Cultivation speed was very slow.

Now, with the aid of the Seven Emotions Sword Heart, he was more focused, and using action points made cultivation faster.

Yet, cultivating this Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique was still not much faster.

He had previously been at the Third Layer. Now, continuing on this Divine Mountain and adding action points, he had reached the Fourth Layer.

By this time, Little Jiao Huo's Spiritual Power hadn't yet recovered. She lay confused on Wang Mu's back, having reached thirty thousand steps.

She had lost count in her confusion.

After reaching thirty thousand steps, Wang Mu operated the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique while simultaneously activating his Spiritual Power to resist the pressure. After all, he was bearing the weight of two people.

They continued upwards.

As his Spiritual Power gradually depleted, his proficiency in the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique soared as well.

The higher they went, the stronger the pressure became. The Cultivation Technique's rate of increase was also faster, bringing the Fifth Layer closer and closer.

Step by step, stair by stair...

The Strange Beast was already speechless. Seven days of effort... thirty thousand steps... Following this pace, it will be just a few more days until they reach the summit. Less than half a month... Thinking of this, I feel these two hundred-plus years of my beast life were lived in vain. Damn it, where did such a monstrous human Cultivator come from? Over the years, quite a few human Cultivators have climbed Sealing God Mountain in the Bibo Sea, but I've never seen one so fast...

When they reached thirty-six thousand steps, the pressure climbed again. The last nine hundred steps seemed to be on another level entirely.

Wang Mu took a deep breath. As long as I climb the final nine hundred steps... my Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique should be able to reach another level.

At this moment, the Spiritual Power in his body was almost exhausted. No matter, I still have physical strength, he thought.

"Wang Mu, maybe I should come down..." Little Jiao Huo said timidly. "You seem to be in pain."

"No need. You staying on my back actually assists my Cultivation," said Wang Mu.

If you get down, the pressure on me would decrease, and the proficiency growth rate of the Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique would slow down. Whether you can withstand it is another matter, but I fear I won't break through to the Fifth Layer, Wang Mu thought.

"..." Little Jiao Huo was speechless.

Saying this, Wang Mu's steps felt as heavy as lead as he slowly climbed one stair after another on the long ladder.

His face was expressionless, his hands locking Little Jiao Huo securely on his back. He climbed like a merciless training machine.

At this moment, having no expression was perhaps the best expression. At least, in Little Jiao Huo's view, Wang Mu must be in pain.

Even Qiongqi could sense that this guy must be in great pain.

It was just that his will was too strong—so strong that he seemed oblivious to everything else, and thus showed no hint of expression.

A peerless, ruthless man! Qiongqi thought. This is someone not to be provoked in the future.

So, Qiongqi watched him carry that Little Merfolk, climbing step by step. Even though wounds began to appear on his body, cracked open by the immense pressure, he did not slow down at all.

Without stopping, he was determined to reach the top of the Divine Mountain in one go.

「At the summit.」

Qiongqi flew up.

"Why are you here again?"

"Your Highness, those two are about to reach the summit," Qiongqi whispered.

"?"

"Are you joking? It's only been a dozen days! Thirty thousand-plus steps! Even the most powerful would take a year and a half to climb that, wouldn't they?" the aquamarine Giant Dragon exclaimed, its mouth agape.

"Sense it for yourself..."

After a while, the Giant Dragon fell silent.

"I'll go report to the Great Immortal..."

「Moments later.」

The doors of the Palace opened.

A woman in a light blue dress walked out. Her body was enveloped in a layer of dark light, especially around her feet, which seemed indistinct, almost as if she were about to disappear.

"What's the matter?" The woman sounded displeased and very impatient.

The Giant Dragon carefully recounted what had happened.

"Three-Life Love... climbing Sealing God Mountain..." The woman paused. "It's rare indeed. Such a Romantic Destiny... to have come this far, they must be individuals with a profound connection... Ah..."

As if remembering something, she murmured to herself, He also can't sense it, and I don't have much time left... Since it's like this, then let's meet them...

"By the way, Qiongqi said one of them is your Registered Disciple."

"My Registered Disciple?" The woman was slightly startled.

Just then, a staggering figure emerged from the distant steps. Step by step—or more accurately, he crawled up.

Seeing that figure, the aquamarine Giant Dragon couldn't help but exclaim, "It's been a long time since I've seen such a terrifying Cultivator... Such willpower, to climb Sealing God Mountain in one go..."

The Cultivator was still carrying a tearful Little Merfolk.

"Great Immortal, look! It's them!"

The woman looked over. Like a bolt from the blue, her eyes widened.

"Three-Life Love?" she whispered, then, recognizing him, "Brother Mu... It can't be... How could you be here...?"

It was as if she had seen something utterly unbelievable.

Just then, the Cultivator also seemed to see her. After gently placing the Little Merfolk he carried on the ground behind him, he lay down, his face still expressionless. He then pulled out the Emperor Spirit Pearl and tossed it towards her.

His voice was as calm as that of a Cultivator who hadn't just climbed over thirty thousand steps.

"This Bead, I'm returning it to you."

What he tossed seemed not to be a mere Bead, but a thousand-year-old, dust-sealed emotion.

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