Chapter 788 Getting Further and Further Away

"So all the White Jade Stairways will converge into one."

Lin Yuan's expression was one of sudden realization; it was both beyond expectation and within reason.

If the White Jade Stairway represented the path to transcendence, could it be that the thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways represented thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three opportunities for transcendence?

How could that be possible?

Ever since the endless dimensional Realms were opened up, transcendence had been the ultimate pursuit of all Time Lords, and since ancient times, there had never been any report of a lord successfully transcending.

Even if the White Jade Stairway truly was a path to transcendence, those with hopes of ultimately transcending would be extremely few; it was impossible to have as many as thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three.

This was not just Lin Yuan's speculation; the other Legendary Lords shared the same thought, though they were unclear about the specific form in which a transcendent being would be born in the end.

"Continue."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts and began climbing once more.

At present, he was still on one of the White Jade Stairways, and there was still a long distance to the single White Jade Stairway formed by the convergence of all the White Jade Stairways; he could only see it from this angle.

Climbing the White Jade Stairway required going step by step; it was impossible to traverse through empty space.

Rumble.

With every step forward.

A mighty and torrential force of compression and distortion swept toward Lin Yuan.

Reaching Lin Yuan's current height, the force of compression and distortion had grown unimaginably immense; ordinary Legendary Lords who had undergone hundreds of millions of tribulations could not hold on for long.

However, for Lin Yuan—who had created the complete Congenital Five Tai and whose strength had just undergone a qualitative transformation—these forces of compression and distortion naturally felt like a spring breeze brushing past, entirely without fear.

"Chaos Origin First Transformation: Tai Yi Dao."

With every step Lin Yuan took, numerous flashes of inspiration and comprehension burst forth in his mind. He had spent over a hundred thousand years comprehending the Chaotic Origin Taiji Grand Dao. Starting from scratch to comprehend the Chaos Origin First Transformation: Tai Yi Dao this time naturally would not take anywhere near that long.

From such a commanding height, his progress in the Chaos Origin First Transformation: Tai Yi Dao was extremely rapid; coupled with the guidance of the White Jade Stairway, it was no exaggeration to call it advancing by leaps and bounds.

"Arrived."

Several months later, Lin Yuan stopped his pace once again and looked at the White Jade Stairway before him, formed by the convergence of thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways.

Compared to the preceding thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways, this converged White Jade Stairway felt much more real, and the patterns engraved upon it were even more mysterious and profound.

"I should be far ahead of the other Legendary Lords now."

Lin Yuan looked down; the clouds and mist were ethereal, and even at the limit of his vision, not a single Legendary Lord was in sight.

The currently strongest Legendary Lords of space-time—such as Lord Haotian, Lord Fantian, and other Legendary Lords who had survived three hundred million tribulations—when it came to climbing the White Jade Stairway, let alone catching up to Lin Yuan, at this moment didn't even have the qualification to look up at him.

"Originally, when all the White Jade Stairways merged into one, there should have been a fierce and bloody battle to contend for the foremost position of this single White Jade Stairway."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Legendary Lords like Lord Fantian and Lord Haotian had accumulations of strength and foundation that weren't too far apart, and their speeds in climbing the White Jade Stairway wouldn't differ by much either.

In the end, with high probability, they would arrive near this stairway around a similar time.

When that time came, they would inevitably resort to killing each other in battle.

Originally, the thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways were scattered and stood side by side, so there was no 'competition' among the various Legendary Lords.

But now that only a single White Jade Stairway remained, it would certainly break the original 'situation'.

Yet now?

Given Lin Yuan's currently leading height, by the Time Lord Haotian and Lord Fantian rushed here, who knew where he would have climbed to.

Competition?

Legendary Lords like Lord Haotian and Lord Fantian couldn't even reach the threshold to compete with Lin Yuan.

Of course, for Lord Haotian and Lord Fantian, this was also a good thing.

After creating the complete Congenital Five Tai, Lin Yuan's strength had pulled open an enormous gap between him and them. If they truly competed, even if the latter joined forces, they would end up being swept away.

At that time, let alone ascending the United White Jade Staircase, they would likely have to start all over again.

"The difficulty of climbing the converged White Jade Stairway is likely to skyrocket."

Lin Yuan observed the White Jade Stairway close at hand, thinking silently in his heart.

Obviously, this path to transcendence via the White Jade Stairway was divided into two stages.

First was the initial stage of the thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways.

Second was the stage of converging into a single White Jade Stairway before his eyes.

The difficulty of climbing at different stages would very likely be different.

"Perhaps the first stage of the White Jade Stairways had no danger, but the second stage of the White Jade Stairway is different."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Up to now, climbing the thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways had not presented any dangers that threatened Legendary Lords; the greatest danger still came from fellow climbers—

the other Legendary Lords.

"Let's give it a try."

After a brief pause, Lin Yuan stepped onto the United White Jade Staircase before him.

Having climbed all the way here, Lin Yuan naturally wouldn't give up halfway.

Danger?

Which path to transcendence was not dangerous?

Comparatively speaking, the endless White Jade Stairway was already considered quite good.

Boom!

The moment Lin Yuan stepped onto it.

He felt the difference.

Aside from the vastly increased, mighty force of compression and distortion.

Lin Yuan even noticed that he had begun falling into layer upon layer of illusions.

Incredibly realistic illusions surged toward him like a tidal wave.

"These illusions? Even I have been slightly affected." Lin Yuan was slightly surprised. Under the operation of the Congenital Five Tai, he had gained all-around enhancements, including his mental will. How terrifying must an illusion be to affect Lin Yuan?

"But it's just an effect; there's no major problem."

Lin Yuan didn't mind too much.

The complete Congenital Five Tai nurtured his mental will at every moment.

Coupled with his comprehension of the other four Chaos Origin Daos, his mental will would also rise accordingly.

At least the layers of illusions he was currently enduring didn't have much impact on Lin Yuan.

"Although the climbing difficulty has increased, the guidance effect has also skyrocketed immensely."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. Merely stepping onto the first step of the United White Jade Staircase, he faintly sensed that the Chaos Origin First Transformation: Tai Yi Dao was about to be fully comprehended.

At that time, possessing the Chaos Origin Daos represented by the two Tais in the Congenital Five Tai, Lin Yuan's strength would skyrocket even further.

The increase in the difficulty of climbing the White Jade Stairway couldn't keep up with the speed at which Lin Yuan's strength skyrocketed.

Several months.

Lin Yuan finally fully comprehended the direction guided by the current step.

"For the first stage of the White Jade Stairways, I only needed dozens of breaths, at most hundreds of breaths, to climb to the next step; yet for the second stage of the United White Jade Staircase, I actually need several months of comprehension?"

Lin Yuan shook his head gently.

However, the enhancement to his own Chaos Origin Dao was also sufficiently great.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan unhesitatingly chose to step onto the next step.

Boom— A torrential force of compression and distortion struck, accompanied by layers of illusions.

Time passed slowly.

Lord Fantian paused for a long time before finally stepping onto the next step.

"My Chaos Origin Dao." Lord Fantian felt his Chaos Origin Dao begin to transform by a fraction once more, and a smile appeared on his face.

Although the magnitude of the transformation wasn't large, as long as it could keep transforming, sooner or later his Chaos Origin Dao would one day transform into the supreme rule great dao.

"Can this White Jade Stairway really be climbed endlessly?"

Lord Fantian reined in his thoughts and instinctively looked toward the endless stairway above.

This was also his habit; every time he crossed to the next step, he would look up.

"What is that?"

Lord Fantian's expression was solemn: "The thirty-three thousand three hundred and three-three White Jade Stairways are drawing closer to each other?"

From Lord Fantian's height, he couldn't see the United White Jade Staircase, but he could notice the trend of all the White Jade Stairways converging.

"Could it be—"

A multitude of speculations welled up in Lord Fantian's heart.

Time continued to pass.

Lord Fantian climbed a sufficient number of White Jade Stairways once more.

"Indeed."

"The thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways ultimately converge into a single White Jade Stairway."

Lord Fantian gazed intently.

This discovery made him realize that he probably wouldn't be able to continue climbing in such a leisurely manner.

Not long after Lord Fantian vaguely saw that United White Jade Staircase, Lord Haotian, Lord Wanxiang, and other top-tier Legendary Lords discovered it one after another.

"All White Jade Stairways merged into one?"

"That's right, this is normal; otherwise, how could thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three White Jade Stairways possibly achieve transcendence simultaneously?"

Lord Haotian, Lord Wanxiang, and other Legendary Lords had their thoughts churning. Although they realized that a fierce and bloody battle would ensue next to contend for the opportunity to be the first to ascend the United White Jade Staircase.

They also felt much more relaxed in their hearts.

If the White Jade Stairway continued like this, unimpededly allowing their Chaos Origin Daos to transform continuously.

These Legendary Lords would actually feel uneasy in their hearts.

The higher the Realm, the stronger the strength, the more one could comprehend a certain essence of the endless dimensional Realms.

That was, any gain came with risks.

Infinite Origin was like this, Infinite Tribulation was like this, and Perfect Time Life was also like this.

The new path to transcendence—the endless White Jade Stairway—should logically be no exception.

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A mysterious space-time.

The Incarnations of four Legendary Lords, including Lord Fantian and Lord Haotian, gathered here.

"If all White Jade Stairways merge into one, then who can be the first to step onto the United White Jade Staircase?"

Lord Haotian, Lord Fantian, and the other four Legendary Lords looked at each other, and the atmosphere vaguely became incomparably oppressive.

Everyone knew that being a step ahead meant being a step ahead in everything.

At this time, whoever stepped onto the United White Jade Staircase first would most likely maintain the lead all the way.

At that time, if there truly was the possibility of a transcendent being being born, it would definitely be this leader.

"Judging from the present, I am closest to the United White Jade Staircase; I should be the first to step onto it."

Lord Fantian spoke up.

"Closest does not mean stepping on it first."

Lord Haotian's tone was calm. The closer one got to the United White Jade Staircase, the closer the distance between the other White Jade Stairways became.

And the closer they were, the more it meant they could attack one another.

Lord Fantian was closest to the United White Jade Staircase and would obviously be stopped by the other Legendary Lords.

"Then let's see your strength."

Lord Fantian's gaze was sharp; he had long since prepared himself to fight to the death with Lord Haotian and Lord Wanxiang.

Rumble—

Before the United White Jade Staircase, layers of ripples stirred in space-time.

While climbing the White Jade Stairway, Lord Haotian, Lord Wanxiang, and other Legendary Lords were also attacking and killing one another, mutually stopping each other.

"I will definitely be the first to step onto the United White Jade Staircase."

Lord Fantian took a step forward, but as a result, he was stopped by the joint forces of the other three Legendary Lords and was instantly suppressed back.

"You?"

Lord Fantian was furious, and his terrifying aura shook space-time.

If not for the fact that this place was on the White Jade Stairway where space-time was incomparably stable, the commotion caused by Lord Fantian's attack alone would be enough to whip up wave after wave of destructive tides across the endless dimensional Realms.

Dimensional spaces and dimensional heavens would suffer a massive premature destruction because of it.

Swish.

On a certain White Jade Stairway.

A figure suddenly rushed out.

The power of their aura was not inferior in the slightest to Legendary Lords like Lord Fantian and Lord Haotian.

This suddenly appearing figure had clearly been hiding for a long time. Taking advantage of the time when the four lords, including Lord Fantian, were fighting and crossing blows, he wanted to reap the fisherman's profit and be the first to step onto the United White Jade Staircase.

"Nine Dragons, get back here!"

Lord Wanxiang raised a hand, and layers of space-time compressed. The figure who was about to step into the United White Jade Staircase was forcefully dragged back.

"Good means."

Nine Dragons Lord turned back.

He had hidden his strength and aura, erupting at a critical moment, but in the end, he still didn't succeed.

"Nine Dragons, when did you survive your three-hundred-millionth tribulation?"

Lord Fantian looked at Nine Dragons Lord and asked.

"That's not something you need to know."

Nine Dragons Lord chuckled.

Next.

The battle escalated continuously. Aside from Nine Dragons Lord.

Two more Legendary Lords who had survived three hundred million tribulations appeared.

However, compared to the out-of-nowhere Galaxy Lord, the three Legendary Lords like Nine Dragons Lord had been famous for a long time. Even if they hadn't erupted with strength comparable to Haotian or Fantian, they had been close to that level before.

Buzz buzz buzz— Seven or eight terrifying auras fought fiercely before the United White Jade Staircase.

Ultimately—

"Hahahahaha."

The Sage's entire body radiated a torrential aura as he forcefully punched through the blockade of the other Legendary Lords, finally stepping onto the United White Jade Staircase.

"The Sage?"

Lord Haotian looked at the aged figure standing upon the United White Jade Staircase.

Towards this ancient Legendary Lord, the Sage, he actually looked down upon him. Born not long after the endless dimensional Realms were opened up, yet surviving cowardly until now, his exploration of the path to transcendence was still inferior to his own?

Yet through that battle just now.

Lord Haotian discovered that the Sage's strength was not the least bit weaker than his own.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to forcefully ascend the United White Jade Staircase amidst the fierce battle of Legendary Lords at their level.

"I didn't expect that all of us underestimated you."

Lord Fantian also looked at the Sage.

One Legendary Lord after another stopped their hands.

"Thanks for the concession."

A smile appeared on the Sage's face.

Originally, in terms of strength, he was inferior to Lord Fantian and Lord Haotian.

On this White Jade Stairway, all of the Sage's accumulated foundations were stimulated to the utmost, causing his strength to skyrocket and reach the level of Fantian and Haotian in one fell swoop.

Coupled with the fact that the Sage had lived through a sufficiently long period and created many secret arts and methods, he had walked to the end in this struggle.

"Transcendence, I will eventually transcend!"

Standing tall upon the United White Jade Staircase, the Sage was filled with towering ambition. His gaze swept over the Legendary Lords such as Lord Fantian, Lord Haotian, and Lord Wanxiang: "I have already trampled the most powerful Legendary Lords beneath my feet. If I cannot transcend, who can transcend?"

The Sage's thoughts turned a thousand times. Looking at the various Legendary Lords below, he suddenly faintly realized something was wrong.

Lord Fantian, Lord Haotian, Lord Wanxiang. Coupled with the three lords who had secretly survived three hundred million tribulations, a total of seven Legendary Lords were all down below.

But where was Galaxy Lord?

Regarding the battle where Galaxy Lord punched through Zhuo He Lord, the Sage had also seen it.

He was very clear that he was not Galaxy Lord's match either. Before contending for the United White Jade Staircase, the Sage had always been on guard, guarding against the Galaxy Lord hiding in the dark.

Yet from beginning to end, Galaxy Lord had never appeared.

If at the very beginning, Galaxy Lord had hidden in the dark and refused to make a move in order to erupt in one go and step onto the United White Jade Staircase.

Yet now that he himself had already ascended the United White Jade Staircase, Galaxy Lord still hadn't made a move?

"Galaxy Lord?"

The Sage's gaze swept across the individual White Jade Stairways, but in the end, he still gained nothing and did not find any trace of Galaxy Lord.

Subconsciously.

The Sage's gaze began to look toward the upper section of the United White Jade Staircase.

Step after step of the White Jade Stairway extended endlessly, seemingly leading to the highest peak of eternity.

At the limit of his vision, at an unknown number of steps away from where the Sage was standing at this moment.

The Sage finally saw a figure standing with his back facing him, climbing upwards step by step.

Because the distance was far too distant, this figure appeared somewhat blurry and indistinct.

Yet at a single glance, the Sage recognized that this figure was none other than Galaxy Lord.

"This?!!!"

The Sage's mind went blank, and his soul trembled.