"It's open! The God Transformation Tower is open!"
The cultivators instantly erupted, surging toward the tower entrance.
The first to step through the entrance was an Early Primordial Core cultivator. Not long after he entered, a faint white light lit up the window of the first floor, signifying that he had successfully cleared it.
Bai Ye did not hurry inside. Instead, he stood where he was and silently observed the situation.
More and more cultivators entered the tower. The windows of the first floor, second floor... eighth floor, and ninth floor lit up with white light one after another!
But the window of the tenth floor remained dim.
Clearly, the cultivators who had entered were all stuck on the tenth floor.
"As expected, every ten floors is a hurdle." Bai Ye understood.
According to the records left by Azure Cloud Sect's predecessors, the Mirror Opponent on the tenth floor would be several times stronger than the one on the ninth floor!
Anyone who could clear it was at least a genius with the potential to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
The opponent on the twentieth floor was even absurdly powerful!
As for the thirtieth floor, no one throughout history had ever reached it.
Thus, there was no way to know what kind of opponent awaited on the thirtieth floor.
Two hours passed.
The white light on the ninth floor had lit up dozens of times, yet the tenth floor remained utterly still.
The cultivators began to grow restless. Some came out of the tower with sighs, clearly having failed the challenge.
Just then, the window of the tenth floor suddenly lit up with a dazzling white light!
"It's lit! The tenth floor is lit!"
"Who is it? Who cleared the tenth floor?"
"I saw the Ninth Prince Li Chengze of the Skywind Dynasty go in earlier! It must be him!"
The crowd instantly exploded, all turning toward the tower entrance.
Sure enough, before long, Li Chengze emerged from the tower in a snow-white robe.
His expression was calm, but a trace of pride curved his lips. Clearly, he was very satisfied with his result.
"As expected of a genius with the Wind Spirit Physique!" someone exclaimed. "I heard that the Wind Spirit Physique grows stronger the farther one advances. Li Chengze is only at the Mid Primordial Core stage now. If he reached the Late Primordial Core stage, he might even make it to the fifteenth floor!"
Hearing the praise around him, the pride in Li Chengze's eyes grew stronger, but he said nothing. He found a corner, sat cross-legged, and seemed to begin recovering his Spiritual Energy.
Just then, a clear female voice rang out, carrying a hint of disdain. "He only cleared the tenth floor. Is there really any need to make such a fuss? These Azure State natives really are frogs at the bottom of a well."
Bai Ye turned toward the voice and saw a young man and woman standing at the edge of the crowd.
The girl looked about sixteen or seventeen. She wore a pink dress and had sweet features, yet her expression carried an air of arrogance.
The young man beside her wore a moon-white robe. He had handsome features and a steady bearing, his fingers unconsciously rubbing a jade ring as his gaze rested on the God Transformation Tower with a hint of scrutiny.
Their auras were both deeply concealed, yet Bai Ye could vaguely sense a rich pressure of Spiritual Energy from them.
Clearly, the strength of these two was far from ordinary. There was even a high probability that they were not cultivators from Azure State.
"Junior Sister, don't put it that way." The young man smiled and shook his head. His voice was gentle, yet carried an unquestionable confidence. "The Wind Spirit Physique is considered a top-tier physique even in Azure State. Being able to clear the tenth floor is indeed quite impressive."
"Senior Brother, you're just too mild-mannered!" The girl in pink pouted, her tone carrying a hint of coquettish complaint. "That Wind Spirit Physique of his is far inferior to your Innate Sword Body! By the way, Senior Brother, we came all the way from the Outer Domain to the Azure Spirit Secret Realm in the Wild Domain. Is it really worth it? The Wild Domain Grand Competition begins in only three months. Wouldn't it be better to go back and focus on cultivation?"
The young man's gaze swept over the runes on the God Transformation Tower, and a sharp glint flashed through his eyes. "The aura of this God Transformation Tower does indeed match the records of Great Emperor Qing Xuan's ruins in the ancient texts. If we can truly find the Great Emperor's inheritance, then delaying our return by a month would be worth it, let alone a year."
He paused, then curved his lips into a smile. "Once we bring the inheritance back, those fellows will probably be green with envy."
"Wow! Then what are we waiting for?" The girl's eyes lit up. She tugged on the young man's sleeve and headed toward the tower entrance. "Senior Brother, let's go in! I want to see what treasures this God Transformation Tower has!"
The young man nodded with a smile, and the two entered the tower side by side.
Seeing that the time was right, Bai Ye also rose and walked toward the tower entrance.
The moment he stepped through, he felt a powerful force of space envelop him. Light and shadow flashed before his eyes, and he appeared inside a huge stone chamber.
The stone chamber was empty. Only a black stone stele stood in the very center, with the words "First Floor" carved upon it.
"Let's begin."
Bai Ye murmured softly. The instant he finished speaking, the stele lit up with black light. Within that light, a Mirror Opponent with an aura similar to his condensed into existence—it was at the Peak Meridian Condensing Ninth Layer and had mastered a Profound Grade Low Martial Skill.
Bai Ye wasted no words. He directly summoned the Purple Firmament Sword and slashed out a Golden Sword Light. Before the Mirror Opponent could even react, it was cleaved in two.
The window of the first floor instantly lit up with white light.
The challenges that followed went extraordinarily smoothly.
On the second floor, third floor... and all the way to the ninth floor, the Mirror Opponents were utterly helpless before him. In barely half an hour, he had reached the tenth floor!
At that moment, the cultivators outside the tower were gathered around Li Chengze, discussing him.
Li Chengze had just made his second attempt and successfully reached the eighteenth floor, only to be defeated on the nineteenth floor.
"The eighteenth floor! That's the best result anyone has achieved in the past few visits!"
"Li Chengze is too strong! The Wind Spirit Physique truly lives up to its reputation!"
Li Chengze sat on the ground, but his expression was rather ugly.
He clenched his fists and muttered, "Just a little short... If my Wind Spirit Physique could activate one more notch, I could have cleared the nineteenth floor..."
The Wind Spirit Physique required the support of one's cultivation realm. He was only at the Late Primordial Core stage. If he reached the Profound Comprehension Realm, its boost to his combat power could rise by more than thirty percent!
Just as everyone was surrounding Li Chengze and praising him, the window of the nineteenth floor of the God Transformation Tower suddenly lit up with white light!
"What?! The nineteenth floor is lit!"
"Who is it? Who cleared the nineteenth floor?"
The crowd instantly fell silent, all of them staring at the tower.
Before long, the window of the twentieth floor also lit up with white light!
"The twentieth floor! My heavens! Was it that pair of Outer Domain Senior Brother and Sister from earlier?"
"It must be them! That young man's aura is so powerful—I can't see through him at all!"
Before the crowd could react, the windows of the twenty-first floor, twenty-second floor... and twenty-seventh floor lit up with white light one after another!
"This is insane! Has he gone mad?!"
"The twenty-seventh floor! That's already surpassed the highest result recorded in history!"
"He... he couldn't be planning to reach the thirtieth floor, could he? Are we about to witness history?!"
The cultivators outside the tower went completely wild. Some were even trembling all over with excitement.
Inside the tower, Bai Ye had already reached the twenty-ninth floor—the second-to-last floor of the God Transformation Tower!
There was no stone stele in the stone chamber on this floor. Only ten figures stood there in silence.
Every one of them possessed a vast aura. All were at the Peak Profound Comprehension Realm, and each radiated the aura of a special physique!
There was the Innate Lightning Body, the Nether Body, the Adamantine Body, and more.
Even the weakest physique was several times stronger than Li Chengze's Wind Spirit Physique!
More terrifyingly, every one of them held a Heaven Grade Weapon, while their bodies swirled with Spiritual Energy fluctuations brought by Heaven Grade Perfection Martial Skills!
"Interesting."
Bai Ye tightened his grip on the Purple Firmament Sword, and a trace of battle intent flashed through his eyes.
The ten Mirror Opponents attacked simultaneously!
The Innate Lightning Body Cultivator drew down thunderbolts, the Nether Body Cultivator released black mist, and the Adamantine Body Cultivator transformed into a giant...
Ten attacks came crashing toward Bai Ye at once, and the entire stone chamber trembled violently!
Bai Ye advanced instead of retreating. He drove Wind Chasing Shadow Stepping to its utmost limit, his body transforming into an afterimage as he darted through the gaps between the attacks!
At the same time, the Purple Firmament Sword in his hand erupted with dazzling golden light, and the seventh form of Nine Forms of Sky Slaying, "Lightning Slash," suddenly struck out!
Rumble—!
A Golden Sword Light carrying the might to tear apart thunderbolts instantly slashed toward the Innate Lightning Body Cultivator!
The sword light swept past, and the lightning around the cultivator instantly dispersed. His body was cleaved in two by a single sword strike!
Immediately afterward, the eighth form, "Nether Slash," and the ninth form, "Mountain Slash," were unleashed in succession!
Golden Sword Light descended like a violent storm. Though the ten Mirror Opponents were powerful, they simply could not keep up with Bai Ye's speed and sword intent!
Half an hour later, the final Adamantine Body Cultivator was pierced through the chest by Bai Ye's sword and turned into black light before vanishing.
The window of the twenty-ninth floor lit up with a dazzling white light!
At the same time, a pill with a lustrous white sheen and dense Spiritual Energy slowly descended from the ceiling of the stone chamber, landing before Bai Ye.
It was none other than the Ninth-Rank Pill, the Heavenly Infant Pill!
This pill could assist Peak Profound Comprehension Realm cultivators in breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, with a success rate of ninety percent!
It could also raise the grade of the Nascent Soul they condensed!
It was a legendary supreme treasure!
It was enough to drive every Peak Profound Comprehension Realm cultivator into a frenzy!
Bai Ye reached out and caught the Heavenly Infant Pill. Feeling the strange medicinal fluctuations radiating from it, he curved his lips into a smile.
Only one floor remained—the thirtieth floor!
"Let me see whether there really is an inheritance from a Divine Realm Expert..."
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