The appearance of Ming Ye was a huge threat to Ye Fan.

Her cultivation level even surpassed that of Zhang Tian, and she was also a practitioner with a pure yin constitution. Her power was terrifying, and she had an affinity with certain elements in the universe. After the passage between the Immortal World and the Human World was opened, she had been secretly cultivating and had even made significant progress.

"Ye Fan, you killed members of my sect and seduced disciples of my sect. You are the greatest enemy of Xuanyue Palace. Right now, your disciples’ cultivation levels cannot compare to yours, and they cannot punish you two scoundrels, but I will not let you go. Xuanyue Palace is my lifeblood. I absolutely cannot watch others destroy principles within my Xuanyue Palace. You think your cultivation is getting higher and no one can kill you. Hmph, you are gravely mistaken. The only ones who can truly kill you are those of us with a pure yin constitution. Besides Zhaojun, my grand-disciple, it would be me, and I will definitely not let you go!"

Ming Ye’s eyes were filled with intense killing intent. Her hatred for Ye Fan had reached an incredible level, not just for her own pride, but also for the status of Xuanyue Palace. She was reluctant to kill Li Zhaojun because, besides Li Zhaojun, Xuanyue Palace had no other direct disciples. She also needed to rely on Li Zhaojun to carry on and expand Xuanyue Palace.

At this moment, Ye Fan did not yet know that he was facing a very powerful enemy, one who harbored intense hatred for him. He naturally did not consider that someone from the Immortal World posed any danger to him, but he did not expect Li Zhaojun to have a master-grandmaster who had been hiding her strength, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow to him.

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Li Zhaojun and Min Shang were cultivating very quickly. With Ming Ye’s guidance, both of them had more than doubled their speed in cultivating the Heart Sutra.

"Shang sister, hold on through the last stretch. We’ll ascend to the Immortal World in a short time. Right now, the Immortal World is under Ye Fan’s control. Once we get there, we’ll smoothly progress out, and our cultivation levels will elevate rapidly! We’ll cultivate in the Immortal World for a while, and during this time, you must shield yourself from all external influences and concentrate solely on advancing your cultivation. Can you do it to aid Ye Fan?" Li Zhaojun cultivated faster than Min Shang. She would wait for Min Shang, striving to ascend at the same time so they could support each other, guiding Min Shang in her cultivation.

Although Min Shang was still meditating with her eyes closed, she was able to express her thoughts through her Spiritual Sense: "Sister, don’t worry, I know what I seek. In front of Ye Fan, I’m just an ordinary little girl. I hope I can help him, and in the future, we could become Ye Fan’s right-hand women, right?"

"It’s great that you think this way. All our cultivation aims to help Ye Fan, not just to advance ourselves greatly. This is our best opportunity; if we don’t ascend this time, then for years or even decades, we’ll only drag Ye Fan down, which isn’t something we want to see!" Li Zhaojun said, looking somewhat downcast.

"Yes!" Min Shang’s Spiritual Sense transmitted another message. "Sister, I feel my cultivation is nearing ascension. Should I continue? Maybe the Heavenly Tribulation is about to arrive!"

"Alright!" Li Zhaojun also returned to her cultivation rhythm, reminding Min Shang, "Shang sister, you must stay calm and composed. Our ascension this time is different from other ways you’ve encountered. What might come isn’t Heavenly Tribulation but a mysterious power. If we successfully ascend, then upon entering the Immortal World, we will rapidly gain strength!"

Min Shang was a bit bewildered and asked, "What mysterious power? Why isn’t it the Heavenly Tribulation? Only Heavenly Tribulation is the essential condition for ascension. Was my previous understanding wrong?"

"You’re not wrong, but the way of cultivating the Heart Sutra is different from others. When those with a pure yin constitution ascend, the Heavenly Tribulation they face could be more formidable, mixed with another element, that fundamentally changes our constitution!" Li Zhaojun explained.

Min Shang said, "Sister, is this really safe? If something goes wrong, would Ye Fan need to help? I don’t want him to see me in an embarrassed state."

"It won’t happen!" Li Zhaojun said confidently. "Trust me, as long as I’m here, nothing will happen to you, as long as we maintain our peace of mind, this cultivation will surely succeed!"

Min Shang, following Li Zhaojun’s instructions, stayed calm and composed, focusing all her thoughts on the power of pure yin Spiritual Energy. Both were gathering the power from the surrounding air, attempting to change everything around them through Spiritual Energy. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Stay calm and composed! Stay calm and composed!" Li Zhaojun continually reminded Min Shang.

Suddenly, Min Shang felt a halo of light appear before her eyes, a white transparent circle seeming to contain a force that attracted and summoned her, like a gate of space. Crossing it would be like a carp leaping over a dragon gate to pursue more powerful forces, a power that made Min Shang long for.

"Sister, did you see it? I seem to see a white halo, and my body seems to have turned into nothing. Should we cross it together?" Min Shang asked through her Spiritual Sense.

"Don’t act on impulse, this seems like some sort of temptation. We need to stay in place and wait. If the halo approaches us, let us face it directly. If it’s some sort of attack on us, we should counter it with our cultivation. We must not let the peace of mind within us be disturbed. Know that we are currently in danger!" Li Zhaojun warned.

"I understand, sister. I will face this danger with caution!" Min Shang said.

The halo in front of Li Zhaojun and Min Shang grew increasingly intense, circles of halo moving towards them. As it approached, as Li Zhaojun had said, it was an attack, again and again.

"It has arrived, this is the Heavenly Tribulation we must face! We must stay calm and composed, or we won’t be able to cope. I won’t be speaking with you now!"

After Li Zhaojun spoke, she too had to face the imminent danger, unable to care for Min Shang at her side.

The two fought against the mysterious halo, which, besides the attacks of the Heavenly Tribulation, contained a mysterious power attacking them.