Xu Qing sped along, moving dozens of meters with each step, quickly leaving behind the young man who had previously been in seventh place.3

That young man watched him go, feeling both anxious and powerless.1

The disparity between us... is just too great.5

He knew that Xu Qing was strong. After all, Xu Qing had been the first to reach 3,000 meters. He also knew he couldn’t compare to Xu Qing. But he had never imagined that Xu Qing would be so terrifyingly beyond him. As far as he was concerned, being able to move so quickly while at such a great height was outrageous and nearly unbelievable. Thanks to the rancorous will attacks from the pillar, he was trembling in both body and soul. And his sea of consciousness felt like it was being ripped apart.1

Xu Qing, meanwhile, was moving upward without any trouble at all. After having refined his Ghost Emperor mountain, its capacity increased significantly. Eventually, the rancorous souls appeared in his sea of consciousness every thirty meters. They took all sorts of shapes and forms, but Xu Qing could tell that most were nonhuman. The humans among them were the mi...0