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 no