Chapter 773: Charge into the Eighth Layer of Heaven!

hao Guang smiled with relief, agreeing that Hao Ren was right. Turning to Chancellor Xia, he said, "Take A-ren back for me. I’ll stay here a few more days; my third brother’s heavenly tribulation will...Chapter 773 - Rush to the Eighth Layer of Heaven!

The woman in white is the Heavenly Dragon female cultivator whom Hao Ren had seen twice before.

The first time was at the Seventh Layer of Heaven when he was attacked by a group of Cultivators at the Condensation Realm, and this Heavenly Dragon female cultivator helped him out. The other occasion was when Su Han and Zhao Kuo were battling in the Dragon God Temple, and this Heavenly Dragon female cultivator briefly appeared among the crowd.

Now she suddenly reappeared, and even more surprisingly, it was within Su Han's hospital room... Hao Ren and Bai Ze, who were standing inside the room, both looked at her.

But she seemed to not notice them, quietly sitting beside Su Han's bed and calmly gazing at him.

"Let's go," Bai Ze noticed Hao Ren still standing there and gently reminded him.

Bai Ze was almost omniscient about matters concerning Heaven and Earth. Who Su Han's parents were wasn't a secret to her either.

Hao Ren saw that the cold Heavenly Dragon female cultivator didn't seem inclined to speak, so he followed Bai Ze out of the room. Regardless, someone would be watching over Su Han now.

Bai Ze walked down the corridor and went into her office to rest.

Hao Ren returned to his grandmother's hospital room and saw that she, Zhao Yanzi, and Xie Yujia were still sleeping soundly. Zhao Yanzi had her head resting on Xie Yujia’s arm, curled up in the blankets as if hugging her own sister.

Xie Yujia was embracing Zhao Yanzi, with her hand still placed on Zhao Yanzi's shoulder; it seemed that before falling asleep, she gently patted Zhao Yanzi to help her fall asleep.

Hao Ren walked over and softly touched Xie Yujia’s strands of hair in front of her forehead. He then lightly tapped Zhao Yanzi's delicate nose, and finally lay down on the sofa inside the room before activating the Splitting Sword Shadow Technique.

Earth Rank.

After refining the black crystal, he had already reached Earth Rank.

However, the numerous subsequent events left him running from place to place without any opportunity to engage in combat with other Cultivators.

Now both his grandmother and Su Han were lying in bed, and their conditions couldn't be treated by modern medicine. Even the sixth-grade elixirs that Xie Yujia had concocted or even the divine pills from the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace could not eliminate the demonic energy in their bodies.

Summer Chancellor's eruption of Heavenly Dragon power meant that the demonic energy hadn't yet posed a lethal threat to him, although it prevented him from cultivating and left him merely as an ordinary person by chance.

But for someone like Su Han, even becoming an ordinary person was nothing more than a wishful dream.

The sky gradually began to turn dawn, and Yue Yang and Hao Zhonghua rushed into the room in a hurry.

Seeing that his grandmother was still asleep, they immediately lowered their voices. Upon spotting another patient bed inside the room where Zhao Yanzi and Xie Yujia were sleeping, they were somewhat surprised.

Before long, Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu also arrived at the hospital in a car. Accompanying them was "Zhao Baibai" dressed in a small white rabbit costume.

"Grandma..." Zhao Baibai called out sweetly, pressing her smooth cheeks against Grandma's palm.

Grandma opened her eyes and saw Zhao Baibai. She happily stroked the soft and bouncy face of hers that was as jelly-like as fruit jelly.

She casually called out "Little White", only to suddenly realize that it was the same name as their family's pet dog. However, she did not dwell on this thought for long.

Zhao Baibai happily shook her head, and her eyes curved into two little crescent moons. She felt very proud because she finally had a formal name of her own, while "Little White" became her nickname instead.

With the ability to transform into human form, her range of activities had expanded. For example, this morning Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu had taken her to an eatery chain where she ate several steamed buns, pan-fried dumplings, and potstickers with ease...

"Dad... Mom..." Zhao Yanzi rubbed her eyes as she slowly crawled out of the bed.

Xie Yujia suddenly noticed that there were already so many adults in the ward. She quickly got up from under her blanket, greeted them one by one and then took a hot water bottle to get some hot water for Grandma.

"These two kids... really are well-behaved." Yue Yang looked at them as he softly said this to Hao Zhonghua.

Now, there was nothing more that Yue Yang could say about Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi. They were both very good, but it depended on what Hao Ren's choice would be.

The two of them did not know that regarding this matter, Zhao Yanzi and Xie Yujia had come to an agreement, which allowed them to get along so harmoniously.

Hao Ren accompanied Xie Yujia to fetch hot water, taking the opportunity to peek into Su Han's ward next door through the glass window in the door.

Through the glass pane, Hao Ren saw that Su Han was still fast asleep while the white-robed female cultivator stood motionless beside her.

Xie Yujia did not know that she had just passed by Su Han's ward on her way to fetch hot water. And Hao Ren made no intention of telling Xie Yujia this fact.

At present, only by obtaining the elixir of immortality from Xi Wangmu could Grandma and Su Han be saved.

As noon approached, more and more people came to visit Grandma.

The news that Hao Zhonghua's mother was hospitalized somehow spread out. Colleagues at his research institute, Yue Yang’s friends in the tech circle in Donghai City, as well as leaders from Donghai City and even provincial leaders specially came over to the hospital to see Hao Zhonghua’s mother.

The news even alarmed the leaders in Jingdu who called long-distance to arrange a private jet for Grandma to be transferred to a hospital in Jingdu for treatment.

Hao Zhonghua could not help it and had to politely decline all the concern from these leaders. He set up a desk at the entrance of the ward, instructing subordinates to record the names and gifts of visitors so that he could reciprocate their kindness later when everything was settled.

"Zhonghua, Zhonghua..."

Mayor Wu rushed over with several secretaries in tow.

A few officials from several provinces were still talking with Hao Zhonghua at the hospital entrance. When they saw Mayor Wu running over, they nodded as a greeting.

Mayor Wu greeted these officials and then hastily pulled Hao Zhonghua away from them. Lowering his voice, he said, "There's an unusual ocean current situation along the coast. You and Yue Yang need to take a look."

Hao Zhonghua saw Mayor Wu coming over initially thinking that Mayor Wu was visiting Grandma in his capacity as an official today; however, seeing Mayor Wu’s tense expression, he realized something major must have happened.

"The helicopter is parked on the rooftop of Holiday Hotel. We need to leave quickly and return soon," said Mayor Wu.

"Alright, let's go take a look..." Hao Zhonghua entered the ward, whispered a few words with Yue Yang, and then led him out.

Zhao Yanzǐ had already been taken to school by Zhao Hongyu. Apart from Yue Yang in the hospital looking after Grandma, there were also Hao Ren and Xie Yujia.

Seeing Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang hurriedly leave the ward, they both felt something was amiss and followed them out of the room.

Outside the corridor, Hao Zhonghua briefly spoke with the on-duty nurse and officials before hastily following Mayor Wu down the stairs.

Hao Ren communicated telepathically with Little White inside the ward to take care of Grandma and then pulled Xie Yujia along towards the stairs.

With Bāizé present in the hospital and a Heavenly Dragon cultivator staying in an adjacent ward, they should be alright.

Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang got into Mayor Wu’s car and headed toward Holiday Hotel.

Xie Yujia and Hao Ren looked at each other and went to a corner where they erected an energy barrier before flying after them. Since Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang were accompanying their grandmother, they had already canceled work arrangements; now that they suddenly left the hospital, something must have come up.

On Holiday Hotel’s rooftop platform was a police helicopter, into which Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang entered with Mayor Wu before flying in the direction of the East Sea.

Hao Ren and Xie Yujia's speed wouldn’t lag behind that of the helicopter; they quickly flew to an elevation above it.

From a distance, they saw... dozens of kilometers off the coast, there was a massive whirlpool forming!

In the center of this vortex were wisps of black gas emerging!

Demonic energy… Hao Ren immediately recognized what was surging from the depths!

Over the sea, five or six helicopters were hovering and surveying the scene. But due to the powerful suction force of the whirlpool, these helicopters didn’t dare get too close to the water’s surface.

All vessels near Donghai City's port and coast had been prohibited from passing through in face of this sudden appearance of a whirlpool; they also couldn't deploy regular deep-sea exploration instruments.

"This is… The location of Dragon Palace of the East Sea," said Xie Yujia, eyes wide open, as she spoke to Hao Ren.

Hao Ren nodded, finally understanding why Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang didn’t return to the hospital after sending Zhao Yanzi to school.

The black mist emanated from beneath the East Sea Dragon Palace in the deep sea!

"I’ll go take a look!" Hao Ren stepped on his air sword and slightly lowered his head.

"No!" Xie Yujia quickly hugged Hao Ren with both hands.

This whirlpool wasn’t just dangerous for ordinary people to approach; even cultivators couldn't casually get close!

Ordinary people couldn’t approach because the speed of the whirlpool was too fast, sucking in anything that came near; and cultivators couldn’t approach due to the dark aura emanating from within. Even with a barrier, there was no guarantee it wouldn’t corrode the barrier.

If one were to be penetrated by dark energy into their meridians, even miraculous medicines would be unable to save them!

Seeing the scale of the whirlpool, Hao Ren guessed that at least half of the East Sea Dragon Palace beneath the deep sea had been destroyed. He hoped all the cultivators and soldiers within the palace had already evacuated.

Hao Ran’s grandmother and Su Han were still in their hospital beds. With dark energy seeping out from the East Sea Dragon Palace, Hao Ren gritted his teeth, knowing there was only one path he could take before Yazi came to clean up the mess.

"Let's go to the eighth layer of heaven!" Hao Ren grabbed Xie Yujia’s wrist and shot upwards into higher skies.

Xie Yujia nodded, feeling a bit anxious about seeing her mother-in-law again.

Boom!

Hao Ren broke through the barrier of the fifth layer of heaven; before the cultivators in that layer even reacted, he immediately penetrated the barrier of the sixth layer of heaven.

The boundary between the sixth and seventh layers was a more solid barrier. As Hao Ren flew with Xie Yujia, he suddenly transformed into his white dragon form!

Xie Yujia was lifted by Hao Ren and sat perfectly on his dragon back.

Clang... Hao Ren broke through the barriers of both the sixth and seventh layers. Before the cultivators in their soul formation stage on the seventh layer could react, he gathered all his strength and burst through to the eighth layer!

A few spirit embryo-stage cultivators patrolling in the eighth layer saw a beautiful cultivator with long hair sitting atop a dragon’s back charging into the mist of the eighth layer.

A cultivator riding on a dragon!

(To be continued).Hao Ren treated him with utmost respect and had a bit of hope in his heart: After he worked so hard to deliver this message here, wouldn’t the Lord of Penglai Mountain at least show some appreciation...