Chapter 735

The Four Heavenly Geniuses use Tiandao Cry to withstand the pressure of the final 3 stairs.
Water Pipe reaches the 998th stair first.
As for Zhong Wuyan, a blood-mark appeared on her forehead, forming a rune. However, only the more erudite people knew that it was no rune, but an immortal character: Zhong. This was Zhong Wuyan's ancestral mark. 
There were many kinds of ancestral marks, and any Xiantian expert's descendants would inherit some bloodline power.
However, Zhong Wuyan's ancestor had been a terrifying King. The power of her ancestral mark was on a completely different level than Gu Yang's.
The instant the ancestral mark appeared, the void trembled. It was like some mysterious energy was coming from her forehead, one that suppressed the spatial fluctuations. She also reached the 998th stair.
"Today, I'll display what it means to be a true man and what attitude a true cultivator should possess. Without any technique, I will rely just on myself to reach the 999th stair! I'll let you idiots open your eyes to the world!" sneered Long Chen.
As they got closer, their expressions changed. They sensed endless pressure from the 999th stair, and that pressure contained a dense aura of death.
They sensed a mortal danger from that pressure. In other words, climbing to the 999th stair might kill them.
They had never dreamed that the 999th stair would actually pose a danger to their lives. If they messed up, they would lose their lives here.
"It's definitely fake. How could they allow us to die here? I refuse to believe it." Zhao Wuji snorted and charged toward the 999th stair.
When he stepped onto the 999th stair, a translucent flying sword shot toward Zhao Wuji. He hastily blocked, but that flying sword tore through his defense and left a foot-long wound on his chest.
They were horrified. When it came to physical defense, Zhao Wuji was the strongest. The runes revolving around him were even stronger than his spiritual qi armor.
The Four Heavenly Geniuses began to shine with runic light. Activating their strongest defense, they charged to the 999th stair.
BOOM!
The staircase trembled, and suddenly, thousands of flying swords shot out mercilessly at them.
Blood splashed. Countless swords pierced through their bodies, and they were sent flying back. All the Xuantian Dao Sect's experts' expressions changed.