(Two updates are completed, it's not a good day without recommendations, thanks for the support, brothers! I've been back home these days, if the update speed can't keep up, please forgive me, and also, weakly begging again)

  In Lu Feng's eyes, a glimmer of unyielding determination and madness flashed by. He knew that no matter what, he had to move forward! This was not just a test of the altar, but also Lu Feng's current self-examination of his own soul! If he couldn't overcome this hurdle, then what he would lose was not just an opportunity, but more importantly, his future hopes and path!

  It can be said that at this moment, Lu Feng is under the spiritual madness, has made the most irrational, but also belongs to his own decision! He has put his fate, just like that, casually betting on such a grinding. And this, is the real Lu Feng!

  At first, he knew that he had no cultivation talent at all, but he still persisted for seven years. Even in the seven years of cultivation, when not even half a star's power was condensed, he did not give up and continued to train crazily. This is his Lu Feng's stubbornness, his Lu Feng's madness!

  No craziness, no sharpness! Without sharpness, how can it be called Lu Feng?

  Unconsciously, Lu Feng had already climbed over a hundred steps. And because of the continuous grinding in front of him, he was becoming more and more adapted to the oppressive atmosphere of desolation. Although the pressure on each level above was constantly increasing, the degree of increase was obviously not comparable to Lu Feng's adaptability.

  It's been a long time since then, and Lu Feng has already walked thousands of steps. Here, every step of Lu Feng is extremely heavy, yet extremely firm. I don't know when it started, but the desolate atmosphere seemed to be getting thicker and thicker, making his footsteps heavier and heavier.

  But in the face of these, Lu Feng never gave up.

  So he is resolute, he is tenacious, he is strong!

  He raised his head and looked at the still invisible peak, Lu Feng took a deep breath and stopped temporarily.

  "Bloodlines are indeed a very peculiar and great thing, no wonder those with noble bloodlines are superior to others, they have already surpassed ordinary people from the starting point."

  "These thousands of stairs, I've already spent almost a whole day on them! I can feel that under this boiling blood, it seems like I haven't consumed any strength at all!"

  If it were in peacetime, although he could hold out for a few days without eating or drinking, he would still feel a kind of hunger. But now, under the boiling blood, Lu Feng felt that he was still at a peak level.

  "As long as my body can hold on, I will keep going all the way to the end!"

  After resting for a while, Lu Feng finally continued his relentless climb.

  Unconsciously, another day has passed. At this time, Lu Feng had already walked two thousand steps. He was now drenched in sweat, and every step felt incredibly heavy. From the 2,000th step onwards, there was a tremendous increase in power, and another layer of pressure covered him. The desolate atmosphere was so thick that it made every step extremely difficult for him. However, this pressure did not make Lu Feng have any intention of giving up. On the contrary, all the hardships had ignited his fighting spirit!

  In his eyes, a crazy flame began to burn faintly. He knew that this was another shield of his will, and if he continued to move forward, there would come a time when he could do so with ease. If he retreated at this moment, then perhaps for the rest of his life he would be stuck in place.

  It wasn't until now that Lu Feng understood, this road of tempering and sublimating one's will, could be called a road of no return. If he retreated, it would mean leaving shadows on his heart, and wanting to make progress in the future would be extremely limited. The only way was to keep climbing! As long as he transcended everything, only by reaching the end point could he shatter the shackles on his heart, allowing himself to have enough courage and willpower to face any difficulty head-on!

  "Ah..."

  "In two days' time, I've already climbed over 2,000 steps. At this rate, maybe the speed will slow down later on. But I still have to keep going."

  "In comparison, the matriculation ceremony of a federal university is no longer that important..."

  Although he may miss the opening ceremony of Federal University and even delay his enrollment, all this is worth it for Lu Feng. After all, the curriculum of Federal University, apart from the necessary cultural courses, only these special students have others.

  As a cultivator, the first year of study for Lu Feng was just some simple mechanical operations. Among them, even the theory of using spiritual power to divert would not be taught. These were simply unnecessary for Lu Feng. So, even if he missed the start of school, Lu Feng didn't think it was a big deal.

  "No matter what, I will continue on this path. If I fail, then it's just a heavenly skill that defies the heavens, and in the end, I'll just be a god! That's not enough for me, not enough!"

  If it were in the past, becoming a divine spirit would have been a dream that Lu Feng didn't even dare to think about. At first, he just wanted to become an elementary warrior. But when Lu Feng opened his mind space and got his own treasure, at that time, he already understood that being a martial artist was no longer something he couldn't reach for.

  But when he saw the countless geniuses and felt their unparalleled nobility, Lu Feng secretly vowed that in this life, he would definitely break through to the realm of the gods.

  Finally, when the bloodline that belonged to him awakened, Lu Feng had come to realize that he had thoroughly transformed. He was not inferior to any of the world's greatest geniuses, and in fact, he surpassed them, being even more noble and magnificent!

  He wants to shatter the shackles of fate. His goal is not to make those who have caused him pain regret, but to become an existence that others admire.

  What he wants is the true peak, the strongest peak that cannot be bound by anything! He wants to crush the shackles of fate, he wants to shatter all obstacles!

  So, it's just divine spirit, how can it be enough? How is it possible?!

  On this road, he is already irretrievable. If he wants to go, he must go all the way to the end, to the top of that peak!

  Finally, Lu Feng set foot on his journey once again...

  …

  Time, eleven days have passed, and in these eleven days, Lu Feng has walked to the point of exhaustion, his spirit weakened. But he never took a step back. Even when faced with the nine-thousand-meter-high Gangkar, he still didn't have the slightest intention of stopping. This is absolute strength. His conviction was firm, and after eleven days of continuous tempering, Lu Feng felt that his will had also become unyieldingly strong. At this moment, even if he were to face those calamities, he would have the confidence to overcome them, to surpass them!

  In these eleven days of journey, Lu Feng has been constantly baptized by the endless desolation, which makes him feel a kind of heavenly loneliness and an endless sorrowful feeling. Unconsciously, his heart is also slowly transforming towards a realm that only the strong can have! At this moment, even if those geniuses appear again, they will not stir up any ripples in his heart. This is not just because the emergence of bloodlines brings about an improvement in talent, but also because this endless grinding has enlightened his soul.

  "Nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine! Just one more step and I'll be in the ten-thousand club!"

  "I'm afraid this will be the most difficult one since I stepped onto this ancient altar. However, all of this cannot stop me and make me compromise even a little bit!"

  "I will go up there after all!"

  Looking up, the altar at the top was already faintly visible, and Lu Feng's heart was also burning with excitement. When looking up from below, Lu Feng felt that this sacrificial altar was extremely high and majestic, almost invisible to the top. But now, he was about to reach the summit! And in front of him, a thread of light at the top was already visible.

  Such progress is made unknowingly, everything is accomplished under his efforts! So, he has confidence that he can walk to the top of the highest peak!

  "The first ten thousand, I'm here..."

  …

  Looking around at everything, looking at all in front of him, Lu Feng was bewildered and stunned.

  He still remembers, remembers clearly, when the last step fell, a kind of extremely terrifying desolate breath baptism, almost made him lose himself. And it was in an instant, he burned his endless madness, and finally stepped onto this ladder of ten thousand!

  But just as he wanted to relax, everything had completely changed. Lu Feng felt the pressure on his body, the terrifying desolate atmosphere around him, the ancient altar that pierced the sky, all disappeared, everything mysteriously lost, thoroughly non-existent.

  Suddenly, Lu Feng was shocked to discover that he was no longer his former self! Perhaps he was just a mid-level warrior, and such strength was really nothing in the entire federal warrior system. However, it was still an existence far beyond ordinary people, an existence that would appear only once in several thousand people.

  But at this moment, the proud strength has disappeared. His body is so weak, so...

  So young!

  Stretching out his arm and looking at his tender hands, Lu Feng couldn't believe that this was himself. But the feeling from deep within his soul made him have to believe it - this was indeed Lu Feng, this was indeed his own body!

  "What's going on here?!"

  Staring around in shock and dismay, everything's memories slowly faded away...

  …

  Among the trees, sunlight filters through, green dyeing the ground everywhere, flowers blooming vibrantly, yet everything is so out of harmony. For in the midst of a thriving spring, there sits a young child on a large rock, helplessly crying.

  His name is Lu Feng, the son of a villager, who has been living in war and chaos since childhood, although he has never experienced the sorrow of displacement. However, he lives a very hard life.

  Since he had memory, he never had a full meal and didn't enjoy a happy childhood. However, the hardships of the past are now so worth remembering for him, and so blissful.