I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

“Ordinary Mahayana cultivators would never possess such power. Even a Heaven-Reaching Treasure would find it difficult to withstand these chaotic ‘law lights’ for decades or even centuries without damage.”

"Therefore, this place... is very likely a secret realm set up by a Tribulation-Transcending Immortal. Moreover, the realm must be at least above the Third Tribulation to allow the spirit of this immortal artifact to remain intact for so many years."

"But isn't the Flame Spirit King a cultivator from the human race of the Spirit Realm? How could he know that such a 'great object' exists within the 'Chaotic Forbidden Land' of the Purple Chen Realm?"

After a short while, An Liangcai's remnant soul, hidden in Wei Tu's sleeve, was also greatly shocked after hearing Wei Tu's description of the 'Baori Divine Tower' and uttered the same sentence.

"The spirit of a celestial artifact? This enormous pagoda is actually the spirit of a celestial artifact?" Upon hearing this, Wei Tu was slightly taken aback, and felt even more terrified about the origins of the Flame Spirit King.

Because, it seems that this cultivator's initial purpose in crossing over to the 'Ancient Demon Realm' was not the 'Precious Sun Divine Tower' within this 'Chaotic Forbidden Land,' but rather something else entirely...

The reason I've come here now is mostly because I was forced to come by Ancestor Tianhe!

In other words, from the very beginning, the 'Great Vehicle opportunity' that the Heavenly Crane Ancestor suspected this cultivator was probably not the 'Precious Sun Divine Pagoda' he saw before him, but some other opportunity.

This 'Precious Sun Divine Tower' seems to have been used by Flame Spirit King as a means to kill Heavenly Crane Ancestor.

Wei Tu also firmly believed An Liangcai's speculation.

As a great demon lord and disciple of the demon ancestor who was only one step away from attaining the 'realm of the demon ancestor', this demon's knowledge was no less than that of some minor clans' Mahayana practitioners.

“Baori…Baori, could this pagoda have been left by the holy monk Kubei? The name of this pagoda seems to have some connection with Buddhism.” An Liangcai continued to speculate.

"Buddhism?" Upon hearing this, Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly.

The spiritual realm is filled with countless lineages, and Buddhism is just one of the larger schools. However, according to some ancient secrets provided by Fairy Xuanling, the origins of Buddhism seem to have a significant connection with the 'Old World'.

This 'Old Realm' is the original origin of all races in the Spirit Realm, and even spiritual cultivators in places like the Zichen Realm.

However, if we only consider the Zichen Realm, the only spiritual cultivator most likely to have left behind the spirit of this immortal artifact in this forbidden land is the former Tribulation-Transcending Immortal of the Zichen Realm—the Saint Monk Kubei.

At the same moment that Wei Tu and An Liangcai's remnant souls finished their discussion.

The three—Ancestor Tianhe, Jiao Changyi, and the Bald-Eyebrowed Elder—also had some guesses about the origin of this 'Precious Sun Divine Tower'.

Although they didn't pinpoint as precisely as An Liangcai that the tower was built by a "spirit of a celestial artifact" and a "three-tribulation immortal" at the Tribulation Transcending Realm... without exception, they all thought of the deceased Tribulation Transcending Realm expert, the monk Kubei.

"Fellow Daoists, I suppose I need to say more. Although this 'Precious Sun Divine Tower' is dangerous... the four of us lack the crucial information about the tower's interior compared to the Flame Spirit King... but if there truly is some unparalleled opportunity within this tower..."

"The four of us leaving like this, it's hard not to feel a little resentful."

Ancestor Tianhe turned his head and glanced at Wei Tu, Jiao Changyi, and the bald-browed old man behind him, and smiled sinisterly.

It was as if, if anyone were to leave without permission, it would immediately abandon the secret realm before it and kill the traitor first.

Moreover, compared to Jiao Changyi and the other two, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor's gaze toward Wei Tu was even more sinister.

The Twelve Dong Families are weak and even if they "defect," they would have difficulty summoning any reinforcements. However, Wei Tu, as the "Great Demon Lord," is different. He could actually invite a friendly Demon Lord of the same realm to surround and kill them and explore this secret realm together.

After all, a real tribulation-crossing secret realm, compared to the previously dubious 'Great Ascension Opportunity,' no longer needs to be monopolized by just one person... It inherently possesses the basis for sharing.

Upon realizing this, the remaining two, Jiao Changyi and the bald-browed old man, immediately began to look at Wei Tu with an invisible hostility.

On the issue of stance, these three spiritual practitioners quickly reached a consensus and secretly formed an alliance.

"Therefore, when we enter this 'Precious Sun Divine Tower', I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Kou to go ahead first... to prevent any unnecessary damage to the four of us."

Seeing that they were of one mind, Ancestor Tianhe stopped wasting words and, with a slight glint in his eyes, directly used these words to pressure Wei Tu.

However, upon hearing this, Wei Tu's expression turned slightly cold, but he did not fall out with the three of them, including Tianhe Ancestor.

“Fellow Daoist Tianhe, it’s not impossible for me to go first, but… I hope Fellow Daoist Tianhe can explain the method of preemptively controlling the Flame Spirit King’s soul and probing his memories at this moment… I also have some doubts about this.”

"If Fellow Daoist Tianhe agrees, then this matter is not unnecessarily open to discussion."

Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly, but he replied calmly.

He exuded a powerful aura, seemingly confident that he could escape even when surrounded by three people.

Upon hearing this, Ancestor Tianhe frowned secretly. After weighing the pros and cons, he took out a jade slip with a resolute expression and threw it directly to Wei Tu.

"That method is nothing special; it's a spiritual cultivation secret technique I learned. It allows one to forcibly reassemble a cultivator's dissipated soul for a short time after death using great magical power..."

"If the other party is determined to die, they would have already planned to disperse their soul. This method is useless in that case."

Ancestor Tianhe explained calmly.

However, after hearing these words and reading the contents of the jade slip, Wei Tu did not obediently go to the 'Bao Ri Divine Tower' as he had previously promised.

His figure flickered, and with a slight flash of light, he made a move to flee from this place.

See this scene.

Ancestor Tianhe's expression changed drastically. Hidden inside the corpse of the Bloodwinged Demon, he immediately conjured a large magical hand and fiercely grabbed at Wei Tu.

At the same time, several spiritual lights flashed from the mouth of the Bloodwinged Demon and flew off one by one in the direction Wei Tu had fled.

but--

At that moment, a surprising scene unfolded.

While in the air, Wei Tu fled backward for a moment, then with a flash of light, flew straight towards the 'Bao Ri Divine Tower'.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, no matter how fast Ancestor Tianhe was, he could not 'obstruct' Wei Tu's escape light in any way.

at the same time.

A somewhat indifferent remark was quietly uttered at that moment.

"Fellow Daoist Tianhe has forced me first. It seems that the blood oath I made with you and my divided soul can now be nullified."

As soon as these words fell.

Just moments ago, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor's face, which had been brimming with anger, instantly revealed a look of pain. At this moment, blood-red incantations resembling 'evil spirits' also appeared on his body.

In the blink of an eye, his body was covered in black scars, as if burned, and the condition seemed to be getting worse.

Even within his dantian and sea of ​​consciousness, the howling of evil spirits could be heard at this moment.

However, surprisingly, although the Heavenly Crane Ancestor's face was extremely ugly, he did not show the slightest sign of panic.

Of course, this was not hard to predict.

Although she was "secretly harmed" by Wei Tu this time, her decision to "force" Wei Tu just now showed that she was already aware of this "future trouble".

He rapidly formed hand seals and, using his divine sense, retrieved a powerful and mysterious jade talisman from his storage artifact, then slapped it directly onto his brow.

The next moment, under the power of the jade talisman, the blood-red runes that appeared on his body began to slowly dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After doing all this, a look of pain appeared on the face of the Heavenly Crane Ancestor. Clearly, this mysterious jade talisman was quite valuable to him.

"This demon is incredibly cunning..."

"He actually took the initiative to lure Ancestor Tianhe into breaking his oath..."

After witnessing this dazzling spectacle, Jiao Changyi and the bald-browed old man were secretly alarmed.

Because compared to Wei Tu and Tianhe Laozu, who were cunning and resourceful, they were truly naive and inexperienced.

It made them seem like hothouse flowers.

……

While the Heavenly Crane Ancestor used the 'mysterious jade talisman' to dispel the backlash of the blood pact on his body.

During this time, Wei Tu also stopped his escape light and landed at the entrance of the seven-colored pagoda, which was ten thousand feet tall and resembled a shadow of light.

As he approached, it became much more three-dimensional, resembling a huge piece of colorful glass, blocking his way.

However, despite being protected by dazzling spiritual light and restrictive formations, it did not have a clearly visible tower door like ordinary towers, allowing people to enter and exit.

However, after examining it for a moment, Wei Tu quickly discovered what appeared to be the 'gap in the forbidden array' opened by the Flame Spirit King.

It was only the size of a fly and was inconspicuous among the layers of restrictions on the tower.

But for Wei Tu, who was a master of the Fusion Realm, it was quite conspicuous.

After a moment's thought, he immediately and without hesitation transformed into a beam of demonic light and disappeared inside.

Although it was dangerous to be the first to charge, he did not believe that the 'Flame Spirit King' would set up a formidable obstacle at the entrance of this tower to deal with Ancestor Tianhe and the others.

It's highly likely that he intended to use the various dangerous restrictions within the 'Treasured Sun Divine Tower' to ambush and kill Ancestor Tianhe... Naturally, it's impossible for him and Ancestor Tianhe to be stopped at the entrance alone.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that his clone is an 'undying demonic body', which cannot be killed by ordinary things—even if it is destroyed here, it is only a loss of a means of fighting for his main body.

It is far from reaching the point where it would harm the path.

"Is this the first level of the tower?"

After passing through the barrier, the next moment, what came into Wei Tu's view was not the same as the scenery outside the 'Bao Ri Divine Tower' that he had imagined.

It is a rather magnificent, but somewhat empty, hall.

On either side of the main hall were two gates, dozens of feet high and completely open, each with a dimly lit passageway that was difficult to detect and led to an unknown destination.

Inside the main hall stands a majestic and enormous stone Buddha statue, protected by numerous restrictions. One hand is in a gesture of holding a flower, while the other hand holds a seven-colored glazed pagoda.

Around the Buddha statue, one can also see traces left by chisels and the impact of laws within the hall, suggesting that cultivators who broke into the hall attempted to steal the Buddha statue, but all failed.

In front of the Buddha statue, there is a stone offering table that appears to be made of the same material, but it is completely empty.

Apart from that, the main hall was completely empty, without a single piece of clutter.

However, at this moment, Wei Tu saw some ancient characters on the tabletop of the stone altar, which were very simple and revealed the aura of time.

Upon approaching the altar and detoxifying its contents, Wei Tu's face instantly showed a hint of shock.

Because the content of the top line of text is somewhat similar to what he saw inside the 'Crow Tower'.

Its name is 'The List of Ten Thousand Spiritual Cultivators'.

Furthermore—as his gaze fell upon them, these ancient characters of true spirits transformed again, turning into pagoda patterns similar to the 'Precious Sun Divine Pagoda'...and a magical imprint that he was familiar with, and whose aura was similar to his, also appeared on this pagoda pattern.

It appeared prominently on the first layer of the pagoda's patterns.

Besides.

A point of light also appeared on the fourth layer of the tower's pattern.

The aura emanating from this point of light was exactly the same as that of the Flame Spirit King.

"Who set up this place? What is the connection between the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor and this tower? The 'Yin Crow Ten Thousand Cultivators Ranking' inside the Yin Crow Tower and the strangeness of this tower... are too similar."

At that moment, Wei Tu was filled with doubts.

The reason is simple: the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor is no less ancient than the withered and sorrowful monk.

Since this 'Precious Sun Divine Pagoda' may involve the 'Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor', it is unlikely that it was set up by the deceased Venerable Monk Kubei.

The time period can probably be traced back to nearly 100,000 years before the death of the monk Kubei in battle.

"However, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this place does indeed hold an immense opportunity!" Wei Tu's heart pounded, and his face lit up with surprise.

The older something is, the more powerful it is not necessarily.

However, the spiritual treasures contained in ancient secret realms are far superior to those in ordinary secret realms.

"I wonder if this place, like the Dark Raven Tower, also contains a second secret realm similar to the 'Spiritual Evolution Heavenly Palace'? Or perhaps a core secret realm?"

Wei Tu's heart stirred, and he secretly began to look forward to it.

However, after thinking for a moment, he suppressed his greed and did not rush to explore the higher levels of the 'Treasure Sun Divine Tower'. Instead, he waited patiently for the arrival of the three, including the Heavenly Crane Ancestor.

These three people, though 'opponents' to him, could turn on him in an instant if there were benefits... but before he dealt with the Flame Spirit King, they were also 'allies' who helped each other.

It is entirely possible to borrow its power and explore the higher levels of the 'Treasure Sun Divine Tower' together.

Otherwise, he alone would be no match for the terrifying and unpredictable Flame Spirit King.

Therefore, any further attempts to seize the treasure were out of the question. (End of Chapter)