"Oh, another has arrived?"
Around the Ascension Platform, a group of guards could be seen, clad in shining silver Soldier's Armor, all of them at the Deity Transformation cultivation level.
They were the "Celestial Soldiers" tasked with guarding the Ascension Platform!
Although the Ascension Platform was a relic from Ancient Times, it was now controlled by the Heavenly Court, which used it to grasp the important "resource" of ascending cultivators.
Ascendant cultivators, despite originating from the Lower Realm, were among the strongest there, with some even being the rulers of an entire Realm. They often possessed rare and precious treasures that held significant value even in the Earth Immortal Realm, certainly worth holding onto.
The assembly of Celestial Soldiers guarded the surroundings, and among them, a Golden Armored Heavenly General with Return to Void cultivation stepped forward, eager to see which fat sheep had come knocking.
But then...
