I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

Under the dark purple starry sky, Shen Tian stood on the 501st step.

The raging pressure of the laws has reached an astronomical level.

Less than half a meter in front of him, the burly man's phantom, holding a bronze giant axe upside down, was roaring to the sky. Although he couldn't hear the sound, the wild battle intent that could cleave through the stars poured into Shen Tian's sea of ​​consciousness along the river of time.

Without any hesitation, Shen Tian exerted force with his right leg, and the divine power bestowed by the [Ancient Divine Elephant] exploded within his body. His thigh muscles swelled instantly, and droplets of blood seeped from his skin.

He stepped over the burly man's position.

In that fleeting moment as they brushed past each other, the burly man's ethereal, glassy eyes seemed to shift slightly, and his gaze as he looked at Shen Tian's retreating figure revealed a sense of satisfaction that had transcended countless eras.

The next second, the giant man's afterimage transformed into countless golden fragments of law, flowing wildly into Shen Tian's back like rivers flowing into the sea.

Shen Tian could feel that the faintly emerging golden totem patterns on his body had become more solid.

That was proof that the fragments of the laws had completely integrated into the body thanks to the powerful regenerative abilities of the [Undying God-Demon Body].

He didn't stop, but continued his ascent towards higher ground.

Level 510, in front of the phantom of the woman holding the withered wooden staff.

Even if the seven-colored elemental storm surrounding the woman was just a replay of history, it still managed to cut out dark spatial rifts in the void.

Blood was flowing from all seven orifices of her body, yet her gaze remained fixed on the depths of the starry sky.

Shen Tian braved the colorful storm and passed the woman.

Ten thousand meters above the ground, the rolling blue sea of ​​clouds had completely dissipated, leaving behind a vacuum.

Ouyang Qianjue's eyes burned with intense fire.

"Elder, do you recognize that woman with the cane?"

Ouyang Qianjue's voice was hoarse.

Cang Yunzi's eyes widened, cold sweat beading on his forehead. He quickly flipped through the ancient texts in his mind, then gasped in shock:

"Could she be the Spirit Language Priest from the ancient Wilderness era? Legend has it that she single-handedly drained the entire Eastern Ocean!"

"It's her."

Ouyang Qianjue put his hands behind his back.

On the white jade steps, Shen Tian was still running wildly.

He stepped over the illusory figure of the old man playing the zither at the 530th level.

At level 580, a body-refining master, enveloped in starlight, raised his arms to support the sky.

Shen Tian shattered the law crystal pillar blocking his way with a single punch, and the resulting sonic boom cloud shattered the starlight into pieces.

Those once-unparalleled geniuses who amazed an era have been left behind one after another.

The aura of laws they left behind in the spacetime barrier, as if drawn by some force, transformed into streams of light and successively entered Shen Tian's body.

Xiao Ting lay on his back on the 365 steps.

A deep sense of powerlessness and absurdity arose in my heart.

Shen Tian's breathing gradually became heavy.

At the 600th step, the environment changes once again.

In the dark purple starry sky, the once still starlight began to spin wildly.

Shen Tian's legs felt like they were filled with lead; every time he lifted his foot, his bones creaked under the strain.

He stopped on the 600th step.

Directly in front of him stood the afterimage of a young man clad in tattered dragon scale armor.

The young man leaned on a broken, gleaming silver spear.

The young man's eyes remained as burning as the sun, fixedly staring at the void above.

The two looked at each other from a distance of half a meter.

It was a profound sense of history that was difficult to describe in words.

Shen Tian could clearly sense that the young man's cultivation level in his lifetime had surpassed the current limits of the human race on Blue Star!

Just how powerful were the human race back then?

What exactly happened to them back then that made them send their entire clan to the outer realms?

What was the final result?

These questions lingered in Shen Tian's mind.

Shen Tian quickly suppressed the thoughts that flashed through his mind.

One day, he will know the answer to everything!

The divine blood of the [Undying Divine Demon Body] circulated wildly within his body.

He took a deep breath and then slammed his right leg onto the step.

boom!

A mournful cry emanated from the surface of the white jade steps.

The towering white jade dragon, reaching tens of thousands of meters in height, shook violently, forcibly displacing the air around Shen Tian and creating a vacuum zone with a diameter of three meters.

Ten thousand meters in the air, Cang Yunzi's breath suddenly stopped, and his finger trembled as he pointed at Shen Tian's back:

"He...he's going to continue? Level 600!"

The elder on the right with the hooked nose had eyes that were about to pop out of their sockets.

Shen Tian suddenly ripped his hands forward, his five fingers like divine weapons.

"Open it!"

Shen Tian let out a deep, angry roar, his arm muscles bulging high, and his veins standing out like angry dragons.

A piercing tearing sound echoed throughout the entire white jade staircase. The law wall blocking the way at the 601st level was torn open by his pure physical strength, creating a two-meter-wide crack.

He stepped into it, passing the afterimage of the young man with the gun.

As the young man's afterimage passed by Shen Tian, ​​a slightly relieved smile suddenly appeared on his previously stiff face.

Immediately afterwards, the broken Dragon Gallant Silver Spear transformed into a dazzling stream of starlight, shooting straight into Shen Tian's right arm and leaving a mysterious mark that shimmered with silver light.

Shen Tian felt the explosive force coming from his right arm and did not stop.

Level 620, Level 650!

He was like a bulldozer, crushing one myth after another created by the ancient sages.

Along the way, the lingering images of ancient sages, some holding celestial books, others riding strange beasts, all became mere historical embellishments in Shen Tian's eyes.

"Is this guy trying to reach the top in one go?"

Ouyang Qianjue's expression was solemn, but a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

Shen Tian arrived at the seven hundredth step.

The dark purple starry sky had completely turned into a pitch-black void, with only the ten-thousand-meter-tall golden statue at the end of the steps emitting a faint golden light.

Shen Tian stepped onto the seven hundredth step.

His five senses were instantly stripped away; he could not hear sound, see light, or even feel the existence of his own body.

In this absolute, deathly darkness, a gray-clad figure stood silently with his back to him.

hum-

A visible ring of dark golden ripples burst forth from Shen Tian's body, forcibly tearing a tiny crack in the viscous darkness.

Using this faint sense, he re-locked onto the gray-clad figure in front of him.

It was an extremely ordinary view from behind.

There were no grand rules surrounding him, only a rough gray cloth robe.

Yet in this absolute, deathly silence, he was the center of the entire world, and the surrounding darkness, like stardust captured by gravity, slowly revolved around him.

Just as Shen Tian regained his footing, the gray-clad figure moved.

He turned his head slightly.

With this subtle movement, a vast, semi-transparent river surged forth from beneath the gray-clad man's feet, its surface reflecting countless images of stars fading and the great wilderness collapsing.

"You've finally arrived."

A hoarse, aged voice, yet possessing the power to cleave through countless galaxies, pierced through the void without hindrance and exploded directly in Shen Tian's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

Shen Tian's heart skipped a beat.

The lingering images of the sages ahead are merely historical remnants replayed on the celestial steps.

Although they are powerful, they are ultimately just inanimate objects.

But this gray-clad man in front of us actually possesses self-awareness?

Across countless eras, across the river of time, I sensed his presence!

"Don't be surprised. What remains here is merely a lingering obsession that I forcibly severed back then."

The gray-clad man's voice rang out again, as if he had seen through Shen Tian's thoughts. He slowly turned around.

Shen Tian saw that face. It was a face like dried tree bark, with eyes like two bottomless dry wells.

There were no whites in their eyes, no pupils, only two swirling gray nebulae.

"To those who come after you, your path will be ruthless."

The gray-clad man's gaze fell on Shen Tian's bare upper body, examining the golden law fragments embedded in his flesh.

"To try to defy the laws of heaven and earth with a mortal body. Even in the ancient wilderness, no one dared to do such a thing."

Shen Tian faced the two gray nebulae without flinching.

He could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the other person; it was a level of life that was beyond his comprehension.

Shen Tian's voice echoed in the darkness.

"May I ask, senior, what exactly happened back then?"

What was the outcome of that battle?

The man in gray raised his withered right hand and lightly touched the air with his fingertips.

boom!

The darkness surrounding Shen Tian shattered instantly, replaced by a vast and boundless starry sky.

No, that wasn't an ordinary starry sky. It was a star field stained red with blood.

Countless terrifying creatures, each as large as a mountain, are engaged in a fierce battle in deep space with powerful human warriors piloting bronze warships.

Every second, stars were blasted apart, and terrifying energy annihilated, sweeping across the airspace for millions of kilometers.

"Back then, when spiritual energy was depleted, we forged the Kunlun Bronze Palace and ventured into deep space."

The gray-clad man's voice carried an ancient, desolate quality.

"In order to leave a last glimmer of life for this homeland, we severed the coordinates between our ancestral star and the outer realms. It was an expedition with no return."