The world would be full of ninth-ranked grandmasters in the past thousand years if it were so easy.

Hearing this, Sky heaved a sigh in relief.

He had ascended the Skyward Stairway’s Ninth Stair and thought he could step into the ninth rank if he obtained a Novenary Golden Pill. However, he underestimated what was required. After refining the Novenary Golden Pill, he only reached the Ninth Stair’s peak.

He was still one step short of the ninth rank.

Despite it being the last step, he could not take it, no matter how hard he tried.

Although he sighed in relief, he still asked doubtfully, “You and I should be of the same rank. Why do I feel like your strength is much greater than mine?”

James said with a smile, “Because I cultivated my own True Energy. At most, I only relied on the Novenary Golden Pills. You, on the other hand, absorbed most of your True Energy from others, causing your True Energy to be impure. As a result, your True Energy is much weaker than mine, even though we’