"Swish..."
Bai Zihe felt his vision blur, and he entered a brand new world.
Here...
Blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and clear waters.
Numerous cranes and egrets, abundant ancient pines and green cypresses, with mist permeating and fog swirling, it was like a fairyland on earth, breathtakingly beautiful.
Bai Zihe took just a slight breath of the air and immediately felt refreshed and exceptionally comfortable.
Even...
The True Essence within his body had become a tiny bit more potent.
"Bai Zihe?"
Just as Bai Zihe was immersed in the scene, a clear voice suddenly came from behind him, startling him greatly.
He turned around to look.
A child, about a meter tall, stood behind him, gazing intently at him.
However...
The child's eyes were as deep as the starry sky; a mere glance and one would be drawn in, almost unable to break free.
Even with Bai Zihe's exceptionally strong willpower, he almost lost himself for a moment, his heart filled with extreme dread.
"You, you are..."
He suppressed the shock in his heart and stared at the child, inquiring.
"I am the Tower Spirit."
The child's voice was indeed clear and crisp, giving Bai Zihe a sense of purity, as if untouched by any worldly dust.
Tower Spirit?
Tower Spirit!
Bai Zihe's eyes widened instantly.
When he was still on Nine Dragon Mountain, his master, while imparting knowledge, had spoken of certain treasures in the world that were born before the chaos and formed after the establishment of heaven and earth.
They possessed the power to destroy heavens and annihilate earth, wielding unpredictable might.
Over the long years, such treasures would develop sentience.
And the child before him...
He should be the spirit of this treasure tower!
"So..."
Bai Zihe swallowed, a hint of joy appearing on his brow, "I am currently inside the treasure tower?"
"Yes."
The Tower Spirit nodded, then shook his head. "However... you are too weak now, and you will be repelled out soon."
"..."
Bai Zihe was rendered speechless.
Indeed.
His strength might have been sufficient in the mortal world.
But compared to true masters, he was still far from it, like the Lava Giant Beast, or Qin Changsheng's true form back then.
Clearly, there were still too many unknowns in this world.
"However..."
The Tower Spirit continued, "Since you were drawn in by the Haotian Tower, it means you are an acknowledged person."
"I will help you become strong."
"But..."
A flicker of dimness crossed the Tower Spirit's bright eyes. "I will not recognize you as my master. My master is only one."
"But he has already left forever..."
This sentence...
It seemed harmless, but Bai Zihe gleaned a lot of information from it.
Firstly, the legendary Ten Great Divine Artifacts of Great Xia were real!
Secondly, the world he was currently in was the interior of the Haotian Tower, one of the Ten Great Divine Artifacts!
Thirdly, according to Morkas, the four regions of Dragon Island housed at least four of the Ten Great Divine Artifacts!
Fourthly, divine artifacts like the Haotian Tower could recognize a master, but there was a condition: one needed to be acknowledged.
Fifthly, the Haotian Tower had a former master, but from the Tower Spirit's demeanor, that former master had likely perished.
Long story short.
In reality, these thoughts flashed through Bai Zihe's mind in an instant.
"What are the functions of the Haotian Tower?"
This was a point Bai Zihe was very concerned about.
He could now deduce that the divine artifact in his current region was likely the Pangu Axe, but obtaining it would probably not be easy.
And the Pangu Axe...
In the hands of the great god Pangu, it was the divine artifact for splitting the heavens and opening the earth.
As for the Haotian Tower, Bai Zihe was truly not very clear.
"The Haotian Tower..."
The Tower Spirit shook his head. "It possesses the abilities of suppression and sealing, but you are far from able to unleash even a minuscule fraction of its power."
Saying this.
The Tower Spirit pointed to a towering pagoda in the distance. "See that treasure tower? That is the 'Tongtian Tower'. When you have the strength to pass through all one hundred floors of the Tongtian Tower, you will be able to exert one ten-thousandth of the Haotian Tower's power!"
Tongtian Tower, one hundred floors?
Bai Zihe frowned slightly, becoming more curious about this matter.
"However..."
"With your current strength, you probably can't even pass fifty floors, you need to cultivate!"
The Tower Spirit's blunt honesty rendered Bai Zihe utterly speechless.
Yes.
He was weak now, but did he have to be so demoralized!
Bai Zihe, having no retorts, asked, "Little Tower, what method do you mean by helping me become stronger?"
"Cultivation."
The Little Tower stated simply and directly. "Besides its abilities of suppression and sealing, the internal space of the Haotian Tower contains extremely dense spiritual energy."
"Compared to the already thin spiritual energy of the outside world, it is an extremely rare sacred ground for cultivation."
"And..."
The Little Tower pointed towards the end of the land. "In the Eastern Extreme region, there is still a trace of chaotic aura from a very long time ago."
"If you can comprehend the chaos, you will surely achieve great things in the future."
"But this is impossible."
"Because my master couldn't take that step, you naturally have no hope."
The way it spoke.
Bai Zihe, having been demoralized so many times, had already become immune and pretended not to hear.
What the Little Tower didn't know.
He had already obtained the "scroll" of Pangu's creation and could comprehend its evolution at any time, but his current strength was too weak to understand the deeper mysteries.
At most.
He could discover some vaguely similar things and then imitate them, like a monkey imitating.
But even by imitation, the power Bai Zihe displayed was already extraordinary, capable of killing Qin Changsheng from afar!
"If you have nothing else to do, cultivate here."
"According to your current strength..."
"You can cultivate for three to five hours each time before your divine sense feels fatigued, and you will be repelled by the Haotian Tower."
"One more thing."
"After you pass through the Tongtian Tower, you can choose the time flow corresponding to the level you reach for cultivation, so you don't have to worry about a closed-door session causing drastic changes in the outside world."
The Little Tower's words astonished Bai Zihe.
Time flow?
Could it be...
The time inside the Haotian Tower is different from the outside world?
The Tower Spirit, sensing his confusion, explained, "From the first to the one hundredth floor of the Tongtian Tower, for every additional floor, the time flow doubles."
"In other words..."
"Assuming you have passed the first floor, then one day of cultivation on the first floor of the Tongtian Tower equates to only half a day passing outside."
Upon hearing this, Bai Zihe's heart was stirred with a tempestuous wave.
When he first heard the Little Tower mention that the Haotian Tower had the ability to seal and suppress, he had paid it no mind, as he couldn't control the Haotian Tower now, making those two functions essentially useless.
But time flow was different.
If he reached the fiftieth floor.
Then cultivating for fifty-one days inside would only mean one hour passed outside...
This was simply terrifying!
"Can I try to challenge the Tongtian Tower now?"
Bai Zihe asked with some impatience.
"Of course you can!"
"Alright, then I'll go try now!"
With that, Bai Zihe flashed and arrived at the base of the Tongtian Tower.