Volume 13, Chapter 810 – Someone Is About to Ascend

Volume 13: Darkness Descends

Qi Huang didn’t hesitate. She immediately began assimilating Cheng Hongling. Of course, the “assimilation” here referred only to the physical aspect and didn’t involve any kind of spiritual enslavement. She was someone with moral boundaries, and she would never do something so inhumane. Besides—

She didn’t want her wife to turn into a mere puppet.

The assimilation of Cheng Hongling was completed quickly. From that moment on, she was entirely free from the constraints of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao and had become part of the Assimilation Heavenly Dao. This also meant she could now use assimilation power herself… but there were conditions. First, she needed to know how to use it. Second, she had to possess Assimilation True Qi within her body.

Qi Huang promptly passed on the techniques for utilizing assimilation power to her wife. Now the only thing left was the power itself. Her own Assimilation True Qi was too thin and sparse to be shared, so she had to go outside and search for a way to replenish it. But before leaving Lishui Planet, there were still many things she needed to take care of.

Qi Huang first returned to Ping’an County City, where she gathered a large number of resources and life-extending pills for Huang Tian and bid him farewell.

“Big Sister, when will you be back?”

Huang Tian’s pupils trembled, his eyes reddened.

“Don’t get all sentimental like that. I’m just stepping out for a bit to look for something, it’s not like I’m never coming back. I’ll definitely return to see you all, maybe in a few months, maybe a few years at most.”

Qi Huang promised.

“Alright then, please be careful on the road.”

Huang Tian reminded her reluctantly.

“Thanks. While I’m away, I’ll leave my family in your care. Give those pills to Grandpa and our parents on schedule. They’ll have no problem living well past a hundred.”

Qi Huang instructed.

“Got it.”

Huang Tian accepted the task.

“Oh, and I’ll leave behind a female doppelgänger to stay here on Lishui Planet. She’ll come by to check on you all from time to time and help keep up appearances with the family, so you won’t have to worry.”

Qi Huang continued soothingly, showing thorough consideration.

After that, Qi Huang returned to the Honghua Sect and released her Central Core Soul.

“Huang Shu, after I leave, I’m entrusting Lishui Planet to you. With your Divine Sense at the peak of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, it should be fine, right?”

Qi Huang tested cautiously.

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“Don’t worry, Big Sister! Leave it to me!”

Huang Shu replied confidently.

“Don’t get too complacent. Your Divine Sense still can’t cover the entire Lishui Planet. If someone acts in secret, it’ll be hard for you to detect them right away. Given enough time, they’ll figure out your capabilities.”

Qi Huang warned her with a cool-headed tone.

“Huh? Then what should I do?”

Huang Shu also realized the potential danger and began to panic. After all, she had already become a complete woman.

“Here’s the plan. I’ll slip away quietly, and you’ll pretend to be me and oversee the Dao Alliance. That way, those with bad intentions won’t dare show themselves so easily.”

Qi Huang offered the suggestion after a bit of thought.

“Me? Can I pull that off?”

Huang Shu asked, lacking confidence.

“You’re my doppelgänger to begin with, why wouldn’t you be able to?”

Qi Huang encouraged her.

“Alright, Big Sister, I promise I’ll complete the mission!”

Huang Shu bit her lip and accepted the order.

“Also, after I leave, make sure to return to Ping’an County every now and then as the Huang family’s daughter-in-law. That’ll help reassure the family. Keep up the act with Huang Tian, and whatever you do, don’t let anything slip. Understand?”

Qi Huang kept instructing her.

“Understood.”

Huang Shu nodded obediently.

During this time, Cheng Hongling also took care of her own affairs.

The “wives” then went to bid farewell to Cheng Yuan and Jiang Linian. Since they had only promised to be away for half a year, the elders didn’t insist too much and just told them to be careful.

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Next, Qi Huang stored her wife inside the spatial ring and departed from Lishui Planet.

Her first stop was naturally Yin Star, where most of her ghost tomatoes were cultivated. This was essentially her granary, so she couldn’t afford to be careless.

After giving Huang Ying her instructions, she also issued warnings to the various evil forces across the local nations. Only then did she take Cheng Hongling and fly off into the depths of the starry sky.

“I want to ask, do you have a destination in mind?”

Cheng Hongling’s voice came from the spatial ring. She couldn’t keep up with Qi Huang’s flying speed and had to stay inside the ring.

Qi Huang looked around in all directions, then pointed decisively. “Let’s go that way.”

“Why? Don’t tell me you just pointed randomly.”

Cheng Hongling asked with concern.

“Didn’t you notice, my love? That direction has the brightest starlight, meaning there are the most stars. More stars mean more chances for opportunity.”

Qi Huang explained her reasoning.

“Smart. Then let’s head that way.”

Cheng Hongling praised her.

Immediately invigorated, Qi Huang flew rapidly in that direction. But after less than an hour, her excitement waned. The reason was simple: although her speed was now over ten times faster than before, flying through the vast starry void still felt utterly overwhelming.

The distances between stars were just too vast, especially the distances between planets and suns.

After thinking long and hard, Qi Huang had no choice but to release Cheng Hongling.

“What’s wrong?”

Cheng Hongling asked in confusion.

“I overestimated myself. The universe is too immense. Even compared to the Immortal Realm, it’s not much smaller. Flying from one planet to another with my current speed… it might take until the end of time. And don’t even talk about jumping from one star system to another.”

Qi Huang complained helplessly.

“So you’re saying… we can only search for ghost tomatoes or assimilation power within this star system?”

Cheng Hongling frowned, realizing the severity of the situation.

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“Yes. But the problem is, how many planets even exist in this star system? Let alone assimilation power, we might not even find a single ghost tomato.”

Qi Huang’s tone was filled with frustration.

Cheng Hongling thought for a long while but couldn’t come up with a good solution. She asked, “Should we just go back and lay low for a while, then come out again later? In your estimation, how powerful would you need to be to fly from one star to another?”

Qi Huang recalled Lu Yao’s flight speed in the Immortal Realm, compared it with her current capabilities, and answered calmly, “If the density of stars in the Cultivation Realm is anything like the Immortal Realm, I’d need to reach the Celestial Immortal stage, equivalent to Lu Yao’s strength before death. And even then, I’d still need to fly for years.”

“Are you kidding me? So basically, it’s not even possible? Then why did we even come out here?”

Cheng Hongling couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

“My love, I’ve never traveled far before. I didn’t think the Cultivation Realm would be this massive.”

Qi Huang said, sounding bitter and aggrieved.

Cheng Hongling didn’t continue complaining. After a moment of calm thought, she said, “There’s still one path. You could try breaking through the spatial barrier and heading to the Immortal Realm. You mentioned they have teleportation arrays there, right? It’d be way more convenient than aimlessly flying around the Cultivation Realm.”

“No. I’ve never been one to take risks without assurance. With our current strength, if we went to the Immortal Realm, we’d be stomped to death like ants.”

Qi Huang rejected the idea immediately. She wasn’t desperate yet, no need to risk her life.

“Then I’ve got nothing. Let’s go back and slowly cultivate. When you reach the Celestial Immortal stage, then we can try again.”

Cheng Hongling crossed her arms and said.

Qi Huang stood in place, deep in thought for a long time, then finally said, “Forget it. Since we’re already out here, let’s just search this star system first. Who knows, maybe we’ll get lucky and find some opportunity?”

“Fine then.”

Cheng Hongling sighed and returned into the spatial ring.

Qi Huang began flying around randomly, carefully inspecting every planet and even every comet she came across, hoping for some sort of discovery.

She spent a whole month wandering the universe like this, but didn’t even see a single blade of grass, let alone ghost tomatoes.

Just as the last ember of hope in her heart was about to go out, her Divine Sense suddenly picked up on something: a section of the space barrier dozens of miles ahead was vibrating intensely, as if something was trying to “break through the soil” and emerge.

“What the hell is that?”

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Qi Huang was dumbfounded. It was the first time she’d encountered such a thing.

She released Cheng Hongling and signaled toward the anomaly.

“What’s going on?”

Cheng Hongling looked puzzled as well. But being the type to fear nothing, she flew straight toward the disturbance.

Qi Huang couldn’t stop her, so she followed closely to protect her.

The two of them quickly arrived near the disturbance. They saw the space ahead begin to distort, and thin cracks spread outward in all directions.

“What the—?! Is some Immortal descending?! Run!”

Qi Huang’s face went pale with fear.

“What nonsense are you spouting? Why would an Immortal descend by breaking space in this direction back into the Cultivation Realm?”

Cheng Hongling scolded her, then added, “Besides, why are you so scared? Feeling guilty?”

“Uh… Just reflex, that’s all.”

Qi Huang laughed awkwardly.

“To me, this doesn’t look like an Immortal descending. More like someone from a lower world breaking through space to reach the Cultivation Realm.”

Cheng Hongling rubbed her smooth chin in speculation.

“Huh? You mean someone’s ascending?”

Qi Huang asked, astonished.

“Yes, just like Lu Yao did back then. Ascending from a low-level world with scarce spiritual energy into the Cultivation Realm.”

Cheng Hongling explained further.

“If that’s really the case…”

Qi Huang’s eyes lit up with realization, and then joy bloomed across her face. Internally, she thought: ‘Heaven really does leave a path for survival.’