Published: January 18, 2025
The terrifying sinister aura instantly pressed down on Qin Chen like a towering mountain.
This sinister aura surged towards Qin Chen's body recklessly.
Such a fearsome aura was something even a typical supreme could hardly bear; it could directly blow apart the flesh of anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in it.
"Hahaha, this is great,"
But Qin Chen showed no fear, laughing heartily as he began to devour the sinister aura.
With a loud boom, endless sinister aura wildly entered Qin Chen's body, continuously being consumed by him.
In the center of his brow, the eye of creation emerged, and the creation energy contained within countless sinister auras was rapidly absorbed by Qin Chen, condensing in his eye of creation.
Buzz!
The flow of the eighth layer of sinister aura became clear before Qin Chen's eyes, fully under his control and understanding.
However, Qin Chen didn't linger on the eighth layer, instead directly stepping into the ninth layer of the Ancient Universe Tower.
As Qin Chen entered the ninth layer, a terrifying pressure, countless times stronger than that of the eighth layer, immediately enveloped him.
Even Qin Chen's body shook from this overwhelming pressure.
Is this the pressure of the ninth layer?
Qin Chen's eyes widened.
So strong.
If not for the fact that his strength had already reached the half-step transcendence pinnacle level, an ordinary pinnacle supreme might be blown apart by this pressure.
"This ninth layer..."
Qin Chen opened his eye of creation to look around the ninth layer, where everything was clearly presented before him; sinister auras surged everywhere, and among these auras, there were actually star-like entities.
These stars emitted an incredibly terrifying aura, far surpassing the stars in the universe. Each one seemed capable of suppressing eternity and piercing through the cosmic heavens.
As Qin Chen moved closer, suddenly, a star's emanating aura brushed past him, and with a crack, Qin Chen felt a momentary illusion that his body was about to split apart.
"What a strong aura!"
Qin Chen's expression changed drastically. With his current strength, merely getting close to one of those stars made his body feel as if it could crack open. Where did these stars come from?
It should be known that now, with a single palm, Qin Chen could crush any star in this universe, yet any of the stars in the Ancient Universe Tower seemed capable of exploding him.
These are definitely not stars from this universe.
Qin Chen pondered, no wonder the Carefree Supreme said that the Ancient Universe Tower was not born from this universe, nor was it refined by the Craftsman Ancestor. If the Craftsman Ancestor could create such a treasure, he wouldn't have to fear the invasion of the Dark Clan at all.
"Let me take another look."
At this moment, Qin Chen raised his head and looked around the Ancient Universe Tower.
He noticed that at the top of the ninth layer, above the countless stars, a massive array pattern was floating. This array pattern was continuously rotating, and endless sinister aura was emanating from it, as if this sinister aura was not inherently present in the Ancient Universe Tower, but rather continuously generated by this array.
"Generally, to refine a top-tier treasure, one must first master the patterns within it. Could this be the core pattern of the Ancient Universe Tower?"
Qin Chen's mind stirred.
"Rumble!"
While Qin Chen was deep in thought, the ninth layer of the Ancient Universe Tower seemed to sense his presence, and the array pattern surrounded by countless sealed stars suddenly began to tremble.
Whoosh!
Streams of light shot out from the stars throughout the Ancient Universe Tower and then converged in the central airspace of the ninth layer, where the array pattern was. Countless lights gathered, vaguely condensing into a transparent crystal orb, which had a faint golden thread running through it.
"Hmm?" Qin Chen turned to look at the crystal orb.
He felt that this crystal orb was the core of the Ancient Universe Tower; as long as he mastered it, he could completely control the entire tower.