The great army returned to the Thunder Emperor Hall, then took the teleportation array to their respective homes.
The tribulation-crossing powerhouses did not leave; they still had too many matters to attend to.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu paid no attention to these matters. Instead, they returned to the rear palace and did not emerge again.
Others thought they had gone into seclusion, but in reality, they just wanted to rest.
While resting, they also sought ways to achieve immortality.
At the entrance of the Thunder Emperor's sleeping quarters, Wan Lei lay on a lounge chair, his bones feeling as though they had dissolved, his entire body like a puddle of mud basking in the sun. He felt incredibly comfortable.
This was not due to decadence, but because his bones had truly softened.
The reason for his softened bones was that the most beautiful girl in the world, sister Xiaoyu, was gently massaging his legs and arms.
Ah, to have the young princess of the Fang family, the wife of the Thunder Emperor Alliance leader, give him a massage—this was truly imperial enjoyment!
No, no earthly emperor could receive such treatment; only he, Master Wan, was bestowed such honor.
Fang Xiaoyu, seeing Wan Lei’s smug look of utter contentment, grew annoyed and punched him.
“Hey, look at you, so comfortable. Get up and massage me for a while.”
“No, no, five more minutes, just five minutes.”
Master Wan, reveling in his comfort, refused to get up.
“No, it’s your turn to massage me.”
“How about we go inside, you lie on the bed, and I’ll massage you?”
“Get lost. Is that a proper massage?”
“Definitely not proper. Who massages properly these days? Let’s go inside, Technician Number Eighty-Eight is at your service.”
Wan Lei stood up, stretched, and moved to pull his wife.
Fang Xiaoyu chuckled, kicked him away, and immediately lay down on the lounge chair, assuming a posture even more comfortable than Wan Lei’s earlier one.
Technician Wan had no choice but to obediently sit beside her and provide massage services for Her Majesty the Queen.
“Alas, it’s been three days, and we still show no signs of breakthrough.”
Fang Xiaoyu sighed. For the past three days, they had tried many methods but failed to achieve a breakthrough, not even a hint of it.
“We only broke through to tribulation crossing a few days ago, not even a week. How can one breakthrough from Mahayana to immortal in just a few days?
It’s not that fast; even accumulating comprehension and energy takes a lot of time.
Liu Naiweng took thousands of years to become immortal. The Thunder Emperor, with his immense talent, after breaking through to tribulation crossing and destroying the Evil Moon Sect, still took over a decade to become immortal.
We can’t rush this matter.”
Wan Lei continued to knead her soft thighs. Fang Xiaoyu was wearing a high-slit long dress, and her bare, beautiful legs made him feel a little dizzy. His hands unconsciously began to move upwards.
“How can we not be in a hurry? The Demon Lord could arrive at any time. Our time is running out. We must seize every moment and quickly find a way…
Hey, where are your hands wandering!”
Fang Xiaoyu slapped Wan Lei’s mischievous hand, rolled her eyes, and then placed his hand back on her leg.
“We don’t even have a clue, and we have no idea how to break through quickly. Sigh, perhaps we should ask Gouzi.”
With a thought, Wan Lei summoned the Origin Thunder within him, and Gouzi appeared on the table beside them.
“Holy cow, what are you two doing? Is this something I should be seeing? I’m so young, I’m so embarrassed, so embarrassed.”
Although Gouzi spoke like this, it showed no signs of shyness.
“Gouzi, how long did it take the six immortals to break through to immortality, or how long did they prepare and comprehend?”
“Them? I’m not too sure. I didn’t know them back then, but I heard that five of them were in the Transcendent realm at the time, and then they ate some kind of ‘Divine Yang Pill’? After that, they broke through to immortality.”
“…That casual? Do you have the pill formula?”
“No, and even if I did, it would be useless. There are no medicinal herbs in the Thunder Wind Realm either. Besides, the Divine Yang Pill is one of the Three Great Heavenly Pills, which only Heavenly grade alchemists can refine.
That’s Heavenly grade in the Immortal Realm, not some rogue Heavenly grade like Sui Xiaohang’s. His Heavenly grade is lucky to be comparable to the Mysterious grade in the Immortal Realm.”
“Alright, alright, that path is a dead end, so let’s not talk about it. Do you have any methods for quickly achieving immortality?”
“I don’t, but someone does.”
“Who?”
“The Heavenly Dao, the Will of Heaven and Earth, the Heart of the Universe, the Will of this universe, the Thunder Wind Realm. It might have a way, after all, you need it to provide energy and status for your ascension.”
“The Heavenly Dao?”
Wan Lei’s gaze sharpened.
“Will talking to it be useful?”
“We’re just trying anything, a desperate attempt. Only it has seen others ascend. Talking to it is better than you going to those tribulation-crossers outside.
Besides, if even the Heavenly Dao can’t help you ascend, then give up on that hope early. This universe is hopeless.”
“Fine then.”
Wan Lei nodded, stood up, and looked up at the sky for a moment.
“Heavenly Dao, I want to have a talk with you.”
Instantly, a spatial black hole appeared before Wan Lei.
Wan Lei smiled playfully, took Fang Xiaoyu’s hand, and said,
“See, it’s anxious. It’s also afraid of death but still wants to save face, waiting for me to speak before opening the passage.”
Fang Xiaoyu was stunned. Does this Heavenly Dao truly have emotions and thoughts like humans?
Why is it so coy, like a couple dating, waiting for the other to speak first?
What kind of relationship do these two have?
Fang Xiaoyu’s thoughts inadvertently drifted off course.
After entering the spatial passage, the scene before them instantly changed.
Before them lay a boundless void. The only thing in the void was a giant, irregularly shaped luminous body.
“This is the Heart of the Universe.”
Gouzi pointed at the luminous body before them.
“I’ve seen it. The six immortals tore through space easily back then and came here to modify it.
It wasn’t willing at first, but it was useless. After being beaten by the immortals, it immediately became obedient.”
“Shut up, you damned dog!”
The large luminous sphere did not speak, but the divine sense emanating from it immediately made its meaning clear.
Clearly, it felt extremely embarrassed about its past embarrassing moments being revealed.
Wan Lei carefully observed the giant luminous body before him.
The Heart of the Universe gave him a feeling of vastness and power, containing endless, complex, and intricate rules that were impossible to fathom.
It was hard to imagine how the six immortals had painstakingly unraveled such complex universal rules, changing them bit by bit.
Fang Xiaoyu looked at the Heart of the Universe. After all, it was the will of the Heavenly Dao, an extremely majestic existence. She hesitated, wondering if she should bow.
However, Wan Lei’s actions beside her immediately made her dismiss the idea of bowing.
Wan Lei showed no respect to the Heart of the Universe and even spoke to it very impolitely.