The Rebirth of an Immortal Cultivator
Chapter 457: The Last Excerpt from the Records of the Human Emperor
Hong Xi Jiang imagined the battles in the past that took his life. He still remembered the Heavenly Bronze Tree that messed things up, made the Human Realm the worst place, and nearly annihilated the Human Race of the Three Realms.
"Crazy Boy. You have the Heavenly Yin Tree in your body, you must carry this heavy burden."
If there was no Heavenly Bronze Tree, Hong Xi Jiang would not have had to wait too long and would have charged straight into the Celestial Realm. Even though it was difficult to break through the Celestial Gate, but it was easier than dealing with the Heavenly Bronze Tree.
With his current strength, facing the Jade Emperor was extremely easy. Even if not for the protection of the Heavenly Bronze Tree, in the past, he could have killed the Jade Emperor.
Now, even though he did not possess as much Yin and Yang Energy as he used to, but his strength could not be underestimated. In the past, he rose normally, but now, suppressing his cultivation base to 99× before rising to the next level.
Even if it had as much Yin and Yang Energy as it used to be, but its present energy density exceeded that of the former. He could cross the realm, killing even stronger enemies.
But back again, it was still impossible to fight against the Heavenly Bronze Tree without the help of the Heavenly Yin Tree.
Wang Yue Fei looked at Hong Xi Jiang. He wanted to say something, but swallowed his words back. He simply stayed still and grabbed Hong Xi Jiang's arm, then brought him down back to Earth.
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—Secret World, Xiang Star, Western Region—
Mo Lian continued to follow the unicorn until she was already in the middle of the forest with a dense tree, but the sunlight could still shine down on the grass below because the leaves were not too dense.
He saw the unicorn that from the beginning kept on walking, suddenly stopping.
The unicorn uses its front legs to dig into the ground by stepping on it many times.
Mo Lian looked down at the unicorn's feet. He could guess it, maybe the Human Emperor Note was there, but he did not take the initiative to help, but rather let the unicorn do it himself.
After a while, suddenly the ground shook like something was waking up from the depths of the earth. It was like a monster that had fallen asleep, but was angry that his sleep was disturbed.
The ground began to rise in front of the unicorn forming a single rung, but the next second the second rung began to appear, the third.
The unicorn stepped aside, providing a way for Mo Lian to climb up the stairs.
Mo Lian was stunned. Although it looks simple, but not all that simple it makes it okay, it is precisely this simple one is very difficult to conquer. He knew, these stairs carried a powerful aura that increased the gravity of anyone who climbed.
Even though he knew, he still took the first step. Suddenly, he felt a weight falling on his shoulders that was difficult to carry. "I haven't felt this way in a long time, it reminds me of the time three hundred years after joining Zhongjian Sect. Climbing the 100,000 Dao Stairway to obtain the highest treasure ..."
"If remembered, it was only a Heaven-level Technique and a Heaven-grade Artifact. For me now, the gift is like a toy."
Mo Lian continued to climb up the stairs bit by bit. He did not know who made this, as he was sure it was not Wang Yue Fei, as it was impossible to have that much time to build the Secret World and all in it.
"Getting heavier. Each step does not carry a weight with a ton, but this is the size of a star. I don't know if I've sustained the galaxy or not."
Sweat had already drenched his body, and this was not only true for the clones, but all of them were getting this terrible effect of pressure.
But despite the weight, Mo Lian did not stop stepping. He made good use of this opportunity, this could increase his strength slightly. With his current level, increasing strength was extremely difficult, so whenever there was a chance, he would make the most of it.
"Luckily time here goes by faster. So even though I was around long enough, it had no effect on the time in the Secret World."
The steps he took were getting heavier, until blood started seeping from his skin pores, replacing sweat. But it wasn't over, the higher he went up, the greater the pressure he received. Originally only blood seeped, now his blood turned into mist.
So strong was gravity, that it formed a space distortion around Mo Lian, causing her body to hurt and sometimes sound cracks like fractures.
But just because of this slight pain, did not make him give up. He had come already with mental and physical readiness, he had come to obtain the Notes of the Human Emperor.
Mo Lian did not know what she would get from the Human Emperor Note, but she did not have too high expectations and instead lowered the Human Emperor Note. Perhaps, there was an annoying note when it was read, like Wang Yue Fei who wrote it carelessly there.
If expectations are high and it turns out the results are bad, it will only make him lose his spirit.
Mo Lian looked up at the stairs above her. He still could not see the peak after walking for several hours. He gritted his teeth, and stepped back.
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—Seven Days Later—
It didn't feel like it had been a week since Mo Lian had climbed the stairs and a day outside, but until now she had still not reached the top. He did not know how high this ladder was, and although it was good for training, it still made him almost lose his spirit.
His body had already shattered many times under the pressure, and naturally, it was painful.
"Still far?" Mo Lian looked up with great difficulty. He was surrounded by a mist of blood coming out from his body.
Bang out!
A loud bang resulted from his footsteps landing on the stairs.
Mo Lian felt pain in her knee and her leg bone broke again. I don't know how many times he's lost count.
He took a few breaths and restored his shattered physique. Then he took a new step, which he got was pain with the same fracture.
"How many days have I been here? Although my strength kept increasing under this pressure, but seeing that there was no progress, it really made me want to give up."
Mo Lian gasped. After his bones reconnected, he took another step. But unlike before, the move he took this time brought him a lot of pressure.
Bang out!
Mo Lian hit the stairs violently. His body was down and he had trouble moving.
He looked up, stretched out his hand to grab the rungs on it. But the moment his hand touched the new rung of stairs, it shattered like a compactor.
"My body is often destroyed .. but I can't feel the pain, not even scream while fighting. But here, just climbing the stairs, all the pain in my body was like being opened."
Mo Lian gritted her teeth. "It really hurts, damn it!"
Mo Lian extended her other hand, but was greeted with destruction. But even so, he did not give up because he had already arrived here, he would wait for his hand to regenerate again, then ascend in a crawling manner.
He knew this was slow, but as long as it got to the top, he would do so even if his hands and feet could no longer grow. But, it seemed impossible, there were no legs and hands, then it could not climb.
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Time goes on and we do not know how many days are entering. But up until this point Mo Lian had still not reached her peak, and the clouds above her felt like they were constantly rising away from her. This made it seem as if it had not had any progress yet and was only in the same place.
Now he no longer crawled because he was used to the weight, and felt this weight was no longer a problem for him. But, that does not mean he can step freely, he is still a little difficult because he climbed the stairs in a bent body position.
"I don't know how many hundred thousand steps."
Mo Lian raised her right leg, and took a step once more. He was already preparing to get a wound like a broken bone, but the eagerly awaited one did not come.
Mo Lian felt her body very light like cotton. A golden white light enveloped his body like a flame. He used it and sat cross-legged to meditate.
This energy was just like the one he got from killing an Immortal God. It even felt purer, he did not know where this came from, but since this was for him, naturally he would accept it.
A few seconds later, Mo Lian opened her eyes with apparent surprise. "Just a few seconds?!" Normally, the fastest time he could reach was two to three minutes, but now it was only a few seconds.
Mo Lian turned her head down to look at the stairs. But what greeted him there was something that left him dumbfounded with no words and beginning to doubt his decision to climb the stairs. The rungs of the stairs were supposed to be hundreds of thousands, as he looked down, there were only nine rungs.
Mo Lian did not believe this. He turned around, turned his head forward to see if there was still another rung in front of him. But, not a staircase in sight, but a golden door that looks like an ordinary house door.
There was no aura as expected of that door, no carving, no pressure, no array, everything was plain.
Mo Lian scratched her head. "Did I climb the stairs just for this?"
Despite complaining, Mo Lian remained standing and opened the door. What greeted him was a dazzling beam of white light, making him close his eyes with his left arm.
When his gaze began to improve, he had already arrived at the white-colored room. But what caught his attention, in the middle of the room were three sheets of golden paper floating next to each other in the air.
The papers carried a powerful immortal aura, making Mo Lian almost take a step back. But soon, he held it in and stayed in place.
"Is this the last leaf of the Human Emperor's Note? The aura he carried was stronger, perhaps, this was Yue Fu's Cultivation Technique?"
Mo Lian did not know if he could cultivate the techniques belonging to the Human Emperor. But even if he was capable, he would not rashly practice it. With his current strength, and he had the aura of a Human Emperor, wouldn't he be hunted down?
He already had the Heavenly Yin Tree. He had already taken the Blessing Dao. He had already weakened the Heavenly Bronze Tree. He had already killed the Immortal God. If he had an addition like the aura of a Human Emperor, it would be life like what he would experience.
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