"So, is there anything else you need to say?"

Tyler asked.

Garvin shook his head and said.

"Everything is something I can handle. It is the reason why you kept me here, isn’t it?"

Tyler nodded.

"Yes, and thank you for your hard work! It’s getting late. Let’s go out and have dinner!"

Soon, they had a proper dinner, and everyone went to bed. Elena had also recovered, but they didn’t sleep in the same bed.

Especially since they didn’t plan to have sex. Tyler knew if he had sex, his technique would activate on its own. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Even if this tower wasn’t controlling it, Tyler still didn’t know what was activating this technique and how to stop it.

The Harmony of Nine Phoenixes was too complex for him. Even if improved to Grade B, it still felt the same as if there was no improvement.

If he hadn’t used it to recover his mana, he wouldn’t notice.

As Tyler placed his head on the pillow, a voice rang in his head.

"Why do you so stubbornly believe cultivators are thieves?"

Tyler was surprised that this woman would even start a conversation with him. But then he realized his words might have some effect on her.

After all, she was a very ancient cultivator.

"Then, why do you believe I am wrong?"

"Cultivators do not need to steal anything. The energy from the Heaven and Earth belongs to everyone."

"No, it does not. The universe has a lifespan, doesn’t it? The energy itself sustains the universe. The heat and energy are what keep the universe alive."

"Cultivators take this energy into their bodies and improve their lifespan, but they never do anything to help the universe recover."

"Energy can neither be destroyed nor created. That means the energy in this universe is finite. Every cultivator that takes the energy from Heaven and Earth to improve his lifespan is a thief."

Hearing his words, the woman went silent for a moment before saying.

"You are saying this because you don’t understand the true universe. I don’t know why you understand energy so well, but the universe is more complex than you can imagine."

"The Heavenly Dao exists to punish cultivators who break the rules of the universe. That means every cultivator who survives is acting within the rules of the universe."

"And, the universe itself has enemies, something that it can’t defend against, and needs cultivators like us to fight. So, your conviction is nothing but a lie."

Tyler didn’t react immediately.

The universe having enemies wasn’t something new.

Multiverse was quite an old concept for a reader like him. He knew if the powers calling of the world surpasses the universe, it would definitely have a multiverse.

Considering that cultivators had the power to control void, space, time, destruction, and creation, it made sense that the multiverse existed.

But hearing it from this woman confirmed his guess.

"So, you are running away from a certain enemy. Not just you, but all other women, right?"

"How did you guess?"

The woman’s answer confirmed his guess. After all, it didn’t make sense for nine women of similar power levels to be inside this tower on a certain floor.

If these women were the same age, it would make sense. So, this was just a guess. Only when she confirmed his guess did he confirm they were not from the same time.

"If you were avoiding an enemy, it couldn’t be the same enemy. All of you are on different floors, but you are not afraid of them."

"It is not like some arrogant bastard who is relying on his father or grandfather. You are seriously convinced that you are equal in strength to all of them."

"But if that’s the case, it doesn’t make sense to keep you all in different cages. So, the tower did this to prevent you from killing each other."

"After all, the fewer women I have, the more Yang Origin you can gain, right? But one thing doesn’t make sense."

"You have all reached a very high level. I don’t know what that level is, but it should be strong enough to face almost any top power in the universe, right?"

At this moment, a smile formed on his face.

"So, I was right all along. No wonder you reacted so violently when I called you thieves. You, no, we are all thieves."

"Every cultivator is a thief. Without us, the universe wouldn’t die. Without the death of the universe, there will be no one to face the actual enemies outside the universe."

"You are not the savior that you sound to be. You are just running away, hiding in this tower to escape the destruction of the universe."

Just when he said that, Tyler felt a strong shockwave in his heart and mind at the same time.

Cough!

His upper body jerked up as he quickly covered his mouth and coughed up blood.

Although his mind was screaming in pain, he still had a smile on his face. A strange energy flowed from the depths of his soul, and the pain slowly resided.

Tyler didn’t realize this and only assumed they had stopped channeling their power.

Even if the gods were wrong, mortals shouldn’t correct them.

He was an ant in their eyes. So his words were insults to them.

An ant shouldn’t insult gods, but when gods were insulted, they were angry but also powerless.

Their power was suppressed immediately, and the injuries on his soul began healing under the influence of that strange energy.

At first, Tyler didn’t realize what it was, but he felt strangely familiar with this energy. Because it quickly disappeared by the time he regained his thinking, he couldn’t recall that feeling.

’Nine women! Nine destructions! It’s crazy, I am involved with something like this.’

At this moment, Tyler truly understood one advantage he had.

Destruction of the tower!

If the tower was destroyed or even harmed, there was a chance that it would be destroyed alongside the universe.

This meant all of those nine women would be destroyed as well. He understood why this tower waited for billions of years.

Only the one with those three physiques could handle these nine women.

But he didn’t care. Now that this tower was with him, he wanted to use this advantage as a bargaining chip against this tower and those women.

Even if they didn’t like it, he had one chance.

’It could work. My plan to bind these women with Binding Vow could work.’

Never before had he felt this excited.

But this excitement only lasted a few seconds.

It disappeared like it never existed, merging with that darkness within him.

This had become a habit, never to expect anything from his life. He had made this habit so he would never feel disappointed about anything.

After all, this world had so many opportunities that he would never truly be satisfied.

"You are right, but so what? With your talent, you can never reach that level. You will always be an ant, something I would step on with my feet."

"Shishishishi! This is your destiny. To be my pet! That’s what you are born for."

Tyler ignored her words without much thought.

The words coming from resentment should never be taken seriously. Even if she was a bitch, he didn’t feel angry towards these words after learning about her situation.

Billions of years of waiting, just to be attached to a boy who had no connection with Dual Cultivation.

Anyone would be mad!

It was already amazing that she hadn’t tried to self-destruct with the tower.

’I have to be serious with my plans. From my experience of reading cultivation novels, any woman who has reached the peak of cultivation has experienced a lot.’

’Especially that one woman who is so ruthless towards life that universes are nothing but ants she could step on at any moment.’

’I really hope none of these women are like that. Although this Fire Empress is already showing a tendency like that, there are still a few things I need to understand about her.’

As he lay down, he closed his eyes while asking.

"Woman, have you ever read storybooks?"

There was a long silence, almost half an hour of silence. Tyler was about to close his eyes when he heard a reply.

"Yes!"

Suddenly, he smiled and said.

"Then, didn’t you read the stories about the underdog? The funny thing about an underdog story is that the protagonist always gets the special fate, background, or talent."

"Even though they are supposed to be the underdogs, they always have something that makes them a thousand times better than normal people."

"So, are they underdogs because they are weak at the start, or are they weak at the start because they are underdogs?"

He burst into laughter before he gave his answer.

"I always believe they are weak at the start because they are underdogs. Because that’s what fate wants from them."

"So tell me, if I am the underdog, who writes my fate?"

"You? Or the Universe?"