Spirit Continent.
This was a region of unsurpassed strangeness and mystery.
Vast seas cut across it, space folded upon itself, and sinister miasma shrouded it. Its easternmost reaches, in particular, were a forbidden zone scarcely touched by human presence, an ancient land left behind when seas had turned into mulberry fields!
At its farthest end, an ancient purple-black tower stood between heaven and earth. It rose nine hundred feet tall, and gazing into the distance, one could make out thirty-six stories. Its corners swept upward like beaks, its splendor winding skyward, incomparably majestic.
"This is the Xuanqiong Immortal Tower!
"The place where the immortal Xuanqiong fell ten million years ago.
"And an immortal trace!"
Two figures emerged from the boundless miasma.
The tall figure in green looked up at the immortal tower, standing with his hands behind his back as he spoke calmly. Beside him, a girl wearing a white vest and dark orange harem pants tilted her head up and listened intently, the top of her head reaching only his chest.
"Ten million years. That's so long ago..."
Sushang clicked her little tongue.
Before even entering the immortal tower, she could already feel the terrifying presence surging and spreading from this black tower.
"Let's go in."
With his hands resting casually behind his back, Xie Feng stepped into the Xuanqiong Immortal Tower.
"Oh," Sushang answered, hurriedly moving her short little legs to scramble after him.
Then...
She reached out a small hand, her little finger delicately raised, and naturally, gently pinched the hem of Xie Feng's robe.
Hehe~
She secretly rejoiced.
Every time she followed behind her master, her sense of security overflowed.
The tower had thirty-six levels, each a world of its own!
Xie Feng raised his palm. Immortal power burst forth, pushing open the doors sealed beneath the dust of ages.
Humm-
A heavy sound rang out, like the muffled groan of a dying old man.
"Cough, cough!"
An ancient breath struck her face. Dust, mildew, filth, Devil Qi... all manner of smells mingled together, forcing Sushang to release Xie Feng's robe and cover her mouth as she coughed uncontrollably.
Holding the Azure Profound Fan, Xie Feng fanned it gently. A silver dragon phantom coiled around him, radiating an age-old coolness that swept away the foulness filling the air!
The two walked several steps forward. A sinister wind struck, and a bank of purple mist drifted toward them, countless hidden currents surging within its haze.
"Who? Who opened the immortal tower's doors?"
"The scent of humans!"
"There's another smell too, a very faint beast scent!"
"Has food delivered itself to our doorstep?"
"Kakakaka!"
"Hohoho!"
"Kakaka!"
Countless eerie voices churned within the purple mist!
They were talking excitedly!
Some voices were shrill, some low, some uncanny. Their laughter sent chills down the spine, as though one had stumbled into a den teeming with demons!
The purple mist obscured their vision!
Xie Feng activated the Void Heaven Spirit Eyes, taking in everything before him.
This was a pitch-black, sinister hall. Purple mist filled every inch of space, and countless cold, gloomy caves surrounded the hall!
Many pairs of eyes stared eerily toward them.
Those eyes came in every color and shape, but they shared one thing: all were as sinister as ghost flames!
The ghost flames rapidly grew larger!
These mysterious creatures were lunging madly at Xie Feng and Sushang!
They were...
Hideous evil beasts!
Not a ripple stirred in Xie Feng's eyes. Before coming, he had learned that in that era, during Xuanqiong's rule, every beast except the highest-ranked sacred beasts had revered him as supreme!
He had been the lord of all beasts!
After his death, countless divine beasts had been buried with him as sacrifices. Through ten million years of vicissitudes, their bodies had perished, but their souls had survived on the immortal resonance of the tower, even taking physical form and reproducing generation after generation!
They were the immortal tower's guardians!
One could also say...
They were prisoners trapped within the immortal tower!
It was simply that the Xuanqiong Immortal Tower's powerful binding force kept them here for all eternity, using their lives and violence to guard Xuanqiong's remains.
Countless terrifying Devil Beasts pounced, their savage power sweeping outward. Their claws and fangs were so sharp that a light swipe tore through space!
Yet!
Xie Feng walked forward step by step.
The silver dragon protected him, and immortal power rose around him. Every Devil Beast that attacked exploded beneath a strange and mighty force, reduced to drifting ash!
As he advanced, Devil Beasts were pulverized all along his path.
Ash lay three inches deep on the ground!
Most of the Devil Beasts on the first level were at the first or second level of the Spirit Transformation Realm. They could not even approach Xie Feng, who was in the Immortal Ascension Realm.
The ten-thousand-year immortal bone was on the top floor!
Xie Feng's destination was the thirty-sixth floor!
A golden light shot forth as Sushang drew the Radiant Sun Sword. She assumed her adult form, her figure proud, her cold eyes imposing. The presence of the Primordial White Tiger poured out in full, driving back countless Devil Beasts!
The Primordial White Tiger, one of the four great sacred beasts!
Even after ten million years, she could instantly awaken the fear embedded in these Devil Beasts' very genes!
They headed higher.
The second level!
The third level!
The fourth level!
At that same moment!
A graceful, ethereal figure in white drifted into the immortal tower. She quietly followed behind them. Xie Feng and Sushang swept through all resistance like rotten wood, invincible the entire way, while she held an immortal gourd and helped clear out the remnants.
This was much more fun than Guixu!
Spending all day with that old stick-in-the-mud of a master was boring beyond belief!
Following them was much more interesting~
As Changying thought this, she casually swung her immortal gourd again, smashing two Devil Beasts that wanted to give chase to death with a single blow.
On this day, the usually peaceful Xuanqiong Immortal Tower was thoroughly shaken by these three!
The number of Devil Beasts plummeted!
Wailing, bloodshed, the flames of battle, and death enveloped the immortal tower!
The thirty-fifth floor.
"What has disturbed the tower's peace?"
"It seems humans have intruded."
"Two immortals have entered the tower, stirring winds and waves!"
"I seem to sense the presence of the Primordial White Tiger as well..."
"They come with ill intent. Protect the Beast Lord's immortal bone!"
Two deep, timeworn voices rang out. Their conversation was clearly more rational, more advanced!
Xie Feng and Sushang reached the thirtieth floor! As they fought their way from the first floor to the thirtieth, the Devil Beasts had gradually grown stronger, but Xie Feng's cultivation was in the Immortal Ascension Realm!
He was a false immortal!
A false immortal was a half-step immortal!
They had swept all before them, invincible the entire way. Upon reaching this floor, they bore not the slightest scent of blood. Instead, they felt refreshed and clearheaded, growing ever more composed.
Opposite them stood countless ferocious beasts!
The immortal tower had thirty-six floors, with Devil Beasts on every floor, and they passed information to one another!
Thus, by the time Xie Feng arrived, the Devil Beasts had long since arrayed themselves for battle. Their momentum soared like a rainbow as they unleashed heaven-shaking, earth-rocking pressure that would have made even someone in the Ascension Realm tremble!
Yet Xie Feng saw the fear in these Devil Beasts' eyes! Fear of him had driven them to huddle together for warmth, hoping to confront their enemy with their collective strength.
Xie Feng gripped the Azure Profound Fan.
A thousand-foot silver dragon phantom soared into the sky, circling endlessly!
The two sides faced off!
Suddenly!
A commotion stirred among the Devil Beasts.
Bang!
A little yellow beast emerged from the beast tide, facing Xie Feng!
As though it had been thrown out!
Its body was small and thin, its head greenish-gold, its scales blue-green. It flapped two scrawny wings and strained to bare its tiny, slender teeth, putting on a ferocious expression.
This was a little beast!
Judging by its strength, it barely reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. Though not weak, before Xie Feng, it was the sort of little weakling he could kick to death with one foot.
The little beast trembled all over, its eyes filled with terror and its scales standing on end. It was impossible to tell what species it was.
Xie Feng took a step forward.
Boom!
Vast pressure surged like an ocean stretching across the ages, wave upon endless wave!
The might of an immortal!
Thud!
The little beast's slender legs buckled, and it dropped straight to its knees.
But it immediately stood again, flames of resolve to face death burning in its pitch-black beast eyes.
"Roar!"
It let out an enraged roar from its chest. Though it was so faint as to be barely audible... it still lunged viciously at him!