Chapter 103 Re-entry

  In the void, Ding Yan stepped forward, and behind him, Fang Tianchi was bound by the large hand that Xianyuan had transformed into, his face pale.

  "Earlier... senior, just now had a lot of... offense, still hope..."

  Before Fang Tianchi finished speaking, Ding Yan directly interrupted and asked, "Is the outer periphery of Jiuxiantian always like this?"

  Although he had his own speculations, Ding Yan still needed to confirm it.

  Fang Tianchi's eyes widened slightly, and he saw that Ding Yan didn't seem to be targeting him. His heart settled a bit, and he replied respectfully, "Yes, senior, this outer world has indeed always been like this. Those floating platforms below have existed since before I became an immortal. Generally, people can feel it after entering here - the closer you get to the ancient tower, the thicker the spiritual energy is. So, in order to get a cultivation spot close to the ancient tower, everyone will often fight for it."

  Ding Yan nodded slightly.

  After the soul entered this place, Ding Yan also clearly felt that in this world, only Xian Yuan existed. The original yuan force itself could not be exerted here. This was also why Ding Yan used Xian Yuan's power when grasping the Fang Tian Chi.

  "When you were crossing the mortal tribulation, shouldn't you have made a trip to the Ninth Heaven? What did the outside world look like at that time?" Ding Yan asked.

  He brought this big bearded man here just to ask him this question.

  "That time? Hmm... The world I saw that time was a bit irregular, with gray fog everywhere... When I came back to this place later, I was also puzzled for a long time. You said the same place, how can the scene be different?..." As he spoke, Fang Tianchi suddenly paused and looked at Ding Yan in front of him.

  He won't be entering the Ninth Heaven for the first time, will he...

  Ding Yan didn't say anything.

  In flight, his spiritual consciousness spread out like a huge net, carefully observing this world, wanting to find some clues.

  In mid-air, the silhouettes of the two were like two dazzling comets, crossing over from above those platforms. On the lower platform, a fairy occasionally poked out, but after sensing the aura emanating from Ding Yan's body, they quickly withdrew.

  "Senior, are you going to the ancient tower?" Fang Tianchi asked with a bitter expression as he looked at the ancient tower getting closer and closer.

  On the other side of the ancient tower, for a loose cultivator like him, it was almost a forbidden land. The place had been occupied by some powerful figures who were about to transcend the scattered immortal calamity, and others would be attacked as soon as they entered the range of the ancient tower.

  "Hmm, how..." Just as he was speaking, Ding Yan's face suddenly changed.

  A terrifying immortal sense, accompanied by a mountain-like immortal yuan force condensed into an unparalleled sharp sword, pierced towards the upper air of Dingyan.

  "Get out!" Ding Yan suddenly shouted loudly.

  An extremely powerful soul force burst out instantly, and the scattered immortal's divine sense also dispersed in an instant. Like a giant finger, it directly crushed that power...

  Pfft...

  On the platform closest to the ancient tower, a young man in white clothes suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and stared at the figure flying overhead with a look of shock.

  "What a powerful soul force! How can such a person appear in the outer circle?"

  After dispersing that force with one drink, Ding Yan didn't bother to pay attention to the other party anymore. Instead, he wrapped up Fang Tian Chi and landed on the land where the ancient tower was located.

  Outside the ancient gate, dozens of people sat cross-legged in meditation. After Ding Yan's words fell, these people opened their eyes one after another. Although there was some apprehension in their eyes, they did not show any reverent expression. These people were all masters who were about to fly through the scattered immortal tribulation, and although they had not yet passed the tribulation, their minds had long been extremely firm.

  "Is this the entrance to the Ninth Layer of Void Heaven?" Ding Yan asked.

  Fang Tianchi glanced around at the dozens of people, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and carefully replied, "That's right, as long as you pass through that large gate, you can enter the Ninth Layer of Void Heaven."

  Ding Yan walked up to the entrance of the ancient tower and looked at the thick copper door, above which hung a vermilion lacquer plaque.

  Memorial to the Throne——all the way up to the Ninth Heaven!

  "Go back." With a wave of his sleeve, Ding Yan wrapped a thick layer of immortal energy around Fang Tianchi and sent him out of the area.

  After doing all that, Ding Yan walked to the front of the copper gate. Those who were cultivating here saw Ding Yan walk in and made way for him, with two elderly men staring at his every move.

  Going through the copper gate was a rare opportunity for them as well.

  Looking at the copper gate, Ding Yan suddenly remembered the first time he ascended to the Ninth Heaven, that mysterious whirlpool.

  "That whirlpool, must also be a kind of law of heaven and earth." After crossing the thunderbolt, Ding Yan's understanding had deepened a lot. Thinking back to past events, a hint of enlightenment flashed in his eyes.

  He raised his hand, and a thread of Xianyuan power overflowed from Ding Yan's five fingers. Immediately, in the soul body, a thread of pure Yang intent appeared, a flashing lightning bolt flew out from the depths of Ding Yan's soul, floated on the surface, and formed a lightning screen.

  In an instant, a flash of enlightenment struck Ding Yan's mind.

  In a daze, Ding Yan felt that his soul had somehow seen through the trajectory on the copper gate, with layer upon layer of texture, like flower patterns, divided into nine layers, which just corresponded to the nine heavenly thunders of the nineteen scattered immortal calamities.

  "No wonder one can only enter after passing through the 19th Tribulation of the Scattered Immortals." Ding Yan's eyes flashed, and he took a step forward, disappearing into the copper gate.

  The huge copper door, in the moment he walked in, seemed to turn into ripples and scatter apart. Only after Ding Yan walked in did the ripples converge again and return to normal. From start to finish, the copper door had not opened at all, yet Ding Yan's figure had mysteriously entered within.

  ......

  "Another one has gone by, I don't know when the two of us can get in..." An emaciated old man sighed after seeing Ding Yan disappear.

  "Come on, our cultivation and state of mind have long reached the standard for crossing the tribulation. The only thing that's lacking is the power of the soul." The withered old man sighed, and after finishing speaking, he seemed to remember something and asked his old friend, "Did you feel it? The soul power of that person just now seems to have surpassed the strength of a scattered immortal who has crossed one tribulation..."

  The old man in grey hesitated for a moment, recalling for a brief moment, and said uncertainly "I think so..."

  "Doesn't that mean, he no longer needs to cultivate his soul, as long as his cultivation and realm have reached a certain level, he can enter the next great realm?" The thin old man was startled by this thought.

  Scattered Immortals cultivate, emphasizing three points.

  One is cultivation, which is the accumulation of yuan power.

  Two is boundary, the feeling of mental state.

  Three, that is the soul. The first two, for some people who have had strange encounters, may only need ten years to complete, but the third point, which is the cultivation of the soul, there is no shortcut to take, and it must be accumulated bit by bit.

  Many scattered immortals, after their cultivation and state of mind have reached perfection, will seek a place to die and close themselves off.

  Soul wandering in the nine heavens, come to cultivate the soul.