Chapter 821 - 810: The Deer and the Cauldron
Whoosh!
Ding Ling stepped out and arrived at the end of the Three Kingdoms Celestial Ladder.
Standing here, one can clearly see the Gate of Glory woven with golden light.
Inside the Gate, there are three deep and boundless roads.
Above each road, golden characters hang in the air.
Ding Ling looked at the roads within the Gate of Glory and pondered:
"I can choose to return to the Wind and Cloud World now, or choose to return through the layers of the Gate of Glory. But the choices of the Gate are currently uncertain, and I can’t be sure which world I will step into. Let’s see my luck."
Ding Ling wanted to see if he could eventually reach worlds like The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and Divine Condor.
If he could enter them all.
That would save many opportunities to go back to the Lower Realm!
It must be known that if he ascends to the Upper Realm this time, he can never return to the Three Kingdoms World again!
But other worlds, if he steps onto the Ladder this time, and luck is good, enters.
It’s equivalent to having the opportunity to go back to that world in the future.
In that case.
Naturally, Ding Ling would want to step onto the Ladder and enter the Gate of Glory to try his luck.
After all, opportunities to return to the Lower Realm are quite rare.
"Staying in the Three Kingdoms World, my future will definitely end in a miserable fate."
Ding Ling had a premonition.
The mastermind behind Nanhua Old Immortal would certainly not let things go.
"How could someone who can kill a dignified Upper God from the Mountain and Sea Realm be a kind-hearted person?"
Ding Ling must prepare in advance and get strong quickly.
So, he decisively left the gentle land.
Since ancient times, the gentle land has been the grave of heroes, and Ding Ling has spent a combined time of two years with Diao Chan and them.
Over two years.
Aside from the major transformation of the Sword Spirit.
His True Qi has also become orderly like Yin and Yang, hard and soft as needed, akin to the Yin Yang Qi when Heaven and Earth first opened!
This is due to the frequent practice of the couple’s technique, over time!
Compared to the True Qi when first descending to the Lower Realm a few years ago.
Today’s True Qi can be as fierce as a dragon and as gentle as the wind! Regarding the control power of this True Qi, Ding Ling suddenly elevated it by several times!
Combat power naturally increased manifold as well.
Even so.
When it later came to pass.
Although Diao Chan and others’ cultivation steadily rose, his own cultivation remained stagnant, resulting in increasingly poor training effects.
In view of future difficulties.
Ding Ling finally extricated himself and left.
"Before leaving, should I take the World Furnace with me?"
Ding Ling thought for a bit, but ultimately gave up.
The World Furnace is too large.
Moreover, its utility is singular, only capable of accommodating and refining worlds, and the long time it takes to refine a world is evident from Nanhua Old Immortal’s actions.
Ding Ling can’t afford such a delay.
He needs to rapidly grow stronger and can’t waste time waiting at the same place just to refine a world.
"Let the World Furnace continue to suppress the Six Paths of Reincarnation. In doing so, the Immortal Realm and Netherworld will become increasingly stable, and their upper limits will continue to rise."
Ding Ling had already shared with Diao Chan the method to receive the World Furnace.
When Diao Chan and them reach the world’s limits and cultivate Martial Dao True Understanding to Great Perfection, they will naturally take the World Furnace and leave the Lower Realm.
Moreover, players can always be aware of occurrences in the Upper Realm.
Ding Ling and Diao Chan had discussed and decided.
When he has developed to a certain level and progress in the Upper Realm, Diao Chan will choose whether to ascend according to her own situation.
"Everything is arranged. Time to go."
Ding Ling took a deep breath, stepped out, and entered the Gate of Glory.
In the next moment.
A beam of golden light swept in like a ribbon, suddenly enveloping Ding Ling’s body, drawing him into the Heaven-Reaching Dao of ’The Deer and the Cauldron’.
Ding Ling, whose sight has improved tremendously now, saw clearly and couldn’t help feeling regret:
"It seems luck isn’t on my side."
He thought he could go to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
This would save him a chance, but unexpectedly, he couldn’t go.
’Hope the next time will be smoother!’
Ding Ling couldn’t believe that with several choices, he’d be this unfortunate in picking the wrong world.
Boom!
Ding Ling felt the Celestial Heart Mark being gradually stripped away.
This signified his distance from the Historical Plane.
Layer after layer of dimensional worlds was penetrated.
When the Celestial Heart Mark was completely stripped, darkness fell before Ding Ling’s eyes, and he couldn’t perceive anything further.
With the Celestial Heart Mark in place, he could even sense how many layers of dimensional worlds he’d pierced.
Without the Celestial Heart Mark.
He was immediately returned to his original state.
Back to his normal level.
Even so.
He was still innumerable times stronger than ordinary Super-Elite Fierce Generals!
He could crush a group of fierce generals with a single finger.
Thus, although he couldn’t perceive anything, he didn’t pass out, instead observed in silence as suddenly before his eyes, brightness unfolded.
He found himself in a new world, glancing behind him, faintly seeing a black hole disappear in the void.
"Is this how the transmission works?!"
Ding Ling pondered.
He didn’t delve deeper.
Because overthinking is useless, considering such divine techniques as piercing dimensional layers are far beyond his control.
"Better figure out where this place is first."
Ding Ling didn’t want to linger in such a Martial World for long; his descent was for Diao Chan, Little Dragon Girl and others.
Now Diao Chan and they are settled.
He ought to arrange for Qu Feiyan and others.
Regretfully.
This time he had entered the world of The Deer and the Cauldron, not The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
Wanting to meet Qu Feiyan could only wait for the next ’return opportunity to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer’.
These opportunities are used sparingly.
Ding Ling didn’t want to waste them.
So this time, he planned to directly head to Chang’an, then ascend the Heaven-Ascending Ladder again, to the next world.
Whoosh!
Ding Ling stepped with the breeze, like the Wind God, taking an Instant Step, spanning dozens of miles in a flash.
With the Celestial Heart Mark being stripped.
His ability to immediately reach another world was naturally gone.
But even so, in such a Low-level Martial World, traversing hundreds of miles in an instant remained easy!
After all.
He’s now several times stronger than when he first descended to the Lower Realm!
Traversing hundreds of miles in a moment was naturally not a problem.
But Ding Ling merely stepped out, seventy to eighty miles away, he found human traces and did not continue forward, but descended to the earth, walking steadily ahead.
A hundred meters ahead.
There was a tea stall.
The stall wasn’t large, apart from essential equipment like a stove for making tea, it had only two tables and eight long benches.
The owner was an elderly man over seventy years old, who was pouring tea for a beautiful, snow-white-skinned young girl.
The girl was lost in thought, supporting her chin with a small hand, staring vacantly ahead.
Until Ding Ling arrived.
Her eyes brightened a little.
"Old man."
Ding Ling glanced at the girl, then looked at the old man, politely asking:
"Can you tell me where this place is?"
"This is Zhao Family Village."