Chapter 1327 Towards the Fourth Heaven

"What a profound aura! It's even stronger than the Mythic-grade treasure my parents gave me!" Xi Meili was amazed by the aura coming from Li Jinxi's sword. This was her first time being in the presence of an Empyrean-grade treasure.

"Golden Empress… Empyrean-grade…" Li Jinxi swallowed nervously after seeing the weapon's descriptions.

'Jin Xi? Who is that?' she wondered inwardly.

"Did you just say Empyrean-grade?! Even though they are only a grade above Mythic grade, they are incomparably stronger and incredibly scarce! I've only read about them in ancient texts!" Xi Meili exclaimed.

"I…I cannot accept such a valuable treasure. I don't even think I can wield such a high-grade weapon with my current cultivation." Li Jinxi quickly tried to return the sword to Yuan.

"This weapon is special, and not only can you wield it, you're probably the only person in this world who can wield it." Yuan shook his head, refusing to take back the sword.

"If you say so… I will accept it. Thank you, Yuan." Li Jinxi muttered in a dazed voice.

She had many questions, but she decided to wait until Yuan revealed them to her.

"What about us, Yuan?" Chu Liuxiang looked at him with anticipating eyes.

Yuan smiled and said, "While I do have some treasures for you, it will have to wait until you're at a higher cultivation. Even if I give you an Empyrean-grade treasure now, you won't meet the requirements to wield it."

"Eh?! Then how come Li Jinxi can wield that sword?"

"Her situation is a little unique. I'm not sure how to explain it either."

"How envious!"

After a brief pause, Chu Liuxiang chuckled and said, "I'm just joking. I'm already satisfied with my current weapon."

She turned to look at Li Jinxi and continued, "I don't know how to explain it, but that sword looks like it was made to be held by you."

Li Jinxi nodded and said, "Honestly, even though this is my first time seeing this sword, it doesn't feel like this is my first time holding it, almost as though I already have years of experience with it."

Shortly after Li Jinxi acquired her sword, they made their way to the Stairway to Heaven.

An hour later, Yuan stood before the staircase.

There were a little over a thousand people at the Stairway to Heaven. Yuan was quite surprised to see so many people there.

"Oh? There are actually people here this time, and it's quite crowded."

When he previously challenged the Stairway to Heaven, there were scarcely any onlookers or challengers.

"The Fourth Heaven is a very different place," Xiao Hua suddenly spoke, and she continued, "The Nine Heavens is divided into three distinct levels. The Lower Heaven to the Third Heaven is considered the lowest tier and shares similarities in terms of restrictions and resources. In simpler words, there are not much difference between these three realms, so going from the Lower Heaven to Spirit Heaven isn't as impressive as entering the Fourth Heaven from the Third Heaven."

"What is the cultivation limit in the Fourth Heaven?" Lan Yingying suddenly asked.

"Divine Warrior." Xiao Hua quickly responded.

"The Divine Realm, huh… That's quite the leap." Xi Meili sighed.

"How high is that compared to Yuan?" Chu Liuxiang asked.

"Brother Yuan is currently a Spirit King. He would need to breakthrough Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sovereign, and finally Spirit Enlightenment before entering the Divine Realm and becoming a Divine Warrior."

"The difference between the Divine Realm and the Spirit Realm is like heaven and earth. Not even a hundred Spirit Enlightenment could defeat someone who just became a Divine Warrior."

"Wow…"

Yuan didn't immediately challenge the Stairway to Heaven and decided to watch the others a little.

"As expected of Luo Zhihao! He's managed to climb the 3rd step in less than five minutes, and he's only an 8th-level Spirit King!"

"As talented as Luo Zhihao is, he won't make it to the door. I have never seen anyone that isn't a peak Spirit King reach climb all nine steps."

Shortly after reaching the 4th step, challenger Luo Zhihao could not endure the pressure and quickly gave up.

The next challenger was a peak Spirit King cultivator.

"Isn't that Zeng Jin? I have been wanting to see him challenge the staircase since he entered peak Spirit King 30 years ago!"

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Fifty challengers tried to climb the staircase to reach the door over the next three hours. However, despite most of them being peak Spirit Kings, only two of them managed to reach the door in the end with the rest failing before even reaching the fourth floor.

"Let's climb after the next one," Yuan said to the others.

They made their way to the front as the next challenger began his climb.

"I'd like to climb next," Yuan said to the person working there.

And before the worker could even respond, Yuan continued, "I will also be helping them ascend, so I'd like four additional medallions."

Lan Yingying and Xiao Hua entered his body before he approached the worker, and since they were his servants, they didn't need any medallions.

The worker looked at Yuan with a deep frown.

"Are you messing with me? If so, get lost."

"No, I am dead serious." Yuan calmly replied.

The worker looked at the beauties standing behind Yuan and cursed inwardly, 'Bastard is just trying to show off. Whatever. He'll only embarass himself.'

And without saying another word, the worker tossed five medallions at Yuan.

Yuan kept the challenger's medallion and handed the other four to the Meixiu and the others.

The observers who saw his actions were greatly surprised and immediately began mocking him.

"Look over there. He's going to carry four people through the Stairway to Heaven. Can you believe this?"

"Hahaha! What a fool! He's trying to impress those fairies, but he'll only end up embarrassing himself!"

"I don't recognize him. He must be a nobody."

As more and more people noticed the situation, the amount of ridicule and mockery being thrown at Yuan increased.

However, Yuan was unfazed by the surrounding mockery and calmly waited for his turn to challenge the Stairway to Heaven.