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"I had tasked the disciple with something important, so he couldn’t come to meet Master this time," Lan Xi explained.

Although Immortal Taibai had heard of Rong Feng’s reputation, Lan Xi insisted on taking him as a disciple even in front of the Celestial Emperor.

As a master, naturally, he couldn’t say much more.

He only hoped that Rong Feng would heed Lan Xi’s teachings and return to the right path soon.

At Taibai Hall, the guests arriving to offer congratulations were endless.

Entertaining guests, Lan Xi and Mi Xi were also incredibly busy.

The most enchanting sight of Taibai Hall was the cypress and pine trees on the back mountain; from White Cloud Hall looking down, the mountains were surrounded by green waters and mists rising for miles, with the occasional flight of cranes.

In the afternoon, Immortal Taibai held a banquet at Houshan Pavilion and discussed the laws of cultivation with the other Immortal Families, expounding on the path to godhood.

Lan Xi and Mi Xi finally had a chance to relax and went to the back mountain to see those ferocious beasts.

Chaos had grown up by now, just lacking an opportunity; as long as it could overcome its tribulation, it would be able to transform into human form.

"Senior Sister, ever since you left, Taibai Hall has been unbearably boring," Mi Xi said, toying with the Chaotic Beast sprawled on the ground and expressing his boredom.

Feeding the Lingzhi to Chaos, Lan Xi spoke in a calm tone, "Cultivation is inherently tedious. With my absence, at least no one disturbs you."

"That’s true, but after you left, Ya also left. I’m alone and can’t even find someone to talk to," Mi Xi lamented.

"Didn’t you used to find me particularly annoying?" Lan Xi said.

"Did I?" Mi Xi chuckled awkwardly, "You were too mischievous back then."

Lan Xi smiled without saying a word, pulled out two flasks of wine from the Blood Jade, and handed one to Mi Xi, "We don’t understand the matters the masters are discussing, so we might as well hide here and drink secretly."

"You better drink less, don’t go getting drunk and crazy!" Mi Xi reminded her.

Lan Xi rolled her eyes speechlessly. Was she the type to go crazy when drunk?

Holding the wine flask, Lan Xi thought back to when she and Ah Qing got drunk last time, and how they hadn’t spent many peaceful days since then.

Seeing Lan Xi’s somber face, Mi Xi couldn’t help but sigh, "Lan Xi, don’t you think you’ve made a mistake?"

"What?" Lan Xi turned her head and looked at him with confusion.

What had she done wrong?

Looking up into the distance, Mi Xi’s eyes glazed over with the verdant mist, "He never belonged to the heavens, yet you forcefully kept him by your side. One day, he will have to return to the earth."

Lan Xi paused, her long eyelashes fluttering, "But what does that have to do with him staying in the heavens? Mortals live for a mere hundred years, yet he is no longer a mortal."

"But he is not an immortal either!" Mi Xi stressed.

Lan Xi fell silent.

"Being an immortal certainly offers longevity, but it comes with a thousandfold, ten thousandfold of loneliness. Did you know that when you were injured last time and lost most of your cultivation, he was punished by Master to endure whippings every day?"

"...?" Lan Xi was utterly puzzled, "Why would Master do that?"

"You are the treasure of the Immortal Realm, cherished by everyone. Yet you came back injured from the Demon Race along with the Crown Prince. As someone who was always by your side, he was unharmed, and he couldn’t even explain the root cause clearly.

The Master, the Celestial Emperor, and the Goddess won’t let him off.

If it weren’t for the life-sharing pact between you two, he might have been executed on the spot. "

Mi Xi continued, "Think about it, him being with you is possibly because you often get hurt. To put it plainly, he’s just a mortal. No matter how strong he is among the Immortals, he is still an outsider. Without any power or backing, anyone could take his life."

There are some things he never meddles in, but his heart is clearer than anyone’s.

Lan Xi held the wine flask blankly, inhaling the rich fragrance of the wine inside, ultimately unable to utter a word.

"Yes, it’s always because of me that he gets hurt.

If it weren’t for me, he wouldn’t get hurt and wouldn’t have set off so many events," Lan Xi murmured to herself, "From the day he arrived in the Immortal Realm, he has constantly been getting hurt.

Revenge by a venomous snake... all the misfortunes stemmed from me. "

"Lan Xi, you are eventually going to marry the Crown Prince. He will be helpless and alone in these heavens, a mortal will struggle to survive," Mi Xi said.

Lan Xi’s eyes dimmed, her heart filled with darkness.

She held the wine flask, tilted her head back, and took a swig. Though the wine was the same as before,

the taste now had an added hint of bitterness.

As the banquet approached the afternoon, a patch of dark clouds suddenly gathered on the horizon.

Immortal Taibai’s eyebrows furrowed tightly upon seeing this.

He had calculated that his end was near and that tribulation from the heavens would descend upon him.

If he could survive it, he would continue to live for another million years, but if he failed, today would also mark his death anniversary.

This sudden development also scared the other Immortal Families.

At this juncture, Immortal Taibai found it inappropriate to keep the guests any longer and hurriedly instructed his disciples to see them off.

Lan Xi had already been alarmed by the dark clouds and returned to White Cloud Hall with Mi Xi.

Both of them stared up at the dark clouds overhead, their eyes wide with shock.

"Something doesn’t feel right! If it were a heavenly tribulation, it should have descended quickly. But it’s already been brewing for a quarter of an hour. Could there be some unexpected turn of events?" Mi Xi looked around in surprise.

Lan Xi’s expression was unprecedentedly solemn, "Isn’t the Chaotic Beast on the back mountain also facing its tribulation? It might be two tribulations converging at once."

"Two tribulations?" Mi Xi felt a chill in her heart. Tian Suan had prophesied a major event at Taibai Hall before.

After all this time, was this it?

"What should we do?"

The master is old and has made no progress in his cultivation these years. How can he withstand the convergence of two heavenly tribulations?

Lan Xi’s eyebrows knitted together, "Neither the master nor the Chaotic Beast can withstand it."

Mi Xi’s face grew ugly. Two tribulations at once would be more than twice as powerful as usual.

The poor old master was already struggling with his tribulation, and now he had to face the Chaotic Beast as well.

Lan Xi watched as the dark clouds churned and a vast power brewed within them.

Looking up, a flicker of fear appeared on her face.

Now, with two matters colliding, what was to be done?

Crack! Boom!

With the sound of thunder, Thunder and Lightning struck directly at Immortal Taibai on the mountain peak and the Chaotic Beast below.

Immortal Taibai, struck by the lightning, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his hair now a frizzy mess, and his clothing and body charred in several places.

Meanwhile, in the valley, the Chaotic Beast, with its thick fur, was full of cracks from the force of Thunder and Lightning, trembling and cowering on the ground.

Then the second heavenly thunderbolt fell.

Lan Xi’s eyes shrank in fear.

The first thunderbolt was white, its power obvious.

But the second turned purple and was twice as powerful.

Mi Xi was also terrified.

At the same time, both of them unhesitatingly used their Immortal Techniques to shield Immortal Taibai from some of the force.

But in the end, both were struck by the lightning and thrown away.

Immortal Taibai and the Chaotic Beast were left gasping for breath after the second thunderbolt.

Mi Xi’s hair also exploded from the thunderbolt, clearly his power was insufficient to withstand it.

Lan Xi, though uninjured, was still thrown away by the lightning.

As they watched the third thunderbolt brewing, deep within the sea of thunder it turned to a crimson-gold color.

If they allowed this most formidable thunderbolt to fall,

it’s feared that both Immortal Taibai and the Chaotic Beast would be incinerated on the spot.