The thought flashed through his mind, but Chu Bai didn’t dwell on it.
There were more important things to do at this moment.
He looked up at the void, which had collapsed to the edge of his vision. The corner of his mouth curved into a faint smile as he slowly raised a giant, stone hand covered in five-colored Divine Light and pointed toward the heavens.
"Celestial Ladder, appear!"
His Words Became Law.
Inside Chu Bai’s Sea of Consciousness, the Merit Golden Light that had long since overflowed erupted, transforming into a Guiding signal that shot toward the highest heavens.
RUMBLE—
The sky, originally dim, shattered, and riddled with spatial rifts, was forcibly torn open by a supreme, unparalleled power.
A majestic Celestial Ladder, a hundred zhang wide and paved with pure golden light, carried the overwhelming pressure of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s destiny—so brilliant it couldn’t be looked at directly. It pierced through the world-barrier of the Cyan Nether Realm and descended with a thunderous roar before the Lingma Mountain God.
That was the path to survival!
That was the Qingzhou Celestial Ladder, the path to a higher stage of the Dao!
"The Celestial Ladder! It’s the Celestial Ladder!"
Within the Underground Palace, Xia Xing and the others watched the great golden path descend from the sky, their bodies trembling and their eyes welling up with tears of excitement.
"We... We can really get out of here alive!"
However, the moment the Celestial Ladder manifested, three roars filled with tyranny and anxiety exploded almost simultaneously.
"Trying to leave?! Leave your life behind!"
The Night Patrol God had gone completely berserk. According to its logic, allowing this ’great scourge’ who had stolen the Heaven and Earth Origin to escape was the ultimate dereliction of its duty.
It burned the last of its Divine Dao Origin. Its Black Iron Mace swelled to a hundred zhang in size, wreathed in world-destroying black lightning, and smashed down violently toward the entrance of the Celestial Ladder, attempting to cut off Chu Bai’s path.
The Prison-Suppressing Evil Flood Dragon let out a piercing draconic cry as hundreds of Water Prison Lock Realm chains, like tentacles reaching from hell, frantically coiled toward the Mountain God’s legs.
The Beastkeeping Commissioner, meanwhile, transformed into a sky-filling rain of pale white bones, sealing off all avenues of escape.
At that moment, the three Foundation Establishment Divine Spirits unleashed a terrifying, suicidal assault.
"Run, Daoist Chu! If you make it to the Celestial Ladder, we’ll have won!" a Cultivator in the Underground Palace shouted in terror.
But this time, the towering Lingma Mountain God did not run.
Chu Bai stood upon the altar, his body wreathed in the newly formed five-colored Dao Charm. His eyes, which reflected the All Heaven Star Wheel, coldly swept over the three charging Evil Gods.
He was in no hurry to ascend the ladder.
’I ran before because my strength was insufficient. I didn’t understand the mysteries of Foundation Establishment.’
Chu Bai’s voice was calm, but through the resonance of his Divine Body, it transformed into rolling thunder that shook the heavens and the earth:
"Only today have I learned what a difference in rank truly means."
He felt the rhythm of the Circulation Wheel Dao Foundation within him, felt its perfect resonance with his Divine Body.
’Attaining the status of a True God and receiving an edict from the Celestial Dao allows one to transform the Celestial Canon into spoken Decrees.’
’A mortal forges a Dao Foundation and comprehends the supreme principles of heaven and earth, allowing them to manifest the Profound Techniques that govern the workings of all things.’
’Decrees, though powerful, are static, while Profound Techniques, though new, are full of possibilities.’
With a thought from Chu Bai, the five-colored millstone in his Dantian roared as it began to spin faster.
"Dao Foundation—manifest!"
VMMMMM!
Outside, behind the hundred-zhang-tall Lingma Mountain God, the phantom image of an immense Five-Colored Light Wheel suddenly appeared, so vast it blotted out the sky.
The moment this wheel of light appeared, the laws of heaven and earth within a ten-li radius were instantly rewritten.
The Five Elements Circulated, generating and overcoming one another, giving rise to Endless Life!
"Today, I will test my newly forged Dao Foundation on you three remnants of a bygone era!"
Chu Bai let out a long cry. His Divine Body was no longer a turtle shell taking a beating, but instead took a great stride forward.
His giant, stone right hand was infused with the terrifying, sharp aura of the Metal Element, empowered by the Circulation Wheel. No longer sluggish, no longer clumsy, it moved as fast as lightning, carving a profound trajectory through the air.
CLANG—!!!
The massive stone hand had actually caught the Night Patrol God’s killing blow—the mace!
Sparks flew like a waterfall.
But this time, the Mountain God did not budge an inch.
Chu Bai looked at the dumbfounded Night Patrol God. The corner of his mouth lifted as his right hand suddenly clenched.
"Now... shatter!"
Under the crushing power of the Circulation Wheel, that great Five Elements millstone, the Black Iron Mace—a symbol of the Night Patrol God’s Divine Authority—let out a mournful cry as if it could bear the weight no longer. And then—
It shattered, piece by piece!

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