World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 1159 - 520: Mysterious Ghost Domain! Cultivation Breakthroughs!

Chapter 1159: 520: Mysterious Ghost Domain! Cultivation Breakthroughs!

After entering the Ghost Domain.

Lanling, completely unprepared, was struck by an unprecedented visual shock.

From the outside, the Ghost Domain appeared as though its seasons changed daily, as if time flowed a hundred times faster than outside. The scenery was incomparably magnificent.

Yet upon entering the Ghost Domain,

everything was shrouded in darkness. The sky was torn open, revealing eerie green light.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Bolts of lightning crashed down.

Each strike was an ominous, dreadful green.

The entire Ghost Domain had no mountains, no water, no flowers nor trees, and certainly no snow-covered landscapes.

The only thing here was a single mountain.

Oh, wait!

This wasn’t a mountain—it was a Pyramid, a black Pyramid.

The foundation of the Pyramid stretched a hundred miles wide, and as for its height...

Lanling tilted his head upward; he couldn’t see the top. Perhaps it was ten thousand meters? Perhaps even higher!

All in all, this did not feel like a Pyramid—it seemed more like an enormous peak, towering above any mountains on Earth.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The sky continued its lightning and thunder, tearing apart the black firmament and casting ghastly green light over it.

Lanling gathered all of his spiritual power and finally managed to spot the top of the Pyramid.

Maybe it was ten thousand meters high, or perhaps twenty thousand meters, but the apex shimmered with a mysterious glow.

Lanling muttered to himself, "Is the so-called Demonic God Ruins situated atop this Pyramid?"

How could one reach the summit?

It’s simple: by climbing the stairs.

Each step was approximately one foot high. How many steps led to the top?

No idea—maybe thirty thousand steps, maybe fifty thousand, or even seventy thousand?

In any case, this felt like a celestial ladder, extending directly into the dark sky.

Lanling turned to look back, hoping to spot Suo Mo, Konstantin, and the others.

But upon turning around, he was greeted by an expanse of void and darkness.

It seemed as though this place was an isolated world, with Lanling standing at its edge.

He turned and attempted to walk out.

Yet no matter how far he ventured, he was met with boundless, unending void.

Indeed, it was impossible to leave this Ghost Realm World.

Turning back again, it felt as though he hadn’t taken even a single step; the enormous black Pyramid remained right in front of him.

If, as suspected, the Demonic God Ruins lay atop this Pyramid, then Lanling had no choice but to climb.

Regardless of whether the mystical light at its peak emanated from the Demonic God Ruins, it was certain to be a supreme treasure of the world—terrifyingly powerful, incomparably mysterious, and astoundingly grand.

Taking a deep, deliberate breath, Lanling prepared to ascend the Pyramid.

...

Before Lanling stood four doors.

The first was green, the second red, the third yellow, and the fourth white.

It was evident that these doors represented the four seasons.

Green symbolized spring, red represented summer’s scorching sun, yellow signified ripe fruits of autumn, while white embodied winter’s frigid snow.

The choice before Lanling was: which door would he enter?

Judging by appearances alone, the doors for summer and winter were the most intimidating, as they symbolized extreme heat and severe cold.

So what awaited beyond the Spring Door? And the Autumn Door?

Taking a deep breath, Lanling held off deciding; instead, he shut his eyes and began concentrating his spiritual power to calm the lake within his heart.

He needed to discern whether this world was real or illusory. Which parts were real, and which were an illusion?

But undoubtedly, this surpassed the limits of his spiritual power.

No matter how much he tried, opening his eyes once again revealed the same Ghost Realm World before him, completely unchanged.

At least as of now, with his current understanding and abilities, he was incapable of distinguishing this world’s authenticity.

...

Since he couldn’t discern the truth, climbing to the top of the Pyramid became his sole option.

Whether it was to obtain the Demonic God Ruins, uncover the enigmatic treasure, or seek the ultimate truth itself.

For now, Lanling needed to choose a door to enter.

Perhaps once chosen, it could never be altered.

From appearances alone, the Summer Door and Winter Door seemed the most perilous.

Yet Lanling understood that surface-level danger was not truly dangerous—the unknown danger was the real threat.

Therefore, perhaps the Spring Door and Autumn Door posed the greatest risks.

After prolonged deliberation, Lanling decided on the Summer Door.

Because he seemed impervious to heat—even plunged into volcanic magma, he remained unscathed. After all, he possessed the Golden Demon Body.

Thus, Lanling strode resolutely into the Summer Door.

Indeed...

Upon entering the Summer Door, he was met with fierce, suffocating heat.

The temperature surged to about fifty degrees Celsius, yet for Lanling, this was nothing!

But as he raised his gaze, he saw countless corpses strewn across the steps ahead—they were entirely dried out.

Perhaps there were hundreds, thousands, or even more.

Disarrayed, they all lay on the path of the stairs, every single one a dried corpse.

Undoubtedly, these were people who had previously entered the Ghost Domain; none had managed to leave alive.

Further upward, starting around the hundredth step or so, each subsequent step began to turn red—growing increasingly crimson until eventually they resembled the molten hue of magma.

And at the summit of the Pyramid, flames blazed furiously.

Lanling began to climb.

Step one, step two, step three...

He felt it distinctly—each ascended step brought about a roughly ten-degree rise in temperature.

Onward, he continued climbing.

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