Chapter 834 - 823: Celestial Dragon Eight Books

Gul Shaotang immediately prepared to step onto the Celestial Ladder to follow in Ding Ling’s footsteps.

However, as Wind Saber had weak cultivation, she couldn’t put her mind at ease and stayed beside him, urging him day and night to train in martial arts.

Ever since witnessing Ding Ling single-handedly and effortlessly annihilate the Japanese Wokou invaders, Wind Saber’s heart was trembling with admiration! The admiration and passion in his heart reached their peak!

It was on that day that he clearly realized that cleverness in the face of true strength was utterly worthless!

Only by honing oneself to the extreme can one effortlessly change a nation’s fate with a single hand!

Such divine techniques and methods.

He was extremely envious, and with Gul Shaotang continuously encouraging, urging, and assisting him by his side, Wind Saber was filled with a strong spirit of aspiration!

Even if he couldn’t become as supreme and grand as the Immortal Realm Emperor Ding Ling!

He also wanted to be an unrestrained and carefree hero who roams freely!

In the words of the Aliens!

"Ding Ling, my idol!"

"I must advance towards my idol! Catch up!"

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After Ding Ling shattered the island of Japan and eradicated the Wokou menace,

he went to the Great Ming Imperial Palace.

After reviewing the million books in the library there,

Ding Ling’s Buddha Qi increased by another degree.

The foundation became even more profound.

The progress of the Martial Dao True Understanding 2.0 version moved forward a small step.

Afterwards.

He didn’t disturb the emperor or the noble consort in the palace, and with a single step, vanished from the Great Ming Imperial Palace, heading towards the location of the Chang’an Celestial Ladder.

It was still where the Ten-Mile Pavilion was located.

This time, the Celestial Ladder was different from other places.

There were guards holding ’fire guns’ guarding it.

But to Ding Ling, these guards were as non-existent; with a blink of an eye, he disappeared before them.

From start to finish.

They didn’t even notice anyone passing by them just now.

They only felt a peculiar breeze brushing past their ears, and by the time they sensed it, the breeze had already disappeared.

They were perplexed, looked around, saw nothing unusual, and resumed their posts.

Compared to the guards in other places.

The soldiers here had fire guns.

This showed how much Great Ming valued the Celestial Ladder, but unfortunately, the good steel wasn’t used on the blade edge; the fire guns weren’t used against the Wokou but against Ascenders and their own people.

Ding Ling shook his head; he had no interest in meddling with the rights and wrongs of this world.

His act of shattering the island was purely out of righteous anger in his heart.

Now, having vented his fire qi,

Ding Ling naturally did not wish to waste more time in this world.

Because even though the world’s million books’ value wasn’t substantial, it was enough to read them in passing.

Ding Ling also had no inclination to visit other realms to read more.

As such.

With a few strides, he directly ascended to the highest point of the Celestial Ladder, arriving at the Gate of Glory.

This time, the three great paths corresponded to three worlds: Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Generation’s Twin Heroes, and Celestial Dragon Eight Books.

Without further thought, Ding Ling stepped directly forward.

In the next instant.

A golden light, as if a ribbon, swept him up, pulling him onto the great path of ’Celestial Dragon Eight Books’.

Ding Ling’s heart was delighted:

"Finally, I can save a trip of traveling back to the Lower Realm."

In the previous two times, he hadn’t ’stepped on’ that ’one-third’ winning probability.

This time was finally successful.

It seemed his luck wasn’t as disastrously bad as it could have been.

Whizz!

The familiar feeling of weightlessness and dizziness came again.

Ding Ling opened his eyes wide and, in less than a moment, felt his eyes brighten, quickly looking back again, and this time, he could see the black hole more clearly.

But even that was for less than half a blink.

The black hole then disappeared into nothingness.

"So I’ve arrived at the Celestial Dragon Eight Books World."

Ding Ling no longer hesitated and unfolded the Divine Meditation Technique.

The three-dimensional map within a two-hundred-mile radius immediately mirrored in his Sea of Consciousness.

Compared to Dragon Gate Flying Armor’s five hundred miles and The Deer and the Cauldron’s thousand miles,

Celestial Dragon Eight Books could only reflect two hundred miles radius.

This shows that as one enters higher-level worlds, the degree of suppression of the Divine Meditation Technique also becomes greater and greater.

Even the ability to traverse and escape through the sky is heavily suppressed in this world.

In the Lower Realm, traversing hundreds of miles was just ordinary.

In this world, it’s unattainable.

Only one hundred and eighty miles or so in an instant.

But even so.

For Ding Ling, it’s already quite remarkable.

"An instant over a hundred miles. If I give it my all, traversing eight hundred miles in an instant wouldn’t be impossible."

Ding Ling was still very satisfied with his speed.

Unfolding the Flowing Light Escape Skill.

Like flowing light, more like lightning.

Speed so fast that it’s hard to perceive with the naked eye.

Using the Divine Meditation Technique, he quickly identified his location:

"Mount Heng Territory, is it?"

Numerous landscape and character images emerged in Ding Ling’s Sea of Consciousness.

The landscapes were quite clear; although the emotional clarity was slightly inferior to those in the Lower Realm, he could still identify where he was.

As for human figures, they were even more blurred.

It’s only through activating the Spirit Eye of the Sword Spirit, the Heaven-Reaching Ear, in conjunction with the Divine Meditation Technique that Ding Ling could roughly perceive the facial features within a two-hundred-mile radius.

Thus, for an expert like Ding Ling, it was sufficient.

In an instant.

The various figures within the two-hundred-mile radius appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

Among them, Ding Ling saw many familiar faces: Heavenly Mountain Granny, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum, Duan Zhengchun, Chuu Wanli, Fu Sigu, Zhu Danchen, Qin Hongmian, Duan Zhengming, and others.

He also saw many strangers.

They were fighting over a golden orb in mid-air.

The orb was crystal clear, golden light glistening all over, Sword Qi spreading in all directions!

At a glance, it was no ordinary object!

It hung suspended in mid-air, floating up and down uncertainly, and as people from all directions fought over it, it floated higher, moving further away from some people.

Some people used Lightweight Skill to attempt to reach such height but couldn’t, so they opted to shoot arrows, trying to shoot the orb from the sky.

Others chose to use fire guns; with one shot, bang!

The gunshot thundered, and not only was the orb not shot down, but it was struck further up and away.

"No use of guns!"

Heavenly Mountain Granny, not taller than five feet but exuding an imposing aura that intimidated the Ten Directions Realm, within a hundred-meter radius, no one dared approach her!

At this moment, she soared into the air, striking Duan Zhengming away with one palm, her eyes piercing, looking towards the east with a face filled with rage, shouting:

"Who is the little brat hiding and firing a gun? If you dare fire again, be careful or I’ll tear you apart!"

The Celestial Dragon Eight Books world has fire guns now.

Either Ascenders brought them from other worlds.

Or the technology of this world has advanced rapidly, and someone managed to develop these fire guns in just a few years.

In any case.

The advent of fire guns introduces more variables and opportunities for ordinary Martial Arts experts.

If an ordinary third-rate Martial Arts expert masters spear technique, they might also be able to use a fire gun to take down a first-class Inner Power expert.

With guns appearing frequently over the years,

it indicates that these worlds may perhaps move towards a future of missiles flying through the sky and nuclear bombs cleansing the earth?

Regardless of the truth.

Ding Ling couldn’t say.