Chapter 696: What Joyous Occasion Is It Today?

After the matter concluded, Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin left, while the three Rulers remained at the Teleportation Array within the Myriad Worlds Transit Center.

“What’s the matter?” Jiang Li asked.

The Entropy Increase Ruler looked a bit embarrassed. “It’s like this, Human Sovereign Jiang. You see, now the Nine Provinces have one Celestial Ascension Ladder, and I, as a Half-Step Earthly Immortal, am precisely lacking some immortal power…”

Jiang Li understood. The Entropy Increase Ruler wanted to ascend to immortality.

“This matter isn’t difficult. There’s just one problem now.” Jiang Li took out the Celestial Ascension Ladder from his robe. The Entropy Increase Ruler watched, swallowing his saliva.

A cultivator’s ultimate goal was still to become an immortal.

Jiang Li explained, “To set up the Celestial Ascension Ladder, you need a starting point and an endpoint.”

“The starting point is easy; right here is fine. The original endpoint was the Immortal Realm. Now that the Immortal Realm is gone, we need to find a new endpoint.”

The three Rulers pondered. This was indeed a problem.

What was most important about ascension to immortality? Was it power? Of course not. Power was certainly important, but what was even more important was the sense of ceremony.

You couldn’t say you set the endpoint of the Celestial Ascension Ladder at the Joyous Sect. If someone asked how you became an immortal, and you said you went to the Joyous Sect via the Celestial Ascension Ladder to become an immortal…

That was absurd. It was disgraceful. If that got out, what kind of person would the Entropy Increase Ruler be considered?

“Establish it at the Dao Sect? Isn’t it said that all methods originate from the Dao Sect? And the Dao Sect also has Immortal Elder Changcun, representing the orthodox lineage of the Dao Ancestor.”

“Not very suitable. Think about it. The first person you see after becoming an immortal is Sect Master Bai Hongtu. How would you feel?”

“I’d want to start cultivating all over again.”

“Then change it to the Confucian School?”

“Confucius Sage isn’t even at the Confucian School. What’s the point of having the endpoint there?”

“The Buddhist Sect?”

“The Buddha has gone to the Underworld.”

“Then the Human Sovereign Hall?”

“The Human Sovereign Hall doesn’t have a Human Sovereign. I heard Human Sovereign Jiang’s attendance record isn’t even one day a year.”

Jiang Li pretended not to hear.

“But isn’t it normal for the Human Sovereign Hall not to have a Human Sovereign? Would you expect ants on a tree to have ants?”

“You make a good point.”

After discussing among themselves, the three Rulers wanted to set the endpoint of the Celestial Ascension Ladder at the Human Sovereign Hall.

Now that the Heavenly Dao had fallen and the Human Reincarnation Path was flourishing, the Human Sovereign Hall had Earth Veins below, Commander Liu within, and Jiang Li outside. In a sense, it represented the Human Reincarnation Path, making it exceptionally significant.

Since the Entropy Increase Ruler was willing to go to the Human Sovereign Hall, Jiang Li had no reason to stop him.

Jiang Li activated Word as Law. “Celestial Ladder, set your endpoint at the Human Sovereign Hall.”

Nearby, the Brahma Tower and the Lord of Saha watched as the Celestial Ascension Ladder in Jiang Li’s hand emitted a golden light. One end planted itself on the ground, while the other extended to the Human Sovereign Hall five hundred meters away.

The Myriad Worlds Transit Center was right next to the Human Sovereign Hall.

…

“So, this is your reason for using the Celestial Ascension Ladder to come to me from the Myriad Worlds Transit Center next door?”

Commander Liu looked at the four people before him, unable to understand what young people these days were thinking.

“Regardless, I must first congratulate the Entropy Increase Ruler on his ascension to immortality.” Commander Liu stood up to offer his congratulations.

Having undergone the baptism of the Celestial Ascension Ladder, the Entropy Increase Ruler had officially become an immortal.

After the three Rulers left, Jiang Li handed the Celestial Ascension Ladder to Commander Liu.

“This is…”

“My whereabouts are unpredictable. If someone wants to use the Celestial Ascension Ladder, it wouldn’t be easy. And you, Commander Liu, need immortal power to support your use of immortal arts and cultivation. After careful consideration, this Celestial Ascension Ladder is most appropriately placed with you.”

“Using the Celestial Ascension Ladder requires a starting point and an endpoint. Where would you like to establish them, Commander Liu?”

“Establish the starting point at the entrance of the Human Sovereign Hall, and the endpoint in the main hall. That’s about as far as I usually walk,” Commander Liu said.

Soon, the guards stationed at the entrance of the Human Sovereign Hall saw a Celestial Ascension Ladder erected beside them, leading to the center of the Human Sovereign Hall.

Was this the entrance to the Human Sovereign Hall, or the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Immortal Realm?

Commander Liu was deeply moved. Jiang Li trusted him so much that he felt embarrassed to even hint that Jiang Li should return to the Human Sovereign Hall.

“When does the Hall Master plan to take up residence and govern from the Human Sovereign Hall?”

So Commander Liu didn’t beat around the bush; he asked directly.

Jiang Li thought for a moment before saying, “After the recent series of events, I feel I should fulfill the duties of the Human Sovereign and take up residence at the Human Sovereign Hall.”

Commander Liu was astonished. What great auspicious day was today?

Oh, right. Today, the Immortal Realm was gone.

“I have decided to take up residence at the Human Sovereign Hall for an entire day!” Jiang Li declared with firm conviction. He had made a painful resolution to turn over a new leaf, start afresh, and change people’s mistaken impression that he didn’t reside at the Human Sovereign Hall.

Commander Liu gasped sharply. The Hall Master was actually going to reside for a full day!

Wait, one day?

What difference did that make from not residing at all?

But regardless, Jiang Li’s willingness to reside at the Human Sovereign Hall was a good thing. He shouldn’t discourage the Hall Master.

“Before that, I’ll get some sleep first.” Having said that, Jiang Li walked into the bedroom, leaving a thoroughly perplexed Commander Liu behind.

“Why has the Hall Master started liking sleep as much as Kong Hu?”

Although Jiang Li was rarely at the Human Sovereign Hall, he was still, to some extent, the Human Sovereign. He did have a bedroom, and it was dust-free.

Jiang Li took out the pink pillow, changed into his pajamas, and peacefully fell asleep.

Jiang Li wasn’t simply sleeping. He wanted to use the Dao of Dreams to contact the First Emperor and the Idle One.

He had learned the truth about the worlds from the Divine Vault Sovereign: every parallel world had the Black Tide.

The First Emperor and the Idle One didn’t yet know that establishing order was necessary to resist the Black Tide. Jiang Li wanted to remind them to be careful and prepare as soon as possible.

Emperor Shun said the Black Tide would arrive in ten years, but he didn’t say when the Black Tide in parallel worlds would arrive. If it arrived later than in Jiang Li’s world, that would be manageable; Jiang Li could go to the Convergence of Possibilities to solve it. But if it arrived earlier than in Jiang Li’s world, then the other parallel worlds would be finished, with not a single person surviving.

Jiang Li had asked Confucius Sage and the Buddha how to contact parallel worlds. Both gave the same answer—dreaming.

Seeing Jiang Li’s unfriendly expression, Confucius Sage and the Buddha quickly explained that the Dao of Dreams could connect to parallel worlds, but it had requirements for cultivation level; one needed to be at least on the same magnitude as the Heavenly Dao.

The conditions for contacting parallel worlds were stringent. Only the Divine Vault Sovereign could contact other Heavenly Daos.

Now, there was one more: Jiang Li.

However, Confucius Sage and the Buddha didn’t know the specifics of how to use the Dao of Dreams to contact parallel worlds. Only the Divine Vault Sovereign knew that.

Jiang Li had no other method, so he could only try his luck to see if he could encounter the First Emperor and the Idle One.

If the First Emperor and the Idle One were also dreaming, their dreams could merge, allowing contact.

Jiang Li slept for a while but didn’t encounter the First Emperor or the Idle One.

“The First Emperor is still cultivating; it’s understandable he doesn’t sleep. But what about the Idle One? Isn’t he playing games with various beauties in his dreams anymore?”

Jiang Li couldn’t figure it out, thinking perhaps the Idle One had improved somewhat.

“The Buddha also said there weren’t only three parallel worlds. Perhaps I can wait for others?”

Jiang Li slept for several hours but still got no results.

“Not a single person? That shouldn’t be. Where have all the parallel-world versions of me gone? Don’t any of them sleep?”

Jiang Li stopped waiting. He stretched, got up, changed his clothes, and sat in his own seat, taking Commander Liu’s place.