Chapter 407: Trial of Ascension Platform Descends
A low-probability event was not the same as a misfortune.
Luo Wusheng realized this.
Of course, the first thing that came to mind when he heard "low-probability event," especially after his recent experience, was a calamity like being struck by lightning. But with his mind running at full speed, he quickly noticed that his reasoning had slipped into the wrong track.
A pie falling from the sky and disaster striking from the heavens were both "low-probability events," yet they carried entirely opposite meanings.
And he himself had personally experienced one such "low-probability" arrangement—devised by a certain white-haired loli—when she used the probability-increasing trait of that Immortal Spirit of the Martial Alliance to set things in motion.
If not for that incident, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to piggyback off the headless Buddha statue senior's boon, nor possess the power boost he now enjoyed.
'The only problem was that the events amplified by that Immortal Spirit's trait were a little too uncontrollable… but even that wasn't without possible solutions.'
From what Yue Xuanji had once told him, the events influenced by such a trait, while technically random, were still affected by several key factors:
The connection between the person involved and the event itself, the individual's state at the time, the timing of the encounter, and most importantly—good luck.
Back during the Wandering Immortal Inn incident, he had been in the middle of failing his tribulation due to Buddhist interference, which tied him directly to the mastermind behind it all. At that very moment, the Seed of luck in his body had transformed into the Star Lotus beneath the might of heavenly lightning, granting him a sliver of dragon's fortune. Not only that, he had been located in the very heart of the Immortal Nation's royal capital, the birthplace of dragon fortune itself. His good luck and destiny had reached its peak.
With so many factors stacked together, the so-called "impossible events" had essentially been narrowed down to a confined range.
Mm… that white-haired loli probably hadn't known exactly what would happen at the time either. But with so many elements gathered, it was already worth the gamble.
Luo Wusheng, however, was not the master schemer of Heavenly Divination Tower, and at the moment had no chance to arrange elaborate setups of his own.
So instead, he chose to gamble directly.
His courage came from this world original protagonist's good luck blessing he carried on him.
Although the little girl couldn't make sense of the situation, the Sword Fairy, already too familiar with this kind of scene, instinctively opened her lips and wished him good luck.
And in the next instant, a black-and-white orb of light drifted ghostlike into the room from nowhere.
The orb touched the floor and transformed into a kitten with black-and-white markings.
One of its eyes was black, the other white. The little cat, however, only turned to gaze outside the window at the distant sky, as if lost in thought.
...
Luo Wusheng had won his bet.
It was just that the outcome seemed a little different from what he had expected.
He had thought that the only possible low-probability solution available was for the jade in his hand to suddenly withdraw its power, after which he would hurriedly cover up all traces and bluff his way out of the situation…
But even that wasn't foolproof.
After all, his Junior Sister's intuition was razor-sharp. Even if he managed to withstand it himself, Lu Yuliu would definitely be exposed and seized upon.
The little girl's cheeks were still flushed red, after all.
Yet at that exact moment, the goodluck brought by the original protagonist delivered an entirely new answer in an unexpected form.
Just as Luo Wusheng was about to respond to his Junior Sister outside the door and push it open—
A thunderous boom suddenly erupted, echoing across the entire royal capital.
In that instant, every soul within the city trembled as if their spirits had been shaken loose. All unconsciously lifted their heads.
And within their unfocused eyes, a vision seemed to play out—
From amidst the layered clouds flashed savage lightning. Above those clouds lit by the bolts, four colossal chains stretched out from the void. Arcs of thunder coiled around them as they bound a massive platform floating above the storm.
That platform, crafted from some unknown jade, radiated a hazy brilliance. Clouds of rainbow light swirled around it, resembling a scene from the heavens themselves.
The surrounding thunderclouds were filled with boundless lightning that struck terror into hearts—yet each bolt that came into contact with the platform's glow was erased without exception.
And then, the vision faded from their sight.
All across the streets and alleys of the royal capital, countless citizens gasped for breath as if they had just escaped suffocation. Some collapsed directly onto the ground with pupils trembling in shock.
The changes were most obvious in the east of the city—at the Foundation Establishment stage arena where crowds had gathered.
The two cultivators still fighting atop the stage froze mid-battle, completely forgetting what they were doing. Their heads tilted upward, unable to look away.
"This… this is…"
"The Trial of Ascension Platform! No mistake, I saw the Trial of Ascension Platform! In all of history, only that place looks like this!"
"So everyone else saw it too? But that anomaly just now… in past years, didn't the Trial of Ascension Platform always descend one day before the Human Immortal List, heralded by the vision of it falling from the heavens? Yet what we just witnessed… has never happened before, has it?"
"You're mistaken. Six years ago, the very same phenomenon appeared before the Human Immortal List. The Trial of Ascension Platform, after all, was forcefully bound and summoned here by the Immortal Nation's mighty ones through immortal formations and divine techniques—it is a relic from the Ancient Heavenly Gate. Who could possibly predict when it might reveal unusual signs?"
Inside the Wandering Immortal Inn, countless guests were abuzz with speculation. Many even rushed outside, eyes wide as they gazed toward the sky, as though they might discern some hidden truth there.
But aside from the once-clear heavens now darkening slightly, there was nothing more to see.
Still, among the murmuring crowd, some faces showed sudden dawning realization.
"Now that you mention it, I do recall something… six years ago, the same thing did happen. But soon after, something even more shocking stole away everyone's attention…"
"It was the Demon Sect Holy Saint—no, back then he hadn't yet claimed that title… Regardless, I remember it clearly: six years ago, when he was only twelve, that boy defeated all the prodigies of the major sects with a single finger technique! By the next year he had already stepped into Golden Core, and in the Demon Sect rose to the heights he holds today!"
"Hiss—yes, I remember too! In my sect, one of my junior uncles was trampled during that very Human Immortal List by the Demon Sect Holy Saint… terrifying, truly terrifying!"
"After that, his power only became more monstrous. Just last year at the Ancient Heavenly Gate, he crushed the Golden Core Elders of every sect. No wonder I forgot about what happened six years ago—the leap between then and now is simply too vast!"
"You're all getting sidetracked! Hear me out—I have a theory, though I don't know if it's right… What if this anomaly is connected to the Demon Sect Holy Saint himself?"
The inn fell silent. Some shook their heads. Some furrowed their brows in thought. Others launched into a new wave of speculation.
All of this was overheard by Li Xing, the little officer still standing upstairs, his face utterly blank with shock.
At some unknown moment, the door he had been watching had closed.
But the Holy Maiden who had been standing there was gone.
Only a single sound-transmission lingered in his ear:
[From this moment on, don't let anyone disturb the room.]
There could be no mistake—it was the Holy Saint's voice.
And when Li Xing recalled what he had faintly overheard earlier—that the Holy Saint had said the Holy Maiden had arrived "just the right time"…
'Could it be… all of this just now really is connected to the Holy Saint?'
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