Chapter 972: Mahayana Level Ten

When the Feng clan controlled the Ascension Platform, it was mandatory!

Everyone, no matter who, wishing to ascend from Mount Tianwang, must sever their own doppelgänger on the Ascension Platform before the Feng clan’s eyes.

Now that the Feng clan is gone, this custom has been preserved.

We cannot abandon it!

Otherwise, everyone will leave their doppelgängers in the Spirit Realm—what would become of the Spirit Realm then?

The entire Spirit Realm might even shatter.

But since He Pingsheng accompanied He Tianya here, Bing Xuan dared not inquire further.

“Tianya’s doppelgänger!” He Pingsheng said coolly: “And mine as well—both will remain on this continent!”

“To protect humanity as the final anchor of our race!”

“This is the utmost I can do for humanity!”

There was one thing He Pingsheng did not say: if humanity still cannot rise under this arrangement, then it has nothing to do with him, He Pingsheng.

Several days later, He Tianya finally stabilized his state; he suddenly opened his eyes and swallowed a top-grade Immortal Ascension Pill.

Within a few breaths, his aura began to surge.

A vast, overwhelming force erupted from him, sweeping outward.

Even He Pingsheng and Bing Xuan were pushed back a hundred zhang by the pressure.

“Such a powerful aura!” Bing Xuan said. “Your son’s talent is no ordinary thing!”

He Pingsheng smiled.

Then, the entire sky suddenly darkened.

Day turned to night!

Ink-black clouds piled up!

The shape of the clouds could no longer be discerned.

For around He Tianya, the entire sky was covered in black clouds.

Crack! Crack!

Crack! Crack!

Lightning flashed between the ink-black clouds.

“He Tianya!” He Pingsheng roared, sending eight Thunder Beads from his body to land beside He Tianya: “The heavenly tribulation exceeds my expectations—take these Azure Tide Thunder Beads for protection!”

The Azure Tide Thunder Beads are also lightning-affiliated.

They can be used to resist heavenly tribulation.

These were originally He Tianya’s, and after his son had cultivated the seals upon them, He Pingsheng never removed them!

So now, giving them to He Tianya is perfect.

“Understood!” He Tianya activated his spiritual sense and retrieved the Azure Tide Thunder Beads.

Eight beads spun around him.

Then, the first wave of nine tribulation bolts crashed down.

He Pingsheng remembered: his son’s tribulation was the Seven-Nine Tribulation, with seventh-rank destiny.

Meaning, this Ascension Tribulation had seven waves total.

As long as he survived all seven, he’d be fine.

But the strength of the first wave far exceeded He Pingsheng’s expectations.

It was strong.

He Tianya used no defensive technique—he absorbed the lightning with his body alone.

He was injured.

“Don’t be reckless!” He Pingsheng said, worried: “The tribulation is too strong!”

Because He Tianya’s doppelgänger had not been severed.

At that moment, He Pingsheng felt a pang of regret.

He thought he should have been ruthless, severed his son’s doppelgänger—if his son failed to survive the tribulation, how could he face Zhenzhen?

He was as frantic as ants on a hot pan.

Seeing this, the Immortal Bing Xuan reached out and took He Pingsheng’s hand. “Brother He… don’t worry!”

“He’s fine!”

“Actually… your son isn’t as weak as you think!”

“On the contrary—he’s strong!”

Huh…

He Pingsheng exhaled deeply.

Bing Xuan’s words were reasonable.

He Tianya was strong.

He Pingsheng thought him weak only because he himself was too strong—and so was his disciple, Luo Bingyao.

Compared to them, He Pingsheng always felt his son was a bit weak.

But in truth, He Tianya’s talent and offensive power would place him among the top five fighters on the entire Flame Heaven Continent.

If Duan Feihong hadn’t ascended, He Tianya would have crushed him without doubt.

First wave!

Second wave!

Third wave!

…

Seventh wave!

After the seven waves, the ink-black clouds in the void dissipated.

Though He Tianya struggled through the tribulation, he had finally crossed it.

“Father, here’s the Creation Immortal Light—for you…”

As the Creation Immortal Light descended, He Tianya reached out and plucked a strand, sending it across the air to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng received it and sighed: “I can’t use this!”

I’m not even refining pills anymore!

But then, He Pingsheng had a sudden idea—he froze the strand of Immortal Light in midair, then a golden light shot out, enveloping it.

Time Art: Temporal Paralysis!

Temporal Paralysis halted time around the strand of Creation Immortal Light—thus, with no time flow, it would never dissipate.

But clearly, He Pingsheng had underestimated the power of the heavenly tribulation and the Creation Immortal Light.

Though he had frozen time, the Creation Immortal Light still vanished entirely within the Temporal Paralysis.

“Huh…” he sighed. “The rules of the Immortal Realm are higher—I’ve only mastered time arts from the Spirit Realm. Useless!”

He shook his head.

Over there, He Tianya’s figure rose higher and higher, ascending toward the Nine Heavens.

In the azure void, a rainbow appeared—a bridge.

One end connected to the void, the other to the infinite depths of the heavens.

He Tianya stepped onto the colorful rainbow bridge—and vanished!

The eight Azure Tide Thunder Beads and the blood-red turtle shell fell onto the Ascension Plaza.

He Pingsheng collected them.

“Alright, I’m leaving,” He Pingsheng said, his emotions complex, and departed.

…

After returning to Solitary Pine Mountain, He Pingsheng adjusted his state for a while, then resumed his seclusion.

This time, he summoned his miniature world and plunged into the [Momentary Time Array].

Time flowed ten times faster.

Come on!

Whoosh—he submerged into the eighth-rank essence blood.

His internal [Chaos Golden Scripture] activated spontaneously; each character ignited brightly, voraciously absorbing the essence blood. The essence flowed through his body along the interconnected patterns of the characters.

Simultaneously, He Pingsheng activated his [Crimson Lotus True Fire] to burn his own karmic debt.

Three hundred years later!

The glow of He Pingsheng’s karmic debt was finally burned away.

He had also fully absorbed all the Mahayana Emperor Blood.

His Chaos Golden Scripture cultivation reached Mahayana Emperor Realm Level Six.

He Pingsheng did not rush to emerge—he picked up the [Time Art] and began to comprehend it.

While studying the Time Art, he also used Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire to help the old man Jin Ku burn his karmic debt.

Unaware, another eight hundred years passed.

After eight hundred years, He Pingsheng’s cultivation reached Mahayana Emperor Realm Level Ten—and hit a bottleneck!

Simultaneously, he had also perfected the Mahayana section of the [Mystic Sect’s Calm Mind True Scripture] to Level Ten.

Only his body cultivation had not kept pace.

Of course, during this process, the karmic light on the old man Jin Ku was completely burned away.

He Pingsheng stepped out of the time array.

One thousand one hundred years had passed inside.

Outside, only one hundred ten years had elapsed.