The Immortal Academy Elder was stunned. He stared blankly at Lunar Essence Shi Yi, who had reached the summit, unable to utter a word.
For a moment, he wondered whether the First Elder had secretly gone easy on him, withdrawing the power of the Great Dao laws from the Thirty-Three Heavens. Otherwise, how could anyone climb the final nine steps in a single breath?
"Each step is another heaven, and the farther you go, the harder it becomes to move. Yet he climbed straight to the summit in one sustained burst."
He recalled his own days as a young disciple, brimming with confidence and looking down on everyone, convinced that he was invincible beneath heaven. Full of certainty, he had challenged the thirty-three steps before the First Elder's residence, only to be forced to stop at the twenty-first.
Compared to Lunar Essence Shi Yi, he was nothing but a speck of dust, a mayfly.
At that moment, above the thirty-three steps, the Immortal Academy First Elder strode over from beneath a rugged ancient tree. His hair and beard were white, and he bore the ethereal air of an immortal. The vicissitudes of years shimmered in his eyes, and his gaze held an indescribable admiration as he looked at Lunar Essence Shi Yi.
How many people throughout history had traversed all the Thirty-Three Heavens in a single breath? Perhaps only the true Proud Sons of Heaven from the Immortal Ancient Era could have accomplished it.
"You are Shi Yi's Lunar Essence Body?" The Immortal Academy First Elder had never met Shi Yi, but he had long heard of his great renown-a prodigy of the Immortal Ancient Method, peerless in his brilliance.
"Shi Yi pays his respects to the First Elder."
Lunar Essence Shi Yi offered the salute of a junior. The