Vol. 16The Hell Tower Ascent
Li Xiaoya advanced to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm, left the Skyvault Secret Realm to rescue Liu Xian'er, and prepared to enter the Hell Tower while searching for a way to save Zhang Hong. He conquered the tower’s first eleven layers and entered the Twelfth with five other cultivators, where powerful wood-element demon beasts trapped them.
- Li Xiaoya explored the Skyvault Secret Realm, advanced to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm, and spent decades cultivating while Liu Xian'er and Dong Santong ascended in search of him.
- After sensing Liu Xian'er was in danger, Li Xiaoya left the secret realm at once.
- Li Xiaoya left the Skyvault Secret Realm, defeated a Devil Ancestor while rescuing Qian Lan and Xilan Yuru, and learned that his family and friends had ascended.
- He settled at the Purple Vitality Gate to prepare for the Hell Tower, but a search for rare herbs proved costly and a Giant Race cultivator approached him.
- Li Xiaoya exposed corruption within the Purple Vitality Gate, trained for the Hell Tower, and entered its trials seeking the Twin-Pole Netherflower to save Zhang Hong.
- After conquering the first five layers, he reached an illusion land and destroyed a town that recalled his past.
- Li Xiaoya survived the Hell Tower’s Sixth through Eleventh Layers, became the first Heaven-and-Earth Realm cultivator to reach the Eleventh Layer, and earned a chance to cultivate in Dao Mountain’s Five Elements Divine Pool.
- He entered the Twelfth Layer with five other cultivators, where powerful wood-element demon beasts surrounded them.