Self-Growing Soil, a Rare Treasure of the Immortal Dao!

On the Heaven-Climbing Stairway.

Jiang Ning looked at Bai Li's foxishly alluring eyes and shook his head.

"Senior Brother Bai!" he said.

"How many times has Junior Brother Jiang climbed the Heaven-Climbing Stairway?" Bai Li asked.

"This is my first time," he replied.

"Your first?" Bai Li nodded slightly. "Then you probably don't know much about the stairway."

At those words,

Jiang Ning immediately cupped his hands. "Please enlighten me, Senior Brother Bai!"

Bai Li nodded slightly and continued upward.

He stepped onto the next stair as though strolling through a courtyard. Nothing about him betrayed the tremendous pressure bearing down on him.

"In the Primordial Era, the Shangyang Immortal Sect left the Heaven-Climbing Stairway as a trial for its true disciples. It is also known as the Path to Immortality."

"The Path to Immortality?" Jiang Ning looked surprised.

Bai Li kept climbing. "This is the Upper Yang Inner Landscape, and we're both here in spirit form. The stairway tests the strength of our spirits. Reaching the hundredth stair means your spirit has reached the pinnacle beneath the Immortal Dao. Reaching the two hundredth means it rivals an immortal's, and becoming an immortal is all but assured!"

"Two hundred stairs, and you rival an immortal?" Jiang Ning murmured, turning to look at the tiers above.

"That's right." Bai Li had reached the stair where Jiang Ning stood.

"Senior Brother Bai, roughly how strong is a Primordial Spirit expert?" Jiang Ning asked.

"You're no ordinary man, Junior Brother Jiang. You even know about Primordial Spirit experts." Bai Li glanced at him, then said, "A Primordial Spirit expert is also called an immortal. In the Primordial Era, those who attained the Immortal Dao shed their mortal flesh and formed an Immortal Body. Nourished by that body in return, their souls transformed into