Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation
Chapter 630 - 623: Sea of the God-Watching Ladder

Luo Huan'er stared blankly at Ding Huan. Was Ding Huan really a newcomer to the Divine Realm?

Moments ago, under Ding Huan's domain, she was utterly powerless to resist.

She was clearly at the Divine Cultivation Realm, while Ding Huan was just at the Immortal Emperor Realm!

Ding Huan disregarded the dazed Luo Huan'er, easily opening Luo Huan'er's ring and pulling out a pile of jade scrolls introducing the Sea of Ascension.

Ding Huan's divine will fell upon these jade scrolls and found the content was indeed more detailed than those he acquired from Ao Bapi.

Ao Bapi's reputation was big, yet the rings of those five people only had a few dozen low-grade divine crystals together.

Moreover, the jade scrolls introducing the Sea of Ascension were quite rudimentary.

Yet in Luo Huan'er's ring alone, there were over a hundred low-grade divine crystals.

Importantly, Luo Huan'er hadn't deceived Ding Huan. He was very satisfied with the jade scrolls introducing the Sea of Ascension in her ring.

Ding Huan didn't touch anything inside Luo Huan'er's ring but merely took out the jade scrolls and copied the ones he needed, then tossed the ring back to Luo Huan'er.

"You don't want my ring?" Luo Huan'er was even more shocked as she looked at Ding Huan.

If Ding Huan didn't even want her ring, he naturally wouldn't kill her.

Ding Huan said flatly, "I find it dirty."

Luo Huan'er's eyes revealed a trace of bitterness: "Brother Ding, I know you look down on me. The elixir I gave you earlier was a detoxification pill.

In the Sea of Ascension, the biggest fear is poisoning, and the toxicity increases with each sea ascended."

Ding Huan said, "Otherwise, did you think I wouldn't kill you?"

Only then did Luo Huan'er understand. When she took out the elixir, Ding Huan had already realized she was offering a detoxification pill; he simply looked down on her.

Luo Huan'er gazed deeply at Ding Huan: "That year, my brother brought me to the Sea of Ascension, hoping to help me acquire a divine stone.

We were somewhat lucky. My brother managed to find a level three divine stone in the Sand Sea. If I had known that stone would be my brother's death warrant, I would rather not have it.

That night, my brother was killed by Ao Bapi, and I was raped by him...

From then on, my life was not a human life at all.

Here at the Sea of Ascension, whenever someone wanted to vent, they could find me, as I was the easiest to bully. I wished I could die immediately back then.

But I couldn't die. I had to avenge my brother.

Later I learned the cultivation technique to deprive the vital essence, and I killed several beasts that took over my body. I wanted to condense my divine status, kill those five beasts, and then self-destruct.

I loathed my own disgusting body, but I knew my capability. I couldn't kill them...

Hearing this, Luo Huan'er laughed at herself: "When I was kind and timid, everyone wanted to bully me. When I became a demon, even Ao Bapi avoided me.

People, they always oppress those who are kind and weak."

Only then did Ding Huan understand why Luo Huan'er took the initiative to bring him to the Sea of Ascension—because he had helped her kill Ao Bapi.

He fell silent, as Luo Huan'er's experiences deeply touched him.

Even though he was also a member of the Human Tribe, he was just as aware of the human tribe's inherent flaws.

People,

they always oppress the weak when they're strong, choose division during peace, unite only in crisis, feel hatred in fulfillment, and cherish in loss...

Ding Huan looked at Luo Huan'er sympathetically: "I've killed all five of them for you, so you needn't worry anymore."

After speaking, Ding Huan turned and walked towards the Sea of Ascension. He decided to first look at what the divine stones were all about there.

He had just glanced through the introduction jade scrolls concerning the Sea of Ascension.

Most Sand Seas are impassable, only the Unsinkable Divine Wood Ship can enter them.

However, some portions of the Sand Sea are passable, and these places are easier to obtain divine stones...

To be honest, Ding Huan didn't quite understand these; he needed to see for himself.

Luo Huan'er was stunned, then woke up and kneeled, tears falling: "Brother, your revenge is finally fulfilled."

When she saw Ding Huan's gradually departing silhouette, it seemed to remind her of something, and she called out loudly: "Brother Ding, wait a moment."

Seeing Ding Huan stop, Luo Huan'er hurriedly rushed to him, took out a brown Tao rhythmic sphere, and handed it to Ding Huan, saying:

"This was something my brother and I obtained by chance. If one day you can break the restriction of this Tao rhythmic sphere, you will understand it. Let me give it to you now."

Ding Huan accepted the Tao rhythmic sphere and let his divine will seep into it. To his surprise, despite his strong divine will, he couldn't penetrate this Tao rhythmic crystal ball, nor inspect the restriction within it.

This Tao rhythmic sphere wasn't a simple item.

"Brother Ding, I myself also despise my body. I need to find a place to end it. Thank you." Luo Huan'er bowed again before turning to leave.

Ding Huan said, "Your body's Dao rhythm has long been mottled and exhausted; advancing any further is impossible. Take this. If you get the chance, you might be able to reconstruct your body."

Ding Huan handed a jade box to Luo Huan'er before turning to depart.

He did not stop Luo Huaner from seeking self-destruction, because her physical form and great dao were already so tattered that she could not progress.

Otherwise, Ding Huan would indeed have persuaded Luo Huan'er not to self-destruct.

In Luo Huan'er's current state, only reconstructing a body would allow her to continue on her Great Dao.

Luo Huan'er accepted the jade box, staring dazedly at Ding Huan's vanishing back.

Ding Huan was the most special person she had ever met, unlike any other cultivator.

She opened the jade box given by Ding Huan, and when she discovered the Nine-Colored Void Lotus inside, tears once again uncontrollably fell from her eyes.

Ding Huan was the only one who chose purely to help her.

She was preparing to sacrifice herself and reincarnate because she was certain that only reincarnation was possible after self-sacrifice, as she couldn't obtain a Body Shaping Treasure.

Yet now, this Nine-Colored Void Lotus allowed her to reconstruct her body and the treasure of the Great Dao after dissolving her tarnished flesh.

If she could avoid reincarnation, who would willingly choose reincarnation?

"Thank you, thank you..." Luo Huaner once again knelt down.

After a long time, she finally took the Nine-Colored Void Lotus given by Ding Huan and quickly left.

She had a cultivation technique, but her body couldn't cultivate.

With the Nine-Colored Void Lotus and the Low Grade Divine Crystal she had, she was confident in crafting a perfect body and reevaluating the Great Dao.

...

Ding Huan was already standing at the outskirts of the Sea of Gods' Ladders. He looked up, and the Sea of Gods' Ladders appeared like tiers of terraces, extending all the way into the boundless depths of the mist and clouds.

Ding Huan's divine will could only clearly see the first tier of the ladder sea below; it couldn't penetrate further up, yet his sight could reach farther.

But even then, it was only possible to discern the outline.

Seeing each layer of this ladder sea, Ding Huan finally understood why it had this name.

The ladder sea connected piece by piece, stretching upwards, truly resembling a ladder.

Ding Huan walked leisurely into the Sea of Gods' Ladders and arrived at the edge of the first tier.

Earlier, his divine will scanned rather vaguely, only knowing it was a sea; seeing it now, it indeed resembled a deep brown ocean.

Now, as he arrived near, he could see clearly—it wasn't seawater at all, but a deep brown desert.

It was merely that this desert's color, seen from afar, was indistinguishable from an ocean.

A faint poison aura permeated through, causing Ding Huan's breath to slightly circulate, and the poison aura disappeared without a trace.

Standing before this ocean-like desert, Ding Huan's divine will still couldn't penetrate through.

He didn't see anyone inside this desert searching for Divine Stones.

Ding Huan stepped onto the desert...

Is this water?

Ding Huan withdrew his foot, looking in astonishment at the boundless desert sea.

Earlier, he had seen on the introductory jade scroll that entering the ladder sea to search for Divine Stones required a boat forged from Unsinkable Divine Wood.

Moreover, the jade scroll's introduction noted that standing was impossible here. At first glance, it wasn't clear, but now he understood through experience.

Above this water was a layer of fine sand, spread over the sea surface, with thin areas only a few inches thick and thick areas several yards deep.

Yet whether thin or thick, these fine sands wouldn't support weight.

To search for Divine Stones within this sand, one must use a wooden boat crafted from Unsinkable Divine Wood.

The value of a wooden boat made from Unsinkable Divine Wood wasn't low; after killing five Ao Bapi, he only obtained two.

Hence, to delve deeper into the ladder sea and search for Divine Stones, one must enter together with someone who owns a boat.

As for those cultivators without a boat, unable to find one to board, their only option to search for Divine Stones was to head to the pure sand sea.

In the Sea of Gods' Ladders, besides the sea covered with a layer of fine sand like Ding Huan saw, there were pure sand seas composed entirely of sand.

In such pure sand seas, people could walk on them without sinking, for there was no seawater underneath.

Ding Huan attempted to walk on this sand sea, but a series of formidable sucking forces surged toward him. Even with his divine will's strength, he couldn't stand on the sand sea.

If he forced himself to walk on it, he could only be pulled down to the sea bottom.

It was then that Ding Huan realized the difficulty of seeking Divine Stones in the sand sea.

Those loose cultivators searching for Divine Stones couldn't use divine will and couldn't walk on the sand sea; the only method was using tools from a ship made of Unsinkable Divine Wood to scoop the fine sand above the sea.

Divine Stones were hidden within these fine sands.

If a group of people were on a single Unsinkable Divine Wood ship, once they scooped up a Divine Stone, it could lead to a situation of snatching.

Ding Huan sighed; he knew that if one were to fall into the sand sea beneath due to contention, survival was unlikely.

Indeed, the path of cultivation was arduous.

Ding Huan didn't linger longer on the first tier of the Sea of Gods' Ladders but entered the second tier.

Upon reaching the second tier, Ding Huan could perceive that the poison here was more than twice as potent as the first tier.

If the poison's intensity continued to rise at this rate, the loose cultivators searching for Divine Stones in the Sea of Gods' Ladders likely couldn't reach beyond the fifth tier.

Ding Huan continued upwards, soon arriving at the third tier.

In this tier, Ding Huan saw groups of loose cultivators searching for Divine Stones, and surprisingly none used Unsinkable Divine Wood ships.

In this tier of the sand sea, there was surprisingly no water?

Divine will still couldn't penetrate through; Ding Huan attempted stepping into the sand sea—it was indeed fine sand, without water, and he wouldn't sink.