"I never thought the Dragon Ascension Gate really existed..." The North King gazed at the stone gate, only letting out a sigh of wonder after a while.
His voice carried an indescribably complex emotion, as though a legend he had read a thousand times in ancient texts had suddenly appeared alive before his eyes.
"Now that this formation extends all the way here, does that mean we have to enter through here?" Xia Jia looked at the North King and asked.
Her gaze shifted from the enormous stone gate to the sky behind it, densely threaded with pale silver light. Those strands resembled a boundless net, sealing off the entire core of the ruins without leaving a single gap.
The North King nodded, took two steps forward, and raised his head to look at the three bold, ancient characters before slowly beginning to speak.
"In that distant age, every disciple who joined the Ancient Heavenly Palace entered through this Dragon Ascension Gate. It would assess their strength and potential, then grant them the status they deserved. Some outstanding disciples could use it to ascend to heaven in a single step, which is why this gate was called the Dragon Ascension Gate."
As he spoke those final words, the North King's tone carried a weight that bordered on wistfulness.
Ascend to heaven in a single step-such a simple phrase, yet the opportunities and perils it held were far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
Those prodigies who distinguished themselves within the Dragon Ascension Gate and attained high status would not only receive the palace's wholehearted support, but also gain unimaginable cultivation resources and inherited cultivation methods, setting them upon an entirely different path.
Xia Jia nodded. The North King had already explained that the Green Wolf Token was one such token,