Chapter 1540: Chapter 1539: Divine Race?
The last time Fang Yu attempted to enter this so-called secret realm, he was bounced out by a special force. At that time, to ensure Ye Wenjun’s absolute safety, he did not try to destroy the passage to the secret realm. But now it seems that Ye Wenjun is no longer inside this passage, so there is no need to be considerate anymore.
Fang Yu smiled faintly, and his gang qi emerged with a bang. Wrapped in star fire and the physical strength of the Divine Body Realm, it was enough for him to enter the passage to the Red County.
Whoosh.
Fang Yu stepped into the passage of the secret realm. As if waiting for Fang Yu’s arrival, the passage sealed its door as Fang Yu entered.
In an instant, the surrounding environment changed, becoming dim and dark, impossible to see anything, unable to see even a hand stretched out.
At that moment, Fang Yu felt this scene was very familiar, just like walking through the long secret realm inside the Nine Layer Tower. The space within the Nine Layer Tower presented a virtual environment, but this time it was different; it was real.
Fang Yu began to walk forward, like traversing a long ancient path, unable to see anything clearly, unable to see anything at all.
Fang Yu’s spirit was always exceptionally strong, using the realm of divine sense to explore the road ahead. He knew there was a passage ahead but didn’t know where it led. This passage seemed extraordinarily similar to the kind of passage in the Pure Land World.
The difference was that the passage into the world was narrower and more flat compared to this one.
The passage before him, however, was upward, like a heavenly ladder.
Yes, a heavenly ladder, which was indeed a kind of staircase, and as he continued forward, as the distance moved ahead, the difficulty kept increasing.
He did not know how long had passed, Fang Yu felt the resistance ahead becoming stronger.
This resistance became more materialized, like wandering in water, later turning into wandering in sand. This was not an array nor air resistance.
Very strange.
When Fang Yu came to this, like a world that materially hindered his progress, he understood why Ye Wenjing said this was a holy land for cultivation, because the spiritual energy here all turned into tens of flowers, like water droplets swirling around it in mid-air. There was spiritual energy everywhere.
Fang Yu marveled at the abundance of spiritual energy here, abundant to a terrifying degree, similar to the spirit pond encountered in the human world.
Only the water in the spirit pond had transformed into the whole world, becoming the present appearance.
However, Fang Yu had no time to feel the spiritual energy here; he needed to quickly traverse this passage and find Ye Wenjun, bringing him back safely.
Thus, Fang Yu began to unleash his powerful strength. With the help of the Divine Body Realm, those material energies hindering him were all dispelled by the star fire, unable to block his progression.
At this moment, Fang Yu seemed to have stepped across a threshold. Suddenly, the surrounding dark space diminished, turning to daylight.
The light came so abruptly, making it difficult for Fang Yu to adapt to the bright glare for a while until he gradually adjusted.
Only then did Fang Yu see the surroundings clearly, a vast expanse resembling the world in Qi Sea but different from Qi Sea; there lay a staircase with no end in sight before him.
"What is this?"
Fang Yu slightly frowned, looking at this stairway leading straight to the sky, inclined at 45 degrees, yet not knowing where it led.
The staircase was white, very wide, with cold qi emanating from it.
Beside the staircase, there was a white stele.
Three words were inscribed on the stele: "Heavenly Stepping Ladder."
Heavenly Stepping Ladder?
Fang Yu had no memories of this. Even the holy spirit memory in his mind contained nothing about the heavenly stepping ladder.
This sudden appearance of a staircase made him feel a bit eerie.
Could this be a passage to another world?
It didn’t seem so; this was completely different from all the previous secret realms.
Even Wanxian City wasn’t like this. All the secret realm passages on Earth had unique vortices and doors.
All the independent worlds on Earth had clearly broken time and space passageways.
So what on earth was this stairway?
Fang Yu was not in a hurry, stepping onto the heavenly ladder directly, knowing it contained unknown dangers. Even though he was now at the peak of Heaven’s Master, in the realm of adults, he dared not venture recklessly toward unknown domains.
From what Ye Wenjun had told him, this seemed to be a passage to a place called the Red County Star Domain.
"Could it really lead away from Earth to a mysterious star domain?"
Now was not the time to ponder these matters; wherever Fang Yu was, he had to find Ye Wenjun and bring him back.
Thinking about this, Fang Yu sat cross-legged, not in a hurry to step onto the heavenly ladder, but using divine sense to prepare to explore it.
Therefore, as Fang Yu exhibited his divine sense, his entire soul spiraled upward continuously, flying forward incessantly, just flying and flying.
No knowing how long passed, he still couldn’t explore its end.
A heavenly ladder with no end?
If even the end didn’t exist, then how could one climb it? What special meaning did the name "heavenly stepping ladder" have?
Fang Yu didn’t retract his sense immediately, instead, he continued onward, refusing to accept this mysterious occurrence, refusing to believe that heaven lacked an end.
Fang Yu planned to use his mental suppression to its limit to explore just how far the end of this heavenly ladder would be.
Divine sense continued to fly forward. Based on Earth’s distances, this journey had long flown out of Huaxia Time, even out of Earth.
Just continuously moving forward.
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Meanwhile, in a vast star domain.
Ye Wenjun found himself in a white world.
This world seemed full of restrictions, preventing Ye Wenjun from leaving.
While Panter of the Volunteer Army was cultivating, outside appeared a young man with extremely long ears.
"Are you the human from Earth?"
Ye Wenjun didn’t answer his question.
The young man smiled indifferently, not minding.
"Speaking of Earth, I haven’t gone there for a long time. I remember the last time I visited Earth was 300 million years ago."
Upon hearing these words, Ye Wenjun couldn’t help but slightly tremble.
Humans were only born a few million years ago; unexpected that he had visited Earth 300 million years ago.
Doesn’t make sense?
"I mastered the human language back then, and my people brought you back, flipping through history books, revealing humanity has been born six times in total, civilizing Earth six times. Who knew after 300 million years, you had entered the sixth civilization."
These words left Ye Wenjun furrowing her brow; truthfully, she didn’t understand.
Yet, the young man didn’t care, his expression gentle and indifferent.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am from the Red County Star Domain, the Divine Race, my name is Ding Haotian."
The Divine Race? Yet taking a human name.
Ye Wenjun, being intelligent, instantly discerned this supposedly young man from a foreign world was trying to bond with her. Not only had he specially researched Earth’s civilization, but had even taken a human name.
Thus, it was confirmed she was no longer on Earth but had arrived in a very distant star domain.
A star domain more distant than Wanxian City. A star domain claiming to be of the Divine Race.
"It’s surprising you Earthlings have become so mighty, rising again in only a few million years, completing transformation, advancing to the sixth civilization. I feel you embody the aura of the Divine Race, so might you tell me your name?"
Ye Wenjun cast him a cold glance.
"Don’t waste your efforts, I will eventually leave here and return to Earth."
"Return to Earth? Given your cultivation, you haven’t reached the realm of the Divine Body yet? Don’t be ridiculous; having arrived here is fate. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you someone is attempting the heavenly stepping ladder."
"Heavenly stepping ladder?"
"Yes, this was a special passage left by the Red County Star Domain on Earth 300 million years ago. At that time, Earth was very backward, humanity very weak. We sympathized with Earth and humanity and left the seeds of spiritual energy there. Without us, there would be no current sixth civilization of yours, and indeed, you are cultivating at the bottom of the heavenly stepping ladder. With your cultivation level, it’s utterly impossible to succeed on the heavenly stepping ladder. This ladder extending infinitely, humanity’s cultivation cannot be large enough, hence cannot succeed to reach the Red County Star Domain."
"Then how did I get here?"
"Fate."
