The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 1548
Thomas left.
James looked absentmindedly in the direction Thomas had left in.
It was becoming harder for him to decipher his grandfather’s intent.
His behavior was incredibly bizarre as of late.
“Haah.”
After a while, James let out a feeble sigh.
He did not have the energy to also deal with matters involving Thomas.
There were still many things he needed to cross off his list.
His first priority would be to find Thea as soon as possible.
Thomas had kidnapped him and left a gory scene behind to force Thea to unleash the power of the Spirit Turtle’s blood in her
body.
He knew that upon seeing the scene, Thea would be enraged and go berserk.
Half a month had already passed, so he was unsure of what had happened to her.
He had to find her immediately.
“How strong did I get?”
James did not leave just yet.
For the past half month, he had been constantly practicing the Nine Scriptures of Ordeals‘ cultivation method, and right now, he
had no idea of the extent of his strength.
He only knew he had cultivated nine True Energies.
These nine True Energies flowed throughout his whole body.

He manifested his True Energy.
At that moment, the nine streams of True Energy emerged from his body and gathered in his Elixir Field.
His energy began to burst forth dynamically.
The nine streams of True Energies merged, and his True Energy underwent an outstanding change.
Once again, his energy had been transformed into True Heavenly Yang Energy.
He closed his eyes and sat in a lotus position on the ground.
The True Heavenly Yang Energy made up of the nine True Energies continued to course through his body vigorously. All of a
sudden, a staircase appeared before him.
The stairway seemed almost like it was in front of him, but it also felt like he was simply seeing things.
He reached out to grab it but found that could not touch it.
The stairway was illusory.
James could perceive it but not interact with it. He could only use his other senses to feel it.
“Is this the Skyward Stairway?” James murmured in awe.
He knew he would have to ascend some sort of stairway once he reached the peak of the eighth rank.
The Skyward Stairway’s appearance was something that only existed in one’s imagination.
It would only appear when one’s True Energy progressed to a specific level.
After ascending the Ninth Stair of the Skyward Stairway, one would advance to the ninth rank.
The other appeal of reaching the ninth rank for martial artists was also the prospect of attaining immortality.
However, no one had stepped into this rank for thousands of years.
“Can a ninth–rank grandmaster really live forever?”
James gently shook his head.

He dismissed the idea.
If a ninth–rank grandmaster could truly be granted immortality, then there should have been people who had achieved it in the
past who would still be alive today.
Huff!
James took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.
At that moment, he stood up abruptly and placed his foot in the air.
He stepped onto the First Stair of the illusory stairway.
As soon as he stood on it, he felt immense pressure bearing down on him.
The pressure came from both heaven and earth, and it felt like the entire planet was weighing him down.
However, he could still endure the pressure.
He took another step into the sky.
James easily ascended the Second Stair.
On the second step, he could feel that the pressure on him had increased, but it was still bearable.
After taking a bit to adjust himself, he took another step toward the sky and ascended the Third Stair.
When he stood on the Skyward Stairway’s Third Stair, the force pressing down on him grew considerably. It felt as if his body
was being crushed with the force of thousands of kilograms.
It was so heavy that he could barely breathe.
The nine–in–one True Heavenly Yang Energy surged through his whole body and fought back against the pressure.
It took a while but he felt the pressure on him let up slightly.
He took another step onto the Fourth Stair.