In the sky, the thunderclouds were still turbulent.

The old man with a worried expression and the woman in a red dress supported the old man in white clothes and turned into streaks of light, moving at an extremely fast speed. They were both top-level Qi Refiners, each with their own strengths. They knew that they were being targeted by someone, and if they didn't leave now, they might not be able to escape.

However, they couldn't escape.

A black coffin flew towards them and landed in front of them. Before the young girl and the young man arrived, the coffin had already arrived. The black coffin stood in the air, with two chains hanging down, giving off an incomparably mysterious feeling.

The old man with a worried expression, the woman in the red dress, and the old man in white clothes immediately flew in different directions. The old man in white clothes was the most heavily injured and his speed was slower. He struggled to escape. After a moment, his heart sank when he saw another black coffin appear in front of him.

On the other side of the black coffin, a red light flew towards it and stopped in front of the coffin. It was the woman in the red dress.

The woman in red was filled with doubt and heard a whistling sound. It was the old man with a worried expression coming from another direction.

The three of them looked at each other, their hearts filled with shock, and immediately turned and fled in different directions.

The old man in white clothes used his remaining spiritual power to fly thousands of miles away. In the distance, he saw another black coffin standing in the air with two chains hanging down, causing fear to fill his heart.

He immediately changed direction, but there was another black coffin in his field of vision!

He changed direction again, but there was still a black coffin ahead!

It seemed like every direction in his world was pointing towards that black coffin!

"This divine ability..."

His face was filled with despair, his mouth moved, and he helplessly flew towards the black coffin. "I don't understand."

On the other side, the old man with a worried expression and the woman in the red dress appeared, looking dejected as they walked towards the black coffin.

In the end, the three of them met in front of the black coffin again. Before they could speak, the voice of the young girl in green came, gentle and warm. "Can we talk now?"

The old man with a worried expression had a face full of sorrow and said, "In the era of the decline of Qi Refiners, to still be able to cultivate to such a level, the girl's talent is truly terrifying. I wonder what the girl wants to talk about?"

The young girl in green walked out from behind the black coffin and said softly, "The Immortal who does not age, and the rise of the powerful sect, the mystery of the disappearance of Qi Refiners."

The three of them looked at each other, and the woman in the red dress said seriously, "The Immortal who does not age is someone we three have dealt with, but we have a sworn oath. If we violate the oath, our souls and spirits will be destroyed. There is not much we can tell the girl. As for the rise of the powerful sect and the disappearance of Qi Refiners, it has nothing to do with us. We only deal with the Immortal who does not age, and we don't know much about other matters."

The young girl in green had a gentle personality and said softly, "I will tell you what I know first, and then you can tell me what you can. I won't make things difficult for you."

The woman in the red dress breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Two old fellows, we will test each other sentence by sentence later. If one of us dies because of the oath, we won't continue speaking."

The old man with a worried expression and the old man in white clothes agreed.

The young girl in green said, "The first time I saw him was four thousand years ago. At that time, I was still a young Qi Refiner, just starting out, following my master to participate in the Tai Mountain Enthronement Ceremony. The Dragon Emperor unified the Divine Land, his might shaking the heavens, and all the seas submitted to him. He held the Tai Mountain Ceremony to worship the heavens. At the foot of Tai Mountain, I saw him for the first time. He was a young man."

The old man with a worried expression and the others silently looked at each other. The woman in the red dress said, "He went to the Enthronement Ceremony. The reason he went was because he was chosen as a young boy and followed Xu Fu to search for the Immortal Mountain overseas. Only he returned alone. The Dragon Emperor wanted to offer him as a sacrifice, hoping to communicate with the heavens. But the Dragon Emperor didn't know the secrets behind it and failed to sacrifice him."

The young girl in green said, "My master told me that he is a ghost who wanders in the mortal world without dying. My master said that he saw him when he was young, still a young man like this. He has been wandering in the world, with his memories completely blank. Why is his memory blank?"

The old man in white clothes carefully chose his words and cautiously avoided certain topics. "Our value in this world is to keep his memories blank."

"And then?"

"I can't say."

"How long has he lived?"

The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads in unison. "We can't say."

"Why did he become like this?"

"We can't say."

"Who are you monitoring him for?"

The three of them became nervous, closed their mouths tightly, and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, the young girl in green didn't make things difficult for them. She waved her hand and let them go.

When the three of them had walked far away, she sighed softly and said to herself, "In the next thousand years, I sometimes thought that I wouldn't get lost when I returned home next time. I could meet him again. At that time, my master was no longer around. His lifespan had come to an end, and he died in despair. He had always wanted to undergo tribulation, but he never dared to take that step. Only the Immortal who does not age continued to live in this world, like an immortal ghost. He changed many identities and lived in this world like an immortal ghost."

She leaned against the black coffin, quietly lost in thought, and muttered to herself, "Before the changes, I saw him again at the foot of Jiuyi Mountain, still the same young man. He didn't remember me and looked at me like a stranger. But on him, he carried many of my memories."

When the changes occurred, she was suppressed for three thousand years. When she came out of the well, she saw that young man again.

She still had feelings for this young man, but after three thousand years, the young man forgot about her once again.

She smiled, flew away, searched the world, and discovered that the world had changed. Everything was different, and only she and he were left in this world.

When she stood in the Niuwan Palace Cave Heaven of her old friend, looked up at the jade platform, and noticed that he and a snake had also come to the Niuwan Palace, she sighed, "In the south of the Xiao Xiang region, in the abyss of Cangwu; at the foot of Jiuyi Mountain, the Immortal who does not age."

This was a sigh, expressing her feelings about the changes in the world and the Immortal who does not age.

Floating on the Nai River, the boat of the Emperor of the Underworld sailed against the current, heading towards the Underworld.

After a while, the boat stopped and arrived at the bank of the Nai River.

The Emperor of the Underworld disembarked, his soul floating, and walked onto the Nai River Bridge, joining the queue of ghosts behind. The ghosts in front were drinking tea, and the ghosts behind occasionally took a step forward.

After who knows how long, it was finally the Emperor of the Underworld's turn. He received the tea bowl handed to him and was about to drink it when suddenly he felt a sense of danger in his heart. "I almost fell for it!"The Emperor of the Yin Court, with his vast divine powers, immediately stopped the temptation of Meng Po's soup, put down his tea bowl, and laughed, "Meng Po, your joke is a bit too much!"

The old lady trembled and raised her head, chuckling, "Your Majesty, if you don't sit in the court and come to me, do you want to be reincarnated? If you want to be reincarnated, you must drink a bowl of my tea. Even the Emperor cannot be an exception."

The Emperor of the Yin Court knew that she never listened to orders or announcements. She was not part of the Yin Court's influence and had a different background. He said, "Meng Po, I won't argue with you about this. I just want to know the background of the old man with the green paper umbrella who comes to you every now and then to ask for Meng Po's soup. Who is he?"

Meng Po raised an eyebrow and looked at him sideways, saying, "Your Majesty, you are prying into things you shouldn't know. If I tell you, it will harm you."

The Emperor of the Yin Court became angry and said coldly, "Are you saying that even I am not qualified to know?"

His body was surrounded by divine light, fierce and powerful, like a god descending. The confused ghosts on the Naihe Bridge had never seen such a scene before and were scared to kneel on the ground, afraid to move!

The aura of the Emperor of the Yin Court grew stronger, and he said coldly, "I am an immortal in human form, exiled to the mortal world, enjoying the incense of the human world and being worshipped for generations! I control the Yin Court in the underworld and the divine path in the mortal world. How many gods are under my command? Am I not qualified?"

Meng Po said calmly, "That's right."

She seemed unaffected by the terrifying pressure of the Emperor of the Yin Court and said softly, "Your Majesty, as a pseudo-immortal, half-dead and half-alive, pretending in front of me is useless. If you want to know, let the person behind you come out, and I will tell you the truth. Your Majesty should go back and consult first."

"You!" The Emperor of the Yin Court was furious and wanted to make a move, but he felt that this old lady was unfathomable!

He turned around and left, thinking to himself, "Is the old man who feeds Xu Ying Meng Po's soup really so powerful? He is a cultivator, but his strength may not be superior to mine. Why does Meng Po keep his background a secret and refuse to mention him?"

On Mount Wuwang, Xu Ying looked into the distance. With the help of the three hundred and sixty heavenly gods, the heavenly tribulation targeting Zhou Qiyun was dangerous but ultimately safe. The heavenly tribulation in the sky was gradually thinning.

This highly anticipated heavenly tribulation was finally coming to an end.

Xu Ying's mind was stirred, and he smiled at Da Zhong, saying, "Zhou Qiyun will ascend and become the first difficult immortal to ascend. At that time, everything will be settled, and even the owner of the Mud Pill Palace will not be able to harm him."

Although Xu Ying and Zhou Qiyun had a bad relationship, with Zhou Qiyun repeatedly threatening his life, Zhou Qiyun had never actually made a move. Xu Ying had learned a lot from him.

He had hatred towards Zhou Qiyun, but more than that, he admired and appreciated him.

The clouds of the heavenly tribulation in the sky were rapidly shrinking, and the final strike was finally coming!

Xu Ying looked at the thunderbolt that fell, as thick as the main peak of Mount Jiuyi, and his heart surged with excitement. He said with a smile, "In Zhou Laozu's last letter, he said that if he ascends, my life will be worry-free. It seems that I don't need to worry about my life anymore."

Da Zhong sighed and said, "This person is truly extraordinary."

As soon as they finished speaking, they saw the heavenly tribulation dissipate in the sky, and a ray of ascension light descended from the sky, sprinkling on Mount Jiuyi.

The light was holy and colorful, containing unfathomable mysteries, shining on Zhou Qiyun standing on the top of Mount Jiuyi.

He smiled. This ascension tribulation, he finally passed it.

This tribulation had exhausted all the wealth he had accumulated over the past two hundred years, countless heavenly treasures, and the flesh and blood of ancient cultivators!

The three hundred and sixty heavenly gods protected him during the tribulation, and even these lofty heavenly incarnations were severely injured as a result!

Zhou Qiyun was also seriously injured.

His Mud Pill Palace was in tatters, and his physical body was full of wounds. His divine soul was almost shattered by the lightning.

But he finally won, finally survived, and passed this great tribulation.

At this moment, he especially wanted to confide in someone, to find a friend to talk to, to express the pride in his heart, and to vent his inner joy!

He looked up at the ascension light falling from another world outside the sky and suddenly saw Xu Ying's figure in front of him. He whispered with a smile, "Is he also watching me pass the tribulation? I don't know why, but I feel like confiding in him. Is it because he is also a snake catcher?"

Could it be that he also came from Lingling, experiencing the same fate as himself?

"Maybe not."

He silently thought in his heart, "It should be just admiration for him. Such an outstanding young man is rare to see. Seeing him, I feel like seeing myself in the past."

In the sky, the heavenly gods flew up into the air as the ascension light descended, returning to the heavenly world along the light. The immortal world was above the heavenly world for both the immortal world and the mortal world.

For the immortal world and the mortal world, the heavenly world was an intermediate layer between the two realms.

Zhou Qiyun looked up. The huge bodies of the heavenly gods blocked the ascension light, but he was not worried.

"My admiration for Xu Ying is only because of my narcissism," he smiled and thought.

The bodies of the heavenly gods completely blocked the ascension light, and Mount Jiuyi and the surrounding hundred thousand mountains were completely enveloped in darkness.

At this moment, a shadow caught his eye.

On Mount Wuwang, Xu Ying looked at Mount Jiuyi from afar. Although the ascension light was blocked by the bodies of the heavenly gods, causing Mount Jiuyi to be shrouded in darkness, occasional rays of light still fell into the hundred thousand mountains through the gaps between the giant bodies.

Vaguely, he saw a huge body flying towards Mount Jiuyi in the darkness.

Xu Ying's heart pounded, he opened his mouth, wanting to shout to be careful, but he couldn't make a sound.

It was too far away. This place was too far from Mount Jiuyi.

His voice couldn't possibly reach there.

His heart was in knots, his eyes widened, and he even activated his Heavenly Eye, staring fixedly at the darkness enveloping the Nine Mountains, silently saying in his heart, "Zhou Qiyun has no flaws anymore. He has passed the heavenly tribulation. He is an immortal, he won't lose..."

Vaguely, he seemed to see occasional faint light coming from Mount Jiuyi, as if someone was fighting."Zhong Ye! Seven!"

Xu Ying shouted loudly, "Let's go to Jiuyi!"

Da Zhong and Seven were startled. One flew into the back of Xu Ying's head, while the other hid in Xu Ying's collar. Niu Zhen and Niu Gan also wanted to follow, but Xu Ying shook his head and said, "You guys guard the Niman Palace Cave Heaven and wait for me to come back!"

The two brothers bowed and agreed.

Sword qi surged around Xu Ying's body, swiftly piercing through the air, leaving behind a trail of thunderous sound.

Wumang Mountain was thousands of miles away from Jiuyi Mountain, and the journey was treacherous. Ancient creatures lurked between the mountains and swamps, and only the strong could cross them.

However, Xu Ying paid no attention and flew directly from above.

Whenever terrifying creatures in the mountains and swamps caused trouble and tried to intercept him, the sound of a bell would ring, and everything would submit, no longer making any noise.

"Ah Ying, by going to Jiuyi, you are walking into a trap."

Da Zhong reminded, "He has never completely erased his intent to kill you, and he even feels a bit jealous of you."

Xu Ying remained silent and continued to rush towards Jiuyi.

Although he had some disagreements with Zhou Qiyun, he vaguely felt that the other party treated him as a friend. Their conversations seemed more like confessions between friends.

His speed was extremely fast, surpassing the speed of sound. With this speed, he only needed two quarters of an hour to reach Jiuyi.

Two quarters of an hour was short. As long as Zhou Qiyun persisted for two quarters of an hour, Da Zhong might be able to save him!

When Xu Ying approached Jiuyi Mountain, the colossal body of the last Heavenly God in the sky had already retracted from the ascension radiance into the Heavenly Dao World. The radiance shone down, making the night exceptionally beautiful.

Xu Ying stumbled and landed under a parasol tree on Jiuyi Mountain. His cultivation was almost depleted.

Under the parasol tree, the ascension radiance fell on a white-browed youth.

The white-browed youth sat under the parasol tree, facing the east.

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In the east, the first rays of the sun had appeared.

He turned his head and looked at Xu Ying, a smile appearing on his face. "You came to see me off."

Then he turned his head back to the east and calmly said, "I thought of you before I died. I knew you would come back. The Snake Catcher, Xu Ying. I lost."

He remained calm, whispering softly, "I really don't want to die, I really don't want to die. I can't bear it..."

Xu Ying stood behind him and saw his head split open, with light shining out from inside his body.

His physical body was reduced to an empty shell.

He turned his head and smiled at Xu Ying, encouragement evident in his smile. "You have to be even more cunning than me to survive."

The sun rose, and the first ray of sunlight fell on his face.

"The mortal world is truly beautiful. I wish I could live another life." He said with a smile.

This grandmaster who combined the best of two schools, the first to ascend, fell in front of Xu Ying and turned into a human skin.

Behind Xu Ying, tired Zhou family disciples appeared on the mountain without him noticing, staring blankly at this scene.

Boundless grief surged in their hearts.

They knelt down silently, prostrating deeply on the ground.