Eternal Immortal Clan: It All Started When I Married My Junior Sister!

149: Dragons have scales that cannot be touched; to touch them is certain death!Indeed, it is too clumsy.

A moment ago, it sent down Heavenly Dao punishment, acting as if it intended to completely wipe out Chen Xu.

The next moment, it sent down a blessing, granting Ascension, and even allowing him to bring a hundred people to share in the immortal fortune?

Such contradictory actions.

Made everyone present smell the thick scent of a conspiracy.

Murong Zhuyun’s cold eyes looked toward Chen Xu, and she said pointedly: ”Sir, this is likely a trap. They are perhaps wary of the sword strike you used to shatter the Heavenly Dao just now, and do not want to pay any further price, so they want to lure you into the immortal gate and then catch a turtle in a jar.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded in succession.

This was almost the only explanation.

Everyone knew that behind that immortal gate must be a den of tigers and dragons, a death trap prepared for Chen Xu alone.

However, just when everyone was convinced that this was a trap and must not be entered.

Chen Xu smiled.

He looked at the golden gate in the sky that exuded endless temptation, the curve of his mouth carrying a hint of mockery, but more of an indescribable fanaticism.

”Go.”

A single word, gently spat out from his mouth, yet it exploded in everyone’s ears like a thunderclap.

”Of course we must go!”

Chen Xu turned around, his gaze like torches, sweeping over each stunned face.

”The immortal path has opened, how can we not ascend?”

”What if it is a trap? What if it is a den of tigers and dragons?”

He stepped forward, and an Aura of dominance that looked down upon the world erupted, causing the entire hall to hum and vibrate.

”Since I, Chen Xu, started cultivating, which step has not been walking on the tip of a blade? Which time has not been fighting between life and death?”

”Do they think that by setting a trap, I would not dare to go?”

”The more they want me dead, the more I will live to show them!”

”Not only will I go, but I will also, right in front of their faces, poke a hole in their damn Upper Realm!”

These words made everyone’s blood boil, and the fear and unease that had just risen in their hearts were instantly replaced by a monstrous Battle Intent!

Indeed!

What is there to fear!

The Alliance Leader even slashed the sky; are we afraid of a mere immortal gate?

”Father! This son is willing to accompany you and charge into battle for you!” Chen Daoxuan was the first to stand up, his eyes devoid of any hesitation, filled only with determination.

”Sir, Zhuyun is willing to hold the sword for you and slay all enemies!” Murong Zhuyun knelt on one knee, her voice cold and clear, yet every word resonant.

”And me! Count me in!” Sect Master Ba Dao patted his chest and roared in a muffled voice, ”To be able to follow the Alliance Leader to the sky to hack people, even if I die, it is worth it!”

”This slave is also willing to follow the Alliance Leader; even if I am crushed to pieces, I will have no regrets.” Liu Ruyan’s charming eyes were like silk, but the determination in them was harder than gold or stone.

Chu Xuan, Daoist Yuqing, the Valley Master of Ten Thousand Beasts Valley...

For a time, inside and outside the hall, cries to join the battle rose one after another!

They were not fools; they knew this trip would be a narrow escape from death.

But they knew even more clearly that if Chen Xu did not go, the people of the Upper Realm would descend sooner or later. By then, the entire world would become fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others.

Rather than waiting for death, it is better to follow their backbone, kill their way to the sky, and fight for eternal peace!

Looking at the determined faces below, a warm current passed through Chen Xu’s heart, but the expression on his face remained calm.

”Very good.”

He nodded, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, and his voice deepened.

”But you must think clearly.”

”This trip is not to ascend and enjoy blessings, but a battle to the death!”

”Behind the immortal gate, what awaits us may be a desperate situation a hundred times more terrifying than the Guixu Demon Eye, and powerful enemies far beyond our imagination.”

”The hundred of us are a suicide squad! At any moment, we could be wiped out, our Divine Souls destroyed, without even a chance at Reincarnation!”

Chen Xu’s voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone’s ears.

”Now, who else wants to go?”

Inside the hall, there was dead silence.

But no one retreated.

Everyone’s eyes became even more determined, even carrying a trace of anger at being underestimated.

Death?

These Cultivators who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, who among them did not live with their heads tied to their belts?

To be able to follow a legendary figure like Chen Xu, to witness the scenery of the so-called Upper Realm, and to fight against those high-and-mighty people from beyond the sky, even if they died immediately, what regrets could they have?

”We are willing to follow the Family Head (Alliance Leader) and go to our deaths together!”

The mountain-shaking, sea-roaring shouts rang out again, almost shattering eardrums.

”Good!”

A satisfied smile finally appeared on Chen Xu’s face.

What he wanted was this unstoppable momentum!

However, he changed the subject, his gaze falling on Chen Daochu.

”However, we cannot all go.”

”The Chen Family needs someone to stay behind. This world also needs someone to suppress it.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Daochu’s heart tightened, and he immediately understood his father’s meaning.

He stepped forward and bowed deeply to Chen Xu.

”Father, I will stay!”

His voice was incredibly firm.

”Father, please rest assured and go to battle; I am here at home! As long as I, Chen Daochu, have a breath left, the Chen Family’s Foundation will not be in chaos, and the Central Province will not be in chaos!”

He knew that compared to following his father to the Upper Realm to fight, staying behind to guard this vast Family business was equally a heavy burden.

He knew even more that this was his father’s trust in him.

”Good.” Chen Xu patted his shoulder heavily, his eyes full of gratification.

With a thought, he looked at Chen Daoxuan.

”Dao Xuan, you hand over everything; pass all of the Chen Family’s heritage to Dao Chu. Dao Chu, from today on, you are the Acting Family Head of the Chen Family; all matters are to be decided by you with full authority!”

Then, he looked at those wives who were also full of urgency, wanting to join the battle.

Bu Yifan, Sun Xiaoyue, Qin Rouer...

In their eyes, there was no fear, only the desire to follow.

Chen Xu’s heart softened; he stepped forward and held their hands.

”You all...”

”Husband, we want to go with you!” Bu Yifan said first, her eyes reddening, ”We are not afraid of death; we are only afraid... of not waiting for your return.”

Indeed.

Waiting is the most agonizing thing.

Looking at their determined eyes, Chen Xu was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.

”Good.”

He looked into Qin Rouer’s arms at his Little Son, Chen Zhenxian, who had opened his eyes due to the changes in Heaven and Earth and was curiously sizing him up.

He reached out and gently stroked his son’s tender cheeks.

”Dao Chu, Little Son... I leave him to you.”

After doing all this, Chen Xu took a deep breath.

”Pass on my order!”

”Core members of the Chen Family at the Nascent Soul Stage or above, and allies who have made extraordinary contributions to the Alliance, are all eligible for the Ascension list!”

”Assemble at the Holy Land square in one stick of incense time!”

Once the order was given, the entire Holy Land instantly boiled over.

At this time, outside the Chen Family Holy Land, it was already a sea of people.

Countless Cultivators who had heard the news and rushed over from all parts of the world surrounded the entire sacred mountain, making it impassable.

”Alliance Leader Chen! I beg you to show mercy! Give me a spot!”

”I am a half-step Soul Transformation! I am willing to offer everything I have in my life! I only ask to follow the Alliance Leader in Ascension!”

Cries, pleas, and even threats rang out in a chorus.

Those hundred Ascension spots had now become the most precious treasures in the world, enough to make anyone go crazy.

However, Chen Xu turned a deaf ear to the clamor outside.

The time of one stick of incense passed in a flash.

On the Holy Land square, a hundred figures were already neatly lined up.

Chen Daoxuan, Murong Zhuyun, Chu Xuan, Daoist Yuqing, Sect Master Ba Dao, Liu Ruyan...

Bu Yifan, Sun Xiaoyue, Qin Rouer...

On everyone’s face, there was a determination to face death as if it were a return home.

They were Chen Xu’s most core team, the top combat power in this world.

From the outside, this was a beautiful picture of one person attaining the Dao and their chickens and dogs ascending to heaven.

However, in reality, this was a suicide squad about to embark on an unknown journey, at risk of being wiped out at any moment.

Chen Xu took one last look at his brother, Chen Daochu, and at this prosperous Holy Land he had built with his own hands.

He did not say another word.

Because all instructions and all reluctance were already in his heart.

He turned around abruptly and waved his hand.

”Set off!”

The moment his voice fell, he soared into the sky, turning into a purple-gold sword rainbow that tore through the firmament, shooting straight towards the huge golden gate in the sky!

Behind him, a hundred streams of light followed, forming an incomparably sharp sword Formation, moving forward without hesitation!

This scene made those millions of Cultivators outside the Holy Land go completely crazy!

”They left! They really left!”

”Heavens! A hundred people ascending! What a spectacular sight this is!”

”Hateful! Why is it not me! Why!”

Countless people beat their chests and stamped their feet in deep regret.

There were also countless people who knelt deeply in the direction where the hundred streams of light had disappeared, their eyes full of fanatical reverence.

Under the gaze of billions of living beings across the whole world.

Chen Xu led his hundred-man suicide squad, like a sharp sword piercing the firmament, and plunged headfirst into the ”Ascension Immortal Gate” that radiated endless immortal light but also hid endless killing intent!

Hum—!

As the last figure disappeared, the huge golden gate flashed with light and slowly closed.

Finally, it turned into specks of golden light, dissipating into that huge crack in the sky.

As if it had never appeared at all.

Hum!

Just as Chen Xu led everyone into the golden immortal gate.

Everything before their eyes turned into twisted, rotating light and shadow.

An irresistible, huge pulling force appeared on everyone, as if it wanted to tear their Divine Souls out of their Physical Bodies.

This force was far more violent than any spatial teleportation in the Lower Realm.

Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator like Chen Daoxuan felt dizzy and had his blood and Qi surging.

Only Chen Xu, after his Breakthrough to Soul Transformation, had a Physical Body that was already strong to an unimaginable degree.

This bit of spatial pulling force was nothing more than a breeze on his face.

His expression did not change; he flicked his wide sleeves, and a gentle force instantly enveloped the team of a hundred behind him.

It offset most of the pressure for them.

Just at this moment, the System notification sound exploded in his mind!

[Ding! Detected that the host has led Family members to successfully ascend, the Family influence map has crossed the world barrier!]

[System is settling...]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, the Family development has entered a brand new stage—Spirit Realm · Northern Underworld Domain!]

[Cross-Realm rewards are being distributed...]

[Congratulations to the host, obtained Lifespan +10,000 years!]

[Congratulations to the host, obtained cultivation base infusion, Realm upgraded to Late Stage of Soul Transformation!]

Boom!

The cultivation base instantly poured into Chen Xu’s limbs and bones!

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He had just stabilized his cultivation at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation, and at this moment, it was as if he had boarded a rocket.

It began to surge wildly!

Peak of Early Stage of Soul Transformation!

Middle Stage of Soul Transformation!

Peak of Middle Stage of Soul Transformation!

Finally, with a crisp sound of a Bottleneck shattering, his Aura steadily settled at the Late Stage of Soul Transformation!

In just a single breath, he crossed two minor Realms!

And that wasn’t all!

“Ding! Congratulations to the Host, your Lifebound Treasure, the human emperor seal, has absorbed a massive amount of world Luck and Host Origin, successfully upgrading to — Innate Spirit Treasure!”

“Ding! Congratulations to the Host, you have received a special reward — [Cross-Realm Teleportation Formation Diagram] (Incomplete)!”

“[Cross-Realm Teleportation Formation Diagram: 1. Can be temporarily activated for a long-distance teleportation. 2. Can also be used to set up an ultra-long-distance teleportation Formation connecting the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm! 3. This item can briefly shield Heavenly Secrets with the Host as the center! Note: This Formation Diagram is incomplete; repairing it to set up an Upper Realm and Lower Realm teleportation Formation requires a massive amount of rare Materials, and teleportation consumes immense energy. Please use with caution, Host.]”

Feeling the power within his body, which was more than ten times stronger than before.

Feeling the human emperor seal on his brow, which had completely merged with his Primordial Spirit and radiated an abstruse Aura, Chen Xu’s face revealed a satisfied smile!

Late Stage of Soul Transformation!

This trip of “Ascension” was worth it!

Just as he was experiencing his transformation, the light and shadows before him suddenly receded.

The feeling of solid ground beneath his feet returned.

The dazzling sunlight made everyone instinctively squint.

When they opened their eyes again, everyone was stunned.

They found themselves in an immensely vast white plaza.

Immediately after, a mountain-like pressure came from all directions.

It pressed down on everyone, making them breathless.

“Anti-Flight Formation!” Chu Xuan said with a solemn expression, “Moreover, the strength of this Formation... I’m afraid not even a Deity Transformation Dao Monarch can fly here!”

Hearing this, the Chen Family members all felt a chill in their hearts and immediately vigilantly surveyed their surroundings.

They saw that around this massive plaza.

It was actually an enormous, boundless mining area!

Countless hollowed-out mountains, like giant scars, were branded upon the earth.

And in that mining area, dense, tens of thousands of figures.

Were toiling laboriously like ants.

They wore tattered magical robes, with black shackles on their necks and limbs, and were using tools to painstakingly mine a shimmering Spirit Stone from the mountains.

“It’s Top-Grade Spirit Stone!” Sect Master Ba Dao exclaimed in shock.

Everyone looked closely and saw that what these miners were extracting were precisely the Top-Grade Spirit Stones that could only occasionally be dug out in ones or twos from the depths of top-tier Spiritual Veins in the Lower Realm!

Yet here, Top-Grade Spirit Stones were merely the most common Ore!

What made the Chen Family members even more numb was the cultivation of these miners.

Their Divine Sense swept over, and they were horrified to discover that among the shackled miners, driven like slaves, there were even Nascent Soul Stage existences!

They even saw several Cultivators whose Auras were weak and eyes numb.

But their Realm had truly reached the Early Stage of Soul Transformation!

Deity Transformation Dao Monarchs, in the Lower Realm, could turn clouds with a flip of their hand and cover rain with another, existing like gods.

Yet here, they were merely slaves wearing shackles and mining!

This scene sent a chill down everyone’s spines.

“Be careful, everyone!”

Chen Xu shouted in a low voice, immediately signaling everyone to restrain their Auras and form a defensive Formation.

Everyone instantly reacted, forming a circle back-to-back, protecting Bu Yifan, Qin Rouer, and the other slightly weaker female Cultivators in the center, vigilantly watching their surroundings.

It was at this moment that a voice, carrying a hint of frivolity and disdain, came from the high platform directly in front of the plaza.

“Oh, so this is the ruthless one who stirred up trouble in the Sin Blood Realm and cut down the Heavenly Dao projection with a single sword?”

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

On the high platform, a young man dressed in white feathered robes and holding a folding fan was looking down at them.

His face was handsome, but his slender eyes were full of contempt and mockery.

This person’s cultivation had actually reached the Late Stage of Soul Transformation!

He was in the same Realm as Chen Xu, who had just broken through!

Behind him stood two rows of guards dressed in black armor and holding long halberds.

Those guards all had expressionless faces and cold Auras.

Their cultivation was all at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation!

Twenty Early Stage of Soul Transformation guards!

This power was enough to sweep across the entire Sin Blood Realm!

Seeing such a display, the Chen Family members’ expressions instantly became extremely solemn.

The magical power within their bodies had already begun to circulate secretly.

The feathered-robed youth on the high platform seemed to enjoy the tense and solemn expressions on Chen Xu and the others’ faces.

He slowly walked down the high platform, fanning himself, and stepped by step came before everyone.

His gaze brazenly swept over them.

His name was Lin Feng, and he was the manager of one of the seventy-two mining areas under this “Tianyu Holy Land.” To put it plainly, he was an outer sect deacon.

His task was to receive Cultivators who “Ascended” from various lower worlds.

In his eyes, these so-called “Ascenders” were nothing more than a group of unsophisticated natives, merely free laborers bestowed upon them, the managers, by the Holy Land.

As for the so-called “Immortal Gate of Guidance,” it was just a means for the Holy Land to screen for quality miners.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Lin Feng’s gaze swept over Chen Daoxuan, Sect Master Ba Dao, and the others, and he nodded in satisfaction.

“Their Foundations are quite solid. Although their Cultivation Techniques are a bit crude, if they are properly trained, they will all be good prospects for mining.”

Mining?

Hearing these two words, Sect Master Ba Dao, who had the most explosive temper, was about to erupt on the spot.

But Chen Xu stopped him with a single glance.

Chen Xu’s expression was calm. He stepped forward and cupped his hands to Lin Feng, neither humble nor arrogant.

“May I ask this Fellow Daoist, where is this place? We Ascended by the decree of the Upper Realm, so why have we come here?”

“Decree?”

Lin Feng heard these words as if he had heard the greatest joke in the world and laughed exaggeratedly.

“Hahaha! Decree? You Lower Realm ants, do you even deserve to speak of decrees?”

He laughed so hard he bent over backward, his voice unrestrained and arrogant.

The Black-Armored Guards behind him.

Also showed mocking smiles on their faces.

After laughing for a while, Lin Feng finally stopped, pointed at Chen Xu with his folding fan, and said contemptuously, “Kid, don’t think too highly of yourself. Do you think you’re amazing just because you cut down a mere world projection?”

“Let me tell you, in this Spirit Realm, people from your Sin Blood Realm are nothing but descendants of Jailers!”

“Originally, you lowly beings should have stayed honestly in the Lower Realm!”

“Waiting to be harvested when the Holy Land needs it.”

“But you just had to jump out and break the rules here...”

“Tell me, what crime is this?”

Lin... Feng’s voice suddenly turned cold, and a terrifying pressure from the Late Stage of Soul Transformation surged towards Chen Xu and the others!

However, this pressure, which was enough to make ordinary Early Stage of Soul Transformation Cultivators kneel on the spot.

Fell upon Chen Xu like a mud ox entering the sea, without stirring the slightest ripple.

Chen Xu still stood in place, his figure as straight as a sword.

Not even a corner of his clothes moved.

“Oh?”

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Feng’s eyes. He hadn’t expected this person from the Lower Realm.

To be able to withstand his pressure so easily.

It seems he indeed has some skill.

But that was all.

He sneered, withdrew his pressure, and snapped his folding fan shut.

“Forget it, this deacon is in a good mood today, too lazy to bother with you ants.”

He raised his chin and waved his hand at the Black-Armored Guards behind him.

“What are you standing around for? Give these new friends the ‘gifts’ the Holy Land has prepared for them!”

As soon as his voice fell, the twenty Early Stage of Soul Transformation Black-Armored Guards immediately stepped forward.

Each of them held a pitch-black metal collar.

Upon the collar, runes were engraved.

Emitting a strange Aura that could imprison Divine Soul.

Slave Mark!

This was a malicious Magical Artifact specifically used to control Cultivators. Once worn, one’s Divine Soul would be completely controlled.

Life and death would be at another’s whim!

Seeing these collars, everyone’s expressions changed instantly!

The so-called “Ascension” was indeed, as they had suspected.

A complete and utter deception!

“What do you want to do?!”

Chen Daoxuan roared, summoning his Lifebound Treasure.

The others also drew their weapons, with swords drawn and bows bent, a great battle was on the verge of breaking out!

Lin Feng looked at their outwardly fierce but inwardly timid appearance, and the mockery on his face grew even stronger.

“Want to resist? Heh, overestimating yourselves.”

His gaze suddenly fell on Murong Zhuyun, Bu Yifan, Qin Rouer, and the other women protected behind everyone, and his eyes instantly burst with lewdness and greed.

What beautiful women!

Especially that white-robed woman with a cold temperament, like a Fairy from a snow mountain (Murong Zhuyun).

She was simply the best of the best!

And those others, though their cultivation wasn’t high, each possessed exquisite beauty and unique temperaments. If trained as Cauldrons, they would surely greatly advance his cultivation!

He stuck out his tongue, licked his lips, and pointed from afar with his folding fan.

“How about this.”

“All the men, put on your collars and get out to mine for this deacon! You can talk about freedom when you’ve mined a million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!”

“As for these women...”

Lin Feng’s smile became increasingly lecherous and cruel.

“Leave them all! This deacon happens to be short of a few suitable Cauldrons for my recent cultivation, and I think they’re quite good!”

Boom!

These words instantly made Chen Xu’s expression turn ugly!

Overwhelming killing intent, at this moment, erupted with a roar!

The temperature of the entire plaza plummeted to freezing point!

Chen Xu slowly raised his head.

Endless killing intent surged wildly in Chen Xu’s eyes!

“What did you just say?”

His voice was very soft, very calm.

But beneath that calmness, there was an endless rage capable of freezing the entire world!

A Dragon has a reverse scale; touch it, and death is certain!

His Family was Chen Xu’s biggest reverse scale!