Xiao Wenbing laughed three times, and with a flick of his wrist, the thousand sword lights vanished without a trace.
He suddenly sighed and said, "What's there to congratulate? Compared to you, it's been more than ten years since then."
Zhang Yaqi shook her head slightly and smiled: "I was able to advance to the position of a god by relying on the combined spiritual power of the five elements. How can you compare to me, who forcibly crossed this threshold on my own strength?"
The closest to them were the Great Serpent Supreme and the Food King. These two gentlemen had a close relationship with Xiao Wenbing, and immediately flashed to their side after Xiao Wenbing sheathed his sword.
After hearing Xiao Wenbing's lament, the Great Serpent Supreme felt a pang of bitterness and said, "Fellow Immortal Xiao, you became a god in just over ten years, but what about me? Millions of years..."
Hearing Orochi's heartfelt words, Xiao Wenbing laughed. Indeed, it was rather unkind of him to express such sentiments in front of Orochi and his companions.
After hearing this, the Food King silently counted on his fingers and suddenly exclaimed, "Thirty years, so it's only thirty years."
The Great Serpent Supreme was taken aback, turned around and asked, "What did you say?"
The Food King pointed at Xiao Wenbing with a serious expression and said, "Ask him."
The Great Serpent Supreme looked at the smug-looking Xiao Wenbing with a suspicious gaze and asked, "Fellow Immortal Xiao, what is it?"
Xiao Wenbing chuckled, shook his hand, and said, "I am no longer an immortal, you shouldn't call me a fellow immortal."
"Alright, Great God Xiao." The Great Serpent Supreme rolled his eyes angrily.
The Food King shook his head behind them and said, "Great Serpent, you are being very disrespectful to God Xiao."
The Great Serpent Supreme glared at him irritably and said, "Don't talk about me, what about yourself?"
Listening to their bickering, Xiao Wenbing felt a warm feeling well up from the bottom of his heart for no reason.
To be honest, if it were any other deity, even Zha and the Treasure God, the Great Serpent and the Food King would never dare to be so presumptuous, but in front of Xiao Wenbing, they seemed much more casual.
This is also related to his personality, because no matter how high Xiao Wenbing's cultivation level became, his attitude towards people remained unchanged.
Perhaps this is because he has not spent enough time cultivating.
For others to cultivate themselves and become gods, millions of years of arduous cultivation is the bare minimum. During such a long period, most of their relatives and friends will leave them, and the mountains and rivers will change their former appearance.
No one can defy time, not even the gods.
Over the long course of time, the personalities of the gods underwent a dramatic change; it was a natural and gradual process.
However, Xiao Wenbing has only been on the path of cultivation for a mere thirty years. In such a short time, even his few friends on Earth haven't all died. Naturally, he couldn't possibly have become some kind of extremely filthy and lonely old man.
This inexplicable feeling welled up in his heart as the serpent and the Food King argued, and he even prayed silently.
Never forget the realization you had at this moment.
"Alright." Zhang Yaqi chuckled softly and said, "What the Food King is saying is that Wen Bing only took thirty years to go from a novice cultivator to one of the gods. That's quite fast, isn't it?"
The Great Serpent Supreme swallowed hard and said, "Slow? This speed is the fastest ever in history."
Xiao Wenbing blinked at it twice and said, "That's not necessarily true. Perhaps someone can cultivate faster than me."
"Hmph." The Great Serpent Supreme sneered disdainfully, saying, "Nonsense. If there really is someone who can become a god faster than you, then..."
"How is it?" Xiao Wenbing asked, coaxingly.
"I will go and have a showdown with the Roc," the Great Serpent Supreme said, head held high.
The crowd exchanged amused glances. For the Great Serpent Supreme, the Roc was its natural enemy and its absolute nemesis. The fact that it had vowed to fight the Roc this time demonstrated its unparalleled confidence.
“Alright.” Xiao Wenbing reached out and beckoned, and the roc, tens of thousands of meters in the sky, spread its steel wings and flew to him in a flash.
Reaching out to touch the roc's thick neck, Xiao Wenbing said, "Roc, this giant snake says it wants to have a duel with you."
The roc was instantly enraged. It turned its head and two beams of divine light pierced the giant snake.
The Great Serpent Supreme was immediately speechless. It said angrily, "Hey, don't wrong an innocent person. When did I say that?"
"Didn't you say that if anyone could cultivate to godhood faster than me, you would challenge the Roc to a duel?"
"That's right, but there's no such person."
“Yes.” Xiao Wenbing said with a grin, “Let me tell you, Yaqi started cultivating later than me, but she became a god much earlier than me.”
The Great Serpent Supreme stumbled, almost falling to the ground, and looked at the two of them, chewing incessantly: "Monsters, a pair of great monsters."
"Hmph." Xiao Wenbing roared angrily, "How dare you insult me, Dapeng..."
“Master…” A long howl came from afar, and in an instant, Queenie, whose body was engulfed in flames, had arrived in front of everyone.
Having escaped death, the Great Serpent King hurriedly asked, "Quinni, what is it? Speak quickly."
Quini glanced at the Great Serpent Supreme with a puzzled look, unable to fathom why it had suddenly become so enthusiastic today. However, these newly ascended immortals still held this veteran Supreme in high esteem.
"Senior Orochi, someone's coming."
"Oh, which deity has graced us with their presence?" the giant serpent asked.
Come to think of it, who else but a deity could make Queenie rush to report this in such a hurry?
It's important to understand that the forests of today are no longer the same as the era when the Seven-Colored Winged King reigned supreme alone.
During the time Xiao Wenbing cultivated the Myriad Swords Technique, the thousand or so Dark Infants in the Heavenly Void Ring never stopped for a moment, and the production of Origin Crystals remained at a constant level of a thousand every six months.
As Zha's strength continues to recover, the time barrier surrounding the divine realm can also exert even greater power.
Until five years ago, Zha had recovered 50% of his divine power. However, with the improvement in the quality of his divine power, his current true strength was no less than that of his peak.
So five years ago, the ratio of time passing in Zha's divine realm to that in the outside world was already as high as one to one hundred.
The Samsara Palace has never ceased its operation. With ample support from the Origin Crystals, all the Ten Tribulations Immortals who ascended with Xiao Wenbing have cultivated to the level of Refining God Immortal. Of course, after their arduous cultivation within the Samsara Palace, it would be impossible for them not to comprehend the Origin of Divine Power.
Unless someone is an absolute idiot, after countless cycles of life and death, they will surely be able to grasp a divine power source that is most suitable for them.
Fortunately, among these tens of thousands of ascended immortals, no one was found to be an extremely stupid idiot.
As a result, more than five thousand supreme-level immortals have been stationed around this forest waterfall year-round.
With such immense power as a backing, the only thing capable of causing Queenie such great alarm is probably the appearance of a god.
However, Xiao Wenbing and Zhang Yaqi exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with surprise, because they had not detected any divine aura in their senses.
“It’s not a god,” Queenie said immediately. “Someone has come from the lower realm.”
"The lower realm?" Xiao Wenbing raised his eyebrows and asked, "You mean someone ascended from the lower realm?"
“Indeed,” Quini said respectfully. “Master, you instructed us to keep a close watch on the area where we ascended, and to report immediately if anyone appeared, so…”
Quinni stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, for Xiao Wenbing had vanished from his sight.
The flames on his body suddenly surged, and with his strength, he couldn't even see how Xiao Wenbing had disappeared. The shock in his heart was naturally extraordinary.
The Great Serpent King stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, sighing deeply, "Quinni, we are normal people, you know? Normal people cannot be compared to monsters."...
Volume 22, Chapter 46: The Old Taoist's Ascension (Part 1)
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On the vast plain, a kind-faced old Taoist priest stood motionless, too afraid to move.
This is an old Taoist priest who has cultivated diligently in the cultivation world for over a thousand years and ascended to heaven only after undergoing the baptism of heavenly tribulation.
Before ascending to the Immortal Realm, he had countless daydreams about what kind of scene he would see after his ascension.
However, no matter how vivid his imagination was, he could never have guessed that things would turn out this way.
When the hazy white light completely dissipated, the first thing he saw gave him the feeling of coming home.
Indeed, every blade of grass and every tree here is remarkably similar to the inner gate of the Secret Talisman Sect, almost identical, and even the rows of houses in the distance are no different.
It's bizarre, so incredibly bizarre.
The old Taoist's first thought was, could it be that he was still in the world of cultivation, and had even ascended to the sect?
But what he saw next immediately made him realize that his guess was absolutely wrong.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred figures appeared around him. These people had cold and stern faces, each with a different expression, and their eyes were wide open like copper bells, staring intently at him.
His divine sense swept over the area slightly, and he was immediately terrified, no longer daring to have any thought of resistance.
The instant his divine senses made contact, he realized a fact: these people were all experts, true experts.
That powerful aura and superior strength were far beyond his own. In front of these people, he was like a tiny ant, not to mention resisting, he didn't even have the ability to escape.
With his hands hanging down at his sides and a slightly tense expression, the old Taoist priest barely managed to suppress his heart, which was pounding in his throat, and at least maintained a calm demeanor.
Meanwhile, the old Taoist priest cursed inwardly, "This stupid disciple of yours, you're going to kill me!"
This old Taoist priest was none other than Xiao Wenbing's mentor, the Taoist priest Xianyun.
After passing on all his knowledge to Ronaldo, he was relieved to see that the Secret Talisman Sect had a successor before facing the Heavenly Tribulation.
The old Taoist priest had done good deeds all his life, and this time he only encountered the eighth heavenly tribulation.
With everything fully prepared, the old Taoist took a pot of old wine and poured himself a drink amidst the protective circle of countless super magical artifacts and defensive immortal artifacts given to him by Xiao Wenbing.
Before even finishing a pot of wine, he had already miraculously survived the eight tribulations.
Although the heavenly tribulation was powerful, with so many magical treasures to protect himself, the old Taoist priest wasn't even hurt in the slightest.
The only damage was to his Taoist robe. However, the robe was not damaged by the heavenly tribulation. Rather, when the old Taoist heard the loud bang of the eighth heavenly thunder, he was startled and his wrist trembled, causing a little wine in his cup to spill out, which resulted in a small, inconspicuous stain on the robe.
The old Taoist priest is arguably the first person in history to have survived the heavenly tribulation in this way.
The Tianyi Sect Master and others, who were watching from afar, were extremely envious. They admired the old Taoist's good fortune to the point of prostration and lamented in their hearts why they had not received a disciple as good as Xiao Wenbing.
The old Taoist priest happily returned to the mountain gate, bid farewell to his old friends, and left all the super magical artifacts and the few immortal artifacts to his disciples.
With these things for protection, the mere heavenly tribulation can no longer threaten the Secret Talisman Sect.
Of course, the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Secret Talisman Sect are originally from the same source, like one family. Therefore, the old Taoist priest repeatedly instructed that if someone in the Heavenly Dao Sect is undergoing tribulation, these things can be lent out.
The old Taoist priest wasn't afraid of anyone embezzling and not returning the money, because behind the Secret Talisman Sect was a precious deity backing him up.
With this deity in charge of collecting debts, as long as you haven't officially left the cultivation world, you can forget about escaping its search.
After everything was prepared, the old Taoist priest ascended to the celestial realm with satisfaction, accompanied by his disciples and grand-disciples.
Of course, before ascending, he didn't forget Xiao Wenbing's instructions and draped the nascent soul over himself. It was precisely because of this nascent soul that he was able to successfully arrive at the location where Xiao Wenbing and the others had just ascended to the Immortal Realm.