I Can Traverse Multiple Worlds-Chapter 62: The Celestial Ascension Ladder, a March with a Song, Unrivaled
Celestial Sword Mountain.
An extraordinary power in the Central State that has existed for two thousand years.
The Great Wu Calendar, currently used by the common people, was created by the first Sect Leader of Celestial Sword Mountain!
In two thousand years,
countless sects have vanished into the river of history.
Only Celestial Sword Mountain has always stood proud, leading the heroes of the realm.
Since a meteor fell from the sky five hundred years ago,
and Celestial Sword Mountain produced its first Celestial Human Realm master, the sect has become an unshakable existence in the Central State!
This is because all the Martial Artists in the Central State discovered that only the Sword Holder of Celestial Sword Mountain could break through the Celestial Gate and reach the Celestial Human Realm!
The Human Immortals of other sects who practiced Refining Acupoints, even if they could Open All Passages, build a Divine Bridge, and cultivate to the Half-Step Celestial Human Realm, could never break through to the Celestial Human Realm.
It was as if a great chasm separated the two realms.
A chasm named Spirit!
All Martial Artists knew that to break through the Celestial Gate and become a Celestial Being, one’s Spirit had to be exceptionally condensed and then merged with their Inner Qi.
However, the question of how to condense one’s Spirit to the level required to break through the Celestial Gate had stumped countless Human Immortals at the Refining Acupoints stage.
Even the Celestial Human Realm masters produced by Celestial Sword Mountain every century relied on the Celestial Sword left behind by the Sect Leader five hundred years ago!
Relying on one’s own power, it was nearly impossible to break through to the Celestial Human Realm!
However,
to use the Celestial Sword to break through to the Celestial Human Realm, one had to renounce all emotion and become completely Emotionless, something no ordinary person could achieve.
Furthermore, after breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm, their lifespan would be greatly reduced.
An ordinary Human Immortal at the Refining Acupoints stage could typically live for about two hundred years.
But a Sword Holder from Celestial Sword Mountain, after using the Celestial Sword to break through, could only live for about one hundred years.
This was equivalent to trading half of one’s lifespan for a single chance at a breakthrough!
Even so, to protect the peace of the Central State,
Celestial Sword Mountain would select a peerlessly talented individual every century to inherit the Celestial Sword and break through to the Celestial Human Realm!
After all,
if there were no one in the Celestial Human Realm, the Demon Cultivators from the Wilderness, led by the Demon Lord, would likely invade the Central State in an instant.
They would turn the entire Central State into a Demon Realm!
Because of this,
the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony, held once every hundred years at Celestial Sword Mountain, became a rare and grand event in the Central State.
The upper echelons of every major sect would come to witness the ceremony.
They came to witness the birth of Celestial Sword Mountain’s new Sword Holder!
At this moment,
Wang Xiao, dressed in simple gray cloth robes, stood before the main gate of Celestial Sword Mountain.
He had traveled day and night, taking only three days to rush here from Wuxiang Temple.
After breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm—that is, becoming a Tier Five Life form— 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
his Fist Power and speed had increased tremendously!
His Fist Power reached 400 tons, and his speed hit 800 m/s, more than twice the speed of sound.
Even though Wuxiang Temple and Celestial Sword Mountain were hundreds of thousands of *li* apart, he still arrived before the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony began.
’I hope I’m not too late.’
With a single step, Wang Xiao became a blur, zipping past the disciples guarding the mountain and heading for the summit of Celestial Sword Mountain.
...
At the summit, upon a massive plaza,
stood numerous Righteous People in varied attire.
These were the attendees from the major sects of the four regions, here to observe the ceremony.
There were several hundred of them in total.
At the front of the plaza was a long flight of stone steps, like a Celestial Ascension Ladder, leading straight up to a stone platform at the very top.
Lining both sides of the Celestial Ascension Ladder stood the Priests of Celestial Sword Mountain.
And on the highest stone platform stood two women.
The Sect Leader of Celestial Sword Mountain and current Sword Holder, Nangong Shuang.
And the next Sword Holder, Xu Muying!
Of course,
their roles were about to change.
Xu Muying would receive the Celestial Sword and officially become the Sword Holder of Celestial Sword Mountain.
She would also, in front of everyone, break through to the Celestial Human Realm!
"Xu Muying, take the Celestial Sword. As your master, I will help you break through the Celestial Gate and become a Celestial Being."
"From this day forward, you will be the Sect Leader of Celestial Sword Mountain, the new Sword Holder!"
Nangong Shuang looked at Xu Muying, her voice indifferent and devoid of any emotion.
Even though she was fated to die just a few days after Xu Muying inherited the Celestial Sword, her expression showed no trace of change.
"Yes." Xu Muying’s voice was just as cold.
Compared to before, her eyes had lost all their sparkle, becoming like ancient, unmelting ice.
She reached out, about to grasp the Celestial Sword before her.
But a flicker of hesitation appeared in her eyes.
She remembered that someone had seemed to promise her a gift before she inherited the Celestial Sword.
"What are you waiting for?!" Nangong Shuang’s fine brows furrowed.
Xu Muying’s expression immediately hardened. She gripped the hilt of the Celestial Sword, about to draw it.
However, just at that moment,
a clear voice rang out across the plaza:
"Wu Chen, a commoner in plain cloth, has come to offer a congratulatory gift!"
As the voice fell,
Wang Xiao slowly walked out from the crowd and arrived at the foot of the stone steps.
He looked at Xu Muying’s state and sighed inwardly.
’So, Xu Muying has mastered the Twenty-Third Sword after all?!’
’That means she has already abandoned her emotions.’
’Fortunately, as long as she hasn’t truly refined the Celestial Sword, there’s still a chance to fix everything.’
’As long as she cultivates my "Celestial Human Temple" technique, her lost emotions can be recovered bit by bit.’
The moment Wang Xiao appeared,
ROAR—
The plaza instantly erupted with a torrent of discussion.
"It’s Wu Chen, the Buddha’s Son from Wuxiang Temple! When did he get here? I didn’t even notice!"
"What’s he doing here? It doesn’t seem like Celestial Sword Mountain invited him to the ceremony."
"Is that even a question? Wu Chen and Xu Muying spent five years together in the Wilderness. Their relationship must be deep. It would be stranger if he *didn’t* show up."
"From the looks of it, he doesn’t seem like he’s here to offer congratulations. Don’t tell me he’s planning to disrupt the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony?"
"Then he’s just asking for death. Sect Leader Nangong won’t care if he’s a genius. Anyone who dares to disrupt the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony is on a one-way road to death!"
As the crowd was buzzing with discussion,
Nangong Shuang’s brow furrowed. A faint light flickered in her Mud Ball Palace as she said coldly,
"You should not have come to interfere with the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony. Leave at once, and I may spare your life!"
When inheriting the Celestial Sword, the Sword Holder must not have a single stray thought, or they risk falling to demonic influence.
Wang Xiao’s appearance here would undoubtedly disturb Xu Muying’s state of mind, making it impossible for her to inherit the Celestial Sword smoothly.
Nangong Shuang naturally had to prevent this from happening!
Wang Xiao spoke up, "Sect Leader Nangong, five years ago, I promised Xu Muying a gift. I will not leave until I have given it to her."
On the stone platform,
Xu Muying looked at Wang Xiao, her fine brows knitted slightly. "You want to give me a gift? I do seem to recall waiting for a gift from someone... Is that person you? My head hurts a little."
She clutched her head, her face contorted in pain.
"Activate the Twenty-Third Sword. Sever these excess emotions," Nangong Shuang said to Xu Muying.
Xu Muying took a deep breath, formed a hand seal, and waves of light began to radiate from between her eyebrows.
Soon,
her expression returned to a calm indifference. She looked at Wang Xiao and said,
"What gift? It doesn’t seem important anymore. You should leave. Don’t delay my inheritance of the Celestial Sword!"
Wang Xiao said,
"No, this gift is very important to you. I must place it in your hands myself."
Killing intent flashed in Nangong Shuang’s eyes.
"If you can make it to this stone platform alive, I will allow you to give your gift to Xu Muying!"
Hearing this, Wang Xiao laughed heartily.
"What’s so difficult about that?!"
He stepped onto the Celestial Ascension Ladder-like stone steps and began walking toward the platform.
However, just then,
the Priests all drew their sharp swords and pointed them at Wang Xiao.
Among them,
a man in white robes who appeared to be around seventy years old looked at Wang Xiao and said,
"Wu Chen, leave now! Otherwise, you will die here!"
He had a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and two locks of white hair hung down from his temples!
It was none other than the Town Domain Priest of the Western Regions, Li Jiuyan.
He had also been recalled to Celestial Sword Mountain for the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony.
Among all the Priests of Celestial Sword Mountain, he was the one who knew Wang Xiao best.
He naturally didn’t want to see Wang Xiao throw his life away for the sake of romantic sentiment.
Li Jiuyan’s master, Li Xu, the head of the nine Priests, said with a stern face,
"Wu Chen, one more step, and we will be forced to act. Don’t bring this upon yourself!"
On the plaza,
the members of the various sects were also stunned by the scene before them.
This Wu Chen was actually trying to disrupt the Celestial Sword Grand Ceremony right in front of the nine Priests and Sect Leader Nangong.
Had he gone mad?!
He was just one person. Forget about contending with Sect Leader Nangong; he probably couldn’t even handle the nine Priests.
This was complete suicide!
Just as everyone was watching in shocked disbelief,
Wang Xiao’s steps didn’t falter in the slightest. Facing the Priests, he continued to walk upward.
Li Xu’s expression turned cold. Inner Qi surged around his body as he ordered,
"Kill!"
In an instant,
the Priests brandished their swords. Dazzling sword gleams intertwined, forming a massive net of swords that shot toward Wang Xiao, aiming for his strangulation!
The net of swords was violent and turbulent, boundlessly vast, as if it would slice the very air into pieces!
Watching the approaching net of swords,
Wang Xiao’s expression was calm as a light bloomed from between his eyebrows.
A leisurely song flowed from his lips.
"The world’s Wind and Cloud are born from our generation; once in the Jianghu, the years rush by."
"I draw my sword to serve as a Celestial Pillar; wind and waves shake the earth, as autumn falls on sea and mountain."
"My Sword Qi stretches thirty thousand *li*; a single sword’s gleam chills and illuminates the Central State."
As his song rang out,
a sharp and brilliant golden light erupted from Wang Xiao’s body, blasting toward the net of swords.
BANG!
The net of swords was instantly shattered.
Immediately after,
a series of muffled groans sounded on the stone steps.
When the golden light subsided,
Li Jiuyan and the other Priests were all kneeling on the ground.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
They couldn’t even hold their swords steady; all of them had fallen to the ground.
At this moment,
on the stone steps,
only Wang Xiao remained standing, unmatched and invincible!
