Chapter 321 - 175: Powerful Constitution: Celestial Thunder Dao Body

Gu Yun was startled. His gaze swept across the magnificent hall, which was filled with a sense of ancient, solemn grandeur, yet he couldn’t find the source of the voice. It was as if it had materialized out of thin air. ’But how is that possible?!’

It could only mean that the being’s power and methods far surpassed his own!

"It has been ten thousand years. You have finally come."

The vast, indifferent voice echoed through the world once more. Then, a brilliant, five-colored divine light coalesced in the void above, forming a towering, luminous figure. It emanated a terrifying might, so powerful it seemed as if heaven and earth themselves would be forced to submit!

The light gradually faded, revealing the towering figure. It wore Dark Battle Armor inscribed with arcane markings. Over ten meters tall, it had a majestic Square Face and incomparably profound eyes. It wore black Battle Boots, and its feet seemed to crush the very void it stood upon, as if threatening to shatter it completely. The entire gigantic figure radiated an immense, oppressive pressure!

’Just what kind of powerhouse is this?’

’A Tongxuan Realm expert, someone ordinary people would consider an Immortal, is probably no more than an ant in its eyes. Even a Harmonization Giant would be completely outmatched!’

Gu Yun’s pupils constricted as a storm raged in his heart.

The tyrannical pressure created an overwhelming urge to kneel in submission, but Gu Yun gritted his teeth, steadied his mind, and resisted with unyielding willpower.

After a long moment, the voice spoke again.

"Not bad, not bad. Your will and perseverance are both exceptional. Truly worthy of a prodigy who could clear the One-Star Tower."

The colossal figure in the arcane Dark Battle Armor laughed heartily in praise.

"Let me introduce myself.

I am the Tower Spirit of the Holy Origin Seven-Star Tower. You can also call me Ling."

"Ling,"

Gu Yun murmured. ’So, this is the Tower Spirit. No wonder I felt a faint sense of familiarity. I always imagined the Tower Spirit would be some kind of cute pixie, but I never expected it to be this majestic and imposing. Its aura is stronger than any powerhouse I’ve ever seen. Even a Harmonization Giant would be no match for it.’

"Ling, you said you’ve been waiting for ten thousand years... What do you mean by that?" Gu Yun couldn’t help but ask.

’Ten thousand years! Such an incredibly long time! Even a Harmonization Realm expert, standing at the pinnacle of the Celestial Essence Realm, only has a lifespan of three thousand years. That’s not even close to ten thousand.’

’And now this being was saying it had waited ten thousand years for him... How could he not be stunned?!’

"I know what you want to say. Hold your questions. Let me speak first."

Ling’s voice echoed through the magnificent hall. Gu Yun fell silent, choosing to listen.

"Ten thousand years ago, an unprecedented war erupted in the Cangwu Immortal Continent. Countless ancient and immensely powerful beings joined the fray. It was during that great war that I fell from the Source Void Realm—one of the central worlds of the Cangwu Immortal Continent—into this Celestial Essence Realm."

Gu Yun listened, his heart pounding in shock.

’Cangwu Immortal Continent... Source Void Realm... What are those? Are they vast worlds beyond the Celestial Essence Realm?’

"You are correct. the Source Void Realm is indeed a world beyond the Celestial Essence Realm. In fact, it is one of the central worlds of the Cangwu Immortal Continent.

The Cangwu Immortal Continent contains over ten thousand lesser worlds, similar to your Celestial Essence Realm. The continent itself is immeasurably vast and expansive."

"But the Cangwu Immortal Continent is just one of many such Immortal Continents within the Canglan Great Realm!"

"The entire Canglan Great Realm is exceptionally vast, endless and without boundary, containing numerous Immortal Continent Planes and countless lesser worlds."

Gu Yun’s eyes flew wide open.

’Holy shit! The world beyond Celestial Essence is this vast?!’

’I thought the Five Domains of Celestial Essence—Central Earth, the Eastern Profound, the Southern Wilderness, the Western Celestial, and the Northern Barbarians—along with the Boundless Sea Region and a few Abyss Forbidden Lands, already spanned over a hundred billion li. That’s more than two hundred times the size of the Earth from my past life.’

’I’d thought the Celestial Essence Realm was already enormous, but compared to one of these vast Immortal Continents, it’s nothing more than a drop in the ocean.’

’It’s true what they say...

Ignorance really does limit one’s imagination!’

"I have lain dormant in the Celestial Essence Realm for ten thousand years, unable to leave.

Only a prodigy who can clear all ten floors of the One-Star Tower has the potential to traverse the starry sky."

"To traverse the cosmos, one needs the strength of the Harmonization Realm at the very least. The only alternative is to use an ultra-long-distance Interstellar Transmission Array."

"However, even the Harmonization Realm is not entirely safe out in the cosmos. Only those in the Tribulation Cosmos Realm, the stage beyond Harmonization, can be considered true powerhouses in the vast expanse of the Cangwu Immortal Continent.

Those in the Tribulation Cosmos Realm can roam the cosmos freely, suppress entire worlds, and live for ten thousand years!

Therefore, across the many Immortal Continents of the Canglan Great Realm, an expert at this level is respectfully addressed as a Tribulation Cosmos Venerable!"

"A single Tribulation Cosmos Venerable is powerful enough to suppress a lesser world. Suppressing the Celestial Essence Realm, for instance, would be no problem at all.

In the last ten thousand years, not a single expert from the Celestial Essence Realm has reached the Tribulation Cosmos Realm. Your strongest are only at the Harmonization Realm. And even if you count all the Harmonization Realm Cultivators in your entire world, their numbers are pitifully small.

Then again, with such a small pool of talent, how could anyone break through to the Tribulation Cosmos Venerable Realm without truly world-defying genius?"

Ling’s voice echoed in the spacious hall.

The corner of Gu Yun’s mouth twitched. ’To this being, a Harmonization Giant is treated like some nobody. But the Profound Celestial Sect is a dominant power in the Eastern Profound Domain precisely because of its Harmonization Realm Supreme Elders! In the Celestial Essence Realm, any single one of those experts is capable of suppressing an entire Domain!’

’Then again,’ he thought, ’what Ling said makes sense. It’s from the vast realms beyond and has probably seen countless supreme experts. Of course, the Harmonization Realm means nothing to it.’

"For ten thousand years... In the ten thousand years of my dormancy, the Holy Origin Secret Realm has opened no fewer than ten times. Countless cultivators, brought here by fate and opportunity, have attempted to challenge the Holy Origin Seven-Star Tower. Yet, not a single one under the age of a hundred has ever managed to clear the One-Star Tower. The most prodigious among them only made it to the ninth floor."