In the Five Directions Region, southeast of the Great Sui Dynasty, on the Great Snow Mountain.
Yang Hong looked at the enormous snow sphere before him, and the floating island suspended above it. He finally understood what the barrier that had trapped him for over two hundred years was like.
It was a colossal space, nine li wide, which rumor had it had only been three to four li originally, and had grown continuously since.
Just as he was fully deploying his divine sense to test the barrier's strength, an anxious voice interrupted him.
"Master~ Master, we've found you. Mistress wants to see you and asks you to return quickly."
"Hmm~ Are you Qing Yilin?"
Turning to the petite, chubby girl who had suddenly appeared, Yang Hong recalled with a moment's thought that she was one of the Green Willow Tree demons.
"Mhmm~ Master is the best, you even remember Yilin's name."
Hearing Yang Hong remember her name, the chubby girl joyfully hopped beside him, clinging to his arm and shaking it like a daughter pestering her father.
"I remember all your names.
Alright, didn't you say you had something to discuss? Let's hear it first."
"Ah~ Right, something important. Mistress has urgent matters and wants you to go back."
Speaking of serious business, Qing Yilin also ceased her playful act and said with anxiety,
"The message from Boss is that if Master cannot return in time, you might not be able to see Mistress."
"What? Who is attacking Clear Wind Manor?"
Upon hearing Qing Yilin's words, Yang Hong also grew anxious, pulling Qing Yilin along as he released his divine sense, preparing to teleport to the nearest spirit plant teleportation array.
"Don't worry, Master. We haven't received any reports of Clear Wind Manor or the Fiery Plains being attacked. Boss's tone seemed quite excited and happy."
"Is that so~ We'll discuss it when we get back."
Yang Hong breathed a sigh of relief but didn't stop his teleportation preparations. He found the spirit plant teleportation array and directly teleported, immediately expending his largest spiritual energy reserves and using three teleports to return to the [Shallow Dye Plains].
When he returned to Purple Jade Mountain and saw the situation in the manor's courtyard, he understood what Zhu Yuyan and the others meant by not being able to see him.
Zhu Yuyan, Wanwan, Song Yuzhi, Li Lizhi, Tian Sanniang, and Wang Pei.
The aura of the five women had, at some point, risen to the Mahayana realm, and their combined pressure was almost uncontainable.
"Husband, you're back. If you hadn't returned, we would have lost control of our auras and attracted the heavenly tribulation."
As soon as Wanwan saw Yang Hong, she burst into tears and rushed into his arms.
Zhu Yuyan and the other four also walked over with wronged expressions, seeking embraces.
"What's going on with you all? How did your cultivation improve so quickly?"
Yang Hong hugged them one by one and then asked curiously.
"Ahem~ Husband, this might be my fault. I accidentally cultivated the 'Immovable Joyful Buddha,' and then practiced with my sisters, and after that, our cultivation skyrocketed uncontrollably."
Wang Pei raised her hand and answered softly, her face tinged with a mix of shame and blush.
"Wang Pei? Have you regained your memories? Whose reincarnation are you?"
"Husband, I am Jia Yuanchun."
Wang Pei, who was also Jia Yuanchun, looked at Yang Hong with teary eyes. She hadn't expected to see her husband again after dying once.
"Jia Yuanchun, it's you. It's good that you're back, truly good."
Yang Hong said as he pulled her into his embrace, gently patting her back and offering comfort.
The greatest fortune was for loved ones to be resurrected in another form. Afterward, he looked at Tian Sanniang.
"And you?"
"Husband, I am Zhou Fengzhi."
"Zhou Fengzhi, that's good too, all is good."
Saying this, he stepped forward and pulled Zhou Fengzhi into his embrace as well.
However, a strange thing happened again.
As Yang Hong opened his arms, his eighth-grade Green Willow Floss robe suddenly tore with a "rip."
As he held Zhou Fengzhi, his true essence, which had been as stable as a mountain for hundreds of years, experienced a momentary disruption.
This scene reminded him of the mortal general he encountered when he found Tian Sanniang again.
It seemed that Zhou Fengzhi's reincarnation carried a peculiar curse of luck.
"Husband, it's my fault. I didn't mean for this to happen."
Zhou Fengzhi heard the sound of Yang Hong's robe tearing. She also wore an eighth-grade robe and knew its strength.
Even a ninth-grade flying sword could be resisted to some extent, so how could it be torn with a simple gesture?
The only explanation was her curse of being a jinx to husbands.
"Haha~ It's alright, I'm fine. Your so-called curse is ineffective against your husband." *cough cough*
Yang Hong chuckled, comforting Zhou Fengzhi and patting her back. Then he choked on his own saliva.
This was absurd. A cultivator at the seventh layer of Integration would still choke on saliva?
This was undoubtedly the curse taking effect.
"Husband, we..."
RUMBLE~~~~
After Zhou Fengzhi uttered "Husband," the sky suddenly crackled with thunder, and a golden lightning bolt struck directly at Yang Hong.
Although this lightning bolt didn't cause much harm to Yang Hong, it left him speechless and made him notice the dark, cloud-filled sky above!
The heavenly tribulation for Zhu Yuyan and the other five had begun without them even realizing it.
None of the six of them had noticed!
This was utterly preposterous!
"Ahem~"
As Zhou Fengzhi was about to say something else, Zhu Yuyan quickly covered her mouth. If she continued calling him "Husband," who knew what peculiar misfortune might occur.
Zhu Yuyan looked at Yang Hong somewhat helplessly and said, "Husband, this is the situation. We need to ascend first."
"It's fine, you ascend first. I'll open up my cultivation and will ascend soon too."
Yang Hong was equally helpless. He released the two dao companions from his embrace, flew into the air, and while enduring his own ascension tribulation and helping his five wives cross theirs, he said,
"Hold hands, visualize the Immortal Realm in your minds, and circulate the 'Great Five Elements True Scripture' with all your might. Absolutely do not use even a shred of Buddhist cultivation techniques or intent."
"Husband, don't worry, we've prepared for this.
But if we ascend first, how will Husband find us in the future?"
Zhu Yuyan shouted loudly amidst the rumbling thunder, but her voice might not carry far; the tribulation lightning in the sky had already formed a continuous stream.
"Don't worry, Yuyan, Wanwan, Yuzhi, the three of you have been cultivating with me for a long time. We share each other's magical energy signatures, so as long as we are within a certain range, we can find each other."
"That's good to hear."
Hearing Yang Hong's words, the five felt somewhat relieved, but Yang Hong was not. He continued to instruct them,
"After you ascend, if you have the capability, establish a force. Do not use the name 'Clear Wind' anymore. Use 'Shadow Phoenix.'
If I ascend and cannot find you within a short period, I will also establish a new force and will name it 'Hidden Dragon.'"
"We remember."
"Also, once you reach the Immortal Realm, be low-key, lie low, and..."
Continuously struck by the ascension tribulation lightning, Yang Hong's expression remained unchanged as he imparted the 'spirit of caution' to Zhu Yuyan and the other five. On the ground, Zhu Yuyan and the others nodded incessantly, diligently listening to their husband's final instructions.
In just one hour, the eighty-one bolts of golden tribulation lightning had struck. A white beam of light shot down from the void, pushing Yang Hong far away and enveloping Zhu Yuyan and the other five.
"Husband, we'll wait for you in the Immortal Realm!
Always waiting for you!"
"Alright! I'll come find you soon."
Watching his five dao companions ascend, tears streaming down their faces, Yang Hong couldn't help but shed tears himself.
Although all six firmly believed they would reunite in the Immortal Realm, none of them knew when.
After all, there were too many uncertainties on the path of cultivation!