Qing Yu’s eyes reddened again:
"Elder Gu, why do you speak untruths? When did Ding Huan..."
Gu Youchang interrupted Qing Yu, his tone cold, "Even if Ding Huan owed me a life-saving debt, I would not compromise my conscience with lies. It’s true, Ding Huan is a mortal, but his character is more noble than mine.
You say he would fancy you? Hah, I truly don’t believe that.
Ever since I gave him a Jade Scroll of foundational Array Dao, he has had no time to mingle with you. Otherwise, do you think he would have achieved what he has today?"
"Elder Gu, would I tarnish my own purity to slander Ding Huan?"
Qing Yu’s face turned pale with anger, and her body even began to tremble.
Gu Youchang spoke indifferently,
"I didn’t want to expose this, but since you insist, let me ask you, when was the first time you were with Ding Huan?"
"It was in the Great Ravine Gorge, that night we separated from the others and unexpectedly ended up on the main road.
Having miraculously escaped death, in the throes of agitation, I was bewitched by a few of Ding Huan’s words and failed to maintain my boundaries..."
As Qing Yu spoke, her face grew paler; clearly, such secretive matters should not be spoken of by a woman.
Gu Youchang clasped his fist and said,
"I believe there are people here who can discern whether her words are true or false. There’s no point in me explaining further, as I cannot argue against her."
Having said this, Gu Youchang sat down.
"You..." Qing Yu’s tears welled up once more.
A mocking voice chimed in,
"You are indeed lying."
The speaker was a beautiful woman, her peach-blossom eyes and expressive brows giving her the air of a universal lover.
Yet in the Ascension Realm, there were few who did not know her.
She was the mistress of the Mandarinduck Dual Cultivation Tower, Lou Fenyan.
Despite her stunning beauty, reminiscent of a ripe apple, she was known in the Ascension Realm as a ruthless figure.
The number of men who had died at her hands was not ten thousand, but certainly nine thousand.
"Lou Mistress, I seek your guidance," Liu Yinyu clasped his fist and inquired.
Despite her cynical nature, Lou Fenyan did not dare to disrespect Liu Yinyu, the Palace Master of the Luoshen Palace.
Now, at Liu Yinyu’s inquiry, she promptly responded,
"Because this maid first lost her virginity within the last year, and the one who deflowered her is an older man beginning to lose his vitality.
His cultivation level must have been at the peak of the Refining Essence to Qi phase, but that peak had just passed and he had begun to decline.
In other words, this person could only cultivate up to the Foundation Establishment phase in this lifetime."
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Lou Fenyan deliberately paused to look at Qing Yu, who was filled with panic, and then continued disdainfully,
"And that Ding Huan, it’s said that he entered the Daoist Realm several years ago, and was at least there for three years during the incident at the Great Ravine Gorge.
Moreover, Ding Huan established a new Sect and killed two Sect Masters with Primordial Souls; his strength could absolutely not be limited to the Refining Essence to Qi phase—it must exceed it.
Most importantly, Ding Huan could not possibly be in a period of vitality loss, so I believe Elder Gu’s words, and yours are completely false."
At that moment, Qing Yu’s face truly paled. She had never imagined anyone could understand such intimate matters so thoroughly.
If she had known that at least twenty people here saw through this, but only Lou Fenyan had spoken out, she wouldn’t have been so confident.
"Scram," Liu Yinyu said, utterly disgusted with Qing Yu.
Where could Qing Yu dare to linger even a moment longer? She hurriedly fled the grand hall of Desolate God Sect.
Her plan had succeeded in the first half, the latter half remained unaccomplished.
According to her plan, someone who heard the secret about Ding Huan was supposed to rescue her and then take her away from Desolate God Sect.
Someone did rescue her, but before it was anyone else’s turn to take her away, she was exposed and left in disgrace.
For her now, it was a matter of fleeing for her life. Whether she could escape alive would depend on her fate.
Qiao Sha looked grim; this engagement ceremony of Desolate God Sect, although merely a pretext to gather various Sect Masters, had gone awry, and he, as the new Sect Master, had lost all face.
A middle-aged man with long hair approached the stage, and clasped his fist to the many attendees of the ceremony:
"Everyone, today by using the disciples of Desolate God Sect..."
At this point, he sensed something amiss.
The engagement ceremony of the Disciples of Desolate God Sect had failed; mentioning it again felt like slapping the Sect’s face.
The previous Sect Master of Desolate God Sect, the strongest Ji Xinting, had disappeared, but the foundation of Desolate God Sect was still there. Even if it was no longer the premier sect, it remained a top Great Sect of the Ascension Realm.
"Yi Daoist friend, we are all insiders here, just speak plainly," the head of Changyan Academy, Shi Qi Qiu, gave him a way out.
Actually, no one would laugh at the long-haired man speaking; not for any other reason than that he was Yi Qianxing, the Tower Immortal of the Ascension Tower.
Just securing an invitation for Yi Qianxing at a regular Sect’s engagement ceremony, let alone getting verbal congratulations from him, was no easy feat.
It wasn’t because Yi Qianxing held a high position, but because he controlled the Ascension Tower.
In the Ascension Realm, there was a well-known tower, which was the Ascension Tower.
Cultivators of the Ascension Realm could not just cultivate to the extreme and ascend, they had to go to the Ascension Tower to ascend.
Similarly, it wasn’t just a matter of going to the Ascension Tower when one needed to ascend.
After reaching the Ascension Tower, one still had to wait.
Specifically how to wait depended on when the Ascension Ring would appear.
At the top of the Ascension Tower, there was an Ascension Altar, and the Ascension Ring would appear at irregular intervals.
For cultivators who needed to ascend, as long as they stood within this Ascension Ring, they would be enveloped by its light and taken away.
Each Ascension Ring could only take one ascending cultivator at a time; if there were two people choosing to ascend, then they would have to queue and wait.
From this, one could see how lucrative and high-ranking the position Yi Qianxing held was.
Yet in reality, Yi Qianxing had no profits at all, and his position was only slightly prestigious.
The reason was that there were too few cultivators capable of ascension in the Triple Heaven Star Land; sometimes many years would pass before even one appeared. Thus, most of the time, after the disappearance of the Ascension Ring, no one would ascend.
Yi Qianxing nodded, his tone becoming solemn,
"The last time the Ascension Ring appeared in the Triple Heaven Star Land was 127 years ago.
103 years ago, Qin Huan of Changyuan Sword Dao, who had reached Earth Immortal Perfection, came to the Ascension Tower seeking ascension. After learning that it had been over twenty years since the Ascension Ring appeared, he left in disappointment.
70 years ago, Cang Yongqian of Datong Saber Sect came to the Ascension Tower seeking ascension, learned it had been over fifty years since the Ascension Ring appeared, and also left in disappointment.
60 years ago, Cen Huan came to the Ascension Tower again, found out that no Ascension Ring had appeared since then, and left in disappointment for the second time, never to return.
15 years ago, the loose cultivator Bei Shu came to the Ascension Tower, by which time the Ascension Ring had not appeared for 112 years.
After Bei Shu left, to this day, the Ascension Ring has still not appeared."
Except for a few informed individuals, many cultivators were stunned.
They only knew that once they cultivated to Earth Immortal Perfection, they should go directly to the Ascension Tower to ascend to the Immortal Realm.
The very reason it was called the Ascension Realm was because of the Ascension Tower in the Immortal Realm.
Now, suddenly hearing that even if they cultivated to Earth Immortal Perfection, they wouldn’t be able to enter the Immortal Realm through the Ascension Tower, they were somewhat confused.
Although 90% of them might never be able to cultivate to the level of Earth Immortal, let alone Earth Immortal Perfection, whether one could ascend to the Immortal Realm was a question of principle.
As long as there was a way out, it didn’t matter when one took it. Even if one never walked that path in their lifetime, just having the path existed was enough.
Once there was no way out, how could they not be alarmed?
Hu Wuxin and other cultivators from the Taoist Realm who had reached the Void God Realm also felt somewhat at a loss.
It was difficult for ordinary cultivators from the Taoist Realm to come to the Ascension Realm, but that didn’t mean it was difficult for them.
Most of the people sitting here, except for a few, believed that entering the Earth Immortal stage in the future would be no problem for them.
Liu Yinyu suddenly spoke up,
"Friend Yi, do you know where cultivators Bei Shu, Qin Huan, and Cang Yongqian have gone?"
There were many powerful beings in the Ascension Realm, but currently, there weren’t many at the Earth Immortal level; indeed, they were few and far between.
Liu Yinyu had heard of the people Yi Qianxing just mentioned.
She had never thought that they had all reached the Earth Immortal level.
This showed the vastness of Star Land, hiding who knows how many powerful beings.
They just didn’t flaunt themselves like Ji Xinting did, which is why Ji Xinting had acquired the title of the strongest in the Triple Heaven Star Land.
Yi Qianxing’s tone was low,
"That is exactly why I came here today. The disappearance of the Ascension Ring means we are temporarily unable to ascend, but perhaps we will eventually find a way.
However, if the Earth Immortal-powerful ones of our Star Land disappear one by one like this, I fear that one day, the Triple Heaven Star Land will face a great crisis."
"What exactly is happening, please elaborate, Friend Yi," Liu Yinyu’s tone was even more solemn.
She was still some distance from reaching Earth Immortal, just like all cultivators think of themselves, Liu Yinyu believed she would enter the Earth Immortal Realm within a hundred years.
"If I’m not mistaken, these three friends have all gone to the Ancient Heaven Creation Battlefield..."
Yi Qianxing only said this much before falling silent again.
It wasn’t just Yi Qianxing who was silent, but everyone present.
In the Ascension Realm of Triple Heaven Star Land, no one was unaware of the Ancient Heaven Creation Battlefield.
Many cultivators had found a plethora of treasures just at the outskirts of the Ancient Heaven Creation Battlefield.
The current Cultivation Technique of Desolate God Sect, the Great Wilderness Divine Jade Technique, was said to have been found at the outskirts of the Ancient Heaven Creation Battlefield.
That was just the outskirts; to date, no one had ever returned from inside the battlefield.
Of course, many had entered, but as for those who had come out, there were none.
Finally, Yi Qianxing broke the silence,
"Everyone, I think we must do something, otherwise, if the powerhouses of our Triple Heaven Star Land keep getting swallowed by the Ancient Heaven Creation Battlefield, the Triple Heaven Star Land will face a great crisis."