Chapter 592: Celestial Master Zhang (1/2)

“Phenomenon of ascension?” Lu Yun looked at Ashu in surprise. Considering the latter’s current nefarious appearance, no one would ever imagine that he’d once resembled a living man. His past golden radiance of a holy lord was nowhere to be seen.

With a profound gaze, Ashu looked at the Xue youth sitting fifty kilometers away, his eyes full of emotions.

“Indeed, an otherworldly manifestation due to reaching immortality.” Ashu nodded. “They vary from person to person. The stronger one’s strength and potential, the more intense the phenomenon will be. The final combat art the young man displayed just now—the projection of the moon and drifting snow—merged with the immortal dao to create this phenomenon. Accordingly, the manifestations we see now will evolve into a brand-new combat art and become his signature skill.”

Lu Yun started. He thought back to Mo Yi’s tribulation, when she’d blotted out the tribulation clouds with a single wave of the hand. In that instant, he’d seen a wall of purple energy whirling around her person.

But her actions had been too fast. She’d disappeared as soon as she’d become an immortal, so almost no one had noticed the purple energy. Now that he thought about it, that purple energy was likely her phenomenon of ascension.

He then recalled Ding Lei, the Admiral Turtle currently stuffed inside the water jar. The monster spirit’s Universe-Encompassing Palm was likely also an art born from his phenomenon of ascension.

He tried prying more details out of Ashu, but his new sidekick refused to explain further. Based on Lu Yun’s current theory, Ashu was a very, very ancient existence, someone who’d existed before the path of cultivation had been severed. He let the matter rest and tightly gripped the unremarkable water jar instead, remaining motionless as black ripples spread out from it.

Cowed, the immortals and cultivators nearby no longer dared leave. Roughly six hours later, when the sky gradually began to dim, the young Xue genius finally opened his eyes. Inside him, his energy had been entirely converted to immortal force.

Meanwhile, his phenomenon of ascension merged into his body and faded away. Now, each of his movements were marked by the energy of the land. This energy was a sign of the vast and mighty energy of nature following him wherever he went, rather than something from within.

“Is this what being a void-ascended immortal feels like?” The young man stared blankly at his palms.

Boom!

A sudden wave of his hand raised giant waves over the surface of the sea, ruining its newfound calm.

“Congratulations!” Lu Yun stowed the water jar and approached the young man with a smile.

“Thank you, senior brother Lu! Chujiu will forever etch your grace on my heart!” The young man turned around at Lu Yun’s approach and bowed from the waist.

“Oh no, don’t, please don’t!” Almost jumping in fright, Lu Yun hastily helped Xue Chujiu up. If not for the fervent goodwill he could sense from the young man, he’d really have mistaken the young man’s gratitude for lip service.

“Senior brother Lu, please take me in!” Xue Chujiu suddenly said in a strangled voice.

“Hmm?” Lu Yun blinked, then quickly grasped what was at stake.

The Xue Clan had been destroyed, but many of its cultivators and immortals scattered through the world of immortals were still alive. As one of the greatest clans in Witherdew Major, the clan possessed immeasurable wealth.

With almost no immortals of its own, they’d be an easy target for anyone in the world. Though he was a void-ascended immortal now, Xue Chujiu couldn’t turn the tide all by himself. Therefore, he’d asked Lu Yun to take him in, not for his own sake, but for all of the cultivators of his clan!

“Alright.” Lu Yun nodded. “Xue cultivators and immortals can move to Dusk Province and settle down there.”

“You have my gratitude, senior brother Lu!” Overjoyed, Xue Chujiu immediately took out a communication slip to inform his fellow clansmen.

Dusk Province was now very different from what it’d once been; it was no longer a place anyone could come and go as they pleased. The various sanctions that had been imposed on the province were long lifted, and the weapons of war deployed at the provincial borders removed.

Not to mention, the Panorama Pavilion was about to hold an auction there. But even without that, Dusk Province had been acknowledged as a faction in its own right after Lu Yun had dealt with the yin spirit tide in Azure Province, showcasing the staggering means at his disposal in the process.

If a clan as big as the Xues and its innumerable cultivators wanted to enter the province in search of asylum, they needed permission from the province’s master first.