In the Western Suburbs of Sand City stood the Qiao Family Residence.
Since returning to Sand City, Li Yun had shut himself away in the rear courtyard of the Qiao Family Old Residence. Apart from occasionally guiding Qiao Meng and Qiao Tai in their cultivation, he had barely set foot outside.
For two full months, he had poured all his energy into climbing the Martial Dao Ladder. Day and night, he cultivated until all two hundred million Myriad Wonders Points were spent, transformed into pure essence of heaven and earth and absorbed into his own Heaven's Will.
His Heaven's Will swelled like a snowball hurtling downhill. He surged from the forty-fourth step of the Martial Dao Ladder to the Peak Martial Emperor realm.
That day, Li Yun stood firm on the fifty-ninth step. Brilliant golden light flowed around him, while his Heaven's Will, condensed almost into substance, blanketed the heavens and earth for a hundred li in every direction.
He sensed it clearly: one more step would take him to the sixtieth.
That step was the chasm dividing a Peak Martial Emperor from a Martial Deity. If he crossed it, he would truly touch the threshold of the Martial Deity realm.
"A pity. My Myriad Wonders Points are all gone."
With a soft sigh, Li Yun slowly withdrew his Heaven's Will and stepped down from the ladder.
Two months of tireless effort and two hundred million Myriad Wonders Points had brought his Heaven's Will only to the fifty-ninth step. The points required to advance further would be astronomical.
After a moment's thought, he made his decision. He had to return to the Beast-Grazing Land and harvest enough Myriad Wonders Points to break through.
Li Yun had always acted decisively. Without a moment's delay, he slipped out of Sand City that