Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1402: The Space Passage

Chapter 1402: Chapter 1402: The Space Passage

With the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade in hand, Fang Bai’s ability to resist the oppressive force of the Heavenly Ladder increased drastically, and he immediately felt much lighter.

Gripping the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, surrounded by swirling Essence Energy, Fang Bai quickened his pace while continuously slashing forward with all his might.

The crimson blade arcs cleaved through wave after wave of crushing pressure, reducing the obstruction on Fang Bai’s path considerably.

Taking advantage of this, Fang Bai accelerated his advance.

Within just a few breaths, Fang Bai’s figure had vanished from the sightlines of Gu Yan and the others.

"Seventy-six... seventy-seven... seventy-eight..."

With each step upward, Fang Bai shouted loudly to bolster his courage and amplify his momentum.

After surpassing the seventy-fifth step of the Heavenly Ladder, every additional step brought a doubling of the oppressive force. Even with the assistance of the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade offsetting part of the pressure, Fang Bai still felt as though he was carrying a mountain, his strength faltering.

"Puh!"

A soft tearing sound signaled the rupture of Fang Bai’s beast-hide boots under the immense pressure, leaving them torn to shreds.

Standing barefoot on the stone steps, Fang Bai’s complexion turned slightly pale. His entire body was drenched in sweat, and his hand gripping the blade trembled faintly—evidently, he was nearing his limit.

"Almost... almost there... hold on!"

Fang Bai clenched his teeth, lifting his gaze to the final step of the Heavenly Ladder shrouded in clouds. He took a deep breath, his eyes filled with resolute determination, and tightened his grip on the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade.

"Break!"

With a thunderous roar, Fang Bai summoned his True Yuan and swung the Blood Blade fiercely, his feet inching forward with difficulty.

Droplets of sweat left marks behind on the ground with each step he took.

"Seventy-nine... eighty..."

Finally, after expending nearly all his True Yuan, Fang Bai successfully stood on the eightieth step of the Heavenly Ladder.

The cloud layer above was now within reach. Fang Bai knew that once he passed through it, he would stand upon the highest step of the Heavenly Ladder.

However, as the thought of continuing upward arose within him, a trace of unease suddenly surfaced in his heart.

Fang Bai faltered slightly. His brow furrowed, realizing that his exceptional intuition was warning him of immense, unpredictable danger lying ahead.

"This final step... should I ascend, or not?"

Staring at the dense, impenetrable cloud layer that even his Divine Sense could not pierce, Fang Bai found himself torn with indecision.

"Since I’ve come this far, how could I leave without seeing for myself? Besides, I possess the Houyi Bow, Five Elements Needles, and Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron—all powerful Spiritual Artifacts. No matter the danger, I should at least be able to protect my life, right?"

With this thought, Fang Bai’s confidence surged.

Fang Bai’s goal in ascending the Heavenly Ladder was merely to confirm his earlier speculations—to see if a teleportation array leading to the Three Thousand Worlds truly lay at the summit.

If the teleportation array did exist, Fang Bai planned to return to the Huaxia Sect to cultivate peacefully. Once he reached Foundation Establishment and ensured that the cultivation of his friends and family reached at least Innate Perfection, he would rendezvous with them at this location to activate the teleportation array and explore the higher Martial Dao in the Three Thousand Worlds together.

"Then I’ll take a look..."

His mind made up, Fang Bai took a deep breath and, maintaining a state of full vigilance, gradually stepped forward.

......

"Rushi, my heart suddenly feels uneasy... It’s as though something bad is about to happen..."

Immersed in cultivation within the Seven-Colored Lotus Pool, Baili Mingyue abruptly felt a wave of agitation. She opened her eyes and glanced at Dongfang Rushi beside her, noticing that Rushi had also exited her cultivation state, her expression showing unease like her own.

"I feel the same,"

Dongfang Rushi replied softly, her brows furrowed.

"Could something have happened to Fang Bai? I hear the summit of the Heavenly Ladder is very dangerous..."

Baili Mingyue cast an uneasy glance toward Heaven-Reaching Peak.

Dongfang Rushi turned her gaze toward the peak as well, her outward appearance calm and composed, though deep inside she was far more unsettled than Baili Mingyue.

At the same time, far away at the Huaxia Sect on Shenwu Continent, Fang Bai’s close relatives, disciples, and cherished companions similarly felt an inexplicable unease. Their hearts seemed synchronized as they turned toward East Shengzhou, each thinking the same thing: "Could Fang Bai be in trouble?"

......

Fang Bai was indeed in trouble.

He never expected that after exerting all his strength to pass through the clouds and reach the final step of the Heavenly Ladder, what unfolded before him was far from his expectations—neither a traditional teleportation array nor a broad expanse of stone steps. Instead, it was a deep spatial passage resembling a black hole.

The spatial passage exerted a powerful suction force against which Fang Bai was helpless, continuously dragging him inward.

"To the four Elders: the summit of the Heavenly Ladder appears to lead to a spatial passage connected to the Three Thousand Worlds. Once you ascend, you will be pulled in—it’s beyond human resistance. I must go ahead now. This space ring—please deliver it to Rushi or Mingyue so that they can inform everyone in the Huaxia Sect to cultivate diligently. Only by reaching at least the Half-Step Foundation Establishment Realm can they attempt to ascend the Heavenly Ladder. I’ll wait for everyone in the Three Thousand Worlds to reunite."

This was the final message Fang Bai transmitted before being engulfed by the formidable suction force of the spatial passage.

The martial artists below the Heavenly Ladder could not hear Fang Bai’s voice; fortunately, Gu Yan and the others, still lingering at the fiftieth step of the Heavenly Ladder, heard it clearly.

"The summit of the Heavenly Ladder is a spatial passage? Leading to the Three Thousand Worlds?"

"So that’s why those Innate Experts who ascended never returned! They went to the Three Thousand Worlds!"

"Ancient texts depict the Three Thousand Worlds’ experts as capable of soaring through the skies, traversing flames, manipulating water, and wielding all sorts of divine powers. I used to think those were mere myths, but now... it seems they may actually be true!"

"Half-Step Foundation Establishment to ascend the summit? I still have a long way to go!"

...

Gu Yan and the others listened to Fang Bai’s words, their hearts filled with mixed emotions of joy and worry.

A few breaths later, a space ring descended from the sky, carrying Fang Bai’s unmistakable aura.

This space ring was one of Fang Bai’s possessions, containing an incredible trove of Essence Stones, elixirs, Spiritual Medicine, Spiritual Artifacts, and other cultivation resources.

Aside from the Five Elements Needles, Houyi Bow, Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, and Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, Fang Bai had left all other cultivation resources in this dropped space ring.

For Fang Bai, once he entered the Three Thousand Worlds, the spiritual energy, spirit stones, spiritual medicine, and other cultivation resources there would be ten to a hundred times superior to those in the True Martial Realm.

But for those cultivation resources that were no longer of use to him, they constituted a massive fortune for the disciples of the Huaxia Sect—enough to sustain their cultivation for a long time.

Fang Bai trusted that, with the Martial Arts Techniques he had taught and the cultivation resources he left behind, his close friends, disciples, and cherished companions would, given time, all reach the Half-Step Foundation Establishment Realm.

Especially the disciples of the Huaxia Sect with Innate Spiritual Roots—with their potential, the Martial Arts Techniques they practiced, and the abundant cultivation resources they had, they could stand at the pinnacle of Martial Dao in the True Martial Realm within three to five years.

After that, they could attempt to challenge the summit of the Heavenly Ladder themselves.