Immemorial Paragon Tower!

It was probably the highest level of treasure found in the known cosmos. It was created by the Lord of Dual Cultivation nine cosmic years ago.

When it was created, it had one purpose.

Keep the women of the Lord inside for any dual cultivation purpose. It not only contained nine different worlds, but each world was bigger than the planet.

Unfortunately, the Lord of the Dual Cultivation passed away under unfortunate circumstances, but kept his legacy inside the tower.

From that day onward, the tower had been searching for its rightful heir.

First, it tried with the children of the Lord. But after millions of years, it realized none of them possessed the potential to become the next Lord of Dual Cultivation.

Then, it started targeting people with special physiques. Some passed his trial and became the owner of the tower.

Unfortunately, they didn’t leave behind any legends. They didn’t even come close to that legendary figure.

No one had ever reached the level of that man, so it kept searching.

Throughout nine cosmic years, it had experienced a lot of people, a lot of battles, conspiracies, and even joy.

But for the first time, it felt like a real threat.

It started when it collided with a mysterious soul that was crossing into this world. At first, it tried to repel that soul.

But for some reason, the soul didn’t get repelled; instead, they merged into one. That meant for the first time, the tower was vulnerable.

Just before his death, the Lord of Dual Cultivation had infused the tower with the mightiest of his power to prevent it from being exploited by others.

Because of that, it controlled the power of Order.

It could simply negate others’ powers as long as they weren’t stronger than his creator.

And very few people even came close to the level of his creator. Only three people, those who were sealed in the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors.

So when it tried to separate the soul using that power, it realized that something mysterious, something far more powerful was forcefully merging them.

A power that surpassed even his creator.

This was so extraordinary that the tower didn’t know whether he should do something about it.

That’s why, despite being forced, the tower didn’t try to harm Tyler.

It just tried to bring Tyler to the path of Dual Cultivation.

It wasn’t completely useless without its ability to suppress others, but its other abilities were more support-type.

Since this tower wasn’t created as a weapon, it didn’t have any offensive power at its level.

But it did have strong defensive capabilities and control. It could make sure that its host wouldn’t die by dual cultivating with those women.

It had only one goal.

Find a host who could reach the level of his previous master. His previous master didn’t die because of an external threat.

In fact, he didn’t know why exactly his previous owner had perished. Before his death, all it knew was its owner giving it that power.

More importantly, after his death, his family wasn’t in any kind of trouble.

Because of his large harem, there were some internal problems. In fact, there was also a battle for the legacy.

But this battle didn’t cause any damage since the tower chose its host, not the other way around.

At this moment, a soft voice rang in the tower, but it didn’t reach anyone’s ears, not even those women.

"I really can’t gamble. Even if I am going to perish, I must meet Mistress Parvati and return those things to her."

"She supported my Lord’s last wish and my plan, but it didn’t succeed. Even if you don’t become a dual cultivator, I must survive until I meet the Mistress."

The voice sounded quite pitiful.

This was the spirit of the tower. It had lived for nine cosmic years, but for the first time, it had felt fear.

Not the fear of death but the fear of incompetence.

It spent nine cosmic years but couldn’t even find a single heir.

On its first cosmic year, it took a lot of talented people, but none of them rose to that level.

So, from the next cosmic year, it only tried to find the perfect host. Unfortunately, only three people were found.

But none of them even reached the third floor.

At that time, only the ninth floor was packed. So, the ones who died before opening the third floor never truly inherited this tower.

After those deaths, the tower understood the importance of luck. So, in addition to talent, it also searched for those with great luck.

Because of this, for the next seven years, it didn’t find a single worthy person to inherit its master’s legacy.

Many times, it even considered returning to the Mistress Parvati, the only woman of the Lord of Dual Cultivation who survived by opening her own dimension.

In fact, it wanted to save its’ lord’s family, but without becoming the true inheritor of the tower like Tyler, he couldn’t pull them inside without connecting their life force with the tower.

And even if it did that, only females could enter the tower.

So, the legacy of the Lord of Dual Cultivation was very important, and no matter what, it wanted to make sure this legacy was passed down.

Even the Harmony of Nine Phoenixes was a part of that legacy.

Compared to others, this technique was a bit unique due to its ability to evolve through dual cultivation.

It was also the ultimate form of technique that had remained unfinished until the tower finished it after three cosmic years.

But it also had its own pride.

Even though it knew Tyler had figured out its mindset, it didn’t want to come out and explain.

It would rather wait for Tyler to reach the next realm.

It believed that compared to him, the Fire Empress was more anxious.

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It wasn’t wrong. The Fire Empress was truly anxious. She never imagined Tyler had so much confidence in his swordsmanship.

Because swordsmanship had its own realm, it was possible to cultivate it without cultivating mana.

But this would mean that without a strong swordsmanship realm, a swordsman following this path alone would always be weaker than normal cultivators.

The True Swordsmanship included sword intent, body, soul, and mana.

She wasn’t anxious before. She firmly believed that even if she pushed Tyler to his death, she wouldn’t have to worry.

She believed the tower would be too injured with his death, which would allow her to escape.

Although that would mean becoming dimensional gods and forever losing her chance for improvement, it was still a kind of freedom.

She had lived on this floor for several cosmic years. She barely had any patience in the first place. Now, she was just angry.

Because Blood Sword Empress had improved.

She had heard about the Blood Sword Empress. This was the empress from the sixth cosmic year.

She was one of the greatest achievers of swordsmanship. Her sword knowledge was so vast that three swordsmen of her caliber fought her and lost.

It was a 3v1 battle, but they still lost. That was solely due to her swordsmanship.

Although Fire Empress considered herself equal to this woman, she knew the difference between characters from each cosmic year.

The further they go, the stronger those people will be.

Of course, she didn’t know Blood Sword Empress was imprisoned in her. Not only did she learn about her for the first time, but she also felt her improvement.

At this moment, her rage was boiling. She just wanted to destroy this tower, even at the cost of her self-destruction.

She didn’t want to do this because she felt forced to dual-cultivate with Tyler.

No, she just couldn’t accept the terms of an ant like Tyler.

It was beneath her. She would rather kill herself or even seriously injure herself than beg him.

"Stop!"

Just when her fire started getting volatile, Blood Sword Empress’s voice rang on the first floor.

Not just the first floor but also the other floors. Except for Tyler, all the other women could hear her.

"Shut up! Don’t think I will listen to you just because you have improved."

The Fire Empress roared.

"Sigh! Such an incompetent junior! Why put someone like her in this place, tower?"

A strange voice rang inside the room.

For a moment, the Fire Empress felt her heartbeat escape.

It was weird, but she felt suppressed, even more than in the tower.

"Lady Miko!"

The tower’s voice rang, and that gloomy aura disappeared instantaneously.

"Hehehe! Don’t be so serious, tower! I was just warning this incompetent junior."

"Don’t be so arrogant with your strength, junior! There are people who can suppress you with the lower realm."

"Don’t let such an incompetent person destroy my destiny, tower! You should’ve felt it, didn’t you?"

"If anything happens to that boy’s soul, at the cost of their lives, they will separate you from him and restore his body and soul."