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Lu Chen looked up at the clouds above, where there were magnificent palaces, surrounded by celestial energy and Daoist charm, making it even more like a fairyland than those top immortal sects.

At this moment, Lu Chen spoke up to Immortal Venerable Xiyue beside him, saying, "I'm afraid even if we ascend the Heavenly Ladder, we won't obtain any inheritance. It might just be the first step in the selection process."

Immortal Venerable Xiyue remained silent, gazing at the palaces above the clouds, lost in thought.

For some reason, she increasingly felt that the powerful being who originally inhabited this small world was someone from another world.

The Daoist aura flowing between these palaces was so strange that she didn't actively try to comprehend it. She just watched from afar, and her mind was affected. The world before her eyes became distorted, and bloody scenes appeared one after another.

Lu Chen then said, "These Daoist auras are also somewhat strange; they don't seem to be the Great Dao of this world."

Having comprehended the Way of Creation, he could evolve all the Great Daos in the world. Logically speaking, the Daoist rhythms flowing between the palaces should resonate with the Great Dao within his body. However, those Daoist rhythms only flowed slowly in the air and did not resonate with the power of the Great Dao within his body in the slightest.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue steadied herself and said, "That fallen powerful being was very likely from beyond the heavens."

Upon hearing what Immortal Venerable Xiyue said, Lu Chen thought about it and realized that it wasn't impossible.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue then asked, "Now can you tell me why you know that climbing the Heavenly Ladder will prevent you from being attacked by ferocious beasts?"

Lu Chen answered directly, "When I was looking at that stone tablet, a voice appeared in my mind. That voice told me that if I climbed the Heavenly Ladder, I could live."

Immortal Venerable Xiyue pondered for a moment, then speculated, "Could it be that there is a remnant soul of a powerful being in this place? Or perhaps there is some kind of artifact spirit?"

Lu Chen said, "I don't know about that."

Immortal Venerable Xiyue continued to ask, "I am very curious, why was it only you who received the hint?"

Lu Chen had been pondering this question along the way. He even wondered if the fallen powerful being was related to his past lives, which was why something in this small world was specifically reminding him of this.

Lu Chen then said, "Perhaps only those with certain qualifications can receive the hints."

Immortal Venerable Xiyue didn't ask any more questions. Judging from Lu Chen's expression, Lu Chen probably didn't know why he had received the hint either.

The most important thing now is to climb the ladder and see what challenges await in the next stage.

Just as Immortal Venerable Xiyue was about to continue moving towards the next step, Lu Chen suddenly froze in place, looking as if he were lost in thought.

After Immortal Venerable Xiyue stepped onto the next step, she noticed that Lu Chen hadn't followed. She turned around and saw Lu Chen standing there, seemingly lost in thought. Immortal Venerable Xiyue asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Upon hearing the voice of Immortal Venerable Xiyue, Lu Chen finally came to his senses and asked, "Don't you feel that this Heavenly Ladder is actually absorbing our divine soul power?"

Upon hearing this, Immortal Venerable Xiyue was stunned.

Just now, Lu Chen discovered that his control over his other bodies had weakened, and he immediately realized that it was his soul that had weakened.

He instantly had a guess in his mind: with each step they took, their souls would feel a tearing pain. At the moment their souls were torn apart, their soul power was actually weakened. However, because of the discomfort of the soul tearing, they were distracted and did not realize it immediately.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue had vaguely sensed something was wrong after ascending the Heavenly Ladder, but she didn't know what the problem was until Lu Chen brought it up.

These words were like a wake-up call; only then did Immortal Venerable Xiyue realize what was wrong.

This heavenly ladder is actually absorbing their divine soul power?
The divine soul is the origin of immortals. As long as the divine soul is immortal, the immortal will not perish. If the divine soul is severely damaged, the immortal's strength will be greatly reduced.

Normally, immortals would not burn their divine soul unless absolutely necessary. But now, their divine soul power had been absorbed without their knowledge.

This was the first time that Immortal Venerable Xiyue had ever heard of anything that could absorb the power of the soul.

how did you do that?
Lu Chen looked back at the immortals on the Heavenly Ladder and then said, "The lower a person's cultivation level, the more of their divine soul power is absorbed. These people probably won't even make it to the top before their divine souls dissipate."

Xi Yue Immortal Venerable said, "No wonder this small world doesn't allow immortals to enter."

Both she and Lu Chen possessed divine souls at the Immortal Venerable level. When they came up, they also felt the sensation of their divine souls being torn apart.

However, because their souls are strong and relatively stable, the feeling of their souls being torn apart only becomes intense once they reach this point, so not much of their soul power is absorbed.

However, as soon as immortals below the celestial level ascended the heavenly ladder, their souls experienced intense tearing pain, and they didn't know how much of their soul power had been lost.

Lu Chen fell into deep thought, wondering where all that divine soul power had been absorbed.

What intrigued him most was why the master of this small world had created such a heavenly ladder to absorb divine soul power before his death.

Xi Yue Immortal Venerable had the same question as Lu Chen. She said, "Let's go up first. Perhaps when we get to the top, we'll know why this Heavenly Ladder absorbs people's divine soul power."

Lu Chen snapped out of his daze and said, "Okay."

The two then continued their ascent towards the clouds.

Over the next few days, Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue climbed one step a day. They adjusted their souls before climbing, which made their souls much stronger, reduced the feeling of their souls being torn apart, and prevented them from losing too much soul power.

Six days later, the two finally stepped onto the last step of the Heavenly Ladder and arrived above the clouds.

As soon as they ascended to the clouds, bells rang out in the sky.

As the bell tolled, Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue heard all sorts of screams. Then, the palace before them underwent a dramatic transformation, turning into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The two of them were also impacted by a mysterious force. Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue quickly stabilized their souls and then directly disconnected their control over their bodies. They were only using their souls to control the bodies in front of them, so they could block out all sensations from this side at any time.

at the same time.

Outside the small world.

On the Beast Alliance's immortal ship, Immortal Venerable Xiyue and Lu Chen opened their eyes at the same time. They looked at each other, their eyes still filled with deep fear.

After recovering, Immortal Venerable Xiyue said, "I'm afraid the purpose of that Heavenly Ladder is to weaken our souls. Once someone climbs the Heavenly Ladder, the master of that small world will begin to harvest our souls."

Lu Chen speculated, "Could it be that the powerful being didn't really perish? Did he deliberately expose the entrance to this small world to attract the immortals of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm, and then take the opportunity to absorb their divine soul power?"

Immortal Venerable Xiyue said, "That is very likely the case."

Lu Chen asked, "Are you still going back?"

Lu Chen had only temporarily severed control over that body. As long as that body wasn't dead, he could regain control. He didn't know if Immortal Venerable Xiyue could still control her body inside. (End of Chapter)