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"Hahaha... Nothing will stop me from going forward!"

"Even if I die and my soul scatters, I will never retreat!"

On the forty-eighth stone stair, Qin Hao steadied himself and burst into wild laughter. He drew his Long Sword and, inch by inch, raised it against the crushing pressure. Its tip pointed straight at the forty-ninth stone stair. "No matter how strong this pressure is, it has a limit. My will has none!"

An Unyielding Battle Will erupted from Qin Hao. Streams of Sword Force rapidly converged, gathering at the sword's tip into a single point.

"Break!"

Qin Hao roared and brought his Long Sword down.

Boom!

The Sword Force, bearing his will, slammed into the immense pressure.

And the pressure here was at least ten times that of the forty-eighth stone stair!

"Hahaha..."

After that strike, Qin Hao did not even look at the result. Without a moment's hesitation, he leaped onto the forty-ninth stone stair.

Rumble...

The heavens and earth changed color. Boundless pressure engulfed him, and Qin Hao's vision went black. He nearly passed out.

Agony tore through his soul as if a thousand blades were carving him apart and he were being tossed through boiling oil.

Yet although he swayed on the verge of collapse, he held his ground!

He had reached the forty-ninth stone stair!

An Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple!

"Again!"

Qin Hao roared, his consciousness already on the brink of breaking apart.

Boom!

Another sword strike.

Then Qin Hao stepped forward once more.

Boom!

Agony exploded through his soul, and Qin Hao lost consciousness completely. At the same moment, an invisible yet incomparably gentle force radiated from the Palace at the end of the Azure Flame Heavenly Stairway and enveloped him.

Below the Azure Flame Heavenly Stairway.

"Hiss..."

"Hiss..."

Everyone sucked in a