendence Thunder Tribulation is no ordinary trial—this is my defensive treasure. If you can’t withstand the tribulation, use it to defend yourself.”