As more and more powerful beings ascend the Fortuitous Opportunity Heaven-Reaching Tower, each floor, especially those that are multiples of 5, reveals extraordinary phenomena, which appear like superimposed images in all directions of the sky.
The spiritual energy in this place is extraordinary; all sorts of creations appear out of nowhere, and strange things also emerge.
A powerful being was terrified and was unexpectedly attacked by a strange entity. It grabbed his neck and tried to strangle him, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices, his face to turn blue, his eyes to bulge, and blood vessels to appear like worms. This terrified the powerful being beside him.
Misfortune and fortune are interdependent! The Way should not be lightly transmitted! All beings are equal!
The ethereal sound echoed in the ears of countless powerful beings who had never climbed the tower.
"No, I'd better leave. There's no point in climbing this Heaven-Reaching Tower!"
"This is outrageous! Can't we even watch up close?" one of the immortals exclaimed, his eyes blazing with fury.
The disciples of the Sage and the resident immortals and gods of various powerful forces set up arrays and barriers to prevent the arrival of the strange phenomenon.
Retreat is impossible, and climbing the tower will have to be done slowly.
Suddenly, a golden lotus bloomed in the void, auspicious clouds rose, and spiritual energy filled the air, bringing salvation to this world.
"What's going on?" The Heavenly Court God of Strength frowned.
" The Blood Sea Minghe Lord has passed through the thousandth level. A mysterious figure appeared on that level, seemingly its doing."
"Really? But why didn't Great Immortal Zhenyuan others encounter anything unusual after they went through?"
The Barefoot Great Immortal, a powerful Great Luo Golden Immortal who hadn't yet ascended the tower, looked solemn yet secretly excited, saying, "It seems that once a certain number of levels in the Heaven-Reaching Tower are cleared, different phenomena will manifest. Will it be a blessing or a disaster?"
"This great immortal cannot linger any longer."
Barefoot Great Immortal and some other Great Luo Golden Immortal ascended the tower, Great Immortal Zhenyuan, who had seized the top spot, stepped onto the 1200th floor of the Heavenly Ladder.
In an instant, a torrential downpour of blood rained down from heaven and earth, and a bizarre, blood-red monster materialized on the first level of the celestial ladder, its torn opening resembling a demon's sinister grin.
"Ah!"
Taiyi Golden Immortal screamed in agony as he was drenched by a torrential downpour of blood, which corroded his protective immortal energy. His left arm and another arm oozed pus, and his muscle tissue and bones instantly atrophied, died, and turned into a foul-smelling liquid.
"Fellow Daoists, be careful! This rain is highly acidic and can melt away your protective immortal qi."
"There's no rain in that area, get out of there quickly!"
Although the blood-red rain only lasted for a quarter of an hour, it took the lives of tens of thousands of Taiyi Golden Immortal and many more powerful beings. Even some Great Luo Golden Immortal were injured and severely damaged.
This forced the onlookers to flee far away.
That region was only inhabited by the forces under the Sage's tutelage, with a few powerful forces also stationed there.
Xiao Tian thought to himself, "What a Primordial Heavenly Dao! Even now, it hasn't forgotten to harm the powerful beings of the Primordial Primordial and weaken their numbers."
Although the idea for this Fortuitous Opportunity Heaven-Reaching Tower was given by Xiao Tian, it was actually created by the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
Xiao Tian could see the difficulty level of the Fortuitous Opportunity Heaven-Reaching Tower and the mystery of each level through his Heavenly Dao Double Pupils. Starting from the 90,000th level, even Quasi-Sage would be instantly annihilated if he was not careful. This was true even for powerful Peak Quasi-Sage like Minghe, Kunpeng, and Zhenyuanzi.
Xiao Tian was disdainful of the Primordial Heavenly Dao Dao's strategy of weakening and dividing beings by raising them like Little Ji. Although the Primordial World itself was still growing, the beings within it were being constantly suppressed, their talents and natures were being stifled, and in the future, even the Sage who were at the pinnacle of power might be eliminated.
"It seems I'll have to lend a hand secretly. I mustn't let Zhenyuanzi, Minghe, Kunpeng die on the Heaven-Reaching Tower."
Although Xiao Li also climbed the tower, Xiao Tian Xiao Li not worried about him.
Xiao Li himself was unaware that he was a tool used by the Primordial Heavenly Dao to monitor Xiao Tian.
If Xiao Tian's calculations are correct, there is a 90% chance that Xiao Li will become the protagonist of this Heaven-Reaching Tower and become Sage.
Although Xiao Li himself had refined a Primordial Purple Qi.
However, Xiao Li's cultivation level has improved too rapidly during this period. Although Xiao Tian has provided some assistance, it has not been much. Xiao Li's cultivation level has now reached the Mid-Stage Quasi-Sage.
Xiao Tian wouldn't believe that the Primordial Heavenly Dao wasn't involved.
"Fellow Daoist, are you sure you didn't give this kid any special training?" the fake Zhunti began to question.
Xiao Tian was speechless. This fake Zhunti was truly the best actor among the fakes. His tone was just like the real Zhunti, making Xiao Tian's hands itch to beat him up.
"Fellow Daoist, please don't joke."
"Fellow Daoist, it's not that I'm questioning you, but something is really amiss. This kid is only at the Mid-Stage Quasi-Sage, yet he's closely following Zhenyuanzi, Minghe, Kunpeng, and Kong Xuan. You must know that these are all veteran Quasi-Sage. Zhenyuanzi, Minghe, and Kunpeng are all guests of the Purple Cloud Palace. If they had the opportunity to become Saints, they would probably have become Saints long ago."
"Amitabha Buddha," sighed the false Jieyin.
"I don't want to repeat myself. If you're Zhunti for a beating, then I might as well have a proper discussion with you." Xiao Tian rolled his eyes, inwardly cursing, "Damn it, this damn Primordial Heavenly Dao, please don't actually let Xiao Li become a saint."
As time passed, Haotian, with his unwavering determination to become a saint, has now taken the lead and ascended the 90,000th floor of the Heavenly Ladder.
In an instant, in this world, Chaos gales, the Xuanming Yin waters of the Nine Heavens, and the Geng Metal Sharp Qi Chaos metal suddenly poured down from the sky like a tide.
This time, even the celestial arrays set up by the Sage could not withstand it and quickly collapsed.
Chan Sect, the Antarctic Immortal Elder had not yet ascended the tower, and with his great supernatural powers, he protected his disciples and safely escorted them out of the great terror.
Nevertheless, the Antarctic Immortal Elder was not in good shape either. He suffered internal injuries and destroyed a Innate Spirit Treasure, causing him immense heartache.
The Jiejiao and the Western Sect suffered heavy losses.
The situation at the Netherworld Sect was even more tragic.
The Netherworld side, because the Ten Yanluo were still observing, was actually the most stable and able to hold its own.
After all, the Yanluo of the Ten Courts were originally Ancestral Witch.
"Amitabha..." The fake Jieyin looked distressed and ordered his disciples to quickly evacuate from the area of great strangeness and terror.
"Huh?" Xiao Tian was surprised at this moment.
Because a dark horse has appeared in the Heaven-Reaching Tower.
This dark horse was practicing a special technique. Xiao Tian could tell at a glance that this guy was not human. Although this guy was well disguised, there were still Xiao Tian's henchmen in the Chaos Otherkind Force. Xiao Tian was familiar with the techniques practiced by some of the secret agents of the Chaos Otherkind Force.
After giving it a brief look, Xiao Tian didn't pay much attention, since it wouldn't have a significant impact on the outcome anyway.
That's what Xiao Tian thought, but three days later, he couldn't help but want to slap himself.
"That guy! He's really cunning!"
After reaching the 90,000th floor with a rather dazzling record, that dark horse stopped climbing and instead meditated and cultivated there.
But as Sage, Xiao Tian and his companions had sharp eyes. They noticed that while the guy appeared to be meditating, he was actually emitting a strange and mysterious aura that permeated the air.
This resulted in the absorption of the Quasi-Sage who arrived later. Although there was no immediate impact, there would definitely be negative consequences in the long run.
"Interesting!"
When a Quasi-Sage, whose magical power was depleted after climbing the 90,000th Heavenly Ladder, absorbed the purer spiritual energy above the ladder but also absorbed the sinister and strange energy, arrived at the 93,000th floor, an anomaly occurred!
The Quasi-Sage suddenly froze on the spot, his eyes glazed over, and a strange aura emanated from his body.
The next moment, this Quasi-Sage's mind went blank. When he came to his senses, he found himself back on the 90,000th floor. He was completely bewildered and puzzled.
"Damn it! Our Patriarch Yiling has been caught in the trap!" The Patriarch Yiling's disciples, who were outside the area affected by the Heaven-Reaching Tower's great anomaly, were so angry they were about to vomit blood.
"That's cheating! We don't accept this!"
" Sage! Shouldn't he be punished?!"
After understanding the situation, the Patriarch Yiling was both shocked and angry.
"Even Sage can't climb a tower like that! Shouldn't such unorthodox methods be punished?"
The fake Zhunti muttered, "This kid is interesting. Although his methods are despicable, we didn't talk much about rules at first, just went by his methods and strength."
"This child is destined to be with me."
Xiao Tian chuckled.
"The original intention of the Fortuitous Opportunity Heaven-Reaching Tower was to be grounded in reality; relying on such cheating methods, it deserves to be punished!"
Xiao Tian makes his move!
On the 93,000th floor, before the Quasi-Sage level dark horse powerhouse could react, he felt an overwhelming pressure from all directions, and his expression changed drastically.
The next moment, this Quasi-Sage screamed and was blasted out of the Heaven-Reaching Tower. His Quasi-Sage cultivation was destroyed, and he fell to the Great Luo Golden Immortal, just as he fell into the range of the disciples of the Patriarch Yiling.
" Sage has stepped in to uphold the rules! That's wonderful!"
"Brothers! Beat that cheater to death! He almost killed our ancestor!"
The Chaos Otherkind in the shadows had an extremely gloomy expression, inwardly cursing the Sage who had made the move.
Because of Xiao Tian's intervention, the Primordial Heavenly Dao carefully observed the powerful being who had been blasted down. Through investigation of data from ancient and modern times in the Primordial, the Primordial Heavenly Dao discovered that there was an 80% chance that this guy was from the Chaos Otherkind lineage.
In an instant, its goodwill towards Xiao Tian soared to a new level.
The Primordial Heavenly Dao now considers Xiao Tian to be its mascot.
Xiao Tian listened to the system notification in his mind, feeling both speechless and disdainful of the small rewards.
On the 99,500th Heavenly Ladder, Zhenyuanzi, Minghe, Kunpeng, Haotian, Yaochi, Tathagata Xuan, Kong Xuan, and Master Xuandu each displayed their supernatural powers to resist the multiple tests and impacts that this Heavenly Ladder posed on the mind, body, and primordial spirit.
"Hehehe, seniors! This grandpa's going up one floor first!"
As Xiao Li seized the initiative, Zhenyuanzi, Haotian, and other powerful figures were shocked and dumbfounded, almost losing their Dao hearts.
This kid, Mid-Stage Quasi-Sage, is actually more ferocious than them.
Keep in mind that they were all at the Peak Quasi-Sage.
Especially Minghe, Zhenyuanzi, Kunpeng, Haotian, and Yaochi, who felt incredibly bitter at this moment.
Having connections is an advantage.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!
At this point, they all agreed that this Fortuitous Opportunity Heaven-Reaching Tower was a joke.
These Sage positions were probably predetermined!
Haotian and Yaochi were the most unwilling. Their ancestor Hongjun was killed by the Deva Path, and this was precisely the time for them to prove themselves. However, Xiao Li's 'achievements' were like a sharp sword piercing their hearts.
They seemed to hear the chilling voice of Deva Path.
'You two are the servants of Hongjun, who betrayed him. To spare your lives is already the greatest mercy. You still dream of becoming saints?'
Noticing that several Quasi-Sage were mentally unstable, Xiao Tian secretly transmitted his voice.
"The true secret to reaching the summit must be revealed. Do not panic, maintain your faith, forget these words, lest you be discovered by the Deva Path."