Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

1The huge tower was made of huge black rocks, perfectly fitting together. It seemed to be made from nature itself, possessing the wonders of a supernatural art.     2

    

On the outer wall of the pagoda, those marks seemed to be left behind by the eroding years and howling winds. However, Chen Yu found out that the depth of these marks varied. Some of the lighter marks had more obvious runes remaining within them.    

    

There were also some deeper scars, vaguely resembling those left behind by swords, but not so obvious.    

    

Chen Yu was slightly startled by these findings.    

    

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ye and Xiao Ye had already arrived behind Chen Yu. Seeing Chen Yu halt, the two of them revealed a vigilant expression. The aura within their bodies surged and they felt a burning and majestic aura radiating from them.    

    

"It's nothing!" Chen Yu retracted his gaze and walked towards the end of the chain.    

    

The end of the chain was nailed into the tower. On the tower in this position, there was a stone platform and on the tower connected to the tower was a stone door.    

    

Standing on the stone platform, Chen Yu pressed his hand on the wall beside him.    

    

The most surprising thing was that the body of the pagoda had a strange coolness. Compared to the hot air flowing in this space, the temperature of the pagoda was definitely abnormal.    

    

Xiao Ye and Chen Guang didn't pay attention to Chen Yu. They put their hands on the stone door, the veins on their arms bulging and the Astral Qi surging.    

    

The stone door creaked as it slid to both sides.    

    

Instantly, a wave of heat hit him.    

    

Chen Yu looked into the tower and saw white steam rising. He could vaguely hear the sound of boiling water bubbling.    

    

"Let's go in!" Xiao Ye said.    

    

Chen Yu frowned as he walked through the stone door. After going through a layer of formless array formations, Chen Yu felt the water was boiling hot and his skin started to feel a burning pain.    

    

Chen Yu immediately circulated his Supreme Force, using it to support a Defensive Shield.    

    

The Supreme Force was being consumed at a fast speed.    

    

"This is the Waterdeath Formation?" Chen Yu asked as he recalled the distribution of the Punishment Tower s.    

    

"Yes. The water vapor has been boiled by several layers of overflowing fire energy and is extremely hot. Under the effects of the array formation, it has been condensed into various shapes and is extremely difficult to deal with!" Chen Guang said, "However, you don't have to stay here, but on the next floor. Follow me!"    

    

"You're saying that the formation has yet to be activated?" Chen Yu asked.    

    

"Of course!" Xiao Ye curled his lips and said: "How about, do you think a mere Heavenly Astral Stage level 3's Qi can block it?"    

    

Under the lead of Xiao Ye and Chen Guang, Chen Yu passed through the burning water vapor and walked down a flight of stairs.    

    

The top of the stairs were flashing runes that formed an aura isolation barrier. When Chen Yu reached the bottom step, he felt the thick flame energy coming at him.    

    

There was no water vapor in this level, so it was very clear. Looking around, the tower was completely empty. There was nothing there except for countless Spirit Tattoo that were emitting scorching auras.    

    

Chen Yu was able to sense that a raging inferno aura was emitted from the Spirit Tattoos and filled the entire space of the tower.    

    

The temperature was unbearably hot. In a short moment, Chen Yu felt the water in his body evaporating rapidly, and his clothes were already soaked in sweat.    

    

"It's here!" Xiao Ye said, "I hope you can survive for seven days. Don't try to go up. If you can't go up after all the restrictions have been activated, you can still go down, but that will only cause you to die even faster! "    

    

Chen Yu nodded indifferently.    

    

Xiao Ye said no more and pulled Chen Guang away.    

    

Chen Yu let out a long breath, took out a water bag from the Storage Bag and started drinking water.    

    

Halfway through the water, Chen Yu saw the spirit markings on the blackstone ground start to shine brighter and brighter. Then, a wind started to blow, and layers upon layers of wind started to swirl within the fifth layer of Punishment Tower.    

    

The extremely hot wind brushed against his body, but it was as hot as a knife. Chen Yu only felt that his skin was starting to dry up and wrinkle.    

    

The wind helped the fire. In this kind of confined environment, the moment the wind appeared, the lethality of the flaming aura would increase exponentially.    

    

The water that had just been replenished immediately began to disappear.    

    

"It really is a bit hard to bear!" Chen Yu laughed bitterly and sat down cross-legged. He started to activate his Supreme Force and formed a Body Protecting Astral Qi barrier on the surface of his body.    

    

Once the Body Protecting Astral Qi was opened, it formed a kind of isolation on his Qi. Chen Yu felt much more comfortable, but at the same time he could feel that the True Divine Spirit Qi in his body was starting to dissipate at a faster rate than when he was at the next level.    

    

Chen Yu was sure that at most two hours, there would not be a single drop of the True Divine Spirit Qi left in his body. At that time, without the defensive barrier, Chen Yu could only watch helplessly as the water in his body evaporated and he died due to dehydration.    

    

Furthermore, as the wind gradually grew stronger, Chen Yu felt that the Body Protecting Astral Qi was worn out, and the speed of its loss started to increase.    

    

"The fifth floor is already so hot, no wonder the Outer Sect disciples are so afraid of Punishment Tower entering like a scorpion tiger!" Chen Yu shook his head and looked around.    

    

There were a lot of array formations here, so Chen Yu couldn't be sure if there were any spying type array formations here.    

    

However, Chen Yu had no other choice, so without any hesitation, he took out his Sparrow Fire Sword.    

    

With the Sparrow Fire Sword across his knees, Chen Yu held the sword hilt, slowly sensing the Flamingo that was hidden in his heart.    

    

In Trial Secret Realm, the consequence of Chen Yu going overboard with it was that it continuously became weak, and ultimately, it broke and was completely annihilated.    

    

Right now, Chen Yu could only count on it to survive the seven days he had spent in the Punishment Tower.    

    

Under Chen Yu's control, the starlight flashed and appeared in Chen Yu's hands along with the Flamingo and then merged into the Sparrow Fire Sword.    

    

The Sparrow Fire Sword gradually had more scarlet spirit energy lingering around it.    

    

Under the fifth burning heat of the Punishment Tower, Chen Yu was sweating profusely. As Chen Yu focused all his attention on the Sparrow Fire Sword, his Body Protecting Astral Qi became thinner and thinner.    

    

Feeling the Flamingo, Chen Yu let go of his guard and focused on absorbing the fire energy.    

    

The starlight started to converge, but the Flamingo did not have any reaction.    

    

After a while, Chen Yu revealed a helpless expression.    

    

The Flamingo's origin was too damaged, to the point that it lost all of its instinctive intelligence, and was no longer able to absorb the fire energy on its own.    

    

However, at this time, Chen Yu felt the thoughts of the Star Soul babbling.    

    

"Do you have a way?"    

    

The starlight shone brightly and continuously flashed three times in Chen Yu's heart.    

    

However, the Star Soul did not move a step further.    

    

Chen Yu could not help but feel a little speechless, "Then why don't you use the method!"    

    

Suddenly, a thread that was not that dazzling, but gave Chen Yu a familiar feeling. This familiarity made Chen Yu surprised for a moment, and then he immediately understood that this Qi was obviously similar to the special Spirit Qi inside the City Battle Trial's wooden token, but with an additional desolate and bright feeling.    

    

After this strand of relatively special starlight overflowed, it fused into the Sparrow Fire Sword, and with Chen Yu's perception, it merged with the Flamingo.    

    

Flamingo s became more distinct all of a sudden.    

    

Chen Yu calmed his mind and urged the Flamingo to absorb the omnipresent heat.    

    

The Sparrow Fire Sword's spirit light brightened. After the Spirit Weapon sword trembled a few times, Chen Yu felt an omnipresent heat aura gush towards the sword.    

    

The light from the Sparrow Fire Sword grew brighter and brighter.    

    

One minute later, Chen Yu's palm felt like it was boiling hot and his flesh felt like it was on the verge of burning. However, he could no longer hold the sword hilt.    

    

Chen Yu could sense that the shadow of the Spiritual Soul began to become clearer and its body also started to become bigger.    

    

Although the Sparrow Fire Sword was a Medial Grade Spirit Weapon, it was unable to automatically absorb the fire attribute spirit energy. It could only maintain its power with the help of the fire attribute energy.    

    

However, Spiritual Soul could absorb spirit energy to strengthen its body. After the Star Soul separated the special kind of Wood Plate Spiritual Energy, the Flamingo started to recover.    

    

Chen Yu let go of the sword and placed the Sparrow Fire Sword in the corner, while Chen Yu himself retreated to another corner.    

    

Looking around, he only saw an endless stream of blazing Qi rushing towards the Sparrow Fire Sword. As Chen Yu was quite a distance away from the Sparrow Fire Sword, he felt a lot more relaxed.    

    

Letting out a long breath, Chen Yu immediately started worrying if the Flamingo and Spiritual Soul had their limits.    

    

Spiritual Soul s were different in terms of strength, so the amount of spirit energy they could absorb was also different. Flamingo s were just human-step Spiritual Soul, they were definitely unable to absorb all of the Earth Fire aura in this place.    

    

"Forget it, let's not worry about it for now. We need to replenish the water and adjust our condition!" Shaking his head, Chen Yu sat down and took out his water bag to drink.    

    

After drinking a few water sacs consecutively, Chen Yu suddenly remembered his Physique.    

    

According to Chu Zhengyan and Ji Tong, Chen Yu was the physique of the ethereal body.    

    

The Ethereal Body was a kind of physique that could not store elemental spiritual energy. Correspondingly, this physique did not lean towards any of the attributes.    

    

In other words, any elemental energy attribute could be absorbed!    

    

Chen Yu thought back to those few days when he was training in the Small Snow Peak. The Small Snow Peak could not be considered an extreme environment, but to some extent, it could be considered as having a hint of coldness when absorbing and refining the weather qi. At that time, Chen Yu didn't feel any discomfort.    

    

"Why not give it a try?"    

    

With that thought, Chen Yu sat cross-legged and started to circulate the Profound Heaven Spell.    

    

Astral qi surged and resonated with the elemental energy in the air. Soon, Chen Yu could feel the flame energy from the tower drilling into his body and entering into his meridians.    

    

Once the fire qi entered Chen Yu's Jing and Mai, he felt a burning pain as if they were on fire.    

    

Chen Yu hurriedly locked his pores and stopped absorbing the fire qi. First, he let the Supreme Force in his body circulate. After a full cycle, Chen Yu felt that the burning sensation became docile.    

    

After the second circulation, Chen Yu felt the Astral Energy in his dantian become overbearing and hot.    

    

After the third circulation, Chen Yu could no longer feel any discomfort in his meridians. On the contrary, he felt that his energy had become more fiery and stronger than before.    

    

"Sure enough!" Chen Yu muttered, "As an ethereal body, I can definitely absorb and refine this hot Yuan Qi, and add a fire attribute to the Pure Yang Qi!"    

    

Of course, Chen Yu knew that this didn't mean that he could use any elemental energy from any attribute for cultivation. After all, the constantly conflicting energies had always been a conflict between each other.