Chapter 584: One Step Forward, a Vast Sky

"The ninth floor! Ye Yuan has entered the ninth floor! He... he has surpassed Li Fantian and become the number one person in ten thousand years!"

Seeing Ye Yuan's name appear on the ninth floor on the light screen, Guo Taoqun suddenly cried out in surprise.

Ever since they learned that Ye Yuan had entered the eighth floor, these few had no heart left for seclusion.

Especially since Ye Yuan had stayed on the eighth floor for a full ten days, which only whetted their appetites.

Even Qihai would occasionally look up at the light screen, wondering if Ye Yuan had entered the ninth floor.

But Ye Yuan seemed to have stalled on the eighth floor, showing no movement at all.

Guo Taoqun and the others simply agreed to take turns watching for a day each, to see if Ye Yuan would enter the ninth floor.

Until today, Guo Taoqun finally saw Ye Yuan's name appear on the ninth floor!

At his shout, everyone stood up abruptly.

These people knew all too well what the ninth floor meant!

At some unknown point in time, Li Fantian's name had been crowned with the title of "Number One Genius in Ten Thousand Years."

And now, that title was about to be bestowed upon Ye Yuan!

Although Boundless Realm was only a small world, how many geniuses had been born in ten thousand years?

Among these geniuses, there were some extraordinarily brilliant figures, such as Grand Truth Lord Lu Linfeng!

But now, all these so-called geniuses would have to bow their heads in submission at Ye Yuan's feet!

These former strongest of the younger generation were witnessing a historic moment, and their excitement and admiration were beyond words.

From the moment Ye Yuan broke into the eighth floor, these four had set aside all their arrogance, including Liu Hong.

No matter how arrogant they were, they knew they could never break into the eighth floor themselves.

The gap between the fifth and eighth floors was not a trivial matter.

Now that Ye Yuan had entered the final floor, they were filled with the utmost admiration.

As Qihai had said before, perhaps one day they would be proud to have followed Ye Yuan!

"Although it's just a legend, the difficulty of these last three floors must be beyond our imagination. For Ye Yuan to break through two floors in a row under such difficulty is truly astonishing!" Qin Yan said.

"Back then, even a figure as brilliant as Grand Truth Lord only managed to enter the seventh floor. Now that Ye Yuan has entered the ninth floor, his achievements should at least be no less than his, right?" Guo Taoqun said.

"That's certain! From ancient times to the present, no one has ever entered the ninth floor. At the very least, Ye Yuan cannot be inferior to Grand Truth Lord!" Qin Yan said.

"Heh, Ye Yuan's legend will probably circulate in our Boundless Realm for many years! I now feel that being his attendant isn't so bad. Perhaps after he ascends to the Divine Realm, we too can rise with him!" Guo Taoqun said.

"Bah! You're the one who's a chicken or a dog! But I do now truly believe that Ye Yuan is a man of great fortune; staying by his side might bring endless benefits!" Qin Yan said.

Yin Yanhua, standing by, nodded silently, clearly in agreement with this statement.

And although Liu Hong said nothing, his expression showed that he no longer had any qualms about becoming Ye Yuan's attendant.

Qihai remained silent, staring blankly at the light screen, lost in thought.

...

In the ninth-floor space, the man in black looked at Ye Yuan across from him and sighed, "You've finally come in. I thought you would choose to withdraw."

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I don't have the habit of giving up halfway."

"Do you think, with your current strength, you can pass this ninth floor? With your intelligence, you should be able to guess how powerful this palm strike is. With your current strength, it's impossible to get through! And the consequence of not getting through... is death! You are the most talented youth in ten thousand years; I would be reluctant to kill you with my own hands." The man in black said.

Having witnessed Ye Yuan's extraordinary talent all along, the man in black naturally found it hard to bear destroying such a genius.

"Heh, how will I know without trying? Senior, please make your move!" Ye Yuan said calmly, unconcerned.

The man in black fell silent. The reason he judged that Ye Yuan could not pass the ninth floor was that Ye Yuan had done nothing for the last five days—he had spent them in seclusion on the eighth floor, meditating!

Earlier, Ye Yuan had taken three days to find a way to mobilize the power of true dragon, which had truly impressed the man in black.

But what puzzled him was that Ye Yuan had spent the next five days in meditation!

Martial techniques differ from comprehending artistic conception; they require constant practice.

Especially dragon clan martial techniques, which demand even more time to hone.

Ye Yuan didn't think that just by mobilizing the power of true dragon, he could pass the ninth floor, did he?

Mobilizing the power of true dragon to deliver a palm strike and using the Coiling Dragon Breaks the Sky Palm to deliver a palm strike were two completely different concepts!

Or perhaps, in these five days, Ye Yuan had been comprehending the Coiling Dragon Breaks the Sky Palm but had gained nothing?

No matter how one looked at it, Ye Yuan had no hope of passing the ninth floor.

"I advise you to give up! The ultimate palm of the Coiling Dragon Breaks the Sky Palm, even if I use only twenty percent of my strength, is not something you can withstand now. If you had comprehended the Coiling Dragon Breaks the Sky Palm, it would be a different story—though you couldn't win, you would at least have the means to protect yourself. But you have only grasped the method to mobilize the power of true dragon, without even entering the door of the Coiling Dragon Breaks the Sky Palm. It's impossible for you to survive!" After a moment of silence, the man in black still warned.

It wasn't that the man in black didn't think highly of Ye Yuan; on the contrary, he thought very highly of him.

But he knew even better the power of the Coiling Dragon Breaks the Sky Palm!

The might of this martial technique was something Ye Yuan could not comprehend.

The difficulty of this ninth floor was simply too extreme!

"You should withdraw from the Haotian Tower first. You are still young. Come back to the Haotian Tower in ten years, and this ninth floor will be nothing to you! By then, you will also experience the feeling of looking down from the summit! Young man, sometimes taking a step back opens up a vast sky!" The man in black advised.

Ye Yuan looked at the man in black, then suddenly broke into a smile and said, "Thank you for your concern, Senior, but I still want to challenge this ninth floor! In my world, behind me are cliffs and precipices; ahead is the vast sky!"

It was no grand declaration, but the strong confidence revealed by Ye Yuan moved the man in black.

Yet in the man in black's view, he still could not understand Ye Yuan's thinking.

Taking a step back opens up a vast sky—that was the man in black's understanding of life.

But taking a step forward opens up a vast sky—that was Ye Yuan's understanding of life!

Whether in his past life or this one, the word "retreat" had never existed in Ye Yuan's dictionary!

Moreover, for Ye Yuan, he truly could not wait another ten years!

Ten years was far too long for Ye Yuan!

"Heh, you kid, you really are something different! But... this is your own choice. If you die by my hand, don't bear any grudges!"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "No regrets!"