Chapter 566: Great Perfection of the Grand Ascension Stage
In a mysterious space, dozens of top experts gathered together. Even though they were only projections, they still exuded an intimidating presence.
Everyone was using communication talismans to discuss important matters.
Bai Hongtu sat in the center, hands crossed, scanning the crowd as he slowly spoke: “I declare the eleventh session of the second Jiang Li Offensive Conference officially open.”
“Please verify the identities of the cultivators beside you, and confirm that Jiang Li hasn’t infiltrated us.”
Bai Hongtu was a cautious person. During the first Jiang Li Offensive Conference, the cunning Jiang Li had taken advantage of his carelessness and secretly slipped in. Such a thing absolutely could not happen a second time.
Discordant sounds of men and women playing together came through.
“Emperor of Mengjiang, Wei Emperor, you two shouldn’t always bring Joyous Sect disciples to high-level meetings!”
The Emperor of Mengjiang and Wei Emperor quickly put on their clothes and emerged from the same room, leaving a Joyous Sect disciple inside.
Bai Hongtu paid no attention to this minor interruption and continued presiding over the meeting: “Now let’s invite the imperial representative, Zhou Emperor Ji Zhi, to speak.”
Ji Zhi lay lazily, listless: “What is there to say? Great Zhou has no methods for defeating Jiang Li. You should find someone more capable, old sir.”
“Ji Zhi, please mind your attitude. This is a very serious conference, you should treat it seriously.”
“Oh.”
Ji Zhi sat up straight and said seriously: “What is there to say? Great Zhou has no methods for defeating the current Jiang Li. You should find someone more capable, old sir.”
Bai Hongtu turned to Yu Yin.
Yu Yin said: “I’m working hard on my cultivation to reach the Mahayana Stage as soon as possible.”
Bai Hongtu expressed high praise for Yu Yin: “Good, although Yu Yin’s method is quite clumsy, this attitude of not fearing hardship is worth everyone learning from.”
Yu Yin narrowed her eyes slightly, looking coldly at Bai Hongtu.
The Sui Emperor said: “I saw a method in otherworldly comics for the weak defeating the strong – gathering the vital energy of the Nine Provinces’ people to form an energy sphere that can defeat any enemy.”
“Dear Sui Emperor, before mentioning this method, please think about where the previous Human Sovereign’s power came from.”
“Are there any others who’ve thought of ways to deal with Jiang Li… Baize Emperor, what’s written on that banner hanging behind you?” Baixue Ling and Baixue Lin were eating grapes while attending the meeting, with a banner hanging behind them.
The banner read: Second Jiang Li (Statue) Offensive Conference Eleventh Session.
Baixue Ling turned to look at the banner and retorted: “What’s the problem? Can we break Human Sovereign Jiang’s statue now?”
“After three days apart, you should view me with new respect. What’s so difficult about breaking a mere Jiang Li statue?”
Bai Hongtu sneered, throwing out a broken statue that caused exclamations from everyone.
That was clearly Jiang Li’s statue!
The Sword Sovereign who had been sharpening his sword, Li Er who had been looking at demon beast transformation photo collections, Yu Yin who had been contemplating how to break through to Mahayana Stage, and the Old Dragon King who had been considering what to eat tonight – all became alert.
Bai Hongtu had actually broken the theoretically indestructible Human Sovereign Jiang’s statue without anyone knowing!
This was practically earth-shattering.
As cultivators returned from otherworld explorations, the higher-ups all learned how incredibly hard Jiang Li’s statues were – even Celestial Immortals couldn’t break them.
This directly rewrote materials science.
Holy Maiden Jingxin frowned slightly and raised a question: “Why do I feel this statue doesn’t look like Jiang Li?”
Bai Hongtu felt Holy Maiden Jingxin’s words were biased. He reassembled the statue: “What are you talking about? This statue clearly has seventy percent resemblance to Jiang Li.”
“Huh?”
Bai Hongtu explained: “I discovered that the further a statue deviates from Jiang Li’s true appearance, the lower its durability becomes.”
“Now I’ve successfully broken a statue with seventy percent resemblance to Jiang Li. The next steps are eighty percent, ninety percent, one hundred percent – defeating Jiang Li is just around the corner!”
Confucian Sect Master Dong Zhongren said: “I think you might have some misunderstanding about the phrase ‘just around the corner,’ Bai Hongtu.”
Everyone immediately returned to their listless state.
Bai Hongtu stood up and appealed to everyone: “Fellow comrades, since Jiang Li went to other worlds, we’ve been holding small meetings every three days and large conferences every five days, all to pool everyone’s knowledge and devise methods to deal with Jiang Li, but with minimal results.”
“Now that Jiang Li has returned to the Nine Provinces, he almost caught me under the hawthorn tree. Fortunately, I was clever enough not only to think of a way to avoid Jiang Li investigating this matter but also to make him owe me ten thousand top-grade Spirit Stones!”
“Opportunities for meetings like this are becoming fewer. We should cherish every conference.”
Hearing that meeting frequency would decrease, everyone perked up.
“Can it be that so many of us can’t think of any way to deal with Jiang Li?”
Baixue Ling interjected: “You really can’t blame us for not thinking of methods. I remember the Old Human Sovereign once said that the world’s wisdom totals eight dou, with you and Jiang Li sharing one dan, while the world’s cultivators owe two dou.”
Bai Hongtu waved his hand: “You can’t completely believe the Old Human Sovereign’s words.”
Ji Zhi added: “So we can’t believe any of Bai Hongtu’s words?”
Wuzhi hesitated before saying: “Fellow Bai, it’s really not that we don’t want to think of methods, but Fellow Jiang is truly outrageously powerful. Any strategy is useless against absolute power.”
As Wuzhi gained more of the Dao Ancestor’s knowledge, he increasingly realized how terrifying and rule-breaking Jiang Li’s existence was.
“Buddha Lord, you shouldn’t think of it that way.”
Bai Hongtu patiently guided: “Think about it – Jiang Li is only at Mahayana Stage, with no room for improvement, right?”
“Also, after experiencing fifteen ascension tribulations, there’s been no movement, correct?”
“This means his power has reached its limit.”
“Jiang Li remains stagnant while we advance courageously. Which is superior is self-evident – ultimate victory will definitely belong to us!”
Bai Hongtu analyzed seriously: “Currently, Jiang Li’s realm should be at the Great Perfection of Mahayana Stage – he’s reached his limit.”
Just as Bai Hongtu was about to say more, Jiang Li connected to the mysterious space using a communication talisman.
“Jingxin, I wanted to tell you something. Hmm, so many people are here?”
“That works perfectly – I can tell all of you at once instead of notifying everyone individually.”
“I’m about to undergo my sixteenth ascension tribulation. Those who want to watch can come early to Mount Thundercloud to secure spots.”
Jiang Li hung up the communication talisman, leaving the mysterious space deathly silent.
“Sect Master Bai, is this what you called the Great Perfection of Mahayana Stage?”
Bai Hongtu remained perfectly calm: “Everyone, don’t panic. This is all within my expectations. Jiang Li has simply cultivated to the Second Great Perfection of Mahayana Stage.”
“…”
Everyone scattered in a rush, all heading to Mount Thundercloud to grab spots.
Only Ji Zhi wasn’t in a hurry, coming over to mock Bai Hongtu.
“Why bother defeating the current Jiang Li? Wait until I reach Tribulation Transcendence Stage and travel through the River of Time to defeat the past Jiang Li.”
“Why aren’t you going to Mount Thundercloud to secure a spot?”
Ji Zhi showed his surroundings – it was exactly Mount Thundercloud.
He had already seen Jiang Li’s notification and occupied the spot with the best view.
“Learn more about the Dao of Time – it’s very useful.”
“Get lost.”