The Hongmeng (primordial) Heavenly Emperor Tower stood tall, its entire form as translucent as glazed crystal, radiating divine brilliance. Within it, countless illusory visions flickered, runes shimmered in and out of existence, and a strange purple light enveloped its body, making the tower seem even more noble and imposing.
The tower had reached twenty-eight levels.
Yes, twenty-eight.
During his recent seclusion, Yi Tianxing had fused the Three-Light Gourd into the tower, unlocking its twenty-eighth internal level. That meant twenty-eight internal realms, twenty-eight miniature worlds. Each of these Minor Worlds was unimaginably vast, spanning over fifty thousand miles in diameter. Most crucially, each contained a source of world essence powerful enough to suppress everything.
Anything beneath it would be crushed unless it could shake the heavens, destroy vacuum with a gesture, or shatter Minor Worlds with ease. Otherwise, it would be forcibly suppressed under the might of the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower.
After being nurtured to this stage, the tower had become unfathomably powerful. With the infusion of Hongmeng Purple Qi, it had undergone even more mysterious changes.
It was undoubtedly one of Yi Tianxing's most formidable trump cards.
The tower's fundamental ability was suppression—Hongmeng suppresses all; the Heavenly Emperor stands supreme.
Now, powered by divine essence that surpassed the Nascent Soul Realm and reached the Yang God Realm, Yi Tianxing activated the tower. A thousand-zhang-tall treasure tower appeared in the sky and slammed down on the floating ice mountain with unrelenting force—as if it wouldn't rest until the mountain was pulverized.
"Impossible!!"
The Ice Queen, who had maintained an indifferent demeanor, was shocked when she saw the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower. For the first time, her expression changed drastically. A powerful sense of impending death enveloped her entirely.
The suppressive force blanketed the entire floating ice mountain.
She had never imagined such a terrifying treasure could exist in this world. Though it wasn't a Primordial Spirit Treasure, its power clearly surpassed many of them—and possibly exceeded even that. It was unstoppable.
She couldn't fathom how such a treasure had been forged.
Still, her reaction was swift. She let out a cry:
"Ice and Snow Dominion!!"
In that instant, the heavens and earth were once again coated in frost. The floating ice mountain radiated divine light as infinite ice and snow laws merged into it. Every inch of space shimmered with icy runes. The mountain's hardness now exceeded even the finest metal, comparable to Millennium Cold Iron or Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystals.
This was her Ice and Snow Dominion.
This mountain had long since become her ultimate divine artifact, refined into an almost supreme weapon.
Amid the divine radiance, one could hear countless ice spirits praying and praising her glory. The terrible cold gave rise to a pale mist, imbued with the power to freeze all things.
Flash!!
A snow-white beam of divine light shot forth from the mountain like lightning.
One beam.Two beams.Three beams.Then, hundreds.
These rays of light—Great Annihilation Ice Soul Divine Rays—were terrifying. Each one could freeze space and time, locking all motion within its radius.
Great Annihilation Ice Soul Divine Ray (大灭绝冰魄神光)
An ultimate freezing technique capable of sealing even time. Once touched, the target is locked in eternal ice.
Even the void seemed to freeze under their assault.
Any one of these rays could freeze all life in an instant. And now, thousands of them streaked toward the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower.
Even peak cultivators would be turned into statues by a single ray. Once frozen, no reversal was possible. Treasures would shatter like ice cubes. The Ice Queen clearly intended to freeze and destroy the tower entirely.
The divine rays struck the tower immediately. Frost crystals began to form across its surface, trying to invade its interior.
Yet in the very next moment, the tower shone with divine light. Strange vortexes emerged around its body. The tower appeared to become ethereal, effortlessly pulling in the rays.
The frost vanished without a trace.
All the divine rays were swallowed and sent into the tower's Chaotic Space. There, under the vast Primordial Chaos Qi, the divine rays attempted to release destructive force—but to no avail. Their freezing power was consumed as nourishment, fueling the tower and refining its internal worlds.
The tower rejected no power—everything became sustenance.
To the outside world, it looked like the divine rays simply disappeared upon hitting the tower—completely devoured.
"What kind of tower is this?"
"They say the Emperor's life-bound treasure is a tower of unknown origin. Now it can even devour divine arts like the Ice Soul Rays... It must be something truly extraordinary."
Countless cultivators watched in awe. The Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower was now viewed with newfound respect—and a sense of dread. Yet none dared covet it, knowing full well that this treasure could not be stolen. To desire it was mere delusion.
"He's already reached twenty-eight levels…"
Even Lord Emptiness felt a chill in his heart.
The more levels the tower had, the more terrifying it became.
"My floating ice mountain is as hard as Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystals. Let's see if your tower can overpower it!"
The Ice Queen, seeing her divine rays fail, made her move. The entire floating mountain charged forward, smashing into the tower with unstoppable momentum.
She was trying to shatter the tower through sheer brute force.
BOOM!!!
The two massive entities collided before countless stunned eyes. The resulting impact was like a billion tons of explosives going off. The void froze entirely, space turning into crystalline frost. Shards of ice exploded outward like meteor showers.
The sheer power of that strike was terrifying.
The void around the impact point distorted and cracked. Even the boundary of the world wavered.
The ice mountain shattered in pieces; the tower cracked.
The Ice Queen's mountain was incredibly sturdy—possibly stronger in physical resilience than the tower. The collision left fine cracks across the tower's surface. After all, the tower was still a Heaven-grade treasure, not yet a true Spirit Treasure. Despite its refinement with world origin, it had limits.
The mountain, however, wasn't an ordinary treasure.
Yet the tower's cracks began to heal instantly, repaired by world essence within.
The floating ice mountain fared worse. Large chunks were blasted apart and sent flying. Though the cold restored some areas, the entire mountain had shrunk significantly.
It was knocked dozens of miles backward.
The mountain trembled violently.
"How... how is this possible...?"
The Ice Queen was stunned. That impact felt like striking an immovable divine mountain. The power from the tower was overwhelming—she had never felt such force before.
She had been completely overpowered.
That was an irresistible, absolute force.
"Again!!"
Yi Tianxing strode forward across the sky like a peerless emperor, seizing the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower and hurling it downward again. Every motion radiated primal savagery.
"No matter your divine arts or secret techniques, I will break them all... with pure force."
Smash!!
Smash you to death!!
Once wasn't enough? Twice.Twice isn't enough? Thrice.He would smash the mountain until it shattered—until the Ice Queen was fully suppressed.
BOOM!!
Yi Tianxing attacked relentlessly, giving no time to recover. The combined might of the tower and his physical strength made the next strike even more devastating.
BOOOOOM!!
The Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower crashed down like a meteor, causing another world-shaking explosion. The mountain was shattered again. Ice shards flew in all directions—each one a precious material capable of becoming a powerful frost-type treasure.
But no one paid them any attention.
Every gaze was locked on the clash in the heavens.
The mountain was knocked back once more. This time, even more of it was destroyed. Its entire body had shrunk further.