Zhou Yunhe hurried away, and the courtyard fell quiet again.
Li Yun sat alone beside the stone table. Moonlight washed over him, coating him in silver. Instead of returning to his room, he closed his eyes and focused, continuing to comprehend the Heaven's Will Spirit Transformation he had just achieved.
It was a strange sensation.
He could clearly sense everything within five kilometers: the direction of the wind, the tremble of leaves, the footsteps of True Martial Platform disciples patrolling in the distance, even insects crawling underground.
It was all as clear as studying the lines on his own palm.
His Heaven's Will had merged with the world around him. It was as though he were this world, and this world were him.
And above his head, he could sense something else.
The Martial Dao Ladder.
It was there, invisible and untouchable, yet undeniably real.
Like an unseen stairway, it rose from above his head straight into the clouds, connecting to the farthest reaches of heaven and earth. Whenever he wished, he could step onto it, endure the cleansing pressure of heaven and earth, temper his will, and truly enter the realm of a Grandmaster.
Li Yun looked up at the night sky, his gaze deep.
He could feel that, with all he had accumulated, stepping onto the Martial Dao Ladder would not be difficult.
Once he succeeded, his Heaven's Will would grow more refined, and the range of his control would expand further.
But...
After a moment's thought, he suppressed the urge.
Experts filled the True Martial Platform. Zhou Yunhe, a Half-Step Martial King, and Li Qingyan, an Inspector at the Martial King realm, were both nearby.
The moment he stepped onto the Martial Dao Ladder, he was bound to trigger a phenomenon in heaven and earth.
That would