449: The fifth level, the Tower of Inquiry!

Earth-shattering!

Even the Holy Lord back then, one of his two Personal Disciples, only reached ninety-one Dao Grades.

Above the Dao Grade, silence reigned.

Absolute silence!

As if even the air had solidified.

Everyone’s expressions were frozen on their faces, mouths slightly agape, filled with shock and stupor.

Ninety-four Dao Grades! This number, like a divine thunder from the Nine Heavens, struck deep into everyone’s Divine Soul!

This not only surpassed all contemporary Cultivators present!

It even reached the threshold for the Holy Lord to recruit Personal Disciples back then! It was an achievement only heard of in legends!

“Ninety-four Dao Grades…”

Yang Haoran murmured, his usually calm and unruffled eyes finally showing a ripple. He hadn't expected to encounter such a peerless Genius here. It seemed there was an opportunity to get to know her better, and if he could take her away, that would be for the best.

Meanwhile, Tian Shu Vein Master Xuan Tianhong felt an immense unease in his heart.

He looked at the ninety stone stele phantoms, like divine miracles, surrounding Su Lin Yun and radiating a majestic Dao might. He felt an indescribable fear, like a cold viper, tightly coiling around his heart, squeezing tighter and tighter.

Ninety-four Dao Grades! The standard for a Holy Lord’s Personal Disciple!

This meant that Su Lin Yun’s Comprehension Ability had received the highest recognition from the Ten Thousand Paths Celestial Evolution Stele!

It meant her future held boundless potential, her prospects limitless!

It meant that her possibility of obtaining the Holy Lord’s core Legacy would greatly increase, while his own possibility would greatly decrease.

It meant… that Xuan Tianhong, who had been so self-assured back then, had, with just a single thought, let go not of some remnant that could be easily crushed, but a true Dragon soaring through the Nine Heavens!

Regret! Like the most potent poison, it corroded his internal organs!

Xuan Tianhong regretted why he had played such games back then, why he hadn't directly cut the roots. He had been far too confident in his Six Desires Seal.

He had always thought he was the one pulling the strings, unaware that the current Su Lin Yun had completely broken free from his control.

Hate! Overwhelming hate, but no longer directed solely at Su Lin Yun; a part of it was directed at himself! Hating his own foolishness! Hating his own short-sightedness!

“Why… why didn’t I kill her completely back then? Now I’ve raised a tiger that has become a menace.”

…

The ninety-four stone steles slowly disappeared, and Su Lin Yun’s figure also slowly vanished from her original spot, reappearing on the Dao Grade.

Everyone looked at her with shocked and envious gazes. Ninety-four stone steles were simply too astonishing.

Su Lin Yun, however, paid them no mind. She directly sat down cross-legged, beginning to recuperate her mind. She was too exhausted.

The Demonic Thought’s voice appeared once again.

“The first batch of Cultivators for the Ten Thousand Paths Celestial Evolution Stele trial has concluded. Next, please prepare the second batch. As for you, rest for three days, and then the final Legacy trial will begin!”

As the Demonic Thought’s words spread, a flash of light occurred, and everyone’s minds had already returned outside the Ten Thousand Paths Celestial Evolution Stele. They then quickly returned to their Physical Bodies.

Immediately after, the Cultivators who had passed the third stage during this period entered the Ten Thousand Paths Celestial Evolution Stele, beginning their fourth stage.

…

Time flew by, and three days quickly passed.

“Three days have arrived. Next, we will proceed to the fifth stage, the Wen Xin Pagoda!”

The moment the fifth Legacy trial began, it was not the ethereal illusion as expected, but a earth-shattering roar!

Rumble!

The space beneath their feet began to tremble violently, and spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spread through the space.

Everyone standing on the ground was somewhat surprised and quickly dodged towards directions without cracks.

Dozens of kilometers in front of them, the Legacy space seemed to be violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and an ancient aura of time rushed forth.

A tower, carrying immense force, rose from this torn spatial rift, shooting up from the ground!

It was entirely dark brown, giving it a sense of antiquity. On the tower body, there were massive cracks as if struck by blades and axes, along with mottled etchings.

Countless already blurred runes were densely inscribed upon it, exuding a heavy, oppressive, and somewhat bloody, vast aura.

Moments later, the tower body finally appeared completely before everyone’s eyes.

The tower had three levels, each adorned with different, lifelike carvings.

When the tower body was fully erected on the ground, the three levels of the tower suddenly emitted a burst of light, so dazzling that everyone found it difficult to open their eyes, and even Divine Thought could not directly look at it.

After the light dissipated, everyone’s gaze, upon seeing the tower body again, was immediately captivated.

At this moment, where was the feeling of ten thousand years of mottled age on the tower body?

All three levels of the tower were incredibly bright and snow-white. The carvings on them seemed as if they were about to fly out of the tower, and at the very top of the tower, there was something else!

The most unique object in the entire tower!

There, instead of a usual stupa, floated a fist-sized, peculiar white crystal.

It was not static, but slowly rotating, and with each rotation, it rippled with layers of visible, transparent undulations.

These ripples were silent, yet carried an irresistible penetrating power, instantly sweeping through the depths of everyone’s Soul present.

Regardless of cultivation level, regardless of good or evil, at the moment these ripples passed, everyone felt a warmth and purity originating from their life essence, as if their Souls had been immersed in warm spring water for cleansing, and all their distracting thoughts, all their fatigue, were silently purified.

“Hiss… What level of Magic Treasure is this? Just looking at it can completely calm my mind?”

“Such a pure aura, such a natural feeling, surpassing all Magic Treasures I have ever seen!”

“I once saw a Dao Grade supreme spiritual treasure, but it was far from as powerful as this three-story pagoda. Could it be… a Semi-Immortal Artifact?!”

“What? A Semi-Immortal Artifact!!”

Everyone gasped.

Even Su Lin Yun, who was usually cool and indifferent, had an undisguised look of shock in her beautiful eyes. Her red lips were slightly parted, and she subconsciously took half a step back.

A Semi-Immortal Artifact, that was a legend. No one in the entire Eastern Region had ever openly possessed a Semi-Immortal Artifact!

“Hehe, you people do have some insight. This is indeed a supreme treasure, its rank is a Semi-Immortal Artifact!”

The Demonic Thought’s faint voice sounded after the tower body fully appeared, carrying a trace of imperceptible fatigue, as summoning this tower consumed a great deal of his Qi, and this was also the first time he had summoned this tower.

“This is the fifth stage, the Wen Xin Pagoda!!”