Right now, thunder is surging all over Ryan Ling, lightning dragons coil around him, and thunder gods guard him inside and out. Even the surrounding area is protected by endless thunder soldiers. At this moment, Ryan Ling is without question the strongest Heaven-Tribulation cultivator in all the world!
His Heaven-Tribulation power is so ridiculously strong that it feels like he could wipe out an entire world with just a wave of his hand!
Hell, just a single breath from him could kill a Human Immortal—he doesn't even need Celia Xiao's power boost anymore!
“Hubby, you’re amazing! Your Heaven-Tribulation power is rare even in the Immortal Domain!” Right now, even Celia Xiao is so excited she’s practically dancing. She’s cheering Ryan on, but after patting her own perky butt, she knows deep down: only when Ryan truly reaches the peak will she get her chance to really be with him.
“I owe it all to you! If it weren’t for your help, how could I have blasted my way to the Heaven-Tribulation peak this fast?” Ryan really means it from the bottom of his heart.
Ever since Celia Xiao showed up, Ryan’s strength has skyrocketed. With a powerhouse like her backing him up, he can go way further than he ever could alone.
“Hubby, your sweet talk is getting out of control! I can’t take it anymore—I’m gonna kiss you!” Celia Xiao giggles and leans in. To be honest, even though they’ve been calling each other hubby and wifey, they haven’t crossed any lines yet. But now that Ryan’s blasted his way to ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation, with a breakthrough like this, how could Celia possibly hold back?
Seeing how eager Celia is, Ryan’s own self-control is slipping too. After all, Celia Xiao is a legit immortal beauty—even if you stacked up all Seven Immortal Sisters of the Lu Clan, they couldn’t compare to her.
But right then, the half-dead Big Sister suddenly shrieks, “You filthy pair of dogs! I won’t let you get away with this! You’re about to die—about to die! Lord Harlan Yanro, you must avenge your little concubine! This is the greatest insult to you—”
As soon as Big Sister finishes, a powerful aura starts to spread—the same intoxicating scent Ryan smelled earlier, but now it’s going wild, like it’s connecting to some super-mysterious spatial domain. And riding that aura, an even scarier wave of killing intent comes roaring in.
"Crap, run!" At that moment, hearing her words and feeling the overwhelming aura, Celia Xiao was completely freaked out. Ryan Ling had never seen her so rattled—this was someone whose power was way above Void Immortal, so strong he couldn't even estimate it. Yet even a top-tier expert like her was scared, and Ryan felt chills running down his spine.
Without a shred of hesitation, Celia grabbed Ryan and bolted out of the Falling-Star Palace, instantly throwing up a bunch of spatial confusion formations as she dragged him along. Her body shot forward at insane speed—so far, Ryan felt like Earth was getting left behind, vanishing from his sight. It was unreal.
Keep in mind, Ryan was now at ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation. For something to vanish from his vision, you can imagine just how far Celia blasted them in an instant!
But what really stunned him was—even after Celia had flown that far, that mysterious killing intent still kept chasing them down, almost instantly locking onto their position. Whoever was after them was way scarier than Celia!
"This is nuts!" Celia didn’t hesitate at all—she whipped out two puppet decoys, both made from Immortal Artifact-grade materials and seriously top-shelf stuff. The second they appeared, she flung them away like a shot. Ryan was floored: the puppets had his exact face and even mimicked his aura. They rocketed thousands of kilometers in a flash.
But in the blink of an eye—BOOM! Total destruction!
A single Immortal Artifact, the kind people would kill for, just got blown to smithereens!
Not even a speck left behind!
Only after those puppet decoys exploded did that terrifying, relentless aura finally start to fade away.
Ryan felt like he’d just been scared so badly he was drenched in sweat, head to toe!
That power was just way too much—so strong it was suffocating.
If Celia hadn’t made the snap decision to run, with Ryan’s speed, even ten thousand Ryans would’ve been toast!
Celia was also soaked in sweat and shaking all over—total "barely escaped death" mode.
After a long while, Celia finally let out a shaky breath and sighed, "That was close. Seriously, we just picked up an extra life!"
"Who... what the hell was that?" Ryan steadied himself, curiosity off the charts.
"Whoever it was is insanely scary. If I’m right, the one chasing us was Harlan Yanro—the Immortal Domain’s top genius. Right now, his power’s at the absolute peak of the Earth Immortal Realm!" Celia said, face still pale.
"Wait, peak Earth Immortal Realm?" Ryan nearly jumped out of his skin.
Ryan’s current level was ninth-layer Heaven-Tribulation. If he broke through, he’d be Human Immortal. Above that is Void Immortal, then True Immortal, and only after that do you hit Earth Immortal.
And each immortal realm has five sub-levels. Stack all that up, and the gap between Ryan and the peak Earth Immortal is like heaven and earth—totally out of his league!
"Why was he chasing us? Wait—was Big Sister actually his woman?" Ryan gulped, thoughts racing. He remembered how, when he busted into the Falling-Star Palace, Big Sister was totally immobilized, dressed super sexy and skimpy, with that look that just screamed 'waiting to serve her man.'
Thinking about how she called herself Harlan Yanro’s 'little concubine,' it was obvious—she really was his woman!
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"No kidding. Who’d have thought a mere Human Immortal would turn out to be Harlan Yanro’s woman? You drained the qi of Harlan Yanro’s woman—that’s just insane, haha!" Celia gave a couple of awkward chuckles; even she found it totally unbelievable.
"Yikes, with someone that strong, we could get found out any time!" Ryan said, a little worried—peak Earth Immortal magic was just unfathomable.
"Relax, we should be fine. That so-called Big Sister might be Harlan Yanro’s woman, but she’s just one of his countless, totally insignificant concubines. The only reason Harlan Yanro’s killing intent chased us was a reflex—he doesn’t actually care about a Human Immortal’s life or death. In his eyes, Human Immortals aren’t even ants. Plus, right now he’s busy trying to break into the Supreme Heavenly Immortal Realm, so he’s not going to waste any real attention here. Most importantly, my puppet decoy trick already baited him into thinking he killed the intruder. So, for now, we’re safe!" Celia explained quickly.
"Good, as long as we’re safe for now!" Ryan let out a little sigh of relief.
But deep down, he knew—messing with someone that invincible, 'safe for now' was the best he could hope for. Trouble was bound to show up sooner or later.
After all, he’d just wiped out all Seven Immortal Sisters of the Lu Clan, plus crushed the Lu Clan’s double conspiracy against Earth and the Netherworld. Even if Harlan Yanro didn’t come after him personally, the Lu Clan would absolutely hunt him down!
"Alright, we survived—false alarm. I was actually hoping for a proper kiss to celebrate, but this romantic mood is totally shot. Whatever, let’s head back!" Celia waved her hand, clearly done lingering here.
Ryan was speechless. Even after everything, Celia was still thinking about that kind of stuff.
"Let’s just head back!" Ryan nodded. With Harlan Yanro’s aura finally gone, and him not caring about ants, it made sense to return to the Falling-Star Palace. That place was a goldmine, and more importantly, Angie Chen and the others still needed rescuing—he’d totally forgotten in the earlier panic!
But just as Celia was about to move, her face darkened again. "Not good—there are several powerful auras crossing over from the Immortal Domain World..."