He helplessly shook his head, but he knew she was right. It would be a huge loss if someone reached the top before him.
After deciding to ask about the issue later, he calmly stepped towards the fifth stair.
Each step upward multiplied the oppressive force, testing his foundation, intent comprehension, physique, and soul—yet, Shen Yuan passed effortlessly through each trial, his high mastery of Intent kept improving from the pressure of the trials.
While he didn't even need to use all of his Physiques to withstand the pressure, merely his False Chaos Physique withstood all the pressure of the stairs. The physique had been passively strengthening his body ever since he had first cultivated it, slowly inching his body closer to the Chaotic Lifeforms of the past.
But his body was still infinitely far away from them, and the physique could never hope to accomplish it as well due to its false nature.
