"The Immortal Sect, the Immortal Sect has appeared!"
"Is that the legendary gate that leads to the Immortal Realm? If we truly break it, can we go there?"
"I didn't get a chance in the last gathering, but in this one, I finally see it... Ascension..."
"No wonder all the Ascension Experts from the Nine Provinces have come to this gathering, even those at the level of the ancestors!!"
...
The ancient gate, majestic and grand, holds endless mysteries, housing the secrets of the Immortal Path. Just one glance fills one's heart with boundless excitement and determination.
"This gate..."
"Why does it seem somewhat similar to the Gate of Apocalypse in the game back then..."
At this moment, Wang Mu was slightly surprised.
Having experienced several ancient Illusion Realms, Wang Mu remembered it clearly.
Of course, it's normal to be similar. The Gate of Apocalypse back then should have been the passage between the Upper Realm and the Nine Provinces, just like this Immortal Sect gate.
It looks even more magnificent and grand than it did back then.
"The one I broke back then shouldn't have been anywhere near as solid as this."
Wang Mu thought.
According to the information from the Moon God, it was after Xiao Li led the entire Li Dynasty to ascend that they established the Immortal Dynasty in the Upper Realm and then built a complete commercial order.
This Immortal Sect gate must have been reconstructed.
Breaking it would lead to ascension...
Wang Mu shook his head. If it could be broken, it would surely mean surpassing the peak of Ascension, truly becoming an Outer World Immortal, which would make sense.
However, the appearance of this gate implies that the envoy sent by Mr. Lee from the Upper Realm, or perhaps a Divine General, should be on their way.
But when will they appear?
"Could it be that after someone breaks the Immortal Sect gate and wishes to ascend, she will descend?"
Wang Mu observed the Immortal Sect gate, but although it appeared, it stood tall and distant among the clouds, showing no sign of opening.
"Hmm... it must be that the time hasn't come yet?"
Wang Mu turned and slowly followed the stream of flying artifacts, entering the Ascending Immortal Platform into their designated docking points.
In the Illusion Realm above, accompanied by the entry of various Ascension Experts, it was slowly becoming bustling.
This was probably the day when the most Ascension Experts from the Nine Provinces appeared.
Wang Mu waited patiently.
After Bi You arrived, she was closely followed by Mu Hongyuan.
In the outside world, she was known as the Supreme Master of the Fengyue Sect, Mu Lanxue.
Red Rhombus drifted like a colorful rainbow, in everyone's vision, only a flash of bright red seemed to transcend, stepping into that cloud-enshrouded Illusion Realm. To Wang Mu, it looked like an episode from the Divine List being enacted.
In the vision manifesting within the Illusion Realm, their figures seemed wrapped in some mysterious power, or perhaps imbued with the aura of comprehended Great Tao, causing continued extraordinary phenomena around them; either swords transforming into thousands, or water condensing into pure lotus...
Just...
I don't understand, but I feel immensely shaken, like it's very powerful...
Wang Mu looked around at the disciples, each wearing the same expression.
Even Master Cheng at the Divinity Transformation Realm was no exception.
"The power of Ascension, the aura of Ascension, what exactly is it?"
"Who has seen it?"
"No one knows..."
Wang Mu could roughly guess what they were thinking.
Wang Mu could discern that it was the Ascension Experts concentrating their Primordial Spirit into the True Meaning of Dao, embodying as soul, causing extraordinary phenomena as it contacts heaven and earth.
In simple terms: full aura unleashed.
This is something both the practices of heavenly demons and others reach by different paths, with apparently similar endpoints.
No wonder they had to open a separate small world, otherwise, right here on the Ascending Immortal Platform, not many could withstand it.
Following Mu Hongyuan's arrival, the last to come was Mo Xilan, driving the Pill Furnace.
"The group is gathered..."
The other Ascension Experts arrived one after another; however, once inside the Illusion Realm, most obediently stayed to the side, evidently with no intention of intervening.
The difference between one level of Ascension and another is not trivial.
The difference between early, mid, and late stages is even larger than from Qi Cultivation to Nascent Soul.
Currently, only just these few are at the Ascension Realm Peak.
All are venerable elders from a millennium ago.
The other Ascension Experts understand well that with these four attending this session together, it's clearly a contest for supremacy.
As for them, they'll quietly observe.
In case they comprehend something, perhaps within a few years, they'll reach the peak themselves.
The only difference with the external cultivators is that they are New Sect Ascension, yet still an Ascension, capable of witnessing the event firsthand.
"Let them fight a while... after they tire, I'll make my move."
Wang Mu pondered.
He has a feeling that these four aren't just here for the contest.
From previous interactions, it seems they're fighting over a thousand-year destiny.
As for the reason why...
"Awaiting a thousand years, Dongfang Mu is their greatest tribulation..."
"However, there's only one person..."
Wang Mu shook his head, sitting quietly with the numerous disciples, watching.
Two days later, the restraints around the Ascending Immortal Platform tightened, signifying that the Ascension Summit had begun.
In the Battle Illusion Realm manifested by the Ascending Immortal Platform, the atmosphere started to change gradually, various phenomena altering, this should be the initial contact of auras...
Meanwhile.
Within the Battle Illusion Realm.
The four stood at the peaks of separate mountains, amidst drifting clouds, the traces of immortals mysterious and indistinct.
"A thousand years, and this is only the second time we meet?"
"Last time, it was when we sealed the Eight Desolate Netherworld together... back then, she was still here..."
The first to speak was Mo Xilan.
The divine thought flowed grandly, the four gazing at each other intensely like suns.
"Back then, she said that he would appear six hundred years after her passing."
"She didn't lie, though none of us know how she accomplished it..."
"He has appeared..."