Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
If you traveled all the way to the western part of the Nine States and passed through the Sumr State, you would co to the border of the Nine States.
Here laid a city of wonders.
This city was not large, and it did not have many cultivators, but visitors from the Nine States would often co to see the marvelous city.
Now, Ye Futian, Yu Sheng, and the Village Chief had co.
Before them lay a white-jade staircase that led up into the sky. If they looked up, they could faintly see that this staircase led through the clouds and reached up into the vaults of heaven. It was rumored that this was the road to the Upper Worlds, the Path that Ascended to Heaven.
This white-jade staircase that stretched into the sky was almost 60,000 ters high. If you wanted to get to the sky, it could not be ignored.
Countless people had tried to fly up. They flew up into the sky and then went in the direction of the staircase, but they could not get close to it. It was rumored that the Upper Realms had a marvelous power that made it so that unless you had set foot upon the Saint Plane and mastered the rule power of the Great Path, you could not break through the barrier that separated the sky from the Upper Worlds. Otherwise, if you wanted to go to the Upper Worlds, there was only this Path that Ascended to Heaven.
There were many legends in the Nine States. It was said that there was an abode of immortals up there, that it was the abode of Emperor Xia, and that there was a peerless Divine Chamber. The rumors that had circulated through the Nine States were half true and half false. Only those from the holy lands and the top powers were faintly aware of the truth.
“The Sky Stairwell, the path to the Decree of Ascension.” Ye Futian looked at the beautifully made staircase and sighed inwardly. The powers of the world were really marvelous. Those who sought to rebel against heaven had no way to capture the creations of heaven and earth.
Those who went up this 60,000-ter staircase could obtain a Decree of Ascension and gain access to the Upper Worlds for cultivation, and moreover, could travel freely between the Upper and Lower Worlds. However, so of the rumors said that the success rate for the Sky Stairwell was even lower than that of the Battle for Proving Holiness, so much so that the people of the Nine States had gradually forgotten that this thod for entering the Upper Worlds existed.
“Holy Elder, wait for us in the Upper Worlds,” Ye Futian said to the Village Chief.
The Village Chief nodded. “Be careful.” After he said this, he shot up into the sky like a sword of light, passing through the clouds in the blink of an eye and disappearing without a trace.
“Let’s go, Yu Sheng,” said Ye Futian, and the two of them walked to the staircase.
There were many people below the stairs looking at the two of them. Two more guys wanted to try the stairway, but they were wasting their ti. They might not even be qualified to deal with dangers they might et. They would be shocked by what they would run into up there.
Ye Futian and Yu Sheng ignored them. They began to walk up extrely quickly.
Soon, if you looked up into the sky, you could see that the two of them had pierced through the clouds and were gradually disappearing. They had already made it to high up in the sky.
Clouds and mist drifted across the stairway, revealing its magical atmosphere. Ye Futian and Yu Sheng felt an invisible pressure pressing down on them, but they looked like they didn’t care. The two of them were shooting up into the sky at an incredible speed.
Rumble. Suddenly, an incredibly strong gravitational force pressed on them, making it feel like they were bearing ten thousand pounds of pressure on their bodies. It was Gravity Rule Power, and it stifled them. They slowed down a bit, but they did not stop. They continued to climb.
The pressure grew stronger and stronger. A terrible airflow flowed down the staircase. It hit them like a ferocious wave, making their clothes flutter, and the sound of it impacting their bodies was frightful.
At the end of the staircase was a majestic palace. If one stood in the air above the palace they could overlook the entire staircase. The entire palace ford a pitch arc, and a soaring celestial gate stood in front of it.
In front of the palace and on the pronade on top of it, there were many cultivators standing guard. They were all wearing armor of the sa color and looked very grave. At that ti, there were two figures at the very top of the palace who were eating and drinking, appearing at ease.
“Don’t worry too much, Qingyun. Although guarding the Sky Stairwell is a leisurely job, you can use the opportunity to train your temperant. Isn’t this period of peaceful cultivation great? You only have a year, and I have to guard here for three.” At that mont a middle-aged man was smiling as he said this, and clinking glasses with the youth sitting before him.
“Please don’t try to comfort , Commander. How can I train my temperant here? There’s nothing here but boredom.” Li Qingyun smiled bitterly and shook his head as he took a sip of wine.
“Haha, it is because of the boredom that you are able to train your temperant,” the middle-aged commander laughed. Just as he spoke, a sword of light flashed and he saw a figure standing outside the palace waiting quietly.
“Hmm?” A strange look ca over the middle-aged commander’s face. It was a cultivator of the Saint Plane. He didn’t know from which power of the Nine States he had co.
“There have been very few cultivators from the Nine States who have co to the Upper Worlds these past few years,” the middle-aged commander said. “But more than three years ago, Princess Qingyuan summoned them together for a trial. At that ti, there were many people from the Nine States who qualified to co to the Upper Worlds, and even to cultivate with the Princess. Speaking of which, you co from a great household, Qingyun. You will probably have a chance to cultivate with the Princess, but you will have to grasp the opportunity when it cos.”
When Li Qingyun heard Xia Qingyuan’s na his manner beca a bit more dignified. She was the unparalleled princess born of Emperor Xia and the foremost beauty of the realm whose beauty shocked the world. Emperor Xia said that her talent surpassed his own, and one day she may surpass his achievents. She was destined for greatness from birth. She was like a goddess. Who in the realm had not thought this?
But he was afraid that it was nearly impossible to gain her attention. Even if one was exceedingly talented, she had so many heroic figures around her. Moreover, it seed like she did not have any thoughts along those lines. Her whole heart was set on cultivation, and she even traveled wearing n’s clothing. And Emperor Xia doted on her.
To beco Xia Qingyuan’s lover would be glorious.
He could only say that he had a chance.
“Most of the heroes of the realm don’t understand what the Princess went down to the Lower World for. Although the Nine States occasionally produces so talents, how can they be compared with those of the Upper Worlds?” There was a sense of superiority in Li Qingyun’s voice. He ca from a famous family, and his ancestors had followed Emperor Xia, and so he naturally looked down on the Nine States, the so-called land of orthodoxy.
“Although this is the case, there are occasionally so shockingly brilliant talents. There is a Saint Ranking in the Lower World, and the top three on it are all outstanding figures. Moreover, there are so people who have great fa in the Upper Worlds. You probably have heard of them,” said the middle-aged commander.
“But in the end, they are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns,” said Li Qingyun. “There was a group of people from the Lower World who went to Jiutian Temple. I really don’t know if they lived or died. If the Princess gave them a fair chance they might have survived.”
“That’s true.” The middle-aged commander nodded. “Let’s keep drinking.”
Far away, the Village Chief furrowed his eyebrows. Even here people knew about what had happened at Jiutian Temple.
At that mont, there was a violent shaking from the stairway below them. The middle-aged commander’s eyes flashed, and he said, “There seems to be so movent on the stairway. Let’s go see.”
“Could it be that there was soone who couldn’t climb the stairway?” An interesting look ca over Li Qingyun’s face. It seed to be a bit disdainful. He picked up his wine glass and walked over to the edge of the palace. He looked up into the sky and saw the violent fluctuations in the airflow. A wild sound echoed faintly through the air.
Their eyes suddenly beca sharp. Their spiritual energy went down the stairway and they saw two figures walking up step by step.
“It seems that no one has made it this far on the stairway in a long ti,” the middle-aged commander said softly. And moreover, this ti, it was two people.
“They probably didn’t know that it would have been safer to not co here.” Li Qingyun lifted the wineglass and took a sip. Because he had been sent here to guard, he had had a bit of a bad attitude all along.
And now, Ye Futian and Yu Sheng were walking up the stairway. When they looked up they could see the end of the stairway. A magnificent palace stood there, and celestial soldiers wearing armor. Brilliant rays of sunlight shone down from above. Their steps were heavy, but they continued steadily on towards the top.
“Who goes there?” A voice rolled out, full of billowing power, echoing endlessly in their ears.
“Ye Futian, from the Barren State.”
“Yu Sheng, from the Barren State.”
Their voices pierced the air and swept up into the sky.
“If you turn back now, we will not attack,” another voice said from the direction of the palace.
Thump. The response was the sound of footsteps.
In the palace, the middle-aged commander said indifferently, “Magis, sound the drum matrices.” As he was speaking, a cultivator of the Magi Plane suddenly walked to the war drums in front of the palace. An incomparably solemn invisible force swept out.
Boom. The fierce sound of drums rang out. The cultivators beat the drums and, in a flash, Ye Futian and Yu Sheng felt their hearts tremble. An extrely powerful force pressed down on them from the sky. The war drums seed to carry the Great Path Rules as the power struck them, making Ye Futian’s hair dance wildly and tearing his clothes.
Ye Futian’s steps slowed, but he still continued forward. There was a loud bang and a violent force descended, penetrating everything like a death knell.
“Do you think they can withstand a few drums?” asked Li Qingyuan calmly as he leisurely lifted his wine.
“Their temperant is extraordinary, they can probably withstand the sound of five drums,” said the middle-aged commander. The sound of the third drum swept out like a huge wave billowing into the sky. Each ti a drum sounded, it was like facing the force of all of them overlapping, becoming more and more terrible.
Cracking sounds ca from Ye Futian and Yu Sheng’s bodies, but they continued upward. The fourth and fifth drums sounded in turn, and each ti, the power beca more violent.
A demonic light seed to flow over Yu Sheng’s body with dark yet golden radiance.
Boom. Another drum sounded, penetrating his body and piercing inside of him.
“The sixth drum.” A strange look ca over the middle-aged commander’s face. “These two are very strong.”
“Anyone who dares climb the Sky Stairwell can’t be too weak. Let’s see if they can get through this next one,” said Li Qingyun indifferently.
The sounds of the sixth and seventh drums rushed out and attacked Ye Futian and Yu Sheng. Their bodies were extrely strong, and their Spiritual Wills were equally as unshakeable.
Boom. As the sound of the ninth drum swept down, the music overlapped like a mighty pressure overwhelming everything and rushing towards Ye Futian and Yu Sheng.
Ye Futian relied on the power of his flesh to resolve the attack, whereas Yu Sheng directly absorbed it.
Suddenly, a boundless golden glow shone out, and a halo blazed.
“Roar!” Yu Sheng opened his mouth and a loud noise swept out. A huge golden lion appeared behind him, hundreds of ters tall. The world trembled at this roar, and the sound of the war drums seed to break against it as he pressed upwards.
Boom...boom...boom... The cultivators who were beating the war drums went pale. Their bodies shook and they spat up blood. The surfaces of the drums trembled without stopping.
The drums echoed through the air, and the golden lion gradually dissipated. Yu Sheng glanced into the sky and continued forward like a demon.
A strange look ca over the faces of the middle-aged commander and Li Qingyun on the palace. They were naturally shocked. In the process of climbing the Sky Stairwell, they had actually launched a counterattack?
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