“Where the hell am I? This passage is too unreliable; it’s made me so dizzy I feel like vomiting.” At this moment, Lin Fan felt his stomach churning, as if he might spew gallons of bile at any second.
“Sniff… sniff…”
“This air smells fresh, like the open sky. It seems we’ve truly arrived at the so-called Upper Realm. Huh… there’s also sounds in my ears. I’m not the only one here?” Inside the pitch-black passage, Lin Fan temporarily lost his vision. Now under the glaring brightness, he struggled to adjust and regain his sight.
Several figures moved in front of Lin Fan, blurry at first. Though their shapes resembled humans, something about their aura felt off.
Soon enough, Lin Fan’s vision gradually returned.
“Who are you guys?” When Lin Fan finally saw these people clearly, astonishment filled his face. They resembled humans, yet were somehow different.
Humans with a single horn on their heads.
Humans with three eyes.
Humans with wings on their backs.
And others who looked exactly like humans, yet exuded a demonic aura…
What the hell kind of people are these?
Lin Fan was shocked and confused. He then looked around. He now stood in a jungle of green leaves, with a wild plain ahead. On both sides, cliffs converged, leaving only one passage.
In the sky, there were three blazing suns, yet no scorching heat could be felt.
“Brother, did you just ascend too?” At this moment, a muscular man with a single horn on his head approached Lin Fan, heavily patting his shoulder as he asked.
“Yeah, and you are?” Lin Fan tried to calm himself internally. At this moment, he absolutely couldn’t show the embarrassment of a country bumpkin entering the city. He had to stay composed.
This horned man exuded a thick aura, his internal energy surging powerfully, clearly a formidable expert. Although their cultivation systems might differ, according to the classification system of the Xuanhuang Realm, this fellow was an expert at the peak of the Grand Heaven Stage.
“My name is Jue Niu, at the peak of the Grand Heaven Stage,” Jue Niu said with a bow, his tone bold and heroic.
“From the Xuanhuang Realm, Lin Fan.” Lin Fan remained vigilant of his surroundings, never letting his guard down in this unknown Upper Realm.
Lin Fan responded casually, trying to learn more about this world from Jue Niu.
Much to his disappointment, however, Jue Niu knew just as little about this place as he did.
What puzzled Lin Fan was that Jue Niu’s description of the Upper Realm was completely different from what he had previously heard.
A paradise on earth? A sacred land for cultivation?
This was the legendary paradise everyone in Jue Niu’s world longed for.
But according to Yuan Tiandi and the other four experts, the Upper Realm was a perilous place, filled with danger and survival of the fittest.
So what was going on?
Lin Fan roughly estimated the number of people here—about a hundred. All of them were at the peak of the Grand Heaven Stage, and none were old. The youngest looked around seventeen or eighteen, while the oldest was in their thirties.
In Lin Fan’s eyes, they were all extraordinary geniuses from various worlds.
Suddenly, a commotion arose in the crowd. Someone suggested leaving this place.
The only exit was the canyon passage ahead.
Lin Fan wanted to stay and wait, to figure out exactly what kind of world this was. But mysteriously, a force compelled them all to leave.
It felt as if staying even one more second would bring unbearable suffering.
“Why is it so hard to breathe here? No, we must leave,” said a young man with wings on his back.
“I feel the same way too,” said a woman behind him with a tail, a beauty so stunning that she could topple nations. Her face was gradually turning pale.
In an instant, everyone left the area.
Lin Fan followed behind. At this moment, he had to play it safe and absolutely couldn’t draw attention to himself, or he would surely be the first to die.
As he stepped out of the green jungle, Lin Fan found that the uncomfortable feeling vanished.
Stepping on the earth beneath his feet, a sense of solidity surged through him, as if he had fully merged with this world.
He didn’t have time to think deeply or comprehend the nature of this realm, and simply followed the crowd.
“The Upper Realm is indeed wonderful. The power in this world is denser than in my own,” said a young man, excitedly feeling the energy around him.
“Haha, this world is prepared for us! Even the bottlenecks I once had are showing signs of loosening,” another young man exclaimed joyfully as he sensed his own condition.
Since all these people were at the peak of the Grand Heaven Stage, they were very sensitive to the power of this realm. Lin Fan, already at the ultimate Heaven Stage, wasn’t as sensitive as they were, but he could still feel that the energy in this world was denser than in the Xuanhuang Realm.
As the group walked through the canyon passage, an ominous premonition suddenly filled Lin Fan’s heart.
“Haha… excellent! This time, there are so many people who ascended!” At this moment,狂 laughter echoed from the void above.
Before anyone could react, a massive cage fell from the sky, instantly trapping everyone inside.
“What’s going on?”
“Who is it?”
This sudden occurrence startled those who had just ascended and were still filled with excitement about the Upper Realm. But those who had cultivated to such a level quickly suppressed their panic and regained their composure.
Lin Fan’s heart pounded. Could it really be as Yuan Tiandi and others said—that this so-called Upper Realm was actually a living hell, a land of suffering?
“Haha…” At that moment, figures appeared above the canyon.
Lin Fan focused his gaze, frowning slightly. These beings were hideously ugly, their violent auras filling the air.
“Who are you people? We’ve just ascended here. If we’ve offended you in any way, please forgive us,” Jue Niu stepped forward and bowed.
“Boom…”
The group above the canyon leapt down, landing heavily on the ground. Their savage eyes swept over the imprisoned crowd, their mouths curling into cold smirks.
Lin Fan observed these hideous figures. Their uniform attire suggested they were organized under a leader.
At that moment, a figure stepped out from behind the ugly group. This was a tall, dark-skinned man, his entire body pitch-black, like an “ancient” being, though his body wasn’t as massive as the ancients’.
“You ugly bastards, release me immediately! Do you even know who I am?” At this moment, a man next to Lin Fan roared furiously.
“That’s right! I am the Heaven’s Pride of the Fire Realm, Emperor Yanhuo. You ugly creatures, release us now, or I’ll make you suffer under my flames!” shouted a red-haired man angrily.
In the Fire Realm, he was the mighty Emperor Yanhuo, revered and respected by countless beings. Yet now, in this so-called Upper Realm, he had been captured by these hideous creatures. How could he possibly endure such humiliation?
At this moment, everyone started shouting furiously, clearly very dissatisfied with this treatment.
Lin Fan, however, stood aside, his heart filled with shock.
Because even these seemingly insignificant henchmen were experts at the ultimate Heaven Stage, and their apparent leader was even more powerful than that.
These guys… weren’t they practically asking for death?
Lin Fan helplessly cursed in his heart. What kind of world was this?
How could things go so wrong the moment he arrived?
Yuan Tiandi, why didn’t you tell me clearly?
At this moment, Lin Fan felt utterly helpless…
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