Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

As the Teleportation Array in the center of the main hall activated, space warped and the world turned upside down. By the time his vision cleared, Gu Yun found himself in another land.

"Where is this?"

Gu Yun used his Spiritual Sense to probe his surroundings, discovering a gloomy, boundless space before him, with no end in sight.

In front of him stood a massive platform nearly a thousand zhang high, like a great mountain piercing the clouds. Tiers of stairs led up its surface, all the way to the top.

At the very top stood an incredibly profound Dao Stele, branded with abstruse runes of immense depth.

’This sky-piercing ladder must be the trial,’ Gu Yun thought.

At this thought, Gu Yun’s figure flickered, and in an instant, he was before the cloud-piercing platform. He took a step onto it, and the very moment he set foot on the first stair, his expression sank and his eyes grew grave.

He discovered that as soon as he stepped onto the stairs, his body suddenly felt heavy. The next few steps were the same.

Gu Yun understood that this was likely the source of the trial’s difficulty. On the nearly thousand-zhang-high platform, if he wasn’t mistaken, there were a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.

Each step added a little more weight. The cumulative pressure halfway up would surely be immense.

But Gu Yun wasn’t discouraged. He would just go as far as he could. In any case, ever since entering the Secret Realm, just obtaining the Silver Nether Bee Venom had already made the trip worthwhile.

With that, Gu Yun began to climb, one step at a time.

Soon, Gu Yun reached the three-hundredth step. The pressure was already considerable. He paused his ascent to rest for a moment.

He then resumed his journey, climbing one deliberate step after another. After ascending another two hundred steps, beads of sweat had formed on his forehead. His entire body felt like it was being crushed by an immense force, as if a whole mountain was pressing down on his shoulders, making every movement incredibly difficult.

He looked up at the remaining four hundred and ninety-nine steps. If the weight continued to increase like this, he feared he wouldn’t be able to reach the top.

Even so, he would still give it his all.

He discovered that climbing these heavy steps could actually temper his Physique and, at the same time, make his True Yuan more refined.

The next moment, Gu Yun stepped onto the five hundred and first step. A terrifying gravity descended upon his entire body, and the effects of his Body Refining Martial Technique, the Thunder Gang Body, became apparent.

BOOM!

An overwhelmingly powerful aura erupted from him. The blood in his veins surged like a mighty river, creating a ROARING sound. At the same time, astonishing Thunder Arcs spread across his skin, flickering with a terrifying aura.

Following that, Gu Yun resisted the immense gravity and took another hundred steps upward.

Just as Gu Yun stepped onto the six hundred and first step, the gravity suddenly multiplied. It was as if dozens of great mountains were pressing down on him, making it impossible to move even an inch.

HUFF!

Gu Yun took a deep breath. Then, he pushed the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision to its limit. In a flash, Thunder coiled around his body, pulsating with a startling aura.

He then fiercely took another step forward. Enduring the suppressive gravity of dozens of mountains, Gu Yun gritted his teeth and reached the six hundred and eighth step.

Finally, enduring the overwhelming gravity, with his clothes torn, skin split, and robes stained with blood, Gu Yun gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, and used his last ounce of strength to step onto the six hundred and ninth step.

At the same time, under the immense pressure, his True Martial Realm unexpectedly broke through a Small Realm, reaching the True Martial Realm Fifth Layer Late Stage!

Furthermore, under the Body Tempering gravity of this heavenly ladder, his Thunder Gang Body had reached the Realm of Perfection. His entire Physique was now exceedingly powerful; without using any True Yuan, he could kill a True Martial Sixth Layer expert with a single punch.

In the face of such a huge improvement, the breakthrough in his Cultivation was clearly not as important.

"Sigh!"

Gu Yun glanced at the remaining three hundred and ninety steps leading up into the sky.

And at the Dao Stele branded with incredibly profound runes.

’It seems I’m not fated to reach it.’

"So be it, so be it!"

’After giving it my all, what I’ve gained is what I’ve fought for, and what I’ve lost was never truly mine to begin with.’

His Physique had made such a huge breakthrough, and his Cultivation had even broken through a Small Realm under the immense pressure. What more could he be dissatisfied with?

Besides, breaking through under such immense pressure had thoroughly consolidated his Cultivation Realm.

And besides, he still had the Silver Nether Bee Venom he hadn’t used yet.

With this in mind, he retreated down the steps one by one.

He soon returned to where he had started.

His skin had split open under the suppressive gravity that was like dozens of mountains, and his robes were soaked in blood. He was a tragic sight.

Yet, his entire being exuded an astonishingly powerful aura. The tyrannical pressure he released was so strong that no one would dare to look him directly in the eye.

At the same time, Gu Yun looked up at the massive, nearly thousand-zhang-high platform with its nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, then shook his head with a helpless sigh.

Then, Gu Yun sat down on the spot and consumed a Healing Elixir to recover.

「Meanwhile.」

In the outside world, fierce battles suddenly erupted over various Miracle Elixirs, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and more, causing the surrounding space to tremble.

And in a certain palace outside the Land of Trial,

A great battle had left the hard floor shattered and pockmarked with craters. The surroundings were covered in the scars of a brutal fight.

Several lifeless bodies lay toppled on the floor, blood flowing freely!

At the same time, a middle-aged Cultivator with sharp features and profound eyes, dressed in black robes, hovered in the air.

He was surrounded by a terrifying flow of black energy that swirled like black vortices devouring the void, emitting an incredibly frightening aura.

The middle-aged Cultivator, wreathed in black energy, muttered to himself in a low voice:

"According to the information Eagle Ghost provided, that place shouldn’t be far."

"A pity. If Eagle Ghost hadn’t been suddenly killed, I wouldn’t have to go through all this trouble."

"With his lingering aura,"

"If I happen to run into his killer, I’ll just erase them as I go..."

Gu Yun, of course, knew nothing of what was happening elsewhere.

He had now recovered from his injuries and was preparing to consume the Silver Nether Bee Venom in this deserted Land of Trial.

Thinking of this, Gu Yun sat down cross-legged.

With a wave of his hand, a bottle containing incredibly pure Silver Nether Bee Venom appeared in his grasp.

Gazing at the bottle of Silver Nether Bee Venom, which contained an immense amount of energy, Gu Yun drank it down. In an instant, the venom flowed down his throat and into his Dantian.

An extremely vast energy immediately erupted within his Dantian. Gu Yun activated the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision, beginning the Circulation of Heaven and Earth to guide the energy through the meridians of his body.

At the same time, he mobilized the vast True Yuan within him, which, like an unending tidal current, continuously refined the immense energy.

Meanwhile, astonishing Thunder Arcs continuously flickered around his body. The startling flashes of lightning seemed bright enough to illuminate the entire Land of Trial.

And as time slowly passed, Gu Yun’s aura continued to rise, until it reached its peak!

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