Riding the "dedicated astralship" from the Myriadpath Celestial Star Array to Myriadpath Valley, Li Tianming and Li Fan arrived at Myriadpath Valley.
He and Li Fan had gotten off early!
Li Tianming was not yet a disciple of Myriadpath Valley. He needed to pass through the Skyward Path and clear its trial.
Thus, the place where they disembarked from the astralship was called the "Skyward Platform."
About one-third of the star gods aboard this astralship disembarked at the Skyward Platform. This showed that, like Li Tianming, they wished to enter Myriadpath Valley for cultivation, or were "recommenders" like Li Fan.
Outsiders to Myriadpath Valley could not use the Myriadpath Celestial Star Array themselves. Therefore, nearly everyone who came to undertake the trial had been discovered in the various major realms by people from Myriadpath Valley.
Li Tianming looked around and saw that the people on the Skyward Platform were mostly in groups of two or three.
The Skyward Platform beneath his feet was a black platform floating in the starry sky. It seemed to be made of glass, black and gleaming. Looking down, one could clearly see one's own reflection upon it.
There were not many people on the Skyward Platform yet, only a few thousand or so. No one knew one another, so they stood far apart. As competitors, their expressions were all rather cold.
Naturally, this also showed that the atmosphere in Myriadpath Valley was rather stern and murderous.
"That is the Skyward Path. Once you pass through it, you can reach the gates of Myriadpath Valley... beneath that stone monument known as 'Myriad Paths of the Central Heaven.'" For the sake of staying alive, Li Fan was being conscientious and responsible.
Following Li Fan's gaze, Li Tianming saw a vortex made of black star-sand at the end