I had actually considered the grotto abodes beyond the six-thousandth step. After all, the temptation of ninety times the benefit was right there. But I had also wondered whether I met the conditions for the top level. This place was already the dividing line of the Ninth Heaven. I was certain I could make it higher, but what about beyond that?
The grotto abodes there were bound to be places that even an Immortal at the Tribulation Transcendence stage could not withstand. If they were grotto abodes dominated by the aura of the Heavenly Dao, they might even be inferior to this three-thousandth-step abode. Just extracting the aura I needed was already troublesome enough.
That was why I had not rushed ahead to choose a grotto abode at the six-thousandth step. Cultivation was a step-by-step affair. Even if one advanced by taking pills and consuming heavenly treasures, one could not bite off more than one could chew. It was dangerous in itself; if one consumed something far beyond one's level, it was common to be blown apart from the inside.
Once I entered this water-infused grotto abode, my entire body was immediately bathed in a strange energy. This energy was like the liquid formed when Tribulation Lightning Crystals dissolved, except it was much easier to absorb. Such treatment was probably impossible to enjoy in Heavenly City, because Heavenly City simply could not produce an effect like this.
Most Immortals cultivated either by taking pills or by practicing techniques. Almost no one cultivated by soaking in an energy liquid like this. It was like returning to the embryonic stage—growing inside the mother's body was naturally the fastest way.
After I stopped refusing to inhale this energy, it quickly filled my entire body, bathing me in the solution and naturally bringing my