Bai Wei was fighting inside a forest. He was on the 11th floor of a tall tower. There were 11 enemy puppets attacking him. These puppets were much stronger than him.
Bai Wei was at the Peak Nascent Soul stage. This is a powerful level. But his enemies, the 11 puppets, were at the Peak Soul Transformation stage. This means they were a whole big step stronger than him.
Normally, Bai Wei could fight strong people easily. But these puppets used his exact same fighting style.
This made him feel a little bit unsure. He moved quickly, dodging their attacks. He used his own moves to get past them and move up the tower floors.
He shouted, "Palm of the Ancient Pine!" A faint picture of a pine tree appeared behind him. Fighting these puppets had made him much better.
Before, he could only fight people at Void Refinement Level 2. Now, he could easily beat people at Peak Void Refinement, which is a lot stronger.
After each floor, he got rewards like wood elemental cultivation technique, wood elemental herbs and special wood medicine.
But he liked the pure wood energy best. This pure wood energy came from the puppets after he beat them. He would absorb it and become very strong.
For other people, this energy would help them jump many levels. But for Bai Wei, it made his current power very stable and perfect.
Then, Bai Wei hit all 11 puppets with his "Palm of the Ancient Pine." They couldn't fight back and disappeared.
Where the puppets were, pure wood energy appeared.
Bai Wei sat down and absorbed it. The more he absorbed, the stronger and more stable his power became. He felt a wall inside him start to break.
Boom!
Very quickly, Bai Wei's Cultivation level broke through! He moved to the Soul Transformation Realm. But he didn't stop there.
He had accumulated so much power that his soul became perfect, and his power reached the very top of the Peak Soul Transformation Realm.
The Eternal Sect people are special. They are unbeatable at their own power level. Their special training makes them much stronger than others.
They practiced eternal sutra and eternal divine technique, so even those outer sect disciples can fight the same realm as easy as doing elementary homeworks .
Now that Bai Wei was at Peak Soul Transformation, he could fight people two big levels higher than himself and even more. He could easily fight people at Fusion Level 2 or 3.
He opened his eyes. He stood up, ready to go to the next floor of the tower.
At the same time, in the room of blades, Zhao Tie was fighting. He was up against 11 puppets who used blades. These puppets were at the Soul Transformation Peak realm.
Zhao Tie was at the same power level as Bai Wei, which was Nascent Soul Peak. Like Bai Wei, he also got many rewards from the tower floors.
He received many blade cultivation techniques, fighting moves, special herbs, and even medicines.
His skill with blades became very strong. Now, he could easily kill anyone at Peak Void Refinement outside the tower.
He was facing 11 blade cultivators who were just as skilled with blades as he was. It was not easy for him to beat them.
His cultivation realm became very strong and stable because he used the blade auras. He got these auras after killing the blade puppets.
Zhao Tie shouted, "Thousand cut by a single blade!"
The area around him changed. Thousands of shiny, silver blades appeared behind him. Their sharp tips pointed at the puppets.
He moved his own blade towards the 11 puppets. The thousands of blades also moved as he wished.
They attacked the puppets quickly. Cuts appeared on the puppets again and again, until they all disappeared into thin air.
Zhao Tie let out a deep breath of relief. Then, he sat down on the floor. He started to absorb the blade aura that appeared where the puppets had been.
The more he absorbed, the more his cultivation realm became stable. His realm easily broke through to a higher realm. It stopped at the Soul Transformation Realm Peak.
Now, he could easily fight against Fusion Realm Level 2 or 3 cultivators, just like Bai Wei. He stood up.
He collected the other rewards he got because he defeated those 11 puppets. Then, he was ready to leave this floor.
Just like Bai Wei and Zhao Tie, other Eternal Sect disciples were also on the same floor of the tower. Each was in their own special area, based on their element or weapon.
Mu Chen was fighting. He was in the realm of spears and shadows. He faced 11 puppets that used spears. These puppets were at Soul Transformation Level 9.
At the same time, Xiao Yun was fighting. he was in the wind valley. he faced 11 wind puppets. These puppets were also at Soul Transformation Level 9.
When they first entered the Secret Realm, Mu Chen and Xiao Yun were at Nascent Soul Level 9. But now, their power was so strong and stable.
They could easily fight cultivators at Void Refinement Level 9. Before, they could only fight Void Refinement Level 1 cultivators without winning or losing.
They both used their special fighting moves.
"Thousand shadow thrust!" Mu Chen shouted.
"Withering current waves!" Xiao Yun shouted.
Very fast, a thousand shadowy spears appeared around Mu Chen. They were ready to attack when he told them to.
For Xiao Yun, a wave of sharp wind blades formed around him. It looked like a flood of waves, ready to spread through the wind valley when he commanded.
They both attacked the puppets. In just one moment, all 11 shadow puppets were hit by their moves.
All the puppets disappeared. Both Mu Chen and Xiao Yun sat on the floor. They started to absorb the aura that the puppets had released.
Mu Chen absorbed the shadow spear aura. Xiao Yun absorbed the wind aura.
Both of their cultivation realms broke through to a higher level. Their power stopped at Soul Transformation Level 9.
Now, they could easily fight against Fusion Realm Level 1 cultivators. Both of them stood up, ready to go to the next floor of the Tower of Ten Thousand Mountains.
On another side, Lan Ruo was fighting. She was in the sea area, facing 11 water puppets. These puppets were at Soul Transformation Level 8. She used her move, "Myriad waves in the sea."
Da Zhuang was also fighting. He was in the desert area, facing 11 earth puppets. They were also at Soul Transformation Level 8. He used his move, "Fist of the mountain god."
Both Lan Ruo and Da Zhuang absorbed the aura and got many rewards as they went up the tower.
Their power levels became very strong. Before, they could only fight against Soul Transformation Peak cultivators.
Now, they could easily fight against Void Refinement Level 7 or 8 cultivators.
They both beat their enemies very quickly. Then, they sat on the ground to take in the water and earth auras that came out.
Their power became very stable, then it broke through. It reached Soul Transformation Level 8. Now, they can easily fight against Body Integration Peak powerhouses.
In the fire area, Zhao Yue was fighting. She faced 11 puppets at Soul Transformation Level 6. In the illusion area, Lan Suyin was fighting 11 puppets at Soul Transformation Level 6.
Both Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin were tired but excited because they kept fighting more and more.
They had just joined the Eternal Sect as subordinates. The Eternal Sect also gave them two very special techniques: 'Eternal Sutra' and 'Eternal Divine Technique.'
They understood these techniques, and their power became stronger and stronger. Before, when they were at Nascent Soul Level 6,
they could only fight Soul Transformation Level 6 cultivators. But now, they could easily fight against Void Refinement Level 4 or 5 cultivators.
They both used their techniques, which they learned from the two special methods. They beat their enemies and sat on the ground. They absorbed the aura that the puppets let out.
Their power became stable, then it broke through to a higher level. It reached Soul Transformation Level 6. Now, they can easily fight against Body Integration Realm 7 or 8 cultivators.
While the Eternal Sect disciples were fighting inside the tower, outside the Secret Realm, everything was very different.
The 7th-tier sects from the Central Region were waiting, very angry. They wanted to see the Eternal Sect disciples who dared to leave their own disciples to die.
They couldn't hurt them while Nexus Goddess was there, but they wanted to remember their faces for revenge later.
The other four regions were waiting for the Eternal Sect disciples too, but they wanted to say thank you.
Their disciples, who came out earlier, told them how the Eternal Sect disciples helped them.
They protected them from the shadowy rats and even fought against powerful cultivators who had turned against humanity.
Nexus and Commander Vulcan were waiting outside to truly thank the disciples. Nexus wanted to give them rewards for saving so many future cultivators of humanity.
Commander Vulcan wanted them to join the military.
Huai and Wuhe had already left the spot where they were playing chess and drinking tea.
Nexus tried many times to find them using her powerful galaxy techniques. But she couldn't find any sign of them. She sighed to herself.
This was the first time in her very long life she felt so confused. She never thought she wouldn't be able to understand some people.
Now she had met two of them, and she couldn't figure them out at all. To everyone else, they seemed to be only Body Integration Peak and Star General Peak cultivators.
But how could such cultivators hide from her powerful eyes? It seemed impossible. The more she thought, the more mysterious these two people became.
While everyone was looking for Huai and Wuhe, both of them were standing above the Secret Realm's Tower of Ten Thousand Mountains. They were watching the tough tests their students were going through.
Huai said, "I don't think these older cultivators inside the tower have any bad ideas for our students."
Wuhe looked at Huai and nodded. He said,
"I think so too. Maybe they just wanted to save their spirits so they could teach their skills to new generations later."
Huai looked at Wuhe with questioning eyes. "I don't think they belonged to any of those Ten Thousand Mountain sects. But where did they come from?"
Wuhe nodded when he heard this. "Yes! Maybe this tower isn't part of those Ten Thousand Mountain sects at all. Did you see the levels of cultivation these old spirits have?"
Huai nodded and said, "Yes, this is the most surprising thing. They are all at the level of galaxy sovereigns?"
Wuhe smiled, then gave a small smirk. He said, "Nexus would be really surprised if we told her that, besides the 14 sovereigns of humanity, there are still these 16 sovereigns left inside the tower!"
Huai also smirked and then said, "Heh! Who's going to tell her? If I saved them by chance, then I'll take them inside my own sect."
Wuhe looked at him in surprise. "Do you want to save them?"
Huai nodded to Wuhe and looked into his eyes. But when he looked at those obsidian eyes, he felt his heart started beating so hard. He immediately looked away from Wuhe's eyes.
His cheeks turned red, and he looked back at the tower. "Let's see, we'll know who they are soon!"
Wuhe also nodded, looking at Huai with admiring eyes. Huai could feel those eyes but didn't look at them.
He was afraid he would fall for this man. He still had fear in his heart because of how his own lover had betrayed him before.
Even though Huai didn't look at Wuhe, his heart was in turmoil right now.
He could feel that the more he interacted with Wuhe, the more he felt something was wrong with him.
As if he knows him for many, many years. As if, if he gets Wuhe, he'd be the happiest person in the world.
He also wants to accept this feeling, but he is afraid what Wuhe would think. He is the only friend he made in this world after he transmigrated.
Also, he has fear of his past life, so he suppressed the feelings inside his heart.
But for Wuhe, he felt as if his heart was trying to leave his body and jump towards Huai.
His wolf wanted to do unexplainable things to Huai. To lick him, sniff him, to 'mhm mhm let's not think about that at this time.' he thought to himself.