Breaking Through to the Star Domain Realm Could Not Wait

In just a few breaths, the amount of Origin Power within him surged, breaking past ten thousand drops once more!

The Origin Power he had lost through compression had been forcibly replenished.

More terrifying still, every drop of newly formed Origin Power was of top-tier quality, compressed to its limit.

Chu Han's overall combat strength had soared by more than tenfold!

"So this is the reward the Ruins grant for climbing the stairway and breaking past one's limits?"

Understanding dawned on Chu Han. He raised his gaze toward the heights above.

The three Insect Queens and the Human Race's five peak experts, who had once led the field by a vast margin, had long since vanished into the upper reaches of the stairway. There was no telling how high they had climbed.

Among the many experts still in sight, the situation was entirely different.

The vast majority were stuck before their own limits. Afraid of the crushing pressure, they dared not force their way through and could only inch forward, struggling to hold on.

Unable to advance or break through their shackles, they received not the slightest reward from the Ruins. All they could do was watch the opportunity slip away.

Chu Han instantly grasped the core rule of the stairway's trial.

Only cultivators who dared to defy the pressure and surpass themselves could earn the Ruins' recognition, receive Origin Power, and leap to a new level of strength.

Of everyone present, he alone was in the Star Sea Realm. His cultivation was the lowest, so he had reached his limit sooner.

That was precisely why he had been the first to break through, claim the Ruins' reward, and send his strength soaring.

The stairway ahead stretched on without end, its pressure growing ever more terrifying. But in Chu Han's