Xu Ying stood on the peak of Fangzheng Immortal Mountain, reaching out his hand to Xu Fu. Xu Ying was slightly startled, but he grasped Xu Fu's hand, and Xu Fu exerted force to pull him onto Fangzheng Immortal Mountain.

Qi leaped and shrank his body, jumping onto the Immortal Mountain, calling out, "Wait for me!"

Xu Ying stood on this small Immortal Mountain, marveling at its size.

Fangzheng Immortal Mountain was only about a dozen meters in diameter, yet it was more than enough space for two people to stand comfortably.

As this small Immortal Mountain flew outside the temple, the peculiar texture of the mountain wall emerged and changed continuously during the flight.

Xu Ying's gaze fell on these textures, feeling a sense of familiarity, as if they were bird seal inscriptions. However, upon closer inspection, the textures disappeared, leaving him unable to fathom their mysteries.

"Is this mountain really a fragment of the immortal realm? It seems quite ordinary."

Qi hung on Xu Ying's ear, surveying the surroundings and whispering, "Xu Fu always stands on the mountain. Could it be that he can't leave this mountain?"

Da Zhong's divine sense fluctuated, and he said, "What would happen if he left this mountain?"

A scar at the corner of Xu Fu's eye twitched.

Xu Ying's gaze flickered as he whispered, "Don't make wild guesses. He just said that the Ancestral Dragon, the strongest alchemist of that time, opened a small crack in my seal, and then the Ancestral Dragon sent me and him to the sea to find the Immortal Mountain. Could it be that the news of Fangzheng Immortal Mountain came from me?"

He blinked, puzzled, "How could I have news of an Immortal Mountain?"

Da Zhong and Qi couldn't answer this question. They hadn't even heard of Fangzheng Immortal Mountain, let alone the wonders of the Immortal Mountain.

Qi descended and landed on the ground, suddenly exclaiming, "Look, you can really see the immortal realm!"

Xu Ying was surprised and looked around, but he didn't see anything unusual.

Qi called out, "You need to shrink your size like me to see it!"

Da Zhong quickly shrank his body, becoming the size of a palm, and landed on the ground, exclaiming, "Indeed, you can see the immortal realm!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Ying reversed the technique that had enlarged him, shrinking himself to the size of a bean and landing on the ground. Looking up, he indeed saw the thin layer of atmosphere surrounding the small Immortal Mountain, forming the sky of the Immortal Mountain!

Through this thin layer of atmosphere, they saw the massive immortal mountains floating in the sky like illusory shadows, appearing extremely unreal.

Looking further, they could see immortal lights like rainbows, floating immortal mountains, clouds and mists, palaces floating in the sky, and floating immortal trees covered with peaches, as if they could be picked with just a reach of the hand. This Fangzheng Immortal Mountain was truly marvelous!

Xu Fu's voice seemed to come from beyond the sky, saying, "That is the immortal realm. However, we can only see the immortal realm but cannot touch it. This stone fell from the immortal realm to the mortal world. Although it fell to the mortal world, it shares the same sky as the immortal realm, so we can stand here and see the scenery of the immortal realm."

Xu Ying dispelled the technique that had shrunk him, returning to his normal size, and praised, "Fangzheng Immortal Mountain is truly amazing."

Xu Fu said, "There's something even more amazing. When the sun rises in the immortal realm, you will find that bathing in the immortal realm's sunlight to cultivate Qi is extremely refreshing! The sunlight of the immortal realm turns into primordial energy that enters your body, refining away all impurities and dirt, leaving your body as pure as jade, as if you had taken an elixir!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Ying, Qi, and Da Zhong couldn't help but feel itchy and eager to experience the sunrise in the immortal realm.

The disciples under Xu Fu's guidance, dressed in white and carrying sword sheaths on their backs, gathered in groups of four, flying on their swords and accompanying Fangzheng Immortal Mountain.

Xu Fu flew on the Immortal Mountain, passing through steep mountains and valleys, and chuckled, "A day in the sky is a year on the ground. Since I obtained Fangzheng Immortal Mountain, I have only experienced four thousand sunrises. If you wait here for a year, you will be able to see the next sunrise."

Xu Ying stood on the Immortal Mountain and saw a tallow tree on a mountain peak in the distance.

The Wutong Divine Tree grew facing the sea, tall and handsome, towering above the other mountain peaks!

As Xu Ying was looking around, he suddenly heard a clear bird call. Looking up, he saw a divine bird with a long tail flying across the sky.

The divine bird soared into the sky, suddenly flapped its wings, and a sea of fire erupted. Rolling in the fire, the divine bird's speed increased dramatically, breaking through the air and disappearing.

Xu Fu said, "The one that just flew by is a divine bird that has awakened ancient bloodlines. It is said that after a phoenix came to this place, the divine birds gradually increased in number."

Xu Ying looked at the deep Wutong tree and saw the divine bird that had just flown up, perching on the tree. He thought to himself, "Could it be the Phoenix Fairy?"

"This place is called Huotong Mountain, the first of the thirty-six ancient heavenly realms. Countless alchemists practiced here in the past, and countless alchemists crossed their tribulations here."

Fangzheng Immortal Mountain flew toward another mountain peak, passing through a large crack in the mountain, with strange flesh and blood growing on the mountain walls, covering them.

These flesh and blood seemed to sense the presence of living creatures, and suddenly countless tentacles waved and rolled towards them!

The disciples all activated their sword energy to resist the flesh and blood on the cliff, but many of them were pierced by the tentacles, and their lifeblood rapidly drained away, leaving only dry bones in the blink of an eye!

More than ten disciples were killed or injured, and Xu Fu lightly flicked his sleeve, causing the entire large crack to tremble violently, and countless flesh and blood attached to the cliff exploded and were swept away by his sleeve.

"Thank you, Master, for saving us!" the disciples exclaimed.

Qi whispered, "Clearly, he could have destroyed all the flesh and blood directly. Why didn't he do it from the beginning?"

The nearest white-clad disciple said, "This is a test for our cultivation. If we rely on the Master for everything, how can we grow?"

The other disciples nodded in agreement.

Before Qi could say anything else, the sound of a bell rang out, leaving him dizzy and forgetting what he wanted to say. He thought to himself, "Why did Zhongye ring the bell at me?"

Fangzheng Immortal Mountain flew to the deepest part of the crack, where a huge blood lake appeared, and thick flesh and blood tentacles emerged from the blood lake!

Just now, Xu Fu had wiped away the flesh and blood on the mountain wall, but now new flesh and blood were growing from the blood lake.The blood in the lake was foul-smelling and bubbling, and this place was definitely not a blessed land!

As the Abbot Immortal Mountain got closer to the blood lake, Xu Ying and the others immediately felt the invasion of evil energy. The sword sheaths of the disciples around them began to vibrate, and suddenly sword energy flew out, cutting down invisible evil energy.

Whenever the evil energy was struck, a blood light would appear in the air, with blood beads flying out.

Qi shivered and murmured, "This place is too sinister, is it really a blessed land?"

"Absolutely."

Xu Fu raised his palm, and the blood lake parted to make way for the Abbot Immortal Mountain to fly into it. The disciples in white robes around them activated their sword energy to fly around them, guarding them cautiously.

"These disciples' cultivation is far inferior to Xu Fu's, so why does he need them to protect him?"

Xu Ying couldn't help but wonder, suddenly realizing, "I see, this is the problem he left behind when he led three thousand boys and girls to sea. So many people died at sea, and only he and I survived. He was in the middle of the group, protected at all times, which is why he survived."

These disciples, like the boys and girls from before, could sacrifice themselves at any time.

After crossing the blood lake, they finally arrived at the Huotong Blessed Land.

This blessed land was the first of the thirty-six blessed lands, and it was unimaginably vast!

From the center of the blessed land to the border, it was thousands of miles away, and it was about six thousand miles in circumference!

However, the Huotong Blessed Land was already in decline, with the ground covered in strange flesh and blood, which had devoured the giant beasts living there, leaving only skeletons behind.

Even this flesh and blood had climbed into the sky, blocking the sky of this blessed land.

But the most striking thing was the four ascension lights left in the center of the blessed land!

The four ascension lights fell from the sky and intertwined, full of the temptation of ascension.

Xu Fu sighed, "It is these four ascension lights that have attracted countless Qi Refiners to this blessed land to undergo Tribulation Crossing."

Suddenly, the earth shook violently, and countless flesh and blood danced, reaching out towards them!

Xu Fu remained calm, and his Nascent Soul appeared behind him. He opened his mouth and spewed out the Samadhi True Fire, instantly burning the earth and sky!

The Samadhi True Fire was extremely fierce, and it quickly spread, turning all the flesh and blood into ashes.

The Abbot Immortal Mountain carried Xu Ying, Xu Fu, and the others higher and higher, until they reached the four ascension lights. Looking down, Xu Ying immediately saw large and small Tribulation Circles!

On the ground, basin after basin came into view, large and small, with the smallest Tribulation Circle only a few dozen miles in size, and the largest one, only a little over ten miles from the edge of this blessed land!

The scale of the Heavenly Tribulation was terrifying!

"The flesh and blood here are the physical bodies of the Qi Refiners who died during the Ascension stage, bearing the evil thoughts that prevented them from ascending. Their bodies have been transformed into this."

Xu Fu stood beside Xu Ying and said, "Faced with increasingly powerful Heavenly Tribulation, they became desperate and filled with resentment and anger. Their transformed bodies, filled with all the evil, are trying to break through this blessed land and pollute the mortal world. If we hadn't come here, in a few years, this evil would have invaded the mortal world and devoured people!"

The disciples all spoke in unison, "Master, you are merciful!"

Xu Fu said, "Xu Ying, can you see where the greatest Heavenly Tribulation is?"

Xu Ying said, "The greatest Heavenly Tribulation is still more than ten miles from the edge of the blessed land!"

His heart shook, and he looked towards the sky. There was still a line of Heavenly Tribulation at the edge of the Huotong Blessed Land, like a black smoke, encircling the entire Huotong Blessed Land!

A Heavenly Tribulation that surpassed a thousand miles!

With a thought, the Abbot Immortal Mountain flew straight towards the edge of the Huotong Blessed Land, and before long, it arrived at the edge. The Abbot Immortal Mountain flew along the line of Heavenly Tribulation.

Xu Ying smelled a burnt smell in the air, and what shocked him even more was that there wasn't just one line of Heavenly Tribulation, but forty or fifty lines arranged together!

Each line encircled the Huotong Blessed Land!

This meant that forty or fifty powerful Qi Refiners were undergoing Tribulation here, triggering a super-scale Heavenly Tribulation that covered an area of six thousand miles around them!

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"The 'Elegant Collection of Daoists' written by the Pre-Qin Qi Refiners records that the super-scale Heavenly Tribulation has existed since ancient times, sealing the entrance to the Immortal Realm and preventing anyone from ascending."

Xu Fu took out a bamboo scroll and gently unfolded it. It was the 'Elegant Collection of Daoists' written by the Pre-Qin Qi Refiners. He flipped through the bamboo scroll, and the words on it appeared in the air, projecting various scenes of the thirty-six blessed lands and seventy-two blessed places.

These blessed lands and places were all Ascension sites, where Immortals had ascended and left behind Ascension lights.

Xu Fu said, "According to the 'Elegant Collection of Daoists,' after the appearance of the super-scale Heavenly Tribulation, the thirty-six blessed lands and seventy-two blessed places became completely ineffective. Any Qi Refiner undergoing Tribulation in these blessed lands and places would be unable to pass the Heavenly Tribulation. The last Qi Refiner to undergo Tribulation here, as recorded in the book, was named Gao Yue."

He looked at the lines of Heavenly Tribulation and said, "One of these lines should be his. According to the book, he died during the time of Emperor Zhou, and he was a Grand Protector during the time of Emperor Zhou, similar to the current Prime Minister."

Xu Ying listened quietly, without saying a word.

Xu Fu continued, "During the time of the Ancestral Dragon, the art of the Shaman was already widespread and popular, and some Qi Refiners intended to use the art of the Shaman to replace Qi Refining. The Ancestral Dragon was furious and collected all the books on the art of the Shaman, burning them along with the people!"

Tuoqi whispered, "Burning books and burying scholars."

Xu Fu said, "The books of the world were gathered in Xianyang, and I was fortunate enough to see these books and learn some secrets. In fact, since the time of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, no Immortals have appeared in the world for thousands of years."He sighed, "At that time, a super heavenly tribulation would appear every once in a while, shrouding the land of Shenzhou, causing earthquakes and shocking the gods and demons. One after another, the top experts among the Qi Refiners perished under the power of the super heavenly tribulation. For thousands of years, the super heavenly tribulation claimed the lives of generation after generation of geniuses. By the time of the Ancestral Dragon era, the Qi Refiners had already declined."

Da Zhong suddenly said, "During my master's time, many Qi cultivation methods had been lost, and even the Sword Control Technique was incomplete."

Xu Fu sighed, "At that time, the existence of the top Qi cultivation methods had already perished in the super heavenly tribulation. Which Qi Refiner didn't live in fear, trying to avoid the heavenly tribulation by all means? After crossing the sea with Lord Xu, I obtained the Fangzheng Immortal Mountain and went through countless hardships to return. The reason I was able to find the Yuanshu Continent and return to Shenzhou was by using the super heavenly tribulation to orient myself."

His face turned gloomy, "Four thousand years ago, a super heavenly tribulation would erupt every three to four years. Three thousand years ago, a super heavenly tribulation would erupt every forty to fifty years. Two thousand years ago, when I returned here, the last super heavenly tribulation erupted, eight hundred years after the previous one. I know that from the Ancestral Dragon to the present, the last Qi Refiner of Yuanshu has passed away."

An era had come to an end.

The Ancestral Dragon burned books and buried heroes, but could not stop the decline of the Qi Refiners.

Xu Fu's face darkened, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed as he said, "For the next two thousand years, I never sensed another super heavenly tribulation. Until recently."

Zhou Qiyun crossed the tribulation.

Triggering a super heavenly tribulation!

The flames in Xu Fu's eyes burned again as he looked at Xu Ying and said, "This tribulation has reignited my hope for ascension!"