"Successfully clearing the Heavenly Immortal Academy's Heavenly Ladder earns you the right to enter the Immortal Pool and bathe in the Tribulation-Crossing Divine Lotus."
After hearing Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin's explanation, Shi Hao headed straight for the Heavenly Ladder without a second thought.
When Shi Hao successfully cleared the Heavenly Ladder's ninth and final trial, thick fog abruptly engulfed the platform. An old man in yellow robes stepped out of a crack in the void and spirited Shi Hao away midway through the proceedings. The two vanished without a trace.
The bell signaling his success rang belatedly. Only then did the academy's senior members, who had rushed over at the sound to receive their new disciple, realize that Qi Daolin had stolen their newly emerged peerless prodigy. They were instantly filled with bitter resentment.
Huo Ling'er glanced around, worry showing on her face. "Why did Shi Hao suddenly disappear? What was that fog just now?"
Huo Yuhao smiled. "Remember how Shi Hao said back in the lower realm that he was the heir of the Supreme Hall? That was the master of the Supreme Dao Arena coming to collect his disciple."
Huo Ling'er recalled the matter at his words and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "So that's what happened. As long as it wasn't an enemy coming to ambush and kill him."
By the time Shi Hao realized that Qi Daolin had actually swindled and tricked him into coming along, it was already too late. In the end, he became the Supreme Dao Arena's sole heir of the current generation, his face dark with exasperation.
"We finally found you! Thank goodness Yuhao left a tracking device on you beforehand." Huo Ling'er, who had hurried over, finally found Shi Hao shortly after he finished discussing the Dao with Qi