Chapter 1 The First Step

First step! Second step! Third step... Tenth step... Twentieth step... Thirtieth step...

Everyone watched as the City Lord of All Heavens City walked step by step up the stone steps.

Throughout this process, Xu Tianxiong's speed remained constant, as if he faced no difficulties.

However, due to his Dao injury, he kept coughing blood.

The crimson blood was absorbed by the black stone steps, devoured without a trace, which was very strange.

Considering the previous situation, some even suspected that the ancient divine palace wanted to lure people into competition and fighting, and then absorb their strength.

The Great Luo realm, even a drop of blood, contained extremely terrifying and vast power.

Yet, these black stone steps could devour and digest it in the blink of an eye.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Just as Xu Tianxiong's left foot stepped onto the thirty-seventh step, his body faltered, and he couldn't help coughing up blood frantically, his face extremely pale.

However, Xu Tianxiong didn't linger for too long and continued forward.

This moved many people.

Because Xu Tianxiong had already walked one-tenth of the total steps and had not encountered any danger.

If they didn't hurry up and follow, they would inevitably be unable to seize the opportunity.

They had to know that there were tens of thousands of people in this area.

With so many people going up the steps one by one, it was unknown how long it would take. Those who were behind would probably not even get any soup to drink.

If they really waited until Xu Tianxiong safely entered the ancient divine palace, then everyone would definitely fight each other.

At this moment, seven figures stepped forward, lined up one after another, and slowly walked up the steps, one step at a time, like Xu Tianxiong.

With someone taking the lead, naturally, groups of people immediately followed, heading towards the steps together.

The path of cultivation was like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

None of those who could reach the Great Luo realm were simple.

Many rogue cultivators had experienced countless battles, filled with bloodshed and storms. How could they be afraid?

Not many people had gone up yet, perhaps wary of the previous scene and afraid that once they took action, they would attract the attention of the existence in the ancient divine palace. So, these people were orderly in their queues.

At the same time, many people turned their attention to Lu Changsheng.

They wanted to see when he would move and what his opinion was.

This left Lu Changsheng speechless.

He really didn't know anything; why were they looking at him?

If he knew, he would have already gone up and wouldn't have stayed here to waste time with them.

Watching more and more people go forward, Lu Changsheng frowned, wondering if he should go up.

He was determined to obtain the ancient divine palace and the ancient god's inheritance within.

But this ancient divine palace was very strange and terrifying.

"The worst-case scenario, I'll just use my cheat!"

A thought appeared in Lu Changsheng's mind, like a seed, quickly sprouting and growing into a towering tree.

"No! No, I, Lu Changsheng, have always relied on my own efforts in my actions, being down-to-earth, and walking one step at a time."

Soon, Lu Changsheng shook his head and directly dismissed this thought.

He had a feeling that in this situation, constantly using his cheat was not good, a bit excessive.

The previous two times he used his cheat, it was truly because there was no other way, and it was to save people.

Lu Changsheng's frowning and shaking movements, when seen by others, made many people's pupils shrink.

"What does this mean?"

Many people had a thought in their minds.

Frowning and shaking his head.

Could it be that there was still danger and they shouldn't go in?

Several people who had already stepped out and were queuing up to go up the steps also felt uneasy and went back.

Lu Changsheng's performance was too extraordinary, forcing everyone to be influenced by him.

However, with Xu Tianxiong's example, no one stepped forward to forcibly inquire.

Xu Tianxiong had already reached the seventy-second step.

"Pfft!"

At this moment, the City Lord of All Heavens City's expression changed again, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Instantly, many people speculated whether there would be problems on steps thirty-six, seventy-two, and one hundred and eight.

But the steps clearly had three hundred and sixty-five steps, not three hundred and sixty.

If that was the case, did that mean the last five would be special?

Among the second batch of people who stepped onto the steps, someone reached the thirty-sixth step but did not cough up blood like Xu Tianxiong. They only paused slightly and continued upward.

Some people's reactions were slightly stronger, while others seemed to have no reaction at all.

"May I ask the fellow Daoists above, is there anything mysterious or special about the thirty-sixth step?"

Someone asked, inquiring about those who had passed the thirty-sixth step.

They wanted to know if there were any problems.

"I..."

Hearing this voice, one person turned back, just about to speak.

A sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

A long spear appeared from the ancient divine palace, like a shooting star, piercing through the dark sky and tearing through the void.

Pfft!

The person who turned back and was about to speak was pierced by the spear, blood splattering everywhere, and the corpse flew backward.

The people on the steps behind him couldn't help but want to take action to prevent the corpse from affecting them.

However, whether their actions angered the spear, the spear shadow flashed, and the eight people behind him were directly pierced, blood spurting out, dyeing the sky red, and scattering on the black stone steps, quickly being absorbed.

"Stop!!!"

Someone shouted from the steps further behind, afraid of being affected.

Everyone stood on the steps, not daring to move.

Just like that, the spear spun in the air for a circle and flew back into the ancient divine palace.

And the nine people who had just died, not only their blood, but even their bodies were devoured by the black stone steps.

In the eyes of everyone, these black stone steps were like a fierce beast staring at them. Once they lost their lives, they couldn't resist and would be directly devoured.

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked by this scene.

Although so many Great Luo realm experts were gathered here, it didn't mean that the Great Luo were weak.

In the Great Thousand World, the Great Luo realm was a powerful figure wherever they went.

In just a moment, nine Great Luo realm experts had fallen, without any struggle or resistance, which was very terrifying.

Everyone on the steps was secretly alarmed by this scene.

If someone didn't cherish their life, they would completely affect others. Once they stepped on the steps, their lives were connected.

Facing the ancient divine palace and the long spear, they seemed unable to resist at all.

At this moment, many people looked at Lu Changsheng again.

Because they thought of Lu Changsheng's frown and shake of his head just now.

Could it be that this young man had already seen through everything and guessed that this would happen?

At the same time, many people once again thought of Lu Changsheng's previous words.

Jumping up was disrespectful to the ancient divine palace, so they would be killed.

And walking on the steps, turning around and speaking, in other words, this was also a kind of disrespect to the ancient divine palace.

Lu Changsheng had said three sentences in total, which everyone thought were fake.

But now, the first and second sentences were almost correct, the meaning was in place.

This made many people think of Lu Changsheng's third sentence: cultivation, age, bloodline, and luck.

Cultivation was needless to say; everyone present was at the Great Luo realm.

As for luck, being able to cultivate to the Great Luo realm meant that their luck naturally wouldn't be bad.

If they had been born unlucky and had been unlucky all the time, it would be a miracle to break through to the Great Luo.

Then there was only age and bloodline.

Everyone looked at the steps and began to analyze the different performances of those people earlier, based on their different ages and bloodlines.

None of those who could cultivate to this point were stupid; they were all extremely extraordinary.

Only Lu Changsheng was speechless. These people looked at him for no reason, which was simply inexplicable.

Were they targeting him?

Was he being targeted just because he was handsome?