Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Not long after Chi Miao returned to her room, Jin Shengfei dragged her to the square where the second round of assessments would be held.
Jin Shengfei then explained it to her:
“The second round of assessment is the Heavenly Ladder, which tests the strength of one’s soul. The stronger one’s soul power, the more steps one can take. The highest record for the Qi Chain stage was set by the Holy Son of Jiujian Mountain. That Holy Son was born with a sword soul, which is extremely powerful. He managed to climb two hundred steps! That’s a number of steps that can only be reached by the Foundation Establishment stage! I’ll try to reach two hundred steps tomorrow!”
This kind of thing was obviously beyond Chi Miao’s comprehension; it wasn’t written in the book.
However, she did know about this Holy Son of Jiujian Mountain.
If we were to rank the contemporary prodigies into a tier, Jin Shengfei, due to the long delays he had previously made, would barely qualify as being in the second tier.
The first tier consisted of the holy sons and daughters of the various sects, with this Holy Son of Jiujian Mountain being at the very top of the first tier.
The Heavenly Sword Soul, with a mutated ice spirit root, reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage at the age of seventeen last year and once killed a half-step Golden Core stage expert.
In addition to his extraordinary strength, his appearance has earned him a place on the list of the Hundred Handsome Men in the cultivation world.
Ranked ninth, he was described as having the elegance of a plum blossom in winter and the aloofness of snow.
However, what Chi Miao was more curious about was:
“Why not climb 300 steps to surpass him and become number one? This is a great opportunity to build reputation.”
Reputation was a good thing. Once you have reputation, even your farts will be treated as gospel truths, and people will savor them.
Jin Shengfei: “It’s not that easy. If you’re only looking at the realm, I can manage, but this tests your soul power. If you want to walk, go walk it yourself. I can’t.”
Soul power was the most difficult to cultivate; otherwise, professions like weapon refiners and alchemists wouldn’t be so rare.
Climbing the Heavenly Ladder, each additional step was like having your soul defiled by another person; the more you climb, the more your soul is corrupted.
The words may be rough, but the principle is sound.
But Chi Miao was not afraid.
Although she was unsure of her soul power step, she had a gut feeling that it was not low.
Not to mention that she had lived two lives, she felt nothing at all when her soul was probed yesterday.
When her soul was probed, she could feel that her soul power was extremely strong, and ordinary people could not attack her soul at all.
Chi Miao: “If you say that, I’m really going to have to climb 300 steps tomorrow!”
Jin Shengfei: “Are you serious?”
Chi Miao: “Otherwise what?”
“Pfft, hahaha!” Jin Shengfei suddenly slapped Chi Miao and laughed loudly: “Oh my god, little sister Chi Miao, you are so funny, so young and ignorant… so young and ignorant!”
“You’ll see when you climb the Heavenly Ladder later. It has three hundred steps! If you can really climb three hundred steps, I’ll give you a high-grade spirit stone! If you climb more than three hundred steps, I’ll give you another high-grade spirit stone for each step you climb!”
“Don’t leave me with spirit stones to give away but nowhere to give them.”
Chi Miao was stunned.
Was she mocked by Jin Shengfei?
Jin Shengfei, you paid me money to mock me?!
That’s great! I’m the poorest one!
Chi Miao suddenly curled up the corners of her mouth.
“Jin Shengfei, you are truly my good fortune, my wonderful sage!”
Jin Shengfei, who looked like a golden retriever, suddenly had a bright idea: “You really think I’m a god? What kind of person am I?”
Chi Miao: “You’re like a money-giving boy.”
Jin Shengfei: “…”
I’m @#$%&**!
A large crowd quickly gathered in the square, and disciples from Jiujian Mountain also appeared.
“Today’s second round of testing involves climbing the Heavenly Ladder!”
“The content is very simple. You just need to climb the Heavenly Ladder step by step. Once you reach the fiftieth step, you can pass this round of testing and enter the final round.”
You can get in with just the 50th step?
“This is easy! How hard can it be to climb stairs!”
“You’re just young and arrogant! That Heavenly Ladder isn’t something ordinary people can climb; every step is an ordeal for the soul. If you don’t understand, don’t talk nonsense!”
“But where is the Heavenly Ladder? Where is the Heavenly Ladder?!”
Just as everyone was wondering, suddenly a hundred birds appeared in the sky to send them off, and a beam of auspicious golden light tore through the clouds and slowly sprinkled down into the world.
Where the golden light shone, the transparent, radiant staircase was formed.
Magnificent, reaching straight into the clouds.
It was vast and boundless.
Hundreds of birds gazed upon it, leaving people speechless with astonishment.
“That’s amazing…”
Then, with the sound of a bell, several more immortal figures appeared in the clouds above.
“Second round of testing: Ascend the Heavenly Ladder!”
“Start the test!”
After the words were spoken, people came to their senses and began to walk towards the Heavenly Ladder.
Chi Miao and Jin Shengfei looked up at the sky.
“These guys are here to add some style again.”
The people in the sky: “…”
You two talk too much! Hurry up and climb the ladder!
Suddenly, the two felt someone kick them in the buttocks from behind. After staggering for a while, they stepped onto the first step of the Heavenly Ladder.
The moment Chi Miao stepped on it, she felt the difference.
This……
This!
This feels kind of good!
It felt like she had gone to a high-end foot massage parlor and had a super skilled foot masseur give her a full massage. It was as if her spirits were lifted to a whole new step!
She looked around again.
The others all looked distressed, as if they were oppressed, and some even made monkey-like cries of pain.
Is it because I’m only at the first step?
What happens if you go up a few more steps?
Chi Miao was eager to try, and jumped right up to the fourth step!
“Oh…oh~”
So good, even better!
She was enjoying herself so much, it felt like she was in heaven! She accidentally made a strange sound.
None of them said climbing the Heavenly Ladder was so awesome!
Gou Shi System: “Take it easy, you idiot!”
They used the phrase “being gang-rap*d[1]” to describe it, so don’t look like you can’t resist, or people will misunderstand you!
The strange noises, coupled with an expression of enjoyment, left everyone else speechless.
Jin Shengfei: “Chi Miao, what… what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me!”
Chi Miao said, “I don’t know either. I just felt like my whole body was being massaged, even my skin is relaxed. It feels so good! Ah~”
Jin Shengfei: “???”
Everyone: “Huh?”
Cool?
No, did they climb a fake Heavenly Ladder?
They’re not even at the tenth step yet, and they already feel their souls being oppressed and their whole bodies aching!
Could it be… that Chi Miao is actually a masochist?
Please don’t play Ace and Amu[2] in ranked matches!
Even the people in the sky were dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
Cool?
How is that possible?
They’ve all climbed the Heavenly Ladder before, and they know all too well what it feels like.
There are only four words to describe it: unbearable pain.
They’d rather be whipped than climb the Heavenly Ladder!
Is the Heavenly Ladder malfunctioning again?
Elder Yan’s eyes darted around, and he secretly went down and stepped on it.
It hurts a little.
Silently, he pulled his big toes back in and returned to the sky.
“What…what exactly is going on?”
Seeing that Chi Miao had slowly climbed to the 30th or 40th step, given that Chi Miao was at the early stage of Qi Foundation, even if her soul power was stronger than that of an ordinary person, she should be sweating profusely from the pain.
But she looked like she was about to explode with pleasure.
Could it really be a prank?
This is absolutely insane!
Aren’t you afraid that when you play Ace’s Love in the ladder, he’s just pretending to play, but he’ll actually slap you to death in the next second?
At that moment, He Wanban suddenly thought of a possibility.
“Could it be…”
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[1] This is the author’s description. Basically the experience of climbing the Heavenly ladder is equated to that…
[2] In the anime series Cardfight!! Vanguard G, a major character named Am Chouno (whose given name is written as アム) operates under the villainous alter-ego/alias “Ace”. She is part of an idol unit called Rummy Labyrinth. While the show is Japanese, it has a massive Chinese fanbase, and local streaming platforms (like Bilibili) or forums often tag or reference her dual identity as Ace / Amu.
