Inside the Supreme Sword Tower, on the Sixth Floor.
A staircase rose from the Fifth Floor and extended to the Sixth Floor.
As with the five floors below, a Water Curtain stood at the Sixth Floor's entrance, separating it from the Fifth Floor.
Now...
As Qin Hao advanced to Three-Tribulation Sovereign, the Water Curtain barrier on the Sixth Floor finally began to loosen.
The entire Water Curtain turned slightly translucent, though not completely. He still could not see what lay beyond it.
And as the Water Curtain barrier loosened...
A faint yet overwhelmingly powerful killing intent and Demonic Qi suddenly seeped from the Sixth Floor.
"Such intense killing intent and Demonic Qi."
On the Fifth Floor, the Golden Radiance Lord was closer to the Sixth Floor. He sensed the aura at once, and his expression shifted.
"What is sealed on the Sixth Floor to hold such concentrated killing intent and Demonic Qi?"
The Ancient God's voice came from the Eighth Floor, carrying shock and bewilderment.
For a moment, both Nine-Tribulations Sovereigns fell silent.
Both sensed a faint threat from the Sixth Floor.
But the Ancient God soon turned his attention away and chuckled. "Whatever is on the Sixth Floor, Qin Hao has now become a Sovereign. Perhaps it won't be long before my True Self can leave the Supreme Sword Tower."
The Ancient God could hardly wait.
Though his Metal Doppelganger explored the outside world, it was not his True Self. His True Self remained imprisoned on the Supreme Sword Tower's Eighth Floor.
The world outside was so wonderful, yet his True Self was trapped in this desolate place. He had long been desperate to get out.
The Ancient God smacked his lips and mused, "That Qin Hao is something else. He actually dispelled the Great Dao Miasma on his