Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Half a day later, a stream of light flew in from the distance, crossing most of the void in an instant and falling into the Ascension Platform with a flash.

As the light converged, Zhao Sheng entered the plaza with a calm demeanor. His gaze swept over the Ascension Tower, and his eyes involuntarily flickered as he noticed, besides the Ancestor, an old man in straw sandals and a coarse hemp robe standing next to him.

At this moment, Zhao Xuanjing noticed his appearance and immediately laughed heartily, waving repeatedly, "Haha, you're back just in time. Come quickly to pay respects to your Uncle-Master Ji Yun."

Zhao Sheng's mind flickered as he flashed to the front of the two. After taking a look at the withered old man, he immediately recalled the person's identity.

This person was the previous Guardian of the Ksitigarbha Sect, personally appointed by the Ancestor back then. However, Ji Yun was silent and ascetic, rarely appearing in the Cultivation World. He could be described as a millennium shut-in.

Nonetheless, this individual had achieved the highest accomplishments in the Ksitigarbha Sect for thousands of years, and his cultivation seemed to have reached the Half-step Divinity Transformation Realm.

This information surfaced one by one in Zhao Sheng's mind, and while clasping his fists to salute, he was about to speak.

But at this time, Ji Yun waved both hands repeatedly, urgently saying, "Don't, don't! Just call me Taoist Ji. In front of a True Monarch, this 'Uncle-Master' title is something this old one cannot afford."

Seeing this, Zhao Xuanjing said, "Well then, you two should address each other as you see fit!"

Zhao Sheng smiled faintly and quickly greeted Ji Yun.

...

Four hours later, Ji Yun left the Ascension Platform in a hurry with a face full of joy.

Zhao Sheng watched the stream of light depart, and suddenly a thought arose in his mind. So he turned to Zhao Xuanjing and asked, "Ancestor, do you think this person has potential?"

Zhao Xuanjing immediately understood the implication of his words, pondering in silence for a moment before nodding, "Ji Yun's firmness of the Taoist heart is something even I am ashamed of. This person has a pure and solid foundation. Except for removing fortune, he should have one or two parts chance to break through to Divinity Transformation."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng said in a deep voice, "Having even a one or two-part chance is enough! Ancestor, your grandson wishes to lend him a helping hand."

Zhao Xuanjing's expression suddenly stiffened, "Oh, I want to hear your reasoning, considering the family only has three Primordial Spirit Fruits left."

"Ancestor misunderstood! Primordial Spirit Fruits are the foundation of the family and cannot be used casually on outsiders. I have a small amount of Essence of Primordial Spirit. This item also has some assisting effects for breakthrough to Divinity Transformation," Zhao Sheng said, taking out a Crystal Glass Bottle, showing it to him. Inside, some strange material floated like luminous 'wisps.'"

Upon seeing this, Zhao Xuanjing's face immediately showed a look of amazement.

Zhao Sheng immediately put away the Crystal Bottle and continued, "You know I just visited Flying Immortal City and happened to learn some news there. At the time, I suddenly thought of a big plan and wanted to come back to discuss it carefully with Ancestor. If this plan can be successfully implemented, it will inevitably severely damage the Netherworld, and there is a great possibility of seizing back the Time-Space Rift."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuanjing became very interested and urged, "Quickly tell me, what kind of plan is so powerful?"

Zhao Sheng slightly sorted through the sequence of events and then spoke, "Ancestor, do you know that the Netherworld now wants to stir up a new war again? After learning the news, your grandson intends to go with the flow. While letting the Netherworld accumulate strength, our side will also mobilize troops massively. On the surface, we will confront them head-on to deal with the impending war..."

Zhao Sheng's idea took only a quarter of an hour to explain, but it took three days to convince Zhao Xuanjing to agree with this risky plan.

Then, the two continued to discuss for more than half a month, trying to supplement and improve every detail of the plan.

A month later, Zhao Sheng finally received the full support of the Ancestor, thus leaving the Ascension Platform excitedly and heading straight back to the Divine Dragon Valley.

After he left, Zhao Xuanjing, as previously discussed, began to send invitations to all the Divinity Transformation True Monarchs in the Tianzhu Realm, inviting them to the Ascension Platform for a significant discussion.

...

The sun rises and the moon sets, and another day passes in the blink of an eye.

On this day, in a heavily guarded valley southeast of the Divine Dragon Valley, a figure wearing a Ba Xia mask quietly descended.

The valley wasn't large, filled with Spiritual Medicine Strange Plants, lush greenery everywhere, seemingly an ordinary Medicine Valley.

However, few knew that this valley was a major stronghold of the Southern Sky Zhao Family.

Zhao Sheng strolled amidst the verdant forest, his steps unhurried, but his route twisted left and right, sometimes even retreating a bit. This was all to avoid the numerous array formations set up in the valley.

Before long, he smoothly arrived at the center of the valley, facing an ancient towering tree that required ten men to embrace its girth.

Gazing at the bark cracked like Dragon Scales, Zhao Sheng flipped his hand, revealing a strangely shaped Command Token. He then pressed the token onto the tree trunk's surface.

Buzz—

As a ripple flashed, the base of the ancient tree before him suddenly became illusory, as if a disguise had been removed, gradually revealing a dark stone cave over a zhang high.

Zhao Sheng raised an eyebrow and stepped into the stone cave...

A cup of tea's time later, he had passed through more than ten layers of defensive prohibitions, finally reaching a hundred-zhang-square jade stone palace built entirely out of jade stone, several miles underground.

The palace was empty, with dense, complex runes covering the jade walls, emitting faint radiant light.

In the center of the hall, there was a neatly recessed circular pit, perfectly fitting a crystalline jade pond. The pond contained a half-pool of resplendent, dazzling strange Jade Liquid, which emitted multiple halos, rendering the entire hall resplendent and colorful.