Chapter 1808: Chapter 1804: A Disciple Married Off

"Big sister, I don’t think I can hold on anymore. When will this end? This power is so strong..." Min Shang was already on the verge of collapse, her tone almost pleading as she spoke to Li Zhaojun.

Li Zhaojun herself was also struggling. After all, the two of them were nowhere near Ye Fan’s cultivation level. When it came to facing Heavenly Tribulations, they simply didn’t have Ye Fan’s strength. When Ye Fan ascended, his cultivation had already far surpassed the minimum required for ascension, while Li Zhaojun and Min Shang had only just reached the threshold and chose to ascend right away. In terms of foundation, they were far inferior.

What’s more, the tribulation the two women were facing was clearly not an ordinary Heavenly Tribulation of lightning. It was a catastrophe infused with all sorts of elemental forces. These elemental forces were born from the fusion of pure yin Spiritual Energy and some mysterious power of the universe.

Li Zhaojun said, "You must grit your teeth and hang on. I can barely look after myself right now; I don’t have the time to help you. Maybe this is the tribulation we’re meant to face. If we can’t withstand it, you and I might just fall here during ascension, and from then on we’ll never be able to help Ye Fan. Think of it as a trial for our lives!"

"Sister, help me, I really can’t take it anymore!" When it came to cultivating pure yin Spiritual Energy, Min Shang obviously didn’t have Li Zhaojun’s level of mastery. At this moment she had already begged Li Zhaojun for help several times.

"Endure!" This was the only instruction Li Zhaojun could give. The number of glowing rings they faced grew and grew, and their consciousness began to blur.

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No one knew how much time had passed before Li Zhaojun finally woke up.

The first thing that entered her eyes were rings of pure white light, as if she were living atop clouds. In the distance sunlight streamed down; the rays were very gentle. Beside her lay a young girl as well—Min Shang.

"Shang, little sister, are you okay?" Li Zhaojun went over to check on her. Only after confirming that Min Shang was merely unconscious and not dead did she finally breathe a complete sigh of relief.

Min Shang did not respond. She was lying amidst the clouds, Spiritual Energy all around wrapping itself around her. Li Zhaojun said, "Little sister, maybe I’m the one who dragged you into this. You didn’t have to bear any of this, but because of my stubbornness, I made you suffer along with me. That’s my fault as your big sister. Once I get you out of the Immortal Realm, I’ll properly apologize to you!"

Right now Min Shang couldn’t hear a word she said. Wanting to figure out their surroundings, Li Zhaojun could only roughly determine that she was somewhere in the Immortal Realm. But this was her first time here; she knew very little about the place. Ye Fan hadn’t told her any specific details about the Immortal Realm in advance either.

"Where is this? Why does it look so much like the Heavenly Palace?" Li Zhaojun extended her Spiritual Sense to probe the area, only to find that whenever her sense went out, it would be bounced back.

It was as if she were trapped inside a cage. She thought to herself, "Could this not be the Immortal Realm at all, but rather that I’m already dead, and my soul and Shang’s have come to this strange place?"

No one could answer her question. She could only explore on her own. After exhausting a great deal of effort, she was still treading in place, completely unable to find any sort of exit.

Just then, Min Shang woke up on her own. She was still quite frightened, but after seeing Li Zhaojun, her emotions eased considerably. "...Sister, are you alright? Where have we ended up?"

"It might be the Immortal Realm, or it might not. Shang, little sister, it’s good that you’re awake. We need to find a way out of here!" Li Zhaojun said, going over to help Min Shang up. Min Shang also began to size up their surroundings; the two sisters both had a wary look on their faces.

After searching for quite a while, they discovered that the range of this cage was only a few dozen meters across at most. Outside the cage, however, there were constantly cloud-like currents of power drifting in. Li Zhaojun said, "Could the key to getting out of here lie in those clouds?"

"Sister, that power doesn’t seem to mesh well with our Spiritual Energy!?" Min Shang said anxiously. "We were supposed to train after ascending so we could help Ye Fan. Now we’re not causing trouble for him, are we—making him come save us?"

"No. Your and my cultivation has advanced significantly. We’re already beyond the ascension level. Feel your own strength—see if I’m right," Li Zhaojun said.

Min Shang circulated her Spiritual Energy and said happily, "Sister, you’re right. I can feel that the Spiritual Energy in my body is overflowing. It seems my cultivation has increased a lot compared to before. But if we can’t get out of this cage, what use is that?"

"We’ll find a way. Don’t panic, little sister. We’ve only just arrived; think of it as being stuck in a secret room. As long as we can get out of this room, we can leave the Immortal Realm and reunite with Ye Fan, and then we can help him a great deal!" Li Zhaojun said.

The two continued to search, but still could not escape this mysterious situation. Just then, they sensed a powerful Spiritual Energy presence approaching them. This Spiritual Energy presence felt like a person, because they could sense the aura of a cultivator.

"Who!" Li Zhaojun shouted, her voice exploding out. She had to guard against a sneak attack. This was the Immortal Realm, and Ye Fan had said before that the Immortal Realm was a place beyond anyone’s control. There were many cultivators here who had already reached the ascension level, and the combined strength of such people was terrifying.

A woman’s voice came from the distance, gentle in tone. "You must be Li Zhaojun, a disciple of Xuanyue Palace?"

As she spoke, the figure of a woman appeared before Li Zhaojun and Min Shang. The woman was very beautiful—so beautiful that both Li Zhaojun and Min Shang felt a faint sense of inferiority in her presence. The woman walked over and said, "Don’t worry, I’m from Xuanyue Palace as well. Strictly speaking, I’m your sect’s ancestral master. Which one of you is Li Zhaojun?"

Min Shang said, "My sister is!"

"Then who are you... Why have I never heard that the sect still had two disciples left?" the newcomer asked in clear puzzlement.

Li Zhaojun said, "You claim to be the ancestral master of Xuanyue Palace, but I have no way to verify that. What proof do you have of your identity?"

"Do I need to prove who I am? Even the Heart Sutra you cultivate was created by me. Strictly speaking, the entire cultivation method of Xuanyue Palace is something I forged by gathering the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon, then adapting it myself. And now you’re asking me to prove my identity to you?" The newcomer sounded very arrogant.

Li Zhaojun shook her head. "Senior, it’s not that I don’t believe you. It’s just that too many people have their eyes on me and my husband. Even if you are the ancestral master of Xuanyue Palace, since you’re a person of the Immortal Realm, I still can’t be sure you bear us no ill will. Because my husband has offended people of your Immortal Realm... I ask your understanding!"

"Heh, so now that you have a man, you don’t even care about your own sect anymore?" The newcomer sneered coldly. "A married female disciple is like water thrown out the door—looks like that saying fits you perfectly."