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The news that the Ascension Pavilion was about to open the gates of heaven for its true disciples soon spread throughout the world.

Such explosive news naturally caused a very heated discussion. For a time, all the major immortal sects wanted to understand what the specific operation of Kaitianmen was and whether they could also get a piece of the pie. As a result, various inquiries were collected by Wang Zhifan in a short period of time, hoping to get his response.

Wang Zhifan's answer to everyone was the same, that is, after opening the Heavenly Gate, he would ignore the people from the outer sects as long as they did not affect his disciples of the Ascension Pavilion, otherwise they would definitely be killed without mercy.

Such an answer immediately made the discussion outside more heated, because they knew that they really had a chance to participate. Even if some sects intended to intervene anyway, Wang Zhifan's statement greatly reduced their concerns.

At this time, in the underground secret room of Tianyun Immortal Sect, the three supreme elders were discussing the matter of opening the Heavenly Gate, and the atmosphere of the discussion seemed quite subtle.

"Tell me, why did the Ascension Pavilion open its gate just before the eight great immortal sects like us were ready to attack it? Isn't it a bit too coincidental?"

Hongyun, who was short, ugly and wearing red cloth clothes, said.

"It's possible that the news leaked out, and the Ascension Pavilion deliberately used this gimmick to deceive us. Although the various immortal sects have many spies in the Ascension Pavilion, there is no guarantee that we also have spies from the Ascension Pavilion on our side. They plan to use our trick against us..."

The old bald man thought for a moment and replied that he suspected that the so-called opening of the Heavenly Gate by the Ascension Pavilion was just a cover, and that its real purpose was to deal with other immortal sects.

The third black-haired old man stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then quickly shook his head and gave a different opinion:
"Based on my interactions with the senior brother of the Ascension Pavilion, he should not have much hostility towards our sect. It is possible that he really wants to open the gate of heaven for his disciples. After all, his strength is unfathomable, so it is not surprising that he has such means."

"Hmm...it is possible that the Heaven Gate Opening incident is true. If so, what about our plan?"

After hearing this, Hongyun asked another question, seeming a little confused.

The old bald man replied without hesitation:
"Of course it's to enter the Heavenly Gate and go to the Immortal Realm. Aren't we planning so much just to overcome the tribulation? If the senior brother of the Ascension Pavilion can really open the Heavenly Gate, I can't thank him enough! I'm just afraid that he can only talk big but doesn't have the ability! As far as I know, opening the Heavenly Gate has only been recorded in ancient books, and it still requires the joint efforts of the immortals in the immortal world. Does that young man really have such great power?"

"It's hard to say for sure! It is said that the head of the Ascension Pavilion has rarely appeared in recent years. It is possible that he has gone to the Immortal Realm to establish connections! Then he will work with his favorite disciple to open the Heavenly Gate..."

The black-haired old man thought of the relevant information and reasoned quickly. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was the case.

"But the Ascension Pavilion is not from the Immortal Realm. After several years of investigation, the evidence is solid. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the guts to challenge it. Could it be that the old Pavilion Master secretly became an immortal in recent years?"

Hong Yun immediately grasped the problem in the black-haired old man's words and said that this was also the reason why they had united their thoughts in recent years and planned to take action against Dengxian Pavilion.

"This... is a bit hard to say... Our informants have not been able to find the whereabouts of the Pavilion Master. We still have to see what the situation is like at Kaitianmen at that time."

The black-haired old man was not too sure about this. After all, there were still many mysteries about the Dengxian Pavilion that had not been solved for them.

"Then let the Ascension Pavilion live for another ten days or half a month! If the Heaven Gate is opened by then, don't blame us, the Eight Immortal Sects, for being rude to it!"

Hong Yun then concluded in a firm tone, and his words seemed to have a way to take down the mysterious Dengxian Pavilion.

Similar high-level discussions were also taking place in several other powerful immortal sects. Basically, all the sects had some expectations about the opening of the Heavenly Gate, but suspicion was also inevitable. After considering the situation, they came to the conclusion that it would take time to observe before deciding whether to take action.

Little did he know that Wang Zhifan had already known about the plans of several major immortal sects in the outside world. He first noticed it and then saw it through the Ring of Destiny. Later, someone simply informed him about it, such as the mysterious sword light and words that appeared before his eyes.

"The eight major immortal sects intend to besiege the Ascension Pavilion in the near future. I hope the Pavilion Master will take precautions as soon as possible... Who left this? You have done a good job in keeping it secret, but you still can't escape my detection."

With some interest, Wang Zhifan activated the power of time and space and quickly found out the origin of the sword light and text just now. He discovered that the person who left it was actually an acquaintance who often hung around in front of him, Ouyang Chen from the Tianyun Immortal Sect.

"Why is it this guy? Isn't he the spy that Tianyun Xianzong has openly disclosed to me? Why did he suddenly become a double agent?"

For a moment, Wang Zhifan was a little surprised by this discovery and suspected that Ouyang Chen had ulterior motives. But after thinking about it, he couldn't seem to see anything. The most likely explanation was that Ouyang Chen was betting on both sides in order to win his favor.

"It doesn't matter. No matter what this kid thinks, the same goes for the eight major immortal sects. If they interfere with my Ascension Ceremony, I will never show mercy."

Wang Zhifan quickly put aside these distracting thoughts and disappeared to carry out his most important task at the moment, which was to study how to open the Heavenly Gate in the most appropriate way. To this end, he rushed to the border between this world and the fairyland to observe carefully.

The so-called opening of the Heavenly Gate does not actually mean opening a hole in the sky so that the monks can go in and reach the fairyland directly. That is not called opening the Heavenly Gate, it should be called smuggling.

The real opening of the Heavenly Gate is closely related to the regular transcendence of tribulations and ascension to immortality. It means that those who have achieved great cultivation can use their great magic power to weaken the restrictions of the immortal world on the ascension of the human world, making it much easier for cultivators in the human world within a certain range to ascend to immortality over a period of time, and transcending tribulations to become immortals at a lower cost and with greater safety.

In other words, what Wang Zhifan was going to do, opening the Heavenly Gate, was to play an auxiliary role, allowing some cultivators to ascend to immortality in broad daylight with a lower threshold, but it definitely did not allow all relevant personnel to become immortals. In fact, a success rate of one in a thousand would be incredible, and the vast majority of cultivators would still be supporting roles.

Therefore, the technical requirements for opening the gate of heaven are very high. One cannot use too much force to break through the obstacles in the fairyland and make the calamity pass by in vain, nor can one open the wrong path and let the immortal get lost along the way. There are many things to pay attention to.

With Wang Zhifan's current strength, he would have no problem opening the Heavenly Gate, but he had to think carefully about how to open it. He mainly considered his true disciples, and tried to let the top few of them ascend to the immortal realm smoothly. "For the martial arts department, the seedlings I trained, such as Sun Jinshan, probably have the comprehensive strength of refining the void to integrating the body, but martial arts have an advantage in overcoming the tribulation, so they don't need much help... Tao, Feng, and Long will need more help. It is said that demon cultivators have a greater risk of overcoming the tribulation, and they are also easy to be caught after ascending... Not to mention the minority of ghost cultivators and spiritual cultivators, if they are not given special protection, they may all be wiped out... It seems that there is also the immortal cultivation department? Just give them some protection, these people will not be of much use to me after ascending..."

After carefully observing the situations in the fairy world and the human world, and combining the strength of his disciples, Wang Zhifan finally figured out a way to open the Heavenly Gate, which is to open multiple Heavenly Gates at the same time!
Because his disciples have varying strengths and characteristics, it is impossible for one Heavenly Gate to accommodate them all. So in order to maximize the success rate of ascending to heaven, it would be most appropriate to adapt different Heavenly Gates. The only problem is that it is too difficult to implement, and in the eyes of the cultivators in this world, it is even more unbelievable than a fairy tale.

Wang Zhifan had no problem with strength, so he could ignore this difficulty. He decided to open the six heavenly gates at once, corresponding to the six requirements for ascending to immortality. However, if too many gates were opened, it would be a bit troublesome to guard them, and the interference from outside could not be ignored.

"How about opening a separate Heavenly Gate for other immortal sects? That way they won't come to harass my disciples... But these people definitely won't believe that the Heavenly Gates I gave them are enough. They will probably fight for other Heavenly Gates. It's best to deal with them with lightning speed."

Taking external interference into consideration, Wang Zhifan finally decided to take a tough attitude and not show weakness or try to please others. After all, human nature is often quite mean, and being too direct would arouse suspicion.

The matter of opening the Tianmen Gate has been studied almost completely, and the last thing Wang Zhifan is considering is how to end this issue. Even though the dungeon has never required players to do so, he rarely ignores this aspect.

"After opening the Heavenly Gate, I will definitely have to go to the Immortal Realm to finish the dungeon. Leaving the Ascension Pavilion as an empty shell will probably not last long... Although the disappearance of the Ascension Pavilion is not a big deal, it will still be a pity. I have poured three years of hard work into this place... It seems that I need to find someone to take care of it, preferably someone who is strong and loyal."

Before long, Wang Zhifan had some ideas in mind. He considered everything that would happen next in the copy and began the final preparations before opening the Heavenly Gate.

To be specific, it means finding all the space nodes in advance and marking them hiddenly. When the time comes to open the Sky Gate, you only need to follow the instructions and work hard to create miracles without having to spend any more time thinking about details.

In this way, the day passed in busyness. On the second day, Wang Zhifan conducted a special examination of the cultivation of the true disciples of Dengxian Pavilion, especially those top talents. He guided them all step by step and also taught them the relevant precautions for passing through the Tianmen, so that they could make targeted preparations next.

He allowed a total of five days for preparation. On the morning of five days later, he summoned all the true disciples and officially announced the start of the ascension ceremony.

The weather was clear on this day, and there was no cloud in the sky above the mountain where Dengxian Pavilion was located. Everything was in its best condition.

However, before the ceremony began, Wang Zhifan felt many hidden and powerful auras appearing outside the mountain protection formation. Each one of them was either in the Mahayana stage, which was the threshold of immortality, or in the Tribulation stage, which was even further ahead. Moreover, the total number exceeded one hundred in a short while, which was a rare spectacle.

"There are so many top cultivators in this world? Isn't it said that a large immortal sect can only support three at most? It turns out that many old monsters who have been living in seclusion have been attracted out of the mountains?"

Even though he was mentally prepared, Wang Zhifan felt speechless at this moment. He expected that at most thirty or forty old monsters would come to trouble him, but he didn't expect the actual situation to be several times more.

In view of this, he was too lazy to pretend that he had not noticed them, and directly said loudly with all his strength:
"Friends outside! Since you are here, why don't you come in and chat? I am from Dengxian Pavilion, a large family with a great business, so we are not afraid of having too many guests!"

His voice instantly spread over a thousand miles, ensuring that every hidden old monster could hear it. And it turned out that the old monsters became much braver after gathering together. After a while, almost half of them showed up, flying into the mountain protection formation of the Ascension Pavilion from all directions and coming to the square where he held the Ascension Ceremony.

Most of these people were elderly cultivators. After gathering together, a fat man who was two meters tall walked towards Wang Zhifan.

The fat man looked to be in his fifties or sixties, wearing a very simple gray cloth robe. The aura on his body was quite unstable. It was obvious that he was at the peak of the Tribulation Realm and could start to force himself to cross the tribulation at any time.

"I have heard of you for a long time! I have heard that the Ascension Pavilion was founded by an immortal. What I saw today is indeed extraordinary! We are so presumptuous to visit you, I hope the Pavilion Master will forgive us!"

As soon as the two parties met, the fat man with about fifty top cultivators standing behind him began to greet Wang Zhifan, who was alone, and seemed to be quite polite.

Wang Zhifan knew that these people came here to confront him, with the purpose of taking advantage of the Heavenly Gate he opened, otherwise they would definitely fight him, but he still didn't intend to give them too much face, and replied directly:

"I am sorry for not welcoming you here today! As you all know, I will soon open the Heavenly Gate for my disciples. I hope you will understand the order of priority and let my disciples enter first before climbing the Heavenly Gate. Otherwise, if there is any accident caused by the opening of the Heavenly Gate, don't blame me for not reminding you."

As soon as he said these rather tough words, the fat monk who was at the peak of the tribulation level immediately showed a fake smile. The expressions of the fifty or so top monks behind him varied. Some were calm and some looked disdainful. Outside the mountain protection formation, those monks who had not entered also displayed powerful auras in response, trying to put great pressure on Wang Zhifan who was alone.

But how could Wang Zhifan be so easy to deal with? He unceremoniously released his own aura to fight back, instantly suppressing all the hostility around him, causing the fat man leading in front of him to change his face slightly.

"The Pavilion Master has indeed reached the realm of an immortal. We are being presumptuous! We agree to the Pavilion Master's request, but we hope that the Pavilion Master can open the Heavenly Gate for as long as possible..."

"I won't let you make this trip in vain."

Wang Zhifan responded casually, then turned around, walked a few steps, looked up at the sky, grasped the hilt of the long sword at his waist with his right hand, and then suddenly slashed at the sky!
"Heavenly Gate! Open!"

Following his clear shout, the terrifying arc of knife light disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye, causing rumbling thunder in the clear sky and continuously expanding to the surroundings.

Then a vaguely visible space vortex appeared in the sky, attracting the attention of everyone around.

Especially those monks who came here to transcend tribulation, they instantly sensed the difference in the space vortex. (End of this chapter)