Everything unfolded exactly as Wang Jixuan had calculated.
When he came to from a brief dizziness, Immortal Zhi Lan had already been cut in two by the Tianluo scattered immortals.
At the same time, Immortal Zhi Lan had taken on most of the second Heavenly Punishment for him; otherwise he wouldn't even have been able to wake up now.
Three layers of Heavenly Punishment stood before the Immortal Gate — how could one possibly step through?
It was also Wang Jixuan who realized: as long as he did not approach the Immortal Gate, he wouldn't be struck by the Heavenly Punishment.
That was strange.
Normally a Heavenly Punishment falls because the Heavenly Dao deems a being's killing karmic debt too great and no one can take them, so it wipes out that person's body and soul directly.
But today the Heavenly Punishment had become a barrier to Wang Jixuan's approach to the Immortal Gate, and each of the three punishments was stronger than the last — it was almost as if the heavens were saying plainly, "You shall not ascend."
A mortal body transforming into an immortal body required massive amounts of immortal spirit qi.