Chapter 1

The mountains undulate, purple mist swirls, and the first ray of dawn falls, driving away the night and stars, illuminating the entire Hao Tian Sect. Watermark GG Test Watermark GG Test

Amid the mountain forests, the pavilions and terraces stand tall, showcasing the grandeur of the sect.

This place is one of the cultivation sects in Bixia City, the Hao Tian Sect, which has a history of over ten thousand years.

At the back of the Hao Tian Sect, it is a secret place of the sect, off-limits to outsiders.

On a low, moss-covered green stone mountain,

According to the records of the Hao Tian Sect, this place was originally a cave, where a great cultivator of the Hao Tian Sect practiced in seclusion, emerging only once every thousand years.

Each time he emerged, it would inevitably trigger a heavenly thunder, with rolling lightning.

Another thousand years have passed…

Inside the green stone mountain, in the cave,

A man with a dignified and extraordinary appearance, and a face of unparalleled beauty, sits cross-legged, his long hair disheveled behind him, exuding an aura of a celestial being.

Around his body, spiritual energy lotuses bloom, with colorful rays of light flowing, and his skin is as smooth as congealed fat, shimmering with light.

He has maintained this posture for a year.

“I am Su Fan. I am extremely anxious now because I am being targeted by the heavenly thunder again. The reason I say ‘again’ is because this is not the first time. I really can’t understand why I, who am just breaking through to the next level of the Qi Condensation stage, have to face the heavenly thunder.”

Su Fan is extremely distressed, with spiritual energy flowing through his meridians.

His cultivation is at the eleventh level of the Qi Condensation stage.

Just one step away, and he can break through to the twelfth level of the Qi Condensation stage.

But he dares not move.

Su Fan tries to circulate the spiritual energy to attack the twelfth level barrier.

The barrier is like a thin membrane, which can be broken with just a slight touch.

Just as Su Fan touches this membrane,

Rumble—

In the sky, purple clouds roll instantly, and lightning flashes.

Within the Hao Tian Sect, from the sect master to the miscellaneous servants, all look up.

The current sect master, Zhang Shanfeng, stands on the peak of the sect master's mountain, looking up at the horizon.

“We actually have a cultivator in the Hao Tian Sect who is about to transcend the heavenly thunder!” Zhang Shanfeng is surprised.

The next moment, the purple clouds disappear.

Zhang Shanfeng is puzzled.

The next moment, the purple clouds reappear.

The next moment, the purple clouds disappear again.

Zhang Shanfeng's surprised expression turns to disdain.

Are you going to transcend or not?

“Brother, I have brought sunflower seeds, peanuts, and fine wine. Let’s sit down and wait.”

Elder Ji Yunxi, with her eyebrows painted in green, wearing a white orchid floral gauze dress, walks over with a graceful posture.

“What are we waiting for?” Zhang Shanfeng asks, puzzled.

“To watch someone transcend the heavenly thunder.” Ji Yunxi smiles.

That look seems to be watching a spectacle.

Thus, another year passes.

The sunflower seeds and peanuts are finished, but the heavenly thunder has not yet fallen.

The people of the Hao Tian Sect have become accustomed to this.

At the back mountain, Su Fan continues to probe.

I’ll just try, not break through.

Trying to pierce this membrane, the heavenly thunder comes.

Withdrawing the spiritual energy, the heavenly thunder disappears.

“Are you ever going to stop!” Su Fan is on the verge of collapse.

For a whole year, every time he tries to break through to the twelfth level of the Qi Condensation stage, he is immediately locked onto by the heavens.

If he really dares to pierce this membrane, he will be struck by lightning.

Why do I feel like I’m guilty of something?

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“Ten thousand years! Li Huatian has been ascended for over ten thousand years, and I, Su Fan, am still at the eleventh level of the Qi Condensation stage. I refuse to accept this! I must break through today!”

Su Fan, with determination, mobilizes all his spiritual energy, prepares thoroughly, and decides to break through.

Rumble—

Purple clouds roll, and thunder roars.

“Enough, enough, my life is more important. I won’t break through.”

Su Fan withdraws all his spiritual energy into his dantian, but the thunderclouds in the sky still remain.

Through the obstruction of the green stone, Su Fan seems to see the lightning in the clouds forming two words.

“Ha ha.”

“You’re amazing!”

Su Fan sighs.

I am so hard up.

Ten thousand years ago, the founding ancestor of the Hao Tian Sect, Li Huatian, established the Hao Tian Sect and opened the sect’s doors widely.

In that ancient cultivation era, he achieved the status of a regional hegemon.

Su Fan is the first-generation disciple of the Hao Tian Sect.

With an unparalleled appearance and outstanding talent,

He became a cultivator at the first level of the Qi Condensation stage from a mortal in just one month.

On the day of his breakthrough, thunder rolled, and the heavenly thunder descended.

Li Huatian was extremely excited.

This is the heavenly thunder, which only cultivators at the transcendence stage would encounter!

How talented must Su Fan be to provoke the jealousy of the heavens and trigger the heavenly thunder.

As a cultivator at the peak of the transcendence stage, Li Huatian personally intervened to protect Su Fan from the heavenly thunder.

A cultivator who could trigger the heavenly thunder just by breaking through to the first level of the Qi Condensation stage had an unlimited future.

For this reason, Li Huatian postponed his ascension plan, deciding to wait until Su Fan grew into a great cultivator and could take over the position of the sect master before ascending.

Su Fan lived up to everyone’s expectations and broke through to the second level of the Qi Condensation stage two months later.

Again, thunder rolled, and the heavenly thunder descended.

This time, the power of the heavenly thunder was twice as strong as before.

Li Huatian was very excited and intervened again to protect Su Fan from the heavenly thunder, but this time, Li Huatian lost his most precious treasure, the Sun Swallowing Cauldron.

At this point, some people in the Hao Tian Sect began to notice something was amiss.

Three months later, Su Fan broke through again to the third level of the Qi Condensation stage.

Thunder rolled, and the heavenly thunder descended.

“Is this ever going to end?” Li Huatian was driven mad.

But for the future of the Hao Tian Sect, he joined forces with the sect elders to protect Su Fan from the heavenly thunder.

This time, nearly half of Li Huatian’s magical treasures were destroyed, and the cultivation levels of the sect elders collectively regressed by one level.

Four months later, Su Fan broke through again.

Li Huatian: …

After the fourth heavenly thunder was blocked, at night, Li Huatian found Su Fan.

Ten jars of Drunken Immortal Brew were placed on the table.

“Su Fan, from today on, I, Li Huatian, will form a brotherhood with you!” Li Huatian drank a jar of wine in one gulp and said.

“Sect Master, you can’t do this. How can I be your younger brother!” Su Fan was greatly alarmed.

Li Huatian, slightly drunk, said, “No, I am your younger brother.”

Su Fan said, “I am not that old.”

Su Fan’s feelings towards Li Huatian were complex.

After all, he had helped him transcend the heavenly thunder four times.

After drinking too much, Li Huatian put his arm around Su Fan’s shoulder.

“Brother Fan, as your younger brother, I have a request to make.” Li Huatian said.

“Sect Master, please speak.” Su Fan said.

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“Brother Fan, I beg you to stop cultivating. You transcend one level and face one thunder, and there are twelve levels in the Qi Condensation stage.” Li Huatian’s face was filled with sorrow.

“Sect Master, I don’t want to be like this either.” Su Fan said, feeling wronged.

Even when wronged, he still looked handsome.

Li Huatian was momentarily enchanted.

“Damn, why is this guy so handsome.” Li Huatian quickly turned his head.

“Brother Fan, it’s not that I won’t help you, but you can transcend once or twice, maybe even three or four times, but five or six times, even a major sect can’t handle it!”

Li Huatian looked at the floor.

“But Sect Master, I really want to cultivate.” Su Fan said sincerely.

Li Huatian said solemnly, “Have you really thought it through? Do you really want to cultivate?”

Seeing his expression, Su Fan felt a glimmer of hope.

“Sect Master, I know you are willing to help me.” Su Fan said.

Li Huatian sighed, and suddenly a golden light shone from his body.

In the night sky, purple clouds gathered, and thunder rolled.

Li Huatian’s body rose into the air, heading straight for the clouds.

A voice came from the sky.

“Brother Fan, cultivate well. I can’t handle it anymore. I’m going to ascend first. If I have the chance to come back, I will definitely add some grass to your grave.”

Li Huatian’s first ascension thunder was the fifth heavenly thunder he had to transcend.

From then on, no one in the Hao Tian Sect paid attention to Su Fan anymore.

That genius was thus lost among the masses.

When his peers ascended or aged, everyone in the Hao Tian Sect forgot about Su Fan’s existence, leaving only a few words in the sect’s records.

“Li Huatian, when I ascend, I will definitely add some grass to your grave!”

Thinking of this, Su Fan felt angry.

Because of the need to transcend the heavenly thunder every time he broke through, Su Fan turned to cultivating martial arts in the mortal world to extend his lifespan.

After all, even at the twelfth level of the Qi Condensation stage, one’s lifespan is only a few hundred years.

Thus, he practiced for over ten thousand years.

Su Fan doesn’t understand why he hasn’t died and still maintains his handsome appearance.

If it’s because of his handsomeness that he is envied by the heavens, then…

I, Su Fan, am not willing to give up this handsome face.

Over these ten thousand years, Su Fan has transcended the heavenly thunder seven times on his own.

Without any help, to safely transcend the heavenly thunder, Su Fan had to prepare thoroughly each time he emerged from seclusion.

This time, Su Fan has a seventy percent chance of transcending the heavenly thunder.

“Seventy percent, that’s not a small probability. Why not take a chance and transcend the heavenly thunder!” Su Fan thought to himself.

After pondering for a while, Su Fan spat.

“Su Fan, I think you are really getting cocky. The guy next door wouldn’t transcend without a hundred percent chance, and you only have seventy percent and you dare to take a chance.”

“Life only has one chance, and it can’t be wasted due to one’s own mistakes. Forget it, I will prepare more and see how the sect is doing these years.”

Su Fan stood up, and the rays of light on his skin were withdrawn into his body.

Looking up,

“Haven’t you left yet?” Su Fan sneered.

“I’m not transcending the heavenly thunder now. If you have the ability, come and strike me.”

Rumble!

A purple lightning bolt struck the mountain.

Su Fan’s face twitched, and he laughed, “Just kidding, why do you always take it seriously, brother.”