A golden lotus ascension ladder stretched out from the Ascension Platform in the valley, rising straight into the clouds.
At the valley entrance, the old Daoist looked up at the sky, his eyes full of envy.
Chen Yan stood on the Ascension Platform, his thoughts surging.
But just as he was brimming with excitement and preparing to step onto the Golden Lotus Ascension Ladder—
Rumble!
The ladder to heaven collapsed, and golden lotus blossoms scattered in every direction.
Clouds churned across the high heavens, swirling endlessly like a vortex. Within it shone an immeasurable light of reception, which took shape as a magnificent immortal gate.
The light spilling from the vortex fell upon the secluded valley where the Ascension Platform stood, illuminating the entire valley.
Chen Yan was somewhat taken aback, but soon felt an irresistible, invisible force pull him upward.
It was just like someone grabbing an ordinary person by the scruff of the neck and lifting them up.
His body shot upward, flying toward the magnificent immortal gate formed from the light of reception in the sky.
The Filth Realm, the Mortal Realm, Great Profound Heaven...
Every living being across these realms, whether they possessed cultivation or not, witnessed this scene with perfect clarity.
They saw the first ascender in the Three Heavens Realm being carried away by the light of reception.
Huh?
So this was how it worked?
Then why had the Golden Lotus Ascension Ladder appeared just now?
Bathed in the light of reception, Chen Yan couldn't move and felt at a loss.
With the Ascension Platform's power, he could easily see every living being in the realm who was watching him.
"..."
If he had climbed the ladder to heaven step by step, opened the immortal gate, and ascended, it would naturally have been a