Apotheosis Realm
“Rise.” Hun Kui, Apotheosis Realm member of Third Heaven Palace, had all the Ascension Realm cultivators in the palm of his hands with his white glow and thunderous voice.
“Thank you, Sir.” The forty Ascension Realm cultivators stood aside on standby.
One might assume Third Heaven Palace had ruled Third Heaven once they had Five Mountains Alliance under their banner. The reality, however, was that they were not enough to stop Mu Yu and his band of friends. Besides Dustfallen Sect’s group, Third Heaven Palace wanted to ensure they had other threats, such as Gu Yitian and Ximen Buxing, removed from the picture to increase their chances of seizing slots.
“Have they arrived?” Hun Kui questioned.
Tian Yuehen stepped forward. “None of those you asked us to keep tabs on have shown up, Sir.”
“None? They’re more cautious than I thought. Have you told your disciples what to do in tomorrow’s contest yet?”
“Yes, we have,” everyone responded in unison.
“Good. Now that we have Archfiend Tiangan, it’s tantamount to having the nine immortals. As long as we can seize one spot, Mu Yu cannot utilise celestial preservation energy.”
“Understood.”
Without celestial preservation energy, once Lord Bai Jie undoes Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s seals… Too bad for you, huh, Sword Shadow Dust Gale and your disciples, Hun Kui inwardly celebrated. “The forty of you better keep your wits about you. If you see any of the wanted individuals, do not harm them. Report back to me.”
“As you command.”
Once Hun Kui flitted away, everyone sat back down. Tian Yuehen voiced, “Everyone know what their orders are?”
“Yes.”
“Stick to the plan, and fulfil your tasks. Dismissed.”
The forty Ascension Realm cultivators scattered in different directions above.
***
Gu Yitian did not bat an eye as he stood opposite Ximen Buxing and Wanwan in a cavern littered with sword scratches along the rocky walls. To be clear, he was not watching Wanwan attentively because of her allure; the feeling was mutual.
Ximen Buxing yawned. “Staring isn’t going to work. I’m not fighting you now.”
“I know,” replied Gu Yitian.
“Same goes in the future,” added Ximen Buxing.
“You’ve both reached Apotheosis Realm?”
Wanwan stretched her legs out along the pine tree branch she sat on and smiled. “Don’t feel bad. We’re different to begin with. If nothing else, I’m envious you haven’t reached Apotheosis Realm yet.”
“You’re envious I’m lagging behind?” grouched Gu Yitian.
“We had to pay a price to get to where we are. We only have one domain ability despite being two individuals, while you get one domain to yourself,” explained Wanwan.
“What are you getting at?”
Ximen Buxing whipped open his fan. “We need to work together in order to access Apotheosis Realm. We can’t deploy formations if we fight solo.”
“Why?”
“Thanks to Wanwan’s decision, she’s ruined my future. I didn’t want to ascend so soon.”
“You think I want to spend all day with you? This is all for the sake of the bigger picture,” snapped Wanwan.
“Clarify,” demanded Gu Yitian.
“Simply speaking, it would take us months to years to grasp a domain ability. Unfortunately, we had no choice but to use the old geezer’s domain ability guide to match it with us in order to make it in time for the contest.”
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
“As if it is. We have to use our yin and yang energies to make it compatible, which means that neither of us will be able to conjure an individual domain. Our original plan was to merge after we figured out a domain each so that we had access to three domains. Now we’re stuck with just one.”
“That’s a waste.”
“Duh. Why do you think we’re sighing?” Ximen Buxing fanned himself to spawn leaves from Evil Dark Fan in hopes of creating a poignant ambience.
“What are we waiting here for?” Gu Yitian asked.
Wanwan shook out her clothing and then switched her posture. “Waiting for tomorrow to come. I bet those white freaks will surround us tomorrow.”
Gu Yitian would have gone to the valley already if the duo did not drag him into the cavern.
“Where’s Mu Yu and Cheng Yan?” inquired Ximen Buxing.
“They should be here soon,” answered Gu Yitian. “… What’s your domain ability?”
“Heh, the old geezer’s domain isn’t shabby if I’m honest. Because we’ll deploy it together, it’s potential will also be multipl-, who’s there?!”
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