Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 303 - 136 Ascension After_5

Chapter 303: Chapter 136 Ascension After_5

The container’s outer shell is covered with complex pipelines and interfaces, like the veins of Life, constantly supplying nutrients and Energy.

And he was installed in one of the containers, feeling weak all over, unable to muster any Strength.

Turning his head to the side, he saw a truly terrifying scene.

A body had burst open from the abdominal cavity; the Life in the container was already dead, eyes tightly shut, face twisted, and traces of Suffering and fear hung at the corners of the mouth. Dark red mucus clung to the edge of the abdominal cavity, seemingly left by some creature upon departure.

Looking forward again, there were many similar scenes within the containers.

The Heavenly Soldier wanted to struggle to leave but found that he couldn’t move at all, a strong sense of weakness enveloping him from inside out.

At the same time, he felt as if something within his abdominal cavity was awakening.

He tried to perceive it, and the image captured by Perception stunned him.

In the inner view scene, the face of the Nascent Soul within his body was changing, no longer his visage but transforming into the twisted, menacing face of a Monster.

It was continuously devouring the Qi-Blood within and growing rapidly.

This sight made the Heavenly Soldier feel creepy, yet he couldn’t stop the Monster within from its consuming growth.

"How can this be?" He muttered, suddenly realizing a possibility.

The Ascension was a deception all along!

The Mortal World was merely breeding grounds for Upper Realm Beings; their eyes saw the cultivation process as aiding the nurturing of hideous Monsters within.

What they viewed as the Ascension Realm was merely the maturity period in Upper Realm eyes, ready for harvest.

The scene before him was nowhere near the fantasy Illusion of the Immortal Realm but more like a slaughterhouse.

"We have all been deceived." The Heavenly Soldier’s eyes burned with anger but unable to stop the slow drain of Qi-Blood.

At that moment, an old voice came from beside him:

"Don’t waste your effort, you can’t escape the Binding, destined to become the nourishment for the growth of the Monster within."

The Heavenly Soldier turned his head to see it was a figure within the container to the lower left speaking.

"Where is this place, exactly?"

"Heh, this is not our dream Heavenly Realm. I cultivated arduously in the Heavenly Star Domain for 800 years, thinking I could become an Immortal, but never expected to become mere livestock slaughtered."

As the elder spoke, he raised his head, revealing a disheartened, dejected old face, visibly unable to hide the despair in his eyes:

"For this day, I endured countless years, bore pain unimaginable to common people, all for Ascension to the other shore, only to find it’s all a scam, there is no Immortal Realm, no eternal permanence, nor unfettered freedom to roam the heavens and earth—it’s all an Illusion."

"Heavenly Star Domain, aren’t you from the Skytop World?" The Heavenly Soldier’s eyes were surprised.

Indeed, he had never seen this elder before. From the Skytop World, every time the Ascension Festivity invited cultivators from Four Seas to spectate, he had never seen such a person.

"In our eyes, the Upper Realm created multiple breeding grounds, the worlds where you and I grew are among them."

With that, the elder’s expression turned menacing:

"If I’m not mistaken, the so-called Upper Realm Beings are nothing but parasites, scattering billions of Life Seeds downward, our perceive as cultivation Spirit Roots, already implanted within us at birth. They grow symbiotically with us, strengthening from Foundation Establishment bit by bit. All the abilities we use are granted by the parasitic Monsters within, yet we believe we hold the power to wield the forces of heaven."

"The Monster uses our flesh as a cauldron to grow strong, and what we perceive as the Ascension Realm is merely the Monster within reaching maturity, ready to break forth. Ascension is but a facade; welcoming us here is to greet the birth of parasitic creatures—that’s the truth."

"Pitiful, pitiful indeed." The elder spoke while coughing violently, eyebrows struggling to conceal pain, evidently as the Monster within continued to further devour flesh and blood.

Listening to the elder’s analysis, the Heavenly Soldier felt despair within.

He thought of his master, senior brother, and sect seniors who Ascended to the Immortal Realm ahead of him.

Imagining what they must have encountered.

Hoping for the honor of reaching the Immortal Realm, only to meet cold butchering blades, imprisoned in containers, desperately awaiting death, watching helplessly as their carefully cultivated Nascent Soul consumed their flesh, eventually breaking forth.

"Ahhh." With emotions of despair and anger interwoven, the Heavenly Soldier let out a hysterical roar, body continually struggling and shaking, trying to escape the tubes connected to his body.

"Don’t waste your effort. The Energy injected from above the container is catalyzing the Monster’s growth, the Energy released by the Monster is imprisoning your Strength. Neither you nor I can escape the fate of being slain by the Monster bursting forth from within." The white-haired elder’s voice was hoarse, speaking in between fitful coughing.

"Shut up!" The Heavenly Soldier still struggled mightily, but his weak body couldn’t break free from the Binding.

During this process, the Monster conceived within continued to grow further.

With each moment of weakness, the Monster became stronger.

The endless despair engulfed the Heavenly Soldier’s heart, shattering the beautiful Illusion of the Immortal Realm.

Recalling the envious, excited, expectant expressions in the eyes of lower realm beings as he Ascended, the Heavenly Soldier’s eyes burned with rage, heart surging with boundless hatred.

The Immortals in their eyes regarded the lower realm like nurturing grounds, despicable!

"Just a gigantic prison." Muttering, the Heavenly Soldier’s eyes reddened.

Three days later.

The Heavenly Soldier looked haggard, jolted awake by a sharp scream.

As he looked down, the elder was howling with agony, face wracked with pain, and the swollen abdomen seemed ready to burst forth something from within.

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