Hell Emperor.

Chapter 413 Ren Changhong - Pass
"The Fangzhang Immortal Island is ahead. We are almost there."

The flying sword shuttled back and forth. Shen Qingge looked up and saw an island surrounded by fairy light appearing in front of everyone.

The island is like the most perfect emerald, inlaid on the blue sea, its outline is looming, as if it may disappear into nothingness at any time. It is surrounded by a thin mist, and the hazy light and shadow seem to be able to travel through time and space.

In the center of the island stands a towering mountain. The mountain is the purest emerald color, with unknown exotic vegetation growing on its surface. The top of the mountain is surrounded by soft white clouds all year round, like a stairway to fairyland. If you don’t look carefully, the entire island, including the mountain above, will flicker and may disappear at any time.

All of these are caused by an illusion. Even if a mortal sails past this place, without strong cultivation, he still cannot find the island. He will just think it is an illusion that appears and disappears on the horizon. Even if he spends years searching for it, it will be in vain in the end.

Ren Changhong took a deep breath, his eyes showing a bit of anticipation and excitement: "I can sense that many powerful semi-immortals have gathered on the island, and there are even a number of immortals... I wonder which immortal official will be in charge of presiding over the Immortal Ascension Conference this time?"

Li Fei'e also showed an envious look: "It's a pity that I haven't reached that realm yet, otherwise, I would also like to ascend to become an immortal as soon as possible..."

Shen Qingge glanced at her and said, "It's not good for you to ascend to the Immortal Realm too early. You must know that there are nine levels above the Immortal Realm. If you don't even have a solid foundation, how can you continue to practice in the future?"

Li Fei'e stuck out her tongue helplessly. She had only said this out of inspiration, but she received a serious reprimand from her master, which really made her not know what to say.

Fortunately, Shen Qingge's attention was not here. He quickly glanced at Meng Junyao beside him. Seeing her stiff movements and restraint in her dragon pupils, he asked, "Are you okay? According to what the Dragon King said, your brother got here first..."

Meng Junyao curled up, her dragon body trembling slightly as she said, "I'm fine... It's just that I heard from the fish in the Dragon Palace that the Ascension Conference is not safe, and my brother was seriously injured. I don't know why, but as soon as I got here, I felt very uneasy..."

Shen Qingge understood the situation: "Dragons are all spiritual. I think your uneasiness is definitely not groundless, but the mutual induction between blood relatives. It seems that your brother's situation is more precarious than we expected."

Shen Qingge's words also made everyone very alert. The path to immortality has never been smooth sailing. In order to ascend to the immortal throne and to compete for cultivation resources, practitioners often fight to the death, not to mention the opportunity to ascend to immortality in broad daylight.

The Ascension Conference presents a shortcut to becoming an immortal to all practitioners. The temptation of ascending to immortality in broad daylight has already driven the practitioners crazy. The fights here will only be more severe than those outside. Even brothers will become enemies for a spot.

Even humans themselves fought hard for a place in the Immortal Ascension Conference, so how could they be nice to the demons who came to the Immortal Ascension Conference? If it weren't for the Immortal Officials, I'm afraid the demons would have been squeezed out first.

When they arrived on the island, as the flying swords fell, the people who walked out of the swords attracted the attention of many contestants participating in the Ascension Conference, and they quietly guessed their identities.

"Are they also here to participate in the Ascension Conference? I wonder which sect they belong to."

"I have been practicing for a hundred years, and there are fairies with such extraordinary temperament in the world, but I have never heard of their names. How is this possible..."

"Are those following them dragons? Yes, they are dragons. Could they be related to the demon tribe?"

Whether it is Shen Qingge's coldness, Li Fei'e's beauty, or Ren Changhong's flamboyance, they are all quite eye-catching. It is difficult for ordinary practitioners to have such temperament, and only those who come from major immortal sects can have such aura.

Soon, someone couldn't hold back and took the initiative to step forward, trying to get closer to her and asked, "Honorable Fairy, are you bringing them here to participate in the Ascension Conference?"

The person that person was trying to get close to was Shen Qingge, who had the highest cultivation level among the group. Since Shen Qingge became an immortal first, he was naturally considered the leader among the group.

Shen Qingge looked indifferent. She had only heard about this Ascension Conference from her master, and this was her first time coming here in person. She spoke slowly, "We are new here, can you tell us about the situation here?"

The man quickly spoke up and told them the situation: "If you have the Ascension Order, you only need to hand it over to the Immortal Official in charge of this place, and you will be qualified to participate in this Ascension Conference. After that, you can pass the three tests of being on the mountain of swords, tempering your body in the sea of ​​fire, and being pierced by thousands of arrows, and you will become one of the winners."

Li Fei'e was curious and asked, "If you pass the test and become the winner, can you be included in the immortal class? It doesn't sound that difficult."

The man just shook his head and said, "No, there are only three ascension spots in the entire continent in this year's Ascension Conference. Becoming a winner is just a candidate for an ascension spot. No matter how many winners there are, only three people can be ranked in the immortal class in the end. The others can only be eliminated."

"Only three?" Li Fei'e opened his mouth, not daring to believe it. But the people around him believed it without a doubt and nodded from time to time. It was obviously as the man said.

Li Fei'e looked around and exclaimed, "But, I see there are at least a few hundred practitioners participating, how come there are only three spots for Immortal Ascension?"

The man sighed, "It is God's will. For these three places, countless talented practitioners will die in the test and competition of the Ascension Conference... If you are not absolutely sure and do not want to perish, you'd better leave as soon as possible. If you are not prepared to die, this is not the place for you. By the way, I see that you have an extraordinary temperament. I wonder which immortal master you are from?"

Shen Qingge replied slowly: "I learned from the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens."

"Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady? Are you the descendants of Mysterious Lady?!"

After hearing the name mentioned by Shen Qingge, the man's expression changed drastically, and even the look in his eyes when he looked at everyone was no longer as relaxed and kind as at the beginning. Instead, he was full of vigilance and refused to tell them anything about the situation here.

The others also heard these words and sighed:
"How could this happen? The descendant of Xuannv actually came here..."

"There were only a few spots to begin with, and now they're taking one. What should we do now?"

Listening to everyone's words, Shen Qingge looked calm and bowed to everyone: "Thank you for your advice!" He then said to his companions: "Let's go, we already know the situation, let's go find the immortal official here."

When they arrived at the center of the island, they could overlook the entire island. At the towering Tongtian Mountain, they also saw the immortal official who was in charge of the place. The immortal official was sitting alone on the top of the mountain, wearing a black crown, pure white armor, holding an ancient Ruanqin, with immortal light lingering around him and a majestic and solemn look on his face.

Looking at the immortal official, both Shen Qingge and Ren Changhong's expressions changed slightly at this moment.

Ren Changhong took a deep breath, his eyes showing a bit of solemnity: "I didn't expect that the one who presided over this Ascension Conference would be this immortal official..."

Shen Qingge also said solemnly: "Although I have never seen him in person, I have heard of the reputation of this immortal official. I didn't expect that he would come in person..."

Li Fei'e scratched his head, confused. "Wait a minute, who is this immortal official? Is his name famous? How come you all know him, but I don't?"

Shen Qingge glared at her and sighed, "E'er, even if you haven't seen the portraits of the immortals in heaven, you should remember their features. Can't you recognize them?"

Li Fei'e opened his eyes wide and shook his head in confusion. No matter how hard he tried to recall, he had no idea who that immortal official was.

Shen Qingge took a deep breath and wanted to get angry, but because of the immortal official in front of him, it was inconvenient to lose manners, so he had to say: "After this is over, I will punish you to copy the classics... The immortal official in front is the Heavenly King Chiguo who protects Dongsheng Shenzhou. I didn't expect that this Ascension Conference would be presided over by him personally. You better not lose manners and lose face for the descendant of Xuannv."

Li Fei'e suddenly realized, "So it was him, Master. Now that you mention it, I remember that we should just forget about the punishment of copying the classics..."

Shen Qingge glared coldly. At this moment, the immortal official in front of him also sensed the aura of the newcomer and spoke slowly, his tone filled with the majesty of an immortal: "The Mysterious Woman Sutra of the Ten Thousand Transformations Level... Is the newcomer a descendant of the Mysterious Woman?"

Seeing this, Ren Changhong stepped forward slowly, handed over the Ascension Order that Ye Jie had given her with both hands, and said loudly:
"I am the 168th descendant of Xuannv. I am here to participate in this Ascension Conference. I am willing to overcome difficulties, pass the test, and ascend to become an immortal! This is my Ascension Order. Please review it, Heavenly King."

With a wave of his sleeve, the Ascension Order disappeared. He stared at Ren Changhong and said:

"Since you are the descendant of Xuannv, you have passed the test. Wait here for the Ascension Conference to end. Your name will be written on the Conferred God List along with the others, and you will be listed in the Immortal Class from now on."

"what?"

Hearing this, not only Ren Changhong was unable to react, but even Li Fei'e was completely dumbfounded.

Judging from the comments of previous contestants, the Ascension Conference is bound to be full of tests, and the hope of passing is slim. One must fight hard to get the hard-earned opportunity to ascend.

Ascending to heaven and becoming an immortal is the dream that many people have been pursuing. If you were hit on the head by such good luck, you would probably wake up laughing in your dreams.

Now, just the title of Xuannv's descendant has brought Ren Changhong such a result. She doesn't even have to do anything to get the chance to ascend. When this news gets out, I wonder how many contestants will cry out that it is unfair.

Dhritarashtra summoned the immortals who were maintaining order and ordered, "Tell the winners and practitioners who are undergoing the test that the number of candidates eligible to be included in the Conferred God List has been reduced to two."

The immortal did as he was told.

When the news spread, the crowd at the Ascension Conference was immediately excited and agitated. Some contestants who had been suffering in the mountains of swords and the cauldron of oil just for that slim chance, became even more confused and were completely eliminated when the number of places was reduced.

There were originally only three places, and it was hard to say whether they could get one. Now they were hit by such a bolt from the blue, and the chances were reduced from three to two, making their chances even slimmer. But no matter how much the practitioners complained, the result would not change. Only a very small number of practitioners guessed that the reduction in the number of places was related to the newly arrived descendant of Xuannv.

After getting the promise from the Heavenly King Dhritarashtra, the matter was a foregone conclusion. Ren Changhong saw the turmoil at the Ascension Conference and could not help but sigh:
"I've long known that the descendants of Xuannv have a connection with the Heavenly Palace, but the result of passing the test directly is still a little too unexpected... Before coming here, Ajie was still worried about me. If he knew about what happened here, I'm afraid he would fall out of his eyes."

Shaking his head, Ren Changhong felt a little touched when he thought of Ye Jie who was carrying out a mission in the Witch God Temple. He didn't know how things were going over there. Did he successfully deal with the Lord of the Witch God Temple and seize the main account?
Worrying alone is useless. Ren Changhong glanced at the scene and made up his mind that if he could ascend to become an immortal as soon as possible, he might be able to go to the Witch God Temple to help Ye Jie before Ye Jie completed his task and deal with the Witch God Temple Master together with him.

However, judging from the continuous flow of contestants taking part in the test, this Ascension Conference may last for a long time. Although Ren Changhong passed the test successfully, according to the process of the Ascension Conference, she must wait for the final rank to be decided and announce it to the world together with other ascenders before she can be recognized by the Heavenly Court. There is no way for her to get ahead in advance.

Seeing that Ren Changhong's ascension had settled down, Li Fei'e touched his chin, his eyes flashing with some visions of the future:

"It turns out that ascending to immortality is so easy. It's not as difficult as Master said... When I have the chance, I will also get an immortality order!"

Shen Qingge had other thoughts, and looked at his master with concern in his eyes: "Master, now the quota issue has been resolved. The only thing we need to worry about is the thunder tribulation we will encounter when we ascend..."

After a pause, Shen Qingge sighed and said, "Since Xuan Nu became a Taoist, the power of thunder tribulations has increased more than tenfold. Any thunder tribulation is extremely deadly. If you are not careful, your soul will be completely shattered. You must be careful to guard against it..."

Even if one could ascend to heaven in broad daylight, the impending thunder tribulation would still be the biggest obstacle standing in the way of becoming an immortal. If one could not survive it, he would end up dead.

As if he could see everyone's worry, Dhritarashtra slowly spoke: "Don't worry about the thunder tribulation. You are the ascenders selected by the Ascension Conference. Your places are recognized by the Heavenly Dao. The power of thunder tribulation is greatly weakened compared to ordinary immortal tribulations. It will not endanger your life. However, the immortal tribulations in the future will depend on you."

With his words, everyone was obviously relieved. The existence of thunder tribulations was the way for heaven and earth to kill those immortals who stole the good fortune. However, the ascenders selected by the Ascension Conference were, to some extent, recognized by heaven and earth, so the power of thunder tribulations was naturally incomparable.

(End of this chapter)