After proceeding steadily for more than ten days, on October 14, Zhang Tie had flown over 300,000 kilometers and finally arrived once more beneath the Icefire Astral Layer at the very edge of the Sky-Piercing Realm's firmament.
This Icefire Astral Layer, stretching several thousand kilometers, was like a boundary that divided the entire Sky-Piercing Realm, from top to bottom, into two utterly different worlds.
Below the Icefire Astral Layer lay the world of ordinary people. Above it was the gathering place of the Sky-Piercing Realm's strongest experts, a place holding countless secrets and treasures—as well as unimaginable perils and trials.
The last time he had come, Zhang Tie had only been at the Phantom Five Transformations. Even with the formidable abilities of God's Dominator, he had ultimately been forced to stop beneath the Icefire Astral Layer. This time, however, Zhang Tie had already reached the Firmament Seven Transformations. The Icefire Astral Layer that had once seemed like an impassable heavenly chasm was no longer an obstacle he could not overcome.
Of course, this time, Zhang Tie also had a companion beside him—a man known as the Cloud Immortal Elder.
Hovering beneath the Icefire Astral Layer, Zhang Tie raised his head. Halos of red and blue flickered in his clear pupils like meteors and rainbows.
As he once again studied the shifting red-and-blue boundary in the sky from close range, boundless pride surged within Zhang Tie's heart. He had gone from the Phantom Five Transformations to the Firmament Seven Transformations in just two years. Yet his current realm was not the end for him, but the beginning of his ascent toward even greater heights. His goal in entering the Mountain Ruins this time was to advance to half-sage within ten months.
Beneath the Icefire Astral Layer, within that thousand-kilometer-thick expanse of