[Endless Celestial Ladder, World Tree]

Fifth Level of the Celestial Ladder, Blood-Red Altar.

When Yue Yang returned to the Celestial Ladder, the aftermath of that fierce battle still remained. Ruin met his eyes everywhere; all was broken and devastated.

Along the way, he encountered students from Death Class. Granny Wuteng had assigned them here to collect meteorite fragments. The moment they saw Yue Yang, they all grew incredibly excited, their cheers rising one after another. Yue Yang could only offer these "old classmates" some encouragement. He gave each of them a Martial Spirit Pill, and even distributed the dozens of Heaven-tier battle beast eggs he had obtained in the Heaven Realm, one to each person.

Most of those from Death Class who were Yue Yang's age had already graduated, and many possessed the strength to stand on their own.

Though they had not yet reached the Innate Realm, many were beginning to approach it. A very few exceptional geniuses had even become quasi-Innates.

Most of those remaining now were children.

"Wow, wow, Brother Yue Yang is the best!" Princess Bebe, who often played with Yue Shuang, jumped and cheered.

"Is it really a Heaven-tier battle beast? Gold-grade? Wonderful! Qiming will definitely raise it well!" Princess Qiming, who was not much older than Bebe, also worshipped Yue Yang greatly.

"All right, all right. Brother Yue Yang has important matters to attend to, so we mustn't disturb him." Long Hair from the former Death Class—now staying at the academy as Granny Wuteng's assistant—led a group of little ones in cultivation. Under her guidance, the children of Death Class improved quickly, doing even better than when Eagle Eye Xiahou Weijie had served as their instructor. Eagle Eye now trained Death Class graduates and carefully selected elites instead, forming them into a youth army that underwent extremely grueling training