From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Anyone who dares to rob a tomb will be annihilated by the demon slave White Wolf King!

At first, Lu Jin thought it was the wolf king of Zanggugou, but upon closer inspection, although the wolf king had the power of blood and could summon wolf packs, that was not enough to have the exaggerated destructive power described in the poem.

Unless it's a natural disaster!

The area is covered in ice and snow, so the only natural disaster that could be an avalanche is here!

They are situated on the Shenluogou Glacier, which, due to its location at the summit of the Middle Kunlun Mountains, can also be called the Dragon Peak Glacier. However, one thing is certain:

Beneath the glacier was originally a vast lake, and the Demon Kingdom's main city, Evil Luo Sea City, was once built on an island in the center of the lake.

This nine-story demon tower was built right in the center of the island.

If an avalanche occurs, causing the glacier to break and them to slide into the lake below, how do they get out?

Although he could transform Qi and fly, and Zhang Zhiwei could also leap across the ground in golden light, they couldn't carry too many people, and Brother Jiang, who had temporarily lost his primordial spirit, definitely couldn't fly.

"No, not at all."

Silver-eyed nun was surprised by the first generation Jiang Liu's keen insight and could only say, "The divine tower has nine floors and eight spirit canopies. The spirit canopy on the ninth floor is the real Crystal Free Mountain, while the rest are ordinary crystals."

"That's good."

The first generation Jiang Liu signaled to Zhang Zhiwei that he could get to work.

Helpless, Zhang Zhiwei had no choice but to use the "Golden Light Saw" again to cut the floor and remove the spiritual cover between the first and second layers.

Immediately, the first generation Jiang Liu put it into his storage ring.

Upon entering the second level, one finds piles of cow bones, specifically yak bones.

One side raises one person.

Throughout Tibet, both in ancient times and today, the various tribes have maintained a remarkably consistent veneration of the yak.

Then comes the third floor.

Unlike the second floor, this place is covered with blank ghost banners with five-colored star patterns in red, blue, white, green and black, with black ghost banners being the most numerous and blue ones the fewest.

In the tradition of the Samsara School, red represents blood, blue represents the sky, white represents mountains, green represents water, and black represents the abyss, which is clearly different from the Five Elements and Yin-Yang theory in the Central Plains.

These blank ghost banners are all magical artifacts, but they have become ineffective over the years. Although they can be repaired, it is more cost-effective to re-forge them.

So Zhang Zhiwei began cutting the spiritual canopy leading to the fourth level.

Unlike the first three layers, the fourth layer is filled with pebbles the size of chicken eggs, engraved with characters that resemble oracle bone script, cuneiform script, or Sanskrit. Each pebble has only one character engraved on it, and the pebbles are almost identical in size and shape, clearly indicating that they have been specially polished.

The first generation Jiang Liu picked up a stone pebble, examined the writing on it, and thought to himself: It really is writing from a higher dimension!

“Brother Jiang, these pebbles are just ordinary pebbles, not magical artifacts.” Lu Jin also picked up a pebble, infused it with Qi, and felt nothing, confirming that these stones were indeed just stones with inscriptions resembling ghost characters.

The difference between these and the talismans held by swindlers in the martial arts world is that they are engraved on stone, allowing them to be preserved for a longer period of time.

"It can't really be called a magic weapon, but the words themselves contain power. Once they are arranged in the correct order and 'read' with the power of the mind, the illusory can be made real and the false can be made true."

The first generation Jiang Liu put all the pebbles into his storage ring and explained to everyone, "It is highly likely that when the Demon Kingdom's Ghost Mother used the ability of 'Transformation of Realms,' she made contact with that bottomless ghost cave and thus obtained some of that being's inheritance in the dark."

But unfortunately—

When one cannot mobilize the power of the mind, one cannot systematically cultivate oneself.

However, the Demon Kingdom is founded on faith, and faith is the light of the soul gathered from the worshipful thoughts of all beings... I reckon they've devised a way to utilize the power of faith to unleash its full potential.

"The abilities of shamanism?"

Zhang Zhiwei inquired.

"Similarly, but far more sophisticated than those who create masks of divinity. We humans have recognized the power of faith, but to truly unleash its power, we'll likely need thousands more years of research... and perhaps the conditions won't be available in the future..."

# Chapter 1020 The Nine-Story Demon Tower (Part 2)

Having finished discussing "faith" and "scripture stones," Zhang Zhiwei continued to wield his golden saw, descending to the next level.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh floors were empty, but the dust on the ground was uneven, with one layer being dark and another light, as if someone had visited here before them and taken away all the valuables.

But this tower is sealed off, and ordinary people can't get in at all. Could it be that it has a superpower similar to the ability to walk through walls?

Lu Jin tentatively used his mental energy to scan the walls of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth floors and discovered that they had been damaged.

Furthermore, there are four connecting passages outside. Apart from the passage outside the ninth floor wall, the passages on the other three floors have collapsed.

"That's strange. If someone explored this nine-story demon tower before us and may have taken some things from the fourth floor, why would they repair the walls of the floors?"

Zhang Zhiwei looked puzzled, wondering if Lu Jin had misread it.

after all--

What kind of tomb raiders, with nothing better to do, would help repair the tomb?

If they were afraid of divine retribution, how could they dare to rob tombs?

"Quickly, go check out the ninth floor!"

Silver-eyed nun suddenly shouted.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhiwei looked at the first generation Jiang Liu. When he nodded, he cut off the spirit cover leading to the eighth floor, where nineteen corpses were placed.

Judging from the appearance of these corpses, they were decorated with something resembling gold lacquer, but they had no trace of life and no Gu worms in their bodies. They seemed to be guardians who had severed their own heart meridians and were willing to be buried with their masters.

"Ignore the corpses, keep going!"

Seeing that the First Generation Jiang Liu was carefully examining the guardians buried with him, the Silver-Eyed Nun urged, "If there's a problem with the First Generation Ghost Mother's corpse at the lowest level, I'm afraid your primordial spirit will be lost forever!"

The first generation Jiang Liu gave the silver-eyed nun a deep look, and nodded to Zhang Zhiwei again.

The latter immediately cut open the spiritual cover leading to the ninth level at the bottom.

Below was pitch black. Jiang Liu, the first generation, jumped down first, holding a flashlight to illuminate the space. The room was empty except for a stone platform in the very center, on which were placed two fist-sized crystals, one blue and one white, which shimmered faintly under the flashlight beam.

"A magical artifact? Or a medicinal pill?"

Zhang Zhiwei, who jumped into the ninth floor, grabbed the two crystals and infused them with a wisp of Qi. There was no reaction, but it gave him a strange sense of déjà vu.

Over the past two years, he had followed his division commander to ransack the homes of many landlords and had seen many strange gems, but no matter how strange they were, they were just stones.

However, the two stones gave him very different feelings; one was cold and the other was hot. They could be directly perceived by his spirit and soul, but could not be affected by Qi.

Extremely bizarre!

"It contains the core of two initial mixed-elemental airflow circulation laws."

The first generation Jiang Liu saw through the essence at a glance: "The manufacturing process must have used the scripture stone placed on the fourth layer, which is probably a tool to help the Ghost Mother cultivate her spiritual power."

However—"

Bang!

With a single kick, the stone platform shattered into dust, revealing a pit over two meters in diameter. Inside lay a thin crystal spirit cover, just like the previous ones, carved with a depiction of a demon slave white wolf king. The material rippled with layers of waves, constantly undulating, making it quite peculiar.

But the most peculiar thing is that it contains a female corpse curled up in the shape of a fetus. Her whole body is crystal clear, and her skin and veins have the texture of mercury, while her internal organs and bones are as red as agate.

Upon closer inspection, everyone present could detect that the heart inside the woman's body was beating at an extremely faint rate.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

When everyone on the ninth floor held their breath, they could clearly hear the heartbeat of the female corpse inside the Crystal Free Mountain.

Surprising!

Yet it also exudes a sense of sacredness!

"Is the first generation of the Ghost Mother still alive?" Zhang Zhiwei was the first to break the silence.

"Just a living dead."

The first generation Jiang Liu had already deduced a possibility based on the existing clues, and said leisurely, "The first generation Ghost Mother is the spokesperson of the bottomless ghost cave. She was probably most deeply influenced by it and cultivated the Boundless Demon Eye. She could often connect with the bottomless ghost cave, and thus was also influenced by it, causing her body to begin to evolve in the direction of energy."

die?

No.

It is highly likely that the first Ghost Mother felt that the process of energizing the body was too slow and wanted to speed it up, so she thought of returning to the 'womb'.

For her, the goal was to find an opportunity to fake her death, escape from state affairs, use the Crystal Free Mountain as her 'womb', and live a second life, thereby achieving rebirth in the future.

Perhaps in her eyes, as long as she succeeds, the destruction of the Demon Kingdom doesn't matter; it can be rebuilt at any time. The people of the Demon Kingdom are just numbers to her.

Fifteen asked in confusion: "But in legends, Crystal Freedom Mountain is the transformed form of the demon slave White Wolf King, isn't it?"

"Obviously not."

The first generation Jiang Liu squatted down, raised his hand and tapped the surface of the crystal mountain, causing the ripples within to ripple and become disordered for a moment, but then they returned to normal. "It is true that the Demon Kingdom has methods to enslave the White Wolf, but to say that this crystal is the result of the White Wolf King's death must be an artistic embellishment by later generations."

The Kunlun Longding area is covered with ice and snow all year round. Even when the Demon Kingdom still existed, before the glaciers formed, the climate would not have been very warm.

Tigers are not adapted to the high-altitude air here, so the only predators are wolves, leopards, and minks. Wolves are social animals and are the best predators in this area.

The development of civilization is inevitably influenced by the environment and the creatures within it. Therefore, the white wolf is merely a totem of high status in the Demon Kingdom; otherwise, it would be impossible for corresponding images to be engraved on Crystal Free Mountain.

This Crystal Free Mountain is a unique natural crystal containing special elements, capable of locking all vibrations within it.

Furthermore, the aura of the Dragon's Peak inherently carries a hint of 'Nirvana,' continuously drawing in the ancestral dragon's energy from the earth's veins, which is then spontaneously absorbed by the Crystal Free Mountain, thus nurturing the first generation of the Ghost Mother within.

"Perfect!"

Zhang Zhiwei raised his right hand, which crackled with white lightning, and chuckled, "Let me thwart her plans!"

Seeing the lightning about to strike, the silver-eyed nun rushed forward, shouting, "Don't break it! Otherwise, it will cause an avalanche!"

"let me!"

"I know a way to dissipate the sound waves and reduce this demon mother to nothingness!"

Zhang Zhiwei did not lower his hand; in fact, the lightning in his palm became even more concentrated, as if he wanted to strike down the silver-eyed nun who clearly had ulterior motives.

“Alright, Jue Mu, you handle this corpse.”

After a moment's thought, the first generation Jiang Liu agreed to her proposal.

Zhang Zhiwei was puzzled, but he also dissipated the lightning and lowered his hand.

Silver-eyed nun breathed a sigh of relief, carefully observed the first generation of Ghost Mother, and finally her gaze fell on her head. Her expression was grim, and she said to the first generation Jiang Liu, "But I still need your help."

"What kind of help?"