"This is something you must accomplish. Otherwise, you will have no chance at all seven years from now." Old Sun's expression turned solemn as he spoke sternly.
"Only after breaking through to the second realm will I be able to fight Wu Longfeng?" A thought stirred in Huang Xiao's mind, and he asked.
But Old Sun shook his head. "Not enough. Far from enough!"
Huang Xiao froze, then hurriedly asked, "Even the second realm isn't enough?"
"You should know that the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art can make your cultivation exceptionally profound. Unfortunately, this art's power falls far short of other extraordinary arts," Old Sun said.
"Then my breakthrough to the second realm is for...?" Something suddenly occurred to Huang Xiao as he spoke.
"That's right. It's for your Heavenly Demon Skill," Old Sun said directly. "To give you a chance to break through to the ninth stage of the Heavenly Demon Skill!"
"The ninth stage?" Huang Xiao's expression grew exceptionally grave.
Breaking through to the eighth stage back then had already been extraordinarily difficult. More than merely difficult-it had carried the danger of cultivation deviation and the risk of death.
The eighth stage had been so dangerous already. For the ninth stage, the difficulty and danger would rise even more sharply.
It was not that Huang Xiao did not want to break through to the ninth stage, but his current strength was wholly insufficient, and he had no confidence that he could survive the breakthrough.
"The Heavenly Demon Skill is the supreme demonic art of the Demonic Path. Even looking back a thousand years, the only person who mastered the ninth stage was probably the founding ancestor of the Heavenly Demon Sect. From what this old man can deduce, breaking through to the ninth stage requires exceptionally profound internal power.