Eternal Tale

Taixiao slowly turned his gaze towards Longyuan, ”Once we’ve healed, we’ll re-enter the Tower of Heaven. This celestial realm resonates with my Taixiao Ancient Palace, and the gifts of heaven and earth can elevate my life-bound artifact.”

”Alright.” Longyuan nodded heavily, and the flow of the surrounding heaven and earth energy suddenly accelerated, beginning to repair his body.

Taixiao sat cross-legged with bare feet, eyes closed, starting to refine the residual death energy within himself, his expression turning slightly pained.

Yet, neither the man nor the dragon harbored any resentment or thoughts of sending their family elders to kill them.

From the moment they first met to their eventual retreat, Taixiao and his companions only engaged in duels, never intending to fight to the death.

Even when Chen Xun was defeated, Taixiao merely said, ”Leave, you’re not worthy of passing through here,” never worrying about revenge. The times had changed.

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Inside the Tower of Heaven.

A month outside, ten months had passed inside. Chen Xun and Black Bull had been observing the palace standing in the wilderness on the three-thousandth floor of the Tower of Heaven for ten months.

They simply watched; ever since entering the world of immortals from the small boundary, they had developed this habit.Now that the palace was ownerless, they explored it smoothly, marveling at its wonders.

Standing inside the palace, Chen Xun found the power of the great path quite abundant, making it a good place, though the pressure was also quite strong, not exactly ideal for cultivation.

”Bull, what kind of spiritual beast is this?” Chen Xun pointed unhurriedly at the northwest wall, a puzzled look in his eyes. ”We should read more books in the future; the myriad clans’ atlas is somewhat lacking.”

Black Bull ran around, sniffing with his nose, and gave a perfunctory moo: ”Moo~~”

Chen Xun sighed with his hands behind his back, convinced that Taixiao must have hidden something given by his family’s elders. This place wasn’t suitable for cultivation, a testament to the strength of the strongest race of the grand world.

They even understood the celestial realm thoroughly, no wonder each generation grew stronger.

Ordinary cultivators couldn’t access those powerful experiences and taboos. Even Senior Yin’s guidance was limited to the two-thousandth floor of the Tower of Heaven.

Chen Xun walked around, eyes filled with appreciation, ”This palace seems to have been formed by the evolution of the heavens and earth within the Tower of Heaven. The higher the floor, the more complete the evolution of the heavens and earth. I wonder what the top floor looks like.”

”Moo?” Black Bull suddenly froze, looking at Chen Xun. Why not just climb up and see?

”No need, Bull. Once we sever our own great path chains, we’ll take the Heavenly Origin and leave. There might be a great crisis above, and no one has ever reached the top. Why should we make a spectacle of ourselves?”

Chen Xun smiled slightly, his eyes calm, ”Reaching the goal is enough. The most important thing is to survive, not to take risks. Look, we encountered Taixiao and the ancient true dragon as soon as we came up, too many unexpected events, not stable.”

”Moo~~” Black Bull let out a long breath, understanding.

”Bull, let’s go find the Heavenly Origin. It’s above the three-thousandth floor, the only celestial treasure known to cultivators of the grand world, as no one has been beyond that.”

Chen Xun said with a smile, already stepping out of the palace, ”Once we have it, we can reap the benefits of the heavens after a hundred floors, but we won’t be greedy!”

Beyond these hundred floors is no longer a single small world. If they correct the heavens beyond these hundred floors, they would be comfortable, but future generations would have no place to gain insights.

This would be too much against the harmony of heaven, a great disrespect to the celestial realm. As Black Bull would say: Moo moo moo moo~~!

Draining the pond to catch the fish would deplete their own merit, and they still needed these merits for the reincarnation of the small boundary’s beings. Even Senior Brother Le Feng had reincarnated, and the others must too!

Seeing Chen Xun leave, Black Bull hurriedly ran after him in a panic, wait for it!

”Moo~!”

”Waiting for you, when have I ever left on my own!”

”Moo moo!”

Black Bull kept nudging Chen Xun, a hint of anger in its eyes, as Chen Xun grumbled, their figures gradually growing distant until the palace in the wilderness was no longer visible.

Time passed silently as they continued to climb.

But they never encountered any great clan prodigies cultivating in seclusion here again, only a chance encounter with Taixiao, which was merely an accident.

After all, the celestial realm didn’t have any rules about entering once every thousand or ten thousand years. Meeting a great clan prodigy was a stroke of luck, and the days that followed were uneventful.

Black Bull’s great path formations continuously protected them as they searched each floor, and Chen Xun even picked a few spiritual herbs.

However, the spiritual herbs here were quite difficult to survive, as the celestial realm’s heavens and earth were occasionally turbulent, wiping everything out in an instant.

Most importantly, Chen Xun also picked quite a few rare flowers, while Black Bull collected some celestial realm stones to bring back to Little Chi, who never accepted anything valuable.

Even though they now had plenty of spirit stones, Little Chi still felt that earning spirit stones wasn’t easy, spending most of its cultivation expenses on Image Stones, with the rest of its belongings being picked-up scraps.

Two hundred years later, they climbed another hundred floors, but upon arrival, their eyes were filled with shock.

This place was incredibly chaotic, with darkness all around, resembling the primordial state of the heavens and earth, without light or form, only endless void.

The darkness extended endlessly, without boundaries, like an infinite night, evoking a sense of endless silence and solitude.

There were no shining stars, no blue sky, everything immersed in the dark space.

In this dark chaos, the energy of heaven and earth intertwined, indistinguishable in form and direction, an invisible pressure lurking within, exuding a mysterious and solemn atmosphere.

And this heaven and earth energy was clearly different from the energy of the grand world, it was the primordial form of heaven and earth energy, the Heavenly Origin Qi!

Suddenly.

In this dark chaos, dazzling lights appeared, breaking through the darkness and emitting intense radiance, bursting forth in all directions.

Its form was ever-changing, sometimes like a brilliant star, sometimes like a splendid rainbow, sometimes shining with pure white light, sometimes blooming with colorful radiance.

These lights emitted vast heaven and earth energy, like the soul of the heavens and earth condensed, containing endless vitality and energy, and this was precisely the Heavenly Origin they had long sought!

This aura was like a bridge between heaven and earth, no wonder it could accelerate cultivators’ comprehension of the great path, achieving the true postnatal divine power of heaven and earth.

Chen Xun’s eyes sparkled with excitement, so this was the Heavenly Origin Qi, the primordial state of heaven and earth energy.

”Bull, let’s take the treasure, just one is enough, we’ll study it thoroughly first.”

Chen Xun smiled calmly, though his hand had already tightened around the Mountain-axing axe, ”If we can cultivate it, all our brothers can embark on the path to the heavens, we still owe Song Heng and Young Master Gu our gratitude.”

”Moo~~!”

Black Bull took out the large black coffin, suddenly standing up, eyes filled with sharpness and seriousness, determined not to let them worry about lifespan again.