Spirit Ascension Platform

"According to legend, it was indeed possible to break through the limits of humanity, ascend to the Divine Realm, and ultimately become a god," Xie Xie interjected. Ten thousand years had passed, with too many battles and too many changes over time. Few ancient records remained.

"How did you know?" Gu Yue suppressed the impulse in her heart and stared at Meng Li.

"I read it in a book. Didn't I say Tang Wulin looked like Tang Wutong? Look, they have the same hair.

"The reason for his eyes is that his father had black eyes. Everyone knows Tang San's eyes were blue, but what you don't know is that before Tang San awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, his eyes were black. As for Tang Wutong's eyes, she inherited them from both her mother and father.

"And Tang San's wife was called Xiao Wu. The first two characters of Tang Wutong's name come from Tang Wu, and so do Tang Wulin's! Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"

Meng Li's words struck Gu Yue like a revelation. A trace of killing intent flashed through her eyes, aimed directly at Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin felt a chill spread through his entire body, but he had no idea where the killing intent had come from. He merely listened intently to what Meng Li was saying.

So that was it. Even more coincidentally, Tang Wulin carried the aura of Golden Dragon King Essence. It all made sense now—Tang Wulin was the son of the former Shura God's disciple. Tang San must have done something. So that was it, so that was it. Gu Yue's brows were drawn tightly together as the flames of revenge burned within her.

How could she not be furious? The Golden Dragon King had been killed, while she had been suppressed by the God Kings and forced to recuperate on the Douluo Continent for hundreds of thousands of years.

A hundred years was a long time for humans, yet she had remained here for hundreds of thousands of years!

Now, the son of her enemy's disciple stood right before her. She should have personally killed him to vent her anger.

Gu Yue did not even realize her fingers had dug into her flesh. Blood trickled down, but in the end, reason overcame everything. She did not take revenge on the spot. She still needed to remain hidden in the human world; the time was not yet ripe.

"Your hand seems to be injured!" Meng Li noticed blood dripping from Gu Yue's hand.

"Ah, oh, I know." Gu Yue froze for a moment, then raised her hand in a daze. Suppressing the anger in her heart had already consumed too much of her reason.

Meng Li hesitated slightly before taking out a bandage and wrapping Gu Yue's hand.

Gu Yue closed her eyes and took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, then calm down again. Her current enemy was someone she absolutely could not afford to provoke.

"Do you have any opinions about those gods?" Gu Yue suddenly leaned close to Meng Li and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"I don't really feel anything about them. They're just a bunch of people who have lived for who knows how long and have nothing better to do. Actually, I think immortality is both a blessing and a curse." Meng Li was somewhat puzzled by Gu Yue's action, and his hands paused briefly as he wrapped the bandage.

"Oh.

"If your younger sister and the gods were enemies, would you stand on her side?" Gu Yue could not help asking again.

"Why are you asking that? Do you know her?" Meng Li frowned slightly.

Damn, I said too much. Gu Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Today, she had figured out too many things. She especially wanted to know certain people's views and kill certain people, leaving her mind somewhat muddled.

If Meng Li did not answer her, it would become a knot in her heart.

"I'm just curious, just curious." Gu Yue knew the excuse was flimsy, but she could not think of a better answer.

Judging from Gu Yue's words, she should know something. Na'er's enemies were those gods in the heavens. However, having learned that Gu Yue was connected to Na'er, Meng Li said, "If that's really the case, then those gods are my enemies."

"What if she's a bad person?"

"Tell my sister this for me: then I'm a bad person too!" Meng Li answered without hesitation.

"Mm, I really don't know her..." You're so good to your sister. Gu Yue was delighted to receive the answer she wanted.

"I feel like you know each other!" Meng Li leaned closer to Gu Yue's face.

Gu Yue panicked slightly, then said seriously, "I don't. You know, girls always have strange questions..."

"I see. Then all right..."

"Get on the elevator." Wu Changkong, standing at the elevator entrance, interrupted their conversation.

Everyone entered the Spirit Pagoda elevator, which traveled for three minutes before coming to a stop.

"You all go into the Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform first. I need to talk to Meng Li about something," Wu Changkong said.

"Teacher, what is it?"

After everyone left, Meng Li asked.

"The Beginner Spirit Ascension Platform only allows Soul Masters below four rings to enter. You don't meet the requirements, so the academy prepared an admission ticket to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform for you. Be careful in there! Stay as long as you can. Unlike the others, you only have one chance. An opportunity to enter the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform is hard to come by," Wu Changkong instructed.

"Got it." I thought he was going to refund my money. What a waste of excitement. Meng Li nodded.

"Oh, and when you return, tell me about what you said regarding Tang Wutong." Wu Changkong rarely showed an interested expression.

"..." Meng Li said, "Got it."

"Good. Go in."

Meng Li and Wu Changkong stepped out of the elevator. Outside was a spacious hall with more than a dozen staff members. Beyond it stretched a series of metal passageways.

Wu Changkong swiped a card and led Meng Li inside.

A staff member fitted him with an alarm device and explained the rules.

Meng Li lay down on an instrument resembling a coffin. After a jolt of electricity, he wondered whether he had been scammed before losing consciousness.

When he awoke, the first thing he saw was a simulated Star Dou Great Forest.

"So this is the Star Dou Great Forest from ancient times? It doesn't seem like much!" Meng Li complained.

Complaints aside, the natural Soul Power density here was several times greater than outside.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to cultivate, Meng Li looked around. Seeing no Soul Beasts nearby, he sat cross-legged and began cultivating.

"This kid is really bold, cultivating in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest. By the way, why did you give him an admission card for the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform?" Long Hengxu could not help complaining.

Not only did he not understand, even the Spirit Ascension Platform staff did not know.

At that moment, Gu Yue was running in Tang Wulin's direction.

"Hm?" Wu Changkong gave a soft exclamation, as though he had discovered something.

"Their peaceful days are about to end."

Meng Li, who was cultivating, felt the ground tremble and abruptly opened his eyes.

"Wooo!"

A deafening elephant's roar rang out as a colossal creature roughly fifteen or sixteen meters tall charged into the area where Meng Li was.

Five-meter-long tusks stabbed toward him.

"A ten-thousand-year Southern Moon Elephant King!" Long Hengxu cried out. Encountering such a creature meant Meng Li's Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform trial was already over.

A ten-thousand-year Soul Beast was equivalent to a Soul King between levels fifty-one and sixty. He had no idea how Meng Li could face it.

Meng Li reacted swiftly, his body flashing aside as the Southern Moon Divine Elephant thundered past like a train.

The oppressive aura of the ten-thousand-year Soul Beast made his heart tremble for no reason. Murasa was naturally useless now. Snow-white feathers spread from his back, and the tall Sacred Winged Angel gripped a golden spear as he faced the ten-thousand-year Southern Moon Elephant King.

"What kind of Martial Soul is that? Is a nine-year-old child really going to fight a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast alone?" The Spirit Pagoda staff were dumbfounded.

The Southern Moon Elephant King's tusks tore through several hundred-meter-tall trees. After steadying itself, Meng Li's reflection appeared in its eyes. It turned around and stomped heavily on the ground, causing the earth beneath Meng Li to collapse.

Meng Li was unaffected. Even Zhang Yangzi's Magic Eagle Martial Soul could grant wings, so his Angel Martial Soul naturally could as well. Narrowing his eyes, golden pupils emerged, while three-meter-long snow-white Angel Wings silently appeared behind him.