Chapter 4690
“Are you joking? Even if an immortal had once existed in the world of heaven and man, it would be impossible for them to leave behind any treasures. Besides, why would an immortal be drawn to such a low-level plane?” Kai scoffed, completely dismissing Yun Li’s claim.
Yun Li chuckled at Kai’s reaction before saying, “Who told you that this immortal cave is in the world of heaven and man?”
“It’s not?” Kai was stunned. “Then where is it?”
Yun Li pointed toward the sky.
“Heaven? You’re saying the immortal cave is in heaven?” Kai looked at Yun Li in disbelief before his expression turned to frustration. “Are you messing with me? I don’t even know when I’ll be able to ascend with my current cultivation level! What’s the point of telling me this?”
This was no different from promising a feast in the sky—completely unrealistic. Yet Yun Li was seriously offering to share the treasure as if it were within reach.
Yun Li raised an eyebrow. “Why? Don’t you know that ascending isn’t the only way to enter heaven?”
Kai frowned, confused. “There’s another way? What do you mean?”
“You seriously don’t know?” Yun Li stared at him in surprise.
“Enough with the riddles! I don’t have time for games!” Kai said impatiently.
Seeing Kai’s genuine confusion, Yun Li finally explained, “Brother Chen, aside from ascending through cultivation, there’s another way to enter heaven from the world of heaven and man—by climbing the celestial ladder.”
“If you ascend through cultivation, you’ll typically start from the Fourth Heaven. But beneath the Fourth Heaven, there are three lower heavens.”
“Most cultivators in these three heavens didn’t ascend naturally but were guided there through various trials. I can’t speak for other worlds, but in the world of heaven and man, a celestial ladder appears once every hundred years.”
“No matter how strong or weak you are, as long as you can pass the nine trials of the ladder, you can enter heaven. However, this path only leads to the First Heaven.”
Yun Li explained in detail.
Hearing this, Kai’s heart raced with excitement. So there was another way! He didn’t have to rely solely on cultivation to ascend—he could reach heaven through the celestial ladder!
Would he have a chance to reach heaven by climbing the ladder while still in the Mahayana realm?
However, Kai wasn’t sure if he could catch the celestial ladder, which only appeared once every hundred years.
If he had to wait decades for it, he might as well rely on cultivation and ascend naturally.
“How long until the ladder appears?” Kai asked impatiently.
“Based on calculations, it should be soon. But its exact location is unpredictable.”
“Every time the ladder appears, chaos erupts. Countless people want to ascend through it.”
“Especially celestial cultivators trapped in the world of heaven and man—they have no choice but to climb the ladder if they wish to return to heaven. Otherwise, they can only wait for the heavenly formation to disappear.”
“So whenever the ladder emerges, these celestial cultivators will seize the opportunity.”
“I’m not sure how much of this you understand, Brother Chen.”
Yun Li had no idea that Kai had long been aware of the heavenly formation. In fact, the strange phenomenon within it had been caused by him.
“I understand,” Kai replied. “But if that’s the case, doesn’t that mean many people could leave the world of heaven and man and enter the celestial realm by climbing the ladder?”
He frowned.
The Formation Pattern Ancestor had only spoken about breaking the Heaven and Earth Formation—he never mentioned the celestial ladder.
Even the other celestial cultivators trapped in this realm had never brought it up.
If such a shortcut existed, why hadn’t anyone used it?