As soon as he opened his eyes, Duan Lingtian heard a familiar exclamation before he even had time to feel the further breakthrough in his body, which had reached the limit of the 'Sun Saint Yuan' without the assistance of the magical power of the Small Swallowing Technique.
"Si Ling."
Suddenly, Duan Lingtian looked towards where the sound came from.
There, there was a girl about twelve or three years old standing there.
"Si Ling has grown so big..."
The moment he saw the girl, Duan Lingtian couldn't help but trembled in his heart, "Now, it should be almost three years since I went into seclusion, right?"
When he was in seclusion, Duan Lingtian made preliminary calculations:
In three years, his cultivation should be enough to break through to the 'Ninth Transformation of the Holy Immortal'!
And now, his cultivation level has officially broken through to the 'Ninth Transformation of the Holy Immortal', which also means that three years have passed.
Seeing the graceful daughter in front of him again, he further confirmed that he had been practicing in seclusion for a long time...
At this moment, Duan Lingtian's heart was filled with guilt.
In a period of retreat, his daughter has grown from a little girl to a graceful young girl. He, the father who failed to accompany his daughter to grow up, really did not do his duty.
"Dad, you are finally out!"
Although she has grown into a young girl, Duan Siling's character is still the same as before. When she saw Duan Lingtian appear, she immediately jumped into the air and flew into Duan Lingtian's arms.
Duan Lingtian naturally caught her, smiled slightly and said, "In a blink of an eye, Siling has grown so big... Daddy almost doesn't recognize you."
"Dad, you have been in retreat this time for almost three years."
Duan Siling pouted and said to Duan Lingtian aggrievedly.
"It's dad's fault...Daddy shouldn't have been in seclusion for so long."
Duan Lingtian smiled dotingly, and his tone became gentler.
"Dad, Mom misses you too."
Now Duan Siling has grown into a slim girl. Although she still looks like a little girl in front of Duan Lingtian, she has naturally become much more mature and sensible as she grows older.
Therefore, after being tender in Duan Lingtian's arms for a while, she left Duan Lingtian's arms and came to Ke'er holding Duan Lingtian's hand.
At this time, she wisely stepped aside and stood beside Gan Ruyan.
"Ke'er."
Looking at Ke'er, the look in Duan Lingtian's eyes suddenly turned into endless tenderness.
"Brother Tian."
Looking at the man in front of her that haunted her, Ke'er murmured, and the next moment she threw herself into Duan Lingtian's arms, hugging Duan Lingtian tightly, as if she never wanted to let go.
Duan Lingtian held Ke'er in his arms with a guilty look on his face and stayed with her tenderly.
At this moment, silence is better than sound.
The two people's hearts seemed to be tightly attached to each other, and they could never be separated again.
"Owner!"
Not far away, Peng Lai saw Duan Lingtian coming out of seclusion, but he couldn't help but reveal a somewhat complicated look in his eyes.
It was this master who helped him upgrade his innate spiritual root into a 'blue spiritual root'.
And it’s also a dark blue spiritual root!
In three years, his cultivation has reached the level of the ‘Eighth Transformation of the Saint Immortal’ some time ago, and he has become another elder at the eighth level of the Saint Immortal in Yousheng Palace!
If it were normal, it would be a joyful thing to enter the eighth transformation of the Saint Immortal.
But now, he couldn't be happy at all.
Because he knows that even if his cultivation has entered the eighth transformation of the Saint Immortal, he has already been regarded as a 'traitor' by Yousheng Palace. Not to mention that he will not be able to continue to be an elder of Yousheng Palace in the future. Will he still be able to survive?
Not necessarily.
If there is no 'Thunder Punishment Oath' to bind him, he still has a choice.
Now, he has no choice but to follow the master in front of him all the way to the dark side.
"I only hope that the master who has been in seclusion for three years can create a 'miracle'... so that I can survive too!"
Everyone is afraid of death.
Even Peng Lai is no exception.
If he could survive, even if he was asked to leave the Yousheng Palace, betray the human-demon clan, and wander around the world with his human master, he would be willing to do so.
Moreover, he had a very strong premonition:
If his master can get through this level, if he follows his master, his future achievements will only be higher than if he stayed in Yousheng Palace!
"His aura... seems to be much stronger than it was three years ago."
Gan Ruyan looked at Duan Lingtian, her eyes complicated at first, but later, her attention shifted to Duan Lingtian's looming aura that had not yet had time to restrain itself.
"Three years ago, his cultivation level was only the 'Seventh Transformation of the Holy Immortal'..."
Peng Lai didn't know Duan Lingtian's true cultivation three years ago, but Gan Ruyan, as Ke'er's twin sister, still knew it.
Although, Duan Lingtian's previous combat power was comparable to that of an ordinary ninth-transformation Saint Immortal!
However, Gan Ruyan knew clearly:
At that time, Duan Lingtian's cultivation level was actually only the 'Seventh Transformation of the Holy Immortal'.
"With the extremely talented spiritual root 'Black Spiritual Root'... in three years, his cultivation should have at least broken through to the 'Eighth Transformation of the Saint Immortal', right?"
After all, she had not reached that level of cultivation and had not experienced the talent of 'black spiritual roots', so Gan Ruyan could only guess this way.
"He now...should be enough to compete with the palace master of Yousheng Palace, right?"
Gan Ruyan said secretly.
"Uncle Peng Lai, what's going on with those clouds that keep moving? Hey, they seem to be glowing from behind, so colorful, so beautiful!"
At some point, Duan Siling saw the dark clouds moving rapidly across the sky, and immediately asked Peng Lai.
After hearing Duan Siling's words, Peng Lai's gaze also moved to the sky, and then he saw the dark clouds on the sky that were moving rapidly in one direction. The dark clouds filled the sky and converged in the same direction.
In addition, behind these clouds, there is a dazzling colorful brilliance, which is occasionally reflected through the gaps between the clouds.
"This is……"
Suddenly, Peng Lai's pupils shrank, his face changed drastically, and he immediately exclaimed, "The calamity of becoming an immortal!"
It was Peng Lai who finally realized that it was not appropriate to disturb his master now, so he finally lowered his voice and did not disturb the still gentle Duan Lingtian and Ke'er.
However, Gan Ruyan, who was relatively close to him and focused on him, heard his exclamation.
"The Tribulation of Immortality?"
For a moment, Gan Ruyan's gaze also shifted to the sky. When she saw the dark clouds gathering towards one place, her expression suddenly changed, "They are really the 'tribulation clouds' of the ascension to immortality!"
As a former disciple of the Zoroastrian Cult, Gan Ruyan had naturally heard of some things about the 'Tribulation of Immortality', and also knew the characteristics of the 'Tribulation Cloud' of the Tribulation of Immortality.
Therefore, the moment her eyes moved to the sky, she was completely sure again:
The sky is constantly turbulent and moving, converging in the same direction. There are faint clouds entwined with purple lightning and thunderbolts, which are clearly the 'tribulation clouds' of the catastrophe of immortality.
"What is the direction in which these calamity clouds are gathering?"
Although her heart was trembling and she had some vague guesses, Gan Ruyan still looked at Peng Lai and asked for confirmation.
"That direction... is the residence of our Yousheng Palace Master, 'Yu Wen Haochen'."
Peng Lai smiled bitterly and said: "I was still wondering before. Considering the hatred that the master of the Giant Spirit Palace, Shi Nanfeng, has for the Qingyun Palace, if the master of the palace does not come out of seclusion, he should logically attack the master directly..."
"However, he stayed outside honestly!"
"I was extremely doubtful about this before, and I didn't know why."
"Now, I finally understand... It turns out that the palace master is retreating this time to break through to the level of a 'half-step immortal'!"
"Having learned that the master of the palace is about to become a half-step immortal, then Shi Nanfeng naturally doesn't have the guts to go above and beyond and attack the master in Yousheng Palace!"
Now, Peng Lai understands everything.
However, when he understood, his heart became more and more trembling, and his face showed an increasingly bitter smile.
"Is this really the residence of the Lord of Yousheng Palace?!"
Although she was vaguely mentally prepared, Gan Ruyan couldn't help but feel a tremor when she received Peng Lai's confirmation.
"So...the master of the Yousheng Palace, 'Yu Wen Haochen', is going to overcome the tribulation in the next few days? Once he successfully overcomes the tribulation, he can directly become a half-step immortal at the level?!"
As soon as she thought of this, the glimmer of hope that had arisen in Gan Ruyan's heart was ruthlessly shattered again.
Previously, she speculated that Duan Lingtian's cultivation might have broken through to the 'eighth transformation of the Holy Immortal'.
Duan Lingtian, who has undergone the seventh transformation of the Saint Immortal, is no match for the Lord of the Yousheng Palace.
So, what about Duan Lingtian, the eighth transformation of the Saint Immortal?
Because Gan Ruyan didn't know that Saint Yuan had a 'limit', she also didn't know that Duan Lingtian, let alone entering the eighth transformation of the Saint Immortal with his cultivation level, even if he had just entered the ninth transformation of the Saint Immortal, it was impossible for him to travel to the Holy Palace.
The Lord's opponent.
Of course, that is under the premise that the incomplete super holy weapon ‘Demon-Sealing Monument’ in Lingtian’s hand is useless against the ninth-level Saint Immortal.
Now, I realize that the master of Yousheng Palace is about to overcome the tribulation. Once he succeeds in overcoming the tribulation, he will become a strong man at the half-step immortal level.
The 'hope' in her heart was shattered, and the 'despair' was reborn.
This feeling is equivalent to a drowning person who is dying. After finally grabbing a life-saving straw, the life-saving straw breaks again...
This is the feeling of rising from hell to heaven and falling from heaven to hell again!
"No... maybe he failed to escape the tribulation and his body died and his Tao disappeared?"
Thinking of another possibility, while Gan Ruyan murmured, she couldn't help but her eyes lit up, and there was a hint of hope on her face.
As far as she knows:
Those who are strong in the Ninth Transformation of the Saint Immortal are faced with the ‘Tribulation of Ascension to Immortality’, but they are not necessarily able to overcome the Tribulation successfully!
"Failed to overcome the tribulation?"
Hearing Gan Ruyan's murmur, Peng Lai couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's impossible to fail!"