Chapter 1546: Chapter 1545: Seeing Through the Rules
Ding Chunqiu laughed heartily and said, "Everyone, don’t look so worried. We can be sure that Mr. Fang hasn’t encountered any problems. It’s just a matter of time. Let’s conclude today’s meeting here, and if there are other updates, we’ll discuss them then."
"Alright, let’s call it a day," Chen Daotian stood up.
Continuing the discussion seemed pointless.
The others followed Chen Daotian out of the meeting room.
Except for Xu Zhaopei, who appeared calm and composed, the other cultivators hurriedly left, knowing that they had reached a pivotal moment in their cultivation and needed to intensify their efforts to break through.
Currently, the spiritual energy in the Huaxia world was extremely abundant. Every moment was precious.
Who knew what could happen in the next second? The spiritual energy might suddenly disappear!
Perhaps it was the best of times, and not seizing the opportunity for cultivation would indeed be a waste.
The restoration of the Dragon Vein had further bolstered the confidence of Huaxia’s cultivators.
Xu Zhaopei had an ordinary bloodline. Thus, she couldn’t embark on the path of cultivation. For her, the changes occurring didn’t bring as much joy as expected. However, the disappearance of Fang Yu worried her greatly.
Xu Zhaopei gazed at the sun outside the window.
And at the spiritual energy floating in the air, almost visible to the naked eye. She sighed, lamenting that she couldn’t absorb it.
"If needed, I will go and rescue you."
Among everyone, perhaps only Xu Zhaopei possessed the ability to defeat an opponent?
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At the same time, Fang Yu suddenly sneezed. He slowly stood up, rubbed his nose, and said, "Who is thinking about me behind my back?"
Fang Yu hadn’t realized how fast time was passing, but from his divine sense perception, the flow of time within this Heavenly Stepping Ladder space wasn’t much faster than in the human world.
It was within an acceptable range.
So he was relaxed and not in a hurry to rush to the end.
After half a day of exploration with his divine sense, Fang Yu hadn’t found any obvious patterns to follow.
But he felt abnormal fluctuations in the energy.
"Every 10 steps, the energy slightly increases, and every 50-step level, the energy doubles or more. How could such a situation occur in the same space?"
It was like a bathing pool. Without external interference, the water shouldn’t be murky on one side and clear on the other.
There must be some trick involved.
Having identified the key issue, Fang Yu began to investigate.
So he stepped forward and walked towards the 310th step.
When he reached the 310th step, he deliberately slowed down, pausing between the steps.
Precisely between the 310th and 311th steps.
He unfurled his divine sense and began to explore.
In Fang Yu’s mind, these two steps were magnified like never before; his divine sense served as a super magnifying glass, even more powerful than a microscope, revealing every minute detail to his mind.
The originally smooth steps appeared uneven in his mind. The steps were greatly magnified.
Enlarged many times over, what appeared on the steps was akin to a vast mountain range.
Amidst the undulating mountains, it seemed as though there was nothing, yet what puzzled Fang Yu was the noticeable difference between the 310th and 311th steps.
The 311th step didn’t possess any arrays.
He quickly dismissed the idea of any patterns either.
This made things even stranger. If it wasn’t an array, then what could it be?
Could there be some more powerful divine artifact causing this effect in segments beneath the steps?
Thinking of this, Fang Yu dismissed the possibility.
Because the Divine Dragon’s sense of divine artifacts was far superior to his own; the Divine Dragon loved devouring various divine artifacts, and if it detected a more potent divine artifact, it would undoubtedly react and alert him.
But the Divine Dragon within Fang Yu remained calm, indicating it wasn’t a divine artifact.
Then what could it be?
At that moment.
Fang Yu’s divine sense was suddenly repelled by a weak energy on the 311th step.
Hmm?
"What’s going on?"
Fang Yu seemed to realize something, and when he tried again, he was indeed rebounded just like before.
While divine sense and energy are both intangible, they typically can’t interfere with each other, so why did this occur?
The most likely explanation for such phenomena is a spatial issue.
"I think I’ve figured it out."
A smile appeared at the corner of Fang Yu’s mouth. This was evidently a superimposition of space and time. Previously, Fang Yu had considered the possibility of space and time, but he hadn’t expected it to be this complex.
This implied that every 10 steps constituted an independent space. On this foundation, time was also varied.
Breaking through such standalone time-space zones is challenging. However, when strong energy attempts to break the distortion, it triggers an energy backlash.
For example.
Can you return to the space of your childhood? If hypothetically possible, this space would then have two of you. This should violate the law of conservation of mass, meaning the extra part would be compressed out by the spatial rules.
This train of thought made the logic clear.
Fang Yu had never been to these spaces before. Thus, the situation of two versions of himself within a specific step didn’t exist. These steps appeared identical, but both the time and space were different.
In other words, the real challenge of the Heavenly Stepping Ladder lies in not being able to turn back.
If he turned back, he might encounter the version of himself that was ascending. In that case, only one of the two could exist. Otherwise, chaos in logic and rules would lead to system collapse and disorder.
That’s the terrifying aspect.
Thinking this made Fang Yu shiver slightly.
He hadn’t anticipated the ladder to be so daunting.
No turning back.
Only continuous progression.
"Well, since I have discovered the principle of Heavenly Stepping Ladder, getting through is only a matter of time."
"Of course, I must also be wary of the ladder leading me in circles, deliberately causing me to crash into myself; that would be disastrous."
With a slight smile, he extended his divine sense further.
Ensuring that the surrounding environment and steps weren’t subject to repeating arrays or illusions. Only then did he proceed.
As long as he didn’t encounter steps where he had already been, the pressure wouldn’t increase.
"I’m truly a genius," he chuckled.
Stepping forward, he began to climb.
The pace was noticeably quicker than before.
Undoubtedly, Fang Yu didn’t let existing patterns confine him. For every step he took, he checked for possible arrays and traps. If a looping array appeared after a step, it would be problematic.
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Seeing Fang Yu’s rapid advancement.
Ding Haotian’s eyes widened.
He realized that it wasn’t long before Fang Yu reached the 350th step.
Beside him, Steward Jiang was already dumbfounded.
Even middle-class Divine Race members couldn’t achieve this.
How on earth did this Earthling accomplish it?
Realizing the implications of the situation.
Jiang simply clasped his hands and said, "Young Master Ding, I have important matters to attend to. I’ll take my leave!"
"What do you intend to do?"
"Such an Earthling is extremely significant and must be reported to the higher-ups."
"Do you dare!" Ding Haotian was moved to kill.
"I respect you as Young Master Ding, but that doesn’t mean I’ll follow your orders. If you remain obstinate, I’ll enforce justice impartially."
"You..."
Without another word, Jiang turned and left.
