Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan! Chapter 522 Breaking Through to Golden Immortal?

As Chong Sheng fled, the Falling Star Empire poured every effort into pursuing him relentlessly.

"Pursue them!"

Sun Yaoqing's command rang out sharply, her form slicing through the skies like a beam of light.

Whoosh!

Dozens of guards trailed after her, their auras blazing as they unleashed maximum velocity.

Yet despite their utmost speed, they lagged far behind.

The spatial ripples from Bai Zihan and Chong Sheng's passage dissipated in mere instants.

One instant, space wavered; the next—utterly vanished!

Sun Yaoqing's eyebrows knitted tightly.

"Where have they vanished to?"

A guard behind her gasped out the words.

"Your Highness... their velocity... we cannot follow their trail whatsoever."

Another chimed in,

"They keep leaping through the void. No way to pinpoint their location."

Furthermore, tracing the Qi residue led to a Teleportation Formation, sealing off any chance to locate Chong Sheng.

No method remained to track the pair who had seemingly evaporated into thin air.

Several more moments ticked by.

Sun Yaoqing gradually halted.

The guards trailing her also braked to a stop.

Silence hung heavy.

Sigh!

"They're gone. Pressing on would just squander our time."

She let out a slow breath.

"Let's head back."

Reluctance tinged her voice.

"But remain vigilant."

Her gaze chilled a fraction.

The guards bowed their heads together.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

***

Sun Yaoqing figured Bai Zihan would head back to Quan Clan lands regardless of success or failure.

With their trail lost, waiting was their sole option.

Time dragged on languidly.

The heavens stayed serene until abruptly—

Rumble...

A profound, thunderous roar reverberated through the firmament.

Sun Yaoqing's eyes shot skyward.

The guards mirrored her swift reaction.

"What's that?!"

Darkness swallowed the sky.

Heavy clouds amassed at breakneck speed.

Lightning danced within, crackling with fearsome might.

Rumble!!

The atmosphere quivered.

An oppressive force bore down.

Sun Yaoqing's pupils contracted sharply.

"...Heavenly Tribulation?"

Shock laced her tone clearly.

"Someone's attempting a breakthrough!"

"Into the Immortal Realm!"

"I never imagined witnessing this today!"

Those words dropped, and faces transformed instantly.

Immortal Realm!

The divide between mere mortals and supreme powerhouses.

In the vast Falling Star Empire, scarce few dared even challenge such a crossing.

Sun Yaoqing's expression turned grave.

"Who might it be?"

"Perhaps Elder Huang from the Imperial Court? He's lingered at Peak Great Ascension for decades!"

"Or Sect Master Luo of the First Strike Spear Sect—rumors say he's gearing up for ascension!"

"Could it be the Wang Clan's Old Ancestor? He hasn't shown himself in ages..."

Guesses flew fast and furious.

Name upon name arose.

All Peak Great Ascension titans.

Figures teetering on the Immortal Realm's brink.

Rumble!!!

Lightning ripped the heavens apart.

The pressure mounted fiercely.

Sun Yaoqing sensed her own breath quicken faintly.

Whoever it was, a new Immortal powerhouse would bolster the Falling Star Empire immensely.

Sun Yaoqing held her ground.

So did the rest.

Overhead, roiling dark clouds formed a tempestuous ocean, thunder booming ceaselessly like the wrath of the gods stirring.

All eyes remained fixed upward.

Rumble-!

The inaugural heavenly lightning plunged down.

A searing lance of brilliance pierced the clouds, slamming into a distant point.

Boom!!!

Even from afar, the earth quaked subtly beneath them.

The second strike followed swiftly.

Rumble!!!

Crack-!!

Another furious bolt crashed, fiercer than its predecessor.

The very air warped under the onslaught.

Still within normal bounds.

A standard Immortal Ascension Tribulation.

Next came the third bolt.

BOOM!!!

This clash hit with amplified ferocity.

The pressure erupted like a surging flood.

"I wonder if that expert pulled it off?"

"Hope so. It'd strengthen our Empire greatly."

All assumed the Heavenly Tribulation had concluded.

Typically, that was the case.

Three strikes to assay body, soul, and base.

Endure them, and claim the Immortal Realm.

Clouds ought to scatter by now.

Pressure should lift.

But no.

The clouds seethed wilder instead.

Thunder roared fiercer.

Sun Yaoqing's brows creased gradually. "...This feels off."

The guards sensed the anomaly too.

"This... the Heavenly Tribulation lingers?"

"Why does more tribulation power amass?"

Suddenly—

Rumble...!!

A graver, more horrifying peal resounded.

The pressure doubled over.

Sun Yaoqing found her respiration growing labored.

Then—

Crack-!!!

The fourth bolt hurtled down.

A cataclysmic shaft of annihilation sundered the skies.

Vastly more dreadful than the prior trio.

Boom!!!

The ground heaved with savage force this round.

Thousands of miles distant, the shockwave registered plainly.

Hush fell.

Gazes locked on the firmament.

"...Four strikes?"

A guard whispered, incredulity thick in his tone.

"That... defies all reason."

Another shook his head deliberately.

"Immortal Ascension demands just three..." "So what explains this?"

Conjectures rippled outward.

"...Is it possible...?"

An elder guard uttered haltingly, voice quavering.

"No one's crossing to Immortal Ascension or Earth Immortal..."

"...but higher still?"

That remark iced the spines of all nearby.

"Beyond... Earth Immortal?"

A guard's eyes bulged.

"Golden Immortal, you mean?"

Stunned quiet!

Then, an uproar of denial.

"Impossible!"

"How could our empire harbor such a being?!"

"No... never beheld a tribulation like this..."

"Then account for the fourth bolt!"

Aerial pressure climbed relentlessly.

Clouds loomed boundless overhead.

As though the celestial vault denied the events unfolding beneath.

Sun Yaoqing's eyes flashed.

Composure eluded even her now.

(Could it truly be?)

A surge to Golden Immortal?

Her pulse raced faintly.

Should that hold, the world would shift utterly.

The guards erupted anew, blending awe and thrill.

"A Golden Immortal in our empire—we'd fear no foe!"

"Even Desolate Heaven Empire must bow to us!"

Their fervor swelled, voices igniting with passion.

For whoever emerged—

Tied to the Falling Star Empire—

It would hoist the realm to unprecedented heights.