Chapter 768: Chapter 322: The Heavenly Staircase

Watching the White Jade Stairs, reaching to the sky, hiding deep in the white clouds, finally turning into a white light dot...

Their grandeur and splendor were astonishing.

Even Xu Ran... was slightly dazed.

After a while.

Xu Ran couldn’t help but sigh: "The White Jade Stairs... truly magnificent! I wonder what kind of powerful being could create such a grand structure!"

All this time, it was the first time he saw such a magnificent staircase, a staircase leading to the heavens, a staircase directly connecting to the sky, a staircase pure and white as jade, all showcasing their magnificent side.

"Everyone who comes here for the first time and sees this White Jade Stairs is like you!"

The eerie person said indifferently, eyes full of memories, and then looked at Xu Ran, urging him somewhat impatiently.

"Alright, you can step onto this staircase now. If you delay further, that Peregrine Falcon’s soul may scatter into ashes!"

He couldn’t wait to see Xu Ran step onto the stairs, eagerly anticipating seeing Xu Ran succeed and climb into the clouds, and impatiently wanting to seize Xu Ran’s body...

Xu Ran merely gave the eerie person a calm glance, his eyes full of tranquility, even when hearing that the Peregrine Falcon’s soul might scatter into ashes, he showed no signs of urgency.

"Fine!"

Xu Ran knew whether he stepped onto this White Jade Stair, whether he passed it or not, the Peregrine Falcon’s soul would always be with the eerie person.

Now, his eagerness for Xu Ran to enter the White Jade Stair clearly had an ulterior motive, though what it was remained unknown.

But for the sake of the Peregrine Falcon’s soul, Xu Ran still followed his words. Besides, he also wanted to step onto this White Jade Stair, to see what exactly lay above the clouds!

"Hoo!"

Xu Ran took a deep breath, his gaze firm and resolute, facing the celestial avenue-like White Jade Stair, a massive pressure rose from his heart.

For a moment, an overwhelming pressure came from all directions, as if he had entered the deep sea, the pressure of the seawater squeezing every part of his body, making him unable to breathe. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Just having the thought of entering the White Jade Stair, and facing such tremendous pressure, what kind of pressure will come once I actually step in?"

Xu Ran murmured in his heart.

Even if there are countless obstacles ahead, he still won’t retreat, for not only the Peregrine Falcon’s soul but also his innate mission!

"Dong!"

Xu Ran stared at the immense pressure, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, slowly lifted his right foot, and at the moment of lifting, his right foot became heavy and fiery as if filled with lead, a feeling coming from the depths of his soul and a test of his willpower, even with Innate Qi, it couldn’t help him at all.

To place this right foot onto the White Jade Stairs, Xu Ran must overcome all hardships and obstacles.

The eerie person saw Xu Ran’s raised right foot hovering above the White Jade Stair, and for a long time didn’t fall, he was suddenly shocked.

"What’s going on? Someone detected by the Divine Stone to emit golden light, and even notified by the Dao Field as the Young Divine King, can’t even step onto the first step? Are you kidding me?"

The eerie person widened his eyes, watching Xu Ran’s figure, without the slightest doubt that Xu Ran was pretending.

As the top prodigy of that era, he was well aware of the hardships of facing the White Jade Stairs, and indeed, the first step would be exceptionally difficult.

However, no matter how difficult the first step was, even people with white aptitude could step onto it.

And Xu Ran, with golden aptitude, the Young Divine King, aptitude he’d never heard of, how could the first step be so difficult?

Yet, the intangible pressure was so familiar, it was entirely the immense pressure brought by the White Jade Stairs.

"Xu Ran, is it possible he can’t even step out the first step?"

Indeed.

No matter what aptitude people have, they can easily take the first step, but for Xu Ran, it was the most difficult step.

He found out.

The moment he decided to step onto the White Jade Stairs, all his Spiritual Qi, Innate Qi, and various Divine Techniques vanished, leaving only the purest physical power.

If he weren’t currently the Great Success of the , he would have already been crushed into a pulp by this immense pressure.

"Gulp!"

Xu Ran swallowed with difficulty, his entire body’s bones continuously being squeezed by the enormous pressure, making crackling sounds within his body.

At this moment, without any cultivation to support, Xu Ran’s entire body was undergoing a complete transformation.

This transformation was literal, a metamorphosis.

His bones were all crushed by the immense pressure, then reshaped, crushed again, reshaped, the process repeated.

This was a bone-shattering pain, such pain, ordinary people couldn’t bear, even cultivators could hardly withstand, even with the support of Spiritual Qi, it was still extremely painful.

Yet, at this moment, Xu Ran’s forehead dripped with cold sweat, his eyes trembled, containing strands of blood threads, the blue veins on his youthful arms bulged, every part of his body instinctively reacted, narrating the immense pain Xu Ran was enduring.

That hovering right foot in midair hadn’t descended.

"Crackling!"

A faint sound came from within Xu Ran’s body, as the enormous pressure caused his internal bones to crumble and reshape once more.