200: A broken sword

"Wait! The third floor of the Tower of the Heavens?"

"Doesn't the Tower of the Heavens have nine floors in total?"

Shen Xi couldn't help but interrupt Little Doll, asking with a curious expression.

He had just passed the Tower of the Heavens' trial, so he naturally knew that the Tower of the Heavens had nine floors in total.

"Are you talking about the bottom six floors? Those were built by Zhu Feng Ao himself. The true Tower of the Heavens only has the top three floors."

Little Doll explained with a hint of disdain.

So that's how it is!

Shen Xi suddenly understood.

No wonder after reaching the seventh floor, the style of the Tower of the Heavens' trial suddenly changed.

If the first six floors were easy mode, then the latter three floors started to increase in difficulty.

"So, the time recorded on the Tower to the Heavens Golden Tablet is only for the top three floors. The bottom six floors have nothing to do with the Tower of the Heavens. Also, even the Tower to the Heavens Stone Tablet was a replica created by Zhu Feng Ao based on the Tower to the Heavens Golden Tablet."

Little Doll continued to recall.

At that time, when he heard Zhu Feng Ao's request, he was completely bewildered.

With his strength, it would have been easy to even wipe out the forces behind the pursuers, yet the other party only asked him to kill the pursuers?

Zhu Feng Ao then said something that left a deep impression on Little Doll.

"I have an invincible heart, and I will walk an invincible Dao. I will personally avenge this blood feud!"

Zhu Feng Ao was not a fool; he naturally realized Little Doll's power.

But he didn't want Little Doll to act on his behalf for revenge.

He wanted to avenge himself!

However, his life was in danger, and he had no choice but to seek Little Doll's protection.

After understanding Zhu Feng Ao's thoughts, Little Doll did not kill the pursuers. Instead, he directly took Zhu Feng Ao and left.

He left the Opportunity to act for Zhu Feng Ao, and he left these pursuers for Zhu Feng Ao. Everything was to be decided by the other party!

If Zhu Feng Ao rose in the future, he would take revenge himself. If he failed to grow, he could help Zhu Feng Ao get revenge.

Just like that, Zhu Feng Ao cultivated diligently day after day, and finally, at the age of twenty, he stepped into the Dian Ling Realm.

And in the days that followed, his Cultivation speed Advanced by leaps and bounds: Embryonic Stage, Fetus Transformation, Nirvana... until he finally succeeded in his revenge!

Then, Zhu Feng Ao created Zhu Feng City, and also created the Chasing Wind Secret Realm. Finally, he brought the Tower of the Heavens into the Chasing Wind Secret Realm, and even built six more floors underneath it.

And so it remained until now!

"Wait! Where's the Opportunity you mentioned?"

Shen Xi asked again.

Little Doll had said before that when Zhu Feng Ao passed the Tower of the Heavens, the other party mentioned that he could help Zhu Feng Ao once and also give him a great Opportunity.

However, from Little Doll's description, there was no mention of the Opportunity.

"Zhu Feng Ao failed!"

For the first time, a look of disappointment appeared in Little Doll's eyes.

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a long sword emitting a ghostly aura appeared in his grasp.

And, upon closer inspection, it was clear that the long sword was not complete; only a small section was real, with the vast majority being an illusion formed by converging afterimages.

"This sword is the Opportunity I spoke of. As long as one passes the Tower of the Heavens and Cultivates to the Dian Ling Realm, they can attempt to refine this long sword. Once successful, their future achievements will be limitless; this world will tremble for them. Zhu Feng Ao tried to refine it back then, but the final result was failure, and he almost destroyed his Meridians, turning him into a cripple."

Looking at the sword, Shen Xi shivered from the bottom of his heart.

It was clearly just a broken sword, clearly covered in cracks, yet the feeling it gave him was heavier than the entire world.

With Shen Xi's fourth-level Sword Intent, he couldn't even get half a step closer to the broken sword.

The aura emanating from this sword was no longer Sword Intent, but a higher-level existence.

"System, can this sword's refining process be simulated?"

Shen Xi secretly asked the System in his heart.

"[Yes, the success rate is zero, and it consumes one hundred million demon beast lifespan per year. Do you wish to start?]"

Start a bouncy ball!

Shen Xi heard the System deliberately teasing him and cursed under his breath.

Good heavens, a zero success rate means it's absolutely impossible to succeed.

And it consumes one hundred million Lifespan per year? Do I look like one hundred million?

This was an Opportunity that was impossible to obtain!

Little Doll noticed the change in Shen Xi's expression and quickly explained: "Don't even mention the Dian Ling Realm; even a Yuyue Realm Martial Artist would find it impossible to refine this broken sword. This broken sword has three Restrictions on it. As long as one can refine one layer, it counts as success."

"[Friendly reminder: Given the host's current situation, the success rate for refining the first layer is one percent, and it requires one hundred thousand years of demon beast lifespan per year.]"

Still an astronomical number.

The success rate was also ridiculously low.

But at least, it was better than zero.

Shen Xi was making the best of a bad situation, only able to comfort himself.

"You're still some distance from the Dian Ling Realm, don't worry. I will stay by your side during this time, after all, you successfully cleared the trial, so you get two chances for me to act."

Little Doll comforted him.

He naturally knew how difficult this matter was.

"Why two times?"

Shen Xi asked, puzzled.

"Zhu Feng Ao's chance, he never used it until his death, and left a dying wish for it to be given to the next person who passes the Tower of the Heavens. And you are the only one who has successfully cleared the trial in the past two thousand years, so you naturally get two chances."

Little Doll explained.

This made him sigh with emotion.

He had thought that with Zhu Feng Ao's influence, the Chasing Wind Secret Realm's reputation would be great enough that a group of young talents would enter every ten years, significantly increasing the chance of passing the Tower of the Heavens.

As it turned out, it was even less likely than when he used to casually leave it somewhere, and a Martial Artist would stumble upon it by chance and clear it.

Fortunately, after waiting for two thousand years, Shen Xi finally arrived.

Now, Shen Xi had the right to take away the Tower of the Heavens, until his death or until the next successful challenger appeared.

As for the Tower of the Heavens opening once every ten years, it would not be suspended because Shen Xi took it away.

When the time came, the Tower of the Heavens would automatically choose a location to open and await a fated person. After all, Shen Xi had only passed the Tower of the Heavens; he had not truly refined the broken sword and could not fully control the Tower of the Heavens.

"Also, a reminder: the Tower of the Heavens truly has nine floors. The three floors you see now are merely the bottom three floors of the Tower of the Heavens. Once you refine the broken sword, you will know more."

Little Doll deliberately created suspense to pique Shen Xi's curiosity and motivation.

As expected, upon hearing this, Shen Xi's eyes lit up.

If the trials of the bottom three floors were so difficult, how much greater would the difficulty factor be for the six floors above?

And, who was the true creator of the Tower of the Heavens? Just a broken sword alone was enough to prove how terrifying his strength was!