Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1744

Chapter 1744 Ascending to the Fifth Heaven

Shortly before Yuan arrived at the Stairway to Heaven, he was stopped by Xi Meili.

"Hey, do you think I can challenge the Stairway to Heaven by myself?" Xi Meili asked him.

"Hm? If that's what you want, go ahead. I have no real reason to stop you." Yuan responded.

"Great! I have been wanting to challenge it ever since I heard about it. Hopefully, it won't be too difficult."

"With your talents and training with Kelan, I'm sure you'll be able to pass it with flying colors."

After hearing that Xi Meili wanted to challenge the Stairway to Heaven, Lan Yingying added, "I would also like to challenge the Stairway to Heaven. Since I chose to stay behind instead of training under Kelan with the others, I need to make the most of every opportunity to train myself."

"Alright. Then I'll go first. See you two later."

"W-wait!" Xi Meili hastily stopped him.

"What if one of us fails to ascend?"

Yuan smiled and said, "Neither of you will fail. However, if you somehow fail to ascend, I still have a method to let you ascend."

Xi Meili nodded, feeling a little more relieved, knowing they wouldn't be stuck in the Fourth Heaven.

'Now that I think about it, what about Yingzi?'

Since Yingzi didn't originate from the Nine Heavens, would their laws affect her? Yuan decided to figure it out later.

Once Yuan was inside the Stairway to Heaven with the nine random players, the players were teleported to the spectators' room.

"Tian'er, I have a question. I have someone who came from another world—a place outside of the Nine Heavens. How will Stairway to Heaven work for her?"

Tian'er then spoke, "If you mean that being hidden within your shadow, she can ascend without needing to pass the trials. After all, the Stairway to Heaven is only meant for those born within the Nine Heavens. Moreover, she is already powerful enough to exist within the Supreme Heaven. It'd be pointless to make someone like her take the trials."

"Oh? You can sense Yingzi despite her lack of presence?" Yuan commented in a somewhat surprised tone.

"Presence or not, Tian'er can sense anything and everything that exists within the Stairway to Heaven. Nothing can hide from Tian'er," she calmly stated. "For example, Tian'er can sense the three—technically four souls resting within Master's Dantian, as well as the three souls resting within your three Soul Weapons."

"..." Yuan stared at Tian'er with wide eyes.

'I know I created her, but damn… How terrifying…' Yuan swallowed nervously as he thought to himself.

"Alright, I will begin the trial now. Also, I have two companions who will be challenging the Stairway to Heaven later. Just in case… If they fail, I can still bring them to the Fifth Heaven, right?"

Tian'er nodded, "As the master of the Stairway to Heaven, you ultimately decide who can and cannot ascend. Tian'er has said this before, but Master can also ascend without needing to take the trials."

Yuan nodded, "Thanks. That's all I needed to know. We can begin the trial. Ah, make sure to prevent those players in the spectators' room from seeing my trials."

"As you wish, Master."

Tian'er disappeared into the void shortly later, and a staircase appeared before Yuan. Meanwhile, inside the spectators' room, the players were puzzled by their situation.

"W-where are we? What happened to that NPC who promised to carry us?"

Due to the inherent difficulty of the trials, very few players even attempted to carry others through the Stairway to Heaven, as doing so only increased the challenge. Those who did try never reached the door, much less enter the Stairway to Heaven. In other words, aside from those previously carried by Yuan, no players were aware of the existence of the spectators' room.

"Did we get fooled by that NPC? What if we're trapped in here forever?" one of the players made this assumption, his face filled with fear.

"What? If that's true, how the hell do we get out of here? This is an enclosed room with no exits!"

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