Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 216 Crimson-Power Immortal King
The gates to the celestial realm were not closed; the three gatekeepers merely used their celestial power to create a barrier.

The gate to the Immortal Realm was closed by the Eastern Immortal Lord, as the Immortal Kings feared that more allies would ascend from the Heavenly Fortune Continent.

The gate to the Immortal Realm opened because of the Eastern Immortal Lord; the Immortal Kings wanted to find a way to deal with him on the Heavenly Fortune Continent.

Once the Eastern Immortal Lord establishes a powerful force in the Immortal Realm, he will overpower all the Immortal Kings and become the Immortal Emperor!

Therefore, the Celestial Kings ordered the gatekeepers to find and capture the successor of the Eastern Celestial Lord as quickly as possible!
Therefore, when the Immortal Gate opened, the three gatekeepers quickly locked onto Zi Dong, but even with their combined strength, they were unable to capture him.

Without the orders of the Celestial Kings, they dared not close the Celestial Gate, and could only seal it with a barrier.

Once Zi Dong rushes into the Immortal Sect, those three will not only be guilty of dereliction of duty, but will also be doomed to die!
Zi Dong didn't rush into the Immortal Realm himself, but instead assisted six cultivators in ascending to immortality, much to the delight of the three gatekeepers!

They couldn't defeat Zi Dong, but capturing a few cultivators who could summon righteous energy would still be a great achievement.

Even if a newly ascended immortal cultivator can summon righteous energy, how could he possibly be a match for these veteran immortals?
The three celestial gatekeepers immediately removed the barrier, waiting for the Palace Master of Wuwei and the others to ascend so they could capture them in one fell swoop!
Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that Zi Dong had already spread righteous energy both inside and outside the Immortal Sect, making it easy to defeat the three of them.

The six members of the Wuwei Palace were both excited and worried about being able to ascend to the Immortal Realm, but they still flew into the gate of the Immortal Realm without hesitation!
Having cultivated for hundreds of years, they still possessed this much courage. The Immortal Realm was their greatest dream, and they were willing to die to see it.

The six members of the Wuwei Palace only paused briefly at the gate of the Immortal Realm before resolutely flying in, which surprised the three gatekeepers.

In their memory, ascension is beyond their control, so how could they possibly stay?

"Attack!" the purple-robed elder shouted, his body flashing with golden light as he charged straight at the six members of the Wuwei Palace Master's group.

Before the old man in yellow robes and the old man in black robes could follow, the six people, including the Palace Master of Wuwei, suddenly accelerated and flew rapidly towards the eastern part of the Immortal Realm.

The three gatekeepers of the celestial realm were dumbfounded, as was Zi Dong atop Zhongtian Peak. What was going on?
"Donglai, Immortal Lord?" The old man in the yellow robe looked at the six people who had become nothing more than small black dots and mumbled something he didn't understand.

"You mean, Immortal Lord Donglai took them away?" Zi Dong asked, standing behind the three of them.

"Ah, when did you come in?" The purple-robed elder turned around to look at Zi Dong with even greater fear.

"Just arrived." Zi Dong gave a kind smile, which only made the three gatekeepers more nervous.

"You also want to ascend to the Immortal Realm?" The purple-robed elder finally calmed down and became fully alert along with the yellow-robed elder and the black-robed elder.

"Oh, I'm just checking to see what's going on with them. You guys are busy."

With a friendly expression, Zi Dong pointed to the six people who were no longer visible, then turned and flew out of the gate of the Immortal Realm.

"Why doesn't he ascend to heaven?" the black-robed elder asked, his brows furrowed and his face full of doubt.

"They probably want to help more people ascend to immortality!" the old man in the yellow robe said firmly.

"You two guard the Immortal Gate, I'll go and invite the Immortal King." The purple-robed elder pondered for a moment, then turned and flew west.

"Can the two of us guard the Immortal Gate?" The black-robed elder glared angrily at the flying purple-robed elder.

"Leave it to fate, and do your best!" The old man in the yellow robe smiled bitterly. He had serious doubts about who the real immortal was.
Zi Dong, now back at Zhongtian Peak, finally felt at ease. He had already made contact with Dao Ancestor Donglai.

If he only helps more cultivators ascend to immortality, the Eastern Dao Ancestor will contact him sooner or later, thus reducing a lot of danger and trouble.

The Crimson Immortal King finally arrived at the Immortal Gate. The old man in purple robes had explained the situation in detail along the way, but the Crimson Immortal King was very dismissive.

The three old men in purple robes were not only of low cultivation level, but also not very bright, so he sent them to guard the immortal sect.

Even if a newly ascended cultivator from the lower realm possesses righteous energy, how could he possibly be a match for a dignified Immortal King?

"Where is Zi Dong?" Immortal King Chi Gong stood proudly before the Immortal Gate and shouted at Zhongtian Peak.

Zi Dong had already helped Palace Master Ji Xuan and the others achieve immortality and was preparing to send them to ascension when he was annoyed by the shouts of Immortal King Chi Gong. "Who are you? What kind of behavior is this, yelling like that?" Zi Dong stood up and gave him a lecture.

"I am Chigong!" Chigong Immortal King suppressed his anger. After all, he was the successor of Donglai Immortal Lord, so he still had to give him face.

"Is your surname Ben or the compound surname Ben Wang?" Zi Dong asked with a puzzled look.

“Fellow Daoist Zi Dong, this is Immortal King Chi Gong, one of the Ten Kings of the Immortal Realm,” the purple-robed elder quickly explained.

"Oh, so it's the Immortal King!" Zi Dong quickly feigned surprise and bowed to the Immortal King Chi Gong.

"No need for formalities!" Immortal King Chigong immediately picked up his cup; this was a perfect opportunity to show off.

"What business does the Crimson Immortal King have with me?" Zi Dong asked impatiently, suppressing the urge to rush up and punch him.

"Are you the successor of Immortal Lord Donglai?" Immortal King Chigong didn't seem to care about Zi Dong's attitude.

"Your Majesty, who is the Immortal Lord Donglai?" Zi Dong feigned ignorance.

"He doesn't know who Donglai Immortal Lord is?" Chigong Immortal King was so angry he almost punched the purple-robed old man.

"Your Majesty, he already knew, he must have been faking it!" the purple-robed elder quickly explained.

“Zi Dong, the Immortal Lord Donglai is the Dao Ancestor of your Tianyun Continent,” said the Crimson Merit Immortal King.

"I'm not familiar with him." Zi Dong pretended to think for a moment, then told the truth.

“You have obtained the righteous energy of the Eastern Immortal Lord, that is his successor.” The Crimson Merit Immortal King was very patient.

"Oh," Zi Dong replied casually, and then stood there idly on the mountaintop.

“Zi Dong, since you are the successor of the Immortal Lord Donglai, then come with me to see him.”

The Crimson Immortal King had already devised a deception plan, intending to capture Zi Dong immediately after he entered the Immortal Realm.

"Wait a minute, I'm a bit busy right now. Let's talk about it when I'm done." Zi Dongchong Chigong Immortal King waved his hand.

"Zi Dong, the Celestial Kings are preparing to attack Immortal Lord Donglai. You'd better go see him quickly!"

In his haste, the Crimson Immortal King blurted out the truth, which was also a good way to deceive Zi Dong.

"Immortal King Chigong, if I go to see Immortal Lord Donglai, will the other immortal kings stop attacking him?" Zi Dong asked in confusion.

“Of course they will take action again, and you can become Donglai Immortal Lord’s helper,” Chigong Immortal King continued to tell the truth.

"Then let's forget about it and let Immortal Lord Donglai face it himself." Zi Dong pretended to be timid.

"Zi Dong, don't you want to ascend to the Immortal Realm?" Chi Gong finally lost his temper with Zi Dong.

"Of course I want to ascend!" Zi Dong glared at the Crimson Power Immortal King: "But then, I need to find a powerful backer!"

"Isn't Donglai Immortal Lord your backer?" Chigong Immortal King was almost completely bewildered by Zi Dong's words.

"That's only if he finishes fighting the Celestial Kings!" Zi Dong glanced at the Crimson-Power Celestial King as if he were an idiot.

"How about I become your backer?" The Crimson Immortal King couldn't wait any longer and had to continue deceiving.

(End of this chapter)