Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The layout of Dongli City resembled a massive bird with outstretched wings. The bird's head was the defensive city wall, its body the residential area, and its two wings were, on one side, the royal city, and on the other, a grand estate.

In the Qian Yuan Continent, the right side was considered superior, but strangely, the royal city was not located on the right wing, but on the slightly less important left wing, and its size was also significantly smaller than the estate on the right wing.

This was somewhat puzzling.

However, the people living in Dongli City seemed to be used to it, because the residents of the right wing were no ordinary people, but the only immortal cultivation family in Dongli City... the Ling family!

It was said that the Ling family existed since the very beginning of Dongli City's creation and had witnessed the prosperity and change of several dynasties. Throughout these cycles, the Ling family's position had not weakened but had become even more powerful.

It was even rumored that the current royal family had ascended to the throne with the support of the Ling family.

Therefore, the people of Dongli City knew that there was only one master of Dongli City, and that was the Ling family.

However, the Ling family was focused on immortal cultivation and rarely interfered with worldly affairs. Their residence was protected by a circular river, making it difficult for ordinary people to approach.

Therefore, for thousands of years, the people of Dongli City had become increasingly respectful of the Ling family. Every New Year, the King of Dongli City would personally lead his court officials to pay their respects to the Ling family. This had almost become a tradition.

However, rumors had it that the current King of Dongli had offended the Ling family, causing them to become disgusted and plan to depose him and choose someone else as king. They had refused his visits for two consecutive years, which made the current King of Dongli very anxious, his body weakened, and he lived in constant unease.

Of course, these were all digressions. At this moment, led by Wen Ying, the group flew straight towards the Ling family's direction.

Just as they arrived above the Ling family's estate, a semi-circular, giant cyan light罩 appeared, blocking their path.

Seeing this, Chen Tian stopped, his right hand supporting his chin, as if observing something.

"Senior, this is the Ling family's protective formation, blessed by generations of Ling family heads. It is said that even cultivators in the Transformation Spring Realm find it difficult to break through. Please wait a moment, Senior, while I inform my family and have them withdraw the formation, then welcome your arrival with the most grand ceremony."

After these few days of interaction, coupled with Wen Ying's persuasion, Ling Zizhe had become much more well-behaved in front of Chen Tian. At this moment, he respectfully explained to Chen Tian, then was about to take out the family seal to notify his family of his return.

"It's just a small illusion formation, no need for such trouble. Watch me open it!"

However, just at that moment, Chen Tian spoke up and stopped Ling Zizhe. Immediately, his figure fluttered and flew to the top of the giant illusion formation.

"Senior, this illusion formation has been reinforced by generations of our Ling family's immortal cultivators, making it indestructible. If there is no family head's command token, it is impossible to open it. Are you really sure you can do it?"

The reason why Ling Zizhe was able to join his current sect was because his sect had taken a fancy to the Ling family's protective illusion formation and used it as a condition to exchange for the right to study this illusion formation.

This matter was even regarded as one of the Ling family's honors.

Therefore, seeing Chen Tian planning to forcefully break through this protective illusion formation, Ling Zizhe tried to dissuade him.

However, in Ling Zizhe's heart, he was quite looking forward to Chen Tian's attempt. He had great confidence in his family's protective illusion formation, thinking that Chen Tian would definitely not be able to break through, and in this way, he would be able to see Chen Tian embarrassed. This would also sweep away the resentment in his heart these past few days.

However, Ling Zizhe was also afraid of Chen Tian's strength, so after thinking for a while, he still decided to remind Chen Tian.

Hearing Ling Zizhe's words, Chen Tian smiled slightly and said, "That's interesting, then I must try it even more."

After saying that, Chen Tian's expression became serious, staring intently at this protective illusion formation, his eyes flickering, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing Chen Tian's willful appearance, Ling Zizhe was secretly overjoyed in his heart, coldly thinking, "This is what you asked for. Let me show you how powerful our Ling family's protective illusion formation is. You want to break it so easily? You're simply daydreaming!"

Seeing Ling Zizhe's treacherous smile, Wen Ying naturally knew what he was thinking in his heart.

However, Wen Ying did not speak, but quietly watched all this. After all, she had already regarded Ling Zizhe as her husband in her heart, and she also knew that he had suffered a lot of anger from Chen Tian these past few days, so this time, she would let Ling Zizhe make a fool of himself.

However, even so, there was still some anxiety in Wen Ying's heart. She was wondering, if Chen Tian couldn't break this protective illusion formation, would he become angry out of humiliation and take it out on them?

Although after these few days of observation, Wen Ying felt that Chen Tian was not such a petty person, there was always a chance of something unexpected happening, and she could not rule out this possibility.

In addition, Wen Ying and Ling Zizhe had taken the 'Soul Transformation Pill' given by Chen Tian, and their lives were no longer in their hands, so they were even more worried.

At this moment, Wen Ying stared intently at Chen Tian in the distance, her expression very complicated. She was no longer sure whether she should support Chen Tian in breaking this protective illusion formation.

With their own different thoughts, Wen Ying and Ling Zizhe both turned their attention to Chen Tian in the distance, wanting to see what he would do next.

What was strange was that Chen Tian was just standing still, looking at the huge protective illusion formation beneath his feet, his eyes flickering rapidly, as if he was performing a very, very complex and huge calculation.

However, this state did not last long. In less than ten breaths, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Chen Tian's mouth. Immediately, he raised his right foot and seemingly casually stepped on a certain point on the huge cyan light罩 below!

"Buzz..."

Like a pebble falling into a calm lake, ripples of water纹涟漪 spread out from where Chen Tian's foot landed, spreading out in all directions.

This movement was very gentle at first, but as time passed, it gradually became violent, like a roaring flood, with one huge wave after another crashing across the entire Ling family's sky.

"No... impossible... how could this be..."

Seeing this scene, Ling Zizhe's two eyeballs almost fell out, as if he had seen something incredibly shocking.

Wen Ying's expression also changed drastically in an instant, looking at all this in disbelief. She vaguely felt that Chen Tian was many times more powerful than she had imagined!