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As the people of Jiutian Academy ascended the Heavenly Ladder, more and more people discovered that climbing the Heavenly Ladder would prevent them from being attacked by ferocious beasts. As a result, all the immortals in the valley flocked towards the altar.

As time passed, more and more people advanced towards the top of the Heavenly Ladder. At this moment, the Azure Nether Immortal King saw that the Beast Alliance members had already climbed more than twenty steps. He then transmitted his voice to Chu Zhengyu and said, "Elder Chu, there might be some inheritance at the end of the Heavenly Ladder. The Beast Alliance members are faster than us, so the inheritance will probably fall into their hands."

Chu Zhengyu said, "Let's not rush. Let's take another look. There might be other dangers on this Heavenly Ladder."

Each step up this heavenly ladder requires enduring excruciating pain that tears one's soul apart. Furthermore, as the number of steps increases, the pressure intensifies, and the pain of soul-tearing becomes even more intense.

Those from the Beast Alliance were just one step ahead of them, but that doesn't mean they can hold out.

This Heavenly Ladder has at least tens of thousands of steps, making it almost impossible to reach the top in a short time. Once a certain stage is reached, it becomes very difficult for the Beast Alliance members to climb any higher. Therefore, Chu Zhengyu is not worried at all that the people in front of him will obtain the inheritance before them.

Chu Zhengyu wasn't in a hurry, but some people outside the Nine Heavens Academy were. Seeing that the Beast Alliance members were already more than ten steps ahead of them, some people finally couldn't hold back and directly attacked the Beast Alliance members.

However, just as that person activated their immortal power, suddenly, a tremendous force blasted them off the Heavenly Ladder. Since flying was no longer possible there, the person landed directly in the midst of the ferocious beasts.

The next moment, the man was torn to pieces by a group of ferocious beasts below. Seeing this, people immediately realized that they could not attack others on the Heavenly Ladder.

If anyone attacks another person, they will be blasted off the stage.

Having learned from past mistakes, no one dared to attack others so casually afterward.

For the next day, the members of the Beast Alliance did their best to climb the Heavenly Ladder, but as the steps they climbed became higher and higher, they found it increasingly difficult.

Only Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue are relatively relaxed now, since this Heavenly Ladder mainly targets the divine soul, and their divine souls are both very powerful, so it doesn't have much of an impact on them.

At this moment, a member of the Beast Alliance said to Immortal Venerable Xiyue, "Alliance Leader, you should go up first. We can't let us delay you."

The Beast Alliance members could tell that the reason their leader and Lu Chen were so slow was because they were waiting for them. If they hadn't waited for them, their leader and Lu Chen might have already climbed hundreds of steps.

The best way to seize the inheritance is to let their leader and Lu Chen go up first, and then the others can follow up slowly.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue turned her head and glanced at the Beast Alliance members behind her. They were drenched in sweat, their expressions were distorted, and they looked extremely painful and exhausted.

Some people from the Nine Heavens Academy are already catching up with them, only less than six steps behind. If they continue to be this slow, it will only be a matter of time before the people from the Nine Heavens Academy surpass them.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue then said, "Alright, you all rest first. I and he will go up first."

At this point, Immortal Venerable Xiyue looked at Lu Chen and then asked via telepathy, "You should be able to withstand it, right?"

Lu Chen smiled slightly and transmitted his voice, "Of course."

Although he felt the pressure on his soul when he stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder, he did not suffer as much as others; he only felt a little dizzy.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue said, "Then let's speed things up."

At this point, Immortal Venerable Xiyue immediately leaped up and crossed three steps.

Lu Chen quickly followed, also taking three steps, and then the two began to speed up their way up the ladder.

Seeing this, everyone from the Nine Heavens Academy was dumbfounded, especially Chu Zhengyu, who had been paying close attention to Lu Chen's situation. He had just been wondering how a mortal immortal could possess such a powerful divine soul. But the next moment, the other party actually stepped over three steps in one stride.

Is this the divine soul strength that a mortal immortal could possess?

Are you kidding me?
Chu Zhengyu wasn't stupid. Considering the recent events in the Tianyan Immortal Realm, he had already guessed Lu Chen's identity.

Lu Chen's clone was able to inscribe a Saint-level sealing formation that no other Immortal Venerable could inscribe, which proved the strength of Lu Chen's divine soul. Now, a mortal immortal with such a powerful divine soul has suddenly appeared in the Beast Alliance, and it just so happens that Lu Chen has a clone in the Beast Alliance.

The identity of this mortal immortal is now obvious.

No wonder the Beast Alliance group has been protecting him.

Lu Chen is now a trump card for the Beast Alliance.

Those who can enter this small world are at most at the Immortal King realm. It would be far too easy for a Saint-level sealing formation to seal an Immortal King.

If other forces clash with the Beast Alliance, the Beast Alliance can directly use a Saint-level sealing formation, and no one can stand against the Beast Alliance.

Thinking of this, Chu Zhengyu frowned.

Although he and Lu Chen knew each other, their relationship was not good, and they might even be enemies. After all, back then, in order to leave the Chaos Sea, the Heavenly Maiden seized the beast core of the Chaos Beast and abandoned Lu Chen without taking him with her.

However, if Lu Chen can still move swiftly under such pressure, then his spiritual strength is probably no different from that of an Immortal Venerable, right?
Thinking about it this way, Lu Chen's main body should also be an Immortal Venerable?
At this moment, Chu Zhengyu's gaze fell on Immortal Venerable Xiyue next to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen's soul was very powerful, so it wasn't surprising that he could take several steps at once. Who was the person next to Lu Chen? Why could even she move so fast?

With such a high level of spiritual power, this person is probably an avatar of a Celestial Venerable.

However, the soul of the Immortal Venerable's avatar shouldn't be that powerful anymore, so why is this woman's soul still able to resist the pressure of the Heavenly Ladder?

At this moment, the Azure Nether Immortal King transmitted his voice to Chu Zhengyu, saying, "Elder Chu, those two from the Beast Alliance are probably not ordinary people."

Chu Zhengyu came to his senses and then said, "That mortal immortal has some connection with the celestial maiden; there's no need to provoke him."

Upon hearing Chu Zhengyu's words, the Azure Nether Immortal King was stunned. How could a mortal immortal have a relationship with their celestial maiden?
However, since it was Chu Zhengyu who said it, it shouldn't be false.

Chu Zhengyu didn't want to provoke Lu Chen. On the one hand, Lu Chen had saved him earlier, and on the other hand, he felt that with their strength, they were probably no match for Lu Chen. Although Lu Chen only had the body of a mortal immortal, he was able to inscribe the array patterns of a saint-level sealing formation.

If a fight breaks out, the Nine Heavens Academy will definitely suffer a loss.

Moreover, the fact that Lu Chen was able to emerge from the Chaos Sea demonstrates his extraordinary nature. People like Lu Chen should be left to be dealt with by the Heavenly Maidens.

For the next month, Lu Chen and the others climbed the Heavenly Ladder. As they got closer to the clouds, Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue slowed down.

The feeling of their souls being torn apart grew increasingly intense. Just a few steps away from reaching the clouds, they both stopped. (End of Chapter)