The Mysterious Treasure Tower

Dou Qi Continent, northwest region, Monster Mountain Range.

Towering peaks rose majestically, shrouded in swirling clouds like the peak of an immortal realm. Sheer cliffs and lush pines displayed nature's masterful craftsmanship. Exotic flowers, rare herbs, birds, and beasts filled the mountains, forming a magnificent landscape painting that refreshed the spirit.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

On this day, a thrilling pursuit was unfolding deep within the Monster Mountain Range. A delicate-looking young man sprinted desperately forward, while an injured Crimson Flame Tiger chased him from not far behind.

"Roar..."

The Crimson Flame Tiger roared as it pursued the human youth, as though it were toying with him.

The youth was named Ye Tian. He had originally been an ordinary Earthling. One day, while watching the Battle Through the Heavens anime on his laptop atop his apartment building, he could not resist mocking the plot in the comments. Then, thunder suddenly boomed beneath a clear sky, and a bolt of lightning sent him away directly.

When he woke up again, he found that he had become a child and had arrived in the world of Battle Through the Heavens. Ye Tian knew this world was dangerous, so he had cultivated diligently since childhood. Hard work paid off, and he had finally reached the level of a six-star Dou Zhe at the age of fifteen. Barring any accidents, he would be able to become a powerful expert in the future.

Today, Ye Tian had come deep into the Monster Mountain Range with his parents to search for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Unexpectedly, they encountered a Fourth-order Magical Beast. His parents desperately held back the Crimson Flame Tiger to protect him, but their strength was insufficient, and both died beneath its jaws.

"This really is a dead end!"

Ye Tian was panicking. Faced with the pursuit of a Fourth-order Magical Beast like the Crimson Flame Tiger, his meager strength could not possibly allow him to escape alive.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

"This is it."

"I've waited fifteen years. Why hasn't my cheat arrived yet?"

A cliff several hundred meters high suddenly appeared before Ye Tian. His heart turned ice-cold, and he could not help but curse at the heavens.

"I heard jumping off cliffs leads to fortuitous encounters. I'll gamble on it and see whether I can obtain some expert's inheritance."

"Whoosh..."

Ye Tian did not want to die in a tiger's jaws, so he leaped directly from the cliff.

"Big tiger, if I survive today, I'll definitely stew your flesh and bones into soup someday."

As he jumped from the cliff, Ye Tian did not forget to taunt the Crimson Flame Tiger as it pounced toward him from afar.

"Roar..."

The Crimson Flame Tiger had not expected the human youth to jump off the cliff. It ran to the edge and roared several times, regretting the loss of its dinner.

"Wind Travel Technique."

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

As he fell from the cliff, Ye Tian saw many large trees below. He mobilized the little Dou Qi in his body and activated the Wind Attribute Dou Technique, using the wind to glide desperately toward the forest. He wanted to grab a branch; otherwise, falling from such a height would certainly kill him.

"Whoosh..."

"Good thing I reacted quickly."

After twisting and turning through the air, Ye Tian finally grabbed a vine more than twenty meters above the ground.

"Crack..."

When someone was unlucky, even drinking water could make them choke. Ye Tian had thought he had grasped a lifeline, but the vine had long since dried up. Combined with the impact of his falling momentum, it could not bear his weight and snapped apart.

"Fuck...!"

At that moment, Ye Tian had exhausted all his strength and could no longer use the Wind Travel Technique. He plummeted straight down, leaving only a few colorful Chinese curses echoing through the Valley.

"Bang..."

When he hit the ground, Ye Tian felt as though his entire body had fallen apart. Then he lost consciousness.

"Drip..."

Soon after, blood flowed continuously from Ye Tian's wounds and dripped onto the ground.

"Buzz..."

When Ye Tian's blood flowed onto a round stone slab, something strange happened. The slab seemed to be activated by the blood and began emitting golden Formation Patterns.

"Crack..."

Before long, the stone slab shattered. Beneath it was a dark opening, with a Teleportation Array deep inside.

"Whoosh..."

The unconscious Ye Tian fell directly into the hole and was instantly sucked into the Teleportation Array, disappearing without a trace.

No one knew how much time had passed before Ye Tian slowly woke up and discovered that he was in a wonderful world with breathtaking scenery.

"Buzz..."

"Young man, you're awake."

At that moment, a Blonde Woman suddenly appeared in the air and quietly looked at Ye Tian.

"Hello, Senior!"

Ye Tian greeted the woman floating in the air. She did not seem human, but more like a Soul Body. He could not feel any pain either, so he assumed he must have died and become a ghost.

He had thought that after being reborn in this Different World, he would make a name for himself. He had not expected to die so quickly, and he was somewhat unwilling to accept it.

Still, the woman ahead was quite beautiful. At first glance, she somewhat resembled the Sun Goddess that the guy who loved drinking beast milk had encountered in the Ancient Treasure Realm. Ye Tian felt that having such a beautiful female ghost accompany him was not too bad.

"Not bad. Not bad."

The Blonde Woman slowly floated down, looking at Ye Tian with wise eyes.

"Senior, does hell have scenery this beautiful now? This place is so huge, so why are there only two ghosts here? Where are the other ghosts?"

Ye Tian looked around and discovered several pavilions standing amid a lake more than a hundred meters away. In the distance were green mountains and clear waters, like an isolated paradise.

Could hell in another world be different? Ye Tian's head was full of question marks.

"Hell, my ass. This is merely a Small World."

"When you fell earlier, your blood activated the Formation Patterns I placed outside, drawing my attention. That was why I saved you. Otherwise, you would have met your great-grandmother by now."

Seeing Ye Tian mistake this place for hell, the Blonde Woman did not know whether to laugh or cry. She then explained what had happened.

"Senior, what did you say? I'm not dead?"

"Hiss..."

Upon hearing that he was not dead, Ye Tian hurriedly pinched his cheek hard and immediately felt pain.

"You were originally close to death, but after my treatment, of course you didn't die." The Blonde Woman nodded.

"This junior is Ye Tian. Thank you, Senior, for saving my life."

Seeing that his injuries had already healed, Ye Tian quickly thanked the woman.

At that moment, Ye Tian recalled a folk saying from the Dou Qi Continent: if you encountered a cliff in the mountains, do not panic—just jump down. You might encounter a great opportunity. He had not expected such a fortuitous encounter to truly happen to him.

"Mhm. No need to be polite."

When the Blonde Woman saw that Ye Tian shared the same surname as that person from long ago, she felt that fate truly worked in mysterious ways.

"Senior, where exactly is this Small World?" Ye Tian asked the Blonde Woman curiously.

"This is the Small World on the first floor of the Chaos Tower. This space is not very large, only a hundred li in diameter," the Blonde Woman explained.

"This is actually the inner world of a tower?"

When Ye Tian heard the words Chaos Tower, he immediately sensed that it was extraordinary. He even felt that this treasure tower might be an incredibly high-grade immortal artifact.

"That's right. The Chaos Tower has a total of nine floors, and every floor contains a Small World."

The Blonde Woman nodded, a trace of pride appearing on her face.

"That amazing?"

When Ye Tian heard that the Chaos Tower contained nine Small Worlds, it sounded just like a spatial treasure from a cultivation world. Wasn't he about to soar into the heavens now?

"Senior, you said earlier that my blood activated the formation outside. What exactly does that mean?"

Ye Tian was extremely curious about this matter.

"It means that your physique is very special."

"Countless ages ago, an unparalleled genius named Ye Yun dominated the Great Thousand World, invincible to all. Because he was too powerful and had no opponents, he felt lonely and desolate. Thus, he left this universe to explore the worlds beyond and break through to a higher realm. Yet when he reached a higher-level world, he encountered powerful enemies and was ultimately defeated."

"He did not want his ultimate arts to fall into that world's hands, so before his death, he left them within the tower. He exhausted his final strength and had me bring the Chaos Tower back to this world."

"I waited here for countless ages. During that time, countless people came to this Valley, but not one was suitable."

"Ye Tian, you are fortunate. As long as you accept his inheritance, you will be able to see a broader world."

The Blonde Woman slowly recounted the past, a trace of sadness appearing on her face. Then she looked at Ye Tian with anticipation. This young man possessed both good talent and temperament. Most importantly, the Little Fellow carried the bloodline of the Chaos Divine Body, making him the most suitable candidate for the inheritance.

"That incredible?"

When Ye Tian heard that the expert named Ye Yun had once dominated the Great Thousand World, he guessed that Ye Yun might have been a Dominator Realm expert. Moreover, Ye Yun had explored the Myriad Worlds, so his strength had certainly surpassed the Dominator Realm.

At that moment, Ye Tian recalled that the Immortal Emperor, the strongest expert of the Great Thousand World's ancient era and a half-step Dominator Realm expert, also seemed to have the surname Ye. Could he be related to Dominator Ye Yun?

If that was the case, then the era in which Dominator Ye Yun lived must have been even earlier than Zhou Yuan's era in Yuan Zun.

"What's so incredible about it? Didn't he still fall in the end?"

The Blonde Woman shook her head helplessly. Although Ye Yun had been invincible within the Great Thousand World, he was not invincible after leaving the universe of the Great Thousand World.

"Senior, if I accept Senior Ye Yun's inheritance, what price must I pay?"

Ye Tian certainly could not miss the inheritance of such a supreme expert. Otherwise, would he not have transmigrated for nothing?

"There is no price. I merely wish to find him a successor."

The Blonde Woman had brought Ye Tian into the Chaos Tower because she valued the Chaos Divine Body bloodline within the Little Fellow. He could cultivate that person's ultimate arts, and once he became strong enough, she could also use his Chaos Divine Body to restore her strength.

"Rest assured, Senior. I will accept Senior Ye Yun's inheritance. Once I become strong enough, I will definitely avenge him."

Since Ye Tian was going to accept that supreme expert's inheritance, he naturally had to give the Blonde Woman some hope, so he directly made her a grand promise.

"Good, good! It is enough that you have such intentions. As for revenge, you need not take it to heart."

"From now on, you may call me Jin Yan, or Senior Jin. I will now help you activate the inheritance."

A gratified smile appeared on the Blonde Woman's face. She raised both hands and sent several streaks of golden light into the sky, activating the inheritance.

"Buzz, buzz..."

Suddenly, a beam of golden light descended from above. Then a glittering Jade Slip slowly floated down and flew before Ye Tian.

"Ye Tian, use your soul to connect with the Jade Slip, and you will receive the Cultivation Method inheritance."

Jin Yan pressed the Jade Slip against Ye Tian's forehead and urged the Little Fellow to quickly accept the inheritance.

"Oh! All right."

Ye Tian quickly closed his eyes and used his soul to connect with the information on the Jade Slip.

"My name is Ye Yun. By a stroke of fortune, I obtained a trace of Chaos Force and later created a Divine Technique called the Chaos Creation Art. From then on, I dominated the Great Thousand World, and the world called me the Chaos Master."

"Young man, I hope you can carry forward my ultimate art."

As Ye Tian's soul connected with the symbols on the Jade Slip, a handsome man in white suddenly appeared within his consciousness, demonstrating the Chaos Creation Art. Moments later, the symbols transformed into golden light and imprinted directly into Ye Tian's mind. The man in white vanished as well.

The symbols on the Jade Slip immediately disappeared, turning it into an ordinary piece of jade with nothing left on it.

"Chaos Creation Art?"

"Senior Jin, can I cultivate such a high-level Cultivation Method with my current strength?"

After receiving the Chaos Creation Art, Ye Tian felt that this Cultivation Method was quite extraordinary. As everyone knew, among the Myriad Worlds, any Cultivation Method bearing the word "chaos" was generally ridiculously powerful.

"Of course you can cultivate it."

"The Dou Qi Continent is merely a lower plane of the Great Thousand World. They belong to the same universe, and the Dou Qi of this world is similar to the spiritual energy of the Great Thousand World, only of a lower grade. It will not affect your cultivation of the Cultivation Method."

"Once you become a Dou Emperor, you must travel to the Great Thousand World to cultivate. Only there can you cultivate to the Dominator Realm."

Jin Yan looked at Ye Tian, who had completely accepted the Chaos Creation Art inheritance, and felt deeply gratified. Once this Little Fellow became the second Chaos Master, Ye Yun's wish would be fulfilled.

"That's good, then."

Having obtained such an incredible Cultivation Method, Ye Tian was somewhat excited. He thought of the Burning Art cultivated by Xiao Yan next door, which had also come from a super expert of the Great Thousand World.

"Senior, I previously cultivated Wind, Wood, and Fire Attribute Cultivation Methods. Do you think that might be related to my physique?"

Since childhood, Ye Tian had felt that his physique was unusual. Not only could he cultivate the Wind and Fire Attribute Cultivation Methods of his parents, but he had also cultivated a Wood Attribute Cultivation Method. He had once thought it was because he had transmigrated and been reborn, but now it seemed there was more to it.

"That's right. It is because you possess a trace of the Chaos Divine Body bloodline, though it has not yet awakened. Even so, it allows you to cultivate Cultivation Methods of multiple attributes. Now that you possess Master's Divine Technique, your Chaos Divine Body bloodline will awaken before long. When that happens, your strength will advance by leaps and bounds."

Jin Yan smiled and nodded, resolving Ye Tian's doubts.

"Chaos Divine Body? This physique must be very powerful, right?"

When Ye Tian heard that he possessed the Chaos Divine Body bloodline, he immediately felt that this was the buff granted to him as a Transmigrator. In the countless novels from his previous life, the Chaos Divine Body had always been a top-tier existence in any fantasy world, such as the Chaos Body from the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

However, among the physique rankings of the Great Thousand World, the Supreme Divine Body ranked first, while there was no Chaos Divine Body. Ye Tian felt that it was likely because such a physique had never appeared before. Another possibility was that the Chaos Master had left the Great Thousand World too early, leaving no records of this physique for later generations.

"Of course it is powerful. The Chaos Divine Body is exceedingly rare throughout the ages. Master was also the only Chaos Divine Body in the entire Great Thousand World back then."

Jin Yan smiled and nodded. Ye Tian was also a Chaos Divine Body and shared Ye Yun's surname, so the inheritance of the Chaos Creation Art had not fallen into an outsider's hands.

"Senior, I have another question. You said the Chaos Tower has been hidden in the Dou Qi Continent for countless ages. Did none of the Dou Emperor experts of ancient times discover it?"

"Also, I heard from a senior that the divine tree of the Dou Qi Continent, the Bodhi Ancient Tree, has always moved underground. Did it not discover you either?"

At that moment, Ye Tian thought of this question. Logically speaking, a treasure as high-grade as the Chaos Tower should have been impossible for those Dou Emperor experts to miss.

"Because the Chaos Tower is a high-grade spatial treasure, I can control it to shrink and conceal its Aura. Dou Emperor experts cannot detect it."

Jin Yan smiled proudly and told Ye Tian not to worry about this issue.

"So that's how it is!"

After hearing that explanation, Ye Tian was immediately relieved. In the future, when he carried this treasure across the continent, other experts would not be able to detect anything unusual.