Just as Li Xiaoya and the others entered the fourteenth layer!
Inside the barrier of five-colored spiritual light at the entrance to the Hell Tower, the Ancestor of Snow Domain's expression shifted with a flash of delighted surprise, but it vanished immediately. He thought to himself, Good! They've finally reached the fourteenth layer! Junior Brother Li! Whether you can reach the eighteenth layer depends on these next two layers! With that thought, he glanced at Dong Liuzu, who was meditating nearby to heal his injuries. Dong Liuzu really was unwelcome in his own sect. Seeing him injured, they had simply ignored him, leaving him here to recover on his own...
Still, Dong Liuzu's injuries were truly severe. Although he had used a great divine ability to regrow his hands and feet, the vital energy and bodily life force he had consumed would probably take several hundred years to recover. Even that would require joining the Human Race Alliance and cultivating in the Five Elements Divine Pool...
But!
That was not necessarily certain. Perhaps Dong Liuzu would even break through his bottleneck because of this...
No one could say for certain when it came to cultivation...
And above that barrier of five-colored spiritual light...
The figure shimmering with five-colored spiritual light sat cross-legged in midair, murmuring, "Very good, you little brat! Whether you can obtain that thing will depend on your fortune! But even if you can't get it, that little sweetheart of yours will be fine! You must come out safely..."
Deeper within the Hell Tower, gray-black light surged through a world shrouded in gray. Inside the immense cave on that colossal, pitch-black mountain, the figure with gray-glowing eyes said in surprise, "Damn it! That damned human actually escaped the watchdog's attack! How is that possible?" The voice