Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

Geoffrey took a few steps forward, carefully studying the relief sculpture on the platform.

The relief of the Snake Spirit King was extremely intricate, but something caught Geoffrey's eyes.

It seemed some parts of the carving were smelted, as though someone had tried to burn them.

Did someone climb to the top of the pillar to destroy the relief before?

The pillar was undoubtedly very solid. Geoffrey wouldn't have been able to damage it, even if he tried.

Back when he was at the foot of the pillar, he had asked Ziya to give it a try, but even Ziya couldn't leave a mark on the pillar.

Except for these strangely burnt parts, there was nothing exquisite about the relief.

Geoffrey frowned in disappointment.

It hadn't been easy for him to climb all this way, yet the journey seemed fruitless.

At the very least, he had helped the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord connect the sword to the eleventh stair.

An Other Shore Token on the eleventh stair was supposedly quite decent; however it was still connected to a red light beam like before. This meant it was surely inferior compared to the Other Shore Tokens on the last ten stairs.

'If I drill a square hole here and insert the black stone in it, will it work?"

Geoffrey's eyes flashed excitedly as he came up with this bold idea.

But he dismissed the idea just as quickly as he hatched it.

The pillar was too solid. There was no possible way he'd be able to dig a hole in it!

'What if I asked Ziya for help...'

It had taken him several months to climb to the top of the pillar, which meant it'd take several more months to go down. Thus, it would take him nearly a year to make a round trip.

As he pondered over this, he inadvertently walked to the center of the platform, where the Snake Spirit King's eyes lay.

Without even looking where he was going, Geoffrey accidentally stepped right on the Snake Spirit King's eyes. Then, the sky began to stir, as though it was unsettled.

Initially, the sky of the main world was as dark as a moonless night.

Whenever he looked up, the sky was always pitch black.

But the instant Geoffrey stepped on the Snake Spirit King's eyes, he noticed a huge courtyard floating nearby.

in the center of the four pillars.

realized the courtyard was tethered by thick chains that glowed brightly. The glowing

Geoffrey's mouth fell open

was at the foot of the pillar, he didn't notice

now,

three cone-shaped stones. It looked as though

of the courtyard to its top. His eyes suddenly widened in

real sky of the

his surprise, the sky had

pitch blackness, the sky was now

extended infinitely, with strange yet beautiful

huge, windmill-shaped object floated far away,

shape that almost resembled a sphere glowed a deep red, almost like a sun, but it kept changing shape.

some fragments floating within

seemed so far yet so huge. Geoffrey was in utter awe.

stared blankly into the

to reality, he took a step forward. Everything disappeared in an instant. Even the

a step backward, and the sky changed once more.

some trick of the Four

a little strange, Geoffrey's interest was

the trick was to step on the Snake Spirit King's eyes, an idea flashed through his mind. 'What if

was connected to the pillar he was on by a thick chain. Geoffrey could easily cross over to

three pillars, since the courtyard was chained

was, if he stepped away from the Snake Spirit King's eyes,

they—the courtyard, the chains, and the sky—truly disappear? Or were they just invisible?

a deep breath and left the Snake Spirit King's eyes. Cautiously, he walked

until his fingers brushed against

chain was completely invisible, Geoffrey was confident he would be able to

to the courtyard was long, about half the distance between the two pillars. It was at least a ten-day climb to reach the

for a few hundred feet, Geoffrey looked down.

realized there was

height, there

Crane Blood Province, Source World, a huge stone heart

Yellow Thearch lay on the throbbing

strong body was

enough in itself, but the price he had to pay when she was defeated after descending

was lucky to be alive, but now, the Yellow Thearch was