The Summons from the Ascension Platform

Beyond the Southern Heaven Gate.

Faintly, immortal birds sang in delight and immortals murmured. A stone platform drifted amid swirling immortal mist, as though stepping onto it would allow one to attain the Dao and ascend.

The Ascension Platform.

Li Rui's pupils contracted slightly.

Legend had it that during the era of the Ancient Immortal Court, cultivators of the world ascended to immortality from the Ascension Platform, passed through the Southern Heaven Gate, and entered the Immortal Court.

Was the scene before him not exactly the same as that legend?

An urging sounded within the lake of his heart.

"Go quickly, go quickly."

Li Rui's expression hardened. Drawing a deep breath, he swept his sleeve and directly sealed the Southern Heaven Gate.

For some reason.

The sight of the Ascension Platform always made his heart palpitate.

While studying in Hongwen Pavilion, he had read records concerning the Ascension Platform. Condensed into three words, they were—great peril!

Whenever the Ascension Platform opened, even Dao Lords could fall.

One had to know.

Dao Lords possessed incomparably profound divine abilities. Ordinarily, there was almost no possibility of them falling. Yet clear records stated that more than one Dao Lord had perished within the Ascension Platform.

It could be said that the Ascension Platform was not only a land of fortune, but also a graveyard for Dao Lords.

Perhaps if Li Rui entered the Southern Heaven Gate, he truly could reach the Ascension Platform.

But with his current Late Spirit Division cultivation, it would most likely not be fortune for him, but calamity.

If one could not catch a blessing, it became a disaster.

Since he could not catch it, why should he try?

How could ascending to heaven in a single step possibly be so simple?

He might as well rely on his