Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 520: Live Up to the Real Name
The gentle voice coming from behind Zhang Jincheng was like a spring breeze blowing away the winter gloom. The moment the voice sounded, the strange phenomena between heaven and earth were completely dispelled.

The tangled and torn colorful colored glass threads melted like spring snow and became invisible. But after becoming invisible, a faint light appeared again in the sky above Mingzhou. It was a sign that the colored glass light of the heavenly court was protecting Xinheng... The treasure of the immortal family that was once destroyed was reborn in an instant.

On the glazed light net, the terrible scar torn by the Golden Immortal's descent to the mortal world was smoothed out on both sides by invisible hands, leaving no trace.

The wind blowing outside the East City became cheerful again, as if cheering for the end of the nightmare and welcoming the arrival of a prosperous era.

However, apart from the noise of the wind, the entire land was completely silent. The 100,000-strong army outside the Eastern Capital, and even the tens of millions of people in the prosperous city, were all silent.

People maintained the same posture as when the gentle voice sounded, as if they were frozen in a certain slice of time.

Even Wang Luo, who was standing in front of the high platform, was no exception.

In mid-air, Shi Suying's arrogant golden light faded under the wind, and her figure became incomparably small. Looking up from the ground, the golden fairy of Miaofa, hundreds of meters high, was actually smaller than a grain of rice and almost unnoticeable.

He hung in the air in a daze, still maintaining the ferocious posture of tearing the glass silk with his arms, but the expression on his face no longer showed the slightest madness, but rather deep despair as if he had fallen into the dark earth.

After a long while, as if he had been granted special pardon, he was finally able to make a sound and groan in pain.

"My Lord... My Lord."

"Ah."

On the high platform, the gentle voice had a hint of teasing.

"You don't have to call me that. You are my senior, so you can call me Xiao Wang."

"Shi...don't dare."

"Haha, you dared to disobey my orders and go down to the mortal world without permission; you dared not obey the covenant and tried to get your hands on the Record of Deposed Immortals; and now you dare not call me Little King in front of me? Senior Shi Suying, when you broke through thirteen layers of heavenly tribulations and forcibly broke through the immortal gate to ascend to heaven, how heroic and magnanimous were you? Even those true immortals who have practiced for thousands of years were not taken seriously by you. And since I took over the Heavenly Court, although you respectfully called me Lord, you never added the word "Sir". Why, now that you have lived for a long time, you are timid? And your knees are weak?"

Shi Suying's face was gloomy and uncertain. There seemed to be shame and anger in his despair, but also luck... Finally, he said, "I didn't come to the lower world for the Record of Exiled Immortals. It was actually because of a strange phenomenon that happened in the lower world, which made me..."

"What vision?" The gentle voice suddenly became more playful. "The golden candles in the high palace set the floor of the heaven on fire. Did it disturb you?"

"That's right, the golden candle..."

"That golden candle was just a toy for mortals to entertain themselves from the beginning. No matter how big the fireworks were, how could it disturb the Heavenly Palace? Moreover, it was clearly lit after you tore through the Heavenly Gate and forced your way down to the mortal world. You are confusing cause and effect with your rhetoric. Do you really think that I, the Lord of Heaven, am incompetent and can be fooled at will?! From this perspective, Senior Shi Suying, you are just as courageous as you were back then!"

After hearing this, Shi Suying's only hope was gone. At the same time, he finally realized the truth.

"...I see, I see, you saw it all, you have been watching all along!"

"Ha." The gentle voice just smiled.

Shi Suying was trembling all over, and her face gradually turned red... The dignified Golden Immortal, in front of that gentle voice, seemed like a mortal.

"So, the Record of Exiled Immortals was also part of your plan. It was not lost because of the Zhen family's rebellion, but it was clearly taken away from heaven by you without permission!"

"Yes, when the Zhen family rebelled, it was undoubtedly a capital crime, but they were strongly protected by the elders of the Xi and Bai families, and sent the Lotus Fairy to speak in front of the fairies, as if the Zhen family was forced to rebel, and I, the Lord of Heaven, was the source of all evil... Then I have nothing to say. Since someone chooses to be unreasonable, I can only let everyone see how unreasonable games are played. The charge of losing the innate treasure, the Record of Deposed Immortals, cannot be washed away by ten Lotus Fairies. However, even at this point, the Xi and Bai families can actually protect Zhen Yin from death. I am convinced!"

Shi Suying felt even colder when she heard this: "You stole the innate treasure from the heaven and gave it to the immortal officials on duty as a replica. This was so absurd that no one could find it for hundreds of years. The treasure that could decide the life and death of immortals was always in the hands of a group of low-rank immortal officials."

The gentle voice smiled and said, "Yes, it was a simple trick, but it perfectly deceived the immortals in heaven. For hundreds of years, no one has ever doubted whether the imitation book could be the real thing... To be honest, your slowness has wasted a lot of my time."

Shi Suying couldn't help but tremble: "So, in these hundreds of years, you never accepted the exiled immortal, because..."

"Because I have been waiting for you idiots to be a little smarter and realize the obvious truth in time. Once someone realizes the truth, they will be greedy... After all, if they can get the innate treasure, they will be half the master of the heaven. Such a temptation is absolutely irresistible to some people."

Shi Suying's face was ashen at this time: "So, you have been waiting here for a long time, waiting for someone to take the initiative to come down to the world?"

A gentle voice responded, "Yes, it is about the innate treasure. Anyone who goes to the lower world without permission will do their best to conceal their tracks and cover up the situation. As long as I wait here in advance and catch the greedy fish, I can completely eliminate a disaster... However, I didn't expect that the person who took the bait was you, Senior Shi Suying. You used the Stone Fire to break through the mysterious gates continuously, and practiced all the way to the Golden Immortal Realm of Miaofa. Your strength is almost the same as mine. Is this Record of Exiled Immortals really that important to you?"

Shi Suying was silent for a moment, then she smiled grimly and said, "So what if we are equally strong? The Fire in the Stone has reached the 999th level, but it can't go any further, because the sky's limit is there. Under your rule, not only has the Heaven Court not been able to return to its former glory, but it has become even more cramped and small. Our immortal palaces and caves have been eaten away step by step by the inferior alliance, and their pace has not stopped, but has become even faster! If this continues, my Fire in the Stone will eventually turn back and combust, killing me!"

"Well, that makes sense. For people who are persistent and upward all their lives, limited development space is the most intolerable. Such a contradiction is indeed irreconcilable. So, Senior Shi Suying, I won't keep you any longer." As he spoke, the flawless jade-like hand gently pushed Zhang Jincheng away and took the Record of Exiled Immortals in his hand. A jade ink pen naturally appeared in his hand, and the tip of the pen was dipped in immortal ink that was as bright and dazzling as stardust.

In mid-air, Shi Suying's face turned as pale as paper.

Obviously, even if the strength of both sides is equal, in front of the innate treasure, even the Golden Immortal cannot escape death.

"You... can't kill me. The covenant strictly forbids the killing of Golden Immortals. Even if you are the Lord of Heaven, you must not violate the covenant, otherwise you will be retaliated against!"

The gentle voice smiled and said, "Yes, but there are also exceptions in the covenant. When one party violates the covenant first and kills others, the other party can defend themselves legitimately, and I am doing that now. You secretly went down to the mortal world and tried to get the Record of Exiled Immortals. Didn't you just want to find my name and write me off? Now I am just returning the favor."

Shi Suying tried her best to argue: "This is just your one-sided statement. When it comes to the life of a Golden Immortal, even the Lord of Heaven has no right to make a single decision!"

"In theory, it is true. Even the most heinous person must be handed over to the immortals for discussion. However, I still remember the result of handing over the most heinous person to the immortals for discussion last time, so I will not repeat the same mistake. In fact, think about this simple question: As the Lord of Heaven, even if I really don't follow the theory, what can you do? Will there be another Zhen family rebellion? Moreover, now that the immortal gate is closed, no third person knows about the affairs of the mortal world, and who can accuse me of judging life and death alone? Everything is just a legitimate defense in an emergency. Oh, Senior Shi Suying, I have indeed followed the rules in everything during the more than a thousand years since I was the Lord of Heaven, but now, you don't really think that I only know how to follow the rules, do you?"

While chatting and laughing, the Lord of Heaven had already picked up the jade ink pen and aimed at Shi Suying's name on the Record of Exiled Immortals.

At the same time, in midair, Shi Suying stared at the movement of the jade pen with wide eyes. Just before the ink touched the page, the pen suddenly stopped.

That gentle voice chuckled again and said, "Well, let's end this drama here."

Shi Suying was stunned for a long time before she said in disbelief: "You...you won't kill me?"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. What I meant is that I should put an end to this drama of making you mistakenly believe that I really treat you as Shi Suying."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shi Suying in mid-air seemed to freeze.

"Rather, you...you actually thought you played the role well, but you surprised me instead. Shi Suying is such a heroic man. Even if there is no way forward, he will only cut through the thorns with the fire in the stone and burn through the heaven. How can he pin his hopes on a book of exiled immortals? If you kill me and let someone else take charge of the heaven, will the situation get better? During my reign, I can at least lock the footsteps of Tian Zhiyou for a thousand years. If it were you, a bunch of insects, you would have been flattened by Lu Zhiyao and Chicheng Tianzun five hundred years ago. Although Shi Suying and I don't have a good relationship, she is definitely not as incompetent as you guys!"

At this point, the voice gradually lost its gentleness and became stern and sad.

"It's a pity that Senior Shi Suying is too arrogant. From the time he was a mortal to the time he ascended to heaven, he has almost always been alone. He didn't make many friends in the old heaven for thousands of years. When he came to the new heaven, the immortals were crowded and infighting continued. Instead, he made enemies with you, a bunch of insects. And he was indeed taken care of too well by the immortal ancestors in the old times. His cultivation was pure and spotless, and his mind was simpler than when he was a mortal. He had almost no resistance to conspiracies and tricks. As a result, he was a dignified golden immortal with almost the same strength as me, but you, a bunch of immortal ghosts, took advantage of his weaknesses and stole his immortal body!"

"..." At this time, Shi Suying's expression was already subtle, as if she was smiling but not smiling, "You, knew it earlier?"

"Yes, I knew what you were going to do five hundred years ago when you accused Shi Suying of being a traitor to the immortals on the pretext that the descendants of the Shi family held high positions in the Immortal Alliance. When the old Heavenly Palace fell, several old creatures whose immortal bodies collapsed but luckily survived finally could no longer survive after lingering for hundreds of years and had to steal the immortal bodies of others. And Shi Suying was the victim you chose."

"Haha." Shi Suying laughed dryly and viciously, "Since you knew this long ago, you still sat back and watched us seduce his immortal soul and refine his body... How are your thoughts and methods better than ours?"

"Alas, I have to face this question. I guess if I don't answer well and lose my confidence, you will be able to break free and escape back to the private residence of the Heavenly Palace, right? Master Zhen, I have been fascinated by your family's lotus technique for a long time."

After the word "Mr. Zhen" came out, Shi Suying's expression suddenly became ferocious.

"Then answer me! If you can't answer..."

"There is nothing that I can't answer. I discussed all this with Senior Shi Suying five hundred years ago. He is simple-minded and can't see the malice of others, but I am not stupid. How could I not remind him? He and I have a bad relationship, but our personalities are not compatible. In other words, he has a bad relationship with everyone, but we have no conflict of interest. On the contrary, your Zhen family and Xi family have always coveted the throne. Compared with you, any neutral immortal is my natural ally. However, even I didn't expect that after I told Senior Shi Suying the truth, his reaction was far more intense than I expected. He said that your Zhen and Xi families, with only the true immortal family and the elders of the heavenly court, "The name of the world is unknown, but it is inhabited by several dead bones and decaying souls in the tombs. It is the biggest disaster for the Heavenly Court and even the Nine Provinces. If it is not eradicated soon, the entire Heavenly Court and even the Nine Provinces will be corrupted by you. Therefore, he is willing to cooperate with me and set up a killing situation. He will spend more than 300 years to refine himself into an unparalleled immortal body that no dead soul can resist. And that immortal body will become the best cage to trap dead souls. Now, your performance proves that Senior Shi Suying's prediction is correct... Although he is simple-minded and not good at socializing, it is also surprising when a simple person takes it seriously, isn't it?"

After a few more chuckles, a gentle voice asked the final question.

"So, Mr. Zhen, do you have anything else to add to my answer?"

In mid-air, "Shi Suying" was trembling all over, and wisps of green smoke rushed out of the pores of her body.

"Oh, don't run away. Since I have come down to the mortal world in person and shown myself before the people, I will not leave a single person alive. I just wasted my time talking to you in order to judge your identity from your tone of voice. Now, I know exactly how many dead souls are squeezed into Senior Shi Suying's immortal body. When you choose to inhabit Senior Shi Suying's immortal body, you have inherited the name of Shi Suying together. Next, please disappear together with the name of a hero."

As soon as he finished speaking, the jade ink pen finally drew a brilliant stardust trajectory on the three words "Shi Suying".

boom!
In the air, a brilliant firework bloomed, as if a night sky suddenly blossomed in the daytime. And in the deep night, the wails of the True Immortals before their death could be heard faintly.

"Wang Luo!!"

(End of this chapter)