Nine Heavens Profound Tower

"I am not dead?" "Splash"

Suddenly, Li Xian opened his eyes in a dark room. Although the room was dark, there were few crystals illuminating the light. When he opened his eyes, he moved his hands and found himself in the water. He placed his hands around his body and murmured "There is not a single wound and pain."

"Splash"

Li Xian pushed his hands, standing on his feet, making another splash on the water. He looked at the ground and saw this bright liquid, unlike water. It was a small pond with a weird bright blue liquid.

"Did this liquid healed me? And where am I?" Li Xian found this liquid was a little weird making him a guess. But soon, his eyes turned red with the flickers of tears.

"Elder Brother! Xiao Feng!"

Li Xian choked when he remembered his elder brother taking the entire pain during that last strike. When Jerry broke his chest bones and spine, it was Mac who connects himself with the body and absorb all that pain.

Due to that, Li Xian was able to stab consciousness for a moment and use his sword to kill Jerry. Of course, Mac knew this was going to happen the moment Jerry took the medicine. He didn't break through rather improved his strength.

And doing so, he just needs to burrow some time and let the side effect of the medicine emerge. He didn't expect Jerry would be so idiot to borrow time for himself. And that's why he took the spatial ring from his right hand and placed it on the left hand so that he can take out the sword at the exact moment.

Naturally, he did everything without making Jerry notice. Not to mention, Jerry didn't know there were two souls in one body. But the price was very heavy. Mac instantly fell into a coma just like Xiao Feng. Inside the room, there were two soul bodies.

Only after awakening Xiao Feng's soul body, he would be able to detach himself from Xiao Feng. But to do so, he must become a spiritualist. And, he can't lag on martial artists because he understands this is the path that Mac chose.

So, he must practice all three paths at the same time. He knew it's going to be hard but just because it's hard, he can't give up.

Soon, he forcefully stopped his tears and looked at the surrounding. After wandering around for a moment, he only found three things excluding this miraculous healing water. There were two books and a note.

He only read the book titles but didn't understand much. As for the note, he felt ridiculous after reading it.

"Nine Heavens Profound Tower- A tower that made me 'Nine Heavens Profound Emperor'. On my ascension to godhood, I was invincible. But my invincibility comes from this tower. This tower is an ancient civilization creation that defies the rules of heaven as you progress forward. There are nine layers in the tower just like nine heavens."

"To anyone who holds this tower after me, beware of Time Nexus. Anyone inheriting this treasure will be hunted down by the Time Nexus."

Nothing more was written in the paper. The name of the tower, the previous user of the tower, and his future enemies. Nothing more is pointed on this paper, so he really doesn't know what to think.

'Since, this is my treasure now. Can I leave it?' Li Xian was only thinking but the next moment he was already in the forest. His expression froze when he saw the people in front of him. Luo Tang, Ling Tan, the lady in a purple gown, and Jerry were lying on the ground unconscious.

'How long has it been? There is not a single sign of monsters. Come to think of it, not a single monster arrived during our battle. Our battle was certainly destructive but not a single monster arrived. It's so weird.' While checking their condition, Li Xian began to think more.

He checked their pulses and found except Jerry, everyone was alive. But they were in severe condition. He looked at the sun high at the sky.

'Sun is still above my head. Does this mean I only spend an hour healing my own injuries?' After estimating the time, Li Xian began to doubt whether it was already the next day or not. But soon, he found the bloodstain on Jerry was still fresh. But once again, he felt conflicted.

'Should I bring them inside the tower? Although it is possible to heal them normally it might take days. Hmm! I should bring them inside. If they ask me about the tower, I will simply say it has been merged with me.'

'We fight together in the life and death battle. I don't believe they will betray me just for the sake of the treasure.' Although his mom told him not to trust anyone, he still felt trust is necessary to make friends. He doesn't want to be alone.

And as Mac said, they can be his family but not his friends. He needs to find them on his own and make friends with them. After hesitating for some time, he brought three of them inside the tower. He put three of them on the small pond and retreated.

He wanted to break through but he didn't have many swords. His current problem was very scary. Currently, he only has Sword Devouring Technique and if he uses this technique for cultivation, he needs a lot of swords.

The problem wasn't just sword. Using this technique, he will create more sword meridian and without many swords, he would definitely suffer intense pain in his body. So, he could only focus on something else.

Currently, he doesn't have many martial arts either. He only had that technique that could be used by both swordsmen and martial artists. So, he needs to visit the Martial Sect. After thinking for a while, he decided to sit down and cultivate his sword aura.

During the battle with the monster in the trial, he felt his sword aura was improved by a new stage. Its thickness increased from three centimeters to six centimeters. The power and sharpness of the sword aura also improved by double.

He doesn't know about the realms within sword aura. So, he could focus on what comes to mind. Gradually falling into the state of meditation, his Tree Battle Spirit surprisingly appeared behind him. The Eternal Book of Heaven didn't appear.

Feeling the battle spirit appearing during his sword cultivation, he felt weird but didn't open his eyes. He kept meditating on the Sword Aura. Trying to improve the sword aura is hard. There are only two ways. Comprehension through meditation or comprehension through battle.

He previously acquired it through battle because his battle with the wolf was climatic. There wasn't much difference in their strength and so, Li Xian was able to force enlightenment. Unlike his battle with Jerry where the difference was so huge that he didn't even have the climactic fight.

'Sword Blooms with speed and sharpness. Power comes second, the sharpness comes first. Sword Aura is just a feeling where a swordsman can feel the Sword Energy from Heaven and Earth. One need sword to feel the sword aura, taking a sword as a medium, transforming spiritual energy into sword energy.'

Li Xian didn't understand why so many words appeared on his head. But each sword had a mystery behind it. The sword aura was the feeling to feel the sword energy from Heaven and Earth. That means he isn't using his own energy for sword aura.

Rather he is burrowing the Heaven and Earth sword energy. Having a sword to transform the spiritual energy into sword energy is a sword aura. It's amazing to interpret the Sword Dao in words. As Li Xian meditates deeper, words became much clearer, and felt the sword dao was really vast.

But suddenly, the words stopped appearing on his mind and the tree Battle Spirit withdraw into his dantian. Naturally, he understood it must because of the Spirit Connecting Tree of Enlightenment. Although he didn't gain more words, just understanding these made him confident to break through on his Sword Aura.

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Mount Hua, Zhuque Continent

A mountain burning on flames, not covered with snow rather erupting lava. There weren't many people around the mountain due to its intense heat. But there was an old man at the edge of the mountain, sitting on lotus position.

He was wearing a brown loose shirt and a pant. Even though he was covered with an intense fire, his clothes weren't burnt

"Boom"

Suddenly, the fire around him exploded with an intense flame. Slowly the fire transformed into a flame dragon, gradually moving towards the top of an old man.

"Roar"

When the flame dragon reached the top, it made a roar that shook the entire mountain. After the roar of the flame dragon, a burst of laughter rang on the mountain.

"Hahaha-Hahaha! Finally, finally, old man comprehended Law of Fire." The old man laughed until the tears fell from his eyes. But suddenly, his laughter stopped. The fire around him erupted but this time, it was burning with anger.

"Who dares to kill my disciple?" A loud voice rang throughout Mount Hua.