Chapter 376: Chapter 376: Entering the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower

"With the Kunpeng Divine Son’s strength, he could truly become the number one Divine Child of Yunxiao City!"

"Then what if the Kunpeng Divine Son steps into the Void Realm? How strong would he be? Wouldn’t his Battle Power break six? Wouldn’t that make him a Profound Level genius, a Young Venerable?"

"Hiss—I’m afraid that’s a real possibility! After all, he’s only at the Early Stage of the Second Heaven of the Sword Spirit Realm, yet he can break through realm barriers to fight someone at the Void Realm Second Transformation and still win!"

"Could it be that Princess Xinyue let him win to give the Yao Ling Saintess a way to save face?"

"That’s possible. After all, if the Yao Ling Saintess were to become the Kunpeng Divine Son’s mount, she’d definitely lose too much face."

"Possible? No way! Princess Xinyue is so proud and confident, how could she willingly admit defeat? There’s only one explanation: Princess Xinyue lost, and she was utterly convinced of her defeat!"

"We of the Demon Race have always respected the strong. This just proves that the Kunpeng Divine Son is so powerful that even the Yao Ling Saintess must submit to him!"

...

The crowd of Cultivators couldn’t help but buzz with discussion.

These discussions were all about the battle between Ye Tianling and Xia Xinyue.

And the conclusions they reached were not far from the actual truth.

"Fellow Daoists, I, Xia Xinyue, did indeed lose my battle against the Tianling Divine Son, and I am wholeheartedly convinced of my defeat! The Tianling Divine Son’s strength is rarely seen in this world. I, Xia Xinyue, am no match for him."

Xia Xinyue cupped her fists and made the announcement herself.

This declaration naturally caused a huge uproar.

"I never expected the Tianling Divine Son to be so strong!"

"He really won!"

"But even if he really won, Yao Ling wouldn’t be this tame..."

Xia Xinqin and the others were also completely stunned.

Yao Lun, in particular, felt that the circumstances were likely not so simple—perhaps his clan sister had also participated in the battle and lost as well.

Otherwise, there was no way his unruly, willful, and mischievous clan sister would be behaving so tamely.

’Could it be... she was already ’ridden’ in the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower? But if that’s the case, wasn’t that a little short? The Tianling Divine Son... he can’t be ’lacking,’ can he?’

Yao Lun’s thoughts were bewildered, but given his disposition, he ultimately didn’t dare to dwell on them further.

If the Divine Child discovered this ’secret’ thought, his fate would likely be miserable beyond compare.

Just then, after Xia Xinyue finished speaking, her gaze fell upon Jiang Xiangning’s group, and she walked straight toward them.

The surrounding Cultivators all parted to make way.

"Sister Xiangning."

Xia Xinyue said softly.

"Ah... Si... Sister Xinyue."

Jiang Xiangning felt overwhelmed by the favor, a mix of excitement and other complex emotions.

Xia Xinyue, the number one genius of the Great Xia Royal Family, had actually just called her ’sister’ in such a gentle tone.

That single word warmed Jiang Xiangning’s heart.

"Sister Xiangning, what happened to you was actually because of me. Before the great changes in Heaven and Earth began, I ordered your expulsion from the Great Xia Royal Family without ever seeking your consent. That was my mistake."

Xia Xinyue’s proactive apology left Jiang Xiangning stunned.

Recalling the grievances she had suffered in the past, her beautiful eyes couldn’t help but fill with tears.

"It’s... it’s alright. It was also my fault for having such poor Talent. I wasn’t worthy of being a Princess."

As Jiang Xiangning spoke, her tear-filled, beautiful eyes turned to Ye Tianling, and she gave a deep bow to express her gratitude. She knew that if it weren’t for him, a person of Xia Xinyue’s esteemed status as the number one Princess of the Great Xia Royal Family would never have apologized.

"Er—Princess Xiangning, you’ve actually misunderstood. This time, Princess Xinyue truly did come for you. You two can discuss the reasons in detail."

Ye Tianling said, then added, "Princess Xinqin, let’s challenge the tower together."

Ye Tianling, standing atop a Golden-winged Roc, flew over as well.

A trace of doubt appeared in Jiang Xiangning’s eyes, but she still believed that it was all thanks to Ye Tianling.

Ye Tianling didn’t say much more. After asking Yao Lun and Xia Xinqin for some relevant information, he walked toward the entrance of the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower.

Ye Tianling had a very strange feeling about the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower, as if it had a deep connection to the Blood-Colored Crescent Secret Realm legacy within his brow.

This made him unwilling to delay any longer; he just wanted to understand the mysteries of this Royal Family’s Celestial Tower as soon as possible.

This time, although Yao Lun wasn’t challenging the tower, as Ye Tianling’s ’mount,’ he naturally had to follow.

Yao Ling, on the other hand, had already passed the twenty-seventh floor and couldn’t challenge the tower with Ye Tianling. She could only wait for him on the floors beyond.

Ye Tianling led Yao Lun and Xia Xinqin into the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower once more.

This time, Ye Tianling focused all his attention on the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower itself.

The Blood-Colored Space on its Ninth Layer had left a deep impression on him, and Xia Xinyue’s words, ’every nine floors, there is an extreme change,’ also seemed to indicate that this Royal Family’s Celestial Tower was anything but ordinary.

"Divine Child, this Royal Family’s Celestial Tower is an independent space with spatial passages and life-form Guardians. The lower floors are relatively calm. But starting from the twenty-seventh floor, you will encounter geniuses from other places. So, Divine Child, if you truly enter the upper floors of the Heaven-Reaching Tower, you must, absolutely must be careful—killing is not forbidden inside."

After stepping into the Heaven-Reaching Tower, Yao Lun suddenly spoke as if he had just remembered something.

"Hm?"

Ye Tianling’s steps came to an abrupt halt. "You mean, above the twenty-seventh floor, the Heaven-Reaching Tower is a single, independent space that can be accessed from many different entry points? And after we enter, we all end up in the same place?"

"Yes, Tianling Divine Son. Many powerful factions can establish their own Heaven-Reaching Towers and connect them to the real one after expending some resources. But these connections are all limited to below the twenty-seventh floor. Above the twenty-seventh floor, its nature changes completely.

"However, once someone enters the area above the twenty-seventh floor, a bright light will appear. For example, since we entered from Luoyun Town, if we reach the twenty-seventh floor, a new light will appear on the twenty-seventh floor of Luoyun Town’s Royal Family’s Celestial Tower. No light will appear in other places, though."

Xia Xinqin also explained.

"Oh? There’s such a mechanic? That’s interesting. So, does that mean if I go above the twenty-seventh floor, I can travel directly to other places from within the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower? It’s like a hub for a Teleportation Array?"

Ye Tianling asked again.

"Can you do that?"

"That... we don’t know."

Yao Lun and Xia Xinqin were both stunned by the question; they had never considered this possibility before.

’This place is not simple at all.’

Ye Tianling was lost in thought as he passed directly through one white light screen after another.

Yao Lun had not officially passed the twenty-seventh floor, so he could start over completely from the first floor.

The same was true for Xia Xinqin.

Ye Tianling easily passed through the first eight floors and then entered the Ninth Layer.

The Ninth Layer was still that same Blood-Colored Space. The atmosphere was quite oppressive and completely different from the first eight floors, like a complete and independent Small World.

Ye Tianling stood for a long time in the blood-colored, drizzling rain. Only after Sensing the changes in the rules of Heaven and Earth did he determine a direction and head straight forward.

On the tenth floor, the gravity suddenly doubled.

The Power of Rules in Heaven and Earth was clearly much more violent.

Ye Tianling’s legs sank slightly as he felt a faint pressure.

’There’s pressure already on just the tenth floor?’

Ye Tianling’s heart tensed. ’It seems passing fifty or sixty floors won’t be easy.’