Arc 59The Road to Chonglou Tower

The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team fought through the Spiral Labyrinth Universe and reached Canglan Domain as the Chonglou Tower was about to open. The tower remained sealed after the Prehistoric Tide, and representatives of the Justice Alliance were asked to force it open.

  • Chu Tiannan’s team escaped a Space Ghoul by using Two-stage Teleportation, then entered Canglan Domain and joined the route toward Chonglou Tower.
  • Luo'er reconciled with Luo Tianshen, told him she loved Chu Tiannan, received his blessing, and returned to the Heavenly Ladder Team.
  • An Insect Race Mother Empress sent swarms of warriors against Chu Tiannan’s team, but Cailing disrupted the Nether Spider Warriors’ regeneration and Mingdao destroyed the Mother Empress.
  • The surviving Mother Empresses learned that their fifth sister had been killed and hurried toward Chonglou Tower to seek revenge after competing for its treasures.
  • At the Human Race camp, Chu Tiannan met Luo Tianhuang and the Thunder Lord, while Asila assessed the strength of the gathered teams and their leaders.
  • The Chonglou Tower unleashed the Prehistoric Tide, and powerful beings joined their Law Domains to defend Canglan Domain as Wind Emperor Throne announced the humans’ plan to enter afterward.
  • The tide passed, but Chonglou Tower stayed closed, and a mechanical life-form and an Insect Race Mother Empress asked the Justice Alliance to send representatives to force it open.
Chapters 1451–1475 Vol. 15 Read

Ch. 1451The Last Danger

Chu Tiannan sensed an impossible disturbance in the Spiral Labyrinth Universe and realized it might be linked to the region’s third danger. A pair of enormous claws tore open space, forcing the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team to brace for an attack.

  • Chu Tiannan discussed with Mingdao the growing disturbance and wondered whether something could travel without using spatial wormholes.
  • Chu Tiannan asked Asila about the Spiral Labyrinth Universe’s third danger and urgently told everyone to retreat after reading its information.
  • A pair of pitch-black claws tore open a fissure in space, unleashing an explosive wave against the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team.
  • Wu teleported in front of the team and expanded his shield to protect everyone, while Chu Tiannan prepared to support him with the Law of Chaos.
  • Wu recognized the creature behind the fissure and swore that the team had encountered it.

Ch. 1452Space Ghoul

The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team encountered a Space Ghoul that had been roused by Cailing’s Scarlet Power and was drawn to powerful souls. The monster tore open a cosmic rift and revealed itself, leaving the team facing an imminent threat.

  • A colossal claw tore through space, and Wu dismissed his shield as the team prepared to fight.
  • Chu Tiannan and Abu Luodi identified the creature as a Space Ghoul and suspected it had been attracted by Cailing.
  • Cailing apologized for disturbing the beast, but Chu Tiannan reassured her that the team did not blame her.
  • The Space Ghoul roared, pulled the rift open with its claws, and revealed its enormous body to the team.

Ch. 1453Battle

Chu Tiannan and his companions prepared to fight the Space Ghoul and tried to avoid being caught in its attacks while heading toward the Canglan Domain. Chu Tiannan and Alita blocked the beast’s enormous claw, leaving it pinned as two young figures appeared above it.

  • Chu Tiannan warned that the Space Ghoul was a threat to Cosmic Overlords and urged the group to reach the Canglan Domain, where the Chonglou Tower was emerging.
  • The Space Ghoul tore through space and attacked, prompting Chu Tiannan and Alita to block its thousand-foot foreclaw while the others used Teleportation to evade the blow.
  • Chu Tiannan and Alita held the Space Ghoul’s claw in place, and two young figures appeared above the beast and shouted, “Die!”

Ch. 1454Unleashing every move

The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team unleashed a coordinated barrage against the Space Ghoul, using Cailing’s Scarlet Cage to restrain it. Though their attacks badly wounded the monster, it survived, so Chu Tiannan ordered the team to retreat through the wormhole to Canglan Domain.

  • Bo Jue and Abu Luodi struck the Space Ghoul with the Death God’s and Asura’s law powers, staggering it.
  • Chu Tiannan ordered the team to attack, and Cailing trapped the Space Ghoul in a Scarlet Cage.
  • Chu Tiannan wounded the restrained monster with Chaos Annihilation, while Abu Luodi attacked its body and soul with Soul Seizure and Spirit Capture.
  • Alita and Asura followed with their ultimate techniques, leaving the Space Ghoul badly injured but still alive.
  • Chu Tiannan ordered the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team to retreat, and the members teleported toward the spatial wormhole to Canglan Domain.

Ch. 1455The chase

Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team raced toward the Canglan Domain wormhole while a pursuing Space Ghoul closed in. Chu Tiannan used Two-stage Teleportation to pull the team ahead, but the Space Ghoul continued the chase.

  • The Space Ghoul broke free of the Scarlet Cage and pursued the teleporting team.
  • Chu Tiannan led the team toward the unstable pale blue planet that held the Canglan Domain wormhole.
  • Bo Jue and Alita warned that the Space Ghoul was catching up and could accelerate during Teleportation.
  • Chu Tiannan unfolded his Chaos Wings, had everyone hold hands, and used Two-stage Teleportation to accelerate the team.
  • The Space Ghoul roared and continued pursuing them after they pulled ahead.

Ch. 1456Over a Thousand Races

Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team escaped the Space Ghoul by jumping through a spatial wormhole into the Canglan Domain. As they traveled onward, Alita reported that beings from over a thousand races had gathered there, and Human Race teams began joining their route.

  • Chu Tiannan used the Chaos Wings’ Two-stage Teleportation to carry the team to the spatial wormhole and escape the pursuing Space Ghoul.
  • The Space Ghoul failed to enter the disappearing planet and left after venting its fury by tearing through space.
  • Chu Tiannan and the team entered the wormhole and continued toward the Canglan Domain.
  • Alita told Chu Tiannan that beings from over a thousand races had gathered in the Canglan Domain, led by the Human Race, Machine Race, Demon Clan, Insect Race, Devil Race, and Dragon Clan.
  • Cailing spotted Human Race Heavenly Ladder Teams joining the route, and the team relaxed at seeing members of their own race.

Ch. 1457Canglan Domain

The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team traveled through the crowded wormhole toward the Canglan Domain, reassured by the safety rules protecting Human Race teams in foreign territory. After Alita urged them to hurry because the Chonglou Tower was about to emerge, they reached the Canglan Domain and discovered a vast floating continent at its center.

  • Cailing and Abu Luodi welcomed the growing number of Human Race teams, while Alita and Chu Tiannan agreed that humans were protected from one another in foreign territory.
  • Alita monitored public-channel messages and urged the team to speed up because the Chonglou Tower was about to emerge.
  • The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team accelerated past other teams in the wormhole, drawing astonished reactions from their fellow travelers.
  • Chu Tiannan and the others emerged into the immense, pale-blue Canglan Domain and saw a vast continent floating at its center.

Ch. 1458Desolate Heaven Throne, Wind Emperor Throne

Chu Tiannan’s group and numerous Human Race teams headed toward Canglan Domain, while Desolate Heaven Throne and Wind Emperor Throne arrived at the Spiral Labyrinth to seek Sacred Treasures for their race. The two powerful figures entered after discussing their long absence and Wind Emperor Throne’s identity as a clone of the Five Emperors City Lord.

  • Chu Tiannan admired the enormous Canglan Domain continent as Human Race teams emerged from spatial wormholes and traveled toward it.
  • Desolate Heaven Throne and Wind Emperor Throne arrived at the Spiral Labyrinth with only the two of them in their team.
  • Wind Emperor Throne explained that the other four emperors were occupied, leaving him free to accompany Desolate Heaven Throne.
  • Desolate Heaven Throne and Wind Emperor Throne discussed Wind Emperor Throne’s developing independent will and his identity as the Five Emperors City Lord.
  • Desolate Heaven Throne and Wind Emperor Throne entered the Spiral Labyrinth to search for Sacred Treasures after Chonglou Tower emerged.

Ch. 1459I Want to Be with Him

After completing her secluded cultivation, Luo'er emerged as the Luo God Clan's new-generation successor, grieving the sacrifice of her grandfather but vowing to protect the clan. She asked her father, Luo Tianshen, to let her be with the person she loved.

  • Luo'er watched the Luo God Domain collapse and the Luo God River dry up, then said goodbye to her grandfather, Luo Tiandi.
  • Luo Tianshen saw that Luo'er had matured and reflected on the Luo God Clan's loss of one of its three lords.
  • Luo'er left her cultivation space and told Luo Tianshen she would protect the clan and restore it to its former strength.
  • Luo Tianshen softened toward Luo'er and promised not to restrict her anymore.
  • Luo'er asked her father to let her be with him.

Ch. 1460A father and daughter say goodbye

Luo'er asked Luo Tianshen to bless her relationship with Chu Tiannan, and he finally agreed. After claiming the Divine Light Sacred Cloth, she said goodbye to her father and returned to the Heavenly Ladder Team.

  • Luo'er told Luo Tianshen that she loved Chu Tiannan and begged him to bless their relationship.
  • Luo Tianshen remembered Luo'er's late mother, then accepted that his daughter had grown up and gave her his blessing.
  • Luo'er opened a treasure chest and put on the Divine Light Sacred Cloth, which transformed into her favorite yellow dress.
  • Luo'er told Luo Tianshen she was returning to the Heavenly Ladder Team, and he wished her safety as she departed through Divine Kingdom Teleportation.
  • Luo Tianshen privately lamented that his daughter, like his younger sister, had fallen for someone connected to the Chaos Clan.

Ch. 1461The Insect Race

The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team crossed Canglan Continent toward Chonglou Tower, unaware that an Insect Race nest had prepared an ambush. The newly bred Insect Race warriors launched themselves at the team.

  • Chu Tiannan slew a giant beast and estimated that the team was still 1.5 light-years from Chonglou Tower.
  • Alita warned that enemies could still appear before the team entered Chonglou Tower, and Chu Tiannan urged everyone to stay alert until they reached the Human Race rendezvous point.
  • An Insect Race nest watched the team approach and called its children out to attack.
  • The Insect Race Mother Empress bred Mantis Warriors and black beetles, which flew toward the Human Race team with her permission.

Ch. 1462Surrounded

As Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team neared the Human Race's gathering point, Insect Race warriors ambushed them and surrounded the group. The team prepared to fight, while Alita searched for the Mother Empress controlling the attackers.

  • Chu Tiannan told the team they were half a light-year from the Human Race's gathering point after their long journey through the Spiral Labyrinth Universe.
  • Cailing asked Alita for food, and Alita gave her chocolate as the team continued flying.
  • Mingdao sensed approaching enemies, and Chu Tiannan warned the team to prepare for battle.
  • Cailing moved to the team's center and connected everyone with Scarlet Power threads that could pull endangered teammates to safety.
  • Mantis Warriors and Beetle Warriors surrounded the team, prompting Alita to search for their nearby Mother Empress.

Ch. 1463The Battle to Exterminate the Insects

Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team fought off more than ten thousand Insect Race warriors while trying to locate their hidden Mother Empress. The Mother Empress remained concealed as the battle raged and the team began cutting down the swarm.

  • Cailing failed to sense the Insect Race Mother Empress within a hundred thousand kilometers, while Chu Tiannan and Mingdao suspected she was hidden nearby.
  • The Mother Empress concealed herself beneath fallen leaves and ordered her warriors to attack.
  • Chu Tiannan formed a Chaos Domain and charged into the swarm, killing the Mantis Warriors that came at him.
  • Alita used Angel Judgment to kill more than a hundred Beetle Warriors with one strike.
  • Bo Jue and Abu Luodi led explosive attacks that cut down many Insect Race warriors, but the swarm barely faltered.

Ch. 1464A battle of attrition

Chu Tiannan's team slaughtered most of the Insect Race warriors without suffering casualties, but the Insect Race Mother Empress recycled the dead and sent in three thousand supreme level Tiger Insect Warriors. Chu Tiannan recognized that the fight had become a battle of attrition.

  • Cailing's Scarlet Power and Spirit Magic killed more Insect Race warriors than anyone else on Chu Tiannan's team.
  • The Insect Race Mother Empress secretly dragged the dead warriors into its nest, devoured them, and remade them.
  • The Insect Race Mother Empress sent three thousand newly gestated supreme level Tiger Insect Warriors into battle.
  • Chu Tiannan saw the new warriors encircling his team alongside the surviving venerable level warriors and called it a battle of attrition.

Ch. 1465Nether Spider Warriors

Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team endured waves of Insect Race warriors until a group of ten Cosmic Overlord Nether Spider Warriors appeared. As Chu Tiannan engaged them, he called for Mingdao to act, with the Insect Race Mother Empress hidden beneath the battlefield.

  • The Insect Race Mother Empress created ten Cosmic Overlord warriors and devoured corpses to recover her strength.
  • Chu Tiannan sensed the Mother Empress beneath the team, and Mingdao agreed to help him reach her unnoticed after they dealt with the attackers.
  • Mingdao identified the ten small, eight-legged warriors as poisonous Nether Spiders and warned the others about their lethal attacks.
  • Chu Tiannan charged the Nether Spider Warriors despite Cailing's warning and severed one spider's leg behind a soul-will barrier.
  • Chu Tiannan called out to Mingdao to act.

Ch. 1466A bitter battle

Chu Tiannan fought the regenerating Nether Spider Warriors while Mingdao slipped away unnoticed. As the battle worsened, Abu Luodi, Bo Jue, Cailing, and Wu joined him, disrupting one beast’s reassembly and shielding Cailing from venom.

  • Chu Tiannan severed a Nether Spider Warrior’s leg and sent Mingdao darting away as a distraction.
  • The Nether Spider Warriors surrounded Chu Tiannan, healed from his attacks, and grew stronger when two merged into one.
  • Abu Luodi and Bo Jue joined the fight after the remaining Insect Race warriors were wiped out, cutting a Nether Spider Warrior into pieces.
  • Cailing used Scarlet Power to pull apart the wounded warrior and disrupt its reassembly.
  • The other Nether Spider Warriors targeted Cailing with venom, and Wu blocked the spray with his shield while Cailing continued her attack.

Ch. 1467The furious Insect Race Mother Empress

Chu Tiannan and his companions used Cailing’s Scarlet Power to stop the Nether Spider Warriors from regenerating and tried to preserve their strength for Chonglou Tower. The Insect Race Mother Empress prepared to use its trump cards, but an unexpected voice startled it.

  • Cailing’s Scarlet Power tore a Nether Spider Warrior apart and prevented it from reassembling.
  • Chu Tiannan and his companions blocked the remaining Nether Spider Warriors from reaching Cailing while he explained how her power could help destroy them.
  • Cailing trapped five or six severed Nether Spider Warriors in Scarlet Power and interrupted their regeneration.
  • The Insect Race Mother Empress, enraged by its warriors’ failure, decided to use its trump cards.
  • An unexpected voice spoke as the Insect Race Mother Empress prepared, and terror flashed in its eyes.

Ch. 1468Annihilation

Mingdao found the Insect Race Mother Empress beneath the ground and destroyed its nest. After eliminating the Mother Empress and its guards, he left the Insect Race without its source of new warriors.

  • Mingdao appeared above the Insect Race nest and began cutting an opening into it.
  • The Insect Race Mother Empress insulted the Human Race and sent two Nether Spider Warriors to ambush Mingdao.
  • Mingdao used Mingdao Zangetsuha to swallow and destroy both Nether Spider Warriors.
  • Mingdao annihilated the Insect Race Mother Empress with a ray of Mingdao light.

Ch. 1469Self-destruction

Mingdao destroyed the Insect Race nest and confronted its beautiful Mother Empress, who detonated herself after threatening him. Her death stopped the Nether Spider Warriors, and Alita and Chu Tiannan recognized that the crisis was over.

  • Mingdao saw the graceful Insect Race Mother Empress rise from the ruined nest and asked her what was going on.
  • The Mother Empress cursed humans and detonated herself, but Mingdao remained unharmed in his armor.
  • Mingdao decided to return, disappointed that the fight had been so easy.
  • The Nether Spider Warriors froze in midair as the battle continued.
  • Alita asked Chu Tiannan what had happened, and he explained that the Mother Empress had been destroyed and the warriors had lost their master.

Ch. 1470Chonglou Tower

The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team set out for Chonglou Tower after Mingdao killed an Insect Race Mother Empress. Her sisters learned that a human in purple had killed her and headed for the tower, while the team reached sight of it at dawn.

  • Chu Tiannan urged the team onward to Chonglou Tower, and Cailing noted they still had 0.8 light-years to travel.
  • The Insect Race Mother Empresses discovered they had lost contact with their fifth sister and learned that a human had killed her.
  • The sisters saw their fifth sister's final mental image of Mingdao and sped toward Chonglou Tower, intending to seek revenge after competing for Heavenly Treasures.
  • After traveling for a day and night, the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team saw Chonglou Tower at dawn, and Chu Tiannan welcomed their arrival.

Ch. 1471The races gather

Chu Tiannan and his companions reached the Chonglou Tower and saw the many races gathered around it. At the Human Race camp, they discovered that even a lone Heavenly Ladder Team far outclassed their own.

  • Chu Tiannan and his companions arrived at the Chonglou Tower and marveled at its immense size and mysterious origins.
  • Chu Tiannan spotted the Human Race camp and led his group there before the tower opened.
  • Chu Tiannan noticed that the smaller and solitary Heavenly Ladder Teams were far stronger than those gathered in large groups.
  • Asila identified Lord Ao Duo’s seven-member team as Cosmic Lords, with Lord Ao Duo at the sixth reincarnation stage.
  • Asila told Chu Tiannan that Luo Tianshen had eighth-reincarnation strength and Qingzhui had ninth-reincarnation strength, leaving Chu Tiannan feeling helpless about his team’s standing.

Ch. 1472Meeting the Phoenix Heaven Lord Again

Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team arrived at Chonglou Tower and searched for a place to camp before meeting Phoenix Heaven Lord Luo Tianhuang. She invited them to join the Thunder Heavenly Ladder Team near the Five Emperors City Lord, who had also come to Chonglou Tower.

  • Chu Tiannan found a designated Venerable Level spot for the team through the Asila system.
  • Phoenix Heaven Lord Luo Tianhuang surprised Chu Tiannan by appearing and told him Luo'er would visit after finishing her cultivation.
  • Luo Tianhuang encouraged Chu Tiannan's rookie mixed Heavenly Ladder Team to make a name for itself at Chonglou Tower.
  • The Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team wondered who Luo Tianhuang was, while Alita sensed that she was a Cosmic Lord.
  • Luo Tianhuang invited Chu Tiannan and his team to join the Thunder Heavenly Ladder Team near the Five Emperors City Lord, whom Chu Tiannan learned had also arrived.

Ch. 1473Reflections

The Phoenix Heaven Lord brought Chu Tiannan and the Divine Miracle Heavenly Ladder Team to the Human Race's central camp, where she introduced Chu Tiannan as a student of the Five Emperors City Lord. Their welcome was interrupted when the ground shook and the Chonglou Tower appeared to be opening.

  • Chu Tiannan reflected on the power and rarity of Spirit Treasures and Sacred Treasures as he flew with the Phoenix Heaven Lord and the team.
  • The Phoenix Heaven Lord led the group through the Human Race's camp, where powerful Cosmic Overlords and Cosmic Kingdom Lords greeted her.
  • Chu Tiannan recognized the Tian Dou Kingdom Lord, who had advanced to the Cosmic Celestial Venerable level, and exchanged greetings with him.
  • The Phoenix Heaven Lord introduced Chu Tiannan to the Thunder Lord as a student of the Five Emperors City Lord, and the Thunder Lord welcomed the team.
  • The ground began to shake, and the Thunder Lord and Phoenix Heaven Lord realized that the Chonglou Tower seemed to be opening.

Ch. 1474Prehistoric Tide

The prehistoric tide surged across Canglan Domain as the races prepared for Chonglou Tower to open. Chu Tiannan learned from Phoenix Heaven Lord that his teacher, Wind Emperor Throne, had personally subdued two powerful criminals imprisoned in the human race’s Galaxy Prison.

  • Chonglou Tower rumbled, unleashing the prehistoric tide and shaking Canglan Domain.
  • Powerhouses from many races joined their Law Domains to build defenses against the tide.
  • Wind Emperor Throne announced that he, Wind Emperor Throne, and Desolate Heaven Throne would lead the humans into Chonglou Tower after the tide passed.
  • Chu Tiannan recognized the voice as his teacher, the Five Emperors City Lord, and wondered about the strength of his Wind Emperor Throne clone.
  • Phoenix Heaven Lord told Chu Tiannan that Wind Emperor Throne had personally suppressed Great Demon Throne and Qiongqi Throne and imprisoned them in Galaxy Prison.

Ch. 1475An anomaly at Chonglou Tower

After the Prehistoric Tide ended, Chonglou Tower failed to open on schedule, leaving the gathered races puzzled. Representatives of the Machine Race and Insect Race asked the Human, Elf, and Sea races to help force the tower open.

  • Chu Tiannan learned that the Wind Emperor Throne clone had suppressed the Great Demon Throne and Qiongqi Throne.
  • The Prehistoric Tide dissipated, but Chonglou Tower remained silent and showed no entrance.
  • The Phoenix Heaven Lord said Chonglou Tower had opened normally during her previous visit seventeen million epochs earlier.
  • Abu Luodi joked that the tower might be refusing to open because of his charm, and Bo Jue rebuked him.
  • A mechanical life-form and an Insect Race Mother Empress appeared and asked the Justice Alliance to send representatives to force Chonglou Tower open.
Arc 59 of 76
Arc 59 of 76