Chapter 159 - Toward Heavens beyond Heaven (2/2)

Given Father Niu’s greedy character, there was no reason he would give up two potential clients and go with them to the Emperor Ascension Stage instead. It just did not make any sense!

“Why would I follow their group?” Lonemoon rolled his eyes. He was not that close to them. “You two create trouble wherever you go – it seems to be ingrained in you. How can I leave the both of you alone?” He did not want to receive news of the mess that they left behind everywhere the next day. What’s more, judging from the attitude that Blackbird and Biao Ting took toward them, it was likely that they would meet again often. Even if he wanted to do business with them, he would have plenty of opportunities to do so in future.

He had already instructed Feng Ying to collect information as well. With the help of the system, he would be able to detect even mushrooms growing thousands of miles away. With the hard numbers, he would be able to do his calculations and cheat… Pui! More like do business with them more efficiently.

“Hurry, hurry! Isn’t the Emperor Ascension Stage very far away?” Lonemoon hurried them. “We said we would get it settled within ten days. We have more business to tend to once we get back, don’t we? Stop wasting time, both of you.”

Shen Ying: “…”

Yi Qing: “…”

We peasants indeed would never understand the world of the rich.

Although Father Niu rushed them the entire way, the three of them still took about five days to arrive at the Emperor Ascension Stage in the Heavens beyond Heaven. Actually, the Heavens beyond Heaven looked exactly like the Yu Feng Immortal Abode – It was connected to the Immortal Realm yet seemed entirely separate from it.

As Yu Feng Immortal Abode was located at the boundaries of the immortal realm but the Heavens beyond Heaven was located right in the centre of it- and above in the skies. If one wanted to go up there, they would have to go through the Nine-Layered Palace Gates. Immortals from different continents guard each level. Only those who held that Celestial Emperor tokens could pass through the palace doors and go to the next level. However, the Emperor Ascension Stage was different; located at the far ends of the Heavens beyond Heaven. There was no need to pass through the Nine-Layered Palace Gates in order to get there.

The three of them flew directly up to the stage. All they saw for a couple of days was white immortal fog all around. After a long, hard journey, they saw a stage standing between two huge clouds. The stage was extremely wide – it looked like the training field back in their sect. There were no special infrastructure around the stage. It stood alone in the skies.

From far away, they could feel an immense pressure emitting from the stage. Lonemoon paused for awhile to prepare himself. He sucked in a deep breath and flew toward the stage.

The moment they landed, a white figure appeared in front of them.

“Greetings, Fellow Immortals.” The person was dressed in white robes and had a head full of white hair. He was grinning at Yi Qing. His eyes twinkling, he bowed. “Young Majesty.”

There were three levels of emperors in the immortal realm. Those who were ascending to become Young Emperors would be addressed as “Young Majesty”; those who were becoming Immortal Emperors would be addressed as “Exalted Majesty”; and those who were becoming Celestial Emperors would be addressed as “Celestial Majesty”. The man had been working at the Emperor Ascension Stage for many years. Naturally, he could tell that Yi Qing was the one who had come to ascend into young emperorship.

“Congratulations on your fast-growing cultivation level, Young Majesty.” The man smiled kindly at Yi Qing. Without further ado, he stepped forward and said, “I am the immortal who guards the Emperor Ascension Stage. All the Celestial Majesties have sent me here to explain matters to the new Immortal Majesties. Please follow me, Fellow Immortals.”

As he led all of them up the Emperor Ascension Stage, he pointed to the centre of the stage and turned to Yi Qing. “Young Majesty, please stand on the heavenly stone in the middle of the stage. A white beam of light will appear. Young Emperor will only need to suck in the immortal Qi and wait for a minute.”

“Thank you, Fellow Immortal.” Yi Qing nodded and walked toward the center of the stage.

Shen Ying and Lonemoon followed subconsciously, but they were stopped by the immortal guard. “Please stop here, Fellow Immortals. Only immortals who are about to ascend may step onto the Emperor Ascension Stage.”

“Oh.” The two of them stepped back obediently and looked worriedly at the man standing in the centre of the stage. Afterall, he was not fully recovered.

“Do not worry, Fellow Immortals,” the immortal guard reassured them, as if reading their minds. “Young Majesty will be alright. Ascending to emperorship is different from enduring tribulations. There will only be a heavenly light, which will be highly beneficial to his cultivation. There is no danger.”

“There’s no heavenly tribulation?” Lonemoon stared blankly at him. He thought that the immortal guard stopped them to keep them from getting hurt by the lightning tribulation!

“Exalted Immortal, you are joking,” the immortal guard sniggered. “It is a good thing to ascend into emperorship. Why should there be a lightning tribulation? Being able to come onto this Emperor Ascension Stage is considered a reward to those who make it. But… in future when he ascends to become an Immortal Emperor or Supreme Celestial Emperor, he would no longer need to come here again.”

“I see.” Lonemoon nodded, not thinking much of what the guard said. He turned back to look at Yi Qing in the centre of the stage.