That was about all Feng Qingran could say.
The Heaven-Climbing Ladder tests not only one’s strength, talent, and luck, but also their seven emotions and six desires.
Those who can reach the top must be people of incredibly tenacious character.
Feng Qingran thought of Senior Dragon Emperor. She had promised to lead Senior Dragon Emperor to the pinnacle of glory.
Let this first ascent be proven by climbing this ladder.
“Thank you, Little Junior Sister.” Dugu Jian’s brows were cold, his eyes like stars, his posture tall and straight.
“Mm.” Qin Hanyan’s silk dress fluttered, her demeanor icy as frost, a flicker of warmth briefly passing through her eyes.
Baili Wenyue stood as straight as a bamboo, with the bearing of a dragon and phoenix, his way of thinking unique. “Little Junior Sister, you haven’t climbed this ladder before, have you? How come you know it so well?”
“This ladder can only be climbed once in a lifetime.” Feng Qingran’s apricot eyes were like crystal-clear glazed glass, pure and flawless.
As they chatted, they unconsciously reached the hundredth step.
After stepping onto the hundredth step, many people came into view.
Some people were utterly exhausted, sitting on the steps gasping for breath.
Others were on the same level, throwing punches and kicks at each other.
Some were desperately pushing upward; without exception, these people ignored everything around them. If anyone disturbed them, they would strike back mercilessly.
There were even people covered in blood, their hands clinging to the next level up, refusing to give up as they tried to climb higher.
…
Feng Qingran took in everyone’s state.
The Heavenly Path is undoubtedly unfair. Some people exhaust all their mental energy but still don’t compare to others who can easily reach the higher levels.
Yet the Heavenly Path is also fair. Most of those who are unwilling to accept defeat and refuse to admit defeat only do so on the surface, never truly struggling within their hearts.
After passing the hundredth step,
Feng Qingran focused wholeheartedly on climbing upward, no longer joking around with her senior brothers and senior sister.
The other three also wore serious expressions, not daring to slack off.
As Feng Qingran walked past a person covered in blood,
that person looked resentful and roared, “Heaven is unfair! How come you can do this so easily? How come you can so effortlessly step onto the hundred and twenty-third step?”
Feng Qingran didn’t look back, pretending not to hear, and continued climbing.
When Feng Qingran stepped onto the hundred and fiftieth step, she suddenly fell into a world without a single ray of light.
Feng Qingran closed her eyes, her stunningly beautiful face showing no ripple of emotion. Listening to the eerie sounds around her, she remained calm, composed, and fearless.
Suddenly, a flash of green light flew past Feng Qingran’s face.
With quick eyes and agile hands, she grabbed that wisp of green light, tore it apart, and her vision cleared before her.
On the high platform.
Seeing this, Xiao Hongyu and the others looked surprised. Feng Qingran had broken the Ghost Barrier Illusion in less than half an hour!
But what surprised them even more was yet to come.
The other three people from the Lingyun Sect all walked out of the Ghost Barrier Illusion in less than an hour.
When Feng Qingran reached the hundred and eightieth step, a young man in a grey robe asked in a daze, “Why can you be so relaxed? Is there something wrong with my method?”
Feng Qingran still remembered this person, and he wasn’t complaining.
A glimmer of light flashed in Feng Qingran’s eyes, and she said in a clear voice, “Forget the path beneath your feet, and just walk forward unwaveringly.”
The grey-robed youth watched Feng Qingran’s retreating back, muttering to himself, “Forget the path beneath your feet… forget the path beneath your feet…”
Suddenly, a radiance emanated from the grey-robed man’s body, and his spiritual power began to circulate rapidly.
The grey-robed youth sat up, crossed his legs, and entered a state of cultivation.
Feng Qingran had no idea that her single sentence had completely changed the course of a person’s life.
Many years later, when the grey-robed youth overcame his tribulation and ascended, he left this very sentence for his descendants.
Thus inspiring countless younger cultivators.
At this moment, the grey-robed youth was completely absorbed in his advancement. Fortunately, he was advancing from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the late stage, so he didn’t need to undergo a tribulation, and the time wouldn’t be too long.
On the high platform.
Only a few people remained scattered; the rest had gathered in groups of four or five to play mahjong.
Seeing that everyone had been led astray, Xiao Hongyu found it terribly vexing.
Ye Wentian’s disciples were truly difficult to describe…
“Sect Leader Xiao, look quickly! Someone is actually advancing on the Heaven-Climbing Ladder?” said an elder over fifty, looking at the grey-robed youth on the ladder.
Xiao Hongyu’s dignified eyes turned towards the ladder. “What did he just do?”
The elder said, “Feng Qingran passed by him and said a sentence to him.”
“What did she say?” Xiao Hongyu asked sternly.
“This old man didn’t hear it,” the elder replied truthfully.
Xiao Hongyu’s eyes were dark and heavy as he looked at Feng Qingran, who had already reached the two hundredth step.
Generally, only exceptionally gifted cultivators get the chance to advance on the Heaven-Climbing Ladder.
But this grey-robed man, as he had observed, only had average talent, far from exceptional. What exactly had Feng Qingran said to him?
And then there was Feng Qingran herself. With her initial stage Nascent Soul cultivation, how was she able to climb the two hundredth step without any pressure?
In previous activations of the ladder, everything was kept confidential.
Only the outstanding disciples from families and sects had the opportunity to climb it.
The most remarkable among those disciples had only reached the five hundred and fifty-sixth step, taking fifteen days.
But most of them struggled a bit by the time they reached the two hundredth step.
Feng Qingran’s performance was simply a slap in everyone’s face.
Feng Qingran, a disciple who had been eliminated from the Sect Tournament back then, was now leaving all those proud heavenly prodigies far behind. How ironic!
