ryethenovel Chapter 626 - 436: Breaking Through to the Late Stage of Integration, Pressure from the Nine Sects
Chapter 626 - 436: Breaking Through to the Late Stage of Integration, Pressure from the Nine Sects
Someone like that shouldn’t even exist in the mortal world.
"Is that... Xiaobai?"
Lin Chang’sheng could hardly believe it—Xiaobai had evolved into a human form, and she looked absolutely flawless.
But if you listened carefully from the start, you could hear hints in her voice.
Lin Chang’sheng just hadn’t paid much attention.
Now, seeing an actual living, breathing person appear before him hit Lin Chang’sheng like a ton of bricks.
"Shameless—"
After completing her transformation, Xiaobai noticed Lin Chang’sheng staring and casually waved her hand. A flash of dazzling light burst out, making it impossible for Lin Chang’sheng to keep his eyes open.
By the time he opened his eyes again, Xiaobai was already dressed.
She wore a white silk dress, soft and flowing, almost as if it was tailored perfectly for her figure.
It did nothing to hide Xiaobai’s curves.
"I never expected my Little White Fox who’s been with me all these years to turn out to be such a knockout!"
Lin Chang’sheng laughed out loud, then sized Xiaobai up and down, like he’d just discovered some priceless treasure.
"You done staring yet? Absorbing nine Heaven and Earth Immortal Veins restored a lot of my Immortal Power. That’s the only reason I could shift into human form!"
Xiaobai scoffed at Lin Chang’sheng.
It was like the guy had never seen a woman before, he just couldn’t stop gawking.
It wasn’t that Lin Chang’sheng hadn’t seen women—just, he’d never met anyone so otherworldly.
Like an immortal fairy come to life.
Truthfully, she was beyond even the fairies—her presence radiated an aura of nobility and purity that was simply unmatched.
Every movement she made seemed to drip with boundless allure.
What Lin Chang’sheng didn’t know, was that this was a natural Fox Race talent.
Some Foxes specialize in the Fox Charm Technique, letting them captivate others and bend them to their will.
Yet Xiaobai hadn’t even used the Fox Charm Technique on Lin Chang’sheng—and he was already finding her fresh, enchanting, totally irresistible.
"Yeah? Immortal Power? So you once had Immortal Realm Cultivation?"
Lin Chang’sheng’s heart skipped a beat at Xiaobai’s words.
Immortal Power was only possessed by those who’d reached the Immortal Realm. So at her peak, Xiaobai had Immortal Realm Cultivation?
"Why’s that so surprising?"
Xiaobai shot Lin Chang’sheng another look.
If Lin Chang’sheng hadn’t picked her up when she was at her weakest and saved her life back then...
Xiaobai would’ve never stuck around him.
"I may have absorbed nine Heaven and Earth Immortal Veins, but I’ve only recovered up to the sixth layer of my peak cultivation!"
Xiaobai said slowly.
"So with sixth layer cultivation, could you take on someone at the Tribulation Crossing Stage?"
Lin Chang’sheng asked.
"Just barely! Anyway, I’m done chatting with you. I still need to refine the spiritual energy I absorbed. Don’t bother me unless it’s important!"
Xiaobai wasn’t in the mood, and dove right back into the Spirit Beast Bag to continue her cultivation.
But Lin Chang’sheng felt like he’d struck gold.
Who would’ve thought Xiaobai was this powerful, with actual Immortal Realm Cultivation at her peak?
No wonder back when he tried to sign a contract with Xiaobai, it just wouldn’t work.
Turns out his own cultivation was too low—didn’t even qualify.
The surrounding space was now dull and ordinary, without all that thick spiritual energy from earlier.
Lin Chang’sheng no longer felt any urge to linger here.
He could only leave for now.
Just as Lin Chang’sheng left the Nine Dragon Cave Mansion, he saw Hou Shaojie and Zhao Shuang’Er impatiently waiting outside.
"Boss, you broke through to the Late Stage of Integration?"
Seeing Lin Chang’sheng come out, Hou Shaojie’s heart skipped a beat.
Only two months of training inside the Nine Dragon Cave Mansion and already a breakthrough to the late stage of Integration? Who could possibly compare to such talent?
"Gotta admit, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in that mansion was really thick!"
Lin Chang’sheng replied offhand, then looked curiously at Hou Shaojie, "You’ve been waiting here the whole time?"
Lin Chang’sheng was a bit confused.
"Boss, you can’t stay in the Immortal Palace anymore. You should sneak out while you can!"
Hou Shaojie suggested.
"Why?"
Lin Chang’sheng didn’t get it—why couldn’t he stay at the Immortal Palace? Was Yu Qianxue still trying to kill him?
"Everybody in the Immortal Realm knows you’re an evil cultivator now. All the sects have sent their big shots to put pressure on the Immortal Palace, demanding the Sect Leader hand you over. If you show your face, they’ll suppress you—maybe even kill—"
Hou Shaojie trailed off, leaving the rest unsaid.
"Brother Chang’sheng, you better just slip away! With your talent, it wouldn’t take a century for you to make it big somewhere else! If you fell here, it’d be such a waste!"
Zhao Shuang’Er pleaded at his side.
"All the sects putting pressure on the Immortal Palace?"
This caught Lin Chang’sheng off guard.
He never thought he had such clout—that all the Great Immortal Sects would mobilize?
Looks like Spirit Mountain’s been pulling strings behind the scenes!
"That’s right! They said if the Immortal Palace doesn’t hand you over, all of us will pay the price! And they’re not kidding around, either!"
Hou Shaojie was getting worried.
"If that’s the case, I can’t just leave. If I bail, what’ll happen to the Immortal Palace?"
Lin Chang’sheng replied.
Sure, he could run, but then the Immortal Palace would be hit by all the major sects working together. That’d be a bloodbath, with countless lives lost.
"You shouldn’t worry about that! Compared to you, our lives aren’t nearly as valuable!"
Hou Shaojie kept trying to convince him.
But Lin Chang’sheng had absolutely no intention of running.
He strode straight towards the Great Hall of the Immortal Palace.
"Boss! Don’t go!"
"Brother Chang’sheng—"
Hou Shaojie and Zhao Shuang’Er cried out anxiously.
But even that couldn’t stop Lin Chang’sheng from moving forward!
...
Right now the Great Hall of the Immortal Palace was in total chaos—a tense standoff, ready to explode.
"Sect Leader Yu, if you can’t bear to strike down Lin Chang’sheng, just hand him over to us!"
"Exactly, Lin Chang’sheng is an evil cultivator, why help him rise up? You’ll regret it later!"
"That’s right! Sect Leader Yu, best get it over with and give him to us!"
"He’s only in the Integration Stage now and he’s already killed a Grand Elder of Spirit Mountain. If he reaches Mahayana, who’d be able to stop him?"
...
Inside the Great Hall, the sect elders from all over were voicing their opinions.
The hall was full of people from the Nine Great Immortal Sects, the Immortal Martial Hall, the Heaven-Suppressing Sect, Spirit Mountain, the Infinite Immortal Sect, and more.
But nobody was louder than the folks from Spirit Mountain.
Especially Spirit Mountain Daoist and Zhou Chang.
Those two couldn’t wait for Lin Chang’sheng to die.
The feud between Spirit Mountain Daoist and Lin Chang’sheng was obvious, and Zhou Chang had beef ever since he led his disciples to the Refining God Sect for that Celestial Pride List event and butted heads with Lin Chang’sheng.
So they hated Lin Chang’sheng’s guts.
"Sect Leader Yu, you can’t just ignore all the major sects! If Lin Chang’sheng isn’t an evil cultivator, we’ll leave right now. If he is, hand him over!"
Spirit Mountain Daoist paused, then continued, "We’ve already been at your sect for three days. Our patience is running thin. If Sect Leader Yu still refuses to see reason, don’t blame us for what happens next!"
It was plain as daylight. If Yu Qianxue didn’t hand Lin Chang’sheng over soon, they’d turn the Immortal Palace upside down if that’s what it took to find him.
"Exactly, hand him over, don’t ruin the relationships between the Great Immortal Sects!"
Zhou Chang chimed in.
But atop her seat, Yu Qianxue just looked at them all with utter contempt.
"Looks to me like you’re the ones wrecking the relationships between the Great Sects. I know exactly what kind of cultivator Lin Chang’sheng is, and I’ll stake the Immortal Palace’s honor on it—Lin Chang’sheng will never endanger the Immortal Realm. If the day comes he does, I’ll be the first to drive him out! Any other opinions?"
Yu Qianxue’s voice was calm and steady.
A powerful aura swept out, making the elders below frown, their shoulders weighted down as if carrying a thousand mountains.
All these elders from the Great Immortal Sects only had Mahayana Cultivation.
The strongest were just at the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Maybe that made them bigshots locally.
But in front of Yu Qianxue, they were nothing.
"What a joke! So one of our sect elders gets killed by Lin Chang’sheng and you wanna brush it off with a single sentence? You need to give us a real answer! If you don’t hand over Lin Chang’sheng, we are not leaving!"
Spirit Mountain Daoist kept pushing.
No way he was dropping this.
"Out of line!"
Yu Qianxue slammed the chair, sending a surge of Immortal Power straight at Spirit Mountain Daoist, blasting him back and making blood spurt from his mouth.
"You—"
Spirit Mountain Daoist never expected Yu Qianxue to attack him in front of everyone from the Great Immortal Sects.
Was Yu Qianxue really planning to stand against all the major sects just for Lin Chang’sheng?