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

Chapter 70 - You Are...

"'Sunder the Immortal' is the power the Mountain blessed me with when I became her Spirit and turned into her Soul... Now, that power, I will gift it to you, as the Last Generation of the Spirits of the Mountain! This power shall sever the connection of your opponents from the Mountain for nine breaths!

"Although, with your current understanding of the Mountain and the laws of the Universe, you can at most keep it up for a single breath... That will still be more than enough to slay the wicked Immortal Leeches!"

Cheng Hao felt his mind tremble and then he shivered as he felt great knowledge was entering his consciousness: it was as if a flood was raging in his mind as a single technique, spanning countless words and containing even more secrets within, burned like fire in his sea of consciousness.

Soon, three big words appeared, floating within him:

SUNDER!

THE!

IMMORTAL!

Each of them seemed to contain great secrets within themselves, as if each and every word held astonishing power!

Cheng Hao was now even more confused and he gulped as he asked "Senior... Who might you be?"

The Archaic voice stood silent and then it spoke again "I found you down below, in the springs of death, as a cursed Soul. You, a Heavensborn had actually been cursed for rising up towards the heavens. It deeply intrigued me... I had no time, my life was coming to an end..." the voice wandered on "So I made a bet. I decided to pass on my legacy, wether you accepted it or not would have been up to you..."

Cheng Hao frowned and then his face lit up with astonishment and understanding "The spark! It was you all along? It was you who saved me?"

The voice confirmed his deductions "In a certain sense, you could say that. What you swallowed then... Yes, it was my Will. But also that of those that of those who came before me! It had laid dormant ever since you had exhausted its energy by creating that tower of yours..."

Cheng Hao's glowing green eyes glittered with appreciation as the archaic being seemed to approve "You created a path to Immortality that does not contrast with the Will of the Mountain! A path that does not conform with the laws of Heaven, I deeply respect that!"

"Then, when your mind broke apart... You remembered a certain scene. A scene where you found out the origin of your name, as well as witnessing yourself write the unspoken truth of the Mountain..."

The being looked up "When you recalled that scene... It was then that I awoke! I was shocked! This was proof that you had Karma towards the Mountain! My bet had paid off! And this is why I decided to give it to you, the Inheritance of the Mountain!" it yelled and an ancient and almighty aura began to spread out.

"The Mountain blesses her Vassals with a single Dogma, a power to battle the Heavens, so to speak, to cleave your path through countless unkillable Immortals and bathe into their blood!"

"My Dogma, it was a gift that followed my Will. When I was still a mortal, a cultivator slaughtered my family, friends, everyone that I loved. It was at that time that I swore... That I would destroy all cultivators and Immortals!"

The voice seemed to remember scenes of his past and a single hint of emotion flew past his face "When I inherited Her will, this was my greatest desire... And it materialized as this technique, Sunder the Immortal! All those that stand before me who tinge power from the Mountain shall become as powerless as ants below my feet!"

"Now you, my junior, have accepted the Inheritance of the Mountain... What is your deepest desire?" The voice asked as the green glow began to fade away "Is it to slaughter all under Heavens? To enslave the Gods?"