Chapter 238: Fourth Floor

The golden spatial vortex surrounding the fourth floor of the Nine-Tiered Sky howled with the ferocity of a dying star.

Lin Yuan stood upon the massive platform of pure white marble, his robes snapping violently in the raging winds. The atmospheric pressure pressing down upon his shoulders was immense, like a suffocating gravity that sought to crush his foundation into dust.

A hundred paces away, hovering inches above the marble floor, the fourth Phantom Guardian slowly opened its eyes. Within them, intricate mandalas of profound complexity rotated with the cold, emotionless logic of the ancient era.

Six distinct orbs of elemental Essence—fire, water, earth, wind, light, and darkness—revolved around its liquid-gold robes in flawless planetary orbits, each one radiating a different and powerful aura.

Profound Stage, Lin Yuan analyzed, dissecting the entity's cultivation. The Sixth Step of Dao Resolve.