Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

The vengeful beast's eyes were filled with anger and hatred towards humanity. It suddenly opened its terrifying abyssal maw, gathering the enormous spiritual energy and resentment within its body into its mouth.

That was an absolutely terrifying beam of light...

Anyone present could see that if hit, even Zhang Ruoxue... would either die or be crippled!

Moreover, it has been proven before that Zhang Ruoxue cannot confront this ultimate spirit beast head-on.

In other words, Zhang Ruoxue will undoubtedly be hit by this Tailed Beast Ball... no, this Spirit Energy Cannon.

but--

Zhang Ruoxue, still in mid-air, clenched her fist tightly; the fist, which had been gathering strength for so long, had not yet loosened.

And there was no fear on her face.

As the girl's lips curled into a smile, Gu Xingzhuo seemed to transcend space and arrive beside Zhang Ruoxue.

The smear of ink on his shoulder then disappeared.

At the very beginning of the plan, Gu Xingzhuo patted Zhang Ruoxue and Ye Yuchan on the shoulder respectively. At that moment, the ink that allowed him to teleport was left on their shoulders.

The ink on Zhang Ruoxue's body had disappeared, but on the other side...

Gu Xingzhuo formed a hand seal, and then...

The two crossed space once again and arrived at the place—

It was directly below the ultimate spirit beast.

Although the arrow Ye Yuchan shot was broken, ink was slowly flowing out of the broken part.

Although the flapping of the ultimate spirit beast's wings had blown all the ink off the dark ring, Ye Yuchan's arrow was shot directly below the ultimate spirit beast... just like the eye of a tornado, so it was unaffected.

and so--

Zhang Ruoxue leaped into the air, and together with the flaming phantom behind her, unleashed the Rising Dragon Fist without hesitation, aiming it at the belly of the ultimate spirit beast.

This is a strike from a sage, a strike that the sage has been preparing for a long time with all his might!

She didn't believe that this ultimate spirit beast could survive such a punch unscathed!

but……

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Inside the decaying tree trunk.

A figure vaguely emerged from the vines, and the jet-black vines that shot out from its body were like sharp swords, attacking Zhang Ruoxue from the side.

Just as Zhang Ruoxue was concentrating on unleashing her Rising Dragon Fist, the vines were already in front of her.

It was too fast and too sudden.

She instinctively tried to pull back her strength to defend herself, but she could only barely stop her fist, and there was no time to block the assassination attempt from the unknown tree trunk.

But Yunping can.

The snow-white figure arrived in front of Zhang Ruoxue at the critical moment, and with one hand reaching forward, quickly grabbed all the attacking vines.

"You really did make a move..."

He stared intently at the figure, half embedded in the tree trunk and half exposed, his eyes filled with sadness.

"The Seven Dream Tree".

"You have indeed fallen."

36. A dream from which I will never wake up

There are some things and some people that Yunping doesn't want to see.

He lived for a very, very long time.

I have met many people, experienced many things, dealt with many people, and made many mortal enemies.

Long years aren't always all good, at least Yunping is aware that as long as he doesn't want to die, no one can kill him.

That sounds arrogant, cocky, but also fucking awful.

They will not die of disease, be crushed, poisoned, beheaded, bleed to death, be hanged, or suffocate.

The only way to die is if one day he decides he doesn't want to live anymore.

But that kind of death... might not be considered very painful, but it must have been incredibly desperate.

Only when boundless despair engulfs him will he consider suicide, which must be extremely painful.

So Empress Wu died.

Yes.

People say that the Empress Wu died at the end of her life, ascending to heaven.

No.

The Martial Emperor took his own life, killing his physical body and crushing his soul.

His death was pathetic, not heroic at all, and not at all like that of the first true immortal in history.

He died just like a perfectly ordinary mortal.

Funny, right?

A martial emperor, a true immortal.

Gu Tianren was hailed as the Emperor.

He died by suicide.

No one would believe it if I told them.

But that's the truth; he really did commit suicide because of despair... despair for himself, despair for his long life and for witnessing the deaths of important people one after another.

He wished he could end this life, this damned, painful, and long life.

He failed to do it.

Because later... he survived.

He himself didn't know how he was living.

He made up his mind... unwavering... to try to take a different path.

A path completely opposite to that of Empress Wu, Gu Tianren.

Thus came Emperor Wen, Xuan Lei—a person completely different from the honest and simple Gu Tianren, and the mighty and domineering Martial Emperor who intimidated all sides.

He was carefree, unrestrained, and roamed freely across the three heavenly realms. He was absolutely himself, and only then did he become the Yunping we know today.

He has been living forever.

longevity.

For cultivators, this is the ultimate goal.

But Yunping doesn't like immortality.

The Seven Dream Tree is also one.

Yunping has known the Seven Dream Tree for a very long time, perhaps dating back to the era of the Human Emperor, which would be a very, very long story.

but now……

The story seems to have come to an end.

……

Half of the youth's figure was embedded in the decaying tree trunk, while the other half was visible on the outside.

He was naked, his entire body covered in decaying vines that coiled around and protected his body. Upon closer inspection, it appeared that the young man was covered in vines that extended in all directions.

The young man had his eyes closed, his skin was purplish-black, and every inch of it was covered in wrinkles, festering sores, and charred flesh, making him look like the corpse of someone who had died in a fire.

Yun Ping gripped the vine that extended from the young man's side, his expression slightly grave, his voice filled with bitterness: "Why did you become like this..."

"The Tree of Life, the ancient tree, is hailed as the twenty-second ultimate. You, the unofficial ultimate, should not have fallen to this place."

His eyes clearly held a deep sadness.

It was even more heartbreaking than when I witnessed my old friend Chu Lantian's soul dissipate, because back then, Chu Lantian left peacefully, and he knew that Yun Ping would protect the Lantian Empire, so he could leave in peace.

But the Seven Dream Tree is different.

He has fallen.

Yunping could see it clearly: the Seven Dreams Tree was no longer the Seven Dreams Tree... it had completely fallen.

Someone corrupted the roots of the Seven Dream Tree, using some method unknown even to Yunping, turning all the life force within into rotten demonic energy...

A demonic entity filled with endless resentment.

--(roar)

Behind them came the furious roar of the vengeful spirit beast, which had transformed into its ultimate form. It was the apostle guarding the Seven Dream Tree, and now that Yun Ping dared to overstep its bounds and directly confront the Seven Dream Tree, it was naturally enraged.

Upon realizing that Yunping was human, it unleashed countless resentments and hatred, opening its gaping maw and once again conjuring that terrifying beam cannon.

Interrupted from his conversation with his former best friend, Yunping turned around abruptly.

At a glance.

A single glance.

black.

Pure black.

cold.

Pure cold.

A single glance was enough to shatter the world and cause everything to crumble; a chilling storm instantly dragged the ultimate spirit beast into an endless abyss.

"roll!"

Just one word.