The Little Tower in His Head

"Hum!"

The instant he circulated the cultivation art, clarity flooded his mind, and the entire scene inside the Cultivation Room appeared within it.

The curled tea leaf in his cup, the thin layer of dust gathered on the wooden rack-he could see them all with perfect clarity.

Then his divine sense extended beyond the Cultivation Room into the flower bed outside, following a fluttering butterfly in a circle.

"Holy shit, this divine sense really is badass! It's like radar!"

Next, he "saw" Fang Yuan and Bai Jin'er in the pavilion.

The two sat upright, energy surging through their bodies.

"Tsk, tsk. These two really are grinding away. The moment they have any free time, they start cultivating."

His divine sense continued outward, easily passing through the defensive array surrounding the cave abode.

It had already reached two hundred meters, the normal range of divine sense for a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Chun Xiaobai wanted to test the limits of his divine sense, so with a thought, he extended it farther.

Three hundred meters, four hundred meters, a thousand meters... His divine sense swept onward like a blade splitting bamboo, actually penetrating the great array around the peak master's residence at the summit and going straight inside!

The peak master's residence was deserted, without a single person in sight.

He spotted a tall bamboo building and reached toward it with his divine sense, finally discovering someone behind it.

To be precise, someone was in the steaming pool behind the bamboo building.

It was a woman, and she wasn't wearing any clothes!

"Holy shit! Is this a free treat?"

However, he could only see her back.

But judging by that alone, this woman's figure was almost absurdly good.

That piqued his curiosity, and he decided to see what this chick looked like.

He extended his divine sense again, but just as it was about to circle around in front of the woman-

"Who's there?!"

Suddenly, the woman whipped her head around. With a wave of her hand, a dress wrapped itself around her.

Then a terrifying aura erupted from her body!

Chun Xiaobai felt a needle-sharp pain stab through his head, and his divine sense rushed back like a receding tide!

"That was reckless!"

Drenched in sweat, he clutched his head. He had clearly suffered a backlash.

Divine sense couldn't be sent wandering just anywhere. That was a major taboo in the Cultivation World!

Fortunately, he had severed his divine sense the instant he was discovered. Otherwise, that blow might well have injured his soul.

"But... my divine sense seems to reach a little farther than usual..."

Judging by what he had just sensed, his divine sense seemed to have a range of a full five thousand meters!

In other words... ten li in every direction!

According to the cultivation art, only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators seemed to possess that kind of range.

More importantly, divine sense couldn't penetrate defenses, yet his had passed straight through them.

"Fuck yeah! Didn't I tell you this great king was a peerless genius? With divine sense like this... who can compete?"

Despite his deathly pale face, Chun Xiaobai grinned from ear to ear.

Still, this dizzy, muddled feeling in his head wouldn't do.

After a moment's thought, he waved his hand and took out a wooden box.

Inside lay a spirit herb glowing with soft green light.

He couldn't be bothered to figure out what kind of spirit herb it was. He simply stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it up, and swallowed.

Then he activated [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye] and circulated the Martial God Art, directing that mass of pure origin qi toward his head.

The green glow traveled from his abdomen to his chest, then passed through it and surged into the crown of his head!

"Hum!"

The instant it reached the crown of his head, the dizzy, muddled feeling vanished.

Then a sense of lucid emptiness filled his sea of consciousness once more, even stronger than before!

According to the Spirit-Sensing Art, this was a sign that his divine sense had grown stronger.

Once the green glow was completely exhausted, Chun Xiaobai nodded in satisfaction.

He could feel that his perception had risen another notch.

"Nice, very nice. Who knew divine sense could be trained this way?"

But he also knew that only his Martial God Art could likely manage such a lavish method of cultivation.

The Martial God Art was a cultivation art designed to unlock the human body's divine treasuries, and the sea of consciousness was one of them.

That surge of origin qi had nourished his entire sea of consciousness.

"Now, let this great king see just what the hell is hiding in his head!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chun Xiaobai directed his divine sense inward with a thought, examining his sea of consciousness.

Sure enough!

An archaic, bronze-colored Little Tower floated silently at the very center of his sea of consciousness.

The Little Tower had six floors, its body covered in obscure, incomprehensible patterns. It radiated an ancient, desolate aura, as though it had existed since time immemorial.

Yet Chun Xiaobai wasn't particularly surprised.

After activating Berserk Mode several times and feeling that initial pressure in his head, he had long suspected that something must be inside it.

He had entered his sea of consciousness merely to confirm it.

What he hadn't expected was a little tower-and one with only six floors.

Nine was the ultimate number. Ordinary towers, cultivators' realms, and cultivation art grades generally all culminated at nine, yet this Little Tower had only six floors.

Chun Xiaobai was puzzled.

But now it had opened. The pressure and swelling in his head before had probably occurred because he had met the conditions to open the Little Tower, prompting it to force itself open. When his strength proved insufficient, it had stopped of its own accord.

"When did this Little Tower appear in this great king's head?"

"Why didn't I notice it before?"

Something suddenly occurred to him, sending a jolt through his heart.

"Could it be... that chick in red set her sights on me because she wanted this treasure of mine?"

He thought it was entirely possible!

A treasure like this might have been growing inside him since childhood. It simply couldn't be removed because his cultivation was too low and his sea of consciousness hadn't yet taken shape.

She would have to wait until he reached the Golden Core Stage and his sea of consciousness stabilized. Then she could force her way inside and take the treasured tower!

"Hiss-" At that thought, Chun Xiaobai sucked in a breath of cold air.

"That woman's looks are beyond reproach, but there's something wrong with her heart. She's actually coveting my treasure!"

"I have to hurry up and cultivate!"

"I have to become strong enough to beat that woman within ten years, or she'll probably snatch this treasure away!"

Chun Xiaobai silently spurred himself on, then extended his divine sense straight into the Little Tower.

The moment he touched the Little Tower, he knew that the mysterious space from before was inside it.

Chun Xiaobai swept his gaze around. The familiar martial arts diagrams still covered the bronze-colored walls, along with that cultivation art right in the center...

"Huh?"

"The Martial God Art is gone?"