Inside the 20th floor of the Tower,
Bai Wei just eliminated his 20 puppet opponents. He was gasping for air. He fought hard in this level. He fought with them with his own Soul Transformation Peak realm.
Now he reached a bottleneck in his cultivation. His realm is so solid that he can fight against Fusion Realm Level 4 or 5 easily with his techniques now.
He sat on the ground and started absorbing the wood aura that was bestowed upon him by the tower as a reward.
He absorbed the power little by little until he gained enlightenment. He used Eternal Sutra, and after a whole circulation of his qi throughout his body, his bottleneck shattered.
He entered the realm of Void Refinement. Now he directly reached the Void Refinement Level Peak in Cultivation. Until his enlightenment stopped.
He opened his eyes, already ready to enter the next and the only level left before completing the secret realm.
On the other side, Zhao Tie also eliminated his opponents and reached the realm of Void Refinement Peak cultivation inside the 20th floor of the tower.
Xiao Yun and Mu Chen both reached the realm of Void Refinement Level 9 in cultivation after defeating their opponents in the 20th floor.
Lan Ruo and Da Zhuang both reached the realm of Void Refinement Level 8 in cultivation after they defeated their opponents in the 20th floor of the tower.
On the other side, Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin both reached Void Refinement Level 6 in Cultivation after defeating their opponents in the tower's 20th floor.
The other competitors were still waiting outside of the tower and watching the ranking stele. This stele showed how much everyone reached inside the tower.
They were discussing outside just how much they were close to reach the next level.
At this moment, a beautiful brilliant light started to sweep over the whole place, and a golden ranking list appeared in the ranking stele.
Ranking stele:
1. Bai Wei, wood cultivator, Eternal Sect (20th floor)
2. Zhao Tie, blade cultivator, Eternal Sect (20th floor)
3. Mu Chen, Shadow spear cultivator ,Eternal Sect (20th floor)
4. Xiao Yun, Wind cultivator ,Eternal Sect (20th floor)
5. Lan Ruo, water cultivator,Eternal Sect (20th floor)
6. Da Zhuang, earth cultivator,Eternal Sect (20th floor)
7. Zhao Yue, Fire cultivator, Eternal Sect (20th floor)
8. Lan Suyin, illusion cultivator, Eternal Sect (20th floor)
9. Xiao feng , sword cultivator, Rougue ( 9th floor )
10. Lin Tianzheng, Fire cultivator , Rogue ( 9th floor)
Everyone looked at the names on the list and felt a sadness in their hearts. They always thought that Eternal Sect members would definitely be at the top of the list.
But they never imagined that they would reach the 20th floor and still be climbing. They hadn't left the tower, which meant they were not eliminated yet.
A Southern Region cultivator said, "Oh my god! Look at their floor numbers."
Everyone looked at it. An Eastern Region girl said, "Heh! What's surprising about it? I knew from the start that they would reach the summit of the tower."
Someone from the Northern Region said,
"Hehe! Look at the gap between rank 8 and rank 9. One is on the 20th floor, while that Rogue cultivator from the Central Region is on the 9th floor and already eliminated."
Xiao Feng, the cultivator in question, immediately said, scratching his head, "No, no! How dare I? How dare I try to compete with them?"
" They are my idols. After I leave the Secret Realm, I'll go to the Western Region. I heard that they established an academy there."
" Anyone from any force can take an exam there and will be given a token from the sect. And you'll have a chance to enter the academy and learn techniques from that sect."
Lin Tianzheng, who was 10th on the list, also added,
"Brother, when you go there, don't forget me. I'm also a Rogue cultivator from the Central Region. I'll go with you too."
Other Rogue cultivators from the five regions also said in a hurry, "Me too!" Another said, "Me too! I'll also go with you guys."
All the Rogue cultivators from the five regions present decided to go to the Western Eternal Academy to take the exam and join the academy.
Meanwhile, the people from the sects felt sad in their hearts. They also wanted to go to the Western Region's Eternal Academy to join them.
But it was an undeniable truth that no one would accept someone from other forces.
At this moment, Wei Chen, who was standing among them, looked at those from the sects and forces, then said slowly,
"Why are you upset? I'm a student of the Eternal Academy! Although I just joined the academy."
"I know the rules there! I heard that anyone, even if they belong to a sect or force, can take the exam in the Eternal Academy and join it if they pass."
"They don't even need to leave their existing sect or forces. The Eternal Sect doesn't care about the sect or forces at all."
Hearing this news, the faces of those from the sects and forces changed completely.
They smiled so hard that if they smiled a bit more, they would touch their ears.
Inside the 21st floor, Bai Wei and the others entered. But now the scenery inside the 21st floor completely changed.
From the first floor to the 20th floor, they were still in their preferred elemental zone or preferred weapon area.
But now they looked at a vast, beautiful land before them. They saw beautiful courtyards inside the 21st floor.
There were countless beautiful flowers, ancient trees, and even beautiful spirit liquid rivers flowing gracefully inside this floor. It looked like paradise in this place.
There were many small animals like deer, rabbits, and many spirit animals also wandering around on this vast land. It was as if it was a place of dreams.
They were running, eating the herbs grown from the ground. They drank the water flowing in the spirit rivers.
After sensing the aura of new owners, they looked at them and were startled at first.
Then, they became normal again after a few minutes. At this moment, everyone noticed that they were together on this floor.
Bai Wei looked at his other juniors. Lan Ruo ran towards her brother and sisters. Xiao Yun's eyes betrayed him while searching for Mu Chen.
While Mu Chen hid himself in the shadow and hugged Xiao Yun from behind. He said, "Yun, Yun, see? You can't sense me anymore. I caught you from behind this time."
Xiao Yun's face was red in shame. Here, all of his brothers and sisters were present. And he was showing affection at this awkward time.
At this moment, a dull thud was heard. Mu Chen grabbed his head and sat on the ground. A tear drop fell from his eyes. He looked at the person who hit him in the head to see...
It was Zhao Tie. He punched him on the head and said, gritting his teeth, "Can't you wait for a few moments until you two get alone before you show your love?"
Others started laughing out loud, while Mu Chen pouted his mouth.
But Xiao Yun's face turned red. He said hurriedly, "Who? Who wants to be lovey-dovey with him?" He pointed his finger towards Mu Chen.
Mu Chen pouted more and murmured, "Brother Zhao! Just tell me that you're jealous. You don't have anyone to admire in the sect, do you?"
Zhao Tie heard it clearly, but he asked again, clenching his fist, "What did you just say? Say it again, Mu Chen." He showed his clenched fist towards Mu Chen.
Mu Chen said hurriedly, shaking his head, "Nothing! I said nothing! I just said that Brother Zhao is so focused on his cultivation; he won't feel these mundane feelings at all."
He immediately ran towards Xiao Yun again and said, grabbing his robe, "Yun! Let me accompany you."
Xiao Yun felt somewhat angry just by hearing his reply. He snatched his robe from him and said in anger,
"Why? I won't let you grab my robe. Did you not just say that love is mundane? Then go and focus on cultivation. Huh..."
Xiao Yun ran towards Da Zhuang and Lan Ruo. Mu Chen stood there dumbfounded. He thought to himself,
'Did he just pout at me because I said those words? Does he also have feelings for me? I need to confirm it.' Just by saying this to himself, he ran towards Xiao Yun again.
Then all of them started to discuss their journey in the Tower of Ten Thousand Mountains,
how they fought against powerful opponents, how they reached their current cultivation levels, etc., etc.
Mu Chen was just going to annoy Xiao Yun again.
At this moment, the atmosphere on the 21st floor changed completely. Beautiful purple-gold qi started appearing from everything that was there in the Secret Realm.
Those beautiful flowers, those small spirit beasts and animals,
that huge spirit river, those beautiful pavilions, all of them lit up with purple-gold qi, just as they were seen before entering the Secret Realm.
Everyone looked at the scenery with shimmering eyes and beating hearts.
But no one underestimated the Secret Realm yet. They knew anything could happen at any moment. Before, they were fighting alone.
Maybe this time they needed to fight together, that's why the tower itself made them come together like this.
The huge amount of purple-gold qi started to condense in the middle of this vast land. A beautiful tower, just the same as the main tower they were in, materialized in the middle of the 21st floor.
But this tower was smaller than the big one. This tower only had one floor and a beautiful door carved with the symbols of 16 ways to attain the dao.
There were brushes, hammers, a pill furnace, swords, blades, teacups, and many more.
The rest of the pavilions also lit up with golden light at this moment.
Those golden lights turned into dense golden orbs and returned to the big tower that appeared in the middle.
After that, 8 orbs left the tower itself and landed in the hands of the 8 disciples of the Eternal Sect.
Bai Wei looked at his hand to see he got a key made out of pure ancient wood. Zhao Tie got a blade-like key.
Lan Ruo got a key made out of water, but the key didn't change shape; it continuously held the shape of a key. Da Zhuang got a key made out of soil.
Xiao Yun got a green transparent key; it was made out of dense wind. Mu Chen got a key looking like a spear.
Lan Suyin's key changed its shape from time to time, as if it didn't have any proper shape,
but she could completely see through it what the key looked like. Zhao Yue got a key made out of fire.
Everyone looked at each other, then decided to go to the tower in the middle.
When they reached the front of the tower's door, the carvings on the door lit up according to the keys.
Everyone nodded to each other and entered the tower together.
After they entered the tower, they saw a huge hall in front of them. It was a magnificent hall. There were pillars of ancient wood carved with the shapes of different kinds of ancient beasts and beautiful birds.
The hall itself was covered with golden carvings, and the pillars were engraved with jade carvings and golden carvings in many places.
Inside the hall, the floor was made out of white jade. The floor was shining with brilliant light from the stars above.
The ceiling of the beautiful hall was a full night sky. It was not like their own sect's main hall. These stars are fake, but looking beautiful in this area.
In front of them, there are 16 magnificent thrones above the podium. They were standing before them with their majesty.
Beautiful patterns were engraved in them to signify the way the person used those thrones.
Now, the 8 thrones among them were shining with brilliant light of their own. They were the 8 specific thrones as the 8 Eternal Sect disciples.
The 8 keys flew from their hands and landed on the thrones above. Bai Wei and others looked at each other to see the confused faces of each other.
Mu Chen closed his distance from Xiao Yun and guarded him behind himself. Bai Wei and Zhao Tie gathered everyone together and stood before their junior brothers and sisters to protect them at any moment.
They thought they'd only need to face these 8 ways.
But at this moment, an incredible thing happened before their confused eyes. 8 other orbs appeared above the starry sky and landed on the left 8 thrones.
And the 16 thrones lit up together. While the 8 of them were the brightest, and the other 8 of them were a little dim.