"H-how could he walk so quickly?!"
"The Heart Ladder doesn't seem to affect him at all."
"W-what on earth is going on?"
Before the Saint's palace, everyone was dumbstruck. The sight of Chu Kuangren passing through the Heart Ladder so quickly had shaken them deeply.
After all, even the fastest Supreme Being present had taken nearly an hour!
Yet Chu Kuangren had climbed one step with each stride, without pausing at all. He had finished in just twenty or thirty breaths, as though he were walking up an ordinary staircase and there were no illusions at all.
Now, the cultivators who had passed the Heart Ladder looked at Chu Kuangren with immense wariness, with even a trace of fear showing through.
With a Daoist heart like that, was he even human?
After all, a person's Daoist heart was tied to their experiences, will, and seven emotions and six desires. The Heart Ladder's illusions evolved based on these as well.
Yet Chu Kuangren had passed without stopping at all. Everyone seriously wondered whether this fellow was completely devoid of the seven emotions and six desires.
Was he even human?
Could he have been a stone that had taken human form?!
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
Just then, the Heart Ladder suddenly began shaking violently. Cracks appeared one after another, and in the blink of an eye, the Heart Ladder, which looked as though it had been built from white jade, was covered in cracks and began falling apart.
The power of its illusions also began dissipating. The cultivators immersed in the illusions were startled awake one after another. At first, they looked around blankly, but upon noticing the Heart Ladder's abnormal state, they hurriedly charged upward.
Before long, the magnificent, exquisite Heart Ladder had become rubble strewn across the ground.
"Damn, what happened