The Kuitian Taihao Pagoda is a Chaos Wonder capable of Time Acceleration; its internal time flow rate is ten times that of the outside world.
In other words, ten years passed inside the Kuitian Taihao Pagoda, while only one year passed outside.
If mana is consumed, the flow of time within the tower can be further accelerated.
In extreme cases, the flow of time inside the tower can be accelerated to a thousand times that outside.
Of course, this would consume an extremely large amount of magical power, which Zhou Qing could not afford at the moment.
After careful consideration, Zhou Qing instructed Wu Xian's Second Primaltwin to cultivate within the Kuitian Taihao Pagoda at fifty times the Time Acceleration.
Having left the World Prison, Zhou Qing piloted his flying boat, traversing through the chaos.
Guided by the Thousand Winds Token, he quickly found his destination—a massive icy star.
Finally found it...
Looking at the familiar chaotic star before him, Zhou Qing nodded slightly.
However, instead of descending, he chose to send down Wu Xian's only unmerged avatar to investigate first.
Zhou Qing wasn't bothered by the loss of one of his seed clones; he could recover by consuming some Chaos Spirit Liquid.
Zhou Qing had plundered nearly fifty bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid from the several Ancestor God and First-Tier Ancestor Immortal who had submitted to him within the World Prison.
On the icy stars, a biting wind raged across the land.
Zhou Qing piloted the flying boat, flying against the wind.
What a vicious cold wind...
If even Empyrean God True Immortal were caught in this wind, they would probably be frozen into ice shards in no time.
Zhou Qing was secretly alarmed.
Fortunately, he didn't come in at that time, otherwise he would have just lost a clone for nothing.
Then, guided by the Thousand Winds Token, he flew towards the depths of a ravine in the Frosty Star.
He flew deeper and deeper, and soon he reached the bottom of the valley.
Suddenly, a beam of white light appeared out of thin air and shone on the flying boat where Zhou Qing was.
Before he could react, he was engulfed by the white light, disappearing from the spot along with the flying boat.
"Where is this place?"
Zhou Qing remembered that he was struck by a white light and then appeared here.
He stowed the flying boat and began to look around.
What came into view was a magnificent city, with countless pavilions and palaces, far surpassing even the Heavenly Court in scale.
After wandering around the city for a while, Zhou Qing casually walked into a palace within the city.
The main hall was very simple, with a worn-out prayer mat on the floor.
But he immediately noticed that the palace walls were radiating a soaring sword intent.
Upon closer inspection, Zhou Qing discovered that it was covered with countless sword marks.
Excellent swordsmanship!
Zhou Qing was amazed.
He could tell that these sword marks were actually part of an extremely advanced sword technique.
This must have been left by a powerful expert at the fifth level of Swordforce.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered that there were so many palaces outside, and an idea popped into his mind.
Could it be...?
Thinking of this, Zhou Qing immediately strode out of the palace.
He then entered dozens of palaces to explore.
As expected, Zhou Qing discovered numerous traces left by powerful individuals within it.
These traces involve a wide variety of paths, including the Sword Dao, the Path of the Five Elements, the Path of Yin and Yang, and even many of the Path of Time and Space and the Path of the Claw that Zhou Qing is good at.
Furthermore, everyone who left a mark on the palace walls was a powerful individual who had mastered at least one Primordial Power.
If the owner of each palace was a powerful individual who possessed a fifth-level Primordial Power, then judging from the number of palaces, this city must have once had tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of powerful individuals who possessed the fifth-level Primordial Power.
Upon realizing this, Zhou Qing was greatly shocked.
It should be known that there are hundreds of True God Dao Ancestor in the Three Realms, but only about one-tenth of them have mastered the Primordial Power.
The number of powerful individuals in this city who possess the fifth level of Primordial Power is now countless times that of those in the Three Realms.
So... where did all these powerful individuals go?
Filled with doubt, Zhou Qing continued to explore each palace.
Five days later.
Zhou Qing, who was sitting cross-legged in a palace, slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, a faint silver light shimmered within them.
Zhou Qing looked delighted.
The Time Power has finally broken through to the fourth level.
As he delved deeper into the city and explored the palace, he discovered traces left by many powerful individuals skilled in the Path of Time.
Inspired by these traces, his already considerable accumulation of Time Power naturally led him to break through to the fourth level.
We made the right choice coming here.
Zhou Qing nodded to himself.
Even if there were no special opportunities in this city, the traces left by the many powerful figures in the palace alone would make his trip worthwhile.
After leaving the palace, Zhou Qing continued his exploration deeper into the city.
Before long, a square came into his view.
This square, located in the center of the city, covers an area of nearly a million square miles and is adorned with tens of thousands of statues.
These statues vary in form, but all exude a profound and mysterious aura.
Zhou Qing looked at the closest fiery beast statue.
This strange beast was the size of a mountain, and its entire body was dark red, as if it had been coated with a layer of cooled lava.
Its eye sockets were as deep as charred caves, but at the bottom of the cave, instead of pupils, there was a pool of slowly flowing liquid golden flame.
The eyes of the flaming beast statue seemed to possess some kind of magic, drawing Zhou Qing's gaze upwards little by little.
After staring directly into the demonic eyes of the fiery beast, Zhou Qing felt a tremendous power surge towards him.
The next moment, he felt as if he had fallen into a sea of fire, and sweat poured down his forehead.
At this moment, Zhou Qing, who was skilled in illusion, immediately realized that he had fallen into an illusion.
"Puff!"
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Zhou Qing finally broke free from the illusion.
It seems one shouldn't stare into the statue's eyes.
Zhou Qing immediately felt a lingering fear.
However, he soon discovered that he had actually mastered a trace of Fireforce.
He only glanced at it, and he actually grasped a trace of the Primordial Power?!
Zhou Qing was immediately incredulous.
What exactly are these statues...?
As Zhou Qing was lost in thought, he suddenly heard voices behind him.
"Hmm? I didn't expect to encounter a cultivator who possesses the Thousand Winds Token so soon."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing immediately turned around and discovered a young girl standing behind him.
The girl, dressed in a white dress, walked barefoot in the square.
"Greetings, cultivator. I am the city lord of Thousand Winds City. You may call me Bai Zhi."
When she saw Zhou Qing looking over, the girl slowly spoke.
When did it appear...?
Seeing the girl suddenly appear, Zhou Qing became alert.
"Don't be nervous. I know you have many questions right now. Ask them, and I'll answer them one by one."
Seeing Zhou Qing's wariness, Bai Zhi chuckled.
"Fellow Daoist Bai Zhi, may I ask where this place is?"
Hearing Bai Zhi say this, Zhou Qing asked calmly.
"This is one of the countless Thousand Winds City scattered across the Endless Territories by the great Emperor Thousand Winds."
Bai Zhi explained.
"Any cultivator like you who has obtained the Thousand Winds Token can enter here to obtain the opportunity left behind by the Emperor Thousand Winds."
Emperor Thousand Winds!?
Zhou Qing's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this.
Could it be...?
However, in order to maintain his native persona, Zhou Qing still asked, " Emperor Thousand Winds, may I ask which World Realm expert this fellow Daoist is?"
" World Realm? Hmph, in front of Emperor Thousand Winds, they are nothing more than slightly larger ants."
Upon hearing Zhou Qing's question, Bai Zhi scoffed.
"Don't use your narrow-minded thinking to speculate about Emperor Thousand Winds; such a great being is far beyond your imagination."
"His words become law, he establishes rules, his power transcends Time and Space —in short, nothing you can imagine is anything to Emperor Thousand Winds."