Immortal Ascension Tower - Book 1: Reborn! [CH 1 - 75]

Chapter 9 - I Am The Master Of This Tower

Before he sat down, Cheng Hao couldn't help but cast a gaze at the snake resting on the table. He opened his mouth and spoke "Goldy... Could you-" "I will take care of your sister just fine Stupid Hao. Just go."

After assuring that it would help his martial sister he finally relaxed and threw himself on the ground summoning the Martial Way in front of him.

As soon as he sat down, Cheng Hao closed his eyes, grabbed the Immortal Ascension Tower and projected his consciousness into it. He put a small part of his power on the heavenly treasure and he felt a strong suction force warping him somewhere else.

As soon as he did the scenery surrounding him changed. The small hut suddenly vanished and he found himself suspended in a vacuum. In front of him was a majestic tower, thousands of meters tall made of bronze, silver and gold.

The fifteen floors where all divided golden rings, each ring brighter than the floor below's. The Dazzling sight was enough to bewilder anyone. Anyone except Cheng Hao.

Suddenly, the first ring cracked and it became a stream of light particles that merged with Cheng Hao's body. He passed directly from the Qi sensing phase to the absorbition phase.

The light stream suddenly divided into fifteen and, upon Cheng Hao's command, they started to slowly flow towards his consciousness and turned first into the Qi sea then into the Cheng Hao's Pseudo-Dantian. Here, he did not have the golden dragon to block berserk streams nor did he use the Martial Way to ease the condensation process. Even then, both the processes were completed effortlessly and smoothly, he was way faster than Xiao Wu was and easily finished condensing the Pseudo-Dantian before she did.

The golden Pseudo-Dantian wasn't completely see through but was just a bit denser, showing the amount of energy he had absorbed from the ring of light. It was at the limit an Inferior stage cultivator could bear. At the moment he finished condensing, he had officially become an Inferior stage cultivator.

The tall tower was his treasure. He used the golden spark in his consciousness to build it, using up so much energy that it could have helped him break into multiple stages and realms consecutively, but he knew better than anyone how detrimental that would have been. His body would have burst into flames and, even if he had that great of luck and survived, his soul would have been damaged and he would have bocome a cripple!

That is why he built this tower. This was a tower that wasn't meant to be climbed. Inside though, it housed countless treasures and mysteries that would help him in his cultivation, the rings made of Martial Energy being one of them. They had just the maximum amount of energy a body could hold without side effects, energy that would help him every time he wanted to breakthrough a stage. But that wasn't all.

As soon as he finished condensing the Pseudo-Dantian, his consciousness became more definite, although his face wasn't visible, his limbs were. His figure finally resembled that of a human and it grew in clarity with each moment that passed.

He also felt two familiar powers in both his hands as well as in his left and right eyes. Smilingly, the hazy Cheng Hao lifted his head towards the first gate.

Hundreds of locks, thousands of chains, tons of seals and everything just to keep that one door closed. And Cheng Hao only knew why! He looked and his magnified voice came out "You did well. Rest in peace" one of the seals suddenly grew opaque and shattered.

Following it were one more, and another one, and another one, and another one, until every single seal had shattered. They then turned into energy, floating towards Cheng Hao, whom used it to enhance his cultivation even further.

Following that were the chains and the locks. One by one, the rings shattered until the first floor's gate was held together only by a single golden blade embedded where the two doors' frames met. The blade was completely made of condensed golden energy while the hilt was made of bronze and looked like a key. The blade alone would have been enough for Cheng Hao to breakthrough to Basic stage instantly but he decided to keep it for when he needed it in the future.