SACRED BODY OF THE IMMORTALS

Chapter 1156 - 1156 The Heavenly Bell Tolls

After finishing his cultivation for the time being, Jun Xiaoyao walked out of the cave dwelling with his hands clasped behind his back.

Outside the cave, a stunningly beautiful woman in plain white gauze robes, her long skirt trailing the ground, gentle and graceful as flowing water, stood there like a jade statue.

When she saw Jun Xiaoyao appear, a trace of joy surfaced on her snow-white jade face, and she instantly appeared before him.

"You've come out of seclusion."

This woman was, of course, Luo Xiangling.

"Were you waiting outside the whole time?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.

Luo Xiangling gave a slight nod of her delicate head. "Mm, I was afraid of disturbing you."

Jun Xiaoyao heard this and said nothing.

This woman who had followed him all the way from the foreign realm to the immortal domain was, by every measure, nothing short of perfect.

Her strength was astonishing, her beauty unparalleled, yet within her character there was a thread of purity and devotion that seemed almost inhuman.

And once she had set her heart on Jun Xiaoyao, that would never change.

This left the current Jun Xiaoyao somewhat at a loss as to how to face her.

The saying "don't flirt if you won't commit" was precisely what this situation called for.

Right now, he had only just made a promise of engagement to the two beauties of the Jiang family.

It really wasn't a good time to deal with Luo Xiangling's situation as well.

He could only keep putting it off for now.

"Xiangling, you came here because…"

"The Void Heaven Realm is about to open. That is the opportunity the Immortal Academy promised you." Luo Xiangling said.

She was afraid Jun Xiaoyao might miss this great opportunity because of his seclusion.

"Understood." Jun Xiaoyao said.

He was also quite curious about what great fortune awaited in that strange place that could only be entered with one's primordial spirit.

Some of the opportunities within it were things even the Jun family would have difficulty producing.

If not for this opportunity, Jun Xiaoyao wouldn't have bothered coming to the Immortal Academy at all.

"Xiaoyao gege…"

From a distance, a crisp voice rang out like a silver bell.

It was Jiang Luoli. She had also come out of seclusion, not wanting to miss the opportunity in the Void Heaven Realm.

Upon seeing that Luo Xiangling was also present, Jiang Luoli restrained herself slightly and gave a small nod. "Greetings, Elder Luo."

Luo Xiangling was herself a quasi-emperor, and had now become an honorary elder of the Nine Heavens Immortal Academy.

Jiang Luoli naturally did not dare show her any disrespect.

Jun Xiaoyao glanced at Jiang Luoli.

This girl had been in seclusion for a while, and she looked even more radiant than before, with a flow of luminous wisdom across her fair forehead.

Her whole being seemed wrapped in a halo, utterly pure and sacred.

She was simply like a transcendent little fairy.

"It seems your gains from this seclusion were quite substantial as well."

Sensing the subtle aura of a world within Jiang Luoli, Jun Xiaoyao said with a faint smile.

Jiang Luoli looked a little smug, her eyes curving into crescent moons.

"Of course. Xiaoyao gege worked so hard to help me — I can't just be a hopeless case who can't be helped."

Without the aid of the World Tree, who knew how long it would have taken Jiang Luoli to cultivate the elemental spirit world within her.

Seeing Jiang Luoli's intimate manner toward Jun Xiaoyao,

Luo Xiangling, standing to the side, felt her eyes dim slightly.

Before, she had only known Jun Xiaoyao from the foreign realm and had no idea what experiences he'd had prior to that.

Later, she had asked around a bit at the Immortal Academy.

Only then did she learn that Jun Xiaoyao had lived such a rich and colorful life in the immortal domain.

And that so many outstanding, peerless beauties were deeply devoted to him.

By comparison, Luo Xiangling felt she had nothing to offer.

She had only given Jun Xiaoyao a small measure of help back in the foreign realm.

For a moment, Luo Xiangling fell silent.

Jiang Luoli caught herself as well, sneaking a quiet glance at Jun Xiaoyao.

There was nothing to be done — whose fault was it that her man was so exceptional?

He'd even managed to bring a beautiful older woman from the foreign realm all the way to the immortal domain.

Sensing the subtly awkward atmosphere, Jun Xiaoyao gave a dry cough.

He would rather face a hundred ultimate calamities than deal with a scene like this.

And just at that moment, the deep resonant sound of a bell suddenly rang out.

"The Heavenly Bell has sounded." Jiang Luoli said.

"It's about time to set off. Since only the primordial spirit enters the Void Heaven Realm this time, there shouldn't be any great danger. I'll head out first."

With that, Luo Xiangling turned and left.

Jun Xiaoyao sighed quietly to himself, then said, "Let's go. Let's see what surprises the Grand Elder's so-called ultimate land of fortune actually holds."

……

At the Immortal Academy, on a vast plaza suspended in the void,

the sound of countless figures cutting through the air rang out as many silhouettes descended upon the location.

However, compared to the total number of Immortal Academy disciples, those who came were not that many.

Because this opportunity was not something just anyone was qualified to pursue.

Only the most outstanding geniuses had the right to go.

So those who could enter the Void Heaven Realm were the cream of the crop, the seeds among seeds.

So despite the large number of geniuses who had gathered,

only a small portion of them could actually go.

The majority were there simply to watch the spectacle.

In the void, an old man in a hemp robe stood with steady footing.

He was the leader appointed by the Immortal Academy for this occasion — the Third Elder, Xu Mo.

By this time, some geniuses had already appeared.

Ling Yuan, the Ancient Emperor's son, the reincarnated Dharma Buddha's son, Long Yao'er, Ji Qingxi, and others.

Though they were not the top-tier seed-level geniuses who had emerged from the earth in recent times,

they were the most outstanding talents of the current generation, all of whom had walked to the end of the ancient path.

In a sense, they could be considered the strongest seeds of the current era.

The Immortal Academy had also devoted great care to nurturing them, bestowing upon each of them astonishing fortune when they first joined.

This was what allowed them to catch up in cultivation to those seed-level figures who had been slumbering.

And some observant individuals noticed something.

Though Ling Yuan and the Ancient Emperor's son were both the most outstanding contemporary geniuses of the Immortal Court,

they stood apart from each other on opposite sides, with a subtle air of opposition between them.

Many people were inwardly startled.

Could this be the beginning of a power struggle within the Immortal Court?

Third Elder Xu Mo observed this scene and simply watched from the sidelines.

But inwardly, he sighed quietly to himself.

"What a Jun family divine son. The Grand Elder's words were indeed right — in the future, the Immortal Court may truly fall at his hands."

Of course, Xu Mo only thought this to himself and would never say it aloud.

After all, the Immortal Court was still the dominant power on the surface.

And there was still one trump card that had yet to be revealed.

That was the Ancient Young Emperor.

If there was any young existence within the Immortal Court with the qualifications to go head-to-head with Jun Xiaoyao,

it was probably only that Ancient Young Emperor.

Even the Ancient Emperor's son could only stand aside now.

As time passed, more and more geniuses arrived.

Some geniuses from the Jun family also appeared — Jun Lingcang and others, who were also training at the Immortal Academy.

There were also Jun Xiaoyao's many followers and those close to him — Yu Chanjuan, the Taiyin Jade Rabbit, Princess Longji, and others.

In truth, some of them, like the Taiyin Jade Rabbit, were not originally qualified to enter the Void Heaven Realm.

But anyone connected to Jun Xiaoyao had risen along with him — to say nothing of a rabbit.

Even the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, who had only followed Jun Xiaoyao for a short time, had received preferential treatment from the Immortal Academy.

This made many geniuses green with envy. Had they known, they should have shamelessly stuck by Jun Xiaoyao's side back on the Emperor's Path and the Ancient Path.

But it was too late for that now.

Never mind being a follower — even being a maidservant or a mount at Jun Xiaoyao's side was not something an ordinary person could manage.

Hadn't anyone noticed that even Jun Xiaoyao's mount was a quasi-emperor?

And just at that moment, two figures came strolling leisurely from the distance.

It was none other than Jun Xiaoyao and Jiang Luoli.

The entire place instantly erupted.