Ascension Is Forbidden in This World

Everyone in the Cangwu Realm knows that after cultivating for ten thousand years, one can pass through the heavenly tribulation, ascend beyond the realm, and live forever. Shen Zhaochuan believed it too. Until his master, Gu Wuya, passed through the tribulation in full view of the crowd, stepped through the Heavenly Gate, and was celebrated by the entire sect. Half a year later, Shen Zhaochuan unearthed a corpse in the back hills of Wuya Peak. Its right hand was missing a finger. The old wounds on its body were identical to his master's, and traces of the ninth level of the Supreme Clarity Profound Origin Scripture still lingered on it. It was Gu Wuya's corpse. But the dead cannot ascend. Shen Zhaochuan began to investigate the ascension records buried in dust. Gradually, he discovered that many people had successfully ascended over tens of thousands of years. But not a single person had ever returned from the Immortal Realm. Then one day, the Heavenly Gate opened again. Gu Wuya, who had been "dead" for half a year, came down from the heavens. He looked at Shen Zhaochuan and asked softly: "Zhaochuan, have you seen my corpse?" At that moment, Shen Zhaochuan finally realized: Perhaps, from the very beginning, they had never been cultivating immortality. And that Heavenly Gate had never been meant to let anyone out.