Two people looked in the direction of the sound, but saw a corpse wrapped in black clothes. The corpse had empty eyes like a black whirlpool, and the low-ranking cultivator's mind would be sucked into the whirlpool as soon as he looked at it. Next to the corpse was an old man with a face as gray as death, his expression unreadable, as if the previous sentence was not spoken by him at all.

  "Desecrating a corpse! This guy is cursed by the unborn child." The Taoist whispered to the big Han.

  "Tian Shi Zong's Unborn Curse! Hmph!" Although Da Han's face revealed a furious expression, he restrained himself from lashing out due to the other party's formidable reputation and swallowed his sarcastic remarks instead.

  As the opening time of Tongtian Tower is approaching, more and more cultivators who have formed their golden cores are gathering here, with as many as two or three hundred people.

  Suddenly, a strange and elusive light flashed by, and after a moment, a handsome young man who looked less than twenty years old appeared at the foot of Tongtian Tower. His cold and stern gaze swept across the crowd in a circle, and even those late-stage cultivators who had already made a name for themselves couldn't help but shrink their eyes and become solemn under his gaze.

  "It's actually Young Master Huan, I thought you had already condensed your yuan fetus! Who would have thought that we'd meet under the Tongtian Tower?" The crisp and pleasant voice came from the female cultivator of the Taiyi Sect, Bai Shuang, who wore a white veil.

  Mystic Xuan's shapeless and formless Grandmaster! Zhao Di was also familiar with this person's name, as he had been recognized as the number one figure below Starry Sea Yuan Infant over a hundred years ago. However, this person had not appeared publicly for decades, and it was unknown whether he was cultivating some secret technique or refining some treasure, and there were even rumors that he was impacting the Yuan Infant Great Dao.

  This person has the rarest "Fantasy Spirit Root" among the spiritual roots, with an extremely high talent for fantasy cultivation. In his youth, he was taken in as a foster son by the Tianhuan Old Demon of the Xuanhuan Sect and renamed Huan Wuxing, and was made to master the sect's first technique, "Shenxing Huanying Jue". Due to his exceptional innate talent and the strong support and nurturing from the sect since childhood, this person has had a smooth and effortless journey in his cultivation. His actual strength is among the top of his peers, able to hold his own against multiple opponents at once.

  There are even rumors that this child had a spar with the initial Yuan Ying cultivators in the sect over a hundred years ago and didn't fall behind in a short period of time!

  The title of the first person under Yuan You is also like this, spreading rapidly without legs.

  "Zi Huan Xianzi is right, if it weren't for the grand opening of Tongtian Tower, how would I, a noble son, temporarily stop my cultivation and break out of seclusion! Once I've broken through all seven layers of Tongtian Tower, I'll close up again, not condense my yuan infant, and absolutely won't go out!" Fantastical and shapeless, his clothes fluttering, his tone was calm and flat, as if he were just talking about some trivial household matter.

  But his words were not loud, yet they seemed like a burst of thunder exploding among the crowd of Jindan cultivators!

  Since the emergence of Tongtian Tower in Xingchenhai tens of thousands of years ago, Tongtian Tower has been open once every two or three hundred to four or five hundred years. Any one Dan-stage cultivator has only one chance in his life to enter Tongtian Tower with a Tongtian Order. From the outside, Tongtian Tower has seven floors, and it is said that there are also seven difficult levels inside.

  Each time a cultivator passes through a difficult level, they may receive certain treasure rewards. The later the stage, the higher the value of the treasures, but the difficulty of each level is also extremely great.

  It is said that the Tongtian Order had nearly a thousand pieces at its peak, but due to various reasons of loss and damage, only two or three hundred pieces have been left after thousands of years. Despite this, the total number of cultivators who entered the Tongtian Tower over the years has not been less than tens of thousands, and most of them were powerful late-stage Golden Core cultivators. However, the vast majority of cultivators encountered insurmountable difficulties in the first three layers and could not break through. As for those who completed the fourth layer, they are legendary figures, and it is unlikely that there have been more than a few dozen throughout history.

  As for the fifth floor and beyond, there are no records at all, and nobody knows anything about it!

  Now, however, there is a cultivator who openly declares that he will break through the seven layers and become something else. If it were someone else, they would be ridiculed, but since it comes from the mouth of Huan Wuxing, who has been known as the number one person below Yuan Ying for over a hundred years, people are shocked and don't dare say anything more.

  "The seven layers are all broken! The Phantom Master is indeed bold, and Zǐ Huán wishes the master a smooth journey!" Lin Zǐhuán's tone was also light and casual, and it couldn't be heard whether she believed that the other party could do this.

  After the sudden appearance of the intangible entity, everyone present felt an immense pressure, and the atmosphere suddenly became unusually quiet. Occasionally, only a few familiar cultivators would exchange whispers with each other in hushed tones.

  The atmosphere was extremely depressing and lasted for five or six hours, except for the sound of wind and waves and the occasional passing birds and beasts, no other monks dared to speak out loud.

  Suddenly, everyone realized at the same time that the Tongtian Command Token in their hands or bosom had undergone further changes, flashing a bright golden light.

  At this time, the Tongtian Tower floating in the air also emitted a dazzling golden light all over its body, as if it were a fierce flame that made people hard to look directly at.

  Zhao Di's eyes narrowed, and under the dazzling golden light, he saw that the body of Tongtian Tower was slowly rotating.

  "It's started!" one of the monks shouted, and immediately two or three monks with urgent surnames grasped the Heavenly Command and approached the Heavenly Tower. As soon as their bodies entered that dazzling golden light, they vanished from sight.

  His form flickered and he appeared beside the Tower of Heaven, wrapping his body in the golden light that had been unleashed by the Heaven Command. He merged with the tower's golden glow and then vanished, entering the tower.

  Upon seeing the intangible and formless, they all entered within. The remaining cultivators were like a swarm of bees, using the Heavenly Command to enter the tower in unison. Half an hour later, this place was empty, with only the seven-story pagoda spinning indeterminately, emitting dazzling golden light.

  Z Zhao wrapped himself in a layer of golden light triggered by the Tongtian Command, and flew into the Tongtian Tower's golden radiance along with everyone else. As soon as he flew in, he felt the scenery before his eyes change, and he was transmitted into the great hall on the first floor of the Tongtian Tower.

  This great hall is circular in shape, with a diameter of over ten miles wide, several dozen times wider than the size of the Tongtian Tower seen from the outside!

  The grand hall is tens of zhang high, looking very spacious, without any feeling of oppression. Surrounding the grand hall are rows of neatly arranged and densely packed arches, each about one zhang in size. There are no less than a thousand arches around the entire grand hall.

  "Indeed, the Tongtian Tower is a self-contained space." Zhao Di secretly applauded in her heart.

  Some impatient monks have already rushed into a certain archway. Each archway can only admit one person, and once someone enters, the archway will immediately disappear from the great hall.

  Behind each archway lies a formidable obstacle of the first level, but the obstacles behind each archway are not identical, although it is said that their difficulty levels are roughly the same.

  This ruled out the possibility of monks working together to pass the levels, and each monk had to rely on their own strength to get through.

  Regarding this Tower of Reaching Heaven, the cultivators of Starry Sea, especially those who have entered the Tower of Reaching Heaven, more or less know some of its origins.

  It is said that this Tower of Heaven was built by a great and profound godly cultivator over ten thousand years ago, who stored many treasures accumulated throughout his life inside. However, one must go through layers of trials to obtain these treasures.

  The content of the trial is not exactly the same every time the Tower of Heaven opens, and even fellow cultivators who enter the Tower at the same time will encounter different trials. Therefore, the experience of predecessors has very little reference value.

  As for the fact that every level of the test is extremely difficult, and the difficulty increases exponentially as it progresses, it is also widely spread, but the danger is very small. Because once a crisis is encountered during the trial, the cultivator only needs to activate the Heavenly Order in his hand to exit the Heavenly Tower in time.

  So for the cultivators in the Condensing Dan period, as long as they have the Tian Tian Ling in their hands, at most it's just a waste of effort, and they can't pass the trial or get treasures, but the danger to themselves is not very great.

  Therefore, any Jindan stage cultivator who has some confidence in their own strength will try every means to get one of these Heaven Passes before the Heaven Tower opens. However, this Heaven Tower was set up with a wonderful ban by a great divine cultivator, and a cultivator only has one chance in his life to enter the Heaven Tower with the Heaven Pass. The second time it is used, he will be rejected and cannot enter at all. For cultivators who have already entered the Heaven Tower once, the Heaven Pass can only be resold to others.

  This information is almost all known by most masters, but Zhao Di knows a bit more than others.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Di's mouth corners slightly curled up, revealing a hint of mysterious smile.

  Regarding these things, it was Feng Qingyun, the elder of Qianji Gate, who told him. This is also the untransmitted secret of Qianji Gate for tens of thousands of years!

  And the one who built this Tower of Heaven is none other than Qianji Sub, the founder of the Qianji Gate!

  The settings of the checkpoints at all levels of Tongtian Tower are based on the first great formation "Tianluo Wanxiang Formation" of the ancient times. Each level has a certain test content, such as defensive power, attacking power, willpower, etc., but the specific test method for each cultivator is slightly different, and it will also be adjusted according to the cultivation level of the test object. The higher the cultivation level, the greater the difficulty of the test encountered. Moreover, each checkpoint has a time limit for testing, and those who have not passed the checkpoint before the time limit will be automatically activated by Tongtian Order, forcing the cultivator out of Tongtian Tower.

  Zhao Di casually chose a vaulted gate and pushed it open calmly. In the instant he walked through the gate, the gate flashed with a spiritual light and disappeared, leaving behind only an ordinary wall.

  What appeared before Zhao Di's eyes was an extremely narrow passageway, only a few meters wide. The walls on both sides of the passageway were sealed by large arrays and deep yellow light barriers. The passageway was extremely long, and at first glance, it seemed endless and immeasurable. Moreover, there was a strong ban on divine consciousness in this place, so Zhao Di's divine consciousness could only wander back and forth within a hundred meters or so, making him feel very oppressed.

  At the moment he entered this passage, the Heavenly Order in his hand had a subtle change.

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