Taiyu Tower

By the scenic little lake in Mingyue Residential Area, Xia Zhi accompanied his grandfather as the two strolled slowly along the lakeside path.

Whenever they encountered other elderly people out for morning exercise, those who knew Xia Dahai would greet him and praise Xia Zhi a few times. This long-awaited time together for grandfather and grandson kept Xia Dahai smiling all the way.

After accompanying his grandfather through his morning exercise and having breakfast together at home, Xia Dahai went out to play with his chess-playing friends.

It was clear that this peaceful life left his grandfather exceptionally content, and Xia Zhi felt even more at peace as well.

Carrying that calmness with him, Xia Zhi entered the martial arts hall and sat cross-legged directly beneath the center of the ceiling, under the enormous skylight. He remained there for an entire day.

The sky gradually darkened as night descended. Moonlight like flowing water shone through the skylight onto Xia Zhi, as though he were absorbing even the moonlight itself.

"Whoosh... whoosh..."

His steady breathing grew slower and slower, while the sound of blood rushing through Xia Zhi's body became increasingly loud.

Xia Zhi felt exceptionally good. The moment he began cultivating today, his body—tempered through slaughter and battle in the Wilderness Zone—seemed as if every cell in it had gone mad with hunger. The Guidance arts absorbed cosmic energy, and the Gene Energy that had just formed was immediately devoured. His cultivation speed rose with every passing moment.

Finally, once every cell in his body was saturated, he began circulating the blood-refining section of the Supreme Body Refining Art, condensing his blood and tempering every hidden corner of his body.

His physical qualities were improving.

Until they reached a certain critical point—

Boom!

Xia Zhi felt as though a barrier within his Sea of consciousness had been broken through. He hurriedly immersed his consciousness into it. The two Dark Gold spheres, one large and one small, had previously hung amid endless swirling mist. Now, the smaller one had vanished.

Mist filled and swirled through the boundless Sea of consciousness, stretching endlessly in every direction.

Rumble...

Surging liquid Mental Power churned through Xia Zhi's Sea of consciousness like an ocean.

The remaining Dark Gold sphere hung high above the ocean. No matter how violently the waves surged below, it remained utterly still.

At that moment, the Nine-story Pagoda, which had originally been buried deep within the Sea of consciousness beneath endless mist, appeared above the ocean of Mental Power as well. A tremendous suction force emerged from the entrance at its base, drawing in liquid Mental Power and forming a stream like a water dragon that rushed into the pagoda. Flecks of Dark Gold fragments could occasionally be seen mixed within the water dragon.

"Finally, there's some movement."

Seeing the Nine-story Pagoda's actions, Xia Zhi's consciousness was overjoyed.

Only after the ocean formed from endless liquid Mental Power in his Sea of consciousness had visibly dropped by several levels did the pagoda stop absorbing it.

It floated above the ocean alongside the remaining Dark Gold sphere.

"Let's see if I can get closer." Seeing that the Nine-story Pagoda had stopped moving, Xia Zhi directed his consciousness toward it.

The pagoda, which he had tried countless times before but had always been unable to approach, was now easily within reach.

"Huh? There's actually a plaque above the pagoda's entrance."

Xia Zhi discovered this in surprise. He had examined the entire pagoda countless times before; there was no way he could have missed it. It must have appeared after the pagoda's recent change.

"Taiyu Tower? Is that the name of this Nine-story Pagoda?"

Just as he was secretly speculating, a tremendous suction force struck him. Before Xia Zhi's consciousness could react, it was pulled into the tower.

"This... this is inside the pagoda?!"

The instant Xia Zhi's consciousness entered, he found himself in a mysterious space. Within this space, his consciousness had actually manifested into a physical body.

Standing within the mysterious space, he seemed to be standing in the Chaos Void. All around him was hazy chaos, with wisps of mist drifting through it. In the distant void, countless points of light radiated different-colored glows.

A golden point of light shot toward the body formed by his consciousness from the distant reaches of this mysterious space. It flew at an inconceivable speed, slamming into him with a bang.

Countless pieces of knowledge transformed into streams of information and flooded into him. The vast amount of text and Patterns made Xia Zhi feel as if he had been completely submerged.

A faint headache came over him. Clearly, the influx of memories had reached the limit of what his soul could withstand.

"Just how much knowledge is this?" Xia Zhi could hardly believe it. "How... how long has this been going on?"

One hour, two hours, three hours!

The information surged into him like an endless, raging sea, without end!

All kinds of knowledge flashed past before completely merging into Xia Zhi's soul. He had no time to distinguish any of it.

Under such pressure, Xia Zhi did not even dare entertain an extra thought, afraid that his soul would be unable to bear it and would ultimately collapse.

"Whew, it's finally over."

Only when the final trace of information had merged into him did Xia Zhi feel his soul, which had been operating at full capacity, finally relax.

"I'll take a look first."

Xia Zhi was extremely curious about the Taiyu Tower that had caused his transmigration and rebirth.

"This is...?"

Xia Zhi muttered in disbelief, "A great fortune, a great fortune! This is the true great fortune! Hahaha!"

"This inheritance called the Supreme Dao Sect is actually so extraordinary. Each generation has only one direct inheritor. The Supreme Body Refining Art I received is merely the introductory foundational cultivation technique of the Supreme Dao Sect."

"This is an inheritance that leads directly to The Other Shore—transcendence, transcendence!! In this life, I will surely stand at the pinnacle of the world. Hahaha!!"

Only after being excited for a long while did Xia Zhi gradually calm down. He had no idea which era of Earth's original spacetime this Supreme Dao Sect had belonged to.

The Patterns in the ancient scroll he had seen at the end of his previous life had been derived from the Supreme Dao Sect's supreme inheritance scripture.

The Supreme Dao Sect's supreme secret manual for direct inheritors directly revealed the true meaning of the two characters for universe. It was the pinnacle application of the Laws of Space and Time Laws.

The four directions of heaven and earth were called yu. Taiyu Tower condensed the Origin Laws of Space. It was a tangible treasure, the Supreme Dao Sect's artifact for protecting the Dao, possessing form and substance.

From ancient times to the present was called zhou. The Patterns of that ancient bronze bell were the Cosmic Pole Bell, manifested through the application of the Time Origin. It was an intangible law that existed only within the river of time encompassing the past, present, and future, without form or substance.

After obtaining the Dao-protecting artifact, Taiyu Tower, one could only receive the status of a direct inheritor of the Supreme Dao Sect and obtain the accumulated legacy of countless years after cultivating the basic body-refining art and meeting the minimum Mental Power requirement to acknowledge an owner.

This space was the core of Taiyu Tower and also the foundation of the Supreme Dao Sect. It stored a Dao Collection numbering one yuan, encompassing everything imaginable.

But the most precious thing was still the Supreme Golden Chapter. Only direct inheritors could cultivate it. It was a supreme secret manual that pointed directly toward transcendence and the attainment of The Other Shore.

At its core were two great cultivation methods: the Primordial Golden Body Art and the Cosmic Pole Enlightenment Art. One cultivated the body, while the other tempered the spirit.

Nine was the ultimate number, and both techniques were divided into nine levels.

The Primordial Golden Body Art was a supreme secret manual for cultivating the body. It had nine levels, each one representing an improvement to oneself. It opened the countless acupoints within the body and could raise one's Gene Level.

Furthermore, once cultivated to completion, the body could become a Supreme Primordial Body, indestructible through ten thousand tribulations.

"Hahaha, in the original work, the only secret method that could actively evolve the body's genes was the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual cultivated by Luo Feng."

"Now I have the Primordial Golden Body Art to improve myself as well. And this is a supreme body-refining secret manual. The Supreme Primordial Body achieved at its highest level dares claim to be indestructible through ten thousand tribulations. At the very least, it can't be weaker than a Supreme Treasure, right?"

"A body stronger than a Supreme Treasure... a secret manual that can defy heaven by driving the body's evolution and transcend the rules of the universe. A great fortune, a great fortune indeed!"

"I need to cultivate immediately." Xia Zhi's heart burned with excitement.

That's it for today's first chapter...

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