Sometime after explaining the situation to Tan Songyun, Yuan made his way to the Stairway to Heaven.
However, upon arriving at the Stairway to Heaven, Yuan noticed that there were only a few individuals present, and most of them weren't participants, but spectators gathered to see the participants off.
Since Yuan had entered the Fifth Heaven alone, the rest of the player base was still stuck in the Fourth Heaven. As a result, it was essentially impossible for him to carry nine individuals through the Stairway to Heaven by himself.
Of course, Yuan could attempt to fill the required number with people from the Fifth Heaven, but he would need to find individuals willing to ascend to the Sixth Heaven. Unlike players, who could traverse between realms with ease, ascending was a significant and life-altering decision for residents of the Nine Heavens, not something they could decide on a whim.
