The full moon hung high, the stars in the celestial river like tiny beans.
"Taiping, ahead lies the Heaven-Ascending Platform, Chenglong Heaven's forbidden grounds. As your elder brother, I can only see you this far."
On the little boat, Feng Tianxing, who served as the boatman, lowered the bamboo pole in his hands and pointed at the gray mist ahead.
Xu Taiping glanced at the mass of gray mist just ahead on the water and took a deep breath before turning to salute Feng Tianxing with clasped hands.
"Thank you for bringing me here by boat, Elder Brother Feng."
Feng Tianxing smiled.
"No need to stand on ceremony. It's what your elder brother ought to do!"
Even now, Xu Taiping did not quite understand why Feng Tianxing insisted on treating him as a brother.
But he could feel that Feng Tianxing's sincerity toward him was by no means false.
Touched, Xu Taiping said nothing, but firmly committed Feng Tianxing's sincerity that day to memory.
Just then, Feng Tianxing suddenly reminded Xu Taiping:
"Taiping, although you aren't bound by the Lower Realm's edicts as an Ultimate Dao law cultivator, once you ascend to the Land of Chaos in Outer Heaven, you'll still have to abide by the Heavenly Dao Edict if you want to descend from there."
Xu Taiping's heart tightened.
"Elder Brother Feng, is there any way around it?"
Feng Tianxing answered:
"There are many ways, but broadly speaking, they fall into two kinds. One borrows external power, while the other relies on oneself."
"Borrowing external power amounts to finding a treasure that can conceal you from heavenly secrets. But this method generally won't last very long. After all, even the most powerful treasure cannot withstand the crushing pressure of the Heavenly Dao Edict."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately thought