[After returning to the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom, you suddenly sensed your Second Primaltwin, with whom your true body had long lost contact.]
[After exchanging memories with your Second Primaltwin, you learned that he had been rescued even earlier than you.]
[While the King of Nine Directions and several other World Realm experts were opening up a safe route through the Realm Ruins, they found your lost Second Primaltwin and sent him to the palace of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom.]
[In the days that followed, perhaps because he had just suffered the pain of losing his son, the King of Nine Directions lavished affection on you, the posthumous child of the eldest prince.]
[To keep you safe, the King of Nine Directions assigned an Ancestor God named Kong Ming to protect you on your path.]
[At the same time, to make your path of cultivation smoother, the King of Nine Directions had you choose a teacher from two peak Ancestor God-level experts.]
[The first was a peak Ancestor God named Godlord Miejue, whose insight into the Power of Destruction had reached deep into the fifth level and was not far from the sixth.]
[The second was a peak Ancestor Immortal named Gufeng, who followed the path of opposing Heavenly Daos. He had mastered two sets of opposing Heavenly Daos: life and destruction, and the five elements of wind, lightning, water, fire and earth. As a result, his insight into the Chaos Heavenly Dao was profound, and he was only one step away from mastering it.]
[You chose: one, take Godlord Miejue as your teacher. Two, take Ancestor Immortal Gufeng as your teacher.]
Seeing the two options on the simulation panel, Zhou Qing fell into thought.
The King of Nine Directions had told him to choose a teacher from the two experts. On the surface, he was merely choosing a teacher, but in truth, he was choosing his future path of cultivation.
That was, whether he would follow Godlord Miejue's path of Primordial Power or Ancestor Immortal Gufeng's path of the Chaos Heavenly Dao.
Both paths were broad, open roads.
Whether one comprehended a Primordial Power to the sixth level or mastered the Chaos Heavenly Dao, one could reach the World Realm.
Zhou Qing thought it over and chose Godlord Miejue.
Indeed, both the Primordial Power path and the Chaos Heavenly Dao path could lead to the World Realm if pursued to their end.
But there were differences in strength among those who reached the World Realm by these two methods.
Those who reached the World Realm through the Chaos Heavenly Dao were the most common, and also the most mediocre.
Conversely, those who reached the World Realm through a sixth-level Primordial Power often possessed an advantage in some aspect over ordinary World Realm experts.
For example, those who reached the World Realm through sixth-level Swordforce excelled at attack, those who did so through the sixth-level Power of Illusion excelled at illusions, and those who did so through sixth-level Starforce excelled at defense...
Zhou Qing was unwilling to settle for mediocrity, so he naturally chose the path of Primordial Power.
After Zhou Qing made his choice, the information on the simulation panel refreshed.
[After you chose Godlord Destruction as your teacher, the King of Nine Directions summoned him to meet you.]
[Although he did not think much of royal nobles like you, Godlord Miejue did not dare refuse the King of Nine Directions' order, and reluctantly accepted you as his disciple.]
[But after learning that you had grasped a trace of the Power of Destruction without having undergone your tribulation, much of his resistance immediately vanished.]
[When he began guiding you in comprehending the Path of Destruction, however, he became furious. Although you had grasped a trace of the Power of Destruction, your understanding of the Path of Destruction was a complete mess.]
[Just as Godlord Destruction was about to sweep his sleeves and leave, you hurriedly explained your experiences over the years to placate him.]
[When he learned that you had been far from the Chaos World and had gained a trace of the Power of Destruction merely by observing bubble worlds perish in the Realm Ruins, a strange look appeared on Godlord Miejue's face.]
[He then tested you and found that your comprehension was indeed quite extraordinary.]
[Only then did Godlord Miejue fully accept you as his disciple in his heart.]
[To remedy your poor foundation in the Path of Destruction, Godlord Miejue selected some introductory texts on the Great Dao of Destruction for you to cram.]
[Time flew.]
[With Godlord Miejue's help, you remedied the flaws in your foundation in the Great Dao of Destruction. In the end, it took you only forty years to achieve major mastery of it.]
[After witnessing your rocket-like speed in comprehending the Dao, Godlord Miejue's attitude toward you changed from initial dislike to satisfaction.]
[While comprehending the Great Dao of Destruction, you began cultivating a Heartforce method to temper your Dao heart. Once you had grasped the basics of Heartforce, you went to challenge the Tower of Samsara.]
The Tower of Samsara...
Hearing the name, Zhou Qing looked thoughtful.
He had once heard Ancestor God Fantian mention this wondrous treasure.
It was a wondrous treasure refined by Immortal Biyun, a Chaos Immortal under the King of Nine Directions. Upon entering it, challengers would fall into illusory realms of samsara in which truth and falsehood were hard to distinguish.
The Tower of Samsara had five levels. With each level one advanced, the illusory realm of samsara became more realistic, and it became easier to sink into it.
The tower's five levels also corresponded to the five levels of Heartforce.
Clearing the first level of the Tower of Samsara meant that a challenger had just grasped the basics of Heartforce.
Clearing the second level meant that a challenger had reached the second level of Heartforce, Iceheart.
By the same token, anyone who could clear the fifth level of the Tower of Samsara had reached the fifth level of Heartforce, Trueheart.
Ancestor God Fantian had once said that he had been able to break through to the fifth level of Heartforce thanks to the opportunity offered by the Tower of Samsara.
Back then, Ancestor God Fantian had still been a True God serving in the army of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom.
Because he had rendered great service on the front lines, he had been permitted to enter the Tower of Samsara.
During that trial, Ancestor God Fantian had raised his Heartforce from the fourth level to the fifth in one stroke.
Afterward, he broke through to become an Ancestor God, retired from the army and chose to travel through the chaos, where he unexpectedly obtained the Heartforce legacy, the "Heart Sutra."
Then, after several chaos cycles of arduous cultivation, Ancestor God Fantian became a peak Ancestor God in one stroke and laid the foundations of the Maha Sect.
Because of that experience, Ancestor God Fantian had also gone to great lengths before Zhou Qing's tribulation to try to secure him a place in the Tower of Samsara's trials.
However, the trial slots had long since been reserved by the upper ranks of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom. Even a peak Ancestor God like Ancestor God Fantian could not obtain one by interceding.
Thus, Ancestor God Fantian had had to settle for the next best thing and prepare some additional wondrous items to help him through the Heart Demon Tribulation.
Now, however, his simulated self had become a member of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom's royal family, giving Zhou Qing a chance to experience the Tower of Samsara that Ancestor God Fantian had never forgotten.
[Since you had already grasped the basics of Heartforce, you cleared the first level of the Tower of Samsara without much effort.]
[Twenty years later, you cleared the second level of the Tower of Samsara and reached the second level of Heartforce.]
[By now, you had achieved major mastery of the Great Dao of Destruction and reached the second level of Heartforce, the Iceheart Realm. Your true body had also mastered both the protective divine ability Indestructible Dao-Body and the divine power burst ability Microcosmic Divine Power.]
[At this point, you chose: one, have your true body undergo the Empyrean God Tribulation and the First-Class Celestial Immortal Tribulation. Two, have your Second Primaltwin undergo the First-Class Celestial Immortal Tribulation. Three, continue consolidating your foundation.]