Holy Weapon, Phantom Demon Tower

On the way, Uncle Fu explained the rules for challenging the Hidden Dragon Ranking to Xiao Yun and Lin Xiaoya.

"Challenging the Hidden Dragon Ranking does not mean directly challenging the disciples listed on it. You only need to enter the Phantom Demon Tower and challenge the phantom incarnations they left behind there," Uncle Fu said.

Xiao Yun asked doubtfully, "Phantom Demon Tower? What is that for?"

"I know!"

Lin Xiaoya quickly raised her hand beside him and said with a grin, "Senior Brother, the Phantom Demon Tower is very miraculous. It contains phantom incarnations left behind by the strongest figures of every generation in the Chaos Holy Land. We can spar with those strongest disciples from past generations and improve our combat experience."

Uncle Fu nodded from the side. "That's right. The Phantom Demon Tower can preserve the phantom incarnations you leave behind while fighting within it. The strongest disciples throughout the history of our Chaos Holy Land all have phantom incarnations remaining in the Phantom Demon Tower. The top hundred on the current Hidden Dragon Ranking also have phantom incarnations there. When the time comes, you can challenge them directly."

Xiao Yun suddenly understood and smiled. "This Phantom Demon Tower is rather interesting. So if I can defeat those Hidden Dragon Ranking experts, my phantom incarnation will remain there too, for future disciples to challenge?"

"That's right!" Uncle Fu nodded with a smile, then continued, "As long as you have not surpassed the Qi Gathering Realm, your phantom incarnation cannot be preserved forever. But if you defeat those strongest disciples from history, your phantom incarnation will remain forever, allowing disciples countless years from now to witness it."

Xiao Yun immediately became interested and said with a smile, "That's quite good. It will let future disciples gaze upon my peerless bearing."

"Senior Brother, is there anyone who praises himself like that?" Lin Xiaoya curled her lips.

Uncle Fu smiled faintly. "Young Master, defeating those strongest disciples from history will not be easy. Every one of them dominated an era; each was a favored child of heaven."

"That only makes it more challenging!" Xiao Yun's face brimmed with confidence.

Uncle Fu's cloud traveled extremely fast. In barely half an hour, they arrived at the Phantom Demon Tower.

Xiao Yun focused his gaze and saw an enormous pagoda, even larger than Star Pavilion, standing atop a mountain peak. It swallowed clouds and exhaled mist, immortal light swirling around it, its presence majestic and imposing.

"This pagoda is huge!"

Xiao Yun and Lin Xiaoya were both stunned.

Uncle Fu said proudly, "This is a mighty Holy Weapon. If a Saint personally activated it, it could envelop an entire kingdom."

Xiao Yun was once again shocked. He came from a small kingdom himself, so he naturally knew how vast a kingdom was. It contained more than a hundred cities and nearly a billion people.

No wonder they say that beneath Saints, all are ants! Xiao Yun was deeply shaken. He wanted to become a Saint more and more; he had no desire to become an ant.

Whoosh!

As they spoke, the three of them had already descended before the gates of the Phantom Demon Tower.

There were countless disciples coming and going here, making it even livelier than Star Pavilion—like a bustling marketplace.

Uncle Fu smiled. "Our Chaos Holy Land has a rule: only those who reach the Divine Bridge Realm may leave to gain experience. Therefore, if Outer Sect disciples wish to improve their combat experience, they can only come to the Phantom Demon Tower. That is why this place is so lively."

Xiao Yun nodded. Then he saw fourteen enormous black-and-white stone tablets beside the Phantom Demon Tower and asked curiously, "Uncle Fu, what are these stone tablets for? Are they like the tablets at Star Pavilion that test combat strength?"

Uncle Fu shook his head with a smile. "These tablets are not for testing combat strength. They record names. The four white tablets respectively record the strongest disciples of the current Hidden Dragon Ranking, Ascending Dragon Ranking, True Dragon Ranking, and Saint Ranking. The ten black tablets record the strongest figures in history, from the Body Refining Realm to the Heavenly Realm."

Xiao Yun immediately became interested. "I heard that my master is the number one Taishang Elder of the Chaos Holy Land, and his combat strength is formidable. I wonder what rank he holds among those in the Transcendent Realm?"

After saying that, Xiao Yun walked toward one of the black stone tablets.

Uncle Fu followed after him with a smile.

This black stone tablet recorded the hundred strongest Transcendent Realm cultivators in the history of the Chaos Holy Land. Every one of them had shone brilliantly in their era.

Xiao Yun looked toward the stone tablet before him. At first glance, he saw the name ranked first: "Founder."

Noticing Xiao Yun's gaze, Uncle Fu said with a smile, "Founder possessed the Chaos Body. He swept through the myriad heavens and worlds, invincible beneath the sky. That is why he holds first place on all ten stone tablets."

"The Chaos Body is truly terrifying!" Xiao Yun's heart burned with excitement. He wanted more than ever to forge a Chaos Body. Then he could become this powerful as well.

Xiao Yun continued looking down the names on the tablet. They were all unfamiliar, until he reached the final name, the hundredth place, where he saw his bargain master, Di Tian.

Xiao Yun stared in astonishment. "How is that possible? Isn't my master ranked first in the Chaos Holy Land? I heard he can even fight Heavenly Realm experts across realms. How can he be ranked only one hundredth?"

Uncle Fu sighed. "That is perfectly normal. Our Chaos Holy Land has existed for countless years, and the geniuses it has produced are too numerous to count. It is already remarkable that the old master could enter this ranking. At the very least, in the current Chaos Holy Land, only the old master has managed to enter the rankings on these stone tablets."

Xiao Yun was secretly astonished. So these were the strongest disciples in history?

They were truly terrifying.

Like Di Tian, such a powerhouse could only barely enter this ranking. Xiao Yun did not dare imagine how powerful the Founder ranked first must have been. Could he have fought a Saint across two major realms?

One day, I will enter the rankings on these stone tablets as well! Xiao Yun secretly swore in his heart.

Uncle Fu said from the side, "Young Master, it is time to enter the Phantom Demon Tower."

Xiao Yun nodded, then entered the Phantom Demon Tower with Lin Xiaoya, while Uncle Fu remained outside, staring intently at one of the white stone tablets.

It recorded the hundred disciples on the current Hidden Dragon Ranking.

And Uncle Fu believed that, with Xiao Yun's strength, he would soon enter this ranking.

Phantom Demon Tower.

The moment Xiao Yun entered the Phantom Demon Tower, he suddenly appeared upon a stretch of black earth. Above his head was a white sky, and there was nothing around him. Lin Xiaoya, who had entered with him, had vanished as well.

"What place is this?" Xiao Yun was full of confusion, but he was not afraid. This was the Chaos Holy Land, after all. It was impossible for him to encounter any danger here.

"This is the Phantom Demon Space. Once someone enters the Phantom Demon Tower, they will be transported here." Suddenly, an icy voice rang beside Xiao Yun's ear.

Xiao Yun immediately looked around, but found nothing.

"Stop looking. I am the spirit of the Phantom Demon Tower. You may call me Phantom Demon." That icy voice came again.

Xiao Yun immediately understood. Uncle Fu had said before that the Phantom Demon Tower was a powerful Holy Weapon, so naturally it possessed a spirit.

Xiao Yun immediately said, "Phantom Demon, I want to challenge the Hidden Dragon Ranking."

"Very well. I will now send you the phantom incarnation of the disciple ranked one hundredth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking. If you defeat him, you may take his place and become number one hundred on the Hidden Dragon Ranking," Phantom Demon said indifferently.

Then Xiao Yun saw a flash of light before him, and a young man dressed in the robes of a Chaos Holy Land Outer Sect disciple appeared.

"I am Lin Jie. Please enlighten me!" The young Outer Sect disciple glanced at Xiao Yun, then immediately slashed at him with his sword. Sword Qi shot in all directions, and the sword light shone dazzlingly.

Qi Gathering Realm!

Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes. In an instant, he knew that this was an expert who had entered the Qi Gathering Realm.

This was only natural. The Hidden Dragon Ranking gathered the hundred strongest cultivators of the Body Refining Realm and Qi Gathering Realm. How could an ordinary Body Refining Realm cultivator possibly contend against someone in the Qi Gathering Realm?

After all, Qi Gathering Realm experts could already refine spiritual qi into spiritual power. Using spiritual power to activate battle techniques would raise their might to an even higher level.

However, the spiritual power of the Qi Gathering Realm was still very weak. Xiao Yun believed his physical body was powerful enough, so he had no fear at all. He stood there without moving and directly endured Lin Jie's Sword Qi attack.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

Lin Jie's Sword Qi struck Xiao Yun's body, yet failed even to break through his physical defense. Xiao Yun brushed the dust from his clothes and said disdainfully, "This is the Qi Gathering Realm? Only one hundred and fifty thousand jin of strength?"

He now possessed seven hundred thousand jin of strength. His physical body was incomparably powerful, so he could naturally ignore an attack with one hundred and fifty thousand jin of force.

Boom!

Xiao Yun shook his head, then used Divine Wind Step and blasted Lin Jie apart with a single punch.

This Qi Gathering Realm cultivator was simply too weak.

Meanwhile.

A booming voice rang out from within the Phantom Demon Tower, spreading across the entire mountain peak.

"Congratulations to Xiao Yun, disciple of Taishang Elder, for ranking one hundredth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking!" The voice was incomparably loud, echoing throughout the mountain peak and causing countless disciples who had come to the Phantom Demon Tower to freeze in surprise.

"It's Xiao Yun!"

"Xiao Yun actually came to the Phantom Demon Tower? Isn't he the disciple of a Taishang Elder? There is no need for him to challenge the Hidden Dragon Ranking at all, is there?"

"That is incredible! He is only in the Body Refining Realm, yet he defeated Lin Jie of the Qi Gathering Realm. Lin Jie had already reached the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm!"

"I heard that monstrous geniuses who enter the Forbidden Realm can kill enemies across realms. It seems that was no lie."

"I wonder how far Xiao Yun can make it?"

Outside the Phantom Demon Tower, an uproar immediately broke out.

More and more people crowded toward the stone tablet before Uncle Fu. They all wanted to know what rank Xiao Yun could reach.