Once, I wanted to be a good person

With this in mind, Fang Ze also sat in the grand hall, beginning to recall the information and insights about the Ascension stage.

The reason it's called the Ascension stage is primarily because to reach this realm, one needs to climb an illusory tower known as the Law Starry Sky.

This illusory tower doesn't exist in reality but resides in the heart of every Transcendent being. Only after reaching the Mortality-Shedding stage, understanding one's own heart, and condensing one's unique Dharma Aspect, can one see the tower in the spiritual world.

And when climbing the Law Starry Sky, it is not the true body that climbs, but rather an existence similar to a spirit.

According to the information Fang Ze obtained from Dahei Jialuo, the entire tower is divided into nine levels, with a spiral Ladder of Law on the outside. Each level climbed is called a First Transformation, and the Dharma Aspect and spiritual power become more refined and powerful. When one climbs to the ninth level and reaches the top of the Law Starry Sky, they achieve the Ascension stage!

After reaching the Ascension stage, spiritual power becomes incredibly strong, the Dharma Aspect (soul) becomes immortal, and the lifespan of creatures surpasses the limits of their original species, reaching over 1000 years.

If a being at the Mortality-Shedding stage only surpasses the strength of ordinary creatures, then reaching the Ascension stage is a complete transcendence of the life level, moving a step closer to the state of a god.

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After sorting through all the insights gained from transforming into Dahei Jialuo during this period, Fang Ze finally began to prepare for cultivation.

He summoned his Golden Bell Dharma Aspect, then closed his eyes and began to comprehend the Law Starry Sky through the feeling of transforming into Dahei Jialuo.

Accompanying his comprehension, he felt himself in a vast darkness.

In that boundless darkness, Fang Ze felt small, like an ant.

Even so, the overwhelming darkness wasn't leaving him alone, but instead was creeping toward him like a tangible form, starting to encroach upon him bit by bit.

At this moment, perhaps because he was comprehending the Law Starry Sky, Fang Ze remained motionless, allowing the darkness to slither over him like muddy water covering his face, with only the scattered golden light from his Golden Bell Dharma Aspect above his head slowing the encroaching speed.

Normally, even the bravest person would feel fear and despair facing such a scene.

But Fang Ze, who had long understood all this, knew it was a necessary trial to awaken the Law Starry Sky. Moreover, during this trial, fear, despair, anxiety, and even tension are nourishment for this dark tide. Only calmness is the best way to pass this trial.

So he kept his eyes closed as if oblivious to everything before him, quietly sitting upright with five hearts facing the sky, unmoving.

Although his mood was occasionally affected, thanks to the Credit World, he could always employ loans to substitute a calm state of mind, resulting in the surrounding darkness never receiving any supplement of negative emotions.

Thus, he didn't know how much time had passed when suddenly a bright star lit up on the pitch-black firmament. Soon after, more stars appeared, quickly forming a galaxy.

Simultaneously, the starlight from the entire sky gently cascaded down, constructing in front of Fang Ze a towering Starlight Divine Tower!

Under the illumination of the Starlight Divine Tower, the darkness in this area retreated swiftly as if encountering a nemesis, curling back into the depths of the dark.

At this moment, Fang Ze also slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and looked up at the towering Law Starry Sky.

Then, taking the Golden Bell Dharma Aspect on top of his head, he moved forward.

Just as he arrived at the tower's base, before even stepping on the stairs, Fang Ze felt his body sink as if something invisible pressed down on him.

He slightly adjusted his body to adapt to the pressure, then attempted to step onto the stairs and climb upward.

The stairs made of starlight felt weightless beneath him. Fang Ze nearly lost his balance and slid off the stairs when he first stepped on. He hurriedly adjusted his body's balance to avoid failing right at the start of his cultivation.

From this first encounter with the Law Starry Sky, Fang Ze understood the challenge's difficulty: unsteady stairs below, with heavy starlight pressure above. Such an up-and-down siege is indeed a huge test for an Awakener. A slight mistake might lead to total defeat.

No wonder, the Ascension stage is renowned as the realm that tests patience and perseverance the most.

However, these were not issues for Fang Ze, for he had the heaven-defying Credit World.

When talent is insufficient, borrow; when strength is lacking, still borrow! He was confident that Bai Zhi's martial talent plus a trillion resources would surely support his advancement to the Ascension stage!

Knowing that he had comprehended the Ascension stage by transforming into Dahei Jialuo, he was well-acquainted with the entire Law Starry Sky! If he failed even with that, he might as well return home and make babies with Bai Zhi!

With that in mind, Fang Ze took a deep breath and directly borrowed Bai Zhi's Unity of Heaven and Man!

Accompanied by the arrival of the mystical Martial Dao Realm of Unity of Heaven and Man, Fang Ze immediately felt that the stairs of law swaying before him had transformed into a level ground!

He took a swift step forward, firmly planted his foot on the stair, and began his rapid ascent!