Published: February 25, 2025
If outsiders were to learn of this matter, they would surely be stunned, right?
Tan Yun was confident; under the heavens, there was no one stronger than the eighth layer of the refining soul realm!
Tan Yun was satisfied as he withdrew his spiritual sense, a faint smile curling at the corners of his mouth as he muttered to himself, “There are still more than eight months until the pagoda closes, which is equivalent to over thirteen years inside.”
“In these four years, I can cultivate the primordial chaos dominance body, and then take one year. The remaining three years will be just enough to complete the third forging of the Respect Grade Sword Embryo!”
With this decision made, Tan Yun was ready to continue his cultivation when suddenly, his brows furrowed as he sensed the time and space within the pagoda beginning to distort, like invisible waves surging.
In an instant, the chaos of time and space returned to calm.
“The Time-Space Pagoda has malfunctioned!” Tan Yun said, confused. “Hasn’t it only been two years since it was activated? How could it be closing now?”
With a mind full of doubts, Tan Yun pushed open the pagoda door and appeared at the top of the 108-story pagoda.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
At that moment, over four thousand disciples from the thirty Supreme Mustard Seed Time-Space Pagodas rushed out of the doors, overlooking the thousands of disciples in the Meritorious Dojo, all shouting inquiries:
“Hey! What’s going on? Why are the Mustard Seed Time-Space Pagodas closing?”
“Yeah! Senior brothers and sisters, what’s happening?”
“Isn’t there still nine months left until the two-year deadline?”
“Exactly… What has happened?”
“…”
Hearing this, Liu Yiyi, who was in front of the thousands of refining soul realm disciples, felt lost when she suddenly spotted Tan Yun's figure. It was as if she had found her anchor and shouted, “Senior brother, something bad has happened!”
Tan Yun's heart sank, and he shot down from the pagoda, appearing in front of Liu Yiyi just as Mu Mengyi, Zhong Wu Shi Yao, Huangfu Yu, Xue Ziyan, Luo Fan, and Yang Chong also landed behind him.
At this point, Mu Mengyi, Zhong Wu Shi Yao, and Xue Ziyan had already reached the fifth layer of the refining soul realm, while Luo Fan had reached the sixth layer.
As for Huangfu Yu, after spending eight years in the pagoda, she had entered the great perfection of the refining soul realm and touched the barrier of the divine soul realm.
However, thinking of the ten veins grand competition in five years, she chose not to break through to the divine soul realm and continued cultivating "holy light wings" and "eternal sword technique" within the pagoda!
At this moment, Mu Mengyi and the others looked at Liu Yiyi with concern, waiting for her response!
Tan Yun heard the noisy voices in the dojo and shouted sternly, “Silence!”
Instantly, the Meritorious Dojo fell silent.
Even without Shen Subin's previous instruction, Tan Yun's orders were commands that these disciples would follow, as they admired his overwhelming strength, which allowed him to challenge beyond his level, alongside his alchemical arts which surpassed even the chief of the Immortal Sect Danmai, Tang Xinying!
At this time, Liu Yiyi looked at Tan Yun, her eyes red. Suddenly, she lost control of her emotions and cried out, “Senior brother, elder two is gravely injured and unable to rise, and the chief is still unconscious from her injuries!”
“Su Bing!” Tan Yun’s heart tightened, his gaze anxious as he urged, “Don’t cry, quickly tell me what happened!”
“How could elder two and the chief be injured? Who hurt them?”
Hearing this, Liu Yiyi choked up, “Senior brother, here’s what happened.”
“The chief elder, in order to ensure that the forty Time-Space Pagodas could remain open for two years, ordered elder two to lead fifty disciples to the Immortal Sect Market City a month ago to exchange the harvested mid-grade and high-grade spirit stones for Supreme Spirit Stones. Then, they would use the Supreme Spirit Stones to maintain the pagodas!”