A vast enclosed space appeared before them.
Having just stepped out of the Flying Ship, Wang Chen swept his gaze around and vaguely formed a guess.
This should have been a cavern rather than a Cave Dwelling. The surrounding rock walls looked as though they had been carved by sharp blades, remarkably flat and smooth.
The walls were embedded with pieces of luminous stone that gave off a gentle glow, evenly illuminating the entire space.
A tall blackish-brown tower stood ahead, drawing the attention of every cultivator, Wang Chen included!
The Heaven-Connecting Tower?
Wang Chen froze for a moment.
This tower's shape and color were almost identical to the Primordial Sky-Connecting Tower he had seen in the Azure Heaven Secret Realm.
It was merely much shorter.
Yet it still exuded an air of grandeur, antiquity, and mystery!
A strange look inevitably surfaced in Wang Chen's eyes.
"This is the Heaven-Connecting Tower."
The black-robed ferryman said proudly, "The Immortal Ascension Tower that leads to the Haotian Realm!"
Everyone immediately grew excited.
To ascend to the Upper Realm and set foot in the immortal domain was the lifelong dream of countless cultivators in the Mountain Sea Realm.
Yet those who could accomplish it were exceedingly few. Whenever a major sect had an ancestor successfully ascend, they would hold a grand and lavish celebration.
They were merely Purple Mansion cultivators, yet they had been given an opportunity to ascend as immortals.
The Path to Heaven lay right before them. How could they possibly remain calm?
It was only because they feared the ferryman's Golden Core might that they did not erupt into clamorous noise.
The ferryman led everyone before the Heaven-Connecting Tower, then flicked out a stack of silk papers.
Everyone received exactly one sheet.
This Golden Core cultivator said coldly, "Smuggling yourselves