For a tier-six lifeform, clearing the Heaven-Opening Tower was already a grueling feat.
Most recipients of the Pangu Calling only managed to clear all nine floors after breaking past the mortal pinnacle.
As for the newly added hidden challenges on the eighth and ninth floors, their difficulty was almost absurd.
Especially the hidden challenge on the final floor—Meng would certainly face an opponent at the seventh tier of life.
The Ape Lord did not believe anyone approaching the very limits of the mortal realm could still defeat an opponent of a higher tier.
With the training ground in complete disarray, Meng Chuan demonstrated the Gravitational Dao Principle, then returned to the private space with the Ape Lord.
The latter drank while stroking his long eyebrows in thought.
Finally, the Ape Lord nodded and agreed to the exchange.
Delight crossed Meng Chuan's face. He was just about to thank him when the Ape Lord looked at him and said calmly, "I'm agreeing to this exchange for more than your knowledge of gravity."
"I've already joined a major faction, True Spirit Valley. In time, I'll be able to learn all this, and even more. The main reason I agreed is that you once helped defend my homeland."
"Besides, to express my gratitude, I'll teach you some of what outsiders call combat arts. These are staff techniques unique to our ape race, involving the use of momentum. They should help both your weapon training and your actual combat."
After hearing him out, Meng Chuan bowed slightly in gratitude!
Those words made him feel faintly ashamed.
And Meng Chuan could tell that the Ape Lord was absolutely the sort who drew a clear line between love and hate.
In his eyes, Meng Chuan had done his homeland a kindness.
So he would not harbor