After cultivating for a thousand years, one would become a celestial overnight.
To a cultivator, becoming a celestial master was considered as entering the next level, and ascending was the ultimate dream.
According to the legends, when ascending to heaven, there would be music and celestial music.
The Southern Heavenly Gate would open, and the celestial deities of the Kingdom of Heaven would come out to receive us. Golden boys and jade maidens would serve us, and we would enter the Grand Overarching Heaven, Jade Capital Mountain, and enjoy endless bliss.
No matter how I looked at it, ascending was a joyous process, but it wasn't what I felt at that moment.
From the moment I closed my eyes, the power circulating in my body seemed to have instantly turned into a ball of gas, and this gas kept expanding until it filled my limbs and bones.
In my consciousness, I was like a balloon that was constantly being filled with gas. It had already expanded to its limit, but there were no signs of it stopping.
Every part of his body was being torn apart, and after the burning pain reached a critical point, he felt an inexplicable sense of comfort. However, it did not alleviate much, and the endless burning pain would attack him again, again and again, in an endless cycle.
I was immersed in this feeling, and after an unknown amount of time, my body felt so full that it started to sway, as though I had really become a huge ball.
The pain and burning pain disappeared, and only a comfortable and light feeling was left.
I opened my eyes, and the world was still vast, with a hint of white at the edge of the sky. It seemed that only an instant had passed since I had closed my eyes.
I looked around, and the dusk was dim. I couldn't see the surface of the Ruoshui Lake, and could only see the fog. That was when I realized that something was wrong.
I wasn't on the Ruoshui Lake, but in the clouds.
My body was still light, as though I didn't feel anything. I flew with the night wind, and the surrounding fog passed by my body and under my feet, without any resistance.
As I unconsciously flew, the sky seemed to have frozen at the border between night and dawn. I lowered my head and looked down. The mountains and forests were covered in a layer of twilight. The lakes and seas were also covered in black water. Occasionally, I could see a dim yellow light that shone on a few silhouettes around the light. They looked like a few lonely souls in the eternal night.
At first, the figures I saw were all strangers. They were like clay statues, sitting there without any movement.
But gradually, the figures began to come alive, and familiar faces began to appear.
The first person he saw was Fatty. He was sitting cross-legged beside a huge bonfire with his hands supporting his chin. He seemed to be lost in thought. Beside him, Bai Ling and many others seemed to be holding some kind of ceremony. Everyone was holding a torch, waving it and shouting. Their feet were also moving according to a fixed pace.
Looking down from above, the fatty and the others looked like ants, giving me a strong feeling that it was unreal. However, at the same time, I felt that the scene in front of me was real, and not something that I had imagined.
I was confused. At this moment, I was in the Monster region while the fatty was in the human world. Even if I successfully advanced to Xiaju, how could I travel thousands of miles to see the fatty?
While I was puzzled, the fat man's figure was just like the other souls. He quickly glided under me as if he would disappear in the next second. I panicked and tried to stop, but I couldn't control my body.
Just at that moment, the fatty seemed to sense something. He suddenly stood up from the ground and looked up into the sky.
I thought he would see me, but there was only confusion and disappointment on his face. After a few glances, he sat back down and disappeared into the distance.
Before I could think or investigate, Nangong's face appeared in my field of vision. He was also standing next to a bonfire with his hands behind his back. There was no one else next to him. He stood there alone and looked up into the sky. There was a mocking smile on his face. He seemed to be looking at me, but also seemed to be in a daze.
His figure didn't stay for long, and he quickly glided under my feet. Turning around, I saw Zhang Kanwen and Wang Li appear.
The two of them stood together, each with a bonfire beside them.
The bonfire next to Zhang Kanwen was small, like a pea candle, while the bonfire next to Wang Li was burning fiercely. It was twice the size of his small body.
The master and disciple stood looking at each other. Zhang Kanwen seemed to be explaining something to Wang Li, and he looked very engrossed. Wang Li suddenly lifted his head and looked around the sky.
The scene changed. Zhang Kanwen and Wang Li disappeared, and the evil sacrificial spirit appeared next to a bonfire. He looked the same as before, wrapped in a black robe. He looked a little blurry, but the strange thing was that the snake spirit was there. What was even stranger was that the snake spirit had transformed into its original form and was coiled around his neck, acting very intimately.
Next to them, on the other side of the bonfire, the kirin was sleeping soundly on the ground.
When I looked over, the snake spirit and the evil sacrificial spirit didn't move. On the contrary, the kirin lifted his head and looked as mischievous as before.
Very quickly, they disappeared, but my heart wasn't calm.
The last time I saw the kirin, he had disappeared into the gate of the Mountain and Sea Realm with Suan Ni's Jing Wei Bird form. Now that the kirin had appeared, what about Suan Ni?
What was going on with the scene I was seeing?
Before I could continue thinking, two more faces appeared. This time, it was my parents.
They were different from the previous people. They were sitting next to a small bonfire. They didn't move, nor did they lift their heads. Very quickly, they disappeared.
I tried my best to turn my head to take another look, but I couldn't sense my body. The surrounding light suddenly brightened. Suan Ni, Qiongqi, and Taotie, the three ferocious beasts, appeared one after another below me. They knelt on the ground and paid their respects. It was obvious that they had seen me.
After the ferocious beasts disappeared, Emperor Pryor and Wu Jiuzhui appeared. The two of them were in the palace of King's City, looking at me from afar with their hands clasped behind their backs. When their gazes met, they nodded at me in greeting.
Apart from the two of them, I also saw an old werewolf who lived underground, and a roc that floated in the clouds. It was obvious that they were the other two Monster Emperors of the Monster Domain. Although I had never met them, they also nodded at me in greeting.
Just as I was about to retract my gaze, I suddenly shivered as I saw a patch of black clouds.
Within the black clouds, a black-robed elder with antlers on his head stood there. He coldly glanced at me, as though he didn't care about me.
However, just that gaze alone made my divine soul tremble and my heart tremble.
Before I could calm my emotions, everything in front of me disappeared. Only the day became brighter, to the point where it was almost blinding. However, this didn't last for too long. Very quickly, a ray of rainbow light appeared in the white sky. After a short moment, the rainbow light split into two.
One became two, two became three, until it was endless and filled the entire sky and earth.
I couldn't help but think back to the Raho Day when I'd first seen the rainbow.
On that strange Luo Hou Day, there was a similar rainbow light in the sky. However, when I raised my head to look at the sky, I couldn't see the dark nightmare, nor could I see the crimson red sun that was cleansed by blood.
The sky and earth were filled with rainbow light, and I was enveloped by the rainbow light. It was as though I had become a part of this gorgeous world. Abundant power and free will permeated the entire world. I was so happy that I felt like I had become the ruler of the world.
So this was the rainbow light that ascended?
Amidst the boundless happiness, I lowered my head to glance at the ground. Suddenly, I discovered that there wasn't any rainbow light there, but a long river of green water. On the other side of the river, there wasn't any rainbow light either. Instead, it was a pale white world without any color.
There was a large group of people prostrating there. They were wailing and crying. Some were lying on the ground, shaking their bodies. Some were frantically kowtowing. There were also people who took out knives and cut open their bodies, letting their blood gush out.
There were also people who were holding the fresh blood of others and their own blood as they continuously smeared something on the ground.
The world seemed to last for a few centuries. The pale white world suddenly turned black. The people prostrating on the ground became even crazier. They were extremely frightened. Everyone started to cut open their own bodies and started to kowtow frantically.
Behind them, a naked young man walked over.
There was a dividing line in the middle of his body. Half of his body was pure and flawless white jade, while the other half was deep black obsidian.
With every step he took, a white flower would bloom under his feet. It made him stand out from the pale white world.
More importantly, he was standing on the boundary between the pale white and the dark. As he took a step forward, the darkness inched closer. At the same time, the wailing of the people prostrating on the ground became louder.
The youth didn't walk fast, but he eventually reached the green river.
The people prostrating on the ground had no more space left. They were being swallowed by the darkness.
Thus, they went crazy and stared at the youth. They used the most vicious words in the world to curse him.
No one cared about their powerless curses. The youth didn't even stop. He directly stepped on the green river and walked towards me.
At that moment, the rainbow light that enveloped me seemed to tremble. The boundless happiness seemed to have disappeared. There was an indescribable fear in my heart. I wanted to curse loudly and use all my vicious methods to stop him!
I didn't know why I felt that way. It was just an instinct.
Instinctive disgust, instinctive hatred, instinctive disdain!
But I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even move my lips … This youth couldn't be stopped!
White flowers kept growing under his feet. Even though he was walking on the green river, he still didn't fit in with this world.
Very quickly, he crossed the river and walked in front of me.
This youth formed from obsidian and white jade looked at me with a smile at the corner of his mouth. However, in the blink of an eye, he took out a long sword and pointed it at me from afar. He said mockingly,