The instant the great doors closed completely, Su Jiu had expected them to be plunged into darkness for a while. Instead, a row of dim lights appeared around the tower's interior the very next second.
One candle after another flared to life inside the tower. Before long, its interior lay clearly before Su Jiu and Chu Luohen.
Chu Luohen said hesitantly, "This is different from the rumors."
"How so?"
"The rumors say that any cultivator at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage will fall into an illusion and begin their trials as soon as they enter the Heaven-Connecting Tower.
"They must undergo seven trials and pass through seven levels. Only by passing every trial do they have a chance to reach the top of the Heaven-Connecting Tower. Then the Heavenly Dao calls down heavenly tribulation lightning directly. For those who survive, auspicious clouds rise, and a heavenly ladder descends through them to carry the cultivator to ascension..."
"So I always thought cultivators undergoing tribulation transcendence had no chance to see what the Heaven-Connecting Tower actually looked like inside.
"Every illusion and every trial connects to the next. Once they pass all seven, what appears before them is the view from the top of the tower."
Su Jiu was surprised. "But we haven't fallen into an illusion..."
She even... seemed to see a staircase leading to the second level.
It was like the most ordinary of towers, with one floor above another. They only needed to follow the stairs to reach the top.
Su Jiu frowned thoughtfully. "Could this have something to do with who we are?"
Chu Luohen shook his head. "No. Most of our abilities are sealed. Even with our memories, this world's Heavenly Dao won't let us do anything too far beyond the ordinary.
"In other words, we're still bound