Chapter 785: Climbing the Heavenly Steps

Chapter 785: Climbing the Heavenly Steps

"White Jade Stairway?"

Lin Yuan carefully observed the endless White Jade Stairway, step after step.

Compared to the White Jade Stairway he had seen twice before—in his dreams and from visions of future fragments—

this time, with the White Jade Stairway appearing directly before him, it was much clearer, its surface engraved with incomparably mysterious patterns that seemed capable of interpreting the Ultimate essence of the infinite dimensions.

"There probably aren't many Legendary Lords starting to climb this White Jade Stairway at present."

Lin Yuan glanced around. Although the transcendental power forming the White Jade Stairway ran through the entire dimensional realm, many Legendary Lords still hadn't rushed over at the first moment.

For instance, those like Lin Yuan who were a step late.

There were also lords even later than Lin Yuan.

Furthermore,

there were as many as 33,333 White Jade Stairways in total.

This to a large extent also dispersed the numerous Legendary Lords.

"Is my future millions of years later climbing this path of transcendence?"

Lin Yuan felt a trace of curiosity in his heart. In the vision where he summoned his Future Self within the Myriad Dimensions Time-Space, he had seen a figure continually ascending the steps.

"Let's begin."

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Yuan stepped onto the White Jade Stairway.

When Lin Yuan's right foot landed on the White Jade Stairway, the first thing he felt was that the Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao he had comprehended was trembling.

"This?"

Lin Yuan's Concept of the Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao began to rise, vaguely transforming in a supreme direction.

"The supreme rule great dao, it's the supreme rule great dao! My Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao is transforming toward the supreme rule great dao."

Even though he had long learned from the Purple Light Legend Lord about the benefits of climbing the White Jade Stairway, Lin Yuan still couldn't help feeling thrilled at this moment.

Whether it was Time Lifeform, Time Lord, or even existences like Legendary Lords, what they comprehended was merely the Chaos Origin Dao.

As for the supreme rule great dao? That was the foundation maintaining the endless dimensional realms. If a concrete will existed for the supreme rule great dao, it would be a Fourteenth Order Perfect Time Life overlooking the endless dimensional realms.

Unfortunately, the supreme rule great dao did not possess a will. The so-called Supreme Rule Great Dao Will was more like an instinct, completely devoid of any thought.

It was similar to a piece of 'intelligence' in technological-type dimensional spaces.

"Seeing the direction is merely seeing it; we are still far from a complete transformation into the supreme rule great dao."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts.

Of course, even just seeing the direction was extremely important.

Below the Time Lord, although the path of cultivation was arduous, there were generally still directional guides.

However, once one comprehended the Chaos Origin Dao, all directional guidance was lost. Why did Third Realm lords explore various paths of transcendence at this stage?

It was because the path ahead had been locked tight; only transcendence could shatter everything.

Essentially speaking, the cultivation of Third Realm lords was equivalent to groping forward in endless darkness.

A slight mishap meant falling to one's death.

Before the appearance of the endless White Jade Stairway, far too many lords had fallen along the numerous paths of transcendence.

Especially the three mainstream paths of transcendence; over the long years, they had buried lord after lord, among whom were many shockingly brilliant existences who were about to reach the end of a certain path of transcendence.

"Compressive and twisting force?"

Not long after Lin Yuan stepped onto the first step of the White Jade Stairway, apart from feeling the tremor of his own Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao, he also sensed wisps of compressive and twisting force enveloping him.

This compressive and twisting force targeted not only the Physical Body and Soul, but even the mental will was within its target range.

However, with Lin Yuan's current strength, blocking this compressive and twisting force was very simple.

"I cannot be careless."

Lin Yuan's expression turned slightly solemn.

Right now, the compressive and twisting force was not strong, but as he continuously climbed the endless White Jade Stairway, this compressive and twisting force would keep increasing.

This was also intelligence gathered by the Purple Light Legend Lord, originating from those Legendary Lords who were the first batch to start climbing the endless White Jade Stairway.

"Continue."

Pausing for roughly several breaths on the first step of the White Jade Stairway, Lin Yuan stepped onto the second step.

To step onto the next step, aside from needing to resist the compressive and twisting force, one had to fully comprehend their own Chaos Origin Dao to the extreme of the current step.

The utility of the White Jade Stairway was equivalent to building a path between one's own Chaos Origin Dao and the supreme rule great dao, but to walk on this path, one still had to rely on oneself.

Time flowed. Along the journey of climbing the endless White Jade Stairway, Lin Yuan occasionally saw other Legendary Lords.

Compared to Lin Yuan, these Legendary Lords often stayed on a certain step for days or dozens of days before stepping onto the next one.

Therefore, even though they had stepped onto the endless White Jade Stairway in the first batch, they were still surpassed by Lin Yuan within just a few days.

On the endless White Jade Stairway,

Lin Yuan climbed unhurriedly while continuously pondering in his heart.

"Climbing this White Jade Stairway is indeed slowly allowing the Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao to transform."

Deep within Lin Yuan's eyes, a Dao intertwined with black and white faintly emerged. "Any Chaos Origin Dao extends outward from within the supreme rule great dao. The Dao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. The supreme rule great dao is that Dao, or even the 'zero' and 'source' above the Dao."

The climbing of the White Jade Stairway not only allowed Lin Yuan's Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao to undergo transformation, but also gave him sufficient progress in his understanding of the essence of the Dao.

"Why on earth did this White Jade Stairway appear? Transcendence power? Transcendence power also has a source; which transcendent being did this? But why would that transcendent being do such a thing?"

Numerous perplexities surged in Lin Yuan's heart.

He was very certain that the White Jade Stairway did not originate from the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will.

Because while situated on the White Jade Stairway, even sensing the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will became much blurrier for Lin Yuan.

The Supreme Rule Great Dao Will could not interfere with anything on the White Jade Stairway; this was a conclusion Lin Yuan easily reached.

If the White Jade Stairway did not originate from the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will, then it came from the methods of other transcendents. But why would a transcendent existence release such a path leading directly to transcendence?

To nurture another transcendent?

Within the dimensional space, Time Lifeforms wanted to nurture new Time Lifeforms to face the situation after the Great Annihilation.

The dimensional gap was vast and boundless; even Time Lifeforms needed to huddle together and join hands, which was why they needed to nurture new Time Lifeforms.

But transcendent existences?

Why would they want to nurture a new transcendent?

Was it because transcendent existences also had enemies?

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. The so-called transcendence meant being supreme, the pinnacle of everything, the source of everything.

How could there possibly be enemies?

"Regardless of why the transcendent existence did this, the transformation of the Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao is real and undeniable. As long as one comprehends it, it's pure profit."

Lin Yuan steadied his mind and stopped thinking about it, instead placing all his concentration on climbing the White Jade Stairway.

For this reason, the exploration of the path of transcendence of the 'Infinite Tribulation' and the subsequent exploration of Origin Worlds were all pushed aside by Lin Yuan, dedicating his whole heart and Soul to the White Jade Stairway.

That path of transcendence of 'Infinite Tribulation' had existed for countless years. As long as the Supreme Rule Great Dao Will existed, that path of transcendence would probably always exist, so a little delay didn't matter.

As for the numerous Origin Worlds behind? They were right there anyway, and exploring them a bit later wasn't a big problem.

Only this White Jade Stairway? Who knew when it would disappear? Compared to the three paths of transcendence like 'Infinite Tribulation', the risks of the 'endless White Jade Stairway' were pitifully small.

At least for now, there were almost no risks, at most just a slower speed in climbing the steps.

This was also the reason why the formation of the 33,333 White Jade Stairways attracted the attention of almost all Legendary Lords.

It encompassed the advantages of 'Infinite Tribulation' while possessing no hidden dangers.

How could this not drive the numerous Legendary Lords crazy?

"Hoo—"

A mountain-sized figure stopped on a certain step for a long time before finally slowly stepping onto the next step.

"My Chaos Origin Mountain Dao." The mountain-sized figure was named 'Shanjun', a Legendary Lord who had survived a hundred million tribulations, and at this moment, his gaze was filled with excitement.

Any Legendary Lord would be like this upon seeing the direction of the path leading to transcendence; this was the Ultimate goal they pursued.

"I can sense that if the Chaos Origin Mountain Dao continues to transform like this, one day it will become a new supreme rule great dao, and by then I, 'Shanjun'—"

Just as the mountain-sized figure's thoughts were drifting,

his expression suddenly changed slightly.

"Hmm?"

Shanjun twisted his body slightly and looked behind him.

He saw a figure faintly appearing below the steps, slowly yet firmly ascending step by step in his direction.

"Crossing the steps at such a fast speed?"

Shanjun's expression changed slightly. Having observed for only dozens of breaths, the other party had already climbed nearly ten steps, averaging one step every few breaths.

This climbing speed formed a sharp contrast with Shanjun's current pace of taking hundreds to thousands of breaths, or even spending half a day to climb a single step when encountering a Bottleneck.

"Is it Galaxy?"

Shanjun immediately recognized Lin Yuan's identity.

Over the past hundred thousand-odd years, although the number of times Lin Yuan made a move was not many, he had still spread some prestige, especially his terrifying Future Self, which made many formidable Legendary Lords extremely wary of Lin Yuan.

"Shanjun?"

Lin Yuan had long noticed Shanjun, but the White Jade Stairway had only one direction; the two of them would eventually run into each other.

"I have long heard of Galaxy Lord's great name, and seeing you today, it truly lives up to its reputation." Shanjun was silent for a moment, then took the initiative to stop and said while looking at Lin Yuan, "Galaxy Lord, you go on ahead."

"Many thanks."

Lin Yuan was slightly stunned.

Although there were no explicit rules, on this path of transcendence of the endless White Jade Stairway, the number of lords who could ultimately transcend through it definitely had a limit.

It was impossible for every single lord to transcend through this.

In other words, strictly speaking, the lords stepping onto the White Jade Stairway were in a 'competitive' relationship.

Shanjun's active concession actually surprised Lin Yuan a bit.

The mountain-sized 'Shanjun' watched Lin Yuan's continuing figure as he climbed, thinking silently in his heart: "There are quite a few lords ahead of me; having one more 'Galaxy' won't make much difference."

As a Legendary Lord who had survived a hundred million tribulations, Shanjun did not expect to transcend via the White Jade Stairway; there were many Legendary Lords far more powerful than him.

What Shanjun hoped for was to use the endless White Jade Stairway to perfect his own Chaos Origin Dao as much as possible.

Just like some Legendary Lords who primarily walked the path of 'Infinite Origin' wouldn't mind exploring the path of transcendence of 'Infinite Tribulation' to enhance their own strength.

The days of climbing the endless White Jade Stairway passed quickly. Lin Yuan surpassed Legendary Lord after Legendary Lord walking ahead of him.

Facing Lin Yuan catching up and surpassing them, from back to front, the hostility of these lords grew stronger and stronger.

Legendary Lords further back like Shanjun didn't mind having one more 'Galaxy' ahead of them.

Anyway, even without 'Galaxy', there were quite a few Legendary Lords positioned ahead of them; even if there truly was a chance of transcendence, it wouldn't be their turn.

However, the Legendary Lords ranked near the front of this White Jade Stairway were different.

They truly possessed a chance of transcendence, and being surpassed by Lin Yuan was equivalent to a reduction in their own hopes of transcendence by a fraction.

Nevertheless, wary of Lin Yuan's performance when making moves over the past hundred thousand-odd years, as well as the fleeting scene of his Future Self making a move within the Myriad Dimensions Time-Space, most Legendary Lords did not impulsively make a move.

Soon,

Lin Yuan was climbing rapidly, gradually approaching a Legendary Lord with a slender, swaying tail.

"Zhuo He Lord?"

Lin Yuan glanced from afar and recognized this Legendary Lord's moniker.

Zhuo He Lord was a Legendary Lord who had survived 250 million tribulations. Among the numerous Legendary Lords, he could already be considered extremely formidable; even Myriad Dimensions Lords who opened up Myriad Dimensions Time-Space were no match for him.

"On this White Jade Stairway, the only Legendary Lord ahead of me is Dark Star Lord. As long as I surpass him, my hope of transcendence is still quite large."

Zhuo He Lord thought to himself. Dark Star Lord's strength was about the same as his; the only reason he was ahead of him was entirely because the other party had stepped onto this White Jade Stairway a step earlier.

"Transcendence?"

Zhuo He Lord felt thrilled in his heart.

Over the long years of the endless dimensional realms, countless Legendary Lords even more powerful than him had fallen on the path of transcendence.

Yet now, Zhuo He Lord's hope of transcendence was actually greater than those ancient Legendary Lords.

"The White Jade Stairway can only be climbed by Legendary Lords of the current spacetime. Legendary Lords of past spacetimes and future spacetimes cannot sense it, and even information regarding the White Jade Stairway is obscured."

"This is a great Opportunity belonging to this spacetime."

Zhuo He Lord took a deep breath, intending to continue climbing.

Right at this moment,

Zhuo He Lord glanced downward.

"Galaxy?"

Zhuo He Lord frowned. In just a brief moment, he judged that Lin Yuan's speed in climbing the White Jade Stairway would surpass him sooner or later.

As for the intelligence regarding 'Galaxy', Zhuo He Lord had also heard of it and was quite wary of him, but that was just wariness.

"This is my hope for transcendence!"

Zhuo He Lord looked down at Lin Yuan. Facing Dark Star Lord ahead of him, he still had hope of catching up and surpassing him, but Lin Yuan? With Lin Yuan's current speed of climbing the White Jade Stairway, once he surpassed Zhuo He Lord, the gap between the two sides would only grow larger and larger.

"No existence can ruin this."

Zhuo He Lord's gaze turned exceptionally dangerous.

Toward 'Galaxy' Lord, he was merely wary, not fearful. No matter how powerful he was in the future? When it came to the struggle for transcendence, how could he watch the other party surpass him with folded arms?