155: The Tower Spirit's Entrustment, the Ultimate Reward

While the outside world was swept into a frenzy and shock by the divine miracle of “Myriad Laws Returning to the Origin,” the tenth floor of the guixu pagoda, within that vast, void space resembling the cosmic starry sky, was enveloped in absolute silence.

Lin Tian stood there quietly, slowly digesting the profound Dao rhythm of “severing illusions, only I am real” that he had just comprehended after grasping “All Things Are Swords.”

Just then, the space before him shimmered with light and shadows, and countless Law runes converged out of thin air, eventually coalescing into the ethereal image of a white-haired elder with a kind face, dressed in simple hemp robes, possessing an immortal-like demeanor.

It was none other than the guixu pagoda Spirit, whose voice had been heard before, but whose person had remained unseen.

“Remarkable… truly remarkable…”

The guixu pagoda Spirit looked at Lin Tian, and his turbid eyes, which seemed to have witnessed eons, were filled with undisguised, extreme satisfaction and admiration, as if a teacher was looking at his most accomplished and most exceeding-expectations student.

“Since my consciousness awakened, I have guarded this guixu pagoda for thirty-six thousand years. I have witnessed countless ‘talented individuals’ of astonishing brilliance, and I have also seen numerous ‘Prodigy’ who thought themselves extraordinary. But, to forcibly open the tenth floor in a ‘non-Human’ form, and ultimately break through ‘self-attachment’ and overcome oneself…”

“You are the first in all of history.”

Lin Tian looked at him, his expression calm, not moved in the slightest by this praise, which could be called the “highest evaluation.” He merely asked the question in his Heart-Nature: “Who built this guixu pagoda? And what is its true purpose?”

Upon hearing this, the guixu pagoda Spirit’s face showed a trace of reminiscence. He sighed and began to reveal the most core secret of this ancient Trial Grounds to Lin Tian.

“This guixu pagoda (ruixu pagoda) is not a Trial Grounds.”

“Its true name is ‘Spark.’”

“It was a secret ‘Human Race genetic spark screening and cultivation base’ constructed during the most prosperous period of the ancient Pangu Dynasty by the first generation of ‘Human Emperor,’ who expended the entire Imperial Dynasty’s resources and spent a thousand years on it.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Tian’s pure golden eyes, for the first time, narrowed slightly.

The guixu pagoda Spirit’s voice became incredibly heavy and distant, as if recounting an epic buried by time, filled with tragedy and helplessness.

“Because, in that era, the first generation Human Emperor had already foreseen the future through his research of the Eye of Guixu and his contact with certain ‘extra-territorial existences’… that inevitable ‘Entropy Disaster’ capable of ending the entire Universe.”

“He knew that even with the strength of the Pangu Dynasty at that time, they could not directly contend with such a ‘natural disaster.’ Therefore, he built this guixu pagoda and integrated his lifelong Legacy and insights into it, setting up nine layers of trials.”

“His purpose was not to test who was stronger, but to… screen.”

“To screen out the ‘navigator’ who, in the future, when the apocalypse truly arrives, would have the most hope and potential to lead Human Race civilization out of this ‘Place of Origin’ and preserve the last ‘spark’ for our civilization in the ‘Sea of Worlds.’”

“And you…” The guixu pagoda Spirit looked at Lin Tian, and his turbid old eyes erupted with an unprecedented brilliant light, “…Your talent, your Heart-Nature, your potential… You are the Human Emperor’s hope for tens of thousands of years, the only hope of our civilization!”

After giving Lin Tian this supreme evaluation, the guixu pagoda Spirit’s ethereal image slowly bowed to Lin Tian.

“I earnestly request one thing of you.”

His voice was filled with solemnity and entrustment.

“Guixu City, and the ‘Tomb Guardians’ who live here, they are the descendants of the ‘artisans’ who followed the Human Emperor and built this guixu pagoda back then. The most ancient and purest Human Race genes also flow in their Bloodline. They are also a most important part of the ‘Spark’ plan.”

“I hope that in the future, once you truly mature, you can look after them.”

“Especially…” In his mind, Gu Fan’s face, filled with unwillingness and jealousy, appeared, “…those young people who, though arrogant, are not bad at Heart-Nature. They need a true ‘King’ to guide and integrate them.”

“Lead them to jointly resist the… impending apocalyptic crisis.”

This was no longer just a simple trial.

It was a handover of… responsibility and Legacy that spanned eons!

Lin Tian remained silent for a moment.

He looked at the guixu pagoda Spirit’s expectant gaze, and finally, slowly nodded.

“I promise you.”

“Good! Good! Good!”

The guixu pagoda Spirit let out a relieved laugh. His aged ethereal image seemed to solidify a bit because of it.

“Since you have accepted this ‘commission,’ then I will also give you the ‘reward’ for passing this ultimate trial, and… the ‘advance payment’ for accepting this commission.”

With that, he extended his slightly illusory, energy-formed hand and gently clasped it towards the center of this void space.

Buzz — ! ! ! ! ! !

The entire guixu pagoda, along with the bottomless Eye of Guixu below, trembled violently at this instant!

A surge of emerald green energy, more vast, more pure, and filled with the most primitive life aura than ever before, was forcibly extracted from the deepest part of the Eye of Guixu!

That energy was refined to the extreme; within it, it seemed to contain all the life information of a complete world, from its birth to its peak prosperity!

In the guixu pagoda Spirit’s hand, it continuously compressed, condensed, and shaped… finally transforming into a mysterious seed, entirely emerald green like divine jade, only the size of a thumb, yet seemingly containing a complete, brilliant starry sky within!

The moment that seed appeared, the Pangu Body within Lin Tian involuntarily let out an unprecedented yearning and… cheer, like the hungriest glutton encountering the most delicious food!

“This… this is…” Lin Tian’s unruffled Heart-Nature, for the first time, stirred up colossal waves!

“That’s right.”

The guixu pagoda Spirit looked at him, a relieved smile on his face, and revealed the name of this “ultimate reward,” a name that could drive the entire Universe into madness.

“It is the sole and most perfect ‘source of evolution’ that the first generation Human Emperor, risking his life, sought from the edge of the ‘Sea of Worlds’ for a Pangu Bloodline successor like you.”

“—The World Tree Gene Seed!”