In the darkness, Li Yun's eyes gleamed.
He could clearly feel that the Heavenly Venerable phantom behind him, the nascent form of his Emperor Nature, had risen to a height of nine zhang!
Its towering figure stood behind his Divine Soul, vast Dao Resonance rolling from it. Its Emperor Might lay contained within, its outline as clear as a true god descending into the world!
"Peak Saint Venerable, and my Emperor Nature has already reached nine zhang?"
"Doesn't an ordinary Saint Emperor's Emperor Nature only reach nine zhang when they first advance?"
"I wonder if I can truly rival a Saint Emperor now—and climb to the seven hundred and first step of the Hengwu Domain's Martial Dao Ladder?"
A restless urge stirred in Li Yun's heart.
The seven hundred and first step of the Hengwu Domain's Martial Dao Ladder was the threshold of the Saint Emperor!
From ancient times until now, countless Saint Venerables had spent their entire lives stuck on the seven hundredth step, unable to cross that imperial chasm.
With his cultivation surging and his Emperor Nature standing nine zhang tall, he felt an intense urge to summon the Hengwu Domain's Martial Dao Ladder and give it a try.
But the urge vanished in an instant, forcibly suppressed by Li Yun.
"No. I can't take the risk!"
"For one thing, there are no laws of heaven and earth in the Endless Dark Abyss, so I might not even be able to summon the Hengwu Domain's Martial Dao Ladder. Even if I do, I could stir the darkness, alert Great Black Heaven, and bring down trouble I don't need."
He quickly weighed the risks.
He still felt it best to raise his cultivation as fast as possible.
But just as he was about to resume cultivating at five hundred