After arranging things for Yingxue and the others, Ruan Xiyan gave them some more instructions before heading towards the Heavenly Staircase.
After several days of training, she could easily climb the eightieth step on the Heavenly Staircase.
Ruan Xiyan glanced at the last twenty steps remaining ahead.
Perhaps we can conquer it all today.
She wanted to see what lay at the top of the Heavenly Staircase!
Ruan Xiyan stepped towards the eighty-first step.
The first few steps were relatively easy, but as they went on, not only did the pressure increase, but the chill also intensified.
Even though she was more resistant to cold than the average martial artist, she still felt the biting chill here.
This was something that had never happened since she made a contract with the Frostfall Sword.
The chill emanating from the Heavenly Staircase was comparable to that of the Frostfall Sword.
When she reached the ninetieth step, Ruan Xiyan's figure swayed under the pressure and chill from all around.
She raised her hand and took out the Frostfall Sword from her spatial storage, holding it in her hand.
The tip of the Frostfall Sword pressed against the step, giving her some support.
Disciples who attempt to ascend these towering steps are not restricted in their methods and can use all their skills, such as spiritual treasures and artifacts, to resist the oppressive force.
As long as you can make it to the top in the end, that's a skill.
Unfortunately, the oppressive aura and chilling coldness on the Heavenly Staircase are so natural that they cannot be resisted by ordinary things.
The Frostfall Sword appeared in Ruan Xiyan's hand, though she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination.
She felt the chill around her lessen somewhat, as if the chill from the Frostfall Sword and the chill from the Heavenly Staircase had matched.
There seemed to be an aura between the two, an invisible contest.
The Frostfall Sword trembled and emitted a loud sword cry.
The tip of the sword involuntarily pointed towards the summit of the Heavenly Staircase.
"This is a resonance!" the wind spirit in the space suddenly said.
“The Frostfall Sword is a divine weapon; there are very few things in the world that can evoke its resonance.” Bi Qiong patted his head, his mind full of questions.
"But this is indeed a resonance sound. What's going on? Could it be that there's something at the top of the Heavenly Staircase that attracts the Frostfall Sword?"
“We’ll know once we go up and take a look,” Ruan Xiyan said, taking another step forward.
With the Frostfall Sword in hand, she did feel that the pressure and coldness around her had lessened considerably.
Ruan Xiyan quickened her pace, intending to rush forward in one go.
Ninety-seventh floor, ninety-eighth floor, ninety-ninth floor, one hundredth floor!
As Ruan Xiyan stepped onto the hundredth floor, the scenery before her eyes changed.
The swirling white mist around us gradually dissipated, revealing a huge ice rooftop.
As Ruan Xiyan reached the summit, all the steps leading to the heavens changed.
A beam of light shot into the sky from the top of the Heavenly Steps, piercing through the clouds.
At the same time, a golden light spread from top to bottom, coating the entire staircase to heaven with a halo.
This rare and unusual sight was clearly visible to all the disciples of Ice Feather Palace, attracting their attention.
Their eyes were filled with deep confusion. "What happened? What's going on?"
"I don't know. I've been cultivating on the Heavenly Steps for many years and have never seen such a magnificent sight."
"Wasn't it Ruan Xiyan who went up the Heavenly Staircase earlier?"
"Yeah, is there any connection between the two? Wait, you don't mean she caused such a huge commotion at the Heavenly Staircase, do you? That's impossible!"
“What’s impossible? She’s Ruan Xiyan, she’s climbed eighty steps, what else is impossible?”
"Even if one day she says she has reached the top of the stairway to heaven, I wouldn't be unable to believe it."
As they spoke, they looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Their necks suddenly stiffened and twisted, their eyes fixed on the top of the steps leading to heaven.
Could this strange phenomenon on the Heavenly Staircase really be caused by Ruan Xiyan reaching the summit?!
Just then, Yu Huaiting received the news and rushed over in a hurry.
"Palace Master, this is..." The elder guard also looked towards the Heavenly Staircase.
Yu Huaiting looked surprised. "The only reason for this strange phenomenon is that young friend Ruan has reached the summit."
"Reached the top! Just a few days ago, she could only reach the eightieth floor, right?"
Yu Huaiting sighed, "Young friend Ruan's talent is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Such an outstanding talent cannot be kept by the mere Ice Feather Palace."
"She will surely go to a wider world in the future, but I am already very content that she and Ice Feather Palace have had this period of time together."
Yu Huaiting took it all in stride; such a prodigy was not someone the Ice Feather Palace could keep.
If one day she becomes an unparalleled powerhouse, she can say that she was once a disciple of the Ice Feather Palace, which will bring great prestige to the Ice Feather Palace.
Ruan Xiyan walked on the smooth, icy rooftop.
Three irregularly shaped, towering stone pillars surround a huge jade plate. Each pillar is as tall as a person and has naturally formed red patterns carved on it.
The stone pillar was surrounded by twinkling starlight, while the most starlight gathered at the jade plate in the center.
Just as Ruan Xiyan finished surveying her surroundings, the Frostfall Sword in her hand seemed to be drawn by something and suddenly flew uncontrollably forward.
As the Frostfall Sword flew above the jade plate, the scattered starlight converged, eventually forming a Frostfall Sword the size of a palm.
The miniature Frostfall Sword seemed both real and illusory.
"Another Frostfall Sword?!" Azure Sky, who was in the space, widened her eyes instantly. "Could it be that what caused the Frostfall Sword to resonate just now was this mini Frostfall Sword?"
Even the usually knowledgeable Feng Ling showed a thoughtful expression.
"A treasure that can resonate with a divine artifact is either a treasure of the same level as it, or it is possible that they are originally of the same kind."
Feng Ling looked at the small sword that was exactly the same as the Frostfall Sword, "With such a similar appearance, could it be the sword spirit of the Frostfall Sword?"
Some peerless treasures can indeed give birth to spirits with their own consciousness; the Wind Spirit is the spirit of the Wind Spirit Space.
The Frostfall Sword, in its prime, is an extremely powerful artifact, so it's understandable that it would give birth to a sword spirit.
A sword with a sword spirit can reach an even higher level of power.
Ruan Xiyan still looked puzzled. "As far as I know, sword spirits are all non-existent ethereal entities, but the miniature Frostfall Sword in front of me doesn't seem to be an ethereal entity at all."
“That’s certainly true in a normal sense, and if it really were the spirit of the Frostfall Sword, how could it be here?” Feng Ling agreed.
Hearing the conversation between Feng Ling and Ruan Xiyan, and looking at the large and small Frostfall Swords in front of him.
A jumble of chaotic images flashed through Azure Sky's mind. It suddenly crouched down on the ground, clutching its head in pain.
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