Don't take it, I switched to the ruthless way

Chapter 473 Reach the sky in one step

Shi Yao did not answer and entered the Tower of Babel without looking back.

Taoist Chen Guang did not give up. He hurried to the Tower of Babel and stepped inside without hesitation, wanting to continue questioning Shi Yao.

Ying Gao and Wu Huaiben also wanted to chase to the Tower of Babel like Taoist Chen Guang, but they both looked back at the tragic scene of Lingzhou in tatters, frowned at the same time, and finally stopped at the same time.

There are many tests in the Tower of Babel, and the speed of time flows differently. Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, more than ten years or even a hundred years may have passed.

Lingzhou has not yet been completely stabilized, and the people there are not truly at peace. They have been carrying the responsibility of protecting Lingzhou for so many years, and they cannot just leave like that.

Ying Gao sighed and said, "Although the demon god has been suppressed, there are still demons rampant in Lingzhou. We can't just enter the tower like this."

Wu Huai also said: "Brother, what you said is right. There are still countless demons to be eliminated, and the place where the demon god is suppressed also needs people to be arranged to guard it closely. These are all important tasks that cannot be shirked. Well, let's go back. There are still many things to do."

Ying Gao nodded and glanced at the other cultivators not far away. When his eyes fell on Grandma Kuixin, Fukong and other external cultivators, he just frowned slightly.

Now that the disaster in Lingzhou has not been resolved, it is not appropriate to create unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, whether it was the cultivators from Lingzhou or the cultivators from the outside world, none of them had any intention of fighting each other again.

"All the grievances among the human race should be settled after we pacify Lingzhou."

Wu Huai and Ying Gao understood each other tacitly. They nodded slightly to each other, turned around and returned together the same way.

On the other side, Grandma Kuixin hesitated for a moment in front of the Tower of Babel, and finally sneered and walked into the Tower of Babel quickly, "I want to see if this Tower of Babel can really lead you to heaven step by step as the rumors say!"

Fukong raised his head and gazed at the Tower of Babel in front of him for a long time, with a rather strange and ominous premonition in his heart.

“It turns out that my eighty-seventh calamity is in this tower.” For some reason, Fukong suddenly thought of the scene where Shi Yao cut the devil into pieces with one sword, and shook his head, “Not right, not right, the time has not come yet, I should go back and save all living beings!”

Having said that, Fukong still stood in front of the Tower of Babel for a long time, until the monks around him came and went, and there was not even one left, then he slowly left.

There is a long white staircase in the Tower of Babel that runs through the entire tower. The staircase is so high that you can't see the end at a glance. Even if you use your cultivation level, you can't see the end of the staircase clearly.

It is worth pondering that this white staircase is called the Ladder to Heaven. It seems that if you walk up this ladder all the way to the bottom, you can really reach the sky and ascend directly.

After Taoist Chen Guang walked into the Tower of Babel, he could only see the white ladder stretching out in front of him that stretched as far as the eye could see, and the back of Shi Yao who was climbing up the stairs step by step.

Taoist Chen Guang's pupils trembled and he was shocked.

He had entered this Tower of Babel before and stepped onto this white staircase. He knew that every step of this staircase was filled with immense pressure, and the higher he went, the greater the pressure.

Moreover, every time you step onto a step, you will immediately fall into a strange trial ground full of tests. Each trial ground is full of terrible dangers, and the monks who break into the Tower of Babel often never return.

Therefore, every step taken on this ladder to heaven is extremely dangerous and difficult.

But Shi Yao can walk on the ladder to heaven as if it were flat ground!

After Granny Kuixin walked into the Tower of Babel, she could no longer see Shi Yao walking on the ladder as if it were flat ground. Instead, she saw Taoist Chen Guang standing there in a daze. She felt a little puzzled and sneered at Taoist Chen Guang in her heart.

But her purpose in coming in was to pass through the Tower of Babel, not to fight with others.

Granny Kuixin was also afraid that Taoist Chenguang would block her way because of an old grudge, so she strode towards the ladder to heaven. Just as she was about to jump up the stairs quickly, she was suddenly overwhelmed by a terrible pressure, and not only did she fall unexpectedly, but she also fell into a closed trial ground without resistance.

The most hateful thing was that before she fell into the trial ground, she heard a few wanton sneers!
I didn't expect that after being so powerful for so many years, she would fall flat on her face here!
On the other side, Taoist Chen Guang and several outside cultivators like Guan Xi and Jin Qiao who had just entered the tower looked at Granny Kuixin falling flat on her face in astonishment, and they couldn't help laughing out loud. Taoist Chen Guang laughed even louder.

After Grandma Kuixin fell into the trial ground, Taoist Chenguang was still laughing uncontrollably.

After a while, Taoist Chen Guang stopped smiling and was about to step onto the white stairs when he heard Guan Xi's polite question from behind: "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, what is the meaning of these stairs?"

Just now, seeing Grandma Kuixin fall down on these stairs, Guanxi did not dare to be careless.

"Why should I tell you?" Taoist Chen Guang rolled his eyes in annoyance and stepped onto a step without looking back. His figure disappeared on the stairs for more than ten breaths before reappearing.

Then Taoist Chen Guang stepped onto the second step again.

Guanxi and others stayed at the bottom of the stairs and observed for a long time before slowly stepping onto the next step.

The first level trial ground on the Ladder to Heaven is a soulless place filled with blazing flames. The scorching flames cause the air to be strangely distorted, and the distorted places are full of cutting killing moves, which are very similar to the space cutting technique. If there is no advanced defensive magic weapon to protect the body, even a high-level cultivator may stay here forever.

In the second-level trial ground, there are sword intents all over the sky that are falling like raindrops. Each sword intent is different, and the power is more terrifying than the last. If you are not careful, you will be injured by the sharp blade transformed by the sword intent.

The third-level trial ground is filled with endless traps and illusions. Without a clear mind and a strong will, it is easy to be deceived by the illusory monsters and end up dying without a burial place.

In the fourth level trial ground, there were howling winds, flying sand and rocks, and the wind blades inside were more terrifying than the sword intent.

In the subsequent trial ground, black water filled the entire world. The darker the place, the more hidden mysteries there are, opportunities and dangers coexist;

There are swamp forests filled with poisonous fog, twisted voids with disordered space, endless seas with chaotic laws, ancient countries with huge beasts, mysterious little mountain villages... Every trial site is different, or every trial site entered by a cultivator is different, and the danger level increases as you go higher, and the pressure becomes heavier and heavier.

Therefore, every step you cross is like a natural chasm.

But these dangers were nothing to Shi Yao. Although the increasingly heavy pressure weighed heavily on her, making her walk slower and slower, it could not stop her.

Shi Yao hurried through the trial sites along the way.

It was not until she walked up to the 3,699th step and saw Feng He staying in this level of the trial ground that Shi Yao paused slightly and reached out to pull the dying Feng He out.

Feng He was seriously injured, in pain and exhausted, his voice was hoarse, "It's you! You, I can't even see through your cultivation!"

Shi Yao: "You have fulfilled all three conditions. I will fulfill my promise."

As she spoke, Shi Yao took Xiaohong out of the Xumi Ring and handed it to Feng He.

"What?" Feng He took Xiaohong with surprise and joy.

Feng He didn't know that Shi Yao had already sensed the location of the time lock and the Moon-Tracing Box through her. Although she was a little confused, she still thanked him politely.

After all, Shi Yao's current cultivation level is unfathomable, so Feng He would never dare to offend her.

Shi Yao had no intention of explaining to Feng He, so she turned around and continued to climb the stairs.

Xiao Hong shouted reluctantly from behind: "Shi Yao, where are you going? Are you going to abandon me?"

Shi Yao paused again and turned back, "All good things must come to an end. You and I each have our own opportunities, and we will meet again in the future if we are destined to do so."

Xiao Hong was still reluctant, but seeing Shi Yao's resolute expression, she could only say: "Okay, but can you give my master to me? He will die without me!"

Shi Yao nodded, took out the phoenix egg from the Xumi Ring, and gave it to Xiao Hong, "You once saved my life, and I'm giving this to you to repay your kindness."

For some reason, Xiaohong felt a little sad after hearing this. She took the phoenix egg in a daze and watched Shi Yao take three steps in one step, and then continued to step on one step after another.

Xiaohong could clearly see Shi Yao right in front of her, yet she felt as if she was far away in the horizon, out of reach.

……

Shi Yao walked up the stairs step by step, and suddenly she seemed to realize something and stopped.

With a thought, she removed all the slave marks she had made with others in her mind, even the mark of the contract with Bai Yu's spirit pet.

Now, only Yuanshi and Qingyun are left by her side.

Qingyun, who was held in Shi Yao's hand, had no idea what Shi Yao had just done. He only knew that suddenly, the solemn expression on Shi Yao's face seemed to become relaxed.

Qingyun was puzzled: "What's wrong with you? Why do you feel like you have suddenly put down a heavy burden? I feel like it's very dangerous here, you must not be careless!"

Shi Yao smiled slightly, "I just suddenly felt that I had passed through many trial sites along the way, but none of them could stop me. This seems a bit strange. How could the ladder to heaven be so simple?
We have been walking further and further on this ladder to heaven, but we can never reach the end. There seems to be some kind of mental test on the ladder to heaven. Every step I take, I feel an invisible pressure in my heart. "

Qingyun: "What should I do then?"

Shi Yao: "I just resolved some causes and effects, and now my mind is clear and free of worries. I have a hunch that maybe in the next step, I can reach the sky in one step!"

As she spoke, Shi Yao raised her foot and slowly stepped upwards.

This step seemed to be taken by her very slowly and with great difficulty.

As she took a step, the surrounding scenes changed rapidly. Shi Yao's body seemed to rise quickly from the bottom to the top, and it was also like many scenes suddenly changed in front of her eyes. It was unpredictable and unclear.

Although Qingyun is the spirit of a divine weapon, he also felt dizzy at this moment and didn't know where he was.

When Shi Yao's feet landed, all changes stopped, and the surroundings were filled with white light. Behind her was still the white staircase, and in front of her was an ancient golden door.

Shi Yao was denied entry and failed to open the door after trying several times.

"This...what's inside this door? Or where does it lead to?" Qingyun was a little scared. "Shi Yao, I have a bad feeling. You have to be careful. It's best to go back the way you came and don't go through this door."

"Qingyun! I have come all the way here, and I will not turn back no matter what." Shi Yao said solemnly: "But I once promised you that when I have the power to protect myself, I will cancel our master-servant contract and set you free. Now is the time, you can go, I will not stop you."

"Ah? Really?" Qingyun seemed a little unconvinced. "Are you really going to let me go? But, but the time lock and the Moon Tracing Box have not been found yet. Can you do it alone?"

Shi Yao did not hesitate and helped Qingyun erase the master-servant mark. "You have helped me a lot along the way. Thank you!"

Qingyun stammered, "Shi Yao, I don't know why, I feel so flustered now that I'm free, and I don't know where to go next. Why are you asking me to leave now? It's too sudden, and I haven't even helped you find the time lock and the Moon Tracing Box."

Shi Yao: "I can walk the rest of the way by myself, and you can walk the path you wanted to walk before. Didn't you always say that you are not an ordinary spirit and don't want to be treated like an object? Why have you forgotten your original intention at this moment?"

"I haven't forgotten!" Qingyun raised his voice a little, then lowered it, and said, "You're right, it's time for me to go my own way. But I also want to find the time lock and the Moon Tracing Box with you, and let's escape from the First Heaven together." Shi Yao nodded, "Okay, if you're willing to continue to follow me, then continue to follow me."

For some reason, Qingyun felt relieved when he heard Shi Yao say this, and couldn't help but think to himself, "This is really strange."

Shi Yao turned around and placed her hands on the golden gate again.

Qingyun: "This door is seamless, and I don't know what material it is made of. Can you open it?"

"I couldn't open it just now, but now I can." Shi Yao pushed hard, and the golden door turned into golden light, flashed a few times and disappeared.

There was a bright glow like glass inside the door, blocking Shi Yao and Qing Yun's view.

Qingyun was amazed. "Huh? It really opened. How did you do it?"

Shi Yao: "I told you, if you can resolve the cause and effect and be free from all worries, you can ascend to heaven in one step."

Qingyun understood immediately, "I see, no wonder you terminated the master-servant contract with me ahead of time. Alas, you are still so smart and insightful, you haven't changed at all."

Shi Yao didn't say anything else and stepped into the door.

There were colorful lights flashing inside, but there was no sense of oppression. The atmosphere around was peaceful and harmonious, and there seemed to be no danger at all.

But at some point, Yuan Shi and Qing Yun in Shi Yao's hands were taken into the Sumeru Ring by an invisible force.

Shi Yao really couldn't think of anyone else except Tian Dao who could have moved things on her body so silently.

Just at this moment, a man's figure appeared silently in front of Shi Yao.

He was wearing a black and white Taoist robe. He was very tall but looked a little thin. He had a handsome and calm face, but his eyes were very sharp, as if he could see through everything in the world.

Dongfang Yu!
He looked exactly the same as in Li Luo's memory. He was Dongfang Yu!

Shi Yao couldn't help but take a step back, eyes full of vigilance.

At the same time, he was silently calculating in his mind how great his chances were of escaping safely from the Heavenly Dao.

Previously, when Dongfang Yu wanted to suppress the devil, he had to borrow her power!

Perhaps Dongfang Yu’s power is now much weaker than that of a demon.

Dongfang Yu said: "You don't need to be nervous. If I really want to kill you, you will have nowhere to escape."

Shi Yao didn't want to believe his words at all. Her tense heart didn't relax at all, but was hanging high. "Where is this? What do you want to do?"

Dongfang Yu replied: "This is the place of heaven, the heart of the sacred tree."

Shi Yao's eyebrows moved, "The Heavenly Dao actually has a residence?"

Dongfang Yu: "Within the Three Realms, the Way of Heaven is everywhere, and it does not need any residence. But when I unite my body with the Way, and my will becomes the will of the Way of Heaven, then I need the so-called residence for protection."

This... Shi Yao thought: "Could it be that He has become a fake Heavenly Dao?"

Dongfang Yu seemed to be able to see through Shi Yao's thoughts without any inquiry, and said: "No, I am not a fake Heavenly Dao! It is indeed the real Heavenly Dao. It's just that Heavenly Dao is supposed to be selfless, but I am selfish."

Shi Yao was shocked that he could see through all her thoughts. She was silent for a moment and tried hard to control her mind, not wanting Dongfang Yu to see through her thoughts again.

Dongfang Yu continued, "In the past, I saw that the way of heaven was unfair, so I helped Pan Man to ascend to heaven, wanting to overthrow the three realms, causing chaos to reappear and re-evaluate yin and yang! But when the sacred tree was eroded by the foul air and the world collapsed, I saw the suffering of the people and all things were in sorrow!

Then, I used my body to become one with the Tao, and I propped up the towering sacred tree that was about to fall, and also stabilized the Three Realms that were about to collapse.

I have compassion for all the people in the world, but I also have helpless regret and selfishness.

Although the Three Realms have been stabilized, the source of the disasters in the Three Realms has not been eliminated, so the incarnation of Heaven has been sent down many times to interfere with the Three Realms.

I thought Pan Man was the root cause of the disaster that befell the world, but I never expected that I would become a part of the disaster.

It is said that 'God's will plays tricks on people', but I never thought that even if I became God, I would be influenced by 'God's will'."

Shi Yao still didn't say anything, and she didn't know what Dongfang Yu wanted to say to her.

Dongfang Yu seemed to have seen through Shi Yao's thoughts again, and said, "I'm telling you this just because I want you to do me a favor."

Shi Yao frowned, "What?"

Dongfang Yu: "My will is about to dissipate. The new will of heaven is no longer selfish, and the Three Realms will eventually return to the right track. But I still have an obsession. I hope you can protect my wife and let her stay by your side until she has the power to protect herself."

Shi Yao's expression became a little strange, "But she only has a remnant soul left."

Dongfang Yu: "You don't have to worry too much. I have my own way to revive her. If you agree, I will send you out of the First Heaven and give you a great fortune; if you don't agree, I will still send you out of the First Heaven. My will is about to dissipate. I do this just to establish a good relationship with my wife and do the last thing for her. It's up to you to choose. I won't force you."

Upon hearing this, Yao's mind turned and she understood Dongfang Yu's considerations.

His will will eventually dissipate, but he wants his wife Li Luo to continue living well.

Shi Yao hesitated for a moment and asked, "What is the great fortune you are talking about?"

Dongfang Yu: "I once said that you don't know the vastness of the world, nor do you know the endless abyss. If I help you look down on the world and touch the abyss, you will benefit infinitely."

The interaction of interests soothes people's hearts, and all grudges will be eliminated.

Shi Yao's heart was moved, "I promise you."

Dongfang Yu: "That's great!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Yao seemed to have returned to Lingzhou in an instant. She saw the cultivators of Lingzhou still working hard to eliminate the evil spirits and the evil spirit energy. She also saw the Five Elements Rings and the Azure Sky Immortal Mansion scattered all over the place, as well as the suppressed corpse of the demon god...

Inside the Tower of Babel, branches of a glazed sacred tree stretched out, transforming into a white ladder to heaven.

The entire Lingzhou is like a small fruit growing on a huge glazed tree. It is very small and seems insignificant.

The other star realms outside Lingzhou are also like small fruits, growing one on top of another on the same branch.

The sacred tree grew a total of twenty-eight branches, and each branch was surrounded by countless stars.

The first heaven, the second heaven, the third heaven... all the way to the twenty-eighth heaven, are all supported by a sacred tree and stand firm.

——From a distance, the entire sacred tree from top to bottom seemed to be covered with fruits of various colors, shining with glazed luster, mysterious, beautiful, and powerful.

Each star realm seems to possess a vitality that ordinary people cannot understand. The twinkling starlight is like the star realms breathing again and again.

Looking more closely, within each star realm, there are numerous tiny creatures of different shapes and types, including humans, monsters and demons, as well as spirits and formless soul creatures, or creatures that are only in the form of will...

Whether it is the starry sky, the sacred tree, or the ghosts in the underworld, the mortal spirits, cultivators, and immortals in the world of the living... everything is the common people.

The sacred tree holds up the Three Realms and stands in the abyss of emptiness. Above is the sky, below is the earth, yin and yang are naturally in harmony, and the way of balance operates on its own, so all things in the Three Realms are constantly growing and reproducing.

Above the Three Realms are the Four Brahma Heavens and the Three Pure Heavens, which are the abodes of all living beings who have transcended the Three Realms.

Above the Three Pure Ones is the Daluo Heaven, which is the place where the Daluo immortals reside… But whether it is the Four Brahma Heavens or the Three Pure Ones and the Daluo Heaven, they are all suspended above the sacred tree, in the void abyss.

Beyond the thirty-six heavens is an endless abyss, so vast that it seems to have no boundaries, no laws, and no power. Everything is empty, with nothing at all.

The abyss is too vast and too deep. If you are in it, you will only feel uneasy and lonely, as if you will fall into endless darkness at the next moment.

The scene changed, and Shi Yao saw the Fengqi Secret Realm, a giant bathed in flames, a dragon as powerful as thunder... and many other terrifying beings whose depth could not be seen clearly but whose power was known to be boundless at a glance.

"Those are all external forms of the body, transformed by immortals who have transcended the three realms."

As soon as Dongfang Yu's voice sounded, Shi Yao's mind suddenly returned to the heart of the sacred tree, and she could no longer see the heaven, earth and Xuyuan.

Shi Yao asked hurriedly: "They are already immortals who have transcended the Three Realms, why would they allow their Dharma images to descend into the Three Realms?"

Dongfang Yu: "The Four Brahma Heavens, Three Pure Heavens and Daluo Heaven outside the Three Realms will not be beset by calamities, nor will they be destroyed by calamities, so they are called transcendent places. But the immortals who transcend the Three Realms have only escaped the fate of reincarnation in the underworld. Who says that the existence of transcending the Three Realms can obtain great freedom and true purity?

The so-called freedom outside the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements is, in the final analysis, nothing more than water without a duckweed, neither reaching the sky nor the ground. Although it has great magical powers, it is just an immortal spirit that needs to rely on the origin to survive.

They all think that only by transcending the Three Realms can they gain true freedom; but they do not know that the blessings and disasters outside are unpredictable, and in the end they want to return to the Three Realms to seek the true way to survive in the world, wavering back and forth and losing their freedom.

Shi Yao nodded and wanted to ask again.

Dongfang Yu did not allow her to ask any more questions and said:

"The universe is vast, but not as deep as the abyss. My will will soon dissipate, and the Three Realms will return to normal. However, the universe has calamities, and there is reincarnation. The Three Realms will also be destroyed with the calamity, and all things will return to chaos... until chaos opens again, yin and yang are judged again, and the universe restarts.

If you don't want to endure the suffering of reincarnation, you should attain enlightenment as soon as possible and transcend the three realms."

"it is good!"

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(End of the article)

Trembling hands, excited heart, ah!!! It's finally over!!!