Hell Emperor.

Chapter 342 Shen Qingge - Ascension
After hearing what Grandmaster Su Miao said, Shen Qingge could no longer refuse, so he reached out and took the Azure Dragon's Reverse Scale that the Saint King had bestowed upon him.

As soon as Shen Qingge got hold of the Reverse Scale, he felt the enormous spiritual power contained in it. Once that vast spiritual power was released, its power would be even more powerful than the thunder tribulation he summoned when he became an immortal.

Shen Qingge's heart sank. The effect of this Azure Dragon's Reverse Scale was even more powerful than what the Saint King had said. Not only could it withstand the power of thunder tribulation, but ordinary immortals at the fifth level or below could not destroy the scale in the slightest. The defensive effect was many times stronger than the sword box that Shen Qingge had originally prepared. Using it as a soul storage object could be said to be extremely effective.

After receiving the reverse scale, Shen Qingge thanked him respectfully: "Thank you for the teachings from Saint Lord. Shen Qingge will never forget Saint Lord's kindness today. When my realm is stable in the future, I will definitely visit you in heaven."

The Azure Dragon Saint waved his hand and said, "There is no need to visit. I have a long history with your sect's founder, so this is my gift to you. Now that the devil has revealed himself, disaster is coming. When you ascend to the immortal throne, you must take it as your responsibility to maintain peace in the world, and don't let down the name of the descendant of the Mysterious Lady."

Following the instructions of Saint Azure Dragon, Shen Qingge nodded solemnly.

Beside her, Xie Xinyu paced back and forth, looking a little uneasy. Li Fei'e noticed her abnormality and couldn't help asking, "Xinyu sister, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Xinyu counted on her fingers and whispered, "I just calculated that the opportunity to ascend is coming. It's three quarters past four in the morning and the thunder is weak and the wind is strong. It's a good time to ascend. If we are a little slower, I'm afraid the power of the thunder tribulation will be even stronger..."

Although Xie Xinyu lowered her voice, how could her words be hidden from the ears of the Saint Lord beside her? Seeing this, the Saint Lord slowly spoke: "Well, with the Ascension Order in hand, it's time to help you ascend."

Hearing this, everyone realized that the critical moment was approaching. They all widened their eyes and stared at Saint Lord Azure Dragon, wondering what kind of immortal methods he would have to demonstrate in order to make the ascension possible.
But the Holy Lord Qinglong reached into his arms and took out a scroll of bamboo slips in front of everyone. He slowly opened the bamboo slips and placed the Ascension Order on it.

Everyone held their breath and watched quietly. The next moment, they saw a flash of light on the Ascension Order, and then it shattered into ashes and ceased to exist.

The Ascension Order, which symbolizes the status of an immortal, was broken just like that? Before everyone could exclaim, they saw another strange change in the field. The bamboo slips glowed with golden light, and neat words as hot as gold appeared on the bamboo slips:

[Title of the Investiture of the Gods:]

[In the autumn of the 639th year of the Moro calendar, Shen Qingge ascended to become an immortal with the Ascension Order.]

[Shen Qingge has been included in the immortal class, immortal status: first-level immortal.]

Along with the golden words, there was also raging thunder that roared from the end of the sky. The deafening roar resounded through the sky, like a war drum beaten by the gods, causing everyone to cover their ears tightly.

"The thunder tribulation has arrived, the rest of you should stay away from this place. Hide your soul in the Azure Dragon's reverse scale, use the power of the reverse scale to resist the thunder and complete this ascension."

The Azure Dragon Saint Lord slowly raised his head, the blazing lightning reflected in his dragon pupils, but he had an expression as if he had expected it. He had experienced thunder tribulations like this many times before and was not unfamiliar with it.

Everyone retreated quickly, and Shen Qingge did as she was told. She concentrated and held her breath, and suddenly a pale shadow appeared behind her. If you look closely, the face of the shadow is clearly Shen Qingge herself.

Shen Qingge summoned his soul, and the soul turned into a gentle breeze that swept past and quickly gathered within the reverse scale. At the same time, the thunder from the sky descended, and the blazing lightning struck from the sky, bringing with it a fierce momentum to destroy everything, and heavily bombarded the reverse scale where Shen Qingge stored his soul.

Feeling the power of the thunder, the people watching from afar were trembling with fear and dared not say a word. Xie Xinyu, who originally wanted to stay outside and watch, screamed and hurriedly hid in the painting of the jade building.

Thunder contains the most powerful and masculine force in the world, and is the nemesis of all ghosts and spirits. Not to mention the thunder calamity brought about when one becomes an immortal, its power is a thousand times greater than that of ordinary thunder.

As soon as a ghost approaches, it will be frightened by the thunder, with its hair standing on end and its soul instinctively throbbing. If it is accidentally affected and contaminated by the tiny electric current splashing from it, its soul will be shattered in an instant. There will be no other possibility!
The coming of the immortal calamity frightened Xie Xinyu to death. Even though she hid in the painting of the jade tower, the fear in her heart could not be calmed for a long time. Only with the comfort of the maids did her expression improve.

Compared to Xie Xinyu, although Su Miao was also a ghost, his realm had long been cultivated to the second level of ghost fairy, so he was not so afraid. However, he felt the power of the thunder that destroyed everything, and his face was still grim:
"Is it my illusion... The power of this immortal tribulation is much stronger than when I first became an immortal."

“You are not wrong.” Facing the roaring thunder tribulation, Yao Yin also put away his previous laziness and became serious. “The immortal tribulation when Qingge ascended was enough to match the second-level immortal tribulation in the past. This is even if she was an immortal in her previous life, which weakened the power of the thunder tribulation. If it weren’t for the Azure Dragon Saint Lord taking out the reverse scale, with only the sword box prepared by Qingge, I’m afraid that within ten breaths, she would have been reduced to ashes under the thunder tribulation…”

Hearing this, Li Fei'e was filled with worry. He felt his heart in his throat and said in a trembling voice, "How could this happen? Master, I hope you're okay..."

In the center of the thunder tribulation, Shen Qingge's immortal body sat cross-legged. There was no thunder tribulation approaching. All the thunder was attracted to the green dragon scale. Shen Qingge's soul was hidden in the dragon scale. Once the soul was destroyed, only an empty shell would remain of the body.

Thunderbolts bombarded down, hitting the Azure Dragon's reverse scales, emitting dazzling sparks. Li Fei'e didn't dare to look anymore, and could only comfort himself: "Master will be fine... Think about it in a positive way. I heard that the thunder tribulation is sent by heaven and earth to eliminate those who steal fortune. The higher the potential of the immortal, the stronger the thunder tribulation it attracts. Master attracted such a strong thunder tribulation, so her potential must be very high..."

Yao Yin sighed, "What you said was all in the past. The current thunder tribulation is so strong, of course it is related to Qingge's potential, but more importantly, it is because the thunder tribulation itself has become stronger, and this is true for everyone."

Li Fei'e frowned, looking confused: "I don't understand...what does that mean?"

It was Su Miao who spoke up and finally answered Li Fei'e's doubts: "You know, as immortals advance in realm, they will get closer and closer to the Way of Heaven. And for those Nine-turn immortals who are above the world, they represent the Way of Heaven itself. Even the rules of the Way of Heaven will become more and more perfect with those Nine-turn immortals."

Li Fei'e nodded, and then listened to Su Miao: "The founder of my sect, Lady Xuannv, has been in charge of the way of thunder punishment. Since she reached the state of no retreat, the power of thunder tribulation has been increasing day by day. Now, it has increased by more than a hundred times. Any immortal, or immortal who intends to break through, will first face the threat of this thunder tribulation with increased power."

Yao Yin sighed, "Qingge was protected by his immortal status in his previous life, so the immortal tribulation he encountered when he ascended to heaven was only as powerful as the second level immortal tribulation. If someone without the protection of his previous life came here, he would have to face the third or even fourth level immortal tribulation just to become an immortal."

Li Fei'e was stunned for a moment, and said dumbfounded: "The power of the immortal calamity is so exaggerated, is it possible for a mortal to become an immortal?" Before becoming an immortal, he had to face the third and fourth rounds of immortal calamity. Li Fei'e couldn't imagine that, except for the reincarnation of an immortal, who else could become an immortal.

Su Miao patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry. The immortals are smarter than you think. How could they be helpless about this? As long as you adopt the method of reincarnation to avoid the calamity, and enter reincarnation when the thunder calamity comes, you can deceive the heavens and think that the thunder calamity has arrived, thus avoiding it successfully. When you break through to the same level of immortal in the next life, you won't have to go through this calamity again. In addition, when you climb to the immortal level that you have already broken through in the previous life, you can also greatly reduce the power of the thunder calamity, just like your master did."

As she spoke, Li Fei'e seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes couldn't help but glance at Meng Junyao beside her. She remembered that Aunt Meng in the past could not withstand the thunder tribulation and had to reincarnate to avoid it. She didn't expect that the hidden dangers of the thunder tribulation would begin to threaten other people so soon.

The sound of thunder continued to be heard. Meng Junyao curled up in place, with a hint of fear in her dull eyes. She had an instinctive fear of thunder tribulations.

Guazi, the head maid, also came out from the painting of Qionglou, patted Meng Junyao's dragon body gently, and whispered words of comfort to reduce the fear in her heart.

The Azure Dragon Saint Lord glanced around and saw Meng Junyao. He frowned and there seemed to be some doubt in his eyes.

In the field, the thunder tribulation soon reached its last moment, accompanied by a huge ball of blazing lightning falling from the sky. The entire sky seemed to be completely ignited by the glow of lightning. There was no other light in front of the people's eyes. The dazzling electric light made everyone lower their heads and dared not look directly at it.

Li Fei'e endured the pain in her eyes and activated the Purple Demon Pupil. Although she could not shoot out demonic light from her eyes like Xia Wei, she had no problem using the power of the demon pupil to enhance her vision.

Li Fei'e stared at his master, his heart almost in his throat. The most violent and final thunder finally came. As long as he could survive this thunder, he would be able to ascend smoothly. If something went wrong, all his previous efforts would be wasted and he would end up dead.

Perhaps because the soul storage was not harmonious enough, the Azure Dragon's scales were dull in color and covered with burn marks. Even Shen Qingge's immortal body, who was sitting cross-legged, seemed to feel the crisis of the soul, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. This made Li Fei'e more worried and he dared not to watch any further.

Normally, Li Fei'e often complained about her master's strict teachings, and sometimes she was disobedient. But when it came to such an emergency, she was still full of worries, because she didn't want anything to happen to her master!

Li Fei'e raised two fingers, beads of sweat oozing from her forehead. She practiced the way of the celestial being, and was also practicing the most powerful thunder spell. She knew how to control thunder and lightning, and seeing that the final attack of the thunder tribulation was so fierce, she could no longer hold back, and wanted to use her internal energy to help her master share the burden.

Su Miao was quick-witted and quickly grabbed Li Fei'e's hand, stopping her from continuing to make hand gestures, and scolded her, "What are you doing? You can't interfere with the thunder tribulation casually. If you rashly use your power, not only will it fail to reduce the power of the thunder tribulation, but it will also drag you into it, causing the thunder tribulation that has already subsided to come again, and then it will be bad!"

Li Fei'e's eyes were lost, and his voice was trembling: "But, I'm so worried about Master..."

Su Miao sighed softly and whispered, "Don't worry, with Qinglong Nilin here, Sister Qingge will be fine."

Li Fei'e said no more, his eyes filled with unstoppable worry. Fortunately, things turned out just as Su Miao said. The blazing lightning struck from the sky, but in the end, it was just a lot of thunder but little rain, like a drop of mud falling into the sea. The Azure Dragon's reverse scale was still intact.

The thunder gradually faded away, the calamity clouds dissipated, and the sky cleared up again. Shen Qingge, who had not moved for a long time, finally opened her eyes. The moment she opened her eyes, divine light condensed in her cold eyes, like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath, emitting its sharpness to the fullest.

Seeing that Shen Qingge successfully survived the thunder tribulation, everyone was overjoyed.

"It succeeded... I knew that Sister Qingge would be fine!" Xie Xinyu leaned over and congratulated her repeatedly.

"That's great, Master is safe and sound..." Li Fei'e patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"With Qingge's ascension to become an immortal, there is one more immortal in the Xuannv Sect. This is very good news. If I didn't have a mission to accomplish, I would have wanted to share the news with Palace Master Mingji right away." Su Miao smiled faintly.

Facing the congratulations and congratulations from everyone, Shen Qingge returned the greetings one by one, his face cold and dignified: "On the path to immortality, I am now one step ahead and have reached the immortal position. If I have any insights on the immortal path in the future, I will share them with my family."

Everyone was delighted. Su Miao suddenly spoke up, "Achieving immortal status is only the first step in cultivation. Above immortals, there are nine more stages. I became an immortal a hundred years earlier than you, but I have only reached the second stage of cultivation. You can imagine how difficult the cultivation journey will be in the future. Sister Qingge, you must not slack off. At the latest, you will face the first stage of immortality in sixty years."

Shen Qingge nodded slightly: "Master Su Miao is right. However, this Azure Dragon's Reverse Scale is truly extraordinary. The thunder tribulation just now has not yet reached its limit. The next immortal tribulation should not be difficult to overcome."

Hearing this, Li Fei'e covered his mouth, but curiosity got the better of him, so he asked, "Master, can I see this reverse scale?"

Shen Qingge did not doubt it and handed the emerald dragon scale to Li Fei'e: "My immortal soul is stored in this thing. If this thing is destroyed, my soul will also be scattered."

Li Fei'e took the dragon scale, looked at it from left to right, and was surprised: "Doesn't that mean that as long as this dragon scale is not damaged, even if Master's immortal body is destroyed, it won't matter?"

Su Miao reminded, "In theory, it is true. But the immortal body is also a part of strength. If the immortal body is destroyed, Sister Qingge will still be seriously injured. It will take a long time to cultivate a new immortal body. Don't give up the immortal body unless it is absolutely necessary."

Li Fei'e nodded repeatedly: "I see... Master, you have now reached the immortal status, which is in line with the premise of the Nether Spirit Divine Art. Can I try the Nether Spirit Divine Art on you?"

Li Fei'e rubbed her hands and looked at Qinglong Nilin with anticipation, as if she had already seen her master transformed into an incredible dark spiritual magic weapon in her hands!

(End of this chapter)