Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1705.1 - Ascending to the Celestial Realm (1)
Chapter 1705.1 – Ascending to the Celestial Realm (1)
The situation turned increasingly unfavorable for Liu Wuxie as he became trapped. No matter how he tried to evade them, Meng Zhi and the others closed in and used self-detonation to blast open the Heavenly Sealing Array.
The instant a crack appeared in the Heavenly Sealing Array, Han Feizi formed seals, attempting to repair it.
“Let’s go as well!” Qiao Bian, Gu Yu, Fiery, Song Ling, and a few others charged into the sky to help Liu Wuxie.
By now, Han Feizi’s hair had turned completely white, but he didn’t enter the battle because he had to guard the Heavenly Sealing Array and prevent anyone from damaging it.
The others remained in the middle of their breakthroughs, while Hua Feiyu had to concentrate on controlling Nightmare City. Each of them had their own duty to fulfill.
After Xu Lingxue broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, her figure flashed upward as she charged into the sky. Murong Yi, Chen Ruoyan, and the others soon followed her. They had all completed their breakthroughs and were determined to stand beside Liu Wuxie even if it meant dying together.
“Master, we’ve come to help!” Bi Gongyu, Lan Yu, and the others also rushed over after finishing their breakthroughs.
Xiao Luo had already taken the lead and appeared within a thousand meters of Liu Wuxie, but the shockwaves from the battle stopped him from getting any closer.
“All of you retreat!” Liu Wuxie roared. The shockwaves from the self-detonation of high immortals could kill them with ease.
However, no one stepped back. They chose death over retreat, and Bi Gongyu even prepared to self-detonate to buy time for his master.
Another high immortal self-detonated, unleashing a deafening rumble and a powerful shockwave that hurled Liu Wuxie into the high heavens. Xu Lingxue and the others also coughed up blood under the shockwave’s overwhelming impact.
“Gong Gong, take them away and protect them for me!” Liu Wuxie asked, his face contorted with pain. Injuries covered his entire body, and not a single patch of flesh remained intact. Bloody holes riddled his arms and torso.
Gong Gong rushed forward and used his high immortal laws to create a domain, isolating Xu Lingxue and the others from the battlefield.
Liu Wuxie had once shown kindness to the Witcher Clan. Although Gong Gong didn’t know how to express himself well, he would agree without hesitation to anything Liu Wuxie asked of him.
“Senior Gong Gong, please let me in! I want to face this together with him!” Xu Lingxue pleaded, begging Gong Gong to open the domain so they could enter.
The sky had descended into chaos, and Liu Wuxie found it difficult to break free.
Jiao Ba also watched anxiously. The young lady had only calculated that Liu Wuxie would face a calamity and had left behind a phantom of the Heavenly Coffin. She had not calculated that so many high immortals would try to kill Liu Wuxie through self-detonation.
Aside from Gong Gong, no one dared to approach the battlefield, and Gong Gong had already devoted all his strength to protecting Liu Wuxie’s family.
When another high immortal detonated, Liu Wuxie became even more mutilated. He summoned the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to absorb the laws of the High Immortal Realm. He had barely started recovering before Meng Zhi and the others charged over again, refusing to give him any time to heal.
Cracking sounds rang out as fractures spread across the Heavenly Sealing Array.
“We’re almost there! The ascension force has descended!”
A massive amount of ascension force descended, forcing Liu Wuxie to ascend to the celestial realm.
“Liu Wuxie, die!” Gan Xingzhou and the others’ momentum surged when the ascension force descended. They began drawing power from the celestial realm to fight.
Facing a sixth-level High Immortal had already pushed Liu Wuxie to his limit, and the pressure on him intensified with so many high immortals attacking at once.
With another thunderous explosion, a fifth-level High Immortal detonated and released terrifying shockwaves that tore off one of Liu Wuxie’s arms, leaving him in a miserable state.
“Husband!”
“Master!”
“My son!” Cries rang out from all around, and even the cultivators of the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain instinctively wiped tears from the corners of their eyes.
That Liu Wuxie had survived until now was already a miracle. On the other side, only Gan Xingzhou, Meng Zhi, and Liang Hong remained, while everyone else had already self-detonated.
Blood and torn flesh filled the sky as celestial realm laws gushed outward.
The four figures continued rising. The Immortal Path had already opened and begun guiding them back to the celestial realm.
Liu Wuxie lifted his head toward the sky. Cracks spread relentlessly across the Heavenly Sealing Array, and if the damage continued, all his efforts would be in vain. Without the Heavenly Sealing Array’s protection, the celestial realm could continue sending immortals into the mortal realm to investigate him and capture his family.
“Brother Han, how much longer before you repair the Heavenly Sealing Array?” Liu Wuxie asked, his voice echoing beside Han Feizi.
“Three breaths!” Han Feizi rapidly healed his injuries.
“Good!” Liu Wuxie nodded. If he endured for three more breaths, Han Feizi could fully repair the Heavenly Sealing Array.
“Brother Liu, the Heavenly Sealing Array would’ve lasted for a century, according to your previous request. But with so many cracks, it can only last for about twenty years now,” Han Feizi said with a worried expression. The Heavenly Sealing Array’s energy was depleting rapidly.
“Only twenty years?” Liu Wuxie licked his lips.
Reaching the height of his previous life within twenty years would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens. If he had a hundred years, he would be confident in reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm.
Even so, that estimate remained conservative. If anything unexpected occurred during the process, the Heavenly Sealing Array would endure for only a little over ten years.
Liu Wuxie felt unprecedented pressure descend on him. He had overcome every difficulty thrown his way, but the pressure he felt this time weighed more heavily than ever.
“Damn it! The Heavenly Sealing Array is about to repair itself!” Meng Zhi sensed that something was wrong. If the Heavenly Sealing Array repaired itself and severed its connection with the celestial realm, killing Liu Wuxie would become even harder.
Gan Xingzhou’s group of three exchanged a glance, and absolute resolve flashed in their eyes.
“Liu Wuxie, prepare to die!” The trio charged toward Liu Wuxie together, forming a triangular formation that blocked off every route of escape, no matter which direction he fled.
The self-detonation of three sixth-level High Immortals could destroy anything before them.
“Quick, retreat!” Gong Gong instantly sensed the danger and waved his hand, sweeping Xu Lingxue and the others down to the ground.
Emperor Haoyuan had recovered most of his injuries. He began forming seals with both hands, creating a dome in the sky that could withstand most of the impact, preventing ordinary mortals from being swept away by the shockwave.
Many immortals had already fled the area, not daring to remain for even another moment.
Gan Xingzhou and the other two continued swelling before Liu Wuxie.
Liu Wuxie had considered hiding inside the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron and escaping, but what would happen to his family? He knew that if he hid in the cauldron, the three of them could slaughter the entire Heavenly Dragon Sect and Heavenly Dao Society. Gong Gong and Emperor Haoyuan alone couldn’t stop them.
He understood that he had no path of retreat because too many people stood behind him. Even from tens of thousands of meters away, the self-detonation of a high immortal could still injure him.
The Heavenly Sealing Array had not fully repaired itself yet, and the ascension force continued pulling Liu Wuxie toward the celestial realm.
Three mushroom clouds rose into the sky as Gan Xingzhou’s group of three chose mutual destruction to kill Liu Wuxie. The violent impact from the detonation caused the sun and moon to sink, and the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain fell into a brief stillness.
Everyone lost sight of their surroundings, as though a black hole had swallowed the entire astral domain. Then, a powerful shockwave swept through the sky. A violent fluctuation surged from the Outer Astral Spacetime as countless meteorites and dead stars vanished.
A large crack appeared in the Heavenly Sealing Array as Liu Wuxie rose uncontrollably. His injuries had mangled him beyond recognition, and only the faintest trace of consciousness still lingered. He could no longer sever the ascension force and could only let it pull him toward the celestial realm.
Emperor Haoyuan quickly acted, trying to help Liu Wuxie sever the ascension force. However, the High Immortal Realm laws in the sky had not dissipated yet, and the power he released shattered instantly.
“Emperor Haoyuan, Gong Gong, help me take care of my family! If they even lose a single strand of hair, I won’t let either of you off!” Liu Wuxie suddenly forced himself upright and released a roar that echoed throughout the entire astral domain.
Both of them had reached the High Immortal Realm, and with them present, no one would dare to invade the Heavenly Dragon Sect or the Heavenly Dao Society.
“Wuxie, don’t worry. No one can hurt them with me around,” Emperor Haoyuan replied. If not for Liu Wuxie’s help, Gan Xingzhou would have already killed him.
Gong Gong nodded in silent agreement. Although the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Heavenly Dao Society had produced many immortals, they were only ordinary heavenly immortals.
Only Han Feizi, Qiao Bian, Gu Yu, Fiery, Song Ling, and Xiao Luo had higher cultivation, having reached the high levels of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Everyone stared into the sky, watching Liu Wuxie being dragged into the Immortal Path.
Tears slid down the corners of Han Feizi’s eyes. He took out a dagger and cut open his arm, allowing his blood to flow into the altar.
A crimson pillar of light shot into the sky and repaired the final crack in the Heavenly Sealing Array.
Han Feizi could’ve withdrawn the Heavenly Sealing Array to intercept Liu Wuxie’s ascension force, but he didn’t. He knew the spiritual array had been the most crucial step in Liu Wuxie’s plan. Without the Heavenly Sealing Array, all of Liu Wuxie’s efforts over the years would’ve gone to waste.
“Brother, let us meet again in the celestial realm,” Han Feizi said, his face turning terrifyingly pale.
Xu Lingxue and the others were covered in tears. They could only watch helplessly as the celestial realm dragged their husband away. Moreover, once the Heavenly Sealing Array repaired itself, no one would be able to ascend to the celestial realm.
“Young Master Han, please open the Heavenly Sealing Array! I want to go and fight alongside my Master!” Bi Gongyu and the others rushed over, begging Han Feizi to open the spiritual array. They wanted to ascend with Liu Wuxie.
More people gathered around, including Liu Wuxie’s parents. They didn’t want to watch their son ascend to the celestial realm and fight alone.
Han Feizi remained unmoved and shut his eyes, drowning out their pleas.
