Chapter 163: Chapter 161: Intermediate Tier 3, Zhang Chi’s Demonic Thought

The dizziness faded.

When Fang Yang opened his eyes, the scene before him was no longer the vast, violet-gold sky from before.

The sky was pale gold, and the earth was a vibrant green.

And in the distance rose a colossal, majestic tower.

It had a total of eighty-one floors, soaring into the clouds, its peak impossible to see.

Even more peculiar, the body of each floor was a different color, alternating through red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet.

Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda

A look of shock appeared in Fang Yang’s eyes.

After a long moment, he collected himself and looked around, noticing Sen Hui and the four Pavilion Elders.

They, too, were gazing at the Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda in awe.

Sen Wei, however, stood with her hands clasped behind her back and said indifferently:

"The Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda. Legend says it is the Saint Venerable Primordial Ancestor’s Assault Sacred Artifact. It has eighty-one floors, and each floor is a brand new, wondrous realm."

"Each of these realms holds different fortunes. If you manage to clear a floor that is a multiple of nine, such as the ninth or eighteenth, you can obtain a special Spiritual Object... perhaps even a Sacred Artifact or an Immortal Artifact!"

"As for these special Spiritual Objects, those who arrive early have more choices."

"Only my brother is qualified to enter the seventy-third to eighty-first floors!"

After speaking, a faint, captivating smile appeared on Sen Wei’s coolly beautiful face.

"Normally, one must challenge the floors alone."

She took Sen Hui by her delicate hand. "But my brother gave me a Token that allows me to ignore the rules below the seventy-second floor and bring people with me. Let’s go..."

Sen Hui, however, bit her red lip and looked toward Fang Yang.

Seeing this, Sen Wei said helplessly, "Fang Yang, you can come too."

Fang Yang was surprised, but under Sen Hui’s expectant gaze, he moved closer.

The next moment, the Token transformed into a soft white light that spread out from mid-air, enveloping the three of them.

Under the watchful eyes of Sen You, Sen Seming, and the four Pavilion Elders, the trio vanished and entered the Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda.

...

Within the Thunder Control Blessed Land, the greatest fortune was undoubtedly the Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda. For most people, however, the Blessed Land itself was a massive opportunity.

The sheer density of the world’s Primordial Qi was a remarkable opportunity on its own.

What’s more, legacies from past Cultivators could be found almost everywhere within the Thunder Control Blessed Land.

Therefore, many people were in no hurry to advance toward the core of the Blessed Land, meaning they didn’t rush toward the Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda.

A hill rose high from the ground.

Atop the hill was a large hole that seemed to lead deep underground.

At this moment, deep beneath the earth, Zhang Le was holding the essence of a Molten Crocodile.

But his expression was a mix of shock, joy, and bewilderment.

"Child, do not worry. Though I am but a wisp of consciousness, I am the Melted Crocodile Saint, your ancestor, Zhang Chi."

An indistinct, illusory figure smiled faintly before Zhang Le.

Zhang Le felt a resonance in his bloodline, a sign of their shared origin. He subconsciously lowered his guard, which instantly allowed the illusory figure to slip into his sea of consciousness.

This illusory figure was indeed a wisp of consciousness from the "Melted Crocodile Saint" Zhang Chi, but it was a Demonic Thought—one that sought to resurrect itself through possession!

Zhang Chi was an ancestor of the Zhang family.

He and Fang Nian had both studied under Elder Ying. In fact, he had been the one to oversee the final trial of Fang Nian’s apprenticeship.

However, because of Sen Yuanyuan, Fang Nian had always managed to outshine him.

In the end, Fang Nian stepped into the realm of Tier Seven, while he remained stuck at Tier Six.

It was worth noting that he had perished a hundred years earlier than Fang Nian!

RUSTLE...

Zhang Chi’s Demonic Thought frantically browsed through his descendant Zhang Le’s memories.

Soon, he abandoned the idea of possessing Zhang Le.

’Fang Yang! Zhang Ye!’

The person he most wanted to possess was, first and foremost, Fang Yang. His second choice was Zhang Ye.

’This Fang Yang is even more impressive than Fang Nian... Despicable, utterly despicable... Why must my Zhang bloodline always be suppressed?!’

Zhang Chi’s Demonic Thought was contorted with fury.

The thought of Fang Yang made him recall the kind of suffocating frustration that could make a man cough up blood.

In his view, if Sen Yuanyuan hadn’t favored Fang Nian, the one who should have walked the great path to enlightenment and become a Tier Seven Saint was him!

...

Clearing the ninth floor of the Thunder-Control Celestial Heaven-Reaching Pagoda yielded a special Tier Two Spiritual Object.

Clearing the eighteenth floor yielded an ordinary Tier Three Spiritual Object.

Clearing the twenty-seventh floor yielded a special Tier Three Spiritual Object.

Along the way, Fang Yang watched as Sen Wei bulldozed everything in her path, slaughtering one Fierce Beast after another, and even creations like the Clay Giants.

He barely had to lift a finger.

Like Sen Hui, he simply followed behind Sen Wei.

BOOM...

On the thirty-fifth floor’s wondrous realm, another disturbance arose.

"A mere blood beast, comparable to a Tier Five, dares to act so viciously before me?"

Beneath the massive Cyan Lotus Dharma Aspect, which radiated a brilliant cyan light, Sen Wei stood proudly atop a mountain peak.

With her hands behind her back, she gazed at the roiling blood-red clouds in the sky and snorted with disdain.

"ROAR—" The blood beast roared in fury.

Its entire body was dripping with blood, as if forged from it. It had gleaming scales, the body of a Griffin, but with three tails.

Each of these three tails ended in a serpent’s head, making for a bizarre and terrifying sight.

A single glance was enough to tell how powerful it was.

With another roar, the griffin-bodied, serpent-tailed blood beast dove down to kill.

The roiling blood cloud boomed, larger than a small mountain.

The cloud descended, seeming slow but moving with incredible speed. As it pressed down, corrosive smoke billowed upwards. The surrounding mountain ranges shattered, dissolving into pure Primordial Qi and returning to the world.

"Ridiculous." Sen Wei let out a light puff of air.

In that instant, the Cyan Lotus Dharma Aspect unfurled, and a sharp Cyan Aura blasted forward.

The Cyan Aura was dazzling, like a meteor, like a bolt of lightning, as it slammed into the vast blood cloud.

Almost immediately, a series of thunderous explosions erupted.

The griffin-bodied, serpent-tailed blood beast instantly dissolved into smoke and mist, turning back into the world’s Primordial Qi. It had perished!

’Effortlessly destroying a great Tier Five beast.’

Fang Yang narrowed his eyes. ’So this is what a top-tier prodigy is like.’

He took a deep breath and, at Sen Hui’s call, sat down cross-legged with her to absorb the massive amount of refined Primordial Qi.

Eagle Body advancement at 23%...

Eagle Body advancement at 24%...

Eagle Body advancement at 25%...

BOOM! A bursting sound erupted from Fang Yang’s body. His aura instantly surged from the Tier Three Elementary realm to the Tier Three Middle realm.

On the other side, Sen Hui’s aura did the same.

Both of them had reached Tier Three Middle!

This time, Fang Yang had benefited from Sen Hui’s connection.

After this round of refinement, he and Sen Hui had smoothly broken through to the Tier Three Middle realm together, with no lingering hidden dangers!

Fang Yang closed his eyes, gazing at the scarlet True Essence within his Void Acupoint True Essence Sea.

For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

’It seems I’ve really become a guy who mooches off women...’