Super Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1391: Permanently Closed Heaven’s Gate

Chapter 1391: Chapter 1391: Permanently Closed Heaven’s Gate

He effortlessly changed his appearance, and the utterly ordinary face immediately transformed into that of a handsome young man.

Qiu Tianlin stared at the somewhat familiar face and frowned slightly, but he couldn’t correlate it with anyone he knew. He turned to look at Ye Qingci beside him.

Ye Qingci, who clearly recognized the visitor, said coldly, "Shu Rui, it really is you."

"Beiwei Shu Family?"

Qiu Tianlin asked, somewhat puzzled.

Ye Qingci nodded in agreement, just as Qiu Tianlin had mentioned.

The biggest label on the Shu Family was Beiwei, and the best summary for the Shu Family during the Beiwei era was that they were losers.

Absolute losers.

Once positioned as emperors, they ended up with nothing. The great war a hundred years ago saw Beiwei completely vanish from the stage of Xia Country’s history.

They are the greatest embarrassment in the history of Xia Country. The Shu Family, having nearly cut ties with the Ancient Clan, received no support during the centennial invasion, and their scant number of Earth Immortals had no power to fight back against the encirclement of other nations.

The Shu Family lost not just the war but also the face and the frontiers of Xia Country.

To this day, Xia Country still has its borders, because the territories lost due to the Shu Family’s defeat have not been fully regained.

"You jumping clowns, the Grand Ancestor spared your lineage back then and you did not cherish it; I did not expect you to even join the ranks of the Demonic Path, truly contemptible."

Qiu Tianlin insulted without reserve.

However, Shu Rui didn’t take it to heart and said softly, "Our Shu Family has been losing all our lives; we’ve long stopped caring about anything."

"So? By joining the Demonic Path, do you think you can turn things around?"

Ye Qingci asked coldly.

"Saint Envoy Ye, you misunderstand. Our Shu Family joined the Demonic Path not to turn things around, but merely to have them accompany us in death."

After speaking, Shu Rui seemed to realize he had misspoken and quickly corrected himself, "Sorry, sorry, I accidentally revealed my true thoughts. Rest assured, both of you, this is just our Shu Family’s personal view and has nothing to do with the Demonic Path as a whole. As long as you are willing to hand over the Lord of the Sect to us, the deal we just discussed still stands."

Facing such a shameless Shu Rui, Ye Qingci frowned and had no intention of entertaining him, "Lin Ran has fallen to the Demonic Path, that was your doing, wasn’t it?"

"Lin Ran? Oh, you mean the first one who discovered traces of the Sect Hierarch. Yes, I noticed him when I came to the Capital City. He is a fine seed, indeed; born of the Lin Family and filled with resentment towards the Capital City, such a fine seed would have been a pity not to join our Demonic Path."

"How many more secret agents does the Demonic Path have in the Capital City?"

Ye Qingci pressed on with her questioning.

"Let me count."

Shu Rui started counting on his fingers, tallying them one by one.

From one to ten, after all fingers were fully joined, Shu Rui suddenly raised his head with a smile and said, "Sorry, I’m not good at math; I can’t count past ten fingers."

"You’re courting death!"

Qiu Tianlin spoke in a deep voice, and a bolt of Heavenly Thunder was hurled directly at Shu Rui.

An Earth Immortal’s strike was naturally not something that a junior like Shu Rui could withstand. But the golden wings by Shu Rui’s side wouldn’t just stand by and watch an ally from the Demonic Path get killed with a single strike; they acted instantaneously, creating a protective barrier around the three people, completely blocking the bolt of Heavenly Thunder.

Shu Rui looked at Qiu Tianlin with a smile, "Lord Chou, I know you are honored as the Sect Master, but having been away for so long must have its reasons, right? Don’t you feel suffocated hiding in this humble abode? Not to mention anything else, don’t you find it lonely that no old friends come to visit you?"

Qiu Tianlin narrowed his eyes and said, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"The Qian family is right; a trade is simply a deal where one is willing to strike and the other willing to bear it. The equivalency of the exchange’s content isn’t important. To us, our Lord of the Sect being in your hands means nothing at all; it is the items we have that are of significant meaning to you."

"No need to say more, we are absolutely not going to hand over the person."

Ye Qingci said without hesitation.

"Is that so?"

Shu Rui was somewhat surprised to see the two unwavering in their stance, and he turned his head to glance at Yu Yanshu’s situation.

Although it was brutal, it seemed to be going smoothly overall.

"The tribulation is nearing its end."

Beside them, Jin Yi spoke softly. Although he was from the Nether Clan, he could tell the condition of Yu Yanshu at the moment.

Hearing this, Ye Qingci immediately understood that it wasn’t just the two of them who were trying to delay time while waiting for Yu Yanshu to successfully cross the tribulation; the opposing side was doing the same.

"Then, let’s get to the point."

As Shu Rui spoke, Jin Yi made his move instantly. Clouds gathered in the sky above, rain turned to ice, forming immense ice crystals that surged towards Qiu Tianlin.

Qiu Tianlin’s brows furrowed as he watched the ice crystals before him. Though he had spent the early days of his office as Heavenly Punishment Department Master with almost no contact with the Nether Clan, he could still sense that the power of this Nether Technique was far beyond that of an ordinary Earth Immortal.

"Ascend to Heaven Realm."

In the Earth Immortal phase, there are three realms: Divinity Transformation, Ascending Dao, Ascension.

Only by reaching the Ascension realm does one have the possibility to open the Heaven’s Gate and ascend in a feathered transformation.

Of course, this feathered ascension now only exists in stories. After Su Linyuan completely severed the Heaven’s Gate, the last vestige of the tenuous connection between immortals and mortals also completely disappeared. For Earth Immortals to open Heaven’s Gate today, they must possess Daoism Method far surpassing that of Su Linyuan’s sword.

Destruction has always been much easier than construction, not to mention the heights that Su Linyuan had withstood, which could be said to be a degree unprecedented in a millennium.

"Lord Chou, I’ll help you."

Ye Qingci spoke calmly, the Sky-splitting Sword flying out together towards Jin Yi.

Ye Qingci, who had recently become an Earth Immortal and thus was only at the Realm of Divinity, still possessed the power to fight even against those in the Initiate Realm when coupled with supreme Immortal Law and the Sword Intent of the Sky-splitting Sword.

And Qiu Tianlin, who had once reached the Ascend to Heaven Realm as an Earth Immortal, just had a near-death experience that left him no different from any ordinary Ascending Dao practitioner.

The two of them joined forces to confront Jin Yi. Even if they were no match for him, within Mount Qilong they possessed the ability to obstruct the other party from forcefully taking Yu Yanshu away.

As long as they could stall for some time, the inner segments of the Capital City would notice the anomaly here, and dealing with Jin Yi would be a complete turnaround of the situation.

Shu Rui immediately gave a look to another member of the Demonic Path beside him upon seeing the three entangled in battle, and understanding the signal, the Demonic Path practitioner took in a deep breath before his gaze landed on the Tribulation Crossing Array set up nearby.

"May the Demonic Path last forever, never to be extinguished!"

With a hoarse roar, this red-eyed Demonic Path practitioner dived straight towards Yu Yanshu within the array.

Sensing the intrusion of an outsider, the tribulation clouds immediately sent a bolt of Heavenly Thunder at him.

However, the Heavenly Thunder did not stop him in the slightest; the charred figure emanating powerful Demonic Qi crashed directly into Yu Yanshu’s Protect the Dao Array!

Boom!

Accompanied by a loud explosion, Demonic Qi instantly contaminated the entire Protect the Dao Array.

At this critical moment of Yu Yanshu’s tribulation, Demonic Qi rushed in from all directions, completely enveloping Yu Yanshu who was on the brink of ascension.