Within the mist-wreathed blessed land space.
Hong Yuan walked across the gray-white plaza, light and shadow shifting before his eyes.
[Blessed Land Dao Lord (gray), Ascending the Platform, ninth tier: Hong Yuan (19)] [Root bone: 9/100] [Comprehension: 9/100] [Talents: Qi Through All Bones, Clear Eyes Through the Nether] [Martial arts: Six Voids Force]
Ninth tier of ascending the platform?
Had I finally reached the ninth tier?
Hong Yuan looked at the ancient stone gate embedded in the void, seemingly having stood there for countless millennia, but felt little excitement.
After all, opening the gate to the blessed land and becoming its true Blessed Land Dao Lord required both martial might and worldly power to stand at the absolute pinnacle, beyond anyone's reach. For now, he had merely climbed the nine stone tiers.
Whoosh!
Hong Yuan strode forward and climbed the steps, reaching the top in an instant.
The stone gate was within arm's reach. Only now, up close, did he examine it once again.
Yet however he looked, even probing with his spiritual perception, the gate felt no different from ordinary stone and gave no response whatsoever.
He abandoned his inspection and reached forward, pressing his hand out. After barely a foot, he felt a thin barrier separating him from the stone gate like an unbridgeable chasm.
For now, Hong Yuan could only enter the blessed land space with his thoughts, so naturally he could not unleash his force to smash the gate open.
Having cultivated a secret art of the mind, however, he could use spiritual attacks, such as the Taiyin Soul-Slaying Curse.
But he did not attack the barrier with the curse. He knew without trying that it would be useless.
Standing atop the nine stone tiers, Hong Yuan did not leave immediately. Instead, he turned