81: Chapter 81 He reached the top in one go, am I being targeted by the ladder?

"The Young Lord has already climbed twenty-nine steps." The gazes of the two condensed, their eyes filled with complex expressions.

"Is this the gap between people?"

"As expected of our Divine Son of Jiang!"

After taking a deep breath, the eyes of the two iron guards were filled with respect and admiration.

At this moment, on the heavenly steps, Gao Tianzhao, the first Saint of Tianyang Holy Land, had just climbed the thirty-seventh step.

"Thirty-seven steps... Finally advanced another step... Without needing a year... I will definitely be able to climb to the summit of the mountain."

"There will surely be the Opportunity of a Great Emperor."

"At that time, I will be able to shed my mortal coil, forge the Foundation of a Great Emperor, and become the only Great Emperor of Tianyang Holy Land in three hundred thousand years." Gao Tianzhao raised his head and looked at the tree of great dao blooming with the Profound Truth of Dao at the end of the heavenly steps ahead, his eyes shining brightly.

His face was full of yearning.

As his thoughts churned, he continued to take a step forward, trying to step onto the thirty-eighth step.

The moment this step was taken out, it was as if a vast world manifested before him.

An incomparably majestic cold current swept toward him like a storm and huge waves.

As the violent wind struck, he felt that his Primordial Spirit was about to be frozen, and his eyes were impacted by the cold air so much that he couldn't open them even a fraction.

"Such a terrifying Qi of Taiyin... My perception is even starting to disappear." Gao Tianzhao felt a chill in his heart.

He hurriedly urged his Profound Truth patterns, and a streak of fire manifested between his eyebrows.

That firelight bloomed, manifesting a strange phenomenon behind him: Heart Flame Transforming into the Scorching Sun...

The flames soared, manifesting behind him like a round sun.

This was the Divine Ability and strange phenomenon he comprehended after studying the Ancient Emperor Profound Truth of Tianyang Holy Land.

If brought to Major Achievement, a wispy strand of heart flame could transform into a sun, illuminating the Nine Heavens.

On the mountain summit, on the tree of great dao, there was a colorful long-tailed Holy Spirit Bird suffused with rosy clouds.

"A mere half-step Saint realm, yet you delusional attempt to climb the summit of the mountain. Overestimating your capabilities."

After preening its feathers with its beak, it glanced sideways at Gao Tianzhao below, muttering with a face full of disdain.

This bird was unexpectedly nurtured from a wisp of essential Qi of the tree of great dao, connected in aura with the entire Great Dao Mountain and even the heavenly steps.

At a glance, it saw Gao Tianzhao below.

Even Gao Tianzhao's inner whispers were eavesdropped on by it.

Clearly, this bird had mastered an extremely ancient secret Divine Ability: The Heart-Knowing Technique.

It could hear the inner voices of others.

Right at this moment.

Xie Wushang had already stepped onto the thirty-seventh step, sharing the same step with Gao Tianzhao.

Every single step was like a realm.

The two people stood side by side, yet it was as if they were each situated in a different world.

But Gao Tianzhao could clearly see that someone had stepped onto his current step, and he looked over sideways.

He also caught sight of Xie Wushang, who looked as relaxed as taking a leisurely stroll.

"This person seems to also be in the eighth realm..."

"Eh, why is he so relaxed, without feeling suppressed in the slightest?"

"What is going on?" Gao Tianzhao wore a look of astonishment.

While Gao Tianzhao was astonished, Xie Wushang had already taken a stride and stepped onto the thirty-eighth step.

"The thirty-eighth step? He... he just stepped onto the thirty-eighth step like that?"

"Why does my Primordial Spirit seem to be freezing? Hard to move? Could it be that this heavenly step is broken?"

With a face full of surprise, he tried to continue urging the power of Laws within his body, igniting blazing flames to resolve the Qi of Taiyin.

However, those blazing flames burned in his Sea of Consciousness, completely unable to seep out of his body.

The surface of his body was covered by ice, his eyebrows frosted over, showing clear signs of being frozen.

"Damn it, I'm being targeted by the heavenly steps!" Sensing that his body was about to be frozen, Gao Tianzhao couldn't help shouting angrily.

He felt that he was being targeted.

Otherwise, why was it that with the same eighth-realm cultivation, others walked on the heavenly steps as if strolling leisurely, yet he couldn't even ignite true fire?

"Cut the crap, is a puny guy like you even worthy of being targeted by the Great Dao steps? Why don't you look at how much you weigh?"

On the mountain summit, the Holy Spirit Bird on the tree of great dao was lazily preening its feathers, and upon hearing Gao Tianzhao's words, it inwardly slandered.

It glanced sideways at Gao Tianzhao below.

Extremely disdainful.

After its disdain, its gaze shifted, looking at Xie Wushang who had stepped onto the forty-second step of the heavenly steps.

"Eh, this little fellow is actually so relaxed?" The Holy Spirit Bird wore a look of astonishment.

"Bizarre, truly bizarre, why can't this Holy Spirit hear what is on his mind? Could it be that an Emperor Weapon is concealing his aura?"

The Holy Spirit Bird of the tree of great dao wore a suspicious look as it looked at Xie Wushang.

Xie Wushang was still strolling leisurely, stepping up the steps.

...

Boom, boom!

Half an hour later. On the Great Dao steps.

Jiang Xun had long since been blasted flying and fell, appearing in the heavenly steps drill ground.

Gao Tianzhao also couldn't withstand that extremely cold Qi and was blasted flying downward.

"To think that I, Gao Tianzhao, as long as I am given Opportunity, would have the chance to Dao-proclaim and become an emperor. With my natural talent, I can't even step onto the thirty-eighth step. This heavenly step is probably not an immortal step; only a Cultivator with the posture of Immortal Ascension can reach the peak, right?" Gao Tianzhao looked up.

His face was full of melancholy.

However, when he raised his head, his pupils constricted.

At this moment, at the end of the Great Dao steps, a youth stood proudly, taking steps as he walked toward the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step.

That youth was none other than Xie Wushang.

"He actually appeared at the peak of the heavenly steps!" Gao Tianzhao's gaze condensed, his eyes filled with incredulous expressions.

"Fake, it must be fake!" Gao Tianzhao rubbed his eyes.

How long had it been?

Only half an hour!

And he appeared at the peak of the heavenly steps?

While he himself had spent a full half month and hadn't even set foot on the thirty-eighth step.

"The Young Lord... is actually this fierce?" Jiang Xun and the two iron guards looked toward the end of the heavenly steps, feeling as if it were a dream.

Everyone struggled with just a few steps.

Dozens of steps were already difficult.

Yet the Young Lord directly reached the peak?

This makes one doubt life itself.

Boom!

After stepping onto the 999th step, Xie Wushang stepped onto the mountain summit.

As soon as he stepped into it, a dense aura of Dao permeated the air.

He only felt that he was lingering in the sea of Dao, with endless Laws of Dao sweeping toward him.

In an instant, inside Xie Wushang's Dantian, the grotto-heaven strange phenomenon manifested.

Three hundred and sixty-five kinds of Law Profound Truths manifested, turning into various strange phenomena that rose and fell behind him, resonating with the Dao.

On the tree of great dao, the Holy Spirit Bird's head trembled, looking at Xie Wushang with a face full of astonishment.

"Eh, this little fellow actually condensed so many Profound Truths?"

"Such a Physique, even this Saint has never heard of it." It muttered in its heart.

"The tree of great dao... Every single leaf has the Laws of Dao manifesting..." Xie Wushang raised his head and looked over.

He clearly sensed that the leaves on the tree had Law Profound Truths manifesting.

If one comprehended one kind, they could master one kind of Law.

As long as one mastered one kind of Law, they could step into the ninth realm.

However, what Xie Wushang wanted was not this simple.

He wanted to walk out his own Dao.

"This tree is flawed; although it doesn't have the Profound Truths of the three thousand Daos, it still has one thousand two hundred and eight kinds, which should be enough for you to comprehend."

Inside the disaster prison bead, the Great Emperor Jiuyang said.

Xie Wushang nodded slightly, swept a glance over, and locked onto the three white jade-carved meditation mats beneath the tree of great dao.

He took a large stride forward, came to the middle meditation mat, and sat cross-legged.

Boom!

The moment he sat cross-legged on the meditation mat.

Immediately, ripples surged in his mind and heart, as if he had suddenly appeared in the sea of Dao.

A tree of great dao was before him, and one thousand two hundred and eight kinds of Laws of Dao manifested before him.