Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension-Chapter 316 - 245 Sword God Ancestor
Chapter 316: Chapter 245 Sword God Ancestor
“Brother Zhao, Sister may not like you, but I do. How… how do you feel about me?”
Faced with Dong Yuyi’s bold confession, Zhao Sheng seemed to be completely indifferent.
“Miss Dong, you are a good person, but we are not suitable for each other,” Zhao Sheng gently refused.
After hearing this, a layer of mist suddenly formed in Dong Yuyi’s eyes, “What is unsuitable about us? You are not married, nor am I. If you would just nod your agreement, I… I am willing to… Are you saying I am not beautiful? Sister may not like you, but I do!”
Her voice broke with a slight sob, yet it showed extreme stubbornness.
At that moment, Zhao Sheng suddenly felt that something was amiss.
The Dong family’s daughters looked at him as if he were a “scumbag” who seduced and abandoned women.
Heaven bears witness!
He had remained pure to this day, devoting himself solely to arduous cultivation. He hadn’t even had the time to be a scoundrel.
Looking back at Dong Yuyi, she stood there with a stubborn face, like a “little sister” deeply wronged.
“This girl has quite a high caliber!”
After muttering to himself, Zhao Sheng solemnly addressed Dong Yuyi, “Miss Dong, matters of the heart are beyond reason. I am truly sorry to disappoint you.”
With that said, Zhao Sheng didn’t give the other party a chance to speak and turned to leave.
The moment he stepped onto the Heart Refining Road, a domineering voice echoed from afar in the sky, “Dong Miaozhen, I will marry you. Just wait to cross my threshold!”
As he spoke, Zhao Sheng had already set foot onto the Heart Refining Road.
He climbed each step steadily, his silhouette exuding boundless confidence and pride.
Before long, Zhao Sheng had surpassed the last person and continued to climb upward.
One hundred steps,
Two hundred steps
Three hundred steps
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By the time he was about halfway up the mountain, his climbing speed hadn’t slowed in the slightest; he still took one step at a time as if the Refining Heart Illusion Array were nothing to him.
In fact, the Heart Refining Road at the base of Guardian Peak was not as easy as it seemed.
Other rising stars like Song Xingyun, Jin Wulin, Ying Tianlong, and so on also suffered greatly from the Heart Refining Illusion Array.
Only Jian Shisan of the Sky-splitting Sword Dao, who dedicated his life solely to the sword and had no distractions, climbed a bit faster, but even he slowed down after six hundred steps, needing at least a dozen breaths to ascend each step.
The Heart Refining Road is roughly divided into five stages:
The first two hundred steps are the “Five Trials of Wealth, Desire, Greed, and Fame.”
This is followed by the “Seven Emotions and Six Desires” between two hundred and five hundred steps.
The five hundred to seven hundred steps are the “Eight Sufferings of Life.”
Then the frightfully difficult “Heavenly Calamity Hundred Tribulations” come after;
And the final one hundred steps are the most unsettling and corrupting “Great Joyful Freedom Bliss Realm.”
What few people know is that at this moment the power of the Heart Refining Road is merely one-third activated. The complete version of the Heart Refining Road is known for the terrifying title of “Fake Nascent Soul Heart Demon Tribulation.”
In the Central Continent Cultivation World, every time a Cultivator with a Perfect Golden Core faces the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation, they would try by all means to walk the Heart Refining Road and observe the Tao Character Stele.
By simply guarding this Guardian Peak, the Dong family has, for thousands of years, earned the “favors” of countless Nascent Soul Ancestors.
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The Dong family’s Guardian Peak is open to all Perfect Golden Core cultivators without any express requirements; they ask for nothing but a favor in return.
Although the Dong family’s calculations are extremely shrewd, this is a case of mutual consent and a win-win deal indeed.
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At step five hundred and seventy-six, Zhao Sheng overtook Jin Wulin.
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At step six hundred and three, he surpassed Song Xingyun
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At step six hundred and seventy-nine, Ying Tianlong watched Zhao Sheng ascend with a face full of loss and despair.
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Half a quarter of an hour later, at step seven hundred and eighty-eight, Zhao Sheng caught up with Jian Shisan, who was in the lead.
The seven hundred and eighty-eighth layer of the Illusion Realm:
The sky was filled with rosy clouds, and all that met the eye was vibrant red, with red silk ribbons dancing before his eyes.
The sound of joyous gongs and drums rang in his ears, creating an atmosphere of merriment.
In a daze, Zhao Sheng watched Dong Miaozhen, dressed in a bright red bridal gown and wearing a seven-colored phoenix crown, enter the palace and take her wedding vows with someone else.
But… the bridegroom was not him!
A feeling of immense sadness and regret enveloped Zhao Sheng’s mind, causing him heart-wrenching pain!
The most painful thing in life is to watch the person you love the most step into the bridal chamber, but the bridegroom is someone else.
“Alas, is this what it feels like to yearn for something unattainable? It’s just too… too fake!”
Zhao Sheng sighed, slowly closing his eyes.
With a thought, the festive scene before him shattered like an illusion.
When he opened his eyes again, Zhao Sheng had easily broken free from the Illusion Realm.
Having been a human for six lifetimes,
And especially after facing the many tests of the black market on Dragon Head Island and meeting the Star God,
The various tests of the Illusion Realm on this Heart Refining Road were like child’s play, utterly unable to shake Zhao Sheng’s steadfast and unyielding spirit.
Beside him, Brother Jian had his eyes tightly closed, his body exuding a killing aura, as if he were on a killing spree in the Illusion Realm.
At that moment, the Sword Intent in his heart and spirit became even more apparent and piercing.
“Huff, huff!”
Just then, Jian Shisan suddenly opened his eyes, filled with bloodshot, and murderous intent flashed out.
Suddenly, he was taken aback by Zhao Sheng’s presence beside him and exclaimed in shock, “Taoist Zhao, you… you”
He didn’t finish his sentence, but the unspoken words were clear to anyone.
“Brother Jian, strive hard! I will be waiting for you above,” said Zhao Sheng.
After speaking, Zhao Sheng casually stepped up to the next stone step.
His body paused only for a moment before he easily ascended another step.
One step followed another…
In the blink of an eye, Jian Shisan watched as Zhao Sheng casually took more than twenty steps with ease, showing no sign of struggle, as if the Heart Refining Illusion Array had no effect on him whatsoever.
