Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 415 - 30 Ascend to the Jade Emperor, appoint the Venerable of Heaven_3

Chapter 415: Chapter 30 Ascend to the Jade Emperor, appoint the Venerable of Heaven_3

Gu Wen asked again, "Is Jiang Fugui still well?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged Daoist’s expression changed slightly, and then he shook his head, "This Taoist does not know anyone named Jiang Fugui."

"Is that so? Then there is no matter."

Gu Wen continued to walk forward, the fog ahead obscuring everything. He could only see a distance of ten feet, with all other senses also confined within that range.

Oppressive, narrow, solitary.

Suddenly, a bright light carrying a token flew into his bosom; the world expanded, and everything returned to normal.

The middle-aged Daoist transmitted a thought.

’Do not draw attention. If we are discovered, this Taoist might be confined for decades.’

Gu Wen smiled knowingly, also considering himself one of the Jiang family’s ilk, always preferring to profit personally.

Another ten days passed, six million steps, Foundation Establishment.

Of those who ascended the high platform, fewer than a thousand remained, while the welcoming disciples from various branches numbered in the thousands.

These were the promising sprouts of cultivation, senior brothers and sisters showcasing their divine skills on the sides of the path, even fighting over who could recruit them.

After being tormented for a month, the climbers, exhausted in both body and mind, all wore smiles.

They had endured myriad hardships and finally emerged through them. Having entered the Sanqing Taoist Sect, they were destined to be the geniuses of their lineage, the pride of their faction, and eventually, to become great powers or even Immortals transcending mortal bounds!

"What?! I climbed six million steps, and now I have to cook and gather firewood for you! Isn’t this just a servant’s job?"

"One month, thirty pounds of broken spiritual stones, who is that enough for?"

"Why is it all just menial labor? Are you recruiting beasts of burden or disciples?"

Gu Wen glanced at a notice board resembling an enrollment list and could barely restrain a laugh.

They were recruiting laborers, not geniuses.

A law enforcement disciple stepped forward, his voice loud, "If you have the guts, keep climbing, climb to the main vein, and I will address you as senior brother. Everyone here is a genius; did you come to the mountains to enjoy luxuries?"

"The Sanqing Taoist Sect doesn’t offer the best environment or the most generous conditions, but fairness, only fairness! Here, you can choose and learn any divine skills and spell freely without needing to concern yourself with all the worldly etiquette, as long as you can learn them. Even if you learn all 3,000 divine skills from the Scripture Pavilion, nobody will mind."

Silence fell in an instant.

Fairness in teaching was unique here.

Everyone silently started to choose their desired paths.

Gu Wen continued upward, only a few dozen companions remained; after walking a few steps, someone lagged behind; a hundred steps more, another one lagged behind; and every hundred steps, another one dropped out.

Thousands of steps later, only Gu Wen was left, the others no longer even had the chance to see him through the clouds.

After passing eight million steps, the path narrowed to just nine zhang wide.

The clouds could no longer conceal Gu Wen’s figure, and under his feet lay the nine heavens, his stature comparable to the sun and the moon.

Below in the peaks of the spiritual mountains, great powers from the Returning to Void Realm of the Daoist Sect rose in the air, hovering amidst the clouds, watching Qingyi Daoist ascended step by step to the Dao Mountain.

Gu Wen listened to the elegant voice that reached his ears.

’In ten thousand years, only the Three Pure Daoist entered the main vein directly, after you go out, you should become the second.’

He reached the nine-hundred ninety-eight millionth step and could see a palace.

Constructed with jadelike glass, a hundred-zhang celestial pillars wrapped around by Nine Dragons, red and purple auras reflecting the heavenly light, and the Great Dao was cast in golden and silver.

Inscribed upon it, [Jade Palace].

Three individuals stood at the entrance, their appearances sixty percent similar, their demeanors unified.

The female among them smiled and said, "Junior brother, welcome to the Daoist Sect."

"She has always praised you as the first person in the Daoist Sect for ten thousand years."

Gu Wen softly smiled, then passed the three, entered the Jade Palace, ascended the nine-zhang platform, and gently took his seat.

At that moment, many great powers from the sect below had arrived.

The three branches of Yuqing, Taiqing, and Shangqing of the Sanqing lineage, three thousand True Monarchs, thirty from the Dao Realm, all bowed and said in unison, "We welcome the Yuqing Heavenly Venerate."

Gu Wen looked down at them, his expression calm, his eyes deep like secluded pools.

Yu Hua, having just entered the Daoist Sect and ascended to the Jade Palace, what number am I?