Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 498 - 498 507 Human World

498: Chapter 507 Human World 498: Chapter 507 Human World Heavenly Court reshuffle, the pattern reemerges.

The ruler of the Three Realms, Heavenly Emperor Ye Xuan.

The four Great Emperors, Emperor Ziwei.

Emperor Zhenwu, who expels demons, was held by Shen Gongbao; Emperor Gouchen’s whereabouts were unknown, hanging in uncertainty; as for Emperor Dongji, it used to be Ye Xuan’s title, naturally, no one dared to use it.

Golden Spirit Saint Mother was titled as the Eternal Lady of the Southern Heaven, and her six Daluo Golden Immortals from Jie Sect were appointed to important celestial positions, which won’t be detailed here.

The Nine Luminaries Star Lords, Twenty-Eight Constellations, Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy, Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Stars, Seventy-Two Earth Evil Stars, Patrol Angels, and Heavenly Judges were all held by those with Great Divine Power.

Among them, the Ten Great Demon Kings, led by the Swallowing Heaven Toad, took on the role of the Nine Luminaries Star Lords; the Twenty-Eight Constellations were led by the Heavenly Peng King and other great demon kings; as for those Daluo Golden Immortals associated with evil demons, they were all given the celestial position of Patrol Angels.

All the immortals of the former Heavenly Court were demoted three levels, only able to become minor celestial officials, since the highest cultivation among them was only at the Taiyi Realm.

The old pattern was broken; the emerging forces were merging.

The Thirty-Three Layered Heaven went through a major overhaul, which also needed a period of adjustment.

This period of adjustment took as long as five hundred years before the operations of the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven began to normalize, but its strength underwent earth-shattering changes.

The Thirty-Three Layered Heaven, once managed by the Jade Emperor, seldom saw Daluo Golden Immortals or those at the Luotian Realm.

The two sects were constantly fighting within the Heavenly Court, making the factions complicated and intertwined.

Now, the Heavenly Court has over twenty Daluo Golden Immortals, Luotian Realm is common, and even those in the Taiyi Realm can hold a minor celestial official position.

The strength of the Thirty-Three Layered Heaven became extremely formidable.

In these five hundred years, Ye Xuan was in retreat, leaving all matters to be handled by Gold Star Taibai and Shen Gongbao; he truly became a hands-off manager.

Unless there was a significant matter that required reporting to Ye Xuan, no one could easily disturb him in the Dou Niu Palace.

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Since Ye Xuan ascended to the position of Heavenly Emperor, six thousand five hundred years passed, a mere blink in the context of the Three Realms, barely stirring a ripple.

Yet, in the Human World, six thousand five hundred years brought about revolutionary changes.

Human World!

Boom, boom!

The ink-black clouds engulfed the sky, and rampant blue lightning stormed violently, the heavenly and earthly pressure shattering mountains and rivers, instilling a sense of soul-shaking terror.

In white robes purer than snow, her skirt fluttering, a woman with strikingly picturesque features stood in the void; clearly, she was undergoing tribulation, specifically the Immortal Tribulation.

Xue Ji, a disciple of Liu Baiyi, originally a White Fox, after six thousand five hundred years, finally entered the late phase of Tribulation Crossing, and as long as she could withstand the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation, she would ascend to immortality.

“Xue Ji, you can definitely succeed!”

Huang Fatty had lost his middle-aged appearance, his temples were streaked with white, his skin slightly wrinkled, and his face carried a shade of haggardness, but at this moment, his gaze towards Xue Ji subtly carried a hint of hope.

“Xue Ji, if you can step into the Earth Immortal Realm, no matter whether your mentor is dead or alive, you must send word to us,” Gu Beichen said.

After over six thousand years, he no longer looked like a young boy but had turned into a heroic young man, with his cultivation even reaching the late stages of Tribulation Crossing.

“Miss Xue Ji, you can surely become an immortal in the Mortal World; you are our last hope now.”

A dozen of the Netherworld Death God’s personal guards were tremblingly speaking to Xue Ji.

Although they too were in the late stages of Tribulation Crossing, it seemed as if they had been stuck in this realm for a very long time, never managing to take that final step to become immortals.

“Do not worry, when Uncle Ye left in the past, he bestowed upon me many spiritual treasures of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Even if the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation is extremely terrifying, Xue Ji will surely ascend to the Immortal Realm and will not disappoint everyone’s expectations,” Xue Ji declared resolutely, lifting her eyes towards the gathering Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation, her eyes flashing with an intense color of stark fierceness.

Immortal Tribulation equals death tribulation!

This had seemingly become a demon spell, turning into the biggest nightmare of the Human World.

Over 6,525 years, countless cultivators of the Human World had stepped into the late stages of Tribulation Crossing, yet when they, filled with confidence, faced the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation, every single one of them perished, their souls scattered.

Yes, not a single one survived; they all died within the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation, without even a chance for reincarnation.

This was a demon curse, one that nobody could break, and it was profoundly related to Ye Xuan.

In the past, when Ye Xuan returned to the Human World, chased by Yang Jian, their fierce battle had caused immense instability throughout the Human World, exerting extreme pressure on the will of this realm.

After Ye Xuan and Yang Jian had left the Human World, the will of the realm became strict because anyone who became an immortal would unleash catastrophic damage on the Human World, and the Immortal Tribulation faced by anyone crossing tribulation was unimaginably terrifying.

Over these thousands of years, all who attempted crossing tribulation scattered their souls and perished, not to mention becoming so as to enter the Earth Immortal Realm.

Whether it was Huang Fatty, Gu Beichen, or the many Netherworld Death God’s personal guards, and people well-acquainted with Ye Xuan, when each of them stepped into the late stages of Tribulation Crossing, some unwillingly summoned the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation while within the Human World, yet, without exception, they all turned to ashes under the tribulation.

Xue Ji, a disciple like Liu Baiyi, after thousands of years of hidden cultivation and recognized by Ye Xuan as his neophyte disciple before he left, was bestowed with many spiritual medicines and magic treasures, hoping she could become an immortal in the Mortal World.

When Xue Ji learned of the curse of inevitable death upon becoming immortal, she cautiously and steadily cultivated, because Huang Fatty and the others had placed all their hopes on her.

Today, Xue Ji had finally perfected her cultivation at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage and faced the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation.

She was determined to break the curse of inevitable death upon becoming immortal and to ascend the Immortal Realm to find out the truth about whether Ye Xuan had perished in the past.

Back then, when Ye Xuan and Yang Jian stepped into the retrograde channel, nobody knew the state of Ye Xuan’s life or death, and Huang Fatty and others had waited for thousands of years without seeing Ye Xuan return, naturally causing extreme worry in their hearts, fearing that Ye Xuan had long perished in the Earth Immortal Realm.

Boom!

Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation, Immortal Thunder descended.

Nine bolts of raging thunder struck around Xue Ji, making her forcefully resist, various spiritual treasures were sacrificed to withstand the terrifying power of the Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation.

Immortal Thunder and Heavenly Fire, ninety-nine rods, mountains and rivers were breaking, the void collapsing, Xue Ji bathed in blood, her physical body shattered, while far in the distance within the Heaven and Earth, Huang Fatty and the others clenched their fists, continuously praying in their hearts for Xue Ji, as she was their last hope.

Nine Heavens Immortal Tribulation, though everyone like Huang Fatty was in the late stages of Tribulation Crossing, none had the confidence to survive the Immortal Tribulation, for such a heavenly tribulation was too terrifying, simply beyond what those in the Tribulation Period could withstand.