For Wen Xiangjie, the Heavenly Tribulation for ascending was not a big deal.
The Phoenix Clan is a race that can ascend to the Upper Realm; while Cultivators in the Cultivation World cannot refine treasures capable of withstanding the Heavenly Tribulation for ascending, the Phoenix Clan can.
With the gifts from the Phoenix Clan, Wen Xiangjie's tribulation crossing was easier than drinking water.
Even the Heavenly Tribulation for ascending was the same.
After ten bolts of tribulation lightning, the shattered tribulation clouds did not dissipate but were pushed away and smoothed out by an invisible force, transforming into brilliant golden auspicious clouds stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, covering the entire sky.
At the center of the auspicious clouds, a magnificent pillar of light, purely condensed from seven-colored immortal glow, descended with a rumble, flowing with solidified immortal spiritual energy and Dao runes.
Ethereal and solemn immortal music seemed to emanate from the nine heavens, and a guiding light pillar fell upon Wen Xiangjie.
“Congratulations, you have successfully crossed the tribulation and ascended. Reward: 300 free points.”
“Congratulations, you have successfully reached Immortal cultivation. Reward: Realm Breakthrough Pill × 1.”
“Congratulations, you have achieved an accomplishment: the youngest ascender in the history of the Cultivation World. Reward: 700 free points.”
“Detected free points reward issued by the game instance. The replication system has copied 1000 free points and Realm Breakthrough Pill × 1 for you.”
As expected of the final ascension, with the free points copied by the replication system, Wen Xiangjie suddenly gained 2000 free points.
Most importantly, Wen Xiangjie once again obtained two incredibly precious Realm Breakthrough Pills!
Now, Wen Xiangjie held four Realm Breakthrough Pills, plus 4102 free points.
If it weren't for the plus sign next to her cultivation temporarily turning gray and unclickable, she would be able to continue skyrocketing her cultivation right now.
Wen Xiangjie looked towards another mountain peak, smiling as she bid farewell to her relatives and elders.
Under the extremely reluctant gazes of Li Junzhuo and others, Wen Xiangjie's figure continuously ascended, merging into the core of that towering seven-colored light pillar.
Logically, an ascending person should be guided by the guiding light pillar to the opened Heavenly Gate. However, after entering the core of the seven-colored light pillar, Little Phoenix was brought to the Heavenly Gate by another guiding light pillar, while Wen Xiangjie and the Elf Queen were teleported to another deep, dark place.
Little Phoenix chirped anxiously and continuously towards Wen Xiangjie, even trying to flap its wings and fly towards Wen Xiangjie's direction, but Wen Xiangjie stopped it with a smile.
“It's alright, we’ll meet again if fate allows~”
Wen Xiangjie and the Elf Queen were led into the depths of darkness.
The scene in the depths of darkness was completely opposite to the Heavenly Gate on the other side, a stark contrast.
A pitch-black world, with flickering, noisy void cracks at its edges, and eerie green code flowing within the cracks.
Several thick, wriggling data tentacles were deeply embedded into the void, their other ends unknown, but it was visible that with each wriggle of the tentacles, light blue energy was drawn from the other end of the void and sent to the abnormal's main body.
This was the first time Wen Xiangjie had encountered the abnormal's main body in this world.
It was a shadowy vortex composed of flowing code.
Upon sensing Wen Xiangjie's arrival, this shadowy vortex fluctuated for a moment, then transformed into Lin Zhaokai's appearance.
“You're finally here,” the abnormal said to Wen Xiangjie with a cold voice.
“Didn't you send me here? What are you pretending for now?” Wen Xiangjie casually and naturally found a seemingly clean spot and sat down.
She opened the system panel and quickly clicked the plus sign next to her cultivation.
As she expected, after entering this space, the upper limit of cultivation was raised, and free points could continue to be used to increase cultivation levels.
“Are you sure you want to consume 500 points to break through to the Heavenly Immortal level?”
Wen Xiangjie chose to confirm without hesitation.
Logically, when one reaches the “Immortal” level, one still needs to undergo a tribulation during breakthrough.
However, this was where the abnormal resided, and the abnormal was a bug in the game instance, so the Heavenly Tribulation was naturally shielded.
In other words, as long as Wen Xiangjie had enough points, she could upgrade freely.
But at the same time, when Wen Xiangjie upgraded here, the free points rewards she should have received were also shielded by this special area.
Sensing Wen Xiangjie's aura suddenly rising sharply, the abnormal was not surprised and had no intention of attacking.
“Do you know how big the difference between us is?” the abnormal's voice was still cold.
“When you first ascended, your cultivation was merely that of an ordinary Immortal, while I, as Half-Step Heavenly Dao, have five realms separating us: Heavenly Immortal, Profound Immortal, Grand Immortal, Golden Immortal, and Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and the gap between Grand Unity Golden Immortal and Half-Step Heavenly Dao is even like an unbridgeable chasm.”
“Although you had some minor luck, somehow gaining some extra free points, and you should have obtained two Realm Breakthrough Pills after breaking through to the Mahayana Realm and ascending, right?”
“But even if all these are added up, your cultivation will at most increase to the Golden Immortal level. No matter what, you cannot win against me.”
Wen Xiangjie's sudden breakthrough to the early Mahayana Realm during the Grand Sect Competition had severely humiliated the part of it attached to Lin Zhaokai's body. the abnormal had always remembered this deeply.
Therefore, after meticulous calculation, and concluding that Wen Xiangjie's cultivation could never surpass it, the abnormal decided to let Wen Xiangjie make this futile struggle.
It was no longer the abnormal trapped in that useless body of Lin Zhaokai; standing before Wen Xiangjie now was its main body.
It was the unrestricted main body, it was the one who had stolen part of the core of this game instance, it was Half-Step Heavenly Dao!
It wanted Wen Xiangjie to know that those minor tricks were only useful against a useless person like Lin Zhaokai; against it, they were merely a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
While the abnormal was explaining, Wen Xiangjie unhesitatingly clicked the plus sign next to her cultivation madly.
“Are you sure you want to consume 1000 points to break through to the Profound Immortal level?”
“Are you sure you want to consume 2000 points to break through to the Grand Immortal level?”
“Are you sure you want to consume one Realm Breakthrough Pill to break through to the Golden Immortal level?”
“Are you sure you want to consume one Realm Breakthrough Pill to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level?”
“Are you sure you want to consume one Realm Breakthrough Pill to break through to the Half-Step Heavenly Dao level?”
After advancing to the Half-Step Heavenly Dao cultivation, the plus sign next to the cultivation suddenly turned golden.
When Wen Xiangjie clicked the plus sign again, the system prompt that appeared changed.
“Are you willing to consume one Realm Breakthrough Pill to temporarily control Heavenly Dao authority?”
Wen Xiangjie was not unfamiliar with this system prompt.
Temporarily taking over Heavenly Dao authority meant temporarily taking over the core authority of the game instance.
This was the ultimate defense mechanism of the game instance itself.
the abnormal was like a virus to the game instance; it stole the game instance's energy, stole its authority. The game instance, unable to expel the abnormal with its own strength, would activate its ultimate defense mechanism.