Translator: Jon
Editor: Silavin
If any Divine Ocean Realm Master found out that Lu Ye had been using Soul Cleansing Water to relieve the pain in his soul, he would reprimand him for being wasteful.
However, if not for the treasure’s help, Lu Ye would’ve given up after passing three to four tests.
With the treasure continuously relieving the pressure on his soul, he could achieve something that the average cultivator couldn’t even imagine.
There was no doubt the tower’s rewards were hugely beneficial.
As he passed the tests, his mastery of the Way of Wards improved tremendously. Compared to two days ago, his mastery was now on another level.
Most of the Ward Cultivators could never attain such achievements in their lifetimes, but it only took Lu Ye one day and a half to do that.
That was the wonder of Hundred Wards Tower, and it was beyond the people’s imagination.
Before Lu Ye, no one had ever explored this much of the tower’s wonder.
He could pass a test in the shortest time possible and gain a massive reward. Then, he would spend about six hours resting and comprehending the reward before taking on the next challenge. Following that, he would pass an even harder test and acquire a greater reward. It had turned into a virtuous cycle, helping him improve his mastery like a rolling snowball.
Compared to his attainments in the Way of Wards, the increase in his cultivation was less important.
Lu Ye didn’t even pay attention to such a matter. Every time he passed a test, he would immediately build a Spirit Gathering Funnel and ignore everything else.
He didn’t even count how many tests he had passed. As long as he had Soul Cleansing Water with him, he felt that he could reach the top floor even if the tower was complete and had 100 floors.
Presently, when he was trying to comprehend the tower’s reward, he heard a buzzing sound coming from his body. The noise was loud, and it sounded like a river with violent currents.
He quickly came to his senses and examined himself.
It wasn’t until this moment that he realised the River of Spiritual Power in his body felt satiated. As the Spirit Gathering Funnel continued to suck the Spiritual Qi into his body, the sense of satiation became increasingly intense.
[I’m about to achieve a breakthrough!]
Upon that realisation, he quickly focused on achieving that.
The sounds and movements of the flowing river became increasingly conspicuous. The River of Spiritual Power kept expanding and contracting as though it had a life of its own.
There came a moment when the River of Spiritual Power expanded exponentially and the Spiritual Power surged. With Lu Ye as the centre, an invisible air blast spread across the place. As that happened, the invisible shackles in his body came apart, and the sense of satiation vanished into thin air.
All the noises died down, and the violent currents eased off. He could feel that his Spiritual Power was now flowing slightly faster in the river.
At that moment, he felt like he had been reborn.
[Sixth-Order Cloud River Realm!]
As he examined himself, he could clearly feel that the capacity of his River of Spiritual Power had increased sizably.
When a cultivator was in the Spirit Creek Realm, his main task was to open up Spiritual Points. There were a total of 360 points.
Certainly, everyone’s aptitude was different. Most cultivators couldn’t open up all 360 Spiritual Points. Some could only open up about 200 points while some could achieve 300 points.
Spirit Creek Realm was the foundation of any cultivator. In this Realm, the amount of Spiritual Points that had been opened up would determine the cultivator’s achievements in his lifetime. Therefore, the more points that were opened up, the better.
With that said, it wasn’t the end of the world for those who didn’t manage to open up all the Spiritual Points. They could still ascend to the Cloud River Realm, but the minimum requirements were that they had to open up at least 240 points and learn a Heaven-Grade cultivation technique. That was because only after a cultivator learned a Heaven-Grade cultivation technique could he connect all the Spiritual Points and form the River of Spiritual Power.
Only when the River of Spiritual Power was formed would a cultivator be considered a Cloud River Realm Master.
When a cultivator became a Cloud River Realm Master, all he had to do was continuously increase the capacity of his River of Spiritual Power until it covered his entire figure. By then, it would no longer be just a river. Instead, it was the Lake of Spiritual Power that gathered in a cultivator’s body, thus making him a Real Lake Realm Master.
With such a lake in his body, the cultivator would reach a new level when it came to controlling and mobilising his Spiritual Power. Therefore, a Real Lake Realm Master was much stronger than a Cloud River Realm Master.
Although a Cloud River Realm Master could also activate his Spiritual Power and cover any part of his body with it, there had to be a process of moving his Spiritual Power around. The Spiritual Power had to flow out of the river and move to an appropriate place under the cultivator’s control.
On the other hand, even a patch of a Real Lake Realm Master’s skin contained very pure Spiritual Power.
Lu Ye was now Sixth-Order Cloud River Realm Master, so he was only three Minor Realms away from the Real Lake Realm.
Moreover, he could feel his ascension this time had brought about a greater increase in his cultivation than in the past.
That was pretty odd. Every Realm was divided into nine Minor Realms. Usually, the Fourth Order and the Seventh Order were the thresholds.
Only when a cultivator reached the Fourth Order and the Seventh Order would he feel a sharp increase in his power.
A cultivator ascending to the Sixth Order supposedly wouldn’t feel that way.
However, Lu Ye soon realised the reason behind it.
Previously, he acquired blessings from the Heavens in Fox Immortal Valley, which helped increase his heritage significantly. An increase in heritage wouldn’t be reflected immediately. Instead, it would be gradually revealed as one progressed in his cultivation.
In other words, the average cultivator ascending from the Fifth Order to the Sixth Order wouldn’t see his power growing as much as what happened to Lu Ye.
Naturally, it was good news to Lu Ye. Those from Thousand Demon Ridge had been trying to hunt him down, so he could better protect himself with the increase in power.
Moreover, his hidden concern had been solved as well.
When he returned from the Lost City of Xianyuan previously, he had a feeling that his physique couldn’t accommodate his soul. Now that he was in the Sixth Order, that kind of feeling had disappeared as well.
Certainly, it was only temporary.
He had a lot of Soul Cleansing Water with him, and as he moved up the floors, he continued to consume it. Although it was meant to relieve the pressure on his soul and the impact of information rushing into his mind, his soul had also been strengthened during the process.
If this went on, the same hidden concern would come back to haunt him.
Therefore, the journey of cultivation was a long and difficult process. This kind of happy burden was something the other cultivators in Jiu Zhou could never understand.
“How many floors have I passed through, Yi Yi?” Lu Ye snapped back to reality and asked.
“Fifteen,” Yi Yi replied while meditating.
He had passed through 15 floors, and every floor had a time limit of six hours. The cultivation environment in this place was as good as using Amulets. Considering the time he had spent in the tower, it was equivalent to using three Golden Amulets.
Certainly, three Golden Amulets were not enough to help him achieve a breakthrough, but since he left Fox Immortal Valley, he had been consuming a lot of Spirit Pills. After such a long time, he had advanced considerably in the Fifth Order.
There were a total of 33 floors in the tower, which meant that he was 18 floors away from completing the challenges. In other words, he would have a cultivation environment that was equivalent to using another three Golden Amulets.
That wouldn’t be enough to help him ascend to the Seventh Order, but it could significantly increase his power and shorten the time needed to reach the next Order.
Although it wasn’t the ideal outcome, it was acceptable.
The small space fell silent again. Yi Yi continued to cultivate while Amber was sound asleep after consuming a Mutant Core.
Lu Ye also focused on comprehending the tower’s reward.
As time passed, the Spiritual Qi around him disappeared. Only then did Lu Ye get to his feet and await the next challenge.
Meanwhile, it was crowded outside the tower.
Almost half of the residents of Hundred Wards City had arrived at this place, and more people were on their way upon getting wind of it.
Initially, they believed that someone had repeatedly evoked the tower’s resonance, but not many people shared the same sentiment now.
That was because it was simply impossible.
Twenty times of resonance had been evoked in the past five days, and it took place every six hours on average. No Human could ever pull off such a feat.
Upon confirming that it wasn’t caused by any cultivator, the others became at ease.
This was Human nature. Sometimes, being average didn’t bother them, and they might’ve even accepted the fact that they were ordinary. However, when a genius appeared, they couldn’t help feeling inferior.
Fortunately, such a thing didn’t happen, as the tower’s resonance wasn’t caused by anyone.
Only the cultivator surnamed Luo would look up at the tower from time to time as a doubt remained in his heart.
[Is that person taking on the challenges in the tower? Are the rounds of resonance really not caused by a Human?]
Regardless of the truth, he had gained massive benefits. Initially, he didn’t have the confidence to take on the challenge on the 51st floor, but after getting inspired 20 times in the past five days, he could feel that his mastery of the Way of Wards had improved greatly. Therefore, he had the confidence to achieve his goal now.
Anyway, he wasn’t in a rush to give it a try, for he wasn’t sure if there would be more rounds of resonance.
He looked around and frowned at the boisterous crowd.
[The area around the tower has become such a mess.]
In the past, even though many people would gather in this place, they were all Ward Cultivators, and they wouldn’t disturb others while discussing the Way of Wards. However, with such a large crowd in this place now, everything had become a mess.
Cultivator Luo shook his head and ignored them as he continued to ponder on his new insights.
At that moment, several people were running along the safe passageway that connected the tower and the city.
If Lu Ye were there, he would’ve thought that they were relentless.
That was because these people were the Ninth-Order Masters who had tried to kill him before.
Besides Xia Liang and Tan Sheng, Chu Yun and Zhou Pei from Cult Blackfyre had also arrived.
They had previously hunted Lu Ye down until they arrived at the River of Exuberance, where he was rescued by a mysterious woman. With the help of a Teleportation Ward, they vanished into thin air.
While they were looking around for Lu Ye, they got wind that he was spotted outside Hundred Wards Tower.
They recalled that Lu Ye was a Ward Cultivator, so it was only natural that he would head to Hundred Wards Tower. As such, they rushed over to this place as they were worried Lu Ye would flee again if they came any later.
With that said, they didn’t come to this place together. It was merely a coincidence as they had the same goal.