CHAPTER 1055: CHAPTER 329: CLIMBING THE IMMORTAL ASCENSION ROAD

The space began to fracture gradually, and when he regained consciousness, he found himself on the second level, surrounded by emptiness. Looking up, no longer was there an unreachable peak, only the final staircase lay before him.

Once he overcame this predicament, victory would be within reach.

Unexpectedly, his name "Chen Qiu" appeared at the top of the rankings list when everyone else was still struggling beyond the thousandth level. His position at the "2nd" level was quite eye-catching!

"..."

After glancing at the predicament panel on this level, Chen Qiu sighed softly and leaped towards the steps of the third level. He’d climbed too fast, needing first to bring Ba Dan and others up with him. As for how to do that, he hadn’t thought it through yet; he decided to go down and meet them first.

Returning after reaching over 1000 levels was indeed troublesome.

...

"Hey, maybe I can clear the levels relying on my own strength too!"

At this moment——

As the white space gradually fractured, Ba Dan regained his sight, and upon seeing the empty 1010th level, he grinned. Just now, in the predicament of the 1024th level, he chose the highest difficulty and directly leapt over ten levels based on personal strength, arriving at level 1010!

The speed was quite swift!

After all, he was one of the strongest in the Tidal Immortal Realm, with only a few stronger than him.

He secretly made up his mind,

If...

If he relied on his own strength to reach the peak later, he should hide his talents a little and let the elder help him ascend, otherwise, it would embarrass the elder, having agreed initially only for him to reach the peak by himself, making it awkward for future interactions.

As the Barbarian Tribe Leader, understanding interpersonal relations was necessary.

While he was contentedly admiring the deserted 1010th level and preparing to check the rankings for his position, his body froze in place, eyes full of bewilderment, staring at the name he was so familiar with.

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"Immortal Road Real-time Rankings."

"First place: Chen Qiu, located at level 2."

"Second place: Ji Wuba, level 999."

"Third place: Chao Tiange, level 1002."

"Fourth place: Jiang Buping, level 1006."

"Fifth place: Ba Dan, level 1010."

"Sixth place:..."

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"..."

Ba Dan stared blankly, as if he’d lost his mind, at the rankings before him. He thought he was the fastest, especially after passing that challenging predicament, but didn’t expect to be only in sixth place.

Some even got to the 999th level.

But none of this mattered.

What mattered was...

Why was the elder first? No, it’s normal for the elder to be first, but why was he at the 2nd level?

Huh?!

Wasn’t this competition just starting, with a total of 1024 levels? While he made it through one level, the elder reached the 2nd level?

How many levels did he jump?

Where’s the promised Immortal Ascension Road? Ascend, ascend, at least it should have a process. Jumping from the bottom to the top in one go, what does this have to do with ascending? Might as well say it’s flying straight up.

He even had reason to believe, if the elder hadn’t agreed to give this unique opportunity for first place to him, the elder wouldn’t be at level 2, but directly at level 1.

Indeed.

Once someone reached the summit, the Immortal Road was topped out. Apart from the elder, everyone else at that level returned empty-handed, without any rewards.

"Whew..."

After a long while.

Ba Dan took a deep breath, gradually calming his shaken spirit. That was the elder, he should have realized long ago, perfectly normal, the elder should be as strong as possible, since they’re in the same faction, meaning this "True Immortal" opportunity was practically guaranteed for him.

Keep striving!

Though he wasn’t sure how the elder would bring him up, he would climb as high as possible, saving the elder some effort.

...

"Tsk."

Standing on the 1006th level, Jiang Buping glanced at Chen Qiu’s name on the rankings list and couldn’t help but sigh, even finding amusement: "This cultivation really relies on connections."

"Indeed, how can the true Immortal Road be ascended without some background to become immortal."

"It’s realistic."

In the blink of an eye, Chen Qiu went from level 1024 to level 2, claiming that the Secret Realm Artifact Spirit hadn’t played dirty – he wouldn’t believe it.

He wasn’t concerned about the opportunities within the secret realm.

He paid more attention to Chen Qiu himself, eager to outdo Chen Qiu, show his strength and foundation, but ended up amused instead. Forget it, he decided to rest patiently until the secret realm’s end.

It’s worth mentioning——

Over the years, he’d grown fond of sleeping, something he’d never done before, for a cultivator to sleep was laughable, even required effort for understandable sleep.

Plus, poor people’s entertainment methods boil down to two ways.

Cheap love and aimless slumber.

He scorned them.

But over the years, he suddenly liked sleeping, suddenly understanding why those poor liked using sleep to escape reality, because... when you can’t solve problems, escape is the only solution.