Huang Yan and the others were gathered in the airship that was flying forward.
Although cultivation was the most important thing for warriors, Huang Yan, Spring Messenger, and the others were not in the mood to continue cultivating at this time.
Spring Messenger and the others were all Huang Yan's direct subordinates. Therefore, they and Huang Yan were bound together for good or ill.
If Huang Yan lost this competition, Spring Messenger and the others' status in the Blood God Sect would plummet.
Therefore, Spring Messenger and the others were almost as concerned as Huang Yan about whether or not Huang Yan could win this competition.
"Young Lord, what is the origin of this Left Protector? Not only is he so ruthless, but his strength is also so tyrannical." Beside Huang Yan, a male cultivator whispered.
He wasn't the only one who was curious about this question. Spring Messenger and the others were also very curious.
However, they didn't know that even Huang Yan didn't know much about Ye Chen. The reason Huang Yan chose to recruit Ye Chen was because she felt that Ye Chen was strong enough.
Before recruiting Ye Chen, she had even secretly decided to only use Ye Chen as a hired thug. She would try not to let Ye Chen get involved in other things. She would try not to let Ye Chen get involved as much as possible.
Who would have thought that right after she recruited Ye Chen, Ye Chen would do something as big as subduing the nine great hall masters? Even now, Huang Yan was still amazed.
Who would have thought that the person she had just recruited could do something she had always wanted to do but couldn't?
"Try not to mention the Left Protector in the future. Just remember that the Left Protector is one of us." Huang Yan shook her head slightly and reminded everyone around her.
Ye Chen's strength had undoubtedly been demonstrated in the previous battle.
Huang Yan was already very dependent on Ye Chen, so she certainly didn't want to see Ye Chen's origin make Ye Chen unhappy.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the airship under everyone's feet trembled.
However, the tremors disappeared even faster than they had appeared. Before anyone could react, the tremors had completely disappeared.
"What's going on?" Huang Yan's face was solemn as he rushed out of the flying boat.
Spring Messenger and the others also rushed out.
Everyone was worried that someone would launch a sneak attack on them.
This kind of thing happened almost every day since they came to the Eastern Region.
"There are no traces of the enemy."
Huang Yan and the others stood outside the flying boat and scanned their surroundings. They immediately confirmed that there were no enemies around.
"Then what was that strange movement just now?"
After looking at each other, Huang Yan's expression suddenly changed slightly, "Could it be that the Left Protector's cultivation has made a new breakthrough, so it caused this abnormality?"
"Very likely." Spring Messenger nodded.
Besides Ye Chen, all the others on this airboat were here. Therefore, the only one who could cause such an abnormal quiver was Ye Chen, the Left Guardian.
"If it's the Left Protector, everyone can rest assured. When the Left Protector comes out of seclusion, I'll ask him what's going on." Huang Yan looked thoughtful as he comforted everyone around.
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In the deepest part of the flying boat, Ye Chen was still sitting cross-legged in the secret room where Ye Chen was.
However, at this moment, Ye Chen's body was almost completely lifeless. Only a weak remnant aura proved that Ye Chen was not really dead.
At this moment, Ye Chen's consciousness had already entered an extremely unique place through a light door.
This place was surrounded by nothingness. There was only a row of high steps in front of Ye Chen. At the top of the steps, there was a faintly visible tall door.
An extremely strong and majestic aura was released from the door in front of him, as if there were invincible fierce beasts hiding behind the door.
"What is this place?" Ye Chen scanned his surroundings, his face full of astonishment.
Anyone who suddenly came to such a place in the middle of cultivation would probably be as confused as Ye Chen.
Looking up at the door above, Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, but still decided to go up and see what was in front of him.
Unexpectedly, just as Ye Chen's foot stepped onto the steps in front of him, a terrifying power that made Ye Chen's heart palpitate immediately burst out from the steps.
Boom!
Ye Chen's figure was almost instantly dispersed by this power.
In the secret room, Ye Chen's aura suddenly became stronger. Then, Ye Chen opened his eyes and looked around in fear.
"I'm back."
Seeing the surroundings clearly, Ye Chen let out a sigh of relief, but he still felt a lingering fear.
The power released from the steps just now was really too terrifying. Even the current Ye Chen would probably have been killed by this power.
Fortunately, Ye Chen's situation was special. It was not his body that had entered that special space, but only his consciousness.
"That place just now seemed to be filled with a pure and holy aura, and my consciousness was actually able to directly enter it."
Sitting cross-legged in the secret room, Ye Chen constantly recalled the scene he had just seen.
Whether it was the long path of steps or the door at the end of the steps, they had all left a deep impression on Ye Chen.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Ye Chen's body suddenly trembled uncontrollably.
"Could it be that the place I just arrived at was the legendary … Celestial Stairway?"
Ye Chen's eyes widened, and even his body trembled with excitement.
Celestial Stairway, these four words, Ye Chen had inadvertently seen some information when he was looking for information in the headquarters of the Ministry of War.
According to that information, if the strength of a Supreme Dao warrior was enough, the Celestial Stairway would automatically appear in the depths of his consciousness.
The Celestial Stairway did not really exist, but was a kind of shackle in the depths of a warrior's soul. As long as this shackle was broken, the warrior's strength would be greatly improved, and he would step into the magnate level.
In other words, magnate level warriors were all terrifying existences who had climbed the Celestial Stairway and opened the Celestial Door.
Most of the Supreme Dao warriors would gradually feel the existence of the Celestial Stairway after reaching the Ninth Heaven of the Supreme Dao.
Only a few genius warriors could feel the existence of the Celestial Stairway when they were at the Eighth Heaven of the Supreme Dao or even the Seventh Heaven of the Supreme Dao.
Being able to feel the Celestial Stairway indicated that the strength of this warrior was enough to surpass 90% of the Supreme Dao warriors in the Hidden Dragon World.
In the Hidden Dragon World, there was another saying.
Only warriors who had sensed the existence of the Celestial Stairway could be called real Supreme Dao warriors.
And warriors who had not sensed the Celestial Stairway, even if their realm had reached the Ninth Heaven of the Supreme Dao, could only be regarded as pseudo-Supreme Dao warriors.
This was also the reason why there was such a huge gap in strength between the Supreme Dao warriors in the Hidden Dragon World.
Those pseudo-Supreme Dao warriors, no matter how high their realm was, their strength could not be compared with the real Supreme Dao warriors who had sensed the Celestial Stairway.
In the history of the Hidden Dragon World, the first warrior who had sensed the existence of the Celestial Stairway was still the legend of the Hidden Dragon World, the unparalleled Great Emperor Gu Junlin.
Gu Junlin had sensed the Celestial Stairway when he was in the Xuan God Realm, the Fifth Heaven of the Supreme Dao. This matter had long been recorded and recorded together with the information about the Celestial Stairway.