Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1839 - 486: Challenging the Limits (2)
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Upon arriving at the seventh layer, only 24 Ancient Demons lingered, their strength surging once more as each one wielded refined Immortal Techniques with heightened expertise.
Within the eighth layer, the ranks of Ancient Demons shrank further to just 12, empowering them to unleash dreadful Immortal Techniques that merged multiple laws, edging close to the beginner phases of Emperor Skills.
By the ninth layer, merely six Ancient Demons persisted, their Immortal Techniques now rivaling the might of the Daoist-level Five Extremes Emperor Sword.
In the tenth layer, their numbers fell back to three, yet the domains they dominated had grown far more robust, nearly rivaling elite domains.
The Path of Formless wielded by Li Hao faced minor disruption, scarcely managing to injure him!
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"So strong!"
Deep in the tenth layer of the Heaven Tower, Su Wanyi’s expression turned frosty, confronting the realms of the three Ancient Demons, which had mysteriously elevated to almost elite domain levels, barely differing from her own. She never foresaw needing to expend half her power in this place.
True enough, amid her breakthrough to the Seal King stage, beyond stirring the Ancestor Emperor Power, the realm heart she grasped was likewise an elite realm heart!
In the end, as the firstborn daughter of the Su Family and favored pupil of the Chaos Immortal Emperor, her aptitude fell just short of Su Muqing’s.
She only discovered afterward that her third sibling Su Muqing’s gifts were so extraordinary due to her form being the rebirth of a legendary King from ten millennia past, carrying the heavenly endowment of its prime spirit, which explained her extraordinary prowess.
Beyond that, she viewed herself as the Su Family’s premier talent.
"Void Slash Realm!"
Her domain erupted forth, riddled with endless voids tearing apart, laws fracturing, and immortal essence crumbling.
Stealthy sword gleams appeared to flood her domain, swiftly dismantling the Ancient Demons’ domains and carving them asunder.
"Evidently, conquering the tenth layer demands at minimum an elite domain to overcome them; should the domain prove even marginally weaker, these three Ancient Demons would slay the challenger in an instant!"
Su Wanyi pondered silently, her gaze sharpening a touch.
Before long, a grand voice resounded from the Heaven Tower ahead of her:
"Do you wish to continue the challenge, Heaven Tower Eleventh Layer?"
"Continue!"
Su Wanyi showed no reluctance, for she retained untapped Ancestor Emperor Power, and her display thus far paled against her actual peak might!
"That guy likely possesses an elite domain too; at the very least, he cleared the tenth layer. Though it’s unclear just how many layers he’ll conquer..."
As the rift in the heavens drew her in, the figure of that young form surfaced in her thoughts, her eyes gleaming faintly, a spark of anticipation igniting within.
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"Continue!"
Meanwhile, the three Ancient Demons encircling Luo Ningshuang crumbled into nothingness without a trace; she opted to press on with the trial, advancing to the eleventh layer!
"Curious if, upon fully deploying the Ancestor Emperor Power, one could reach twenty layers? Or perhaps thirty?"
Anticipation shone in Luo Ningshuang’s gaze.
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As challengers filled the depths of the Heaven Tower’s levels, the Abyss beyond stayed eerily still.
Previously alive with prodigies from diverse realms and lineages gathered near the Heaven Tower, they had all entered now. Yet as moments passed, scarcely any had emerged from within.
Spotting just a handful of figures amid the stars, they grasped they had departed prematurely, signaling their battle prowess lagged considerably.
"Damn it, this is insanely tough—I figured I dominated my peers in the same realm, yet I couldn’t breach the matching seventh layer!"
"Folks are probably tackling layers below their realm equivalents; that’s the only way they’d exit so tardily."
"If only I’d realized sooner, I would’ve begun at the first layer and progressed steadily."
Regret and alarm clouded many faces. Prior to arrival, they ranked as elite prodigies in their lineages and regional Immortal Domains, with some leaping straight to the tenth layer aligned to their realm!
Consequently, they endured fewer than three breaths before defeat struck.
Vanquished in haste and utter frustration, even braced mentally, they never imagined the ordeal would prove so outrageously demanding!
They doubted anyone at the same realm could truly conquer the tenth layer.
This sparked some remorse for not first sampling the variances across other levels.
Atop the Heaven Tower, the Star Empress and Immortal Immortal Emperor hovered wordlessly, the Abyss winds gently stirring their emperor cloaks, faces serene as timeless voids, though their gazes swirled with myriad contemplations, profound and distant.
"Evidently, after vanishing for tens of thousands of years, this era still boasts several standout prospects."
"Regrettably, the timeframe they have is far too limited; else, they could all emerge as True King Seeds."
Immortal Immortal Emperor murmured gently.
The Star Empress projected the Heaven Tower’s inner vistas for the counterpart’s Emperor Soul to observe, revealing every participant’s trial progress.
Besides those at Immortal King Realm Perfection and Ninth Level of Immortal King Realm clashing beyond the ninetieth layer, among the First Level to Third Realm of Immortal King Realm youths, numerous displayed impressive feats.
Alas, their cultivation bases remained too modest, and this True King contest emphasized fighting ability.
"Ninety-nine layers, truly befitting an Emperor Clan—swift indeed."
The Star Empress remarked softly.
Right then, within the Heaven Tower’s ninety-ninth layer, an Emperor Clan figure at Immortal King Realm Perfection dueled fierce Ancient Demons.
Six Ancient Demons encircled, each at Immortal King Realm Perfection, radiating sheer terror as they united in Emperor Dao Immortal Techniques, carrying traces of Emperor Dao essence.
Furthermore, their combined assault magnified their fighting power well beyond a simple sum of six.
"That’s the Emperor Clan’s Ancestor Emperor Power!"
Abruptly, the Star Empress’s eyes glinted, witnessing a colossal Great Emperor Dharma Form materialize behind the Emperor Clan figure, that Dharma Form looming immensely toward the heavens, akin to a genuine Great Emperor’s arrival, infused with Ancestor Emperor Power. No longer a mere illusion or echo, it resembled a faint embodiment of a Great Emperor!