The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor
Chapter 346 - 345 Heavenly Ascension Stairs

Chapter 346: Chapter 345 Heavenly Ascension Stairs

Zhu Jiangtao looked at Ye Xuan.

Master Cang Song was also watching Ye Xuan.

To enter the Immortal King Hall, one needed to climb the Ten Ranks.

If one couldn’t, then that was that.

Ye Xuan withdrew his mind, his expression calm, his eyes tranquil like an ancient well, as if he could see through the ages.

"Just take me there," he said.

The stone steps of the Immortal King Hall have been famous from ancient times to the present.

How could Ye Xuan not know?

What he didn’t expect was that the Immortal King Hall still maintained that rule to this day.

"In that case, I shall take you there, sir," Zhu Jiangtao replied.

Seeing that Ye Xuan had chosen to go, Zhu Jiangtao did not say anything more and took the initiative to lead the way.

Master Cang Song did not follow but instead respectfully sent off Ye Xuan and Zhu Jiangtao.

After Ye Xuan and Zhu Jiangtao left, Master Cang Song went to settle scores with Xu Zhengfei right away.

This time, because of Xu Zhengfei’s trickery, not only had his reputation been tarnished, but he had also nearly lost his life!

Fortunately, Mr. Ye did not take it to heart; otherwise, he might have died on the spot.

"Mr. Ye, the Immortal King Hall is not in the mortal world, it requires a bit of travel," Zhu Jiangtao said as he flew ahead.

Ye Xuan followed behind Zhu Jiangtao, nodding slightly without saying much.

He naturally knew the Immortal King Hall was not in the mortal world; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so mysterious.

The two soared deep into the Immortal King Valley and entered a cave.

Within it, there was an ancient Daoist Platform for crossing the void.

They stood upon the Daoist Platform.

As the Spirit Stones were fully inserted, the Daoist Platform flashed with light.

And then, Ye Xuan and Zhu Jiangtao disappeared from atop the Daoist Platform.

The next moment, Ye Xuan and Zhu Jiangtao suddenly found themselves in another place.

Their view was wide open, they could see endless white clouds floating around.

It was as if they had arrived in the heavens!

But the divine mountain ahead, shrouded in flowing radiance, told them they were not in the heavens; all the strange sights around them were naturally formed.

"Sir, that mountain ahead is the Immortal King Hall," Zhu Jiangtao pointed at the shimmering divine mountain ahead and said somewhat nervously.

Despite being the Valley Master of the Immortal King Valley, he was just a menial worker in the eyes of the Immortal King Hall.

In the true Immortal King Hall, he had no say at all.

Ye Xuan, with hands in pockets, looked at the shimmering divine mountain, and cracked a slight smile, muttering, "It hasn’t changed a bit..."

"What did you say, sir?" Zhu Jiangtao asked, not quite catching what was said.

"Nothing, I just said the mountain is quite high," Ye Xuan said with a slight smile.

"Yes, even Langya Mountain, the first divine mountain of the Southern Domain, is not nearly as high as this one," Zhu Jiangtao sighed.

"Let’s go," Ye Xuan said, taking the lead to walk toward the divine mountain.

This mountain is called—Immortal King Mountain.

It is rumored that in the extremely distant Primordial Wilderness Era, an Immortal King, the founding patriarch of the Immortal King Hall, moved this Immortal Mountain from the Outer Domain Starry Sky, and it contains an extremely terrifying power.

And so, later generations came to know this mountain as Immortal King Mountain.

As for its true origin, it is beyond tracing.

They arrived at the foot of the mountain, looked up, and couldn’t see the peak with one glance.

Not far ahead of them, there was a slope of stone steps.

A total of ninety-nine steps.

They seemed unremarkable, just like ordinary stone steps.

But both Ye Xuan and Zhu Jiangtao knew very well that these stone steps were the ones used by the Immortal King Hall to assess individuals.

They indeed didn’t seem to have anything worth discussing.

But in reality, they were incredibly terrifying.

Back when Zhu Jiangtao was young and spirited, he wanted to enter the Immortal King Hall for cultivation, so he went to challenge the stairs, but by the time he reached the Second Rank, he was already struggling immensely.

Now, seeing these stone steps again, Zhu Jiangtao was full of emotion as he said, "Sir, these are the stone steps I told you about earlier."

Ye Xuan’s gaze shifted from the stone steps to the end of the stairs.

At the end of the stairs, there was a bell tower.

Within the bell tower, there was a Sword Bell, wide enough to need three people to embrace it, hanging there as if it had existed since time immemorial.

Seeing Ye Xuan’s gaze fixated on the Sword Bell, Zhu Jiangtao couldn’t help but say, "Sir, it is said that the Sword Bell has coexisted with the Immortal King Hall, as a symbol of the hall."

"It’s more than just a symbol..." Ye Xuan shook his head slightly.

The Sword Bell was of an ancient existence.

It had a name, the Immortal King Bell, rumored to have been left by the Immortal King who founded the Immortal King Hall.

As for whether this was true or not, no one knew.

But Ye Xuan was quite certain, that Immortal King Bell possessed formidable power, beyond what the mortal world could imagine.

"Sir, are you ready to start walking?" Zhu Jiangtao asked with some anticipation.

He had witnessed Ye Xuan’s extraordinary abilities, and he still had a certain confidence in him.

Perhaps today, Ye Xuan could really ascend to the Tenth Rank and enter the Immortal King Hall.

He came here today to possibly witness a miracle that had never been seen before.

After all, in the past thousand years, only a mere three people had set foot on the Tenth Rank.

Ye Xuan retracted his gaze and approached the stone stairs.

At the same time.

Immortal King Hall.

"Someone is climbing the Heavenly Ladder!"

This message spread through the Immortal King Hall.

"It’s been three hundred years since the last time someone climbed the Heavenly Ladder, hasn’t it?" a powerful being from the Immortal King Hall spoke in a low voice.

"It’s that youngster brought by Zhu Jiangtao..."

"A young lad, not sure if he can make it past the Tenth Rank."

Ye Xuan preparing to climb the stone ladder caused quite a stir in the Immortal King Hall.

Because it had been three hundred years since anyone had attempted to climb it.

"I think it’s unlikely, the last guy who came, seemed to be a little fellow from the Sun Swallowing Sect, his talent and strength were not bad, but it’s a pity he only made it to the Ninth Rank."

Inside the Immortal King Hall, there were many Undying existences.

Even the disciples who had entered the Immortal King Hall the last time were now several hundred years old.

However.

They were quite excited about someone climbing the Heavenly Ladder.

Because it was indeed rare to see.

They usually secluded themselves in the Immortal King Hall, which was truly boring, and if someone came to climb the Heavenly Ladder, it could at least provide them with quite a bit of entertainment.

"Shall we bet on which rank this little fellow can reach?" an old gambler suggested with a chuckle.

"Let’s bet, I’m sure he can’t make it past the Tenth Rank," another said.

"Isn’t that stating the obvious? Who doesn’t know he won’t make it past the Tenth Rank?" the betting enthusiast couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Was there even a need to say that?

They had seen many climb the Heavenly Ladder, but very few had actually crossed the Tenth Rank.

In the past thousand years, there had been only three who had stepped past the Tenth Rank.

The probability was too small.

Just as they said, the last genius from the Sun Swallowing Sect who came to climb the ladder had collapsed directly when he reached the Ninth Rank.

The Heavenly Ladder had ninety-nine ranks, and it seemed that the Tenth Rank should not be difficult.

But those who had truly climbed the Heavenly Ladder knew very well that it was incredibly difficult to ascend.

The name ’Heavenly Ladder’ was also given by them.

Because taking each step felt as if one were ascending to heaven—it was that difficult.

Climbing the Heavenly Ladder meant it was as difficult as ascending to heaven!

To cross the Tenth Rank of the Heavenly Ladder was like ascending to the Ten Layers of Heaven!

This was almost impossible.

Throughout ancient and modern times, very few had truly achieved this.

This was also why there were very few people in the Immortal King Hall.

Because the requirement was so difficult, only one in ten thousand could truly achieve it.

Boom!

Just as the many in the Immortal King Hall were watching attentively, Ye Xuan began his climb on the Heavenly Ladder.

"One step!"

As Zhu Jiangtao saw Ye Xuan take one step and firmly set foot on the First Rank, he became very nervous.

Ye Xuan confidently took one step, seemingly unaffected.

"Mr. Ye is so steady..." Zhu Jiangtao thought to himself.

Da da da————

However, what happened next shocked Zhu Jiangtao.

Ye Xuan, with hands in his pockets and walking leisurely as if on a stroll, stepped forwards one step after another. In the blink of an eye, he had gone five or six steps without the slightest hint of stopping.

"What’s going on?!"

Zhu Jiangtao was inwardly stunned: "Mr. Ye is so strong!"

To take so many steps in one go without pausing was just too powerful.

"It looks like the Tenth Rank is definitely secure!"

Zhu Jiangtao thought to himself.

Meanwhile, within the Immortal King Hall, the old ones were also staring in amazement at the image in the Void Mirror.

They clearly saw Ye Xuan ascend the stone ladder step by step, without any pauses.

"Hahaha, my Immortal King Hall will have another disciple!"

Someone burst out laughing.

"That may not be certain, you know as well as I do that the Heavenly Ladder gets harder the further you go. That fellow is fast now, but it’s possible he’ll fall on the ninth... rank?!"

Before the old being could finish speaking, Ye Xuan casually crossed the Tenth Rank and moved toward the Eleventh Rank.

The whole place was in shock!

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