I, the Villain, Become Invincible the More Descendants I Have

Chapter 121 The Entire Clan AscendsThe golden beam of the Ascension Channel stood in the center of the Star-Gazing Platform. Ethereal immortal music played, flower petals fluttered, and rich immortal energy flowed down along the beam, shrouding the entire city of Luoyang in a peaceful golden light. Emperor Cao Xukun did not step into the channel immediately; instead, he turned to look at the civil and military officials and the billions of commoners behind him, his gaze calm and resolute.

”Hao’er, I leave the Mortal Realm to you.” Emperor Cao Xukun patted Crown Prince Cao Hao on the shoulder. ”Remember, put the people first and treat them well. Whenever you encounter problems you cannot solve, use the communication jade talisman to contact me; I can return at any time.”

”This son obeys the imperial decree!” Crown Prince Cao Hao knelt on one knee, his eyes slightly red. ”Please rest assured, Father Emperor! This son will definitely guard the empire of Great Xuan well and will never fail the expectations of Father Emperor and the billions of commoners! You must take care of your health in the Immortal Realm; my mother and I will wait for you to come back and pick us up!”

”Emperor Xuan, please go with peace of mind!” Li Tieniu carried his giant axe, patted his chest, and shouted loudly, his voice making the ears of those nearby buzz. ”With me, Li Tieniu, here, I guarantee the Mortal Realm will be as stable as Mount Tai! Whoever dares to cause trouble, I will cleave them in two with one axe! Even if someone from the Immortal Realm comes down, I will block them for you! You just focus on expanding territory in the Immortal Realm. Once you have established a firm foothold, I will lead the great army to join you, and together we will conquer the Immortal Realm as well!”

”That’s right!” The patriarchs of the three ancient guardian clans bowed in unison. ”We are willing to assist His Highness the Crown Prince to the death and protect the Mortal Realm! Safe travels, Your Majesty Emperor Xuan!”

Emperor Cao Xukun nodded and turned his gaze to not far away. Empress Bing Yao, Feng Qingyan, Consort Su Qingyue, and Su Qingying, the four empresses, were walking over with the nine children, all of them radiant and filled with an ethereal immortal aura. Prince Cao Feng and Prince Cao Yun were chasing each other and playing, wind swirling at their feet; Prince Cao Feng had a small phoenix circling around her, giggling continuously; the youngest, Cao Xuanhuang, was held in Feng Qingyan’s arms, his little hands grabbing her hair, his eyes bright and lively.

”Are you all ready?” Emperor Cao Xukun stepped forward, took Cao Xuanhuang, and kissed his little face.

”We are ready.” Empress Bing Yao smiled gently. ”The luggage has been packed, and the one hundred thousand elite troops have finished assembling outside the city; we can depart at any time.”

”Great! Finally, I can go see the Immortal Realm!” Prince Cao Feng waved her little hands excitedly. ”I am going to the Immortal Realm to catch an even bigger phoenix to use as a mount!”

”I am going to the Immortal Realm to find the most powerful sword!” Prince Cao Jian said with a serious face, carrying his small wooden sword.

Just as the family was enjoying their happy time together, a sharp piercing sound suddenly came from the sky. A white figure broke through the clouds and landed in mid-air opposite the Ascension Platform. This person was dressed in a white immortal robe, holding an Ascension whisk, with twelve pairs of white wings growing on his back, and countless phantoms of ascenders circling around him, his pretentiousness dialed up to the extreme.

”Emperor Cao Xukun! Stop right there!”

This person was the last remaining Son of Destiny in the Mortal Realm, who called himself the ”Eternal Ascension Saint Venerable,” Yun Feisheng. His family had controlled the Ascension Channel for generations, previously earning a fortune by collecting tolls. After Emperor Cao Xukun established the official Ascension Platform, his source of income was cut off, and he had been hiding in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.

”You Mortal Realm bandit! How dare you lead so many people to ascend privately! This is simply blasphemy against the Heavenly Dao!” Yun Feisheng pointed at Emperor Cao Xukun and hissed sternly. ”The Ascension Channel is a supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao; only one person can pass through at a time! You are taking one hundred thousand mortals to ascend, which will exhaust all the fortune of the Mortal Realm and turn it into a dead land!”

”I am the Eternal Ascension Saint Venerable, the only Ascension Manager personally appointed by the Heavenly Dao! Today, I shall act on behalf of Heaven, destroy this Ascension Channel, and stop you, this traitor who defies the heavens! Those who follow me, I will lead you to ascend individually in the future and enjoy the glory of the Immortal Realm; those who resist me will be abandoned by the Heavenly Dao and will never be able to ascend for eternity!”

Behind him followed several hundred rogue cultivators who used to make a living by smuggling people to ascend, and they all raised their weapons and jeered: ”The Ascension Saint Venerable is invincible! Emperor Cao Xukun, get out! Give us back our freedom to ascend!”

”Why can you take your family to ascend, but we can’t! This is too unfair!”

The commoners below were instantly enraged:

”Where did this show-off come from! Here to cause trouble again!”

”Exactly! His Majesty Emperor Xuan established the official Ascension Platform, allowing us to ascend safely. You used to take half of our net worth as a toll, and you still have the nerve to talk about fairness!”

”Get lost! Otherwise, we will beat you to death!”

Li Tieniu was so angry his nose was crooked. He grabbed his giant axe and was about to rush up: ”Damn it! Another one trying to steal the spotlight! Do you have any idea how much of the cultivators’ hard-earned money you swindled in the past? Now you actually dare to come and accuse His Majesty Emperor Xuan; I think you are tired of living!”

”No need for you to do it.” Emperor Cao Xukun raised his hand to stop Li Tieniu. Holding Cao Xuanhuang, he walked slowly in front of Yun Feisheng, his eyes without a ripple. ”Who I take to ascend, and how many people I take, is it any of your business, you piece of trash?”

”How insolent! You dare to insult me!” Yun Feisheng was furious. ”I am the Ascension Saint Venerable! I control the destiny of all ascenders! Today, I will let you witness the true power of ascension! Ten Thousand Spirits Ascension, explode!”

He swung his whisk violently, and countless phantoms of ascenders surged out from his body, forming a huge white beam of light that smashed fiercely towards Emperor Cao Xukun. Wherever the beam passed, space was torn apart, emitting a sizzling sound.

Everyone held their breath, watching the Ascension Platform nervously.

Emperor Cao Xukun stood still, not even putting down Cao Xuanhuang in his arms. He just glanced at the beam of light indifferently and said casually: ”Disperse.”

As the word fell, that seemingly terrifying white beam of light instantly turned into countless points of light and dissipated without a trace. Those phantoms of ascenders also let out wails and vanished into thin air.

”Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!” Yun Feisheng widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief. ”My Ten Thousand Spirits Ascension! That was the power I had accumulated for a thousand years! How could it be broken by a single word from you!”

”With just this meager trick, you dare to call yourself the Ascension Saint Venerable?” Emperor Cao Xukun sneered. ”In the past, you relied on monopolizing the Ascension Channel, swindling and deceiving, causing the deaths of how many cultivators? Today, I will seek justice for those cultivators who died miserably.”

He extended a finger and tapped lightly. The twelve pairs of wings behind Yun Feisheng snapped instantly, and white feathers flew all over the sky. The whisk in his hand also broke into two pieces, and the Ascension Origin within his body surged out uncontrollably, all of it absorbed by Emperor Cao Xukun.

”Ah—! My wings! My Ascension Origin!” Yun Feisheng let out a shrill scream, fell from the sky, and smashed heavily onto the ground, turning into an ordinary person.

”I refuse to accept this! I am the Ascension Saint Venerable! I refuse to accept this!” Yun Feisheng lay on the ground, screaming hysterically.

”Like it or not, you will accept it.” Emperor Cao Xukun said indifferently. ”Drag him down and hand him over to the commoners to deal with. Those who were swindled by him in the past, take whatever revenge you want.”

The guards stepped forward and dragged Yun Feisheng away. The surrounding commoners swarmed up, punching and kicking him, venting their years of resentment. This once arrogant Ascension Saint Venerable finally ended up in a state where everyone shouted to beat him.

After resolving Yun Feisheng, Emperor Cao Xukun turned to look at the billions of commoners below the platform. From Luoyang City to the Ascension Platform outside the city, stretching for thousands of miles, were all commoners kneeling to see them off. They held incense in their hands, their faces full of reluctance and gratitude, their eyes filled with worship.

”Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!”

”Your Majesty, take care on the journey! We will wait for your return!”

”Your Majesty, you must open the Mortal-Immortal Channel! We also want to go see the Immortal Realm!”

The mountain-shaking and tsunami-like shouts spread throughout the entire Mortal Realm, and countless commoners were moved to tears. It was Emperor Cao Xukun who ended the thousand-year war and let them live a good life; it was Emperor Cao Xukun who taught cultivation techniques for free, allowing ordinary people to cultivate; it was Emperor Cao Xukun who established the official Ascension Platform, making ascension no longer a nine-out-of-ten death experience.

Emperor Cao Xukun looked at the billions of commoners before him, his heart filled with mixed emotions. He took a deep breath, channeled his Golden Immortal cultivation, and his voice clearly reached everyone’s ears: ”Everyone, rest assured! I, Emperor Cao Xukun, promise here that within ten years, I will definitely open the Mortal-Immortal Channel! By then, everyone in the Mortal Realm, as long as they are willing, will be able to go to the Immortal Realm to live! I will establish a Great Xuan branch dynasty in the Immortal Realm and let the dragon flag of Great Xuan fly in every corner of the Immortal Realm!”

”Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!”

The commoners knelt on the ground again, cheering loudly, their voices resounding through the heavens and earth.

Emperor Cao Xukun nodded and turned to look outside the city. One hundred thousand Great Xuan elites had finished assembling, all dressed in black mysterious armor, holding divine weapons, their momentum like a rainbow. They were all elites selected from the billions of cultivators in the Mortal Realm, each having reached the cultivation level of the Divine Transformation Stage or above, and were Emperor Cao Xukun’s direct troops for conquering the Immortal Realm.

”Set off!”

Upon Emperor Cao Xukun’s order, he held Cao Xuanhuang, took the hands of the four empresses, and was the first to step into the golden Ascension Channel. The nine children followed behind, chattering, extremely excited. One hundred thousand elites followed closely behind, lined up in neat rows, filing in one after another.

The golden beam of light slowly contracted, and the Ascension Channel was about to close. Emperor Cao Xukun looked back at the vast land and the billions of commoners under his feet, a confident smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

The legend of the Mortal Realm had come to an end, and the journey in the Immortal Realm had just begun.