"Hahaha, hahaha, how ridiculous, I actually took a dream as reality." Zhou Hong laughed to the sky.
Zhou Hong had no choice but to return to the sub-world.
"Zhou Hong, you are in the immortal realm now, right?" Lu Qianqian asked excitedly. She couldn't wait to go out and see what the immortal realm was like.
"Immortal realm my ass," Zhou Hong said, giving Lu Qianqian a sidelong glance.
"What's going on? Didn't you ascend?"
"No, damn it, that wasn't the summons for ascension, it was just a dream, dammit." Zhou Hong said with a face full of anger.
"Ah." Lu Qianqian was also stunned.
"Perhaps it's because I waited for 30 years without receiving the summons for ascension, so I had such a dream. What a waste of excitement." A dejected look crossed Zhou Hong's face.
"Then how long will it be before I receive the summons for ascension?"
"I don't know, some people wait for a thousand years without receiving it."
Zhou Hong was also helpless and could only continue to wait. He had already waited for 30 years.
"Are you waiting in the sub-world now, or in the outside world?" Lu Qianqian asked.
"Of course, in the outside world. What if I'm hiding in the sub-world and can't sense it?"
"That's true. Wouldn't you be very lonely waiting alone in the outside world? How about I go out and keep you company."
Zhou Hong nodded, and took Lu Qianqian to the outside world, back to the house in the deep mountains and old forests where they had lived before. The two continued to wait while living their world of two.
Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, 100 years had passed.
Zhou Hong still had not received the summons for ascension.
"Ahhhhhh." Zhou Hong felt like he was going mad. He had been waiting for a full 100 years.
"Zhou Hong, don't worry," Lu Qianqian said comfortingly.
"I thought I would receive the summons very soon, but it's already been 100 years. I haven't even cultivated for this long. I reached the Mahayana stage in less than 40 years, and now, I've been waiting for the summons for ascension for 100 years." Zhou Hong was extremely angry, feeling as if heaven was wasting his time.
"Didn't you say some people wait for a thousand years without receiving it, and even never ascend in their lifetime?"
"Can a genius like me, Zhou Hong, be compared to ordinary people?"
"Perhaps, ascension also has some kind of rules. You just haven't waited for that rule yet."
Zhou Hong shook his head. He didn't know about any rules, he only knew that he had waited for 100 years and was getting impatient.
"We've been living in seclusion in these deep mountains and old forests for 100 years, and I'm really tired of it. Let's go and see how the humans are living here." Su Dan Novel Network.
"Okay."
Zhou Hong immediately soared into the sky.
100 years ago, Zhou Hong had destroyed the giants here and brought the surviving humans from the lower continent to this deep space continent. A hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye, and he wondered how well humanity had adapted to living here after 100 years.
Zhou Hong arrived at one of the largest human cities. After 100 years of development, residences had been built in the areas with the densest spiritual energy.
In the very center of the city, Zhou Hong also saw a large gate with the words "Taigu Academy" written on it.
Zhou Hong was a little surprised that they had moved Taigu Academy here.
The location of Taigu Academy was undoubtedly the place with the most concentrated spiritual energy.
Zhou Hong quickly landed at Taigu Academy.
"Greetings, Senior Zhou Hong." An old man saw Zhou Hong and quickly stepped forward.
"You're still here," Zhou Hong asked the old man. This old man was also at the Mahayana stage. Zhou Hong had known him 100 years ago, and he hadn't expected him to still not have received the summons for ascension.
"Reporting to Senior, I haven't received the summons for 500 years. I don't know if I'll have the chance to ascend in this life," the old man sighed.
Zhou Hong also sighed. Even he had waited for 100 years without receiving it. For those with inferior talent who cultivated for thousands of years to reach the Mahayana stage, it would be even harder.
"Don't be discouraged, you will definitely get it. How have things been here for the past 100 years?" Zhou Hong asked.
"Very good. Everyone is progressing very quickly. Taigu Academy has taken charge of all surviving humans. In order to develop humanity, Taigu Academy has issued a decree that all cultivators, male and female, must reproduce vigorously. Now, the total population here is close to 30 billion."
"That's good. Have any of them ascended in the past 100 years? I remember there were several Mahayana stage cultivators among humans back then."
The old man shook his head.
Zhou Hong didn't ask any further questions. It seemed that ascending was not that easy.
"According to past records, out of ten people who cultivate to the Mahayana stage, at most three or four will receive the summons for ascension."
Zhou Hong was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected the proportion to be so low. If one couldn't get the summons for ascension, wouldn't they have to die of old age in this mortal world for their entire lives?
"Then... are there any patterns to receiving the summons for ascension?" Zhou Hong asked again.
"I'm not sure. We can only leave it to fate."
"Fine, fine." Zhou Hong was also helpless.
"Zhou Hong." Just then, a beautiful woman flew from a distance. It was none other than Long Xuan.
Zhou Hong turned his head and looked. After 100 years, Long Xuan had changed a lot. She had already broken through to the tribulation-transcending waiting stage.
"Long Xuan, congratulations. In just 100 years, your progress has been so fast, you're about to reach the tribulation-transcending stage." Zhou Hong said with a smile.
"Thanks to you, I've improved a bit after coming here, which allowed me to cultivate to the tribulation-transcending waiting stage in 100 years. It's just that now, I don't know when the heavenly lightning tribulation will descend. I've been in the tribulation-transcending waiting stage for almost three years."
Zhou Hong nodded and said, "The first heavenly lightning tribulation won't be too long. Here, let me impart some experience to you."
"I'm deeply grateful."
"When you undergo your first heavenly lightning tribulation, the easier you pass it, the faster the second one will descend."
Long Xuan's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Can you explain it more clearly?"
"Of course. When I underwent my first heavenly lightning tribulation, I passed it as easily as scratching an itch, and as a result, the second heavenly lightning tribulation descended within a few minutes. Similarly, I passed the second heavenly lightning tribulation just as easily, and the third also descended quickly. Even the fourth, I only waited a day before it descended. Then, in just one day, I entered the Mahayana stage. If you can also pass it so easily, then you will also reach the Mahayana stage very soon."
"Thank you. This experience of yours is invaluable. Unfortunately, not everyone can be as heaven-defying as you, passing tribulations as easily as scratching an itch. Whether I will be obliterated in the tribulation is already an unknown matter. It would be good enough if I could just pass it smoothly."
Zhou Hong thought for a moment and said, "How about this? In consideration of the one night we spent together, I'll give you something to help you pass it quickly."
Long Xuan's face was full of gratitude, but her heart was filled with guilt, as she had not accepted Zhou Hong's pursuit back then, and felt unworthy of accepting his gift.