Its aura had grown steadier and more restrained than before, like an ancient well deepened beyond sight.
Qin Yan came up to Little Black and asked, "Little Black, what just happened?"
Little Black chuckled. "A gift from that powerful member of the Nine Netherworld Heavenly Demon Royal Family."
"Qin Yan, if I wanted to, I could break through to Venerable right now."
Qin Yan nearly wept with envy.
Little Black had said Venerable, not Ninth Grade.
That meant Little Black's Body Refining was about to reach Venerable!
Little Black cultivated not only the path of the spirit but also Body Refining.
He was about to reach Ninth Grade in both spirit and Body Refining. He was cultivating even faster than Qin Yan.
"Qin Yan, let's keep climbing and see what's above," Little Black said.
Qin Yan and Little Black continued up the stairs.
After climbing a hundred steps, they came upon a massive statue of a dark demon dragon.
It was a statue of an Abyssal Prison Demon Dragon.
The entire statue was so deeply black it seemed to swallow the light.
Its coiling body resembled a mountain range of black stone crushed into a smaller space. Each dragon scale was several feet thick, its surface covered in dense Demon Race Runes.
The dragon held its head high. Its horns stabbed into the void like two curved black sickles, while its eyes resembled twin dark-red abysses.
Though it was only a statue, its draconic might seemed to warp the space around it.
"Qin Yan, this is an Abyssal Prison Demon Dragon, one of the Demon Race's supreme races," Little Black said.
After explaining, Little Black approached the statue again, hoping to receive its gift.
But this time, half a quarter-hour passed, then a full quarter-hour, then two. The Abyssal Prison