"We’re given a chance to rest and recover our qi first, and the next challenge will come once we’re ready."

"How many challenges are there on the first floor, Senior Sister Kong?"

Kong Bailing shook her head. "Each challenge varies from challenger to challenger, so I can’t say for sure. The first time I passed this floor, I faced fifty challenges, and it took me two months to climb to the second floor. In the second challenge, I only faced twenty challenges, and I was able to complete them all much faster."

"Hmm?" Meng Ke’er lightly tapped her chin. "All the challenges in this tower are adjusted to our strengths when we challenge them, right? I suspect they will decrease each time we enter with the same strength, but their number will increase again once our cultivation breaks through to the next stage."

"You’re right about that, Ke’er," Xin Xinghe replied by nodding. "When my cultivation was still at the Immortal King Realm, the number of challenges I faced kept decreasing, and I only faced ten. However, their number increased again after my cultivation broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm, and the number became much more than before."

Yun Qingfeng spoke immediately. "That means we can’t continue challenging the tower with our current cultivation base, and we should stop once the number of challenges decreases significantly, or we’ll just be wasting our time."

"That’s right," Xin Xinghe agreed with him. "The results of those challenges were too minuscule if we continue challenging it with the same cultivation base, so we should stop and focus on improving our cultivation base before we challenge it again."

"How long do we have to complete each challenge?"

"The time depends on the number of enemies in the challenge, Huang’er." Nu Huang looked at An Yufei. "The first challenge should have us facing ten to twenty enemies, and we have one to two hours to defeat them. If we fail to defeat them within that time, we will be sent out of the tower, and we won’t be able to re-enter it for a year."

"Eh?" Nu Huang, his brothers, and his sisters were shocked by that. "So, we have to wait a year to challenge this tower again, eh?"

An Yufei nodded. "All cultivators never think about that because a year passes so quickly for us, especially if we’re fully focused on our cultivation."

"Hey! You guys are so excited, huh?" All of them looked at Tian Jingyun, Wen Chang and the group that had just arrived. "Since when did you guys arrive in this domain?"

"Two weeks ago, Brother Jingyun," Zhu Quezi answered him.

"I see." Tian Jingyun smiled when he saw An Yufei. "Congratulations, Yufei. I’ve heard about your recovery from my master, but I can only congratulate you today because you and Quezi left with Ling Yun."

Wen Chang was also pleased to see An Yufei’s recovery. "I’m glad you’re no longer as gloomy as before, Yufei."

"Thank you, Brother Wen and Brother Tian." An Yufei pulled Nu Huang to her side. "His name is Nu Huang, one of Ling Yun’s sons, and he is my husband."

Nu Huang sheepishly rubbed his nose. "Not only Big Sis Yufei, but Big Sis Quezi is also my wife, two senior brothers."

"Eh?" Tian Jingyun and Wen Chang were surprised to hear that. "Are you two married now? My master told me that this kid chose you and Quezi as his wives, but I didn’t expect that you two already recognized him as your husband."

"Haha," Zhu Quezi laughed. "We’re not married yet, Brother Jingyun. Ling Yun and all his wives are still in seclusion, so we’ll wait for them to come out to formalize our relationship, and we plan to get married in our sect."

"Then, I congratulate you both," Tian Jingyun sincerely said.

"Me too." Wen Chang looked at the young men and young women. "Are they Ling Yun’s children?"

"Yes," An Yufei immediately introduced Yun Qingfeng and the others to Tian Jingyun and Wen Chang. "Actually, their father is in this tower right now, and he’s undergoing the first challenge."

Tian Jingyun nodded with tacit understanding. "Why haven’t you guys started your challenge yet? Are you waiting for Ling Yun to finish?"

"Hehe! Our father asked us to wait, Senior Brother," Yun Shengxia answered him.

"Once our father is finished, we will begin our challenge." Yun Jingqiu said.

"I guess—" Tian Jingyun stopped talking as soon as Ling Yun’s clone appeared in front of them. "Eh? You were able to complete the first challenge so quickly, huh?"

Ling Yun looked at them. "Strength challenges are not difficult if we understand their strengths and abilities. After all, those enemies are just clones of us, and they use almost the same abilities as ours, so it’s not difficult to defeat them. Compared to that, I’m more curious about the soul challenges, but I have no other choice but to complete all the challenges on this first floor first."

"That’s true," Tian Jingyun agreed. "Since we’re all gathered here, how about we start our challenge now?

"Let’s go." All of them stepped forward together before being sent to their respective challenge locations.

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Meanwhile, Huang Lingzhu hovered above the southern region of the Forgotten Starfall Domain, but not a single cultivator there noticed her presence. As she had promised Ling Yun a week ago, she immediately scattered some materials there—from the western end to the valley entrance. She made several symbols with both hands and activated those materials, creating a transparent dome covering the entire area and speeding up the flow of time there. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

After she completed her task, Huang Lingzhu did not immediately leave the domain, observing everyone working hard on its construction. She thought about helping them speed things up, but she decided against it and disappeared from there.

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"What exactly is so special about this domain? Why is my lord targeting it?" The devil who had met Guo Cang in the Forbidden Lightning Domain some time ago stood in the sky of the Boundless Heaven Domain.

The male devil looked towards the Dark Moon Plateau, thinking of meeting Shang Wuqing. However, he abandoned his plan because his lord informed him that the man was no longer of any use to them. He then looked at the heaven tower and went there, but he didn’t find anything useful there.

The male devil suddenly got an idea and landed on the top floor of the tower, but a lightning bolt suddenly shot towards him and turned into a man.

The male devil became tense as he stared at him with a glint of lightning in his eyes, giving him a dreadful feeling. ’Shit! I made a mistake by coming to this place!’

Before the male devil could escape, the man shot several bolts of lightning at him and penetrated his body, causing him to explode. "Those damn heretics have started to run rampant, and one of them dared to set foot in my tower. I will teach them a lesson because they have dared to desecrate my sacred place."

The man immediately disappeared after saying that.

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In the Ancient Demon Domain, Jian Xieshen and Xie Zuzhou, who were cultivating in the blood pool, sensed a drastic change in the domain. The two immediately stopped their cultivation, exited the pool, and left the cave.

When they arrived outside, Jian Xieshen and Xie Zuzhou saw that the sky had turned pitch black and numerous lightning bolts were striking overhead. "What happened? Why did the heavens suddenly unleash their heavenly wrath in this domain?"

"You better move now, or your subordinates will die because of the heavens," Jian Xieshen said with a grim expression.

Xie Zuzhou looked at him. "Why did the heavens suddenly attack them?"

"Don’t ask! I don’t have the answer! Move now, or this domain will be destroyed!"

Xie Zuzhou wanted to make a move, but he was too late because countless lightning bolts quickly rained down across the area, causing powerful shocks from all around.

Jian Xieshen immediately pulled Xie Zhuzhou into the cave. "Shit! It’s too late! If we approach now, we will surely die at the hands of the heavens."

Xie Zuzhou put on a serious expression and both his fists were clenched tightly. He could hear the numerous shouts from his subordinates coming from all corners of his domain. "Damn heavens! I didn’t do anything, but they suddenly attacked my domain!"

"Did you order your subordinates to do something that would provoke the wrath of the heavens?" Jian Xieshen tilted his head to him.

"Do you think I’m crazy?" Xie Zuzhou asked back, shaking his head. "I’ve already experienced the horrors of the heavens, so there’s no way I’d provoke them."

Jian Xieshen furrowed his brows and thought. "If my guess is correct, one of your subordinates out there has entered the heavens’ sacred place, which has provoked their wrath."

"Hmm?" Xie Zuzhou remembered one of his subordinates and immediately contacted him, but he got no response. "I guess you’re right."

"Hmm?"

"I ordered one of my men to the Boundless Heaven Domain, and there’s the heaven tower there."

"Stupid!" Jian Xieshen cursed. "Your subordinate is a devil, so he shouldn’t have set foot in that tower! No wonder the heavens suddenly attacked this domain! After this event ends, I’m sure many of your subordinates will die, and that will diminish our strength."

Xie Zuzhou sighed. "I warned them not to approach such a place, but one of them ignored my warning."

"What are you looking for in the Boundless Heaven Domain?"

"Di Tousen." Xie Zuzhou explained to him about the woman’s abilities. "If we can get her, her abilities will be very useful to us. Where are those two fake immortals? Why haven’t I seen them again?"

Jian Xieshen shook his head at him. "I cannot control them, and they only submit to their creator, who is a primordial."