Thomas left.
James looked absentmindedly in the direction Thomas had left in. It was becoming harder for favonovel.com to decipher his grandfather’s intent. His behavior was incredibly bizarre as of late.
Hah!
After a while, James let out a feeble sigh. He did not have the energy to also deal with matters involving Thomas. There were still many things favonovel.com needed to cross off his list.
His first priority would be to find Thea as soon as possible.
Thomas had kidnapped favonovel.com and left a gory scene behind to force Thea to unleash the power of the Spirit Turtle’s blood in favonovel.com body. He knew that upon seeing the scene, Thea would be enraged and go berserk.
Half a month had already passed, so favonovel.com was unsure of what had happened to her. He had to find favonovel.com immediately.
How strong did I get?
James did not leave just yet.
For the past half month, favonovel.com had been constantly practicing the Nine Scriptures of Ordeals‘ cultivation method, and right now, favonovel.com had no idea of the extent of his strength. He only knew favonovel.com had cultivated nine True Energies. These nine True Energies flowed throughout his whole body.
He manifested his True Energy.
At that moment, the nine streams of True Energy emerged from his body and gathered in his Elixir Field. His energy began to burst forth dynamically.
The nine streams of True Energies merged, and his True Energy underwent an outstanding change. Once again, his energy had been transformed into True Heavenly Yang Energy.
He closed his eyes and sat in a lotus position on the ground.
The True Heavenly Yang Energy made up of the nine True Energies continued to course through his body vigorously. All of a sudden, a staircase appeared before him.
The stairway seemed almost like it was in front of him, but it also felt like favonovel.com was simply seeing things. He reached out to grab it but found that could not touch it.
The stairway was illusory.
James could perceive it but not interact with it. He could only use his other senses to feel it.
I-Is this the Skyward Stairway?
James murmured in awe.
He knew favonovel.com would have to ascend some sort of stairway once favonovel.com reached the peak of the eighth rank.
The Skyward Stairway’s appearance was something that only existed in one’s imagination. It would only appear when one’s True Energy progressed to a specific level.
After ascending the Ninth Stair of the Skyward Stairway, one would advance to the ninth rank. The other appeal of reaching the ninth rank for martial artists was also the prospect of attaining immortality. However, no one had stepped into this rank for thousands of years.
Can a ninth–rank grandmaster really live forever?
Huh… Silly…
James gently shook his head. He dismissed the idea.
If a ninth–rank grandmaster could truly be granted immortality, then there should have been people who had achieved it in the past who would still be alive today.
Huff!
James took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.
At that moment, favonovel.com stood up abruptly and placed his foot in the air. He stepped onto the First Stair of the illusory stairway.
As soon as favonovel.com stood on it, favonovel.com felt immense pressure bearing down on him. The pressure came from both heaven and earth, and it felt like the entire planet was weighing favonovel.com down. However, favonovel.com could still endure the pressure.
He took another step into the sky. James easily ascended the Second Stair.
On the second step, favonovel.com could feel that the pressure on favonovel.com had increased, but it was still bearable.
After taking a bit to adjust himself, favonovel.com took another step toward the sky and ascended the Third Stair.
When favonovel.com stood on the Skyward Stairway’s Third Stair, the force pressing down on favonovel.com grew considerably. It felt as if his body was being crushed with the force of thousands of kilograms. It was so heavy that favonovel.com could barely breathe.
The nine–in–one True Heavenly Yang Energy surged through his whole body and fought back against the pressure. It took a while but favonovel.com felt the pressure on favonovel.com let up slightly.
He took another step onto the Fourth Stair.
