Chapter 4600: Qingling Advances to Great Dao Golden Immortal

Five hundred thousand years had passed.

In Green Lotus City, within a sprawling manor, Wang Yongqian and Wang Yixin were seated in a cyan stone pavilion, deep in conversation. It was Wang Yongqian's first visit to Green Lotus City, and she was taking the opportunity to inspect the family's extensive territory.

The number of cultivators in the Wang family had exceeded twenty million, with the majority active on the Chaos Continent. Family members were also active in neighboring immortal realms such as the North Sea Immortal Realm, Tianlan Immortal Realm, Barbarian Immortal Realm, Nine Stars Immortal Realm, and Tiangong Immortal Realm. The Wang family now boasted over two hundred Taiyi Golden Immortals and two Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

"Ancestor Qiulin and the others haven't returned yet?" Wang Yongqian asked.

"Not yet," Wang Yixin replied. "However, our family members in Tianwu City have sent word that they are all well."

"That's good," Wang Yongqian said. "I hope they will have overcome their bottlenecks when they return!"

"Let's hope so!" Wang Yixin's face revealed a look of anticipation.

While Wang Qiulin was away on his travels, people frequently came to visit, seeking his divination services. Wang Yixin politely declined all such requests, instead recommending Wang Zhijie. Although Wang Zhijie's divination abilities were quite good and he had already gained some recognition, he still had a considerable gap to bridge compared to Wang Qiulin.

Wang Yixin took out a golden, shimmering dharma plate, and as she cast a spell into it, her expression grew excited.

"Ancestor Qingling is attempting to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!" Wang Yixin exclaimed excitedly.

Wang Qingling had previously been stuck at a bottleneck, but by challenging the Qiankun Pagoda, she successfully overcame it. Bai Yuqi, however, was also stuck at a bottleneck and did not manage to resolve it by challenging the Qiankun Pagoda. After resolving her bottleneck, Wang Qingling smoothly advanced to the Grand Completion stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. She then went into secluded cultivation in Bailing City to attempt her breakthrough to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, which had already drawn a lightning tribulation. She was currently undergoing the tribulation.

Bailing City was merely a Xuan City, and most of its cultivators had been evacuated, leaving only a small number behind.

"Excellent!" Wang Yongqian exclaimed excitedly. "Immediately dispatch experts to provide protection and prevent anyone from interfering with Ancestor Qingling's breakthrough to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm."

Wang Yixin agreed, making a series of gestures on the golden dharma plate.

In Bailing City, a colossal nine-colored lightning cloud hovered high in the sky, accompanied by flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder. Streaks of thick, nine-colored immortal lightning tore across the heavens, striking down towards a steep mountain peak. Wang Qingling stood poised in mid-air, her expression solemn.

Wang Ruyan had provided her with a Zixiao Lightning Transformation Talisman, and Wang Changsheng had given her a top-grade Chaos Armor. With these and other treasures, Wang Qingling had successfully opened all three hundred and sixty immortal orifices. As long as she endured the lightning tribulation, she would be able to advance to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Wang Qingling was a resurrected cultivator, but she was not cultivating alone. Wang Qingxiao, her lifebound spirit beast, shared her progress, meaning any advancement by Wang Qingxiao would benefit Wang Qingling. Without Wang Qingxiao, Wang Qingling would have found it difficult to catch up with her other family members, and certainly wouldn't have reached the Grand Completion stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm so swiftly. Wang Qingxiao was currently at the late stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, not far from Grand Completion.

Wang Yixin, Wang Yongqian, Wang Qingfeng, and Liu Hongxue arrived shortly after receiving the news. Other family members at the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage were either in secluded cultivation or away on excursions; otherwise, they would have also come.

A deafening roar of thunder erupted as thick streaks of nine-colored immortal lightning descended, engulfing the peak where Wang Qingling was situated.

More than half an hour passed. The nine-colored lightning cloud vanished, replaced by a burly man in golden robes, his entire body enveloped by countless nine-colored electrical arcs.

"A Supreme Transformed Lightning Tribulation!" Wang Qingxiao's expression grew solemn. This was the mark of a supreme being attempting to break through to a major realm. Successfully passing this stage would grant rewards from the Heavenly Dao.

The burly man in golden robes plunged down from the sky. Wherever he passed, massive cracks appeared in the void, as if the very fabric of this realm was on the verge of collapse. Wang Qingxiao's expression remained solemn. With the top-grade Chaos Armor, Zixiao Lightning Transformation Talisman, the grand formation, and a complete set of defensive immortal artifacts, Wang Qingling should have no major issues passing the tribulation. Nevertheless, Wang Qingxiao remained deeply worried.

A beam of white light shot skyward, and a massive, shimmering white blade flew out, slashing towards the golden-robed man. This was a complete set of top-grade immortal artifacts, the Profound Ice Blades, which Wang Qingling had acquired from the Qiankun Pagoda.

The massive white blade sliced through the golden-robed man's body, splitting him in two. His form then dissolved into a colossal burst of nine-colored lightning, which engulfed the entire peak. The earth shook, mountains swayed, and dust billowed everywhere.

"Qingxiao, you've reached Grand Completion!" Wang Qingfeng exclaimed in surprise.

"Sister has become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, haha!" Wang Qingxiao said excitedly. With Wang Qingling's advancement to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Wang Qingxiao received a significant boost, saving her hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation. She directly progressed from the late stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm to its Grand Completion stage.

As the lightning dissipated, the dust also cleared. Wang Qingling stood high in the sky, clad in the top-grade Chaos Armor. Her face was slightly pale, indicating a significant expenditure of immortal power, but she appeared otherwise unharmed. Ripples spread through the void around her, and a nine-colored luminous gate shimmered into existence. The gate slowly opened, and a beam of nine-colored immortal light swept out, enveloping Wang Qingling. To her surprise, Wang Qingling found her vitality surging, her body brimming with newfound power, and her soul strength simultaneously increasing. A blinding white light emanated from her glabella, and a delicate white thread shot forth, signifying the crystallization of her soul.

"So this is what it means to be a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!" Wang Qingling murmured to herself.

Wang Qingxiao and the others flew over, their faces alight with joy. The Wang family now had a third Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and a supreme one at that.

"Congratulations, Cousin Qingling!" Wang Qingfeng offered his felicitations.

"Congratulations, Ancestor Qingling! Our family now has its third Grand Unity Golden Immortal!" Wang Yongqian was overjoyed.

"How are Seventh Brother, Mengbin, Cousin Haitang, Yingjie, and Yidao doing?" Wang Qingling inquired.

"Ancestor Qingshan is also in secluded cultivation, attempting to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm," Wang Yixin replied truthfully. "As for Ancestor Mengbin, Ancestor Haitang, and Ancestor Yingjie, they are still at the late stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm."

"Let's head back now," Wang Qingling instructed. "I'll leave this place to you, Yixin. And by the way, don't spread the news of my advancement to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm for now; it's not necessary at the moment."

"Understood, Ancestor Qingling," Wang Yixin assented.

Wang Qingling, Wang Qingxiao, and Wang Qingfeng then departed Bailing City, leaving Wang Yixin and Wang Yongqian to handle the aftermath.

In Flowing Cloud City, lightning flashed and thunder roared as thick streaks of six-colored immortal lightning descended. Ye Xuanji stood on a steep mountain peak, gazing into the distance at the six-colored lightning cloud. Immortaless Flowing Cloud was attempting her breakthrough to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Ye Xuanji had refined a top-grade Chaos Armor for her. Immortaless Flowing Cloud had only achieved Great Completion in her laws and had not yet mastered a supreme law. However, with the top-grade Chaos Armor and defensive immortal artifacts, she should not encounter any significant issues.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the six-colored lightning cloud, still dozens of zhang in size, churned and transformed into a six-colored lightning python as thick as a human's waist. Its body shimmered with countless six-colored immortal lightning bolts as it plunged from the sky. When the six-colored lightning python approached within a hundred zhang of a massive valley encircled by mountains on three sides, a colossal white blade energy swept out, cleaving the lightning python in two. A tremendous burst of six-colored lightning then shot skyward, shaking the earth and mountains, as dust filled the air.

Before long, the dust cleared. Ye Xuanji quickly rushed over, finding Immortaless Flowing Cloud standing in a massive, smoke-emitting crater. Her face was pale, but her aura was as vast as the sea.

"Congratulations, Ancestral Grandmaster, on your advancement to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!" Ye Xuanji, overwhelmed with joy, offered her congratulations to Immortaless Flowing Cloud.

"Xuanji, I owe this breakthrough to the top-grade Chaos Armor and defensive immortal artifacts you refined," Immortaless Flowing Cloud said. "Without them, I wouldn't have withstood the lightning tribulation so easily."

"It was merely my duty," Ye Xuanji replied modestly.

Immortaless Flowing Cloud nodded. "Rest assured! Now that I've advanced to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, I will help you acquire immortal elixirs and herbs like the Grand Profound Jade Ganoderma Pill. Spread the word of my breakthrough, and in ten thousand years, we will hold a Grand Unity Celebration. You yourself will deliver the invitations to the Wang family."

"Yes, Ancestral Grandmaster," Ye Xuanji assented.