Upper Yang Inner Landscape.
On the two-hundredth step of the Celestial Ladder.
As Jiang Ning's clear voice rang out, he sensed, in some unseen way, that his words had remained here, branded into the void.
If another climber reached this point on the Heaven-Climbing Stairway, they would hear the clear words he had just spoken and feel the encouragement of one who had gone before them.
As he listened to those countless interwoven voices grow from indistinct murmurs to clear speech, his heart had surged, and his resolve to pursue the Dao had grown firmer.
Only now did his stirring emotions slowly settle.
The two-hundredth step represents the realm of a Primordial Spirit Immortal!
In other words, I now meet the requirements for condensing a primordial spirit.
In the Primordial Era, someone who attained a primordial spirit could become an immortal on the spot!
As these thoughts surfaced, his confidence grew.
Primordial Spirit Immortal-that was Xia Xuanyan's realm.
He had also witnessed a Primordial Spirit Immortal in action: Daoist Qingyuan from Qingyuan Grotto-Heaven had struck at King Huai'an, Lu Zhan.
At the time, King Huai'an had already reached the first-rank Martial Dao pinnacle, merging his essence, qi, and spirit into one and entering the unity realm. He had even traveled farther along that path than Jiang Ning.
Yet he had still been wounded by a single sword strike from Daoist Qingyuan.
Even in an era that was not their own, they still possessed such extraordinary strength.
That alone demonstrated the might of a Primordial Spirit Immortal.
As stray thoughts crowded his mind, a ripple suddenly spread through the void overhead, and a will manifested with it.
It was the will of the Celestial Ladder, a product of this place, a rule triggered upon first reaching a hundred-step milestone.
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