The Heaven-Reaching Ladder tests the determination to seek the path.
Unable to use divine power, it verifies whether a person has the perseverance to overcome all difficulties and advance toward the great path.
On the Heaven-Reaching Ladder of the Huan Yue Domain, two figures continuously climb upward.
In truth, this kind of hand-over-hand climbing is nothing much for Mu Qingge. In her past life, during her training, she also climbed the highest peak, the spine of the planet, bare-handed.
She is not afraid to do it again now.
Tong Teng follows closely behind her, gradually his initial caution turns into shock. He is shocked by Mu Qingge’s expertise, shocked by her ease and elegance during the climb.
As he journeyed, the boss he recognized earned his growing admiration, gradually a resolute belief rose in his heart—
"There’s nothing in this world that the boss can’t conquer!"
"Focus, watch your footing," Mu Qingge reminded.
Tong Teng took a deep breath, reined in his thoughts, and sped up. How could he embarrass his own boss?
The two climbed faster and more skillfully.
Yet, when they were halfway up, Tong Teng felt his stamina waning.
"Boss... boss, I can’t go on, I need to rest," Tong Teng promptly reported his condition to Mu Qingge.
Mu Qingge turned her gaze toward him; she herself was fine, but Tong Teng’s state indeed required a break.
This test does not have a time limit, so resting a while is no big deal.
"Alright, rest where you are," Mu Qingge nodded, sitting cross-legged on the nearby steps. As she sat, Tong Teng also sat cross-legged on the steps where his feet stood.
At this moment, night had already fallen, and the two sat resting on the Heaven-Reaching Ladder, gazing at the magnificent night sky.
Mu Qingge looked up at the stars, suddenly recalling the time she emerged from the Ascension Platform, crossing the Xinghai. The starlight there was as brilliant as the one before her.
A stray meteor streaking by with a long tail made her think of Luoxing City.
A longing sprouted in her heart. ’Now I’m in the East Divine Land; I’ve crossed the Xinghai and seen the scenery of the Divine Land. And you? How far is this place from the Taixuan Demon Realm? At this moment, what are you doing? Do you also have time to gaze at the stars?’
...
On the other end of the Divine Demon Continent, even in a world shrouded by demonic qi, there are stars, there is radiance.
Within the Taixuan Ancient Palace, Si Mo stood outside the Zichen Palace, gazing at the night sky, holding the Palace Bell he personally crafted. He longed to know what his little Ge’er was doing at that moment.
But he couldn’t!
His little Ge’er was now in the Divine Land, and he couldn’t allow his lack of self-control to bring trouble for her.
If people in the Divine Land knew about his little Ge’er’s connection with the Demon Clan, she would surely face extermination by the entire Divine Land! If that were to happen, he could take Mu Qingge into the Demon Realm. But what about Mu Qingge’s affairs? She has to take revenge, revive the Mu Clan, find the Divine Strategy Lower Volume... and so many other things.
So, he couldn’t!
Si Mo tightened his grip on the Palace Bell, and called out, "How’s the investigation on the Divine Strategy Lower Volume progressing?"
Two shadows of black mist appeared beside him, kneeling on one knee; they were Gu Ya and Gu Ye.
"Reporting to the king, the Divine Clan consistently guards the information about the Divine Strategy diligently, and our people over there find it inconvenient to act. Therefore, there hasn’t been any useful information sent back yet. We will continue to follow up and press them," Gu Ye explained.
Si Mo furrowed his brows slightly, waved his hand, and Gu Ya and Gu Ye turned into black smoke and vanished.
He took out a transparent small bottle, inside of which were two trapped divine souls.
Those two divine souls, if Mu Qingge were present, she would surely recognize them—they were the two taken by Si Mo from the Divine Hall, Zibo and Yugu.
They had a blood feud with Si Mo for killing his mother.
After bringing them to the Demon Realm, Si Mo subjected them to a thousand tortures, already destroying their divine bodies. However, he extracted their divine souls and trapped them in this bottle, taking them out to torment whenever he felt displeased.
When those two divine souls saw Si Mo’s face appear outside the bottle, they immediately became agitated.
Fearful and panicked, they plead, "Lord Demon, spare us!"
"Lord Demon, just give us a quick death, we beg you, no more torture!"
Yet Si Mo, cold-faced and indifferent, ignored their pitiful pleas, letting the demonic flames inside the bottle rise, continuously corroding their divine souls.
"Ah—!"
From inside the bottle, came heart-wrenching screams, extremely miserable.
"Lord Demon... no!"
"Lord Demon, please kill us!"
"Lord Demon, we were wrong, wrong! Please kill us!"

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