There weren’t any wrong ways to go up a step. Besides, Gilbert had walked in a very standard posture.

Lorelei’s assumption was spot on. The Heavenly Stairs was, in fact, broken.

The ax within Alex’s consciousness was the thing that broke open the boundary by force. It had rushed up to the top as if summoning something from within. But, due to Xienna’s sudden appearance, she disrupted its path, causing it to fail.

In reality, it malfunctioned when Alex and Jade were on the first step, resulting in their inability to ascend the second step.

Basically, the core of the entire Heavenly Stairs was damaged.

The current Heavenly Stairs could no longer generate mental domain challenges, so it was no different than regular stairs. That’s how Alex was able to run up all nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps with ease.

‘Close!’

‘I’m getting closer!’

Alex was now able to see the end of the stairs.

There was a tall mountain floating in the air—it looked like the legendary Bright