Dragon Devouring Cultivation

Chapter 429 Preparation
In the Hall of Judgment, more than a thousand death row inmates were sent in. A chilling wind blew by, and the bodies of all the death row inmates turned into nothingness.

Outside the Hall of Judgment, Yu Wenhua looked tense; normally, a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't show such emotions.

However, whenever he sensed the aura of the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon in the Hall of Judgment, he was unable to calm the panic in his heart.

Although the Supreme Sect Master said that the fifth-order Heavenly Demons were under his control, and that the fifth-order Heavenly Demons had never had any problems in the past two hundred years, they were still fifth-order Heavenly Demons, fifth-order Great Perfection Heavenly Demons.

Once a fifth-tier Heavenly Demon becomes uncontrollable, not only will the North Sea Divine Sect be destroyed, but the entire medieval world will be destroyed.

Ordinary demons are subject to restrictions; if they commit too much killing, they will suffer a backlash and die.

However, the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon in the Hall of Death Trial is an anomaly. No matter how many living beings it devours, it can still maintain its intelligence and remain unaffected.

As Yu Wenhua was feeling uneasy, he noticed that the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon he sensed had moved and had left the Hall of Judgment.

This sent a chill down his spine; it felt like the worst thing that could have happened had occurred.

He didn't have the courage to face a fifth-order Great Perfection Heavenly Demon. After so many years of training, he had sent a huge number of death row inmates to the fifth-order Heavenly Demon, raising its cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the fifth order, which was the pinnacle of the medieval world.

The fifth-order Heavenly Demon is probably the first fifth-order Great Perfection Heavenly Demon in the entire history of the medieval world. No matter how powerful other Heavenly Demons are, they will be destroyed by backlash after devouring a large number of living beings.

The Heavenly Demon dies before it even reaches the Great Perfection realm. Only when its soul is replaced by a separate, emotionless intelligence can it withstand the backlash from devouring a large number of living beings and continuously accumulate cultivation.

Yu Wenhua wanted to escape but dared not, as the distance between him and the fifth-order Heavenly Demon was not far.

He knew very well that as long as he tore open space, the resulting spatial fluctuations would immediately attract the attention of a fifth-order celestial demon.

They might not have bothered him immediately before, but if he dared to make a move, they would definitely lure the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon over.

So he could only wait, waiting for a sliver of hope to survive.

"What's going on? There's no chaos outside, and no disciples have died?" After waiting for a while, he noticed something unusual.

Although he couldn't be 100% certain about the Fifth-Order Heavenly Demon's situation, he could sense the auras of the other disciples. The Fifth-Order Heavenly Demon had been away from the Hall of Judgment for some time, and if he were going to kill someone, he would have already done so by now.

"Perhaps things aren't as bad as I think!" he thought to himself as he peered over.

He had previously relied on his divine sense to perceive it, but upon seeing this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He finally realized what had happened. He saw the Supreme Sect Master, the Chaos Divine Dragon, who had brought out the fifth-order Heavenly Demon.

His divine sense was unable to perceive the Supreme Sect Master; the only way to discover the Supreme Sect Master was through visual observation.

"I'm taking the Heavenly Demon with me!" the Chaos Dragon said in a deep voice.

Yu Wenhua bowed respectfully and listened attentively to the instructions of the Supreme Master with a humble attitude.

When he looked up, the figures of the Chaos Dragon and the fifth-order Heavenly Demon had already disappeared.

Li Zhen has returned to the Immortal Kingdom. Now he is ready. If he had to choose one world to ascend to, he would naturally choose the Immortal Kingdom.

He was born in the Immortal Kingdom, which is relatively safer than other worlds.

This is an ascension, and he doesn't want any unexpected events to disrupt his important ascension.

He placed the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon into the small world, so that even if the fifth-tier Heavenly Demon needed to devour souls in the future, the clone race in the small world could provide enough souls.

In any case, criminals will emerge in the small world, and death row inmates will also need to be dealt with.

As long as he uses the will of heaven and earth, the small world will act in accordance with his requests.

Li Zhen flew slowly through Aoki University. The once unapproachable Aoki was now nothing more than a mid-stage fifth-tier wood-type creature in his eyes, a minor character that he could crush at will.

Because of his impending ascension, he needed to notify the school so that it could inform the Immortal Kingdom and prevent the ascension from causing chaos in the outside world.

He concealed his domain, exposing his aura to the main world.

Sure enough, less than a minute later, Principal Fang Qing appeared out of thin air.

"Fang Qing pays respects to Lord Li!" Principal Fang Qing bowed and said.

"I am about to ascend to immortality and need the school's cooperation!" Li Zhen said calmly.

When Principal Fang Qing heard about the ascension, her expression froze.

"Ascension? You're going to ascend?" Principal Fang Qing felt she might have misheard, so she asked again to confirm.

“Yes, I’m going to ascend!” Li Zhen nodded and repeated. “I’ll prepare everything for you immediately!” Principal Fang Qing said hastily after receiving confirmation.

She has activated her identification bracelet to check the takeoff response procedures.

It's not that she's unfamiliar with it; the main reason is that there are so few matters related to ascension that she took over the position of principal after two hundred years.

Fortunately, everything is based on established rules, so she only needs to follow those rules.

Li Zhen watched Principal Fang Qing leave, then continued flying slowly, heading towards the place of tribulation.

That place is also the only place in the entire Aoki University that can withstand the heavenly tribulation.

When Principal Fang Qing reported Li Zhen's preparations for ascension to the higher-ups of the Immortal Kingdom, everyone in the Immortal Kingdom was excited.

Whether it's a top university or an ordinary university, anyone with a cultivation level of Nascent Soul True Monarch or above wants to go to Qingmu University to witness this grand event that only happens once every few years.

For most cultivators, this may be the only time in their lives they witness ascension.

Especially top universities, they all urgently awakened or recalled their great cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators. If they were not notified of such a major event, these great cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators would definitely regret it afterward.

Gong Yinghua, the god of Aoki University, was the first to arrive. He had been in seclusion at Aoki University, but upon receiving the news, he rushed out of seclusion without a second thought.

A step behind him was the great Gong Cheng; they arrived at the Tribulation Ground only about ten seconds apart.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I never imagined you'd come this far!" Gong Cheng, the great power, shook his head as he looked at Li Zhen.

He also wanted to ascend, but he needed to reach the Great Perfection realm first before he dared to ascend.

Of course, he also gave himself a time limit: if he had not improved his cultivation level within the last hundred years before his lifespan ended, he would forcibly ascend to immortality.

But he never expected that Li Zhen would ascend to immortality before him.

"I have made all the preparations, ascension is inevitable!" Li Zhen replied with a smile.

Gong Chengda shook his head with a wry smile. He could see confidence on Li Zhen's face. This was ascension, yet Li Zhen had complete confidence.

As for himself, he always had reservations.

"I won't bother you anymore, you can focus on your preparations!" Gong Chengda said, waving his hand.

He had been unable to hold back before, and he understood that Li Zhen needed to calm down and prepare at this moment.

Li Zhen nodded and floated cross-legged in the air.

Powerful cultivators continued to arrive from the teleportation array outside the Tribulation Transcending Ground.

All the cultivators who came were very self-disciplined. The front row consisted of great cultivators, and the rear row consisted of Nascent Soul True Monarchs. As for weaker cultivators, only the cultivators from Qingmu University were located further away.

In reality, it's meaningless for cultivators with weak cultivation levels to watch ascension; at most, they can only watch the spectacle.

Li Zhen ignored everything else. He sensed the next realm. There was a half-open door in front of him. As long as he stepped through it, he could advance to the next realm.

The reason it's called the Half-Heaven Gate is because he already possesses the Refinement of Emptiness realm and has elevated it to an extremely high level. Although he is still in the Nascent Soul realm, half of his body has actually stepped into the Refinement of Emptiness realm.

However, breakthroughs are not something that can be achieved at any time; he needs to wait for an opportunity.

After waiting a whole day, the opportunity still didn't come.

Li Zhen frowned slightly, as if he had overlooked something.

None of the cultivators observing from the surroundings seemed to be in a hurry; it was perfectly normal for them to prepare for ascension for a few days.

Li Zhen suddenly remembered something important, and he seemed to be activating his domain.

Within his domain, he represents the will of heaven and earth; he is the deity of his domain. The highest limit of his domain is the fifth rank, and he cannot seek advancement opportunities within his own domain.

His little world was almost indistinguishable from the main world outside, but the main world outside had a special connection with the upper realm, which his little world did not have.

Therefore, if he wants to find an opportunity for advancement and prepare for ascension, he must be in the main world.

He withdrew his domain, exposing himself to the main world.

(End of this chapter)