Ye Fan was now pulling Fairy Xuan Xueqi along with him.
For hundreds of miles all around them, thousands of cultivators were flying toward the shimmering mirage portal that had opened above them.
Many of the cultivators were a tiny speck.
In the end, it did not matter to the cultivators which of the directions were the correct one; all they needed to do was to ascend up.
The mirage portal was actually the entire crimson heavens itself!
When Ye Fan was 1/3 in the air with Fairy Xuan Xueqi, he could feel the powerful pressure that was upon him and it was threatening to sap his profound strength.
Fairy Xuan Xueqi asked him quietly, "Ye Fan, are you alright? If it is too difficult for you then you can let go of me."
Ye Fan shook his head as he smiled to Fairy Xuan Xueqi, "I am not at my limit yet. Let's go up."
As they flew up together, they saw that there were some cultivators that were attempting to fly in their winged mounts to the shimmering mirage portal.
However strangely enough, the flying profound beasts could only fly to a certain height and they were exhausted rapidly.
It seemed that there were strange and powerful laws that only allowed the cultivators to ascend to the mirage portal and profound beasts were not allowed.
Even Little Black the Black Serpent could only fly to a certain height limit before crashing down.
There were several profound ships that were making their way to the mirage portal as well.
But to the dismay of the cultivators that were on board the profound ships, their profound ships were struck by crimson lightning when a certain height was reached.
Several profound ships exploded in mid-air, killing most of the cultivators as a result of the fierce crimson lightning that had suddenly appeared.
Even the nearby cultivators that were not onboard the profound ships were also mostly killed.
Many of the nearby cultivators were cursing the cultivators that were still flying their profound ships to take a chance against the powerful crimson lightning bolts that spanned multiple forks.
"Stop flying the profound ships!"
"Are they trying to kill us?"
"Get away from me!"
"Idiots!"
"These cheaters are betting that their profound ships' defensive shields would be able to tank the crimson lightning bolts…"
"They are killing all of us and making the vicinity dangerous…"
"Darn! Some of them are flying their profound ships on purpose to their rivals and opposing celestial alliances…"
"Too despicable!"
As Ye Fan flew higher up with Fairy Xuan Xueqi, he was suddenly flustered and Fairy Xuan Xueqi was giggling softly next to him.
It was because Ye Fan had suddenly noticed that many of the female cultivators that were flying above them had short skirts and they were revealing too much between their legs to him. And some of them were not wearing anything at all.
He was even awkward when Fairy Xuan Xueqi was giggling softly next to him when she saw what he had seen.
Soon, they had flown ½ of the height and it was getting more difficult.
Ye Fan could feel that his profound strength was faltering and that he was beginning to slow down.
But he increased his profound strength further as he warmly pulled Fairy Xuan Xueqi with him.
Fairy Xuan Xueqi looked tenderly at Ye Fan as she could feel his warm and affectionate strong hand pulling her along with him and even enveloping herself with his Omnipotent Immortal Force.
They were an enviable sight to many cultivators who had spotted them together holding hands.
Some cultivators were even whispering, "They are from a dual cultivation sect?"
Ye Fan ascend to the mirage portal was not so fast or slow and instead he was progressing in a steady pace.
By now, many of the seventh realm saints and saintesses had already entered into the mirage portal.
Even the 6th realm cultivators were also mostly inside the mirage portal as well.
As Ye Fan flew even higher with Fairy Xuan Xueqi, he saw that there were many more cultivators that were falling from the sky.
There were many that had fallen from the sky and they were killed by the great heights.
And none of the fallen surviving cultivators have the strength to fly again and they were all grasping breathlessly on the ground, utterly exhausted and drained.
In order to fly, they had to exert their profound strength and it was like the same as running at full speed without stopping.
It was actually 10 times more exhausting than running at full speed as the cultivators had to continuously display their profound aura in order to fly; the higher they were, the more profound aura they had to muster in order to fly and to break through the oppressing aura of the mirage portal to reach it.
Eventually Ye Fan had reached the 2/3 of the height and he was breaking in cold sweat as he could feel the drain in his profound strength and he was also rapidly losing strength in order to maintain the Omnipotent Immortal Force.
It was heart breaking for Fairy Xuan Xueqi to see him like this and she shook her head, "Ye Fan, let go of me before it is too late. It is my fault that I've asked you to take me along…"
"Not yet, Xueqi. I still got strength left." Ye Fan interrupted her with a forceful smile.
He was only a half-step golden celestial and there were many cultivators that thought that Ye Fan could fall anytime soon especially when he was also pulling a curtain veiled maiden with him.
As Fairy Xuan Xueqi was veiled, no one could see her beautiful looks but they could see that Ye Fan's profound aura was stronger of the two and that he was using his profound aura to pull the two of them toward the shimmering miracle portal.
Ye Fan shouted aloud as he mustered his Omnipotent Immortal Force to its peak profound power.
He was not going to fail at this moment.
With a great profound shout, his profound aura exploded mightily and he was suddenly speeding into the shimmering mirage portal with Fairy Xuan Xueqi.
Luckily for Ye Fan, he just had a breakthrough in his celestial-step Omnipotent Immortal Force not long ago and this extra profound power from his Omnipotent Immortal Force was able to aid him in a timely manner.
Many of the nearby cultivators were startled that Ye Fan could still be able to pick up speed when they were all at a breaking point.
Moreover, he had even sped into the shimmering mirage portal with a maiden together.
They just could not believe that a half-step golden celestial would be stronger than them as many of them were a full-step golden celestial.
Some was even at the 6th cultivation realm!
Many of the cultivators that were at the same height as Ye Fan before he had sped off into the mirage portal was now wondering who he was…
"What the heck?"
"He still got so much profound strength to speed off into the mirage portal?"
"I can barely even move an inch ahead..."
"Is he playing us?"
"Maybe he is an old cultivation expert that is only pretending to be a half-step golden celestial..."