Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

After May.

A ray of light tore through the sky and fell from above.

The light was too dazzling, and the people in the Mei family who were enveloped by the light could hardly open their eyes.
Their hearts were beating "boom-boom-boom" and the excitement of witnessing history made the muscles on their cheeks tremble.
They knew it would come today, but when it actually came today, it was still incredibly surprising.
The Mei family... After a thousand years, someone from the Mei family finally ascended to heaven!

Clouds floated in from nowhere, covering the dazzling golden light little by little, and the light could only scatter from the clouds.

After everyone in the Mei family was ecstatic, they began to worry again - can the eldest young master really ascend successfully?

Soon, a ray of light spontaneously burst out from the Mei family, shining with the colorful clouds in the sky.

The clouds gradually began to change, and the golden light seemed to be affected by the clouds and softened. The light seemed to have become a staircase, spreading down from the sky layer by layer.

Suddenly, the golden light seemed to be frozen, dark clouds covered the sun, and the ladder that was descending layer by layer came to an abrupt stop, and even had a tendency to retreat.

At this moment, not far from the Mei family’s Xuantian Gate, a beam of light burst into the sky.

The crowd watching from afar gasped, this... someone else is ascending?

When that beam of light touched the sky, the heaven and earth seemed to receive some kind of information. The dark clouds suddenly dispersed, and the speed of the ladder going down increased by more than twice.

close!
Getting closer!
Along with the ladder to heaven come the laws of heaven and earth, the most profound truths of heaven and earth. If you can just touch a tiny bit of them, you can save decades on the path of cultivation.

This huge temptation made the speculators rush into the air at this moment!
Many eyes were staring at the person running towards the ladder.

The ladder was constantly squeezing the man, and he used all his magic to resist. The magic wrapped him up, and he got closer to the ladder little by little.
Finally, the man landed on the ladder.

The onlookers realized something, but were still worried.
At this moment, the person who landed on the ladder tentatively removed the protective air mask. The ladder, which had been constantly rejecting that person, seemed to have given up the struggle and actually accepted the person who stood on the ladder.

Many of the onlookers were tempted. They looked at each other and the people around them, as if waiting for the second person to rush forward and test it for them.

The person who climbed up the ladder stretched out his foot tentatively and took the first step. The clouds on the stairs scattered in all directions as if frightened.
But that person's steps actually landed on the next step up. He was not repulsed by the fact that the other person was not a real ascender. That person just kept going up step by step and was about to walk into the clouds.
Many onlookers became more and more jealous, and finally, someone rushed forward again.

If there is a second person, there will be a third person. A group of people are like black crows flying towards the ladder to heaven.
Those whose cultivation is too low have almost no chance to touch the ladder that symbolizes ascension and are knocked down.
Almost all those who went up were cultivators of advanced age. They didn’t have much time left. If they couldn’t ascend, they would soon disappear between heaven and earth. So they might as well give it a try.
Even if they fail, this is the moment when they are closest to ascension!
and--

They all looked at the first person who stepped onto the ladder, and that person was almost at the end of the ladder.

There weren't many people who went up, but there were quite a few too, about a hundred in total.

Several elders of the Mei family stood on the top of the mountain, shaking their heads as they looked at the people on the ladder.
After a while, they seemed to sense something and turned their eyes towards the Mei family.

The light emitted from the Mei family gradually weakened, as if it was pausing for the last moment before exploding.

The Mei family at this time.
Pei Mingyan stood under the small tree in the white marble courtyard. The small tree could no longer be called a small tree. It was a giant tree that looked at least a hundred years old.

The small courtyard, once made of white marble, is now shaded by trees, making it the best place to cool off in the long summer.

next second.
As if they were in sync, the last ray of light shone out from the Mei Family and Xuantian Sect at the same time. The ladder that many people had stepped on did not stop spreading downwards, and it split into two at the place where people stepped on it.
One staircase leads to Xuantian Gate, and the other leads to the Mei family. As the stairs extend endlessly, they have once again touched the beams of light bursting out from the bodies of the two people who have ascended.

The stairs came to an abrupt end, hanging above the Mei Family and Xuantian Gate, within reach.

Pei Mingyan glanced at the little tree and said, "Let's go."
A response came from somewhere: "Yeah."

At this moment——

The first person who sneaked onto the ladder let out a scream of extreme pain: "Ah——"

The people on the ladder suddenly looked up, only to see that the man disappeared in an instant. The group of people were shocked and confused, hesitating whether to leave or not.
But then a layer of fog was seen coming down from the ladder. The fog was rising and clearing all the clouds floating on the ladder down the ladder. The speed was so fast that people didn't have time to blink.

More than a hundred people on the ladder disappeared at that moment, the fog exploded in all directions, and the ladder was as clean as if it had been washed by running water, with nothing left!
The onlookers who did not dare to rush up the ladder were surprised to find at that moment that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth suddenly became abundant!
The eldest son of the Mei family and the unknown person from Xuantian Sect have also walked up the ladder.
The two of them met at the junction of the ladders, but did not look at each other.
Looking closely, they saw that the two of them were walking up the ladder together in unison.

As the two walked further away, the ladder they had stepped on gradually dimmed and disappeared.

Suddenly, golden clouds surged in the sky and fog gathered, but the golden light did not dim. Instead, it seemed as if a sun shower was about to fall.
Those who had watched Young Master Mei ascend to heaven several times were puzzled at this moment: Could it be that Young Master Mei... was going to fail again?

But the ladder has been lowered, so it shouldn’t be that serious, right?
In the blink of an eye, the golden rain spread out little by little, with the Mei family as the center.
People no longer had the time to worry about whether Young Master Mei would really ascend to heaven, because they had already gotten the advantage.
This golden rain is the purest crystallization of cultivation!
Mei family.
Everyone looked at the young master who had completely disappeared and felt lost.
The golden rain fell softly, as if bidding them their final farewell.
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Above the clouds.
Pei Mingyan and Shang Nanyi looked at each other, and the two continued to walk up without looking away, and soon reached the last step.

Pei Mingyan patted his shoulder, and a long guqin appeared behind him. Shang Nanyi touched his waist, and a long sword also appeared on his waist.

The two of them stepped onto the last step of the ladder at the same time.

At this moment, a gate so high that the top was invisible appeared in front of the two men. The two of them stood in front of the gate, and their sizes became as small as the clouds next to them. It seemed that they would disappear without a trace if the wind blew gently.

A voice came from the door, the tone was very polite, without any condescension, "You are here."

Pei Mingyan didn't say anything. It was Shang Nanyi who answered, "Yes, we are here."

"Come in," the voice said.

The door slowly moved. The silence of thousands of years gave it a sense of antiquity. It moved very slowly, as if it might use up its last bit of strength and get stuck halfway at any time. Pei Mingyan was curious. He was curious about what was behind the cloud.
Although science tells him that there is an endless universe beyond the atmosphere, will the truth of that world still be the truth here?
Soon, the door was opened.

Inside the door, there were still layers of clouds and mist. The only difference was probably that there was a cloud in the middle that looked like a human head.

The cloud was floating along with the surrounding clouds, but it seemed like its reaction was always half a beat slow, making people want to kick it.

"you……"
The cloud's mouth moved, and the voice that Pei Mingyan felt familiar with indeed came from this cloud.

"Spiritual energy... is not right..."

"boom"!
The door closed at this point.

Pei Mingyan raised his eyelids and looked at the cloud. "Old man, are you happy after you kicked me so many times?"

After a long pause, the cloud finally figured out something and said, "Yes, you."

Pei Mingyan nodded, "It's me, I finally ascended to heaven, you are not doing your duty, why didn't you stop me?"
"Oh, I understand. You want energy to be conserved, no, spiritual energy to be conserved, so you don't allow people to ascend. After you finally let us ascend, you tempt a group of cultivators to sacrifice their lives just to replenish the spiritual energy we took away when we ascended."

"Are you... from the upper realm?"

Upper Bound?
Pei Mingyan and Shang Nanyi looked at each other and said, "You neglect your duties like this, have you never worried that someone will come to investigate you?"

"You are not from the upper realm." said the cloud head.

Shang Nanyi took over the conversation at this time, "Are you really the way of heaven?"

Yuntou didn't reply.

Shang Nanyi said: "I have always wondered why you gave me hints and told me who is good and who is bad."

"Someone is trying to interfere with destiny. I noticed it and I'm reminding you."

"Destiny?" Shang Nanyi smiled. "Your destiny? Or my destiny?"

"It's your fate."

"You noticed that I was in danger and wanted to protect me, so you reminded me." Shang Nanyi said, "Is that so?"

"Of course, you are a child of destiny, the one who is most deserving of the ascension. How can others steal your destiny in front of me?"

"The first step for a cultivator to embark on a journey of cultivation is to tell himself that cultivation is against the will of heaven, because heaven does not allow people to survive for long, and cultivators embark on the path of the great road to change this destiny." Shang Nanyi smiled, "On this road, some people die young, and some people struggle in their old age, but we all understand that this is the realization that everyone has when they embark on the journey of cultivation. Everyone will have their own opportunities, their own understandings, and their own destiny. Heaven is high above, and all things in the world should be the same in the eyes of Heaven. Heaven does not protect people because of their humbleness, nor does it favor species because of their rarity, because you are Heaven, the Heaven that allows all things to grow and last forever."
"But what are you doing now? Because of your bias, the young master of the Mei family, who has been practicing hard, has failed to ascend to heaven again and again. Because of your bias, the Murong clan has nowhere to go. Because of your bias, the entire Fuling clan has been wiped out. Is this the favoritism that you, the Heavenly Dao, have for me?"

"I think you are not worthy of being the Heavenly Dao!" Shang Nanyi said in a loud voice.

Fang Qing and Xue Qingyu also showed up at some point, and the three of them applauded him.
Fang Qing added: "Father, it's not that I don't love you, I just love Chuan Chuan more!"

Pei Mingyan said, "I promised someone to ask you a question for him. What did his brother do wrong to deserve his death from your inexplicable lightning strike?"

The cloud was silent and didn't say a word.

Although several people were determined to die, they were also on guard at this time. They thought it through, but they didn't want to die in vain under the will of heaven.
For a moment, the two sides confronted each other.

suddenly!
The door that was tightly closed behind them had a hole in it from the outside, and a strong wind rushed in.
A ray of light came with the wind and enveloped the four of them.

The clouds around seemed to be suffering some inhumane torture. The head-like clouds were torn into pieces and then pressed into thin paper.

The cloud kept struggling, trying to maintain the shape of the head and prevent the clouds from dispersing.

"Hmph." A light snort came from outside the door, and the wind became stronger.

The cloud head was like a torn cloth bag with a hole in the middle. The hole kept getting bigger and bigger. Finally, the cloud that was tightly connected like broken silk threads suddenly dissipated.

Pei Mingyan took a step forward and stood in front of the three people. Fang Qing hesitated for a second and also took a step forward to block Shang Nanyi and Xue Qingyu.

"Don't be nervous." A voice came from outside the broken door.

Fang Qing, Shang Nanyi and Xue Qingyu were all stunned almost at the same time.

Pei Mingyan was stunned for a moment, then doubt crept onto his face, and soon, the doubt on his face turned into weirdness.

Because this voice is so familiar!

Isn't this the sound he has been listening to for more than 20 years? !

(End of this chapter)