Exploration

This city was definitely something only Golden Immortals were qualified to approach. Coming here was still far too dangerous for him.

Ever since entering the Path to Ascension, Lu Ren had constantly felt something strange. Damn it, cultivation really did feel a bit like leveling up, killing monsters, and changing maps.

In the present world, virtually no one could deal with him at his current realm. He could truly do whatever he wanted. But the Path to Ascension was not like that.

Still, Lu Ren could more or less understand it. In the present world, resources capable of supporting further cultivation by Celestial Immortals had become exceedingly scarce. In some relatively resource-poor river systems, nurturing even one or two Celestial Immortals was already the limit. To cultivate any further would truly be impossible.

Thus, as long as those Celestial Immortals possessed even a little ambition, the moment the Path to Ascension appeared, they would rush in without hesitation.

That was why the Path to Ascension had gathered so many Celestial Immortals over the years. Even Hanging Mountain, which was still in its beginner phase, had enough resources accumulated in the Cloud Sea below to support the cultivation of over five thousand Celestial Immortals, with plenty to spare.

This was also why the Jade Emperor and Tathagata had gone to every possible length and waited for over a million years for the Path to Ascension to open. It was because this place suited Celestial Immortals, offering chances to find heavenly treasures capable of extending one's lifespan, or even opportunities to obtain the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and advance further.

Since ancient times, no one had ever broken through the limits and become a Golden Immortal in reality. Only a place like the Path to Ascension possessed the resources needed to push