“Why be curious?”

Tian Hongyi paused slightly and said, “As cultivators, what all beings strive for is to reach the peak, and now we are standing on the mountaintop.”

“Mountaintop…”

Lin Qingyue’s eyes slightly fluctuated as she glanced somewhere, seeing the increasingly restless cheers and excitement. A slight curve appeared at the corner of her mouth:

“Some fight desperately to climb the mountain, while others leap off the peak. The scenery you want me to see, someone will let me see.”

“Who?”

Tian Hongyi’s gaze turned cold, and he immediately asked.

Feeling the air around suddenly freeze, the smile and gentleness in Lin Qingyue’s eyes instantly subsided. She frowned slightly and turned her head to stare at the brightest young man in this Ten Thousand Mountains Sword Tower beside her, saying:

“Just speaking casually, the peak you mentioned, when we truly see it, may not feel so significant. All beings… live regardless of the summit!”

“Your cultivation attitude is too passive!”

Tian Hongyi couldn’t help but say.

Lin Qingyue turned around and left, returning to her cultivation place, no longer talking to him.

“Humph, talking as if it’s easy, but she works harder on cultivation than anyone!”

Tian Hongyi watched Lin Qingyue leave, his expression a bit gloomy.

He had noticed her; her time in the sect was very short, but her cultivation was painstaking and diligent. He thought she was just like him, eager to reach the peak and overlook the world, thus possibly becoming his Dao companion and walking this journey together.

But unexpectedly, she kept her distance from him, making him somewhat angry inside.

…

“That Zhang Xuanyu failed!”

“He’s still at eleventh!”

“It’s ending, too late now, Haotian is really going to be tenth!”

At the Great Dream Nine Abysses, under the Barrier Dao Domain, all the disciples were extremely excited, especially those of Sword Abyss, including Gu Yan and Yue Xi, feeling both complex and joyful.

“Kid, you’re really something. That Zhang Xuanyu stayed in there for two days and didn’t surpass you!”

Li Tie Mu was so excited his fists were constantly striking Li Hao’s shoulder, wishing he could hug him and kiss him a few times.

When Li Hao saw the old man so excited, he quickly pushed him away to avoid saliva spraying on his face.

“I stayed for three days; he stayed for two days. That’s definitely not enough, unless he breaks the fog wall.”

Li Hao said.

“You stayed for three days?”

Li Tie Mu widened his eyes, then couldn’t help but say, “You stayed all those three days in the Twelfth Desolate Domain before?”

“What else?”

“I thought you… well, you cheeky kid, not explaining clearly, making us all tense and worried these two days, while you probably were laughing on the side!”

Li Tie Mu was suddenly both angry and furious, but inside he felt joyful, his emotions pulled all over by this kid, longing for the immortal and dying.

“You didn’t ask. Besides, where could I stay but the Twelfth Desolate Domain.”

Li Hao looked innocent.

Li Tie Mu rolled his eyes, sweeping his gaze across other places on the Immortal Monument, except for the occasional rank changes at the nine hundred-odd names, other places were mostly quiet.

Everyone was mostly waiting outside the Immortal Monument, watching the excitement close to the end.

“There shouldn’t be any suspense; those ranked behind you haven’t entered, even the Imperial Family doesn’t show any signs, unless someone like you suddenly jumps from behind directly to tenth.”

Li Tie Mu said, his voice full of excitement.

Zhou Qingyun and the old woman were both watching Li Hao with faces full of astonishment. Who would have thought that the disciple Old Man Li brought back to the sect three or four years ago would achieve such a rank in the entire Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty!

Top ten, these are among the top ten in the Nine Thousand Immortal Cities!

An Immortal City, unlike a mortal city, covers an area comparable to hundreds of dynasties, with vast territories and countless citizens numbering in the billions.

Among them, talent and monsters are countless, but to stand out among the Nine Thousand Immortal Cities shows that one has already cultivated to the extreme in each realm.

“Having such strength at the True Immortal Realm, Old Man Li, how many flowers of the Immortal Seal does your disciple possess?”

Zhou Qingyun couldn’t help but ask.

Suppressing Zhang Xuanyu with True Immortal Realm Ninth Layer and rushing to tenth is no small feat.

“How many flowers of the Immortal Seal?”

Li Tie Mu paused, couldn’t help turning his head to look at Li Hao, only now realizing he’d never seen Li Hao’s Immortal Seal.

“Kid, could it be Six Flowers Immortal Seal?”

Li Tie Mu couldn’t help but ask.

Nearby, Gu Yan’s eyes moved slightly, showing a glimmer of light, staring at Li Hao.

Yue Xi and Murong Qingwu were both surprised to look at Li Hao, Six Flowers Immortal Seal?

Li Hao did not answer, he just smiled without speaking.

“Always mysterious, you cheeky kid!”

Seeing Li Hao’s expression, Li Tie Mu jokingly glared but didn’t really blame him. After all, the battle in the Southern Domain hasn’t come yet, it’s better to keep some cards hidden.

“With Six Flowers Immortal Seal, even if you go to the Heavenly Palace to learn under the Supreme Sect, you can surely gain the status of a formal disciple, right?”

The old woman couldn’t help but murmur, looking at Li Hao as if he were a precious gem.

Her disciple Lin Mingrong felt a bit flustered; she was Three Flowers Immortal Seal, a phoenix among people, an unparalleled genius, her master saying she could apprentice under the Immortal Emperor Supreme Sect.

Time quietly flowed.

In various places under the Immortal Sects, cheers erupted from time to time.

Someone in the last moments rushed into the top thousand ranks and secured the admission ticket, causing the whole sect to cheer and dance.

Soon, an hour passed.

Accompanied by a long dragon chant from the heavens, a fierce large gong sounded from the sky, drowning all discussions, and they disappeared instantly.

“The test is over!”

Chu Xiangtian spoke calmly, but his cold voice spread throughout the area.

His realm had already reached perfect Immortal Monarch Realm, and except for a solitary ruler of Immortal King Realm present, no one else could match him.

Even Li Tie Mu and other Heavenly Sect Elders at the same realm weren’t opponents of this Imperial Family prodigy.

“Please Marshal assist in inviting all disciples from Desolate Domain!”

Chu Xiangtian suddenly turned around, bowing toward the Desolate Domain with an extremely humble attitude.

“Marshal?”

“Which Marshal?”

“Nonsense, letting Chu Xiangtian treat so respectfully the Marshal, the entire Yan Chu only has the National Grand Marshal!”

Outside Desolate Domain, disciples and elders of various sects were astonished, staring toward the depths of the Desolate Domain, yet unable to see anything.

Li Hao was somewhat surprised, unexpected that General Shangguan was still in the Desolate Domain.

Meaning, his previous performance was all witnessed by him and Old Man Yuan?

As Li Hao pondered, deep vibrations came from the depths of the Desolate Domain, carrying a profound and glorious immortal power, like waves sweeping across the Desolate Domain, from more than thirty layers deep to the outer edges.

All the few disciples still struggling in Desolate Domain were pushed out.

“Thank you, Marshal.”

Chu Xiangtian’s eyes showed a glimmer, bowing again with a gentle voice.

The dozen cloud-like figures behind him all showed a change in expression, hurriedly bowing toward the depths of the Desolate Domain, collectively salute the National Marshal.

Simultaneously, they glared angrily at Chu Xiangtian, whom knowing the Marshal was here but didn’t inform them earlier.

Despite being princes, only one can inherit the throne, while the rest are just offspring to the father emperor.

Offspring can be born with consorts, but a National Grand Marshal is the only one in seventy thousand years!

Between their statuses, they clearly knew the significance.

The unclear ones didn’t even get the opportunity to come to the Ancient Immortal Realm, already buried.

“Ascension Platform please!”

Chu Xiangtian then turned around, speaking loudly.

As his words spread across the field, clouds and mist suddenly rolled in the crimson Desolate Domain sky, followed by a deep black high platform slowly descending from the depths of the clouds and mist.

The high platform seemed cast of molten iron, with rows of bronze stone pillars, exuding an ancient and wild aura.

Everyone below looked up with eyes full of shock, feeling this Ascension Platform seemed a top-notch Domain Artifact, even carrying some Emperor’s Might!

As the clouds opened, as if heaven and earth emerged from chaos, the Ascension Platform descended in the steaming cloud mist, suspended in front of the Immortal Monument.

“Now, welcome the top thousand immortals from the Immortal Monument to ascend!”

Chu Xiangtian rode on eight Ancestor Dragons, flying into the sky above the Ascension Platform, speaking loudly to the heavens.

His voice rumbled and roared, thundering across miles.