Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World

Chapter 1485: Chapter 689: Another Destiny Reminder, Becoming the Heavenly Dao

Whoosh!

At this moment, the Immortal Artifact Heaven-Stealing Ladder suddenly flew out from Jiang Fan’s body.

A golden light burst from the void crack, and a palm-sized shadow suddenly appeared, suspended in the air, which was a miniature version of the Heaven-Stealing Ladder.

Its entire body was gilded, the golden light was dazzling yet not glaring, as if forged from the brilliance of billions of stars. The light and shadow shifted, revealing an unbeatable Immortal majesty. Though small, this mini ladder flawlessly replicated the essence of its larger self, with eighty-one miniature steps clearly visible, each inscribed with intricate and mysterious Dao Patterns. The patterns were dark gold-colored, winding and twisting like a spiritual snake, vaguely showing the profound embryonic form of the characters ”Heaven-Stealing.” As they flowed, they seemed to be surrounded by the Power of Laws, exuding an unapproachable dominance amidst low-key elegance.

When the golden light slightly withdrew, the shadow of the Heaven-Stealing Ladder slowly unfolded, gradually revealing its true form—not ordinary stone steps but a supreme Immortal Artifact entirely forged from Chaos Immortal Gold and Starry Black Iron, measuring ninety-nine zhang in length, divided into eighty-one steps, each step like jade with a warm texture, flowing with ancient and vast Immortal Radiance.

The ladder body was neither entirely real nor entirely illusory, sometimes transforming into solid immortal steps, bright and colorful; other times faint and shadowy, hidden in the void, with countless mysterious Heaven-Stealing Runes and Space-Time Dao Seals engraved on its surface. As the runes flowed, they seemed to capture the secrets of heaven and earth, altering the trajectory of laws.

The top of the ladder led from no beginning to no end, one end could root in the cultivator’s body, the other could pierce through the boundary of planes, directly reaching the source of the Immortal Realm, deep within Chaos, or even the forbidden lands of myriad heavens.

The ladder body was surrounded by a faint purple primordial Immortal mist, within which, shadows of ancient divine beasts like dragons and phoenixes, Qilin, Kunpeng, etc., appeared. Each breath could reverse the flow of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, forcefully drawing the pure essence from all worlds of the heavens.

On both sides hung thirty-six chains of Immortal Light, neither gold nor jade, transformed by the laws, with countless pieces of shattered star and fragments of the Immortal Realm hanging on the chains, displaying a domineering aura of stealing from heaven and earth.

”Kid, your cultivation has basically reached the pinnacle in the Mortal World.”

”If you want to go further, then you have no choice but to ascend to the Immortal Realm.”

”Continuing to stay in the Mortal World is just wasting time, wasting your talent.”

”You wouldn’t be reluctant to leave your Dao Companion, and that’s why you’re unwilling to ascend to the Immortal Realm, would you?”

The Immortal Artifact Heaven-Stealing Ladder appeared just like that before Jiang Fan.

It recalled the events of the past.

It remembered billions of years ago, the battle in the Void Realm that caused the heavens to collapse, and the sun and moon to lose their light.

Initially, it did not want to be involved in such matters, as they were irrelevant to it.

But the entire Void Realm was affected; it couldn’t avoid being impacted.

Even the great figures of the Immortal Realm had locked onto its aura.

After all, it was indeed a sliver of hope from the Mortal World.

If someone could grasp its power, then they could smuggle into the Immortal Realm, or vice versa.

So it had nowhere to escape.

Luckily, at the moment when it was captured by the strange ones, the entire Void Realm collapsed, instantly sealing the Tree of Eternal Life and the anomalies in the Land of Return, preventing them from doing anything to it.

As time slowly passed, until now, it originally thought that it would inevitably be eroded by the anomalies.

Who would have thought that this human cultivator suddenly appeared in the Land of Return?

Like lightning, he solved the group of anomalies and the Tree of Eternal Life, and also seized all treasures within the Land of Return, including itself.

Originally, as an Immortal Artifact Spirit, it was naturally very proud, thinking a mere Mortal Cultivator couldn’t possibly gain its approval.

But it had no idea what methods this despicable human used.

He even forcibly enslaved it, making it recognize him as its master, even if it wanted to break free, that was impossible.

This made the Heaven-Stealing Ladder furious, wishing to perish together with this human.

However, as time progressed, its affinity towards this human cultivator grew.

This guy was not an ordinary cultivator.

He was just a Mahayana Cultivator, yet he comprehended the Thirty-Three Heavens Rune and also understood over a hundred laws.

This was simply outrageous, akin to the talent of an Immortal King.

If it were held by such a person, it wouldn’t be a disgrace to itself.

Moreover, the other party had acquired the legacy of the Creation Immortal King, equivalent to being the disciple of the Creation Immortal King.

So they even had a bit of destiny together.

Thus it felt that acknowledging this human as its master wouldn’t be impossible.

But what made it feel very angry was this human, who had clearly reached Mahayana Perfection, and his cultivation in the Mortal World was beyond advancing further, yet he consistently refused to ascend to the Immortal Realm.

In its view, this was clearly self-degradation, wasting time.

”No, you don’t understand.”

”Smuggling into the Immortal Realm is definitely something that must be done, but not now.”

”Without the right timing, smuggling into the Immortal Realm is a path to death.”

Jiang Fan said calmly.

To be honest, if he could, he would surely want to smuggle into the Immortal Realm.

After all, having mastered the Immortal Artifact Heaven-Stealing Ladder, he could smuggle into the Immortal Realm or return to the Mortal World.

For him, this was not a one-way ticket.

If he detected anything amiss, he could instantly return.

But when he wanted to smuggle into the Immortal Realm, the Path of Destiny suddenly conveyed a great crisis.

It seemed that if he truly wanted to smuggle into the Immortal Realm, he would be eliminated in an instant.

And without the slightest ability to resist.

It was precisely because of this that, sensing the danger lurking in the unknown, he decided to stay in the Mortal World to cultivate.