A Man Like None Other

“Is that all?” Jared asked, his face filled with surprise.

“What? Were you planning on killing me?” The man‘s expression immediately darkened as spoke.

“Sir, don’t get me wrong. That’s not what I meant. l just thought it was a bit too simple.” Jared was quick to explain.

“Hmph, if I regain my strength, someone like you wouldn’t stand a chance. I could crush you with a single finger!” The man scoffed coldly.

“Sir, may I be so bold as to ask, you’re not a cultivator from this world, so why are you here as the one being challenged?” Jared was extremely curious. He wondered about the origins of these successful candidates and how they were chosen.

Upon hearing Jared’s question, the man sighed. “Who said I’m not from this world? It’s just that my era is too far gone, and many people have simply forgotten me.”

“Could it be that you’re a great power in this world?” Jared exclaimed in astonishment upon hearing this.

through my own hard work…” The man gazed up at the sky, his eyes brimming

commendable, they are still far from

you’ve already passed

struck Jared. In an instant, felt that, indeed, an imprint had been added

refusing to leave? This realm might be on

was eager to understand what the deal with this Celestial Stairway was. He was increasingly realizing that this Celestial Stairway was the masterpiece of some supreme being. They were all but pawns, manipulated

in his questioning, the man sighed and said, “We will never meet again, so I suppose there’s no harm in telling you… I was suppressed here by the heaven and earth laws, and I’ve been branded with the mark of a prisoner. There’s no way for me to leave this place. To put it simply, I’m nothing more than a prisoner now,

no idea that there were even prisoners in the celestial

this realm of Celestial Stairway? If you could, wouldn’t that mean you could return

head. “I can’t leave this place. Even if I could, there’s no way I could return to the celestial realm. I know you all are from the Ethereal Realm, a place shrouded by the Heaven and Earth Array. The celestial realm cultivators trapped

up. I believe it won’t be long before we can

could that be possible? The Heaven and Earth Array was laid out by the ancient supreme being. Even for the cultivators in the Ethereal Realm, who could possibly break it?” The man, Kishor Fane, didn’t believe a word Jared