Chapter 217 : Chapter 217
Chapter 217: The Myriad Tribulations Stairway!
【Hearing this, you gained a very clear understanding of the current strength of your fleshly body.】
【Suddenly, it occurred to you that if you could raise your fleshly body to the Spirit Bone Realm here, or even to a higher realm, then would that not mean that once you returned to the Canglan Realm, you would become an invincible existence?】
【At that thought, your eyes began to change, and the corners of your lips lifted slightly without your noticing.】
【When Xuanyuan Tianji noticed the change in your expression, her next words were like a bucket of cold water poured over your head.】
【“What are you thinking?”】
【“Even if you break through to the Spirit Bone Realm, that still does not necessarily mean you can defeat someone in the Immortal Realm!”】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that a Spirit Bone Realm body only gave you the strength to fight against those in the Immortal Realm, but that even within the Immortal Realm, there was still a gap between ordinary cultivators and true prodigies.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that body cultivators were stronger in battle the lower their realm was, but the higher their realm became, the less they could match those who cultivated the immortal path.】
【“Unless...”】
【“Unless you can break through to a Saint Realm body!”】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that although body cultivators grew weaker in comparison at higher realms, once they broke through to the Saint Realm, their battle strength would undergo a qualitative transformation.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that body cultivators at that level could shatter all techniques with brute force alone, and that most Divine Powers could be broken with a single punch.】
【After hearing that, you once again began to yearn for Fleshly Sainthood, and you asked how far away you still were from a Saint Realm body.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji had not wanted to tell you, but after seeing the determination in your eyes, she let out a long sigh.】
【“After the Spirit Bone Realm comes the Undying Realm. At that realm, the fleshly body has already completely broken free from the limitations of the mortal body.”】
【“Beginning with the Undying Realm, the fleshly body becomes undying, never decays, and even gives off a fragrance.”】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that after the Undying Realm came the Sacred Body Realm.】
【“The Sacred Body Realm is still not the Saint Realm, but it is the beginning of the Saint Realm. Beyond that lies the true Saint Realm!”】
【When you heard that you were only four realms away from a Saint Realm body, you casually waved your hand in dismissal.】
【“Only four realms apart? That should not be too hard, right?”】
【When Xuanyuan Tianji heard you say that, she nearly cursed out loud.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you not to be fooled by how few realms body cultivation had. Breaking through them was not easy in the slightest.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that many body cultivators spent their entire lives stuck at the Undying Realm. Breaking through to an undying body was already an extremely difficult matter, let alone reaching the Saint Realm.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that because body cultivation was so difficult, and because before achieving Fleshly Sainthood it could not compare to immortal cultivation in battle, body cultivators were now almost nowhere to be seen.】
【You had been quite confident at first, but after hearing Xuanyuan Tianji’s explanation, you felt greatly discouraged.】
【“All right now. You were never a body cultivator to begin with. The main purpose of tempering your body is simply to improve your chances of surviving the Chaos Lightning Tribulation!”】
【“You should know that the Immortal-Demon Body is even more terrifying than Fleshly Sainthood!”】
【After Xuanyuan Tianji’s words of comfort, you regained your confidence.】
【Just as she had said, the main purpose of your coming here to temper your body was to prepare for tribulation.】
【At the same time, you also grew curious about Xuanyuan Tianji’s purpose in tempering her body.】
【From your earlier conversation, you had already learned that the path of body cultivation was extremely difficult, and that before achieving Fleshly Sainthood, it was largely a thankless effort.】
【So you asked Xuanyuan Tianji about it.】
【After hearing that, Xuanyuan Tianji only gave you a simple answer: the more, the better!】
【Clearly, you felt that Xuanyuan Tianji’s answer was just brushing you off, but you did not press her further.】
【You continued onward.】
【Within this sea of mist, you completely lost your sense of time and could no longer tell day from night.】
【Three days later!】
【Covered in sweat, you looked at Xuanyuan Tianji and asked whether she had managed to see through the situation here.】
【After walking for so long, although the surrounding mist blocked your vision, you could clearly feel that what lay beneath your feet were steps.】
【It was just that you did not know where those steps ultimately led.】
【Because of the gravity, your speed of advance was very slow.】
【From your perspective, although you did not know exactly how much time had passed, you had carefully kept count of how many steps you had climbed.】
【So far, you had already walked a full one thousand two hundred and thirty steps.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji looked deeply at the ground beneath her feet.】
【After a long while, Xuanyuan Tianji finally spoke.】
【“This place... is very likely the Myriad Tribulations Stairway!”】
【“The Myriad Tribulations Stairway?”】
【When you heard those four words, you instinctively thought that the steps beneath your feet were very likely ten thousand in number.】
【Right afterward, Xuanyuan Tianji’s explanation confirmed your guess.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that, just as its name implied, the Myriad Tribulations Stairway had a total of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine stone steps.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that every one thousand steps, the gravity would increase by another hundredfold, and every one hundred steps, it would increase by another tenfold.】
【The moment her words fell, you instantly realized that things were indeed exactly as Xuanyuan Tianji had said.】
【The moment you entered the mist, you were affected by a hundredfold increase in gravity, and as you continued deeper, that force kept growing stronger.】
【At first, you had not known the reason, but now that you heard this explanation, you suddenly understood.】
【At present, you had reached the one thousand two hundredth step, which meant that the gravity acting on you had already reached two hundred and twenty times normal.】
【“And not only that. Every time you pass another thousand steps, the power of the purple divine lightning around you also multiplies.”】
【“It seems this was not naturally formed, but created by human hands!”】
【With anticipation in her eyes, Xuanyuan Tianji raised her head and looked upward along the direction of the steps. Although all that met her eyes was layer upon layer of mist, her gaze seemed to pierce through it and reach the mountain summit.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that if this place was a trial ground created by someone, then that meant a reward for completing the trial would surely await at the summit.】
【In an instant, you also seemed to realize something, and your gaze grew burning hot as you looked up beyond the mist.】
【Just as Xuanyuan Tianji had said, it reminded you of Sword Mountain in the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm.】
【Back then, when you first entered Sword Mountain, it had also seemed like a trial. After reaching the summit, there had been a chance to obtain a Taixu Sword Fragment.】
【Thinking of this, you began to look forward to what kind of treasure might be waiting at the top.】
【You licked your lips and continued pressing forward!】
【Gradually, you and Xuanyuan Tianji reached the two-thousandth step.】
【After reaching the two-thousandth stone step, you discovered that the purple divine lightning around you had begun to turn faintly black, and its power had become even more violent.】
【After being struck by this purple divine lightning tinged with a trace of black, your body had already begun to slowly seep blood.】
【“Good thing I have the True Dragon Treasure Body to recover!”】
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