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"ah--!"

A sudden, excruciating pain, as if tearing at one's very soul, struck Gu Ye. He trembled violently, his forehead instantly covered in cold sweat, his jaw clenched so tightly that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"Hold on, the [Heavenly Martyrdom Realm] is infusing you with everything Xu Yuanmo has to offer."

Night Phoenix's voice echoed in Gu Ye's mind.

Meanwhile, she had already returned to the Soul Card Space, her fingertips radiating spiritual energy as she began to methodically refine and organize Xu Yuanmo's memories, removing jumbled fragments and leaving only the core information.

With the merger of Xu Yuanmo's spiritual space, Gu Ye's spiritual space instantly doubled in size.

Gu Ye's spiritual energy and quality also doubled, his physical body strengthened, his mental strength increased, and even his invisible and intangible fortune was enhanced.

Half an hour later, Gu Ye finally finished digesting everything Xu Yuanmo had said.

It reappeared on the [Ascension Staircase].

Gu Ye slowly opened his eyes, and several figures came into view. The trial of destiny was about to begin again, and strange pain struck again. Gu Ye's face instantly contorted.

"Old...Old Gu, you're finally back."

Chu Ling's trembling voice rang in his ears, and Gu Ye turned his neck with difficulty.

Chu Ling's body was frozen in many places, her clothes were torn, and her hair was charred and curly from being struck by lightning. Her breath was weak, and she had obviously suffered greatly from the natural disaster.

"How many hours have passed?" Gu Ye's voice trembled, each word requiring immense effort, his lips cracked and bleeding.

Chu Ling looked up ahead, "It's been...one...hour."

Gu Ye's heart sank upon hearing this. Even Chu Ling and the others had caught up. He was currently at the 8,000th step, and he wondered if he had reached the 9,000th step yet.

"Walk...."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Ye lifted his foot and continued forward.

Perhaps because he absorbed everything from Xu Yuanmo, Gu Ye's resistance to natural disasters increased.

He moved forward quickly and soon caught up with the candidates who were walking at the front.

Among them, Gu Ye also saw an unexpected person, or perhaps it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a demon.

It was the demon general who was chasing Gu Ye and his two companions; he too had been tormented beyond recognition by the natural disaster.

The ferocious demon general could only tremble as he climbed upwards, without even the desire to attack others.

Gu Ye struggled to overtake Li Weihuan, and saw that Nie Xinghe, who was in first place, was still enduring the test of natural disaster and had not yet reached the tenth test.

Li Weihuan caught a glimpse of a dark figure passing by him out of the corner of his eye. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Gu Ye, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"you...."

Li Weihuan couldn't utter a word for a long time, clearly finding it a waste of energy to speak. In the end, he gave up and just stared blankly as Gu Ye walked up step by step.

As Gu Ye passed by everyone step by step, under their astonished gazes, he finally reached the last step of the ninth test with Nie Xinghe.

The Demon General was just one step behind the two, and he saw Gu Ye passing him.

The three of them were completely numb, and their legs mechanically stepped up a step at the same time.

The moment Gu Ye stepped onto the test of cause and effect, the natural disaster that had enveloped him vanished.

At the same time, Gu Ye and Nie Xinghe suddenly disappeared from the demon general's sight.

A series of colorful thin lines came into Gu Ye's view, and these lines were connected to himself.

Seeing that there was no movement, Gu Ye thought for a moment, then stepped down to the next step.

As he stepped onto the second step, a pair of black scissors suddenly appeared in the void.

It flew toward the thin threads on Gu Ye's body, found one of them, and was about to cut it.

"roll!"

A terrifying roar that shook Gu Ye's soul suddenly exploded in his ears. The sound wave was like thunder, carrying supreme majesty. In an instant, Gu Ye's mind went blank, and his soul felt dizzy.

Almost simultaneously, all the causal threads around him and that eerie black scissors vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed, leaving no trace.

At the same time, the [Ascension Staircase] began to shake violently, and the earth-shattering tremors swept across the entire Tianding Mountain. The examinees on the stairs staggered and cried out in alarm.

"Snap—Snap—!"

A series of ear-piercing cracking sounds rang out, and to everyone's horror, a huge crack that ran across the entire staircase stretched down from the top to the foot of the mountain.

The once majestic and long "Ascending God Staircase" was abruptly broken in two! The dark crack was bottomless, exuding endless chill, and a single glance instilled fear and sent shivers down one's spine.

Among the thousands of candidates, some were so frightened that they rushed down the "Ascension Steps," while others continued to observe.

But the following sudden situation has no effect on those who are being tested by cause and effect.

On the distant river of time, a small boat floats on the water, carrying a man wearing a straw hat who is fishing with a rod in his hand.

One can only imagine how terrifying a being would be to be able to fish in the river of time.

Suddenly, the figure of a little girl appeared from the void.

"dad!"

"Why are you fishing again?!"

The little girl rushed into the man's arms and tilted her head to look at the fish basket next to him.

"Dad, you didn't catch any fish again. Are you going to buy some to pretend you caught them?"

The little girl's tone was mocking towards her elderly father, and the man smiled awkwardly, affectionately tapping her forehead.

"Don't let your mom know, or they won't let me go fishing again."

The little girl's eyes darted around: "Then you have to grant me one request."

"What are the conditions?"

"I want a Gyarados as my pet!"

Upon hearing this, the man's expression relaxed, and he smiled:

"Can!"

"Where did you go today?"

Upon hearing this, the little girl's eyes seemed to sparkle: "Today, Uncle Sun Wukong took me to a magical place. The people there all have five eyes on their heads, two more than Uncle Yang!"

"Ha ha....."

.....

Gu Ye's pupils regained their luster. Seeing that the fine threads around him were gone, he felt a pang of surprise. Suddenly, he remembered the voice from earlier and quickly asked Ye Qihuang in his mind:

Did you hear anything just now?

Ye Xihuang was focused on refining Xu Yuanmo's memories when she heard Gu Ye's words and replied with a puzzled look:

"No, I just saw you standing there blankly. I thought you had some kind of realization."

That's strange.

Gu Ye was filled with doubt. He was quite certain that a voice had suddenly rang out just now.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll just focus on getting through the [Ascension to Godhood] first."

Gu Ye shook his head, trying to clear his mind of distracting thoughts.

He lifted his foot and walked upwards, and then, under Nie Xinghe's astonished gaze, he walked step by step to the highest point.

Nie Xinghe's eyes were filled with disbelief. "How is this possible?"

After he came to this test, he couldn't take a single step. If he tried to take a step, he would face the threat of scissors that suddenly appeared.

The scissors would cut off one of Nie Xinghe's causes and effects, which would mean the disappearance of a person or thing, and this was not what he wanted to see.