The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

When Zhan Wangtian was asked this question by Chi Miao, he seemed to freeze as if his blood had solidified. He stared at Chi Miao's profile and recalled the phantom he had once seen.

Although it was difficult to see her face clearly, he was certain that she was an absolutely stunningly beautiful person. Her figure, posture, and facial features... The phantom in his memory gradually overlapped with the person in front of him, and Zhan Wangtian suddenly gasped.

He trembled in disbelief, and a thin layer of sweat broke out all over his body.

"No...it's impossible...how could this be?"

"This is impossible! This doesn't make sense!"

Zhan Wangtian's pupils trembled rapidly due to extreme shock.

His faith collapsed, causing him to visibly break down.

"Could it be—"

Chi Miao curled her lips in a knowing smile and said, "Yes, that's exactly what you think."

Zhan Wangtian took another deep breath: "You impersonated that person? You find it so amusing to manipulate us like this? You also ordered the destruction of Nine Swords Mountain?!"

Chi Miao: "...?"

She silently closed her eyes, let out a long sigh, and sighed that compulsory education in Miaohua Prefecture could not be delayed in the slightest and had to be implemented throughout the prefecture immediately!

He's already at the Tribulation Transcending stage, and this is all the intelligence and brainpower he has?!

Chi Miao: "Is this all the comprehension ability you have at the Tribulation Transcending stage?"

Having lived for over three thousand years, it seems all I've gained is age, not brains!

Zhan Wangtian remained silent for a while before asking Chi Miao, "What's with that look you're giving me, like I'm an idiot?"

Chi Miao: "Because I'm really watching idiots right now."

Zhan Wangtian: "..."

That's a rather vulgar insult.

He reviewed the clues he already knew and observed Chi Miao's reaction before speaking: "You mean... you're not that person?"

Chi Miao: "The evil aura emanating from her is about to explode your brain. How can she compare to me? What part of me, Chi Miao, isn't tainted with holiness?!"

You said Chi Miao is very capable, and Chi Miao is very happy.

You say that Chi Miao is a scourge to the people, and Chi Miao is very dissatisfied with this.

She is such a sacred and pure young girl, she cannot bear such a bad reputation!

Zhan Wangtian frowned: "Sacred? Where? I can't see it."

Chi Miao slapped his soul across the face.

Shut up, you idiot!

Zhan Wangtian turned his head back, looking utterly aggrieved, his eyes filled with incomprehension.

"Why are you hitting people?"

Chi Miao: "I'm giving you a chance to reorganize your words. This is your last chance. If you don't speak properly now, I'll make sure your soul is scattered."

Zhan Wangtian, upholding the attitude of a true man who can bend and stretch, and with an insatiable thirst for the truth, ultimately chose to go against his conscience and his ancestors:

"I see now, you are definitely not her. I also feel that she is extremely evil, but you are different. You are like a ray of light, a great and rare ray of light. You guide humanity towards glory, and your whole being is incomparably sacred!"

Chi Miao was satisfied and withdrew his golden light of merit.

Zhan Wangtian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had killed far too many people and committed countless immoral acts in his life. If the golden light of merit shone on him for too long, he might really be destroyed.

Chi Miao is truly an unfathomable person.

Just then, Chi Miao chuckled and looked at Zhan Wangtian. Her smile was beautiful, but Zhan Wangtian could always detect a strange hint of schadenfreude in it.

Zhan Wangtian: "What...what's wrong now?"

Chi Miao: "It's nothing. I just suddenly thought of something that might help you resolve your long-held desire to become an immortal."

Zhan Wangtian frowned, his curiosity piqued: "Untie the knot in my heart that binds me to immortality?"

Chi Miao nodded and asked him, "Do you know why your Immortal Alliance has been unable to become immortals for so many years, while the Four Disciples of the Secret Sect have all basically possessed the abilities of a half-immortal, and can even break through to the True Immortal realm in one fell swoop with just a thought?"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Wangtian sneered, his eyes turning sinister, and said, "What else could it be? The restart plan that we worked so hard to achieve has been enjoyed by them."

Chi Miao: "But aren't you all still alive? And... you're all just one step away from that realm."

Zhan Wangtian was stunned and gritted his teeth... How could he not know this? In fact, when Tianbei became an immortal, they all wanted to become immortals before Tianbei, but they could never sense the guidance of the heavens.

Saying they lack talent? They are among the world's most outstanding individuals, how could they lack talent? Even if they did, they would never admit it!

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Chi Miao: "I want to tell you a truth, a truth that... the adults you speak of have been hiding from you from the very beginning."

"The truth is—you are already immortals."

Time seemed to stand still. Zhan Wangtian was momentarily stunned, then suddenly found the idea utterly ridiculous and burst out laughing:

"Ha...hahaha? We...are already immortals?"

"Are you kidding me? When did we become immortals? How come we didn't know?!"

Chi Miao curled her lips meaningfully, a rare hint of pity appearing in her eyes. She said:

"Of course you don't know, after all, you don't even know that the Tribulation Transcending stage cannot break through to become an immortal, so how would you know that the reason why the Tribulation Transcending stage is constantly subjected to lightning tribulations is not a test of the Heavenly Dao, but a punishment given by the Heavenly Dao to Earth Immortals."

"If you don't believe me, I can simply give you all the secrets to ascension that I obtained in the Heavenly Sorrow Cave!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the notebook that the Immortal Tianbei had personally given her reappeared in Chi Miao's hand.

"This notebook contains the secret to the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal's ascension to immortality that you have all been longing for!"

After saying that, Chi Miao threw the notebook directly at Zhan Wangtian.

Zhan Wangtian was stunned. He could indeed sense the aura of the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal above, and he could never mistake that aura.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhan Wangtian opened the notebook.

He read on bit by bit, and everything about the restart plan was true. Finally, he got to the part about the secret to becoming an immortal.

He clearly saw a few words, the words that Chi Miao had just spoken:

One cannot become an immortal during the Tribulation Transcending stage, while the Mahayana stage represents the pinnacle of human potential.

The Tribulation Transcending Stage, also known as the True Immortal, is a stage where one cannot fully grasp the Dao, or whose Dao has already been occupied. It is achieved through a forced breakthrough from the Mahayana Stage. Although one does not possess the powers of an immortal, one's power level is already parallel to that of an immortal.

These words were like countless needles, piercing and stabbing into every pore of his skin.

Tribulation Transcending Stage... Unable to become an immortal?

"No...no...no no no!"

"Impossible! How could this be? It's fake! It must be fake! You're lying to me! You deliberately fabricated false information to deceive me!!"

His eyes turned red, and his lifelong beliefs completely collapsed:

"This must be fake! I don't believe it! I want to become an immortal... I can definitely become an immortal!!!!"

"What nonsense! The Tribulation Stage can't lead to immortality... That's utter bullshit! I don't believe it!"

His eyes welled up with tears of sorrow.