[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-watching-the-immortals-fall":3,"chapter-watching-the-immortals-fall-watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-73":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Watching the Immortals Fall",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2259946,4410,"Chapter 73: The Strange Ascension (On Sale Tonight—Requesting First Subscriptions)","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>“Lord, disaster has struck! The Young Master… the Young Master is gone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The ruins somehow allow entry but not exit—the Young Master offended a disciple of an immortal sect and was surrounded. He tried to retreat, but as he emerged from the mountain, he turned to black ash right before my eyes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yongzhou’s Shen family, the current patriarch was admiring the surging immortal light beyond Qiling Mountain when he heard the dreadful news—his face instantly turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t the price of receiving immortal fortune supposed to be transformation into a demonic seed? Once ascended, one sheds the mortal form—why did he vanish outright?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Shen widened his eyes in disbelief, then remembered his ancestor, younger brother, and daughter were still inside the mountain—he immediately ordered no one permitted to exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very moment, another thunderous roar erupted from within the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what emerged was not the immortal light seen in recent days—it was countless swaying black flames, like writhing black serpents, instantly igniting the entire range of mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishan, Huangyun Mountain, Lingjian Mountain, Wenda Mountain, Xuan Yuan Mountain, Danshan, Wushan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon these seven immortal sects’ grounds, countless piercing gazes converged toward this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within the ten thousand mountains of the barbarian lands, an ancient, withered elder as massive as a mountain slowly opened his eyes—his gaze pierced the night, fixed on the Central Plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the western demon realm of the Northern Plains, a towering figure emerged above the clouds, terrifying energy surging relentlessly through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qiling Mountain was the focus of the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the cultivators within the ruins and immortal mountain could no longer sense external messages—they were lost in boundless profundity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen’s ancestor was now one hundred and thirty years old, having long remained at the Boundless Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his formidable cultivation, he was the first to ascend the immortal mountain and had sat there for three days, drinking immortal dew and refining heavenly light daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have entered a state of supreme freedom and profundity, as if ascending, drifting endlessly through boundless void, carried by immortal qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw a towering figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aged face was crisscrossed with deep wrinkles, his white hair fluttering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands rested folded at his sides like dried branches, yet his entire body radiated vibrant immortal essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his faded yellow robe lay a writhing, massive flesh mass—a thick, obese tail formed from chaotic, piled flesh, coiled atop a floating mountain suspended in void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen’s eldest daughter, Shen Yan, watched as her ancestor’s body slowly dissolved within the swaying black flames, leaving only a brilliant golden core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To those outside, a blood-red aura now erupted from the mountain, piercing through layers of clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By time, it should have been dawn—the red sun rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no red sun appeared; instead, thick blackness spread outward from Qiling Mountain in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuoyang, Lord of Zizai Hall atop Nishan, emerged from mist and clouds, gazing at the reverberating energy across the heavens, his expression grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone is ascending?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is such a thing possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the Five Hall Lords of the Heavenly Book Academy, Zuoyang knew that to ascend to immortality in Qingyun Realm required recognition of one’s lineage and guidance from a sacred artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this opportunity for immortality could arise in any of the Seven Immortal Sects—but never within the Qiling Mountain range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless that place lay beyond the constraints of Heaven’s Dao, allowing direct ascension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, another crimson light surged upward, slamming directly into Huangyun Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chen Clan’s protective formation rose instantly—but shattered under the blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when a hunched elder emerged from deep within Huangyun Mountain, his gaze blazing, did the crimson light dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was defiance. A warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuoyang watched the sudden strike, his brow instantly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the mountain was a genuine Linxian cultivator—but his aura continued climbing, endlessly approaching immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuoyang had felt such an aura only once—when his master was drunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell silent for a long while, then flew away from Zizai Hall to the deepest forest of Nishan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world assumed the Heavenly Book Academy’s headmaster dwelled in a palace rivaling heaven’s halls—but no one knew he lived in a simple bamboo-fenced garden nestled within the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zuoyang arrived, the Longsheng Hall Lord Chaihu and the Wuyu Hall Lord Lu Fengchuan were already waiting before the fence garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So too was Feishe, Lord of Budeng Hall—he had hit a bottleneck in his attempt to reach Linxian and had not re-entered seclusion after emerging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zuoyang drift in, Chaihu spoke first: “Brother, someone is ascending.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve seen it. Black flames burn within Qiling Mountain—the aura of ascension comes from there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… someone truly obtained the chance for immortality?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the four men fell silent, gazing at the horizon, solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fengchuan could not help speaking: “I’ve never seen such crimson immortal light—evil intent surges skyward, making my spiritual sense uneasy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Feishe spoke: “No need to debate—ask the Master for his decision.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Fengchuan and Chaihu exchanged glances: “The Master isn’t in the bamboo hut.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He always obscures heavenly signs before acting. My brother and I searched long and hard—we couldn’t find him. Just now we were guessing he’d gone down the mountain for more wine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuoyang then realized only the four of them were present: “Is Younger Sister You not here either?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Longsheng and Wuyu Hall Lords both nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the three Directors of the Administration Hall arrived on Nishan, riding the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Rong bowed deeply: “Qiling Mountain has suffered an incident—disciples who entered have lost their auras and no longer respond to messages. The same is true for disciples of other immortal sects and clans…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, across the vast sea of clouds, an old wooden boat sailed with the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man holding a wine flask wore loose white robes, gazing at the distant sky with grave expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yingqiu, Lord of Jixiang Hall, stood behind him; after watching for a long while, she spoke: “Master, what is it inside the mountain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something already dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s already dead, why is it causing such commotion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After the ruins stirred up demonic disturbances, I thought it was merely an accidental overflow of the fallen clan’s immortal path—but I never imagined a living person would try to use that dead thing to validate the Dao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man stroked his long beard, muttering, then handed her a jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yingqiu took the jade box, her expression suddenly startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the box was the Heavenly Book Academy’s sacred artifact—the legendary Tian Shu, said to have awakened humanity’s spiritual potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, the Tian Shu held no spiritual essence whatsoever—not even a whisper of fluctuation—as if… it had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she became Lord of Jixiang Hall, she had paid homage to the Tian Shu’s true form and witnessed its profound, majestic aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the wooden boat suddenly entered a patch of darkness, then rapidly descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below them lay a county town, still distant from the blazing Qiling Mountain range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, aren’t we going into the mountain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s useless now—we must find Ji You first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(On sale at midnight tonight—requesting first subscriptions or2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1220,"2026-06-19T15:28:39.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5810ba1dfa469cb211327989d7d185f4d1667ffa6f9adf71746560afbcbf15eb","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-74","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-72",430,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwatching-the-immortals-fall-cover.jpg"]