Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

But correspondingly, their strength in life became even more formidable.

"Fox Fairy?!"

Zhao Sheng suddenly narrowed his pupils and, behind a group of crystal corpses, glaringly spotted a figure in a pink skirt. From under her skirt trailed three fluffy white fox tails—it was undoubtedly the Fox Fairy.

At that moment, the Fox Fairy had not died; Zhao Sheng could still faintly sense a living person's aura emanating from her.

However, for some reason, the Fox Fairy could not communicate through Divine Thought.

Zhao Sheng only had time to see her expression turn from ecstatic to desperate.

The next second, the Fox Fairy was obscured by many crystal corpses, and she was no longer visible.

Afterward, Zhao Sheng subsequently spotted the figures of Qing Mu Monster and the Blood-eyed Elder.

Similarly, they were also sealed and imprisoned by crystals, utterly unable to escape.

Thinking about how a Nascent Soul Ancestor had ended up as food and nests for Devil Mushrooms,

Zhao Sheng could not help but feel a sorrow akin to "when a rabbit dies, the fox grieves."

Soon after, Zhao Sheng felt his body loosen, and the red crystal shield in front of him disappeared.

A crystal cave, nearly a thousand feet in length and width and a hundred feet tall, appeared before him.

This crystal cave was filled with liquefied spirit liquid, and its bottom was covered with a vast expanse of Crystal Stones that rivaled top-grade Spirit Stones.

Additionally, the gravity here was extremely abnormal, over two hundred times heavier than that of the Nether Night Realm.

However, this level of gravity was still not enough to crush Zhao Sheng.

In just a few moments, Zhao Sheng had already adapted to the intense gravitational environment here.

"Come with me, old man!"

At this moment, the strange being called out and then sank to the bottom of the crystal cave. Zhao Sheng quietly followed suit.

The two quickly reached the bottom.

The strange being gently stomped on the crystal ground, and the surface silently split open a crack.

He immediately dove in, and Zhao Sheng followed closely behind.

After passing through about twelve or thirteen feet of crystal, Zhao Sheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and he glaringly saw a hundred-foot-tall Jade Wall emitting a bright white light.

The surface of the Jade Wall was covered with cracks, continuously emitting bursts of space-time fluctuations that created a vast hemispherical void around it.

Around the Jade Wall, eighty-one White Jade Pillars of varying heights were arranged, some of which had collapsed while others remained intact.

Additionally, two-thirds of the White Jade Pillars were empty at their tops, but one-third had a Jade Ruyi embedded at the top.

Upon seeing this scene, Zhao Sheng immediately realized this place was the location of the Cross-border Array.

His gaze only lingered on the Jade Wall for a moment before it was drawn to six corpses nearby.

These six corpses, mostly well-preserved and lifelike as if they were alive, were encased within the crystal.

However, Zhao Sheng's attention soon settled on one of the corpses.

This was a middle-aged man in a red robe, with a refined appearance.

This man was different from the other corpses, a three-inch-tall, completely translucent Crystal Tree sprouted from his forehead.

This Crystal Tree branched into nine limbs, six of which bore crystal red fruits of various sizes.

At the same time, the tree hung down tens of thousands of Crystal Silks, which deeply penetrated the middle-aged man's orifices and all major True Acupoints, creating a crystal net that spread throughout his interior and exterior, firmly trapping him inside the crystal.

Both the Crystal Tree and the middle-aged man emitted an unimaginable terrifying aura, much like a boundless, unfathomable ocean!

Upon seeing this person, Zhao Sheng's expression abruptly changed, and his gaze immediately shifted to the bald strange being while his body swiftly retreated.

But the next instant, Zhao Sheng's body stiffened in place, unable to move.

"Boy, you have good Eye Power. Even though I've turned into this ghostly form now, you can still recognize me,"

Without waiting for Zhao Sheng to speak, the strange being candidly admitted, "That's right! That body is indeed my true body. This is merely a Body Seizing one. Unfortunately, it's now barely usable."

"Do you intend to seize a body again? Is your target me!" Zhao Sheng's face was filled with fear.

But secretly, he was overjoyed.

There was once an Earth Immortal who tried to seize his body, and now, they were thoroughly dead.

If the strange man were to really do so, it would be exactly what Zhao Sheng wished for.

Little did he know...

With a look of regret, the bald strange man shook his head, "Too late! Seizing a body goes against the Tao, and doing it once was already the limit; attempting it a second time would surely invoke a tribulation. When that happens, the Primordial Soul would turn to ash, and you probably won't even have the chance to be reborn."

Zhao Sheng secretly felt regretful, but his face showed the look of a narrow escape from death, and he quickly said, "Ancestor, you brought me here. Do you have any orders for me?"

"Hmm, do you see that Crystal Tree?" the strange man asked.

Zhao Sheng nodded.

"Hehe! It is the Ancestor Species of all Devil Mushrooms, now merged into one with my original body. I have temporarily blocked its sensing, preventing it from detecting your presence.

If I were to unblock it, you, my boy, would undoubtedly die."

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng, without revealing any distress, asked, "Ancestor, there's no need for this. We each have our desires, why not speak openly?"

"Okay, my demand remains the same, for you to kill me with your own hands."

Without waiting for Zhao Sheng to speak, he continued, "I won't let you do it for nothing. See those six Primordial Spirit Fruits? These things are condensed with the essence of the Primordial Spirits from cultivators above the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Refining any one of them would not only vastly increase your spiritual power but might also allow you to absorb their lifetime understandings of the Tao, greatly increasing your chances of advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm!

That largest one is mine. If you refine it, there's a slight chance you could glimpse the realm of Returning to Void."

Ancestor, are you suggesting using these six Primordial Spirit Fruits as a reward? I fear that even if I'm fortunate enough to obtain them, I might not live to enjoy them!" Zhao Sheng looked directly at the Nameless strange man, his expression calm and fearless.

"Hehe! You've got guts. Even now, you dare bargain with me. Alright, you've been infected by the spores and are beyond saving. But there's a significant difference between dying now and dying decades later.

You want to die now, or do you want to live a few more decades?

Also, you won't be able to get out alive on your own, but I have a way to send you out."

Zhao Sheng fell silent for a moment, then abruptly asked, "Ancestor, you come from the Taisu Spiritual Realm. Have you heard of the Taiyi Spirit Realm?"

The strange man was very surprised but still responded, "Of course I've heard of the name of the Taiyi Spirit Realm. Taiyi and Taisu realms are indeed close to each other, and there have been many exchanges between them.

Why do you ask this?

I can't keep it hidden for too long. If you keep delaying, the only one who will suffer is yourself. At worst, I'll just sleep for a few thousand more years."

"Ancestor, do not deceive me. If it were so easy to find someone...",

In all these years, many have broken in here. If you had wanted to be freed, you wouldn't have waited until now," Zhao Sheng shook his head, confidently speaking.

The strange man's expression froze, then he generously nodded, "You're not wrong! You're different from others; you're probably not a native of the Ghost God and Nether Night realms, but from another world."

"Ancestor is perceptive, I am from the Tianzhu Realm. But why is that?"

"You're about to lose your life, and still you inquire about these? It's simple! If I die by the hand of a native from these realms, there's a great chance I'll be reborn within them. Those two worlds are the Blood God's territory, and being reborn into the Divine's world, I'd have no hope of Ascension, only becoming a meal on the Divine's plate."

"Ancestor, what kind of Great Ability is this Blood God? Could it be more formidable than Returning to Void, perhaps a True Immortal as in the legends?"

"True Immortal my ass! He's nothing but a Longevity Beast that failed to achieve Harmonization.

Back then, the Blood God feared the Immortal Tribulation, so he stepped back and sought to achieve Harmonization and become an Earth Immortal instead. Unfortunately, a Great Ability interfered, and he failed again, becoming this ghastly creature that is neither Immortal nor devil."

Are you done yet? I'm just asking you this, do you want to live?"

Seeing that the strange man was furious, Zhao Sheng simply replied, "I want to live!"

"Then chop off my head and destroy my Primordial Spirit!"

"Take this!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than the fist-sized Primordial Spirit Fruit on the Crystal Tree swayed and fell, quickly flying towards Zhao Sheng and landing in his hands.

"Make your move!"

With a fierce look, Zhao Sheng burst forth with a sword light in his palm, fiercely striking at the strange man's Six Yang Heads.