Chapter 66: The Diamond God's Soul Appears, Sun Yuan Steps on the Staircase
He stabilized his own disordered breathing, Sun Yuan carefully stared at Sun Wukong's movements. Although he had now stood firm on his feet, the pressure exerted by the green stone steps on his mind had not diminished in the slightest.
Sun Yuan let Sun Wukong go up first, also wanting to see if there was anything special about the other steps. As the Monkey King moved, Sun Yuan's eyes stared at him without blinking, with a concerned expression.
Only the Monkey King's body moved, taking a stride onto the second step. His body involuntarily swayed, clearly affected by the ban. However, as one of the Four Great Spirit Monkeys, the Monkey King quickly adapted to this pressure and accumulated enough strength to take another step up.
But contrary to Sun Yuan's expectations, on this staircase the Monkey King seemed to be unrestricted, his speed not decreasing in the slightest. Under Sun Yuan's astonished gaze, he swiftly stepped on dozens of stairs, as if nothing had happened. In an instant, all 108 stairs were traversed by the Monkey King.
"Hurry up and come on!" The Monkey King stood still, beckoning to Sun Wukong with his hand. He then flapped his nose wings, looked around in all directions, and let out a joyful whoop from his belly, saying "I'll go take a look around first, the scenery here isn't bad, I reckon there might be some mountain fruits or something, I'll go find some to fill my hunger."
Seeing the Monkey King leave, Sun Yuan took a deep breath and stepped onto the second step. As expected, another surge of power pressed down on his soul, but this time he was prepared. His body was even more stable than the first time, yet the pressure on his soul from the second step was twice that of the first step. Even with Sun Yuan's astonishing cultivation, he felt a bit uncomfortable at this moment!
Look, the Monkey King has already started circling in front of the cave's square. Sun Yuan knew he couldn't wait any longer. If he waited until the people from Xie Yue San Xing Cave came out and he still hadn't gone up, his chance to become a disciple would likely become extremely slim, which was absolutely not what he wanted to see.
Gritting his teeth, Sun Yuan took a deep breath and stepped up two steps to the fourth floor. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and almost couldn't stand upright.
At this moment, even with his solid divine soul that had been tempered for hundreds of years, he could hardly bear the heavy pressure. According to his secret estimation in his heart, every step up to a higher level would bring eight times more pressure on one's divine soul than the previous level. At this moment, under such enormous pressure, his divine soul was compressed into a ball in the spiritual sea, and its surface had already appeared with fine cracks, apparently unable to bear the weight any longer.
Wave after wave of severe pain accompanied by intense pressure kept appearing in Sun Yuan's mind, and in a daze, he suddenly felt as if he had put on the Tightening Curse. A vague intuition told him that if he took another step forward, his soul would not be able to withstand it and would shatter completely. What would happen then was hard to predict, but one thing was certain - it would definitely be bad!
But thinking of his pursuit over the years, thinking of all his plans, Sun Yuan steeled himself, gritted his teeth and stepped up again. The fifth level of the staircase brought him twice as much pressure on his soul as the fourth layer, and the immense pressure brought him endless pain. This pain seemed to have reached the limit of what he could endure, although Sun Yuan had expected it, but he couldn't imagine that the shattering of his soul would be so painful!
As the pressure in his mind increased further, Sun Yuan's soul suddenly burst open from being compressed into a ball, and in an instant, it dissipated under the terrifying pressure. Sun Yuan felt a wave of overwhelming pain, and his consciousness instantly fell into darkness, but his main consciousness had already completely dispersed.
At this time, the Qing Shi Tai, which had detected that the cultivator had reached his limit, would automatically release a seal to repel the cultivator. However, just as it was about to activate, the Diamond God Soul Core that Sun Yuan's mind had formed after traversing the vast universe suddenly emerged. The terrifying pressure in his mind immediately found an outlet, and the green light on the Qing Shi Tai seemed to sense something, and dissipated once again.
At this time, although Sun Yuan's main consciousness was trapped in endless darkness, the thread of obsession in his heart drove him forward. Sun Yuan took another step forward, entering the sixth level. The pressure of the sixth level was twice that of the fifth level, but for a diamond core that could withstand the destruction of the universe, this pressure seemed to be insufficient! Under this terrifying pressure, the diamond core continued to wander slowly in Sun Yuan's sea of consciousness.
Sun Yuan, who had lost his main consciousness, stepped onto the 108th step of the staircase due to the effect of the diamond core in his mind. Although the first 108 steps brought a soul pressure that was 107 times greater than the first level, it still had no effect on Sun Yuan's diamond soul core. Therefore, relying on the last bit of obsession before he fainted, Sun Yuan's body stepped over the final step.
After stepping onto the mountain slope, the terrifying pressure in Sun Yuan's mind suddenly dissipated, and without external pressure, the Diamond God Soul Core quickly secreted a burst of golden aura, which dispersed and surrounded him, gradually restoring his main consciousness.
These golden auras are the carrier of Sun Yuan's main consciousness! And the diamond divine soul core is hidden again in the center of Sun Yuan's divine soul, continuing to wait, waiting for Sun Yuan to reach the conditions to use it!
Sun Yuan's body swayed and with a thud, he fell to the ground, but he gradually came back to himself.
Looking down at the 108 steps below, Sun Yuan couldn't help but feel a little scared. He clearly remembered that he had fainted on the fifth step, but didn't know why. Afterwards, he somehow managed to climb up all 108 steps. Sun Yuan was clear in his mind that with his current spiritual strength, it was absolutely impossible for him to have climbed up, unless someone had lent a helping hand, just like Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong had indeed passed the first two levels of stairs by himself, but it was very clear that from the third level of stairs on, the effect of these stairs disappeared. It was obvious that someone had intervened! The more than 100 stairs behind him, the beautiful monkey king just stepped on like flat ground, this is simply cheating!
But what about Sun Yuan? Judging from the situation, it seems that someone is helping him and giving him a green light? But Sun Yuan knew that this was fundamentally impossible! Although his main consciousness had been lost, he still vaguely remembered the terrifying pressure of the 108th level staircase. So, there was absolutely no one helping him, so how did he get through it?
