Breaking Through the Stages Was as Easy as Eating and Drinking

Breaking through the stages in one go tested not only your combat strength, but also your stamina and skill.

With the same martial technique, some cultivators could use a tiny amount of spiritual energy to unleash tremendous power, while others used a great deal of spiritual energy to produce only a weak effect.

That was what made the Heaven-Reaching Tower so freakish.

It tested how much spiritual energy you had stored up. If you had too little, there was a good chance you'd come to a halt at the tenth stage when your spiritual energy ran dry.

The disciples outside, including the three old men who had been so confident earlier, had already been stunned by Ye Lin's terrifying speed.

Ye Lin's speed was simply too astonishing.

In just fifteen minutes, Ye Lin had already reached the eighteenth stage. That was the eighteenth stage!

They were immediately thrown into disarray.

"Maybe he really can make it to the fortieth stage. Should we break our agreement later?"

Meng Yun asked the two old men beside him uncertainly. The two old men rolled their eyes at Meng Yun.

Their eyes brimmed with contempt. He'd already sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao, and he was still thinking about breaking their agreement? Was he tired of living?

Meanwhile, Ye Lin, inside the Heaven-Reaching Tower, was also beginning to find things a little tricky.

Before him stood a gigantic stone man dozens of meters tall. Its entire body radiated the aura of a peak Spirit Transformation cultivator, and every movement carried the power to destroy heaven and earth.

The stone man was not only immensely strong; its defense was downright terrifying, too. Ye Lin's casual strike hit it like a tickle.

"Sword Two, One Sword Opens Mountains and Seas—slash!"

Spiritual energy surged through Ye