In the first few levels, Transcendent Realm cultivation was enough to break through. For Lord Mingcheng, they naturally posed no problem.
He cleared three consecutive stages with ease. As he scaled the pagoda, it could be said that he did so effortlessly, without spending so much as a breath.
But upon reaching the fourth level, the difficulty clearly saw a slight improvement and increase.
Still, it was only the fourth level. It could not place much pressure on Lord Mingcheng; compared to the first three levels, it merely took him a little longer.
Overall, there was no great obstacle.
And so, he passed the fifth level as well, unobstructed and with ease.
However, upon reaching the Sixth Level, Lord Mingcheng clearly encountered a problem. He was stuck on the Sixth Level for a full five times his usual amount of time before barely managing to pass.
Then, the seventh level took even longer.
By the Eighth Level, Lord Mingcheng had spent a full eight days.
It was not difficult to tell that Lord Mingcheng had exerted every last ounce of strength before finally barely passing the Eighth Level.
Afterward, at the ninth level, Lord Mingcheng did not hold on for long before the image in the pool vanished completely.
"What happened? Why did the image disappear?" the experts asked one after another.
Wan Huaruo calmly explained, "Daoist Friend King Mingcheng has already failed at the ninth level and emerged from the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda."
"How is that possible? Our Lord Mingcheng did worse than you in the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda?" Many Taiyuan Palace experts found this impossible to accept.
Wan Huaruo had passed the ninth level, while their King Mingcheng had only passed the Eighth Level and failed on the Ninth. Did that not mean he