"Hm?" Not only that, everyone behind Li Xiaoya saw the faint white light shining from his wrist!
Oh no! Li Xiaoya was inwardly alarmed, but it was too late to hide it. Under the gravity restriction, his movements were much slower than usual; even moving an arm took considerable effort. Ever since the Immortal Dao Chain had turned white, he had been unable to put it into storage treasures such as a Heaven-and-Earth Bag or Storage Pouch. Although it had given off some scorching heat earlier, this sudden burst of white light still caught him off guard.
What is this brat up to now? Those behind Li Xiaoya could not help wondering when they saw this, but none wasted magic power asking him, as though he owed them an explanation.
Right! They shouldn't know I have the Immortal Dao Chain! On second thought, Li Xiaoya suddenly realized his worries were unnecessary. Only Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, Mother Li, Li Muzhi, and Dong Santong knew he possessed it. The others who knew were cultivators from the Origin Continent, and almost all of them were dead. Naturally, no outsiders among the cultivators of Great Illusion knew about it yet. That reassured him considerably, and anticipation began to stir within him. If the Immortal Dao Chain could release a white barrier around his entire body and let him ignore the stairs' gravity restriction, as it had back at Spiritlight Lake, his chances of obtaining the treasure at the summit would increase enormously!
But!
There had to be a reason the Immortal Dao Chain had suddenly emitted white light, and it surely had something to do with the treasure at the summit. If so, what was the connection? Yet despite the white light, it did nothing to improve Li Xiaoya's climbing speed. The weight