Ye Fan's figure descended.
Familiar light emanated from beneath his feet again.
The misty space reappeared, and a sense of crisis followed!
This time, the attack was incredibly swift.
Before Ye Fan could react, he was pierced through the heart!
Ye Fan fell to the ground, a satisfied smile on his face.
Half a day later.
Fully revived!
Thus, Ye Fan began his bug-like leveling journey.
Each death increased his cultivation by a small realm.
Once the mist figures could no longer break through his defense, he would finish them with a single punch.
And as the number of deaths increased, the resurrection interval, just as he predicted, completely vanished!
He'd die and be resurrected immediately, then plunge into a new round of courting death!
His cultivation, too, skyrocketed at an insane pace!
Seven days later, Ye Fan finally conquered the tenth stone step.
His cultivation had reached the peak of the Void Returning stage!
His actual combat power was at the peak of the Out-of-Body stage!
If this speed were revealed, many cultivators' faith would likely crumble!
However, Ye Fan's mood was currently a little unpleasant.
As his realm grew higher, the speed of his leveling after each resurrection became slower and slower.
At first, he'd level up by a small realm with each death.
Later, he needed to die several times to advance.
If it were just this, he could tolerate it.
After all, the higher the level, the more experience was needed.
It was just that he discovered that the experience required seemed to be excessively large?
When he first reached the first layer of the Void Returning stage, he needed to die hundreds of times to level up.
And now...
He died over two thousand times to advance from the ninth to the tenth layer of the Void Returning stage!
The reason it took seven days to conquer the tenth stone step was that all the time was spent on continuous death and resurrection...
Although he knew that as long as he continued to self-terminate, his realm would undoubtedly improve bit by bit.
But the contrast in speed made it difficult for him to accept.
It felt like suddenly dropping from 5G to dial-up internet.
Fortunately, no one else knew his thoughts, or they would surely curse him!
In less than a month, you've gone from Nascent Soul to the peak of Void Returning! What more do you want? Please, for goodness sake, act like a human!
...
"This isn't right..." Ye Fan immediately reflected: "One shouldn't be too greedy; one should be content..."
He exerted force with his feet and leaped towards the eleventh stone step.
Then...
"Bang!"
Before Ye Fan could land, he crashed into an invisible barrier.
Caught off guard, Ye Fan tumbled back to the tenth stone step.
Ye Fan: ???
What the hell?
He tried several more times, and the result was no different.
He also attempted to attack the invisible barrier a few times.
His punches were indeed powerful!
But utterly useless...
Ye Fan frowned and pondered.
Was it because his strength was insufficient?
No...
Although he had been dying before, he could still deal with the enemies on each stone step after leveling up.
Now, he wasn't even allowed to ascend to the eleventh step, which cut off his path to advancement.
To proceed, he definitely had to find another way...
As he thought, a flash of inspiration struck Ye Fan!
Wait...
He had previously fused ten talismans to activate this Heavenly Ladder.
Ten talismans...
Ten stone steps...
It had to be!
The problem lay here!
He understood it now.
But looking up at the endless Heavenly Ladder, Ye Fan suddenly felt the urge to curse.
Never mind.
He couldn't continue in the short term.
With his cultivation at the peak of Void Returning and combat power at the peak of Out-of-Body, he wouldn't say he could slaughter everyone, but at least he was much more durable than before.
Ye Fan's mind stirred, and he left the internal world of the stone.
In the main hall.
Seeing Ye Fan reappear, Ancestor Yad and the others almost cried!
Good heavens!
You're finally back!
You left with a single sentence and disappeared for nearly a month!
A whole month!
Do you know how we've been during these days!!!
After Ye Fan disappeared, they initially waited obediently in the hall for a few days.
But seeing that Ye Fan still hadn't reappeared, restlessness began to stir within them.
Waiting like this wasn't a solution.
If Ye Fan never showed up, would they just wait forever? What if he ran away and never came back?
Around the seventh or eighth day, they could no longer sit still.
After convincing Ancestor Yad, their main force, they attempted to leave the hall.
However, this time they didn't plan to explore further but retraced their steps.
Indeed.
If they didn't resolve the source at the deepest part, they would never have peace.
But they felt this matter was far beyond their capabilities!
With their strength, continuing would be a death sentence!
So they decided to return to where they had entered.
Even though the entrance had disappeared before, they still wanted to see if they could find a way out.
As long as they could leave alive, they could abandon their territory in the Yad Empire.
Though it was a shame to abandon the empire they had painstakingly built, it was better than dying!
They could rebuild their influence elsewhere.
But if they died, nothing would remain...
Then, things were far from as simple as they had imagined.
Because they discovered they couldn't find their way back!
Dense purple-black mist was everywhere, and their sense of direction was completely lost!
And no matter which way they walked, they seemed unable to leave a certain range of the main hall.
It was as if an unknown force restricted their movement range...
After trying fruitlessly for a whole day, they had to accept this reality.
Either continue forward, or stay here forever...
Naturally, they didn't dare to continue forward.
One by one, they could only retreat back to the main hall, enduring in despair...
And two days ago, something even more unfortunate happened!
Some monsters, for reasons unknown, wandered to their vicinity.
Sensing their presence as living beings, they charged forward with renewed vigor!
And among these monsters, the weakest was at the second layer of the Soul Splitting stage!
Even within the throng of monsters, they felt a bone-chilling aura!
The weakest was likely at the fourth layer of the Soul Splitting stage!
However, the monsters stopped at the entrance, not daring to charge inside.
It seemed there was something within the main hall that they feared...
They were safe for the moment.
But their ears were filled with the roars of monsters and the bone-chilling pressure...
In just a few days, they were all on the verge of a nervous breakdown...
It was pure mental torture...
And Ye Fan's reappearance at this moment gave the despairing crowd a glimmer of hope!
"Roar—!"
Before Ye Fan could even figure out the situation, he heard the low growls of monsters.
"Senior, you've finally returned!"
Ancestor Yad rushed to Ye Fan, his body trembling slightly.
His expression was like that of an abandoned wife...
After saying this, Ancestor Yad froze.
Because he discovered that Ye Fan's cultivation had leaped from Nascent Soul to Void Returning!
This further solidified his previous thoughts!
Ye Fan's cultivation was definitely not as simple as it appeared!
His actual cultivation must have reached a level beyond their imagination!
As for why Ye Fan would create such a false impression...
Powerful beings often had strange quirks, didn't they?
In any case, now that Ye Fan was back, he, Ancestor Yad, finally had a pillar of support!
"What's happening outside the door?" Ye Fan asked casually.
"It's like this..."
Ancestor Yad quickly recounted the previous events.
Of course, he omitted the part where they had planned to flee...
After listening, Ye Fan took out a sniper rifle from his ring.
To proceed further, he definitely had to deal with the monsters outside first.
As soon as he set up the sniper rifle, Ye Fan put it away again.
He had chosen to use the sniper rifle earlier because his own strength was too weak.
Without the sniper rifle, he wouldn't even be able to tickle the monsters.
But now, it was different!
If they were to talk about combat power alone, Ye Fan was essentially no different from the remaining sect leaders.
Even Ancestor Yad, their main force, couldn't do anything, so Ye Fan was even less capable.
But don't forget, Ye Fan was now immortal!
Even if he couldn't defeat these monsters, he was already in an invincible position!
This meant he could court death as much as he wanted!
As for his secret being seen...
If it were in the past, Ye Fan might have been concerned.
But now?
Since I have infinite revivals anyway, what is there to fear!
Ye Fan clenched his fists and walked out the door with an uninhibited swagger.
Get out of the way!
I'm about to show off!