The Golden Age truly could not be judged by ordinary standards. Even the slightest carelessness or underestimation might lead one to misjudge a terrifying opponent.
At this moment, Fatty Wang had completely transformed in the eyes of everyone present—from an inconspicuous follower beside the Battle Asura into an unparalleled prodigy whose true strength was unfathomable and who had to be treated with the utmost seriousness.
His outburst was not merely a breakthrough in his climb. It was also a complete reshaping of every competitor’s understanding of their peers.
And atop the summit, Xiao Ruobai had taken everything in. The trace of approval in his eyes seemed to deepen.
The cries and discussions from below the mountain were like distant waves, utterly unable to affect the five figures at the peak of the Heavenly Stairway.
Xiao Ruobai, Fang Hanyu, Ling Xi, Fatty Wang, and Mo Yu.
They stood just one step from the finish line. Though not far apart, they seemed to occupy entirely separate battlefields of the Great Dao.
There were no words, no exchanges, and no need for cooperation.
At this point, any outside assistance would be a stain upon one’s own path.
This was the final trial belonging solely to each of them—a trial of defying Heaven itself!
Xiao Ruobai moved first.
The battle intent refined to the utmost within him erupted with a thunderous roar!
No longer resisting, but conquering!
He stepped forward. His movement was slow, like pushing an entire star domain, yet his indomitable will—the will to trample even the heavens beneath his feet—caused the descending pressure of chaos to let out a mournful cry!
The God of War blood within his body erupted like billions of volcanoes blowing their tops simultaneously. Behind him, the towering phantom of the God of War suddenly solidified. It threw back its head and let out a silent roar before throwing a punch forward!
Boom!!!
The void exploded, and the myriad laws retreated!
Relying on nothing but pure strength and will, Xiao Ruobai forcibly blasted open a path through the desperate situation.
His figure blurred. In the next instant, he was already standing firmly upon the nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-ninth step, the symbol of perfect completion!
The moment he set foot upon it, the entire Xuanhuang Grand World seemed to tremble!
A towering phantom of the God of War stood proudly at the summit, looking down upon the eight directions!
The God of War had descended upon the mortal world, and the myriad laws bowed in reverence!
Almost at the exact same moment, Fang Hanyu moved as well.
His entire being transformed into a sword of ultimate purity—a sword that seemed capable of cleaving chaos apart and separating the clear from the turbid!
It ignored all pressure, slicing through every obstacle before it in a manner that surpassed common sense.
The sword was the man, and the man was the Dao!
With a single step, his figure appeared at the summit, standing shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Ruobai.
The instant he arrived, a clear sword cry rang out across Heaven and Earth, like the first note of the Dao sounded at the dawn of creation. An invisible sword scar was branded into the void.
The sword opened Heaven’s Gate, and all techniques were severed!
Ling Xi’s steps remained quiet and unhurried.
She walked forward, and the terrifying pressure flowed into her body like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, stirring not even the slightest ripple.
She took one light step, as though entering another dimension. In the next instant, she was already standing silently at the summit.
The moment she arrived, all techniques at the summit returned to nothingness, devouring eternity!
Three extraordinary phenomena intertwined, shaking the entire universe!
At this moment, Fatty Wang and Mo Yu below had also reached their most critical juncture!
“Fine, let’s go all out! Lord Fatty will fight you all to the bitter end!”
The origin of Fatty Wang’s Myriad Talisman Dao Body was completely ignited!
The countless runes no longer flew outward. Instead, they burned and collapsed madly within him, ultimately condensing into a vague, indistinct ancestral Dao rune that seemed to contain the source of all laws.
It was branded deep within his soul!
“Argh—!”
Riding this terrifying force of propulsion, he slammed himself against the very last step.
At the instant he collided with the summit, no grand phenomenon appeared. Yet high above the firmament, phantoms of myriad talismans flashed into existence and vanished in an instant. The Dao reverberated like thunder, and the myriad talismans paid homage to their source—the origin of the Dao had finally revealed itself!
“Roar——!!!”
Mo Yu unleashed the most resonant and unyielding Qilin roar of his life!
Within his shattered body, the ancestral Qilin Emperor blood began to burn completely!
A sacred radiance of auspiciousness shot into the sky, condensing behind him into the phantom of an ancient Qilin Emperor. It stood upon clouds of auspicious light, its eyes containing the sun and moon, its majesty boundless!
The imperial phantom raised its head and roared, carrying Mo Yu’s will as it launched a desperate charge against the final barrier!
“Boom!”
Mo Yu’s entire body erupted into a cloud of blood mist, leaving him scarcely recognizable as a Qilin.
Yet relying on the last trace of unyielding brute force in his bloodline, along with the support of the imperial phantom,
he staggered forward and, using the last shred of his strength, stepped onto the summit.
His scarlet hair was drenched in blood, yet he held his head high toward the heavens, the flames of battle still burning undiminished in his eyes!
The moment his foot touched the summit, the phantom of the Qilin Emperor threw back its head and roared. Auspicious energy spread throughout the heavens, the Qilin celebrated the ascension, and the imperial blood burned anew!
Boom——!!!!
At the instant all five of them reached the summit, a deafening crash, as though it had come from the very origin of the universe, shook the river of time throughout the ages!
Unimaginably brilliant rays of light burst forth from the summit, illuminating the past and the future!
High above the firmament, an immortal phoenix cried out, a true dragon coiled through the heavens, golden lotuses bloomed across the earth, and the Dao resounded with majestic grandeur!
Five supreme figures, each towering between heaven and earth, manifested as visions. They intertwined and resonated with one another, jointly proclaiming the beginning of a new era!
The five of them had, through their own strength, ascended the summit of the Dao Repository Heavenly Stairway at the very same moment!
Below the mountain, the silence was followed by an eruption like collapsing mountains and surging seas!
Countless people were moved to tears as they bore witness to this epic miracle!
“They reached the summit! They actually did it!”
“Five people! All five reached the summit of the Dao Repository Heavenly Stairway!”
“My heavens! What am I seeing?! This is a divine miracle—a living miracle!”
“The God of War descends upon the world, the sword cleaves open the Heavenly Gate, all techniques return to nothingness, myriad talismans pay homage to their source, and the Qilin celebrates the ascension…
“Five great visions resonating together! Unprecedented! Truly unprecedented!”
“The Golden Age! This is the true Golden Age!”
“Look! The rain of creation! The blessing of Heaven’s Dao! They’re bathing in the light of creation, undergoing rebirth through nirvana!”
The crowd had completely erupted. Discussions, exclamations, and speculation surged and rose like a tidal wave.
As for the prodigies who had also taken part in the ascent but had been unable to advance any farther, their expressions were the most complicated of all.
They gazed up at the five figures atop the summit as they bathed in the light of Heaven and Earth’s blessing. Their eyes were filled with boundless envy and a trace of indescribable bitterness.
Ninthousand nine hundred steps.
Wang Zhan halted his arduous advance, and the blue-green qi and blood burning around him slowly withdrew into his body.
He raised his head. His gaze was like two condensed torches, piercing through the remnants of the chaotic pressure and the rays of light filling the sky, locking firmly onto the five figures atop the summit—figures that resembled gods and demons as they bathed in the rain of creation.
There was no jealousy on his face, nor was there any sense of defeat. Only a pure, blazing battle intent, intense enough to burn his very soul, raged within his deep eyes.
“So this is the view from the summit…”
He muttered to himself in a hoarse voice, yet his words contained an ironclad resolve. His clenched fists gave off faint cracks as his bones shifted.
At that moment, Li Xuanfeng, Mu Chenyu, Shi Jingxian, and the other four had just exhausted the last of their strength. With tremendous difficulty, they broke through the final barrier one after another and stepped onto the nine-thousandth step.
They had no time to feel the platform’s rich Dao resonance, much less adjust their breathing. The seven were instantly drawn to the strange phenomenon above them and the vast torrent of Creation surging through the heavens.
They struggled to steady themselves and almost simultaneously raised their heads, gazing at the scene atop the supreme peak—seemingly within arm’s reach, yet somehow as distant as the ends of the earth.
As Li Xuanfeng looked upon those familiar figures bathed in a rain of light, a complicated, unreadable smile slowly spread across his face.
“So that is our junior brother.”
His voice was soft, audible only to the other six, yet it seemed to carry the weight of a thousand jun.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
